Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1916 — HIRE THERE and EVERYWHIERE [ARTICLE]

HIRE THERE and EVERYWHIERE

The Ford garage at Forsythe avenue, East Chicago, owned by the Burnell agency at Hammond, was totally* destroyed by fire Tuesday night, together with ID cars, entailing a loss of $20,000.

The one-story brick laundry at the State Soldiers’ home at Lafayette was destroyed by fire Monday night. Crossed electric light wires is supposed to have caused the fire. Loss SIO,OOO, covered by' insurance. Mayor U. O. Johnson of Gary, one of the Republican candidates for the nomination for governor, has withdrawn from the race, giving as a reason that his finances are not strong enough to keep up with the pace set. This leaves hut three Republican candidates in the field. Goodrich. McCray and Meyers. McCray has been maintaining extravagant headquarters at Indianapolis for several months, it is said, and also has headquarters with liren in charge of same at South Bend, Terre Haute and other cities. His campaign is costing him a mint of money and it is no wonder that the people of Indiana are aghast at the lavish expenditures he is making to secure an office which pays but a few thousand dollars a year.