Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 283, Hammond, Lake County, 18 May 1907 — Page 4
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THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES. Saturday, May 18. 1907.
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customed to the common comforts they have learned to regard as necesisties. What Is the matter with the citizens of Hammond? Have they lost faith in their town? Do they regard the fair promises they have been making as the mere breath with which they were uttered? Do they not want Hammond to enlarge in population, or are they so enslaved by greed for the present moment that they cannot resist the temptations to force land values up to a fictitious basis by cutting each other's throats in a wild gamble on unimproved lots?
In the meantime, barrels that might be swelling the the business men here, If
would only see where "wisdom being spent in Chicago by
of money coffers of tho latter
lies, is people
forced to live there, and the railroads are reaping other barrels in transportation.
And why?
All winter -long Hammond has been listening with Installable ear to predictions of a buLViing boom when spring should open up, that threatened when It got underj a. full head of steam to make Chicago look llko a way station on a back number map. There have been banquiets and mutual admiration meetings ,and gabfests galore. At each prominent ciClzens have gone Jnto paroxysms of eloquence in their prognostications about tho time when "our neighbor to tl3 northwest would pay Its homage to ,the metropolis of tho Calumet region,"and' indeed of the middle west. In fancy we have seen ourselves "wresting the supretmacy" from the usurper, "crowning urelves with the green laurel boughs of victory," taking "mighty strides toward the shining goal of success" and winning the plaudits of a nation few "achievements that in less progressive communities , would have required generations or even centuries to have accomplished. Hammond has been swallowing that sort of slush until It Should have an over-developed case of nausea. It is time for Hammond to get next to itself, and to its actual position with reference to the progress that has been mado hereabouts. It is time it realized that its so-called progressive citizens who have taken so much credit to themselves for the "mighty strides toward tho shining goal," are in real
ity for the most part, but a body of
good, respectable real estate speculators, who are betting In lots with no intention of taking a chanco toward
tho accomplishment of anything other
than their own personal enriching, along the lines of least resistance.
What progress Hammond has made has been crammed down its throat by
outsiders. Outside capital is building
all the new industries now and it will
find that it will also have to do the rest if the native sons do not get a
little morebusy. Chicago and its rail
roads have mado Hammond's "strategic
position" with reference to the com merce of the country.
omo local Dusiness men who con
stitute the city's "representative citi
zens, ' have been carried along by the tide and have accumulated fortunes in the present boom, but for the most
part through mere speculation. Their highest aim has been to purchase a lot for seventy-five dollars, or a parcel of lots for a rarcel of seventy-five dol-
larses and by unloading onto somebody
else, make other seventy-five dollars
There hag been little or no attempt at improving the property. Some one with real enterprise may come along and
do that. Presumably some outsider.
x rue, mere are some low nouses go
ing up over tho city. Some of them
are being erected on local capital, but
considering the building expectations of this city, and tho logical expectations along those lines by reason of the tremendous industries which are springing up in every quarter, Hammond, from a general building standpoint, is as dead as a door nail. The real estate men are all apparently waiting for tho other fellow to take a chance. Tho result has been that in Hammond rents are higher than in almost any city in the United States, not excluding Goldfleids. It costs more to rent an upper berth in a tent in Hammond than a suite in tho Auditorium. When a stranger Is
fortunate enough to get hold or a domicile in this tight little burg, what does ho get for his money? In nine cases out of ten a board shack devoid
of any of the necessities which make a dwelling habitable to the man or
woman educated to the comforts of
life, and unsightly to a degree that would bo offenslvo to the asthaetic eye of the ordinary person. Thirty dollars a month for four bare room in a dreary cottage or frame flat building, without heat, without anything but the bare walls! That is the common assessment. People whose business brings them to this region are debarred from residence here by these physical limitations. Hundreds have sought and are ' seeking habitation within the corporate limits of Lake county's principal city. But after canvassing the town they find it impossible to get a place to lay their weary heads, or If they find one, it is not fit for habitation In nine cases out of ten for persona ac-
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Cities, like individuals. must em
brace opportunities when they come
or the chances are they will te lost forever. Crown Point is in the throes
of a discussion regarding the matter of
building a modern sewer system.
Considering the fact that there is
far greater wealth per capita in Crown Point than there is in Hammond, it fa
hard to find a better word to desig
nate a man who opposes a3 important
an improvement as an adequate sewor system than "unprogressive."
There can be no question that for
sanitary and other reasons no city or village ought to be without sewers, and
t 13 hard to understand how a man
with intelligence enough to appreciate
the Importance of sanitation could oppose measures that would provide a means of carrying away the filth that is a breeder of disease and unpleasant,
to say tho least.
It does not seem to have occurred
to the people of Crown Point that the marvelous development of the Calumet region means as much to them as It does to the residents of that region.
The people in North and Calumet
townships are optimistic enough to believe that in the near future (within the next five or ten years) there will
be a population in these two town
ships of 200,000 people. And the people of the Calumet region are not idle dreamers either.
This means that nearly a quarter of
a million people will have to be led
from the products of nearby farms
Tho eggs, the butter, the vegetables.
the milk and the meat must be provid
ed by tho farmers.
As every one knows, there is a sand
belt ten miles wide surrounding the
shores of Lake Michigan, in which it is practically impossible to raise farm products. This ten mile wide strip.
known as the Calumet region, is so
unfertile that the only things that can
be raised on it are rank growths of
manufacturing plants.
South of this sand belt, however, is
as rich ana productive rami lanci as can be found anywhere in the state,
and with the coming of numerous in
terurbans over which the products of the farms may be swiftly carried to
the cities, each farm will become a vil
lage and the villages will pour their
wealth into the chief city of a great
farming community.
Crown Point is the chief city of what
Is destined to be one of the most pros
perous farming communities in the
state and that city must begin at once
to be prepared for its opportunity.
Gary is nearer Crown Point than
is Hammond and Hammond is only
sixteen miles away. An interurban will reduce the traveling time between
these points to twenty-five or thirty
minutes, which will be negligible con
sideration.
Lest some other farming commun
itv rise to the pre-eminence of Crown
Point (and stranger things have hap
pened than that) its' citizens had bet
ter bestir themselves, get away irom
tho country idea of dumping the sew
age in ditches and prepare their city
for the fullest measure of prosperity
that could come to it. and it will come
NEW Y0EK LETTER. New York, May 18. The" stock market opened weak and fractionally lower with tho grain carryin roads the feature of the railroad list and Smelters and the traction shares in the industrial column. Although crop conditions are not any worse than the ones in circulation during the past week, St. Paul, Atchison, Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Northwest have shown a weak undertone and at the close of the session each of these issues showed declines averaging about two points. Wall stret is still apprehensive, but
keptical over the crop damage stories.
For this reason the stock market lacks
nfiuential support. Each day produces
declines in the entire roster, but upon
the whole these declines are not so pronounced as to cause any particular disturbance in the general situation, yet it emphasizes the fact that crop conditions play a greater part in the east and carry more weight with bank
ers and financiers than is generally
supposed. A month ago stock exchange
houses paid as much attention to weather reports and crop news as a
politician does to sentiment, now they scan the weather map, digest all of the
green bug stories and proceed to ad
vise their clients to bo cautious and not commit themselves too heavily In
tho market either way.
The traction shares declined sharply
caused mostly by bear operators sell
ing in the belief that the Utility bill will become a law. Interborough, the much abused and greatly overcapitalized stock reached new low records, soiling at 19 for the common. Brook
lyn Rapid Transit declined about a point for the day. The bank statement was about what the trade expected and had practically no effect upon prices. The close of the market generally was weak with further recessions probable.
THE WOMAN'S Christian Temperance Union says that there must be
more purity in the heroines of novels
and that they must not smoke cigar
ettes. They have brought bills in the
Illinois legislature to prevent the sale of the "paper pill," and now they want the society heroine of the book and
nlav to do away with her after dinner
smoke.
NOW that the spring season is on
why wouldn't it be a good plan for the cltv authorities to cut down the scrub
willows and rank weeds along th river and swamps on the north side They are breeding places for mosqui
toes, and their destruction would mean
a mitigation of the pest.
a cent a bushel. There was nothing new in the general situation to cause any uneasiness in the corn market yet it is believed the bulls on wheat who have been very successful in a monetary way will turn their attention to corn and eventually produce much higher prices. OATS Opened weak and lower with the July option showing more weakness than any of the deferred months. Crop damage stories still permeated the exchange, but the selling pressure upon the market was more, aggressive than the buying. Cash demand continues brisk with sales large for both domestic consumption and to exporters. The speculative market closed fairly steady with a slight rally for the early weakness.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Descp.
Atchison . .
Am. Sugar
Am Car . . Amal. Con.
Am. Smelt
Anaconda .
Biscuit
Brook. R. T C. & G. W Ches. & O.. C. F. & I..
Corn Pdts
Can ad Pac Cent. Leath
Denver com
Distillers .
Erie com . . Erie 1st . . Interboro L. & Nash North Pac Gt. Nor Ore Great North
m k 4j r cm
Do pfd
Mis. Pac . . Nat. Lead . .
N. Y. Cent
Nor. & W. . Ont. & W. .
Pacific Mail
Pennsyl. Press Steel Reading
R. I. & S
Do pfd . . .
R. lsl. com
Do pfd . . .
South. Pac So. liy. corn
St. Paul . .
Texas Pac Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Do pfd . .
Virg Chem Wabash . . .
Wis. Cent
Open. SS'i 125 3 6 34 94 - 129 7'i 5S 11 37 31 ID 173 27 27 68 23 2 55 21 115 131 58 132
34
64 74 65 113 76 35 2G 122 34 10. S S3 7H 20 46 to 7'
20
130 2S 143'4 36H 27 . 12 . 17
High 8.8 125 37 95 12y 62 76 5S 11 37 31 19 174 27 27 6S 23 55 21 115 131 58 132 34 64 7414 65 '4 113 76 3 5 26 122 34 108 26 857s 20 46 83 20 131 25 143 36 99 27 13 17
Low 87 125 36 111 128 ti-'Vi 76 57 10 35 31 19 172 26 28 V, 67 2 3 Vis 55 18 114 128 57 130 34 64 73 64 113 76 35 26 121 34 107 26 85 19 46 82 19 128 28 1 4 2 35 99 27 12 17
Close 8S 125 37 94 128 62 76 58 11 36 31 19 173 26 28 67 23 55 19 114 128 57
130
34 64
73
64 113
76
26
121 34 107 26 85 20 46 82 19 129 28 143 35 99 27 12 17
I'WOUITH MAUKETS.
and Builder
Estimates Furnished on Short Notice.
riione 1983. OFriCR 25 RIMilACII BUILDIXCi. HAMMOND, IX D.
Chicago. Mav 18. Berries were late
in coming on tho market and only 3
cars were received. These were or set
ter oualltv than of late. The color
was good, with the berry not too ripe,
The demand was trood and prices were
sharply higher. Poultry was in good demand at yesterday's advanced prices.
Butter and eggs were easy.
Quotations on round lots: Butter Receipts, 6.540 tubs. Extra
creamery, jobbing. 22c; price to reiau dealers. 24c; prints, 25c; firsts, 21
22c; seconds, lsfii2oc; dairies, cooieys,
21c; firsts, 19c; renovated, 20c; pack
ing stock. 16c.
Eggs Receipts, 21,056 cases. Mis-
ceallaneous lots as received trora the
country, cases returned, 14c; cases
included, lic; firsts, packed in new
whitewood cases, grading 4o per cent fresh, 14 c; prime firsts, packed in whitewood cast-s, grading 65 per cent fresh. 15c; extra high grade stock, grading 80 per cent fresh, especially packed for city trade, 18c.
Potatoes Receipts, 10 cars. Wis
consin. Minnesota white stock, choice,
65ff6Sc; choice to fancy, Michigan, 60 fa 68c; mixed, red and white, 62 63c; red, fair to good, 60 fa 62c; common, small, red and white, 5Sfa60c; new potatoes, $3.00 fa 4.25 per brl. Veal Quotations for calves in good order were as follows: 50 to 60 lbs, 5c; 60 to 85 lbs. 67c; 85 to 100 lbs, fancy, 8 fa 9c; 150 to 175 lbs, good meaty, 5fa5c. Dressed Reef No. 1 ribs, 12c; No. 1 loins, 18c; No. 1 round, 8c; No. 1 chuck, 7c; No. 1 plate, 4c. Live Poultry Turkeys, per lb, 12c; chickens, fowls, 14c; broilers, $2.00 fa 6.00 per doz; roosters, 8c; geese, $5.00 fa 7.50; ducks. 12c. Fruits Apples, $5.00fa5.50 per brl; bananas, jumbo, per bunch, ?1.401.50; straight, $1.10fal.25; lemons. Cal., $3.50 5.00; oranges, CaL, $2.00 fa 3.75. Green Vegetables Asparagus, $1.00 fa 2.50 per box; beets, 50c per sack; cabage, $1.00 fa 4.00 per crate; carrots, 75c$1.0O per sack; celery, $2.503.00 per case; cucumbers, 85cfa$1.25 per box; green onions, $1.001.50 per box; lettuce, head, $7.00fa8.00 per brl; leaf, 2535c per case; onions, 3fa3c per lb; pieplant, $1.25fa2.50 per box; radishes, home grown, 25 fa 60c per 100 bunches; spinach, 50 75c per case; tomatoes, 75cfa' $2.35 per case; turnips, 50 fa 65c per sack.
Nebraska Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with possibly showers southgenerally fair Sunday. Kansas Probably showers tonight and Sunday; cooler east tonight. Montana Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Illinois and Indiana Generally fair north; showers and thunder storms south tonight and Sunday; cooler.
.Missouri Showers and thunder
storms tonight and possibly Sunday
euiuer lonignt ana east and south Sun-
uay.
iower .Michigan Generally fair and
cooler tonight and Sunday.
lseonsin txenoralyly fair and cool
er tonight and bunday; probably light
in f l.
.Minnesota and South Dakota Fair tonight and Sunday; cooler tonight.
yroiiiiuiy ugm irost.
lowa Generally tair tonight and
feunuay; cooler tonight.
.North Dakota Fair tonight and
Sunday; probably light frost tonight.
HEARD ON THE BOURSE
Twelve industrials decline 0.42.
Twenty active railroads decline 0.4S
Strong crowd.
demand for stocks in losing
Governor of New Jersey signs bill
creating railroad commission.
London market quiet and Idle, antici pa ting holidays, Saturday and Monday
No truth in Pacific bought ern railway.
rumor that Canadian
New Brunswick South
American stocks in London firm, one
eighth to one-half above parity witl
Union Pacific specially strong.
Conditions seem to us to be favor
able for the demands of corporations
have not yet had any material effect
on the rates.
C. H. WANZER
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
STOCK AND BOND BROKER.
Stocks Carried on 3 to 5 Point Margin, Nominal Rates of Interest.
iuarsnail Spader An Inactive mar
ket appears to be about all that can be expected, but there is nothing in the
forecast to promise depression.
Logan & Bryan say: "The underlying conditions, other than the crop sit
uation, are considered healthy, and material decline is not looked for.
& TALMAGE.
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DR. W. H. DAVIS. DENTIST. Rooma 1-3, Majestic Bid. Special Notice Do not confuse this
office with the Harvard nntit f.n- t
am in no way connected with them, never have been.
STEWART & BOWERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Will be pleased to give you estimates on your building Post Office Building, East Chicago. Bank Bldg., INDIANA HARBOR, IND.
Phone 3763. HAMMOND GARAGE Automobiles for Rent Gasoline, OH and Sundries. General Repalrtaff j. w. Mcmullen, Prop. T4 So. Ilohman street. Hammond, lad.
Best Equipped Repair Shop In th Stat
G. W. HUNTER AUTOMOBILE GARAGE Compressed Air FREE Bowser Gasoline System 01 S. 1IOIIMAN STREET Phone 122. Huehn Block. Hammond, Inn
KONG HONG LO CO. Chinese, American and Kuropeaa RESTAURANT. Chinese Chop Suey. All Chinese dishes served In short order. Chinese Goods Open from and Tea. 11 a. m, to 1. a. m, ft- State Street, Hammond, lad.
Wm, Pepperdine & Son Phone 26JJ Contractors and Builders Cement and Concrete Construction a specialty 244 Pkimmer Ave. Hammond
CHAS. SPEICHERT CARPENTER AND BUILDER Estimates Furnished on Short Notioa Phono 3163 Residence 270 Michigan Avenue. HAMMOND, INO.
HOWARD STEVENS, Open for Contracts. Painting, .Paper Hanging and Decorating. GRAINING A SPECIALTY. My Motto: Good Work. 153 Morton Court. Hammond, Ind. Telephone 1544,
H. A. EDWARDS. First CUas TONSORIAL PARLOR, FOURTH FLOOR, HAMMOND nriUDINQ.
Brummel & Budinger 1 and 1 Wabash Ave.
LA PORTADA CIGAR
For Sale at HAMMOND BUFFET
IN CANS
Phono 203 DR. P. L. R1GG Dentist 402 Hammond BId. HAMMOND, IND. Dr. A. J. WILLITS, Physician and Surgeon Residence 33 Webb St. Phone 133 Rooma 26 and 27. Rlmbach Block. Telephone 85.
Chandler Bros. Indefinite outcome of the Ilarriman affair hangs over the stock market, this with wheat around $1 per bushel, has a depressing effect upon stocks.
Edw. Sweet & Co. Whatever business commission houses are doing is in the wheat market and we do not look for any activity in the stock market for some considerable time.
333
Rookery Bldg., Chicago. TELEPHONE HARRISON, 3405.
JOHN DICKINSON & GO,
Month Open High Low Closa May 1113 1106 1094-95 July ..llO.i 1120 1095 1097-98 Aug. ..1102 1119 1091 1091-92 Sept ..1104 1123 1103 1103-05 Oct. ..1122 1141 1119 1124-25 Dec. ..1129 1143 1125 1132-33
m AND PROVISION MARKET
AFTER being attacked on the out
side, and the enemy routed, the Chris
tian Scientists are now fighting amongst themselves to see who will have the privilege of spending Mrs. Eddy's money.
Mouth
W heat.
May July Sept Dec. Corn. May July Sept Dec. Oats. May July Sept Pork.
May
luly
Sept
I-urd,
Mav July
Sept
Ribs.
May
July
Sept
Open High
.97 97
. . 99Vi-9S 99 12 ,.100-99 loo1 .IOIV2 IOIV2
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54 3; 5351 4S 47i,4 39
Low 94 96 14 97 i)S 53 H 52 V 52 ?a 50 24 464 453 3Sis
A FOUMEl! board of trade operator, when arrested in Chicago, charged with a number of cases of forging, embezzlement and burglaries, declared that he became a crook after he lost $60,000 in speculation.
JUSTICE ILVKLAX and Bill Taft met yesterday at the secretary's office and tho result is that the engineers will have to make an inspection of that section of tho building. The justice has Taft beaten in avoirdupois.
JAPAN has a funny way of sending out a peace message to the world. She sends Kuroki, her greatest man of war, to visit the nations, and the peace message is delivered from a warrior's lips.
CROWN POINT is advancing in population every day, but not with a de
sirable class of citizens. Gary and
Hammond daily send over a bunch of
prisoners to Sheriff Carter's emporium.
IT WAS A noble act of self-sacrifice
that was performed by William Mc
Clintock, the Chicago capitalist, who
eave his life In an auto accident to
save his wife and son.
THE POLICE of West Hammond had a number of 'undesirable cltizerV on
the run this morning.
1672 16S2
927 942
902-900 915
1672 1685
927 942
90 2 915-17
Closa 94n 973s 98 ifc a 5334 52i-53 53 50 "s 46 4a 46Jsa 3S-8a
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1635" 1655 16571670 1670 907n 915 917a 930 930 SS2n S92 892b 905 907
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN, PROVISIONS. 5 Board of Trade Building Telephone Harrison 6612 66U
New York Office, 42 BROADWAY
Members Chicago Board of Trade. New York Conaoltdated Stock Exchange
BANK STATEMENT.
Reserve Reserve
Loans Specie Legals .... Deposits Circulation New York,
less U. S.
May 18.
.Inc. . Inc. .Dec. . Inc. .Inc. .Inc. . .Inc.
$2,9S5,450 2,985,825
1.414,900
2,575,400
831,500 1,681,800
258,900
CHICAGO LETTER. Chicago, May 18. Wheat suffered a
decline of almost four cents a bushel
today. Realizing profits by the bull
crowd and the general belief that a re
action was due after the sensational
advances of the past week. There was nothing appeared in the general news
o cause any change of front.The one
boar argument and the one which car
ried the most weight was the disappointment over the Liverpool markets
failing to respond to our advance of
yesterday. Despite the rise of almost
six cents In this market Friday, Liverpool markets were only quoted three
Quarters higher this morning. July-
wheat opened around 99 and at the
close showed a decline of three cents, closing rather weak at 96 3-3. The crop news is of about the same tenor as in the past although clearing weather in the northwest and possibilities of beginning seeding operations next week somewhat dampened the ardor of the outside public to make further committments in the market until Monday. It is argued, however, that just such a reaction was healthy for the market and will induce more buying and of a substantial character which will carry the market higher than ever. CORN Strong, higher market early in the session, but later eased off in sympathy with wheat. Prices of the
i active futures had a range of about
Mestre & Co, It is apparent that efforts are being made to hold the leading issues up for the purpose of distributing stocks on all strong spots,
but these tactics do not appear to be
very successful. The market cannot take any considerable quanity of long
stock without goving way.
Theo. J. Auer, Sheet Metal Works
Mfrs. of Galvanized and Copper Cornices. Ont-
ters. Pipes. Steel Ceilings. Smoke Stacks,
Ventilators, Skylizbts. Roofing: and Siding, Furnaces, Etc. Jobbing and Repair Work promptly attended to. estimates given-
Phone 206. 59iS State St, HAMMOND
Washington The question of the
prosecution of E. II. Ilarriman will not be decided for some time yet. The best judgment in administration circles
is that the attorney general will search high and low for any possible evidence
which might warrant prosecution of
Ilarriman to the limit.
T. A. Mclntyre & Co. e fail to see
how any real bull movement can be
successfully undertaken with the crops
in such . a precarious condition. We
think it would be better to take ad
vantage of every little bulge to re
duce speculative holdings and wait for
a good break before buying again.
A very listless market during the day
was without feature other than a slight
Improving tendency in Union Pacific,
which was in good part' due to recov
ery from the scare and decline of yes
terday. This gave a tone of steadiness elsewhere, but without stimulating any business. On the late rapid and large
advance In wheat a selling movement in stocks quickly carried prices be
low the early level.
GRAIN MARKETS.
. . i Chicago, May 18. Car lots: W'heat, 62 cars; corn, 116 cars; oats, 144 cars; hogs, 11,000 head. Southwestern Receipts and Shipment. Receipts. Ship. Minneapolis, today ...261,000 60.000 Last year 177,000 47,000 St. Louis, today 15,000 44.000 Last year 34,000 36,000 Kansas City, today ... 53.000 48,000 Last year 26,000 24,000 Northwest Cars. Last Last Today Week Year Duluth 92 238 30 Minneapolis 254 2ol 122 Chicago 62 36 12 LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Liverpool, May 18. Wheat unchanged to one and one-eighth higher; corn, unchanged.
The market has been rather dull to
day with the general character of the trading much the same as for some
days past, the bulk of the business be lng among floor traders who are op
erating on either side and taking small
profits or losses. This class of trading
makes a sort of market, but it is utter
Iv without significance. Today there
was little bulling or selling of con
sequence. It is believed there are good
supporting orders under the market
of sufficient volume to absorb all
liquidating offerings.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Fnion Stock Yards. May IS. Hogs 11.000; market steady; left over. 1.3u0. Light. $6.30 to 6.57; mixed, $6.2j to 6.50; heavy, $6.00 to 6.40; roiigh, ?6.ou to 6.15. Cattle, 300: market steady. Sheep, 2.500; market steady. Hogs closed strong to 5c higher. Lierht. $6.35 to 6.60; mixed, $6.2j to 6.55: heavy, $6.00 to 6.40; rough, $t-00 to 6.20. Cattle closed steady.
Sheep closed steady.
Hogs catut? . t 000 200 ..7,000 1.000 ..3,500 400
The market is still under the In
fiuence of the bearish operators, though
the banking interests are checking
tendencies towards demoralization. W look for the decline to run som further today, but in the event of 1 break of a point or so from last night' priges, we would buy the good stock
frtr a turn, especially the Hill and
Ilarriman issues. St. Paul, Atchison
Pennsvlvania. Baltimore & Ohio, Read
ing, Louisville & Nashville and Atlanti
Coast. We are bullish for the long pull on the cheap southwestern railway issues. Their earnings will be more and more.
Houses Reshingled, estimates given, first-class work guaranteed.
ALVIN Q. RINKER
Phone 4034
402 Conkey Avenue
ADVERTISING HINTS. The shrewd merchant sees to It that
his newspaper announcements axe bright and attractive, that the copy
Is changed regularly and that the print
er haa his display ads In time to Kiwm
them the attention they deserve
Dr. H. C. G ROM AN, Physician and Surgeon Office: 402 Hammond Bldg. Phone 205 Res. Phono 1563
HOURS: 8 A. M. to 9P.M.
J. M. DAHLKAMP Teaming Contractor Telephone 1S74 275 Douglas St. HAMMOND, INOs
W. M. CHRISTEN ARCHITECT AND BUILD1NQ SUPT 312 Hammond Building HAMMOND
ROBERT TOOLE MANDOLIN AND GUITAR LESSONS, During evening hours at 615 Sibley, near Calumet. Fifty cents per lesson.
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WITH THE EDITORS
The Word "Hoosier."
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Sir. Jacob P. Dunn haa turned his historical searchlight on the question of the origin of the word "Hoosier," and, in an interesting paper read be
fore the Indiana Historical society (and just published by the society), thoroughly exhausts the theme. Nearly all of the theories that have been advanced on the subject, such as the "Who's here?", the "Hussar," etc., have been fantastic and unsupported by substantial evidence or reason. Mr. Dunn very properly attaches no credence to any of them. After careful Investigation and collection of early authorities he concludes that the word -was first put in print by John Finley In his poem, "The Hoosier's Nest." published Jan. 1, 1833. This Is probably true, though It may have been used with a local application in some southern, papers before that. The evidence shows beyond doubt that the word is of old English origin and was in com
mon use in the south to Indicate a rough, uncouth countryman from any locality before It was applied distinct
ively to Indiana or its citizens. It
probably was applied derisively to In-
dianians before Finley appropriated It
and made it classic. The fact that it came Into general use within less than a year after the publication of his
verses indicates that it may already have
become a distinctive appellation of In
diana when he wrote. Mr. Dunn pre
sent3 several examples or its news
paper use as applied to Indiana within
a year, but here is one he overlooked.
Niles' Register, of Dec. 8. 1833, less than a year after the publication of the poem, said: "The Hoosier. A new paper with thi3 title has lately commenced in Greencastle, Ind., by J. B. Kay, late governor of that state. The following account of the origin of the terra which forms the somewhat eccentric title of the newspaper, and which is now in frequent use to designate the citizens of the state, we find In the Pittsburg Statesman: 'Hoosier The Hoosier State. The good citizens of our sister state of Indiana have been
called Hoosiers for some time past, ai home and abroad, sometimes honorablv and sometimes the reverse. As
high time that its origin and definition should be aa generally known. Before that section of the public lands was regularly surveyed, many families located and were called squatters. The surveyors on nndinjf one of these would ask, 'Who's hereT and place the name on their map. The question became so familiar that on the first view of tho imoka of a cabin the exclamation of another "Who's here? became equally so until it eventuated in
the general term of Hooeler."
The theory here presented as to the
origin of the word Hoosier is fanci
ful and altogether improbable, but the
publication of th article in Nlles
Register (published at Baltimore) of Dec. 2S, 1633. copied from a Pittsburg paper of previous date, shows that the word was already then In pretty gen
eral use. In fact, the article Bays, the word "Is in frequent use" and that
"citlaens of Indiana have been called
Hoosiers for some time past, at home
and abroad."
This rather Indicates that the word
was specially attached to Indiana ana her people before Finney used it. But the origin and etymology of the word
remain as much a mystery as ever, ex
cept that it was In common use irom
an early day in some parts of tho south to signify a rough or uncouth person. No matter where it originated or what It may have meant once, the people of Indiana have made it an honorable appellation. Indianapolis News.
the terra has become general
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