Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 50, Hammond, Lake County, 15 August 1906 — Page 3

Wednesday, Aupr. 15, 1 906.

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES PAGE THREE

Gary News

Mrs. Specter was in Chicago on business yesterday afternoon. Mrs. A. C. Huber spent yesterday in East Chicago. Mrs. F. K Warne was looking after business interests in Hammond yesterday. , Miss Eva Burkeley and Miss Fanry Specter are visiting at the home of Mr. an Mrs. Specter for a few days. Another twenty-ton crane was shipped in yesterday. This one will be U3ed by the bridge company on the work north of the 15. & O. Frank Wilder expects his grading machine today. It was switched in nt Indiana Harbor yesterday and Frank went tip to Investigate. A new restaurant is being erected Just west of Frank Rieland's milk depot. The proprietor is Danish and will cater more to the Scandinavian trade. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Knotts were shopping in Chicago yesterday. Mrs. Knotts expects to leave the latter part of the week for an extended visit at Medaryville where her people live. Two large derricks are being erected along the excavation for the open hearth furnaces. The excavation is well on toward completion. It required the moving of about one and one-half million cubic feet of dirt. A. F. Knotts is in Valparaiso today and tomorrow attending the graduating exercises of his two daughters who have been attending the University. They have completed the class courses and expect to take up teaching after a short vacation. Messrs. Lippman of Chicago, and Wurtz Brothers of Ft. Wayne, were visitors here yesterday. Wurtz Brothers contemplate the purchase of property and building. Mr. Pippman Intends to put in a store as soon as the real estate is put on the market. ' ' George L. Lawson, the New York representative of the Indianapolis News was here between trains this morning, securing matter for a write-up of our city. Mr. Lewis of the same paper, who was here last week, made us a part of his general write-up of the Calumet region. Mr. Lawson's article will be exclusively of and concerning our city, and the plants being built here. The Great Lakes Dredging Co. are putting in a large engine and pump at the end of the present pier. Their large steel frame pile driver has been put together and will soon begin work Oil the driving of the piling to be used in the long pier they are to build. A large number of men are busy putting up the quarters for the live hundred men they expect to em ploy here for several years. Poly Welsh of the Stein-Wyatt camp is very ill with pneumonia. About a week ago he made a trip to ToIIeston one evening and after get ting "tanked" at the "Dump" slept in the woods all night. This brought on a severe cold. His friends who were with him insist that Poly was "doped" at one of the places in ToIIeston and this together with the exposure was the cause of his illness Work is being rushed on the four blast burnace foundations. The large four-pier concrete arch is about complete on the third foundation and the cribbing is being erected for the s."nl It is expected that the American Bridge company can begin putting in the. steel work in about a week on two of the furnaces. That company has the contract for the erection of all of the Steel company's building here. The work of driving the piling for the post office building was completed yesterday. Only seven hundred were needed instead of a thousand as orig inally planned. Laborers are leveling off the piling and preparing the rroutivi for the concrete cribs. Carpenters are preparing lumber and the rection of cribs will begin today. The concrete mixer to be used at -the Siee building of the foundation was lauled over to the bridge yesterday ind will be put into position and the ugine brought over today.

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Mrs. Inez Gibson spent two days in Ross visiting her niece, Mrs. Johnson. Otto C. Borman was in Hobart cn business todav. Chas. Johnson, the county auditor, was in town on business today. It has been announced that August Brown is to build a large two story building of brick with stores on the first floor and two flats above. Today was pay day with some of the contractors in Gary and as usual several checks were cashed in ToIIeston and the boys spent some of their money with the hop soda dealers. None of them were asked to pay ?1 to get their checks cashed. Indiana Harbor, E. W. Wickey of East Chicago, paid Indiana Harbor a visit yesterday. Mr. Panto from Haralovich (wherever that is) registered at the Harbor hotel for dinner yesterday. Watch us, as the Harbor will be heard from every night in these columns from, now on. From all reports, Peck Dubbs, who was taken to one of the hospitals in Englewood last week, is getting along nicely. C. F. Wade of Philadelphia, Joe Laycock, Logansport, and C. Kimaich, from Kankakee, were registered at the Harbor hotel yesterday. Jack Reinlan was a caller in the Harbor the other night. Eevrybody was glad to see Jack, and kept him busy shaking hands most of the time he Mas here. Messrs. 0"Connell and Sternberg have at last reached the pinnacle of fame. A cigar has been named after them and the cover of the box shows a good photo of both. Messrs. J. R. McArdle and Thos. Williams of Pittsburg, were in In diana Harbor yesterday. They are officials of the Amalgamated and were looking after routine business. Hugie Rigney left Monday morn ing for a trip across the lake. Hughie is going to the Manitou islands and is mixing business with pleasure, as he has considerable interests on the islands which he is going to look af ter. A number of Harbor people who go to Gary every day. missed the early morning train Monday. The Lake Shore had changed the time of the morning train from 7:50 to 7:35 and as no notice i f the change had been posted, most of the boys had to wait until the 11:30 train. The mass meeting held at the Tod opera house in East Chicago, for the purpose of letting the citizens hear and discuss the conditions of the water and light plants, was well attended by the business men from the Harbor. A special car carried them over at S o'clock, returning at midnight. The issues were discussed by various representative citizens and the details of the meeting may be found in another part of this paper. Perry Fox has moved his family to Englewood, where they will reside in the future. Mr. Fox is the oldest conductor in length of service, working for the C, I. & S. railroad, Chicago division, and is now running one' of the passenger trains between Chicago and Danville. The terminus of the passenger trains is, of course. Chicago, and that has made it necessary for Terry to leave the Harbor. By the way, have you missed Judge Hembroff's smiling face around the Harbor this week. He left Saturday with a party of Hammond people for a two weeks' trip across the lakes. The party expects to spend considerable time fishing, and no doubt the judge will have a fine assortment of fish stories when lie gets back. He got an early start telling fishy ones the day before he left; said he was just practicing. E. G., Dolson returned this morning from a trip across the lake. He was visiting his wife and daughter at Saugatuka. and says the country around there makes a man think life is worth living. His daughter had a narrow escape from drowning yesterday while in bathing. She went into the water and waded out to the sandbar. While standing there a large wave rolled over her and she went down twice before noticed by her uncle who pulled her out in the nick of time.

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filed in the Circuit court yesterday afternoon. Mrs. P. A. Banks is visiting friends at Minneapolis, Minn., for several weeks. Next week is institute week in Crown Point and school ma'ams will occupy the town. John Elwanger of Chicago, is vititing Crown Point friends and renewing old acquaintances this week. The interior of Central Music is I being redecorated preparatory to the opening of the theatrical season! which will occur during fair week. Grant Hunter of Hammond .stopped off here Tuesday noon on his way to Palmer, where he sold his Indian Motorcycle to Qaussen Bros. The new buildings at the fair grounds are rapidly assuming completed form and will be ready for the opening of the fair, September 4. E. II. Crowell contemplates the purchase of a new Cadallic touring car, similar to the one owned by C. M. Baker. The Hobart robber who attempted to hold up the Pennsylvania ticket agent at that place was brought over and placed in Sheriff Daugherty's care yesterday afternoon by Marshal Fred Rose of Hobart. The Crown Pointers who compose the '"Bug House" camp on the Kankakee river, have all returned home with the exception of Frank Houk, and he is spending the week there, acompanied by the members of his class in the M. E. Sunday school. Mr. II. II. McClaren, wife and son of Greensburg, Kan., are visiting in Lake county this week. Mr. McClaren left here 27 years ago for the west and this is his first visit here since that time. When here he lived at Leroy, his father owning a portion of the ground on which Leroy is built. He now owns a section of fine wheat land in Kansas and is enjoying unbounded prosperity. Dyer News. Rev. Joseph Flach made a short business trip Monday. Two of our Sisters, teachers in the Parochial school here, have returned, after a five weeks' vacation to their home in Joliet. Miss Mary Keilman of St. John was a Dyer visitor yesterday. Painters are about putting the finishing touches to John Klein's saloon. Some linemen of the Postal Telegraph and Telephone line are in town trimming down the trees that come in contact with their wires. Dyer is about as quiet a town at present as can be found. Since the medicine company left everybody seems to be taking a rest. No excitement whatever. Not even an ice cream social. Mrs. J. Freye died last night at her home. The death was not unexpected as she had been sick and in failing health for a long time. Mrs. Freye was one of the oldest residents of St. John township and was S3 years and four months old. At this writing funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Mrs. Freye was one of the most highly respected persons in this community and leaves a host of friends and 'relatives who are now gathering at the late home to show their last respects. St. John News. Adolph Soberer is steadily improv ing. Miss Rose Ludwig returned home yesterday from a visit with friends at Valparaiso. ; The teachers in this township are preparing to attend the institute at Crown Point next week. Mrs. Andrew Hammer, who was on the sick list for some time, has recovered and is able to attend to her j duties again. The school sisters from Lafayette have returned again to take up parochial school within a few weeks. The regular meeting of the D. R. H. C. V. of St. John was held last night at Rrammer's hall. It was well attended, three new members

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4f sv - s -- Vi -i c i n TV" c tv- A n f i kvjk ill" in ucjoiii ao. iauc. rv u.i Li k. j the past year and the membership ! . : -. . : -1, . . 1 ..... . . v. i i ance of $1,200. The society can be well recommended on account of the benefit the members derive from it. All men are invited to join, which can be done as soon as they reach the age of eishteen years. Whiting News Miss Florence Schaub is visiting relatives at LaPorte. Joseph Nanzer of St. Joe, Mich, is visiting his daughter, Jack O'Keefe returned this morning from a trip through Michigan. Chief of Police Collins and his mother, and children returned yesterday from Rochester, Ind. Lillian Callahan came home from Chicago yesterday. Her cousin returned with her to remain one week. Elmer Harrington of Chesterton, Ind. was in Whiting transacting business today. Mrs. Chas. Paskweitz of Sheridan avenue was taken to a Chicago hospital yesterday to submit to an operation. Mrs. Clarence Phelps and little daughter of Texas are visiting Mesdames Bert Halsey and Harry Rheineman. Mrs. Harry Reineman of LaPorte avenue returned yesterday from St. Joe, Mich, where she visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mauzer. George Ilazellet is entertaining three of his brothers from the East, who came to attend the funeral of their brother Alec Hazellet. Dr. William Greenwald is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Greenwald. Dr. Greenwald is now practicing at Union, 111. Mrs. Bader and son Clarence of Oliver street left yesterday for Lake Mawasee to join Mrs. Jas. Gill. Messrs Gill and Bader will visit them Sunday. Tonsilitis is attacking many of our people. Among some of the victims are Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lun, of the Boyer flats and Ed. Greenwald of Sheridan avenue. The funeral of Michael Adley, who was drowned in Lake Michigan Monday morning, was held this morning at 10 o'clock at St. Michael's church. The burial was at Greenwood cemetery, Hammond. The Standard Oil Co. are going to Westrumite, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York avenues. They will also plant maple trees on the foregoing. If the improvements continue, Whiting will soon have some beautiful strets. Mrs. Joseph Greenwald was most pleasantly surprised this afternoon. It being her birthday her children decided to call in several friends to help her celebrate. A most pleasant afternoon was spent after which dainty refreshments were served by Mesdames Chas. Greenwald and Wm. Wetmore. They departed wishing Mrs. Greenwald many happy returns of the day. Robertsdale Itiss Amy J. Roberts was a Chicago visitor on Tuesday. Scott Coryell of Roberts avenue has been on the sick list. Mrs. John Dreasen of East Chicago was the guest of her sister Mrs. Fred Eggers of Roberts avenue. Mrs. Wm. Barnes and Mrs. Ben Barnes went to Chicago on business Tuesday. Mrs. Cameron is said to be improving greatly. She is still under the doctor's care. The Misses Vater's new house is completed and they will move in it Saturday. Stephen Fanya of Roberts avenue will discontinue his saloon business Sept. 1st. Little Wesley Hatzlett, who has been under the doctor's care for the past two weeks, is improving greatly. Mrs. Herman Theisen of Indiana boulevard and Mrs. William Kelley

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of Roberts avenue visited friends in Chicago Tuesday. The boys of the tire department are practicing hard each evening. They are looking forward to the tournament which is to take place at East Chicago Aug ISth. Mrs. Fred Leverence entertained the Ladies Aid society of the Evangelican church Tuesday evening. A dainty luncheon was served. All the ladies present report a most enjoy able time. Death of Alexander S. Hatzlett. Tuesday, Aug. 15. the remains of Alexander S. Hatzlett, beloved husband of Mary Hatzlett, were buried at the Oak Hill cemetery, Hammond. Mr. Hatzlett died after a year's battle with tuberculosis. He was born in Chippawa, Canada, Dec. 1st, 1S55, and died Aug. 12, 1906. The funeral' services were held at the family residence on Roberts avenue. Mr. Hatzlett leaves a wife, his daughter and son, several brothers and many friends to mourn him. East Chicago Mrs. Denim and Mrs. Robert Scott of Whiting, spent last evening with Mrs. Ross Mrs. Lou Haschall has gone to Minneapolis for a few weeks where she will visit her aunt. Mr. Ed. Klopf left last night for his vacation which he will spend in Milwaukee. The DeLaMar Copper & Refining company are now installing a private telephone system in their plant and it is exptected that it will be n full operation wthin a short time. Ground has been broken and work begun on the houses of John D. Williams and Wm. Brisk. On acount of closing down of the Republic, Mr. Jones has gone to Brazil, Ind., his former home, where he will no doubt remain until the mill starts up again.' The members of the volunteer fire department have commenced preparations for the tournament to be given here Saturday.'" ' They are now building a dance pavilion in the park and getting everything in readiness for a big time. Some one's attention should be call ed to the deplorable conidtion existing at the corner of Waiting street and Block avenue in the Harbor. About a month ago some Chicago party started the erection of a frame building, but owing to the fire ordinance recently adopted, work on the building was stopped. The walk in front of this building is in a dangerous condition as no protection of any kind has been placed there, and a person walking along there could step off the walk into a hole four feet deep, which was dug for the basement. .Mr. John P. Keenan, Jr., city clerk, left yesterday afternoon for Milwaukee where he will spend a few days, attending the Eagles' convention. Several members of the East Chicago

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Aerie 1127 have gone to Milwaukee. The Fin de Sicele club give a moonlight picnic at Robertsdale this evening. Mrs. Blackwood of South Chicago, spent yesterday with her aunt, Mrs. Aaron Thomas. As yet no settlement has been reached relative to the trouble in the mill. A meeting between the company and representatives of the Amalgamated asociation is to be held this noon, at which time, it is expected something definite will be done. Miss Jones' Sunday school class of the Methodist church will give an ice cream social at the church Friday night. Mrs. A. II. W. Johnson returned home from Brook, Ind., after having spent a few days there with Miss Ella Lyons. Mr. Wm. Reiland leave3 tonight for Milwaukee. President McArdle and Vice-president Wiliams of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers, are in town to settle the differences exisiting between the Republic Iron & Steel company; and the

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