Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1910 — ANNEXATION FOOLISHNES [ARTICLE]

ANNEXATION FOOLISHNES

In the Calumet Region As Viewed By a Crown Point Paper. The north part of Lake county, formerly North and Calumet townships, seems to be composed oj a mighty lot of graspers. Their actions show they want everything in sight, and annexations up there are as common as house flies in summer. During last week East Chicago captured Hammond and Whiting by the simple turn of the wrist, which made one city of Hammond, East Chicago, Whiting and Indiana Harbor, and this week Gary put out the same net and pulled in all of the amalgamation on their hook, and now it is supposed the two townships and their cities are all one corporation and will sail under the name of Gary, a city but three years old being

the guardian of all. The entire proceedings tend toward boys’ play, but they are surely winding up a ball of string that will take time and money to untangle, and no doubt make a great amount of trouble before that large territory is made into one city, with one name, one mayor and one set of officers to manage five cities miles part. At any rate they are now done annexing without they take in Lake Michigan, and that would put Uncle Sam in the mix-up.—Lake County Star.