Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 22, 1911, Page 1

Grand Uapids Herald-Ueview. inn eter ae MINNESOTA : : 6 HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VoL, XXIL—No, -35 Granpv Rapips, Itasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, tgII Two Dollars a Year WOULDMURDERFOR INGERSOLL WATCH Austrian’s Cupidity for a: Dollar Watch Nearly Causes Death of Zigmaa Brundza. GUT VICTIM'S THROAT WITH-KNIFE, Then Attempted to Conceal Evi- {not yet been apprehended. m., and after waking up several fami ilies, was directed to the residence of Officer Graham... A.-doctor: was: sim- moned, the wounds dressed and the next morniig C-unty Attorney: McOr< and Sheriff Rileywere notified. cree | went out and after looking the of the robbery ever, brought seer back to Grand Rapids and placed him’ in St. Benedict’s hespital. If was difficult to obtain a good de scription of the Austrian, Brundza be, ing in such condition at the time he | could not describe him, but it is said! he was of medium height, dark com- | plexioned and smooth shaven. Search is being made for him, but he has Brundza afterward stated that he! thought, but was not sure, having a hazy recollection from the act'on of MESABA WILL HAVE ‘KEEWATIN'S GREAT PROSPEROUS re WHITE WAY OPENED Last Year’s Production of Iron Ore Municipal Electric Light Plant in Broke All Previous Records’ ,| Operation for the First Time on the Range. Saturday Evening. MEANS MUCH TO GRAKD Pas CITIZENS CELEBRATE THE EVENT Prosperity of Range Indirectly Af-. Was Accompanied By Tooting of ' was manufactured by the Enterprise Engine Co. It is said to be the most improved gas engine that science can produce. The engine was installed by R. T. Ch'nnock, a representative (of the company, who was present when it was put into operation for the first time Saturday evening. It ee a fifty kilowat generator and at the present time is developing 2,300 Volts. The electrical swiss throughout the village was done under the per- sonal supervis'on cf Supt. Logee and it is sa'd to be one of the dest pieces of work of its kind in the nor- thern part of the state. AJ poles are in alloys the appearance of the stree’ not being marred by ungainly strings of poles and all the cables leading to the power house are in conduits. The MARBLE 13 COMING TOWN OF THE RANGE Stated Population Will Double Dur- ing Present Year—Great Northern to Increase Trackage. HAS $45,000 SCHOOL BUILDING Population At Present Is Over 900 . the liquor, that the Austrian started | x m ; ae ! dences “ the Crime By Crema- ee aoe dae — By —_ and ; ame One of the Most Com- ue and Does Not Include Laborers 20 ; | oe . Logee 3 tion— Was Unsuccessful and | met. He walked a short distance with eee ‘oint to Year plete Systems i in Nerthern Min- !in6 piant force cons'ste of three eats At Mines—News From the Brundza Will Live. ‘his victim and then disappeared, Bras | 1911 Being a Hummer nesota, Costing $15,000.00 |The power house is modern in every Hustling Berg. |agraph, took place za not seeing him again untli the? meeting, described in the second par- particular. It is floored; there is a lavatory and shower bath for the employees and the floers are scrub- ; i | As the mining companies are pay-} Big things are the usual, rather bed and all machinery thoroughly ex-! ess than four years ago the sit« amined and cleaned each day. The | Where the vilage ef Marble now Sinee the beginning of time, man’s | cupidity has been respons ble for” more than half the crimes committed ZOLLERKOMMEN CLUB and one of the most dastardly crimes that bas been attempted in Itasca county for some time took place near Calumet Wednesday evening when:an unknown Austrian attempted the life of Zigman Brundza, by elashing his throat with a knife, and all be | re-| ceived in the way of renumeration | was an Ingersc] watch, which can be purchased in any store for $1, andj eighty cents in money. | bodies of ore in the vicinity of Grand | |ing royalties on many undeveloped than the unusual thing in this par-| ticular section of northern Minnescta HAS DELIGHTFUL TIME Five Hundred Losers Serve Winners With Elaborate Luncheon At Mrs. J. E. McMahon’s Home. It seems that Brundza, who was slightly the worse for wear on ac-| «ount of having looked too long et the flowing bowl came in on the Wednesday evening train from Hib- bing and inquried the way to Snow- ball, he haviag secured a job at that Place cutting ties He was directed to follow the Great Northern track, according to the s.ory.as related to the county attorney and sheriff Thuns day, and started cy his way. He tad only got a short distance out of | town when he overtook the unknown | Austrian and he a an inquined the way from him. The Austrian stated he was going to Snowhall and inv'ted Brundza to accomrany him, which he did, They had only walked about a mile when Brundza puikd out a bottle and invited bis companion to Rave a drink. By this time they were opposite a tool house, in which the section crew's hand car and too's are kept. In order for the floor of the tool houscio.be on the level with whe track, it was raised up on pilings nd the Austrian suggested they go ander it, build a fire where they could be more comfortable and take their drink. Brundza agreed to this ‘and the fire was built. While sitting around the fire Brundza spenei inti telescope ané taking out a pair of old shoes, threw them in the fire. He also took an Ingersol watch from his. pocket and threw it in the telescope, it being of no further use, as it re- fused to run» When the Austrian saw it his cupidity wee at, once aroused and he struck Brundza, who was unpr pared the attack being entirely un- expected, cn the point of the chin, knocking h'm sense’ess. He then, ac- cording to the number of cuts on Brundaza’s throat, stashed him three times with a knife, but it was evident it was @ull, as the w'ndpipe and jugu {House recl's, lar yoi1-were net severed, although th knife blade penetrated to them. From the appearance of the fire, the Aus- trian heaped more wood on it, after rifling the pockets of his supposed victim, with the intention of burning the building and thus destroying evi- dence of his crime. After half con- suming one of thé pilings, the fire burned itself cut and about three hours later Brundza came to consci- ousnecs and started back to Calumet. He arrived there about 1 o'clock a. The Zollerkomen club, arourd the name of which there is cons derabie mystery, its members refusng to divulge the mcaning cf the word, composed o* tke following young ladies: Jessie Aiken, Carrie Peck- felt, Katherine Do:an, Catherive © 1- b rt, Ada. Kremer, Err a Kren e’, Fuby LaMere, Lilian Le eb.e, Irene Logar Mrs. J. E. McMahen, Rae Fotier and Alice Tyndall, The club meets each Wedncsday night at the home ,of one of the members and delishtful social gather mgs are reported. Five Hundred is the official game played by the club and at the begii- ning of the year, 1910, it was decid-d to divide the club in half, the los. 3 to banquet the winners. St. Va'en- tine’s day, February 14, was f'xed on as the day cn which the losers should liquidate for their iack of skill, or luck, according to the view- point, but as other social diversions interfercd, it w°s postpcned to i hurs- day evening by the losers, but they omitted to acqua’nt the wiin-rs with this fa t who twittcd them @ ot debts of honor etc. Consequently, they were very mu h surpri.ed to re- ceive preemptory sun mons their pre sence was required at the re idence of Mrs. J. E. McM>hon, Thursday eve mg at 5:30 o’clock. However, no re grets were heard and it is sife to presume they e:joyed the bancuet, if the menu, which follows is any aug- ury. It seems the los rs individvally and collectively, had sworn they woud serve no h'ng but coif’sh, con~equent ly, the first couvse was codfish bal's and the banqu2t°re natura ly supro et the next course would be another variety of the same animal, but—!o and behold—it was oysicr cockta'ls. Then fellewed in ravid success‘on veal loaf, pota‘o chirs, o'lves Porker | benana salad, cherry sherbet and cake. At the conclvsion of the luncheon, | the winners were sent to the first show at the Gem, while the losers proceeded to make away with all evi- dences of the spread. By that time, the winners had returned and the, balance of the evening was spent in; a social way. The losors were: Jessie Aiken, Car rie Beckfelt, Katherine Doran, Cath- erine Gilbert, Irene Logan and Rae Potter. —_—<—<$—<$—$_$ $$$ —————————————$————— Rapids, we re rodu e te:cw an arti. le || and yet, the improvements that have; from the Duluth Herald on the stce}, been made in the village of Keewatin situaticn on the Mesata range. As sitceits in orporation four years age general pres: erity means gocd times are out of the ordinary. During that for all sectio:s of the country, so do) time, a model sewerage s;stem has | Heath, foreman for the Northern F good t.mcs on tle range srell pros!) been commenced which, when com- périty for Grand Repids, 2s the busi-| Peted, will have cost $25,0€0; a vil- nes done in the village is indirectly’ lage hall, in which are the jail, fire | affected by cozdit’ons among the h°ll, recorder's office, council rooms, | mines. The art cle follows: ,| Comm.ttee chamle:s and a gocd size H cost of the building, machinery and | stands was uninhabited and was not wiring amounts to about $15,000. | productive, save for the cord wood |intendent. Mr. Logee was, before en- The village council was certainly wise in its selection of a plant super- tering the emplcy of Hawley & gathered from it. Today Marble is a growing village of nearly 1,000 inhabitants with good substantial buildings, one of the best | educational inst:tutions in the north- trical Co., of Duluth, and while in the employ of the former company in | stalled the electric light svstem at Hibbing. He thoroughly understands | his work, is pleesant to meet and | ern part of the state—the Olcott building—costing $45,000 and the vil- jlage has every medern coavenience, city water, sewerege system and electric lights: Its inhabitants are After breaking all records for ship-; ments of iron ore last seescn the Me- saba range, judgi g from all the in, is formation obtainable, will set a new record for shipments in 1911. Notwith standing that throughoyvt last there was dulln s in the iron and’ stec] market, which hed net recoveree auditorium with a comrlete sct of scenery was completed last year at a cost of £23 000; a municipal electr'c |light plant and water works, costing $15,000, was put in operation the first year time Saturday evening, the lights, as | had been previously announced, be- |ing turned cn at promptly 7:30 o’- Engine and pid Keewatin Electric i ght Plant from the big fnancial disturbance of clock. The event was celebratcd by | jed stage fitted up w'th every con- 1907, shipmeats from the Mesata ex-'tooting of whistles, the fire depart-, venience anda Hal! & Krdivr piano. eceeded the banner years of 1907 and’ ment was out in full force and to| The auditorium will seat about 800 | within speaking distance cf him 1908, and were nearly 12,006 000 tons the un‘t.a.ed, thera demen'um ni_h° | people. in excee3of the sh prments of 1908. Railroads are teginning to order froater days of the west. However, | the construction work was done by it was cmly the natural exuberance | the betterments they have becn put- ting off for four years. The iron and stee’ situation is getting better week by week. In:dustria] prosperity has been slowly but surely returning for two years. Bus ness is improving in all ines and this ‘s reflected in the -big railroad earnin~s and the increas- ing demand for ircn and steel. Much of the trading of the Mesaba range is do.e in Duluth, and th’s city is vitally intercsted in everything that concerns the range. Wherefore. this review. Care has been taken in verifying all the figures here set forth showing the shipments from each dis- trict of the range during each of the last four years. These figures were taken from the books of the Oliver Iron Mining Co., the Duluth Missabe & Northern Ra'lroad company, the Duluth & Iron Range Ra‘Ircad compan and the Great Northern Railroad com pany. The three railroads named are the only ones shipping ore from this range. When the Mesaba dropped in 1908 to 17,000,000 tons fram 27,500,000 tone the year before, the blow was felt in all of the cities and towns of the range, but @ year later saw the pre- duction slightly overlap that af 1907, and last year was the most prosper- ous in the range’s h'story. Busineé might have been dull elsewhere, but the dullness was not preceptable on the Mesaba. Its cities and towns are all doing a good business and grow- ing fast, some of them with marvel- ous rapidity, Not Controlled by the Stee! Corpora- tion. Contrary tothe belief held by many ~Continued on page ten. {have suggested visions of the old of feeling that Keewatin is now up- to date in every respect that caused | this demonstration. After the lizhts were turn d on full b’at, Councilman Pat McGuire s‘ated thcse who fe't so dispesed could cons der thems2ives his guests, he hav.ng prejared @ roast pig barbecue to fittingly cele- brate the event. The councilman found plenty of “takers” to his pro- pos:tion. Electric Light Plant. The electric light plant was put in by H. F. Logee for the Hawley & Heath Co., which red the contrac and so thoroughly he do his work that the council fina'ly prevailed on; him to accept the position of plant superintendent and it was through his courtesy and that of P. A. Mc- Hachin, the p'oneer of Keewatin, that the Herald-Review representa- tive was given an insight into the operations at the power house. The building is 50x45 fect, with brick bach walls and its exterior is sheeted with corrugated rcofing. In it are the electric light plant and pumps and it also houses the huge shaft from which the village supply of water is obtained. Th’s shaft is 6x9 fect and. is about 50 feet deep. Connect- ed to it is the duplex compr°ssd pump which has a capacity of 2,500 gallons per minute. building is the water tank, the tower of which is eighty feet high, while the tank is sxteen feet in diameter by sixteen feet high ard wi'l contain about 60,000 gellons. Thus it can be seen that Keewatin has good fire- protection. The engine is a 12x12, three phase? system, with direct connections and Just outside the | takes pride in seeing that everything | of that class which instantly makes is done right. |a new comer, if he is of the right The Severace System. sort, feel instantly at-home. Marble Keewatin citize-s never bel'eve in| hs practically no foreign population, doing things by halves and corse- the laborers at the mincs not living quently, its sewerage system, when !side the corporate li i but jcomplete, will be one of the best in| What is called “Tent Town.” The the county. The main sewer is 30/"¢Sidences are all well constructed inches in d'ameter, while the laterals | With medern fittings and altoge ‘ther are eighteen and twenty-four inches. |#t is @ very des‘rable place in which The work on the sewer will be com- | t® live. pleted about July 1 and the total cost! New enterprices are coastantly com | will be about $25,000. ing to the village and the latest is The Vilage Halt !Gilbert’s pharmacy, by Dr. George The Keewatin village hali is one 'C. Gilbert & Son, Fixtures and a that any city of 15,000 inhabitants Part of the stock has alrez might well roint wth pride. Erected 24 when a Hera'd-Review 1 rrived at lin the fala of 1909, and completed ative visited the town Saturday, jude jlast spring, it is yet a new building. ing from their appearance, it will ba one of the most up-to-date and neat | Built of Bine Dale compres-ed brick, ~ ‘with gray granite trimmings, 48x60 | appearing drug stores in northeast+4 lfeet, two storics high, with a full|¢™ M'nnesota, The ph st ar ‘sized basement, it certainly presents | ved yesterday and is ney ‘a fine appearance and the citizens |"28ing the stock om the shelves. Dr. should—and are jrstly proud of it. | Gilbert, who has rooms in tue Firs |The basement ccn‘a’ns the heating | State bank building, has rented apparatus and ceal. The first floor ‘the J. Shere eottage and Marbl contains the fire hail, the recorder’s | ‘© be congratulated on his addition | qifice, chief of police's office and | for no better beeser lives in this or the village jail The second floor |@5Y other county. jis petitioned off, the west side be | Speaking of the First State bank ‘ing devoted to council rocms andcom ; b¥ilding reminds us, The Horald j mittee chambers, while the east side Review representative called on Cz ar- ‘is a fine auditorium with a good ier D. M. Vermilyea, cashier of the ‘bank, but found him so busy receiv- ing deposits that he could not get The plars were drawn by | W@S payday at the mines and every | Architeet’D: V. Case, of Duluth, and |@™ploye was mak ng for the baak | There wag .a long gtring of ‘en lined Heasel & Hozeleamp of Hibbing. |p, all head’ng for the same objec Zow, and | Lindsey & Stahl, of Nashwauk secur- tive point, the teller’s wi ed the contract for the electrical wir-|its number never seemed to srow less. /s each one pauscd in front window he preduced h's ‘ing. The ccst of the building com- plete was $23,000 and it will answer of the all village purpcses fer many years to|and tank book, depositing a | portion of his earnings and the dé | come. Fire Department. posits must have increased As the village volunteer fire de-|theusand dollars-on that day < partment was organized not very lon, The reporter finally gave up in d's 's'nce, it necessarily follows that it | pair and promised to call at som¢ !has net yet been given sufficient dri] | future time. practice to put it in good condition,| Although Marble is supperied |but with age and experience it will the mines, thé Hill princi |be one of the best in this section of | al! those who do their trading jthe state. P. J. Carmody is chief, village do not get their sus’enanc: while Gust Johnson is the assistant from that source. We have in mi chief. The department equipment is Robert McKee, proprietor of the bca lof the best, cons’stirg of two hose' house and summer resort on Twin carts, 1,000 feet of hose and the very \ lakes. Mr. McKee stated he hes al- Continued on page four. i Continued on page four. RATS R ALLS RRAVAT Ib OMIN NG: i Keewatin’s Modern Village Hall