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566 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY color, fragrance and beauty to the village, and pleasure to the children. The people of Hibbing should get good return for all the money invested in the park system. Commercial Club.—Hibbing is fortunate in having an unusually alert business body. The Commercial Club is making Hibbing very evident in other parts of the state, and neighboring states. Its energetic secretary, S. \'. Saxby, has the hearty co-operation of almost all the business people of the place, and especially of the officials of the association. The officials of the Commercial Club are R. W. Hitchcock, president; C. C. Alexander, E. A. Bergeron, E. W. Coons and John Curran, vice presidents; S. V. Saxby, secretary ; A. L. Egge, treasurer ; C. C. Alexander, E. C. Eckstrom, C. V. Chance, S. C. Scott, O. G. Lindberg, F A. Wildes and G. H. Alexander, directors. BIRD's-FAE view of BENNETT PARK, HIBBING, 1915—AFTER FIRST YEAR OF WORK UPON IT Newspapers.—The Hibbing "News" was established in 1899, as a Hibbing paper, although as a range newspaper its age can be increased five years, for it was in the spring of 1894 that C. A. Smith issued his first number of "The Ore," at Mountain Iron. It was intended to cover the w^hole of "the range, and at that time Mountain Iron was, perhaps, the most important place. But with the great development of mines at Hibbing the center of activity changed, and in 1899 the owners of the "Ore" decided to move their office to Hibbing. There the paper became "The Mesabi Ore and Hibbing Daily News," and so it remained until 1920, when it became a daily, a successful morning paper, the only morning paper of the range, by-the-way, and in consequence enjoying a good circulation throughout the range. Claude M. Atkinson, a gifted and original writer, acquired the paper in May, 1899, and with his son, Alarc M., has conducted it ever since. Another early paper was the Hibbing "Sentinel," Will A. Thomas, editor and proprietor. The paper was in existence in 1899, the "Sen- :

DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY 567 tinel" plant having been "hauled overland from La Prairie by Wm. McGrath. Publication of the "Sentinel" was discontinued in the fall of 1899, but resumed in July, 1902. The "Tribune," which of late years has been an evening journal, was founded in June, 1899, and in the early years was a weekly publication. It was originally owned, it has been stated, "by a stock company, whose manager was J. Waldo Murphy." Another record is to the effect that in 1902 the plant was owned by H. C. Garrott, of Eveleth, and that the editor then was Theodore C. Surdson. Early identified with it as partners were T. C. Congdon, druggist of Hibbing, and F. G. Jewett, pioneer dentist of the village. A. E. Pfremmer was the sole owner of the paper in 1906, when R. W. Hitchcock, present editor-owner, acquired a part-interest in the journal. With the retirement of Pfremmer in 1910 Mr. Hitchcock became sole owner. The "Hibbing Daily Tribune" has a good circulation, and covers the afternoon field well. Another local paper of merit established recently is the "Gopher Labor Journal," a weekly, founded by W. T. and C. J. Lauzon, at South Hibbing in 1919. W. T. Lauzon became sole owner in March, 1920, Sandford A. Howard, an experienced newspaper man, coming to Hibbing to assume editorial direction of the paper. Recently from the Gopher Printing House came a well-written and elaborately-illu^ strated booklet on Hibbing, "The Old and the New\" Transportation.—Hibbing has two railroads, and a wonderfully efficient motor-bus service along the range. And in addition, an electric trolley system that brings all the important places of the range within an hour of Hibbing. The motor-bus service, owned by the Mesabi Transportation Company, is an instance of how rapidly worth-while things are developed in that country. The Mesabi Transportation Company was organized on January 1, 1916, to operate a line of motor buses between Hibbing and Grand Rapids. At the outset, the company had five busses, the officers of the company being the drivers. In 1920 they were building a $75,000 garage at South Hib- bing to house its twenty-three White and Studebaker buses ; and they were averaging seven thousand passengers daily, and maintaining a service "as regular and reliable as a good clock." The officers of the company are : C. A. Heed, president ; C. E. Wickman, vice president and manager; E. C. Ekstrom, secretary; A. G. Anderson, treasurer, and R. L. Bogan, director. Court House.—The magnificent District Court House at Hibl)ing is one of the finest buildings, probably the finest, in old Hibbing; and it is far enough away from the point of mining to be sure of its present site for many years. It was built in 1911, so as to give to the western part of the Mesabi range within St. Louis county a service equal 1910. to that established in Virginia, for that part of the range, in Hil)l)ing ere long hopes to have a Federal building. War Record.—Hibbing's war record w^as a meritorious one. Its young men went into the fighting forces, as has been recorded elsewhere ; its women formed a powerful Red Cross chapter; its miners put even more "steam" into their work ; its people, rich and poor, and combined to give to the limit of their means to the various war funds. If the Lake Superior district represents 8-lOths of America's ore supply, and the Mesabi produces more than all the other ranges coml)ined. then Hibbing's j)art in the providing of the raw material with which to make the shells and the ships was by no means insignificant,

566 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY<br />

color, fragrance and beauty to the village, and pleasure to the children.<br />

The people of Hibbing should get good return for all the money invested<br />

in the park system.<br />

Commercial Club.—Hibbing is fortunate in having an un<strong>us</strong>ually<br />

alert b<strong>us</strong>iness body. The Commercial Club is making Hibbing very<br />

evident in other parts of the state, and neighboring states. Its energetic<br />

secretary, S. \'. Saxby, has the hearty co-operation of almost<br />

all the b<strong>us</strong>iness people of the place, and especially of the officials of<br />

the association. The officials of the Commercial Club are<br />

R. W. Hitchcock, president; C. C. Alexander, E. A. Bergeron,<br />

E. W. Coons and John Curran, vice presidents; S. V. Saxby, secretary<br />

; A. L. Egge, treasurer ; C. C. Alexander, E. C. Eckstrom,<br />

C. V. Chance, S. C. Scott, O. G. Lindberg, F A. Wildes and G. H. Alexander,<br />

directors.<br />

BIRD's-FAE view of BENNETT PARK, HIBBING, 1915—AFTER FIRST YEAR OF WORK<br />

UPON IT<br />

Newspapers.—The Hibbing "News" was established in 1899, as<br />

a Hibbing paper, although as a range newspaper its age can be increased<br />

five years, for it was in the spring of 1894 that C. A. Smith<br />

issued his first number of "The Ore," at Mountain Iron. It was<br />

intended to cover the w^hole of "the range, and at that time Mountain<br />

Iron was, perhaps, the most important place. But with the great<br />

development of mines at Hibbing the center of activity changed, and<br />

in 1899 the owners of the "Ore" decided to move their office to<br />

Hibbing. There the paper became "The Mesabi Ore and Hibbing<br />

Daily News," and so it remained until 1920, when it became a daily,<br />

a successful morning paper, the only morning paper of the range,<br />

by-the-way, and in consequence enjoying a good circulation throughout<br />

the range. Claude M. Atkinson, a gifted and original writer,<br />

acquired the paper in May, 1899, and with his son, Alarc M., has<br />

conducted it ever since.<br />

Another early paper was the Hibbing "Sentinel," Will A. Thomas,<br />

editor and proprietor. The paper was in existence in 1899, the "Sen-<br />

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