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theria epidemie. In the village and sur- rounding country were many cases, and several deaths from the disease resulted. Stringent measures were adopted lo stamp out the disease and the precautionary pro- voedings had a tendency to hamper the advancement. The experience was an un- fortunate one.
Building operations on a diminished scale continued during 1886. Most of the improvements that year were resi- dences, and the total expenditures were about $40.000. Thereafter for a few years, until 1890, was a season of quiet. During 1882 was a complaint of business depression, common to all southwestern Minnesota. The next year was a better one, though not a particularly busy one. Among the improvements were the Rock county court house, a city hall, railroad buildings and several residences. The year also brought the town's most disas- trous fire. About two o'clock in the morn- ing of December 13, 1888. a fire started which destroyed four buildings in the business center of the town, entailing a loss of about $15,000. The buildings Imirned were Kilgore's drug store, a cigar store, Graaf's clothing store and Mead & Company's hardware store.
The preliminary steps toward the con- struction of a city hall were taken early in 1882, when a bill was introduced in the legislature by Senator W. B. Brown. authorizing the village to issue $20,000 bonds for the purpose.33 Nothing fur- ther was done until the following Decom- ber. when a petition was presented to the village council, asking that body to call a special election to vote on the question of issuing city hall bonds, not to exceed
stone building, $7000; Rock County Herald, brick building, $3300; Jones & Gillham, brick bild- ing. $3000: Harroun & Hawes, brick building. $2000; Rock County Bank, brick building, $1200; Gibson & Shawyer, business house, $2000; Bur- lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway com- pany, coal sheds. stock yards, ote., $4000; John Enger, hotel, $2500.
$5000. The election was held January 10, 1888, and every one of the 130 votes vast was in favor of bonds, In May the village authorities called another election to vote on the question of issuing $3000 additional bonds for the purchase of grounds, vaults, heating apparatus and furniture for the proposed city hall, but at the election JJune ? the bond issue was defeated by a vote of 94 to 5%. Then the village authorities proceeded to erect the building with the funds originally author- ized. The contract for the construction of the city hall was let August 13, 1888, to P. N. Gillham on a bid of $4385, ground was broken for the foundation August 16, and the building was complet- ed before the close of the year.
There was little progress in building operations or the establishment of new enterprises in 1889, but the town was then on a firm basis; it had settled down to normal conditions, and prosperity abounded. A statement was made in the fall of the year by an official of the Burlington road that Luverne did more business than any town on the line of the road between Cedar Rapids and Water- town. The census of 1890 showed only a small gain over the enumeration of five years before, the population being 1466.34
Another period of expansion included the years 1890 to 1893, during which the village on the Rock developed into a greater bouwverne. The first year of the series witnessed the construction of one Inisiness block and several residences. In 1891 building operations multiplied, and Interne took front rank as a center of activity. Among the important achieve- ments of the year was the installation of
3"The Herald is convinced that the measure is not sanctioned by the business men of this town. Luverne needs a town hall and ought to build one next season, but the idea of putting $20,000 into such a building is simply preposter- ons."-Rock County Herald, February 18, 1887.
34 Population of neighboring towns in 1890: Worthington. 1164; Adrian, 671; Pipestone, 1232.
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a system of water works at a cost of about $25,000.33
The greatest advance in Luverne's his- tory up to that time was made in 1892: no other year could be compared with it. Eighty new buildings were erected in the twelve-month. inchiding thiee handson !. business blocks, and the total expenditures amounted to $185,000.36 A marvelous change in the appearance of the town or- eurred in this one year: it took on a do- videdly metropolitan appearance in com- parison with its former condition. It now boasted a city hall. had a water. works system and was lighted by electric- ity.37 The Herald, in its last issue of 1.892, exulted over the progress made: "No inland town in the state can oqual the improvement record made by Lu- verne during the present year. It has taken undisputed rank as the leading town of southwestern Minnesota and as the best. most enterprising and most pros- perons county seat town in the state un- der a population of 5000. No town in the state of the class named can boast of finer business blocks, better publie bild- ings, handsomer private residences, hel- ter streets, more public improvements. more shade trees or a more beautiful lo- ention : none is more substantial finan- cially or more prosperous, none does a larger business or has brighter prospects."
35'The legislature of 189] passed an act au- thorizing the voting on the issuance of $30 .- 000 bonds for a water works system, At a special election May 5. 1891, the proposition was carried by a vote of 155 to 33. Fearing that the bonds authorized by this election might not have been legally voted, the council called an. other election for July 28, when the former result was sustained by a vote of 44 to 50. On September 1 the contract for putting in the plant was let to Harrison & Hawley for $22 .- 575. The plant was completed and in working order in January, 1892.
MA few of the items were as follows: Nelson Bros & Co. department store. $27,000; electric light plant. $9000; Barek. Canfield & Stephen. business block. $14,000; 11. P. Blasdell, business honse, $7000; T. B. Hinkly, residence. $6000; residences by Captain Holbert. A. D. La Due. Ehner Huntington, William Mayoes and others.
"In the summer of 1889 the Laverne Electric light company was organized and secured : franchise from the village, but failed to make
Almost in a day, without warning. the pe perous times were brought to a close in the summer of 1893. Came the panic with its accompanying evil times, and Luverne's age of advancement ceased. Business was paralyzed: the town wa- withont life. The crop Taihne of 1891 and the ruineusly low prices of 1895 add- ed to the other disagreeable features of the times, and business life was at low- ebb. Not until the late nineties was there compkte recovery. The population in 1895 had increased to 1890.
For the first time since the panic, the ery of hard times was not heard in Lu- Tomme in 1898. Money was again in cir- enlation. mechanics were, busy. tiade was good. Buildings were again erected in the town, the value of the improvements in that year amounting to about $36,000. Improvements continued during the next two years. The county jail was erected, the wooden sidewalks on Main street were replaced by cement pavements, and in 1900 a sewerage system was put in.28 The population of Luverne in 1900 was 2223.
The building improvements during 1901 were valued at $108,125.39 A fire cans- ing a property loss of nearly $15,000 00- curled on the night of January 27, 1902. when the Krook & Nelson and an adjoin- ing building were destroyed." The ex- penditures for new buildings reached
the promised improvement. The electric light system was installed during 1892 by the West- ern Electric company and was accepted by the village on the last day of January, 1893, With- in a few years improvements to the value of $5000 were made. The plant was paid for in village orders, the last of the debt being wiped ont early in 1896.
3Bonds for the sewerage system to the amount of $10.000 were authorized by the voters July 10, 1900, by a voie of 142 to 111. The system was installed by A. L. Jones.
"Some of the items of expenditure: Manitou hotel. $25.000; McGrath block, $5000; J. W. Ger- her's residence, $8000; S. A. D. Kennedy's resi- dence, $5000; Jargo's elevator. $3500.
40The losses were as follows: Krook & Nel- son. building and stock. $12,000; E. B. Bur- leigh. grocery stock. $1200; R. B. ITinkly, build- ing. $500; Miss O'Connell, dressmaking estab- lishment, $100; W. I Tortor. office, $100.
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high-water mark in 1902. when nearly $200,000 were spent in improvements, in- cluding more than thirty residences. The next year the total cost of new buildings was $100,000.11
The change in Luverne's form of gov- ernment was made in 1904. when it ass sumed the responsibilities of city govern- ment. An effort to bring about this change was made in 1900. On November 5 of that year, in response to a petition, Judge P. E. Brown, of the district court. appointed a commission, 42 of which A. 1. Daley became chairman, to preparo a charter under the provisions of the consti- tution of Minnesota and the laws of 1899. After due deliberation. the charter com- mission decided that it was inadvisable to incorporate under a special charter such as the board had authority of prepare. and completed its work by recommending that the necessary action be taken lo cre- ate a city government under the provisions . of the general statutes of the state.
There the matter was allowed to rest un- til 1904. On July 1 of that year a peti- tion, bearing the signatures of 34; voters. was presented to Judge of Probate M. Webber, asking that official to issue the order necessary to bring about the incor- poration of Luverne as a city under title two of chapter ten of the general statutes of 1891. Judge Webber made the news- stry order early in August ; on September 6 the first election was held, and on the following day Luverne began its existence as a city, the city council organizing at that time. Following has been the ro-
"Including $10,000 for the Carnegie library: $20.000 for A. D. LaDue's residence: $15,000 for improvements on P. E. Brown's residence.
"The commissioners. were A. P. Adams. J. W. Gerber (who succeeded William Bateson). E. H. Canfield, M. W. Chunn. A. J. Daley. W. N. Davidson. R. B. Hinkly, E. H. Holbert. T. E. Jones. Frank Johnston. J. A. Kennicott. John Kelley, H. J. Miller, C. A. Mead. S. R. Nelson.
sult of the several elections under the city form of government :
1904-Mayor, E. A. Brown; aldermen,43 south ward, George Leot, W. J. Kinne, north ward, C. N. Philbriek," .I. L. Jarchow; recorder. E. C. Schwartz; treasurer, A. Ross; justices, N. R. Reynolds, W. H. Armstrong.
1905-Mayor, E. A. Brown; aldermen, south ward, C. O. Wright, north ward, S. L. Chapin; recorder, E. C. Schwartz; treasurer, A. Ross; justices, N. R. Reynolds, W. H. Armstrong.
1906-Mayor, E. A. Brown; aklermen, south ward, Axel Berg, north ward, John H. Sanders; recorder, E. C. Schwartz; treasurer, A. Ross.
1907-Mayor, C. O. Wright; aldermen, south ward, B. S. Dodds, north ward, S. L. Chapin; recorder, E. C. Schwartz; treasurer, A. Ross; justices, N. R. Reynolds, W. H. Armstrong.
1908-Mayor, C. O. Wright; aldermen, south ward, H. Bierkamp, north ward, John H. Sanders: recorder, E. C. Schwartz; treas- urer. A. Ross.
1909-Mayor, S. L. Chapin; aldermen, south ward, B. S. Dodds, north ward, W. H. White: recorder, E. C. Schwartz; treasurer, A. Ross; justices, N. R. Reynolds, W. H. Armstrong.
1910-Mayor, C. O. Wright: allermen, south ward, H. Bierkamp, north ward, Henry Arp; recorder, E. C. Schwartz; treasurer, A. Ross.
1911-Mayor, C. O. Wright; aldermen,. south ward, B. S. Dodds, north ward, W. H. White; recorder, E. C. Schwartz; treas- urer, A. Ross; justices, N. R. Reynolds, W. H. Armstrong.
During the last few years Luverne has had an uninterrupted journey on the road to prosperity. In 1905 the population was 2272, and this was increased to 2510 in 1910, making it rank fifth in size among the cities of the second congres- sional district. The cities having a great- or population are Mankato, Now Ulm, Fairmont and Winnebago.45
13 Aldermen serve two-year terms. After the first election one alderman was elerted from each ward each year.
"Resigned November 7. 1905. At a special election November 21 John H. Sanders was named his successor.
4Population of some of the other cities of the congressional district. according to the 1910 cen- sus. are as follows: Fahimont. 2958; Winnebago. 2555; Pivestone. 2475: Worthington. 2385; Blue Earth. 2318: Sleepy Eye. 2247: Jackson, 1907; Windom, 1749: Slayton. 850.
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CHAPTER X.
LUVERNE'S INSTITUTIONS.
THE SCHOOLS.
T HE founding of a publie school in a new settlement is always a mat- ter of primary importance and one that is given early consideration. So it was in Luverne. Even before there was thought of a town, in the period when the only building marking the site of Rock county's leading town was the Philo Hawes log cabin, the teacher was in evi- dence. So early as the winter of 1868- 69. a class of young men met at irreg- ular intervals to receive the fundamentals of knowledge from E. N. Darling. who spent that season in the Hawes eabin. The young men who formed the primitive Luverne school were Charles O. Hawes, Edward Mckenzie, J. C. Kelley, Horace Plum, Frank Bealy and a young man who lived with Sylvester Norton.
Before the first public school in the county was organized, the Hawes cabin was again put to use in the interests of education. In November. 1820, C. E. Older. a new arrival to the county, was persuaded to hold a term of school. the four pupils enrolled guaranteeing his sal- ary. On the roll of this school, which was in continuous session until March. 1871. were Edward Mckenzie, at the time coun- ty auditor : Charles O. Hawes. Len. Dan- iels and P. F. Kelley. Mr. Older's pri-
vate school may rightly be designated the first organized educational body in Lu- verne and Rock county.
Several months after the opening of Mr. Older's school, the first public school that included the settlement at Lawerne and vicinity was started. It was conduct- ed for a short term during the winter of 1820-41 in a sod blacksmith shop on the farm of George Blasdell, a mile cast of town. near what is known as Norton's ford. Ren. Vickers was the teacher em- ployed. and the enrollment numbered six boys and girls. This school was in oper- ation several months before the county commissioners created the district, an ac- tion that was taken in February, 1871. During the following summer Miss Ella Webber conducted a school in the same district in a sod hut near the mounds. District No. 2. as originally created, in- cluded all of Luverne township, The west half of Magnolia township and The south half of Mound township.
With the increase in the population of Luverne during the year of its founding. came the necessity for a suitable public school building. The original edifice was erected late in the year 1822 and was built of lumber hauled from Worthington. The building was erected on block 3. original
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plat, four lots in which had been donaled for the purpose by the townsite proprie- tors.1 The first term of school in the new building was commenced in April, 18:3. with Miss Jennie Grout as teacher, and with an enrollment of twenty-five pupils. The school building was a two-story struc- ture. 22x38 feet in size. As it was not necessary to utilize the second story for school purposes at once, that room was leased to the county for offices and be- came The first seat of Rock county govern- menl. Luverne's first school building was destroyed by fire in December. 1815. A party of grain haulers on their way from Sioux Falls to Worthington camped in the building over night and were re- sponsible for the disaster.
Preparations were at once made to re- place the old building, but the resulting action proved most unwise. With an eye only to the conditions of the prosent, the electors appropriated funds for a one- story building. of only one apartment. The plan was carried into execution, but not without many protests. The growth of the town within one year exhibited the folly of the procedure. Accommodations could be found for only a limited portion of the school population, and until the sit- mation was relieved in 1882, when the present Central building was opened, the public school system was an unenviable one. In addition to the edifice designated as the school house2 the basement of the Methodist church and various publie halis were utilized for school purposes.
Until the summer of 18;8 the Luverne schools were maintained under the ordi- nary district organization. Then it was
"The seven remaining lots of the block that at the time constituted the school grounds, near the present point of intersection of the Omaha and Rock Island railroad tracks, were a little later purchased by the district for $100.
"This second school building is now a part of the Lynch harness shop on Main street,
"Owing to the loss of the early school records it is impossible to give a complete list of those who have served as members of the Luverne
decided to adopt the independent district plan, which had been provided by the leg- islature of 1822. An election was held August 26, 1818, at which it was decided manimonly to make the change to the new form of organization. Seventeen votre were cast. On September 13. a board of six directors was chosen as fol- lows: J. S. Wheeler. E. D. Hadley. O. D. Brown, R. O. Crawford. 1. 1. Ilar- roun and W. J. Taylor. At the first meet- ing of the board Mr. Hadley was chosen president, Mr. Harroun. clerk, and Mr. Crawford. treasurer .? The first problem with which the new body was confronted was how to dispose of 200 students with a school house having a capacity for ninety.
The building of a serviceable school house, which necessity demanded, became a live issue in 1880. A meeting was held April 9 to decide whether or not the dis- friet should vote $2500 for the erectum of a new school house. The measure was lost. but at the same meeting another ros- olution, providing for the sum of $6000. was carried. The matter, however. devol- oped no further that year. and the old building was used the next term. On February 8. 1881. the electors of the dis- friet expressed their approval of a plan to ereet a new building. but failed to vote the bonds. the necessary two-thirds ma- jority nol assenting. At another meeting on March 23. the proposition to build an addition to the old building failed to car- rv, and the year 1881 passed without the needed improvement. Definito action was taken February 21. 1882, when, by a vote of 15 to 19, it was decided to issue bonds in the sum of $10,000 lo carry out the
board of education. The following have been members at different times since 1886: W. M. Raymond. E. IT. Canfield. B. O Crawford E. D. Hadloy. A. I . Holm, Nels Nelson. W. H. Halhert. F. 1. Mahoney, Mrs. E. C. Croshy, Mrs. Z. E. Wilson. E. H. Bronson, J. A. Harroun. William Jacobsen. I. (. Hodgson. H. J. Thomto, C. TIpinz, A. P Adams. Dr. A. E. Spalding. John Kelley. IL. H. Grav. Harrison White. A. D. La- Dne. C. O Hawes, S. B. Nelson, J. A. Kenni- ratt. O. E. Ferguson. H. W. Bertram.
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plans. A few weeks later an additional appropriation of $1100 for the purchase of a site was made. The brick structure erected in 1882 by Contractor Frank Thayer is the south wing of the present C'entral building. It contained three school rooms and a basement and was occupied for the first time on Monday, November 13. 1882. Three years later it became imperative to again increase the school facilities. An addition, corre- sponding in style to the original, was an- nexed to the Central building, at a cost of $1000, including a new heating sys- tem. J. Il. Lyttle and P. N. Gillham were the contractors. They completed the C'en- tral building as it stands today in Janu- ary, 1886.
"The superintendents of the Luverne schools who have succeeded Prof. Folensbe, with the date of service, have been as follows: W. P. Crannell, 1883-84; S. A. Merritt, 1884-87: Z. N. Vaughn, 1887-89; George E. 1.eslie. 1889-91: E. H. Roberts, 1891-94; C. E. Guthrie, 1894-98; Frank E. Dean, 1898-01; C. E. Young, 1901-05; George B. Halverson, 1905-08; J. L. Torrens, 1908-11.
The graduates of the Luverne high school are as follows:
1888-Laura Huntington, Sampson Start.
1889-Arthur E. Huntington. George L. Hunt- ington, Abbie Parriott, Elva Powers.
1890-Emily Brown, Lueins Headley.
1891-Blanche Burley, Anna Crawford, Frank Hlinkly, Kate Ryals.
1892-Guy Huntington, Myra Kilpatrick, Mary Jones. Belle Moreland. 1893-Albert Adams, Mary Blodgett. Ophelia Oestern, Gertie Saxton. Abbey Mather, Nellie Strever. Marie A. Roberts.
1894-May Fasset, Clifton Glass, Effie Jacob- sen, Margaret Jones, Jesse Kilpatrick. James MeCarthy. Minnie Miereort. Thurman Moreland. Charles Olus, Jessie Preston, Butel Way, Ben Webber.
1895-Edia A. Headley
1896-Bertha Bogue, Lillian Gilbert, Robert Gilbert, Nellie Hodgson, Raymond Kilpatrick. Laura Mahoney, Alice Olds, Sadie Parriott, Fred Welch.
1897-Robert A. Crawford, Blanche Gillham, Reeda M. Hazard. C. Clinton Hoagland. Wil- liam Jacobsen, Jr .. Inga M. Kartrude, Hattie D. Jones, Ella M. MeCarthy. John H. McMillan. Eva B. Moulton, Frank E. Older, Arthur B. Preston.
1898-Matt Baldwin. Norma Bates, Lillian Burleigh, Phoche Coon, Walter Crawford. Court - ney Glass. Matie Henton, Carrie Hurd, Ethel Flyke. Adam Jargo. Minnie Kilpatrick, Nellie Morse. Bessie Myrick. Hattie Mccarthy, Ho- mer Preston, Lottie Rice, Karl Way, Clara Woodrow.
1899-Mona A. Berry, Laura E. Hinkly, E. Franziska MeDermott, Cleon D. Smith, Alice I. Smith.
1900-Leon R. Adams, Anna M. Armstrong, Edwin A. Ayer. Maude M. Brockway, Royden M. Brockway. Luvenn L. Brockway, Alice D. Burleigh, Guy H. Burlingame, Leonard H. Jacobsen, Mabel Kilpatrick, Harriett Mckay, Katic E. Teetor, Grant A. White, Herbert E.
In the spring of 1881 the Luverne pul- lic schools were reorganized under the state grading system, with four depart- ments. This work was accomplished un- dor the superintendency of L. E. Folons- be, who was in charge of the schools from 1880 to 1883.4 In July, 1883, the Luverne school board made application for state aid under the legislative act oľ March 3, 1881, for the encouragement of higher education. The application was granted and resulted in the establishment of the Luverne high school, an institution unexcelled in the state. Two Inindred thirty-nine pupils have, up to the present writing, been graduated from the high school.5 An alumni association was form- ed in January, 1892.
Doolittle, Frank M. MeCarthy, Franklin R. McMillan. Fannie A. Minor, Rosa M. Oestern. 1901 -James H. Armstrong. Ruth Bronson, Harry M. Burlingame, Lillian M. Crane, A. C. Croft. Leroy E. Doolittle. Hattie E. Grout, Sara M. Jones, Edna E. Miller, Mildred C. Ryan, Emma J. Willard, Carl J. Woodrow. Maud E. Chesley, Tillie C. Dietrich, Vernon Ganfield, Wil- liam B. Hickly, Walter J. Jacobsen, May C. Marsden, Thomas V. Sheehan, R. May Walters. 1902-James Brady. Lynn Gillham. Edward Hawes, Thomas Kellev, lda G. Jones. Myrile Jones, Amelia Steinfeldt.
1903-Theodore Berry, Blanche Abbey, Mary Connell, Nina Farrington, Mamio Gavin, Alma Hagedorn, Rae Hyke, Florence Kennedy, Lewis Norelius, Eleanor Harroun.
1904-Lee Abbey, Alice Anson, Alvah Brock- way, Rollo Cobban, Mary Innes, Thomas Lai. kin, Effie McMillan, William Norelius, Emil Norelius, Jessie Vickerman, Lennie Woodrow, Emily Soutar.
1905 Sprague Chapin, Edith Gittens, Inde Greene, Nora Jacobsen, Vera MeGrath, Anna Mickelson, Jessie Philbriek, Clare Philbrick, Luella Swedberg, Hazel Purcell, Augusta Nore- lius, Maude Walters, Viola Woodrow.
1906-Edythe C. Brockway, Jennie E. Gittens, Lillian A. Hvid, Luella 1. Jones, Luey J. White, Lavina R. Adams, Edmund S. Adams, Amice 11. Cobban, Ellen E. Crowe, Gladys E. Fink, Jes- sie O. Halbert, Nellie H. Kennedy, M. Roy Swedberg.
1907-Ida M. Broten, Hazel F. Brown, Susan K. Brown, Flarold E. Dunn, Maude E. Grimes, Margaret E. MeGrath, Ellabert Miller, Althea Reid, Agnes Anson. Ora M. Beaty. Walter O. Daley, Ilenry S. Greene, Luey M. Adams, (lar- ence E. Swenson, Floy M. Gibson, Margaret .1. Peteler.
1908-Elmer F. Cummings, Melkeor U. S. Kjor- laug. Jessie L. Jacobsen, Margaret Innes, B. Elinor Sheehan, Grace A. Soutar, Hulda C. Swedberg, Laura B. Fassett, Beatrice M. Hyke, Lloyd D. Long. Cleo M. Stanton. Dot N. L. Webber, Truma F. Brockway, Myrtle Brewer, Susie C. Farrington, Elmer J. Kennedy, Alice M. Lemka, Paul J. Preston.
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