On This Date in Minnesota History: August 13

August 13, 1914 – The enforcement of the Indian Treaty of 1855 will not affect the retail saloon business in the villages of Buhl, Chisholm and Hibbing, according to Hibbing mayor Victor L. Power, who was in Virginia for a short time this evening. Power is the attorney for the retail liquor dealers who are interested in the Indian treaty matter,

“The saloons of Hibbing and Chisholm will not be closed the first of October, even if the department decides to rigidly enforce the Indian lid,” said Power tonight. “They will not be closed either until the last court in the land has passed on certain fine legal questions involved, which may require several years. The East Swan River is defined as the eastern boundary of the so-called Indian country. Just what constitutes the East Swan River is not clear. The government maps are conflicting. There are two branches of the stream. If the main river is construed to be the headwaters, they are clearly outside of it. There are other points of law also which will give the liquor dealers a good case and which will be fought to the last ditch.”

Power declared himself well pleased with the basis of the settlement effected with the mining companies in the Buhl and Mountain Iron cases. “Everybody is happy over the outcome,” said Power. “The basis of settlement is fair and satisfactory to all concerned and from the stand point of my clients is much more satisfactory than the prospect of extensive litigation long drawn out in the courts.”

The Virginia Enterprise; “Chisholm and Hibbing Safe. Indian Treaty Does Not Apply to Those Towns Declares Victor L. Power.”; Aug. 14, 1914; p. 6.

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain 2-7-15, 

as long as acknowledgement included.

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