Moving Hibbing

Title: Articles Against Moving Hibbing
Type: Newspaper
Date: 1919, 1921
Source: Hibbing Daily Tribune, Mountain Iron

Description: These two articles discuss a court action that some citizens of Hibbing filed to stop the moving.
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Activities:

1. How much time passed between these two newspaper articles being published?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: You might be tempted to say there are two years between 1919 and 1921, but if you look at the dates it's much less time: about one year and three months between them.
2. Can you tell from this information whether most of the Hibbing citizens were involved in filing the court case?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: Each article says that 150 citizens were involved, but to know whether this was most of the people you would have to find out what the population was in Hibbing at the time.
3. What do you think people feared that the Oliver Iron Mining company and the village of Hibbing were doing to them?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: They seem to have been worried that the iron company was getting its way unfairly, maybe by getting the authorities in Hibbing to cause people to move illegally.
4. How long was this case in court?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: The second article says it lasted two weeks once it was actually heard, even though the complaint was filed in October of 1919, according to the first article.