The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-18

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and entered the wholesale fur bust
ness in New York City. He was
! highly successful and now lives cas-
| lily in retirement in Los Angeles.
DENNIS MNAMARA clerk in a
grocery store that Simon Clark once
conducted in the metropolitan Block
| at 113 West Superior st. Later, he
! engaged in business with Charles Nc
| Namara at the corner of First avenue
; west and Superior st. Mr.. Mcnamara
now resides in Fargo where be is
deputy commander of the Maccabees
for the entire state of North Dakota.
GEORGE H. NANCE came to Du-
luth from Canada. He was in the
timber business and also cleaned up
a handsome sum in copper stocks.
Later he dropped all his copper stock
winnings, after which he went west.
At present, Mr.. Nance lives in South
Pasadena, California, where he owns
a home and follows speculative lines
of business.
JAMES BUTCHART, brother of
the late w. w. Butchart, former
sheriff of St. Louis county, now re-
sides on a farm on BItchart Lake
about 10 miles from Hibbing. Be-
fore taking up agricultural pursuits,
Mr.. Butcharrt conducted livery
business in Hibbing. He ran R. S.
O'Neil stiff race for county COM
missioner but failed to quite secure
the election.
GEORGE MACKENZIE, when pay
ing teller in the American Exchange
Bank, went to the Northern Crown
Bank in Winnipeg. At present, he is
cashier of the Old National Bank at
Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr.. Mackenzie's
many Duluth friends will regret to
hear that his health has been poor for
some time, bronchial trouble re-
quiring him to be absent from home
and business more than is agreeable.
j. c. CALLAHAN was manager of
the local office of the Singer Sewing
Machine Company for many years.
He also was quite prominent as
democrat in political circles. In 1894
he was a candidate for clerk of the
court on the democratic ticket, OPP
posing John Owens. Mr.. Callahan
now resides in Minneapolis, where he
still is connected with the Singer
company.
JOHN G. BROy.' ~--ne to the
Head of the Lakes fem Canada. lis
was pioneer bart -nder at Tower,
Mimi, in the early days. He became
boss of the democratic party in Du-
luth in Grover Cleveland's day annd,
also, acquired substantial interest
in the Savoy mine at Ely. He now
resides in Chicago in affluence and
loves his enemies no better than
when living in Duluth.
REUBEN ID. SILLIMAN was con-
nected with the law firm Of Draper,
Davis & HOLSTER for some years. He
eventually entered the practice of
law on his own account. He married
Miss Belle Eddy, prominent teacher
in the Duluth schools annd located
in San Francisco. Mr.. Silliman now
resides at Orange, N. j., and is as
ISOLATED with the prominent law
firm of Choate & Lerocque at Al
Wall ST., New York.
G. G. PRINDLE, popularity called
Charley" was prominent about 20
years ago in the .Stone-Ordean-Well
grocery concern. He left Duluth for
Minneapolis where he Is popular
and prominent. Mrs. Prindle was a
member of the noted Day family and
is assumed to have profited highly
from Mesaba range ore holdings. Mr..
Prindle made a good killing on the
Mesaba and was an early investor in
the Guyana range. He also was con-
nected with heavy copper interests
in Arizona and, possibly, Mexico.
WILLIAM f.. LUCAS came to Du-
luth about thirty years ago. He was
prominent in the Big Boom and fol-
lowed real estate and loans as his
chief business. He was receiver of
the Marine National Bank after it's
collapse. At present, Mr.. Lucas is
general manager of the American In
ternational Fuel and Petroleum
Company, with headquarters at Tam
pico, Mexico. His family resides in
the Lucas home in Chicago, where
Mr.. Lucas is, just at present. w. E.
Lucas, Jr., is lieutenant in the
regular army with Pershing, in
France. Rueben Smith, a stepson,
also is a major in the regular army.
EMIL HARTMANN, claiming to be
a civil engineer, was prominent for
some years as dealer in timber
lands and iron properties. Fortune
buffeted him severely and he finally
got close to the edge. At last he
returned to Heidelberg, Germany,
where his old mother was reputed to
have had competence. One report
states that some Duluthian saw Herr
Hartmann in Heidelberg and that he
was in charge of a boarding house
for university students. CARRIED in
gown, with big pipe and stein, he
sat around and talked wisely to the
searchers for the well of knowledge
| while they listened.
DONALD MLEOD, when a sturdy
| young man, came from Scotland to
Duluth as protege of the late A. R.
McFarlane. He served the American
Exchange Bank several years and
then associated himself with the late
Charles F. Leland in the little Com
mercial Bank. He also was proni-
nent as singer in Duluth's artistic
circles. Many years ago, Mr.. Mcleod