Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 70, Hammond, Lake County, 10 September 1906 — Page 1
VOL. 1, NO. 70. NIGHT EDITION.
HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1906. ONE CENT PER COPY. IEU LUKE COUNTY NEEDLESS" ADMONITION. BflUMT C MUTUAL MEETS For Racing Results See Page Four.
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FORMERS Lake Co. Agriculturists See Possibilities in New Alcohol Act.
TO HOLD KS HEEIUC Matter Freely Discussed at Fair at Crown Polot Advices from Waahlegion on Subject. A movement Is on foot among the farmers of Lake county to consider the possibilities opened up by tfie new product of denaturized alcohol. The question was quite freely discussed by some of the more progressive farmers at the county fair at Crown Point and the prospects are that there will be a mass meeting of farmers held either in Crown Point or in Hammond in the near future, to look into the industry and its possibilities. Ever since the enacting of the de naturized alcohol measure which is to take effect Jan. 1, 1907, farmers all over the country have been agitated, as thev recosrnize in it a means of raatpriallv increasing their incomes. Lake county farmers do not propose to be be hind their brethren, in other states The farmers of Germany and France have already demonstrated what can be done in the way of revenues from thin snnrci and the farmers of this country will not be working blindly. At the state department in Washing? ton reports have just been received, dealing with what denaturized alcohol laws have done for the farmers abroad. It appears that in Germany, over threefourths of the alcohol distilled is made from notatoes. last - year 01,148,182 bushels being consumed In the .production of 76.010.927 gallons, or about 1.26 bushels ot potatoes to the gallon of alcohol. Of the. 72,172 alcohol dis tilleries in operation, 6,043 were farm distilleries. These figures illustrate how closely the new industry can be brought home to the farmers. In Germany the distillation of alco hoi from potatoes is a very important branch of agriculture. Many regions situated at considerable distance from business centers, are devoted almost exclusively to the distilleries, as with out thest. farming pursuits in the lo.!kha would be impossible. In these regions the soil Is especially adapted to the raising of potatoes and very lit tie else. Consul General Thackera stationed at Berlin, reports In part as follows, regarding the Industry and the relation is might bear to agriculture in the United States: "The use of spirits for driving mo tors, lighting rooms and public places, cooking food and producing heat, has a great future." "In the United States." ho continues, "where alcohol for use in the industries can be produced more cheaply, perhaps than in any other country in the world the Increased consumption of the spirit which will take place under the pro visions of the new law will be of great advantage to our agriculturists. 1)11 AT 1 1 OF JOHN F. M'COLLY. John F. McColly of Rensselaer, senior partner in the grocery firm of J. F. MeOo'.ly & Son and a member at large o ua rlfv council, died at his home in Oak street Saturday morning, ' Sept. S Ho has been failing in health for sev oral months, and finally his disease was recognized as that most fatal malady acute P.rlght's disease of the kidneys The funeral was held Sunday at 2:30 the residence by Rev. G. II Clarke, pastor of the Christian church Interment took place in Weston come tery. WILL MAM ST. JOSEPH RIVER. . Charles A. Chapin has been given a franchise allowing him to build a mil lion dollar dam in the St. Joseph river near Berrien Springs, Mich., fourteen miles north of South Bend, for pur poses of generating electric power for South Bend and surrounding towns. tiia overflow will make a lako one mile square. COKEY EMPLOYES MIST WALK. The tearing up ot Ilohman street for the purpose of putting in the new sewer, together with the fact that the street car company was unfortunate enough to have their motors burnt out on the only car line that runs south of Homeweod. is responsible for the fact that the employes who have been relylns on the car to take them to work will now have to walk. The man at the Gostlin street car barns has notlned the superintendent of the trouble but itjmay be several days before the motors can be repaired. It is said that the only way of getting at the motors when the cars are on the tracks is to dig a hole under the car and then work at them from the hole in the ground. The prospects forvhe Conkey employes who live in distant portions of th town are far from pleasant to jontemplate.
Election of Officers Takes
Place and Other Business Transacted. HT1T CHANGES . Rule for Auditing the Corapunj' Book Three Outsiders are Appointed. The Lake County Mutual Fire Insur ance company held its annual session last Saturday at Lowell. From the reports submitted it was seen that the company is in a flourishing condition. Officers were elected as follows: John Borger, president; Starr A. Brownell, secretary; J. Fraas, vice-president; N. P. Banks, treasurer. The meeting was attended by about three hundred policy holders from the four corners of the county and was one of the most spirited and satisfactory held in the history of the company. Starr A. Brownell called the meet ing to order and the routine work was taken up and disposed of. The minutes of the preceding session were adopted. S. B. "Woods made a written request that the next meeting be held at Crown Point on acount of its central location. Oscar Dinwiddie offered a resolution which was supported. It asks that three men other than the directors and treasurer, audit the books for each year. The names of Alfred Sehmall of Brunswick. ,11. M. Eaty of Crown "Point II. Hathaway of Lowell, Tom Hayden of Lowell, William Smith of Lowell, O. Dinwiddie of Lowell, A. Wasson-of Lowell were presented for the auditing committee. Of these Sehmall, Hathaway and Wasson were elected. Nominations for directors for the various districts were then made. The results were as follows: South district, S. A. Brownell and William Kobelln; middle district, J. Fraas and J. Borger; north district, N. P. Banks of Hobart. The statistical report read at the meeting proved of unusual interest and showed the good standing of the com pany. The following is the statistical report: Total number of policies In force, September, 1905, 1,392. Total amount of insurance in force September, 1905, $2,371,765. Total number of policies in force September, 1906, 1,449. Total amount of insurance In force September, 1906, $2,496,584. Policies Issued during the year, 354 Changes during the year, 109. Cancellations during the year, 79. Transfers during the year, 19. Total amount of insurance written during the year, $603,950. Number of assessments during the your, three. Total amount of assessments on the $100. 35 cents. After the general meeting the di rectors held an executive session and elected their officers. GEORGE ADE AS A YOUTH. John MeCutcheon, who was a college classmate of George Ade. has on the wall of hi3 studio a photograph of the Indiana author and playwright that tends to prove that Mr. Ade did intend a correct picture of himself when he shaped the character of Bub Hicks, the bucolic freshman of ,-The College Widow." The photograph was taken when Mr. Ad, fresh from the farm, entered Purdue university. The picture is the playwright's pet aversion. On his recent return from abroad, he called or. MeCutcheon and. seeing the comedy photograph in its old place, exclaimed: "Say, give me that." "What for?" asked the artist. "I'm keeping it as a warning." "That's why 1 want It." explained Ade. "I see another papr says I'm to be married, and I want to send the editor that picture to save writing a denial." DENTAL SOCIETY MEETS HERE. The annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Dental society will be held In this city on the fourth floor of tho Hammond building Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. IS and 19. Various matters of interest to the profession will be discussed and the local dentists are looking forward to a very profitable and successful convention. FIRE DEPARTMENT ; FERRET ESCAPES. One of the ferrets owned by the members of the fire department escaped and was found by one of th? policeman last Saturday. These sleek little creatures are used by the firemen to run rabbits out of their , holes in the winter time when the shooting is good-
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TO EXPLOIT NEW CURE-ALL Kimbell Springs Re-discov ered by "Adopted Son" of Steel Corporation. ' IF. K NOTTS IS SPONSOR Vouches for Efficacy of Waters In Healing Everything From SteneRrnise to EuracSe. A. F. Knotts is branching out. He has rediscovered Kimbell Springs, a place that has been languishing In the dells of Porter county, Ind., near the head waters of the Little Calumet. Mr. Knotts has , discovered that the waters of Kimbell Springs can cure anything from a stone bruise to an earache. He has discovered that for sour stomachs, torpid livers, congested kidneys, alcoholic breath and other things abused flesh is heir to, the waters of Kimbell Springs can do all that the waters of French Lick and West Baden can do, and then some. Kimbell Springs were giving up their health imparting qualities when the Indians were shooting arrows into the daring pioneers of the pale face tribe. They have cured many and they can cure you, as the patent medicine ad. says. They have been exploited mod estly in the medical journals and in illuminated pamphlets for ten years or so. Persons with disordered machin ery have lit on them, some by design. others by accident and others on the whispered tip of friends who have come, drank, bathed and gone away healed. Secret Carefully Guarded. Their curative properties were firm ly established among the small coterie a long time ago. The secret was guarded sacredly, it would seem, in stead of being scattered broadcast. It remained for A. r. Knotts, the adopted son of the United States Steel corporation, to get next, as it were, to the commercial value of Kimbell springs. Air. j.noiis nas gone, seen, been impressed and dumped in his money. He means to pipe the everflowing waters of Kimbell Springs into every disordered stomach for a thous and miles around. He intends to con vert the walnut, hickorynut, butternut and maple groves of this favored spot in Porter county into a health resort that will be one hour's ride from Chicago, one giddap from Hammond and put Tom iaggarts private preserve on the blink. The analysis of Kimbell Springs water shows that it contains the proper proportions of carbonate of lime, carbonate of magnesium, carbonate of soda, sulphate of soda, sulphate of lime, chloride of sodium, chloride of potassium, chloride of magnesium, chloride of calcium, silica and volatile matter and that is is entirely destitute of nitrates, free ammonia, allumenoid, ammonia sulphurated hydrogen and pathogenic bacteria. What is more to the purpose and this by. the way of an exploitive afterthought it will not mix with whisky without serious consequences to the consumer. THE WEATHER Showers this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday fair and slightly cooler.
FABLE OF. THE HUMAN' CLAM. Once upon a Time there was a State Legislator from the Country who exercised his Imperial Prerogative- overtime when it came to " questions of putting; down horse rucing, slot machines, Pool Rooms and other Gambling' Evil which menace the Hearthtttoncs and l'lre-l!c of thi Free and Glorious Community. 1U Lonjr Suit mSto fict Himelf ' up pointed . oa Committee whose Business it was to trace the Gambling; Evil to its Lair by way of Personally conducted Investigations calculated to Regulate Games of Chance and Make for the Betterment of his own and other people's Constituents. The Legislator would not have' known a thorouxh-bred Runner, from a candidate for the Glue Factory because both are equally Thin; but he was long; on Statistics relating; to what Racine had done toward Minimizing Domestic Felicity and he had learned that the Regulation cue and balls are not used ia the Pool Rooms against which he had Hurled the Weight of his Opposition. He declared himself Generality opposed to Large cities on account of the Snares and Pitfalls which abound in these Vortexes of Crime and Fast Living, all of which are sprung with a special bait for the Very Young. When the County Fair was in progress, he always spoke of the "Pitfall Evil as Exemplified in Our Large Cities" and following his speech he would stroll over the fair grounds to see the Lady Aeronaut get killed by being; caught in the guy-ropes. After assisting in the removal of the Corpse in a Hay-rick, he would watch with Interest the operations of the man who has the Envelope Game, the old Army Favorite, Chuck-a-Luek, and the "Wheel of Fortune, whose chief claim to virtue is that It is 1.000 times stronger than roulette. Sometimes he would remain to watch the Trotting Races (with Pool-box attachment) which Institution docs so much to promote the Interests of the Farmers in the Breeding of Fast Horses and after the money bad all been distributed he would go home rubbing his hands, glad in his Heart that he and His lived in a Pnre Atmosphere oncorrupted by Metropolitan Vice. Morel: The closer yon get to It, the more Innocent it seems. HARROLD WITHDRAWS. Charles Surprise, of Lowell, has filed application in the U. S. Court from which Oliver C. Holmes resigned a short time ago. The new applicant has many friends and promises a warm contest for the vacancy. Walter P. Harrold, of this city, has withdrawn from the contest, which leaves Jt between Rev. F. M. Elliott, of Hammond, and the Lowell aspirant. Valpo. Messenger. Football Practice Begins. James McMahon, the coach of Will Mee's football team, has issued a call to the players to report for practice Tuesday. A meeting has been called for 7:30 this evening to discuss matters concerning the dance which Is to be held at McIIIe hall in the near futuref or the benefit ot the team.
OL BELL TO RING III GARY Nucleus of Educational Sys tem Comes Into Being in. Steel Town.. . ACTIVE BOARD IS APPOINTED Edward Jewell, C. Oliver Holmes and Thomas II. Calter Will Serve Terms From One to Three Years. The board of trustees of Gary held its meeting Saturday afternoon. The entire meeting was given over largely I to the question of schools. The first stfn in tin o11 the appointment of a school board. Edward Jewell, Thomas II. Cutler and C. O. Holmes were appointed members of the school board. Their terms of office were determined by lot, Jewell, one year; Cutler, three years and Holmes two years. Mr. Jewell is one of the older citizens of Calumet townshiD and lives in South Gary. He Is employed J by the L. J. & E. company. Mr. Cutler is one of the engineering J corns on the nnrtli kMo Th c-vi board has before it a stupendous un dertaking, namely, the providing of a good system of schools for a city which expects to have a poulation of one hundred thousand people in five years. Neither effort nor means will be spared to make Gary's schools the best. The school board is now making tem porary arrangements for caring for the children in Gary proper and will probably continue the Edgmoor school as well as the one in South Gary. EXTRA SHARE OF HORSE-SENSE. Columbus, Ind., Sept 10. Frank Tellman, a milk dealer who lives near this city, has a horse which he believes possesses human Intelligence. He drove .the horse to this' city and was distributing milk to his patrons. During his rounds the horse cast a shoe and seemed to be worried about it. The next time Tellman stopped at a customer's house he was inside a little longer than usual and when he came out the horse was gone. He found it at the blacksmith shop of William Brown, where it had gone to be shod, The horse made the triD of its own accord and went directly to the shop to wan ior the smith. MAN" KILLED AT GAR1, "Word came from Tolleston this morning that James Fitzpatrick. one of the employes at Gary, was killed last night by the Pennsylvania passenger train which passes through that city at 11:20. Fitzgerald is a blacksmith at Watts' camp and was probably drunk at the time. He came from Danville, 111.. about July 20, and it is thought he has a wife at Fremont, O- The body is being held at Tolleston pending the arrival of the coroner.
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PASTOH GIVES A RESUME OF YEAR'S CIirRCII WORK. Rev. I E. Smith of the First Method ist ' Episcopal Church, Makes Interesting Report at Yesterday Morning's Service. The- Rev, S. Smith, pastor of the First M. E. church at the morning service yesterday gave art interesting re sume of the year's work. He said that the activities of the con gregation bad centered upon the new chMCftk i t h 4 f ouBdaU on 4q V 'vr h i U . js now rapidly gting on. The Sunday- school with a member ship of 250 and an average attendance of 145, subscribed by classes ?600. The primary department Is the first to redeem its pledge which is $50. The Epworth League subscribed $350 and has paid more than half. The choir gave $100. Members of the choir and friends gave pledges for enough to bring up the aggregate Including funds on hand to more than $15,000. Heroic endeavor and self-denial and sacrifice will yet be required according to the minister, to complete the beautiful structure. The membership has made substantial growth, 38 people having united in full membership. The net gain over I deaths and removals is 24. The benev olent contributions aggregate more than $500. The pastor will go to Con ference tomorrow at Lebanon. DR. G. L. SMITH TO BUILD. The contract was let today to J. S. Kennedy for the building of the new residence of Dr. G. L. Smith, who has 17 ,T , , ... . ... . in Hammond and will build there. The new residence will have all ot the modern conveniences and will be erectI ed at a, cost of several thousand dol lars. J. T. Hutton will have charge of the work of construction. The neighbors of Dr. Smith, who now resides in Carroll street, will welcome him as a permanent resident In that south side suburb. SPANISH AVAR VETERAN'S MAY GET UNIFORMS. The Spanish war veterans will meet tonight to consider among other things the matter of buying uniforms and sabers. The organization in this city is a young and growing one and is taking in new recruits at almost every meeting. AVABASn INSURANCE COMPANY MOVES. The "Wabash Insurance company is today moving its desks and other ofwas regained. The northwest conLa Salle street In Chicago where the remainder of the liquidation will take place. The move was made, according to the officials, to reduce expenses and to make it unnecessary for the members of the liquidating committee, many of wtiom live in the city, to go back and forth every day. Frank Hughes, G. II. Summers and other of ficials of the company will take up their residence in the city beginning with today and remain there until the affairs of the company are wound up. CITY ATTORNEY STILL THERE. Col. LeGrand T. Meyer, of whom It has been rumored that he would soon resign the city attorneyship, is as solid in the saddle as ever, mat ne wm not hold the-position eternally is understood by watching nature's course, but to say that he will resign in the near future is making a prediction that will not be fulfilled for an indefinite length of time to come. Mayor Beck er, who has the appointments In hand, Is very well satisfied with the way the city attorney is carrying on things. I He also understands that there are other good men in the city who could iflll the position with equal competency.
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Bresnahan. 0 E3 '13 13 UXM ei fj n El o u a-mm Dooln. ' ' LEAGUE. -I R H Schmidt. a.ia &n mmn Or-rza O 13 0-E3 Carrigan. EI El E3 E3'0 IfJ-O-Ell MM M M M EMEU DEFECTIVE SENSES Al SE STRANGER'S VIOLENT DEATH. Nickol Plate Train Kills an Unknown Man West of 'Osborne -Stranger Thought to be n Dowielte. An unknown man between 30 anS 25 years of age was killed yesterday afternoon west of Osborn on 'the Nickel . . , . Plate road. At the Inquest that was ....... . . . . if-. held this morning it yas told by witnesses that the man. was partly deaf, and that his eyesight vv'as'veVy-defee-J4yc..;( i. TJ-s tlnOJ,nfjyQf-.-.wa ;!fin - 7 -the Nickel Plate yar&m aster Who spok to the stranger as the latter was walking along the tracks west of the slata line. ' The engineer of train No. 1, by which he was struck, testified that the man walked deliberately ' up to his westbound train'and did not realize the danger until too late. The unknown man was probably known In Zion. City, or had acquaintances there as could bo guessed from the Zion button that he wore and an envelope that was found In his clothes and adressed to Mrs. E. C. Glvan, 2512 Gideon street, Zion City. The letter had been sent from St. Louis to Its destination on July 21. The young man is about five feet tall, weighs about 120 pounds and has Diue eyes and light rsair. Jie wore a dark striped suit. No funeral arrangements have as yet been made. Mrs. Glvan of Zion City telegraphel at 4 o'clock this afternoon to Under taker Emmerling to hold the body, until 8he arrives. MR. JOHNSINGj EGG DODGER. The occupation of dodging egga thrown by a lot of roysterers may appeal to some people but it is safe to say that about 993 out of every thousand would rather saw wood or dig holes In the ground for a living. The negro at the county fair grounds who had this least desirable of positions had been defrauded by his employer out of one day's pay and became very communicative j to a group of young fellows at the Erie depot last night. When asked how he liked the job of dodging eggs the negro said that his whole head was as sore as a boil where the eggs had struck. The blaclc fellow said that he could stand it as long as the eggs hit on the side but when they struck on the end it hurt like everything. Those were not the words he used, but It is not necessary to quote him exectly in this matter. When asked if they ever substitute! rotten eggs in the pl of those that he furnished, he said that he had only been hit by two rotter, eggs that afternoon. He said that Just after one of ernoon. He said that just after one of the boys had soaked him good and hard, he noticed an awful smell and decide! that they had played the old trick oa him. One of the worst things about th position of egg dodrer is the fact that you have to sit on the edge of a box for hours at a time, jumping from side to side to dodge not so many eggs as flies. As soon as the first egg is broken the negro says the files come to the picnic from miles around. After gettng your h?ad hammered by a hundred egga, son of which light on the end and nearly knock a man down, after being nearly eaten up by I an att Setting free egg shampoo all day long you draw as your pay for ten hours work the sum of threa dollars. What this country needs more than anything else is some one to organise the Amalgamated Association of Egg Dodgers of America. The demand should be more pay, shorter hours, an. assistant to brush off the flies and ona j hour overtime for every egg that hUa I on the end.