Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 18, Hammond, Lake County, 9 July 1906 — Page 3

MONDAY, JULY 9, 1906.

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES PAGE THREE ary News SPORTING NOTES. BASEBALL STANDINGS AND RESULTS. Our postoffice is formally opened today. The L. S. & M. S. will put up the mail cranes this morning and the first mail will leave here this afternoon. Temporary cases have been installed in the postoffice buildand all is in readiness. With the population increasing at the rate it is at present we feel safe in prethat this office will experione of the most rapid growths of any office Uncle Sam ever estabGames for Today. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Pittsburg. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago at Boston. Detroit at Washington. Cleveland at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

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The Krug boarding camp along the south side of the machine shop switch, on the north side, is nearly completed and ready for occupancy. Its location is very convenient for the men that are employed by the company, lyins very near the midst of the work being done by them.

The "tea-pot," this is the term used by the men to designate the engine and boiler that pumps the water over the hill to "Maud", and steam shovel, has been moved south about two hundred fifty feet in order to make room for the filling that is being done before beginning the construction of the machine shops at that point. "Maud" has eaten her way through about fifty or sixty rods of the cut that is being made just north of the river. There is a fascination in watching this monstrous machine as he drops her large dipper, scoops up half a car load of sand, up-root ing trees and stumps if necessary, and swings over to deposit it in the waiting car. The pile drivers have pitched their camp just north of Prospect avenue and have now become a part of us. The engine has been placed on the traveling bed by means of skids reaching from the end of the bridge down to the bed and the derrick will probably be placed in position today. Charles Chamberlain of Indiana Harbor, and Moses Specter, W. L. Cherry and John Keenan of East Chicago, spent part of the day here yesterday. Charles Williams of Hessville came over yesterday afternoon to see how dangerous a rival might be. C. Huber and little daughSunday with her people in st Chicago. ter Ea You haven't seen that new place to eat have you? Well it just puts anything of the same name in Hamso far in the shade that you wonder you ever stopped there. Mr. Specter, the proprietor, introduced "The Boss" and his cook, who by the way, traveled with Mr. Specter five years on the Wabash. There is no exageration in saying that they have the finest kitchen here and if apgovern your appetite at a place, it will be splendid there. '"The Boss" is delighted with his prospects and she says that they have come to stay. Church services were held here yesterday morning. Mr. Knotts acted as host and occupied the amen corner. Considering that there had been no announcements, the services were quite well attended, there besome fifty present. Rev. Flaniof Valparaiso occupied the puland Mr. and Mrs. Sears and Mrs Townsley of Tolleston composed the choir. The music was very good, a small organ having been brought along. Reed Chambers has returned to his new home here. He lived form erly with his folks at Hammond, but left there to take up work near St. Louis He now expects to remain with us, having been assured of all the work he cares to do. The Peru Construction company camp is now ready. Mr. Forstel, the manager, expects to work about 100 teams, using nothing but No. wheel scrapers in all of the work. To obtain an idea of our size, and the number of our camps, you shoul visit us in the evening. One can readily count in various directions thirty or forty camp fires. These are centers of interest in the evening for the various camps about which the people gather to spend the twiMany of the camps are sup plied with musical instruments and there is no dearth of artists to handle them. FUNERAL OF RUTH KEELER. Ruth Keeler, two years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Keeler of 401 Ash street, was buried this afternoon at Oak Hill cemetery after funeral services were held at the home. The little girl died las Saturday noon after a short illness

W. L. Pct. Chicago 51 23 .689 New York 45 25 .643 Pittsburg 45 26 .634 Philadelphia 38 35 .521 Cincinnati 30 44 .405 St. Louis 29 47 .382 Brooklyn 26 43 .377 Boston 26 47 .356 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. Pct. Philadelphia 43 27 .614 New York 42 27 .609 Cleveland 42 28 .600 Chicago 39 31 .557 St. Louis 35 36 .493 Detroit 37 34 .521 Washington 25 45 .357 Boston 18 53 .254

All Saints Win Again. The All Saints baseball team won a well-played game from the NewsStars by the score of 5 to 4. This victory is the second this season and the All Saints now feel confident of defeating any team of their age in the city. The lineup follows: All Saints News-Stars J. Housley--C--D. Manser J. Welty--P--W. Rohde W. Mauch--SS--N. Wilder F. MacNally--1B--C. Whittier C. Purcell--2B-J. Jergens E. Carroll--3B--W. Gringer G. Chartur--RF--G. Jergens T. Tague--CF--C. Palmer R. Morrison--LF--F. Ebert N. Stars 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0--4 All Saints 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 *--5 Hammond Gun Club. J. C. Becker Gets First Honors Twelve Members Compete--Two Events. At the semi-monthly shoot held by the Hammond Gun club yesterday at Sharpshooter's park, J. C. Becker scored the most points, carrying off the honor with twenty targets out of twenty-five. The totals of the club members in the two events are as follows: First Event. Warnimont 16 Warnimont 18 C. Becker 20 Wm. Hoin 12 J. Schrum 12 F. C. Miller 19 Chas. Burns 7 C. Schrum 19 F. C. Fricke 16 W. McCumsey 6 G. W. Shad 18 Friedrichs 13 Second Event. Warnimont 16 Warnimont 12 C. Miller 16 C. Friecke 19 Hoin 14 C. Becker 17 P. F. F. W J. C. Schrum 17 W. Shad 18 J. Schrm 11 W. McCumsey 7 FIRE IN ERIE FREIGHT YARD. Huntington, Ind., July 8.-Flames which raged i nthe Erie freight yard this afternoon did damage estimated at from $10,000 to $15,000 and threatened a great amount of prop erty with destruction. The fire burned so fiercely for a time that it seemed that it would go beyond the control of the firemen. Ten freight cars, which the officials of the comsay were empty, were burned and several more damaged to an exAll passenger and freight trafwas delayed for several hours by the fire. The origin of the blaze is unknown. PRIZE DAY FOR HAMMOND. Two active members of the HamKennel club resorted to very effective means to increase the local respect and admiration for the "dorg. Yesterday they were seen on South Hohman street leading a fine specimen of the genus canine in the direction of Harrison park. Later on when R. H. McHie went into his private garage he was pleased to find chained there a fine English bull terrier. There was little quesas to who was the real dog fanin the family and so the animal was turned over to Miss McHie who prizes him very highly. Subscribe for the Lake County Times.

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HAMMOND'S HANDICAP. Editor Times: That this is a prosand pushing city, with flatprospects and great possibili ties is plain to any man with ordineyesight or possessing a thinkof even average capacity. That is, viewing the city from a purely commercial and industrial standof course. At present it is not at all a desirable residence locaWith its sand and its sand fleas, its low, marshy, scrub-oak surits practically sewerless and unserviceable streets, its cellarhouses, its utterly inadequate street car service and its depotless railroads, it is certainly not as yet in a position to plume itself upon its attractions as a residence city. But for booze and business it is a corker. It strikes me, however, as a newthat you have too many real estate or sand-estate speculators, for the good of the present or prospective city of Hammond, and I believe these

men, in conjunction with the local man. Father Ke--r officiated at tribe of landlords, constitute the real St. John's yesterday and read the letnd chief menace to Hammond's ter by request of the bishop.

continued growth and prosperity. The former and fewer, but widely voracious class, have succeeded in getting hold of pretty nearly every foot of land, north, south and east, and in their eagerness to "make" have clapped such ridiculously high values on their holdings as to make them, so far as the average wageis concerned, practically proNewspapers and posters are used as advertising mediums in which to set forth the alluring charms of these isolated sand lots and the absurdly easy terms upon which they may be secured. As a sucker is said to be born every minthe real estate business in Hamis unhealthily robust. The landlords on their part, not to be outdone in this effort to kill the goose laying the golden eggs, and to make up for the slump in rents which followed the departure of the packing plant, have, for the

past two years, gradually where they George tried to cross State street in had to and hastily where they front of Fred Carter's livery stable. could, sent rents soaring, and now He started out right, but a mis-step they "don't do a thing" to the un- caused him to tumble into the ditch fortunate house-hunter. To such an where he sputtered and struggled extent has this greed grown that our in the muddy water until he was manufacturers find it difficult to re- rescued from his uncomfortable posiemployes coming from out of tion by Carter himself. Now when town, who find themselves utterly George comes to a sand dune in the unable to secure a rent any price, middle of the street he goes around or finding a vacant domicile, are the block.

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other driven away by the extortionater price asked. These conditions ought not to exist in Hammond if this city is to grow and thrive. Industrial as well as individual needs demand fairer dealI believe there is a remedy for the evils outlined, but its considerais not the purpose of this arI simply desire to give a strang-viewpoint--his idea of what is really Hammond's most serious handH. W. M. CHANGE IN PASTORATE OF ST. JOHN'S CONGREGATION. The Rev. C. F. Keyser, Formerly of Hammond, Succeeds the Rev. A. Heitman, who Retires. The Rev. Charles F. Keyser, forassistant pastor at the local St. Joseph church, received a letter from Bishop Alerding of Fort Wayne last week, in which he is appointed pastor of the congregation of St. John, to succeed the Rev. A. HeitFather Heitman retires, but will continue to make his home at St. Johns. In connection with St. John's conthe Father Keyser also rethe supervision of the Catholic church at Lowell, going to St. John on the first Sunday to say high mass and vespers, and on the following to say early mass. POPCORN GEORGE TUMBLES. Popcorn George thought he knew Hammond's topography perfectly, but he was not aware that t seismic or some other kind of disturbance had caused an upheavel on State street, and so he suffered, from a serious case cf over-confidence. Perhaps if he had known that he was in the Hammond Alps, he would have used his alpenstock more efand an embarrassing accould have been averted.

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