Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 157, Hammond, Lake County, 21 December 1908 — Page 4

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Monday, December 21. 1908.

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eart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE.

skin 'em" playing croquet, and Tiddle-

dywink Reynold land a ringer every

time he pitches a horseshoe, and Billy Holloway plow two rows of corn at a

time and never break down a stalk, and

Fred Ruch make the best gardea In

Cass county. Next July they will be

boasting how they can shovel snow and cat ice in February. Belton (Mo.) Herald.

rnwMTrrncATiONS.

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to the people, wken aach communications are -lgaea ny ne reject all eomnrlnncatien. bo signed. matter what their aaerlta. Thla pre. motion ia taken to avoid misrepresentation. THE TIMES la pnolfehen ta the fceat interest of the people, Ita utterance, always Intended to promote the general welfare of the public at large.

A SLUR ON OUR OWN BATTLER. After a short dalliance with the front page dispatches of the morning papers yesterday, we were pained to learn that the TIMES' distinguished pugilistic authority and correspondent, Mr. (5scar Batling Nelson of Hegewisch and Hammond, has again met with the austere rebuff of another snippy, frigid New York hotel clerk. On Mr. Nelson's prior visit to the metropolis he was hustled out of the Waldorf-Astoria and this time the portals of the St. Regis were closed to our correspondent. As Ml Nelson is the only one of the TIMES staff who can afford to peregrinate with a valet, we take decided exceptions 1to the frosty actions of the New York hostelries. At the St. Regis Mr. Nelson is quoted in dispatches as saying, after he had been

told that the suite he had engaged was already taken, that they "oughtenter mix guys up in this way," and in reference to the Marathon, for which he may train, "that no Greek guy has got nothing on me." These are base

and unjustifiable caluminies, as also is the allegation that Mr. Nelson had declared that he had "brang my manuscript to New York muhself." Mr.

Nelson's classic descriptions of the fistic encounters at West Hammond, written by himself and published in the TIMES' sporting columns, give the

He to the dispatches that say he used such English. It is true that Mr.

Nelson wore a green Kelley and that his gifted amanuensis put a typewriter

out of commission while preparing his copy in the editorial rooms, but , at

the same time we must emphatically deny that Mr. Nelson uses such langu

age as Is accredited to him. While he has not the easy verbal flow of a Bev-

eridge, the courtly manner of a Faversham, nor the facile pen of a DeQuincey,

his bearing and speech will fit him for Broadway quite as well as do those same qualities possessed by many of the half-baked nonenities who

clatter up and down its length seeking whom they may devour. Come back to the sanctum, Bat, we've had the typewriter fixed. SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES.

A question which has been agitating educational circles all over the

country for the past few years is the question of salaries paid to teachers

It is generally accepted that more of them are underpaid than overpaid

and this fact alone is largely responsible for their lack of capabilty. Capable teachers" make good schools and the better the schools the higher i3 the

standard of civilization. The necessity of increasing the salaries of the teachers in the public schools is growing greater each day and the teachers in many parts of the country are becoming impatient because no action has been taken In this direction. There has always been a scarcity of efficient instructors. This has been patent even in Lake county, and the ranks are being reduced largely a3 a result of adequate compensation. Men and women are no longer joining this profession for higher salaries and better rewards are found in other occupations. If the large cities of the country intend to maintain a successful school system the people must agree to pay their teachers salaries equal at least to those commanded in the business world. BIG PRICE FOR HAMMOND REALTY.

TAMING THE WOLF. Ever read Jack London's "White Fang?"

In his "Call of the Wild" London told the story of a gently reared dog,

stolen for the Klondike trail, put to sledge uses and treated so cruelly he escaped to the wild wolves. The dog

degenrated. .

This book shows the opposite the power of good surroundings and kind

ness in bringing out gentleness and

obedience. White Fang is partly wolf and who!

ly wolfish in predisposition. He is pure brute. He fights for the sheer

love of fighting. Apparently all af

fection and gentleness are lacking In

his makeup. . But-

One day White Fang fell into kind

hands. That was the turning point

At first his new master's kindness ap

pears to be thrown away on the dog.

But Weeden Scott persists. SOME

WHERE in the forceful little beast Is

a tender spot that Scott finally finds.

The climax comes after the good

hearted master goes away for a few days. White Fang pines and refuses

to eat. He even refuses to fight the

other dogs. When he returns White

Fan meets him tremblingly, and.

miracle of miracles

THE" WOLF DOG WAGGED, HIS

TAIL!

Which meant the dog was conquer

ed, civilized, saved. The wagging of

the tail distinctly spoke of everlast

ing friendship and devotion.- LOTE

had done Its PERFECT WORK. As

London says:

"Scott had gone to the root of

White Fang's nature and with kind

ness touched to life potencies that had

languished and well nigh perished."

Every parent, teacher, minister, reformer, lover of his kind, may get

something from the story of. White Fang. If a voracious wolf dog, cruel by nature and hardened by tyranny and harsh treatment, can be changed by persistent kindness into an affectionate and obedient creature (and it has been done by others than Weeden Scott), how much easier to change a rebellious child, so much quicker of intelligence, to melt and transform Its nature by kindness! And the lesson is also to the teacher. The children who come to you are to be cared for more than mongrel brutes, even If some of them do come from welfish- haunts and homes. It is your business to love them Into ; tenderness-the miracle of conversion.

And YOU are the MIRACLE WORK

ER.

A girl likes to be considered sensible, But she draws the line At having her friends Give her sensible Presents for Christmas.

T t( t Actress Victim Of Mysterious Shooting Letters I o ' ; r S 3. fl t ct OllcitaiS I t?ttZ H Tha Little Ones Write To Ten , L' f' V . Fy!TZZ V sat, What They ., f' " J' .1

"There are some creatures of the

gutter so low that they envy the eminence of the dunghill," says T. R.

This is far worse than being en

rolled in the Ananias or Down and Out

club.

Gee whis! The Santa Clans letters are Voming like snowfiakes. Compare the lists published by others and see who takes The Times. What's that about circulation? Come on, little ones. If you dont see your letter In today be patient. No letters printed after Wednesday.

Many a girl who Is silly enough to love a poor young man, still possesses Intelligence enough to marry a rich old one.

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: I saw you in the Lion store but I did not tell you what I wanted for Christmas. I want a larire doll and buirey. a set of dishes.

doll bed, piano and a doll chair. This is all for this time; be sure and do not

lorget to come.

lour friend, RUTH EISENHUTT.

Miss Marathon. Miss Rose Hill, our champion fast

sprinter, made a bet recently that she could walk or run from Merlden to

Plainfleld in ninety minutes and won

the bet by a margin or two minutes.

In line of a pacemaker she carried a small clock In her hand. Plainfleld

Item, Meriden (N. H.) Enterprise.

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 18. 1908.

Dear Santa: I lust want a few

things because you have so many chil

dren to remember. 1 want a work box

and candy and nuts. Well, goodby, Santa Claus. Your friend,

FRANCES DIKE.

372 East State street, Hammond, Ind.

Some people Marry for love and

Some for money, but In after years

Some people woader What they marry For.

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 18. 1908.

Dearest Santa Claus: Please bring

me a fireman suit and a wagon; and,

dear Santa Claus. please bring me a

Christmas tree and some nuts and candy. Your own little boy,

372 State street, Hammond, Ind.

A pastor announces that angels send

no messages; that communications

come from bad and not from good spir

its. We agree with the pastor to this extent that he knows as much and as

little about the matter as anybody else.

Hammond. Ind., Dec. 18, 1908.

Dear Santa: I am a little boy, four

years old, but I can't write a letter yet. So my brother had to write this letter. I want a fire engine, a ladder wagon, some nuts and candy, for I was a good

boy. Weil, goodby, Santa, my name ana

address is. ,

JOHN O DONNELL.

283 Webster avenue, Hammond, Ind.

That recipe for curing a shiny nose

can be retired until the Yuletide has

come and gone.

Sixty dollars per front foot for land that but a few years ago was considered alost beyond the pale of civilization, was the price paid in Hammond last Saturday for one hundred feet . of lot property, setting a new high water mark for land in that section of the city. The price paid amazed many people but the time is coming fast when the growth of Hammond will make that figure look cheap indeed. The wonderful improvements made in the city during the past ten years and its almost phenomenal growth show nothing surprising in such realty sales to the man who ha3 kept in close touch with business conditions in this region. Hammond will not le$ her sister cities in the Calumet region distance her in suprem

acy. Perhaps there isn't as much splash and noise about the growth of Hammond as could be made but in the long run there are far more im

portant things than those which are essential. ANOTHER INTERURBAN ON THE WAY.

THIS IS MY 3STH BIRTHDAY. Charles Ilonier Hasklns.

Charles Homer Haskins, a noted edu

cator who has been mentioned as a pos

sible successor to President Eliot of

Harvard univerity, was born in Mead-

ville, Pa., Dec. 21, 1870. He was gradu

ated from Johns Hopkins university in

1887, and took advanced study at Johns

Hopkins and the Universities of Paris

and Berlin. He was instructor in his

tory at Johns Hopkins for one year,

and was assistant professor of history

n 1891 and 1S92, and professor of Eu

ropean history from 1892 to 1902 at the University of Wisconsin. He was a lec

turer on history, 1899-1900, and profes

sor of history at Harvard, where he has been since. He has contributed

numerous articles on the Vatican ar

chives, mediaeval student life, the study

and teaching of history, the Inquisition and the Jury. He has served as corre

sponding secretary of the American Historical association and as state his

torian of the Wisconsin Historical so ciety.

If plans inaugurated with the granting of another interurban franchise

by the . East Chicago city council are carried out the cities of Indiana Harbor, Whiting and Gary will before the leaves fall again be connected with a flourishing street railway. The Calumet region is eevidently deestined

to be a network of inter-city electric railroads and communication between

Hammond, Gary, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Whiting will be only a

matter of a few moments. There is nothing that will bring these cities

closer together quicker, nothing that will Insure their industrial supremacy better than perfect electric railway communications. The plans that are proposed which will bring Hobart and Crown Point into the network grow

apace and the people of Lake county will certainly be delighted when inter

communication is thus possible and "speed the day" will be their unani

mous cry.

THERE IS A GOOD deal of whimpering done by some people because they declare Jthere are so many uneemployed people in the Calumet region that a lot of them can't get work. "Do they want work?", is the question

to ask. Do the men who are loafing in the streets saying they can't get anything to do, really want work? Just ask one of them if he wants to

earn a few honest dollars and see what they say.

IN THE MEANTIME there are a number of counties down state that

are getting ready to test the county local option law. This and ' the on

coming of the waterwagon are largely responsible for the many rumblings

you can hear by putting your ear close to the ground. ,

THE DEMOCRATS SEE a leaning towards their side in the election

contest at Crown Point. The democrats must be careful, if they lean too

hard they will fall out of the window.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY. December 2L 1790 Thomas Mifflin became the first governor of Pennsylvania under the constitution of 1790. , 1804 Lord Beaconsfleld, English writer and statesman, born. Died April 19, 188L r .: " ; ' - 1807 Embargo act passed, forbidding the departure of any vessel from the United States for a foreign

port.

1S54 Armed collisions took place in - eastern Kansas between the two

political parties.

is ueneral Sherman entered the

city of Savannah.

1894 Sir Mackenzie Bowell became

Premier of Canada and formed a

new ministry.

1900 Martial law proclaimed in Cape

Colony. "

1902 Remains of Julia Dent Grant

placed in the Gront tomb on Riv erside Drive, New York.

RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS

The president's African trip will cost

him $20,050. This does not include his subscription to The TiMESy but we ex

pect to get a check from Mr. Loeb any

day.

There Is a bright side to everything. AVlien your hub reads his paper nil through breakfast It keeps him from complaining about the cooking.

And, by the way, you have but

short time left to buy the Christmas

tree!

Three days shopping!

left for the Christmas

A man can make a woman happy by telling her that that's the way she makes him.

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 18. 1908.

Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy,

spvpti vear. o1i. 1 live a.t 283 Webster

avenue. As it is so near Christmas I !

hope you won't forget to come to my house. All I want you to bring me is a new pair of shoes, a sweater and a pair of gloves. I hope you won't forget lit

tle brother John also. This is all. I hope you won't forget other little boys

and girls. flease remen.per my address, I live at 283 Webster avenue. .1 hope you won't forget my name is

1' KAf.ti. U UU.-dAlUJj. 283 Webster avenue.

UP AND DOWN IN INDIANA

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 18, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me

a big doll and a bracelet. lours truly,

612 Hoffman : street.

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TO PCBLISII OriATEXOX

The junior class of Wabash college

has decided to publish a Ouiatenon this year, the publication that for several

years was issued consecutively by jun

lor classes in the college.

Hammond. Ind., Dec. 18. 1908.

Dear Santa: As it is nearing Christ

mas L thougnt 1 would write and let i you know what I want for that day.

Please bring me a - printing press, a gun. sweater coat and oranges, nuts

and candy. This will be all for this ttoie. Your little friend,

MASTER LLOYD M NALLY.

the Ouiatenon has-been published at

the college for the last six years.

XEARLY LOSES TURKEYS.

A farmer driving to Shoals recently

with a wagon load of turkeys for the

Christmas market, on arriving at the

poultry house, found that the end gate

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 18, 1908. Dear Santa: As Christmas is not

very far away I wish you would bring me a few things. Please bring me a

No issue of I big- doll and a gocart with a canopy

top, and don t forget to bring me a punch bowl and water set and oranges,

nuts ana canoy.

Your little mend, MADELENE M." NALLY.

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 18, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: I have tried to be

very good this year so that you will brine me fiomethlnsr. I want you to

had fallen' out of his wagon and all bring me a magic lantern and a pair I of skates and some checkers and a

siderable time to locate them.

GET BLIND PIG OWNER.

Sheriff Walters yesterday arrested

Owen Sebring, who was fined for con

ducting a "blind tiger" at Shelburn.

Jesse McCrocklin later gave himself up and the two began serving a thirty

With

shooting gallery and a new suit.

love,

FRED RADLOFF. 21 Reese avenue.

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 19. 1908

Dear Santa Claus: It is near Christ

mas and I thought I would write to you. I hope you won't forget my little brother and sister and me. I am

day Jail sentence. The two men were s,x year3 old- LT100.".18 n,?ar, 'Mr

and my units biolcl viuici w

I want

each and a

cnfi-i nn "Hinfl tio-oT-" ohgrm I woollv bear and s. uon and a sweater

each, and iittie sister some oaoy toys GARRETT MAS CHARITY FEAST. and a big doll, and mamma and papa t, . . . . some nice presents. I am making some Five hundred persons attended the of th mllT schooi t hoDe you won't

charity banquet given at Garrett last forget grandpa. Bring him something nisrht for the benefit of the Sacred nice, too. I remain your little friend,

uaj ja.i ocin.uk,c, auc I t U iiitril HC1C J " ' ,7... . . , , sentenced in circuit court at Sullivan enonts'ictof and" Nov. 6 to thirty days in jail and $50 a Are engine and a suit each

Heart hospital. Governor-elect Thom

as R. Marshall was toastmaster.

DEMOCRAT PICKS REPUBLICAN.

There is much speculation in Colum

bus political circles because John H.

Hill, the newly elected democratic rep

resentative, has appointed William T. Hager, a republican, as his private

secretary. RICH NEGRO ACQUITTED.

After being out about sixteen hours.

OLIVER NICHOLS.

630 Hoffman street, Hammond, Ind.

Hammond. Ind.. Dec 18. 1908.

Dear Santa Claus: I have tried to

be very good this year so that you

will brine me something. I want you

to bring me a don ana a gocart ana

some dishes. With love.

JOSEFINE ANDLKbUN. 133 Roberts avenue.

In a dying condition at Mercy hospital in Chicago with a bullet Wound In

her abdomen, Miss Margaret Wiswell, an actress, better known as "Peggy Perry,

who was probably fatally wounded in her apartments, 2616 Indiana avenue, made

a post-mortem statement to the police last night declaring that the shooting

was an accident and that she had the gun in he rown hands when it was discharged. The taking of the injured girl's version of the affair by the police followed a statement by the hospital physicians that Miss WisweU might not sur

vive through the night.

letter. And I will tell you what I want. I am a little girl, hine years old. I want some nuts and candy, I want a dresser and a story book. My sister

wants a doll head and a story dook.

My brother wants a train that goes on a track and a story book. Don't for

get me. And do you know where I live? I live in a brick house on Lo

gan street. Your little friend,

279 Logan street.

ney is a little small, also crooked, but I guess you can come down Just the same. Will let the fire burn low that night. Goodby, Santa Claus.

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 18, 1988. Dear Santa Claus: I hope you will not forget me this year. I am nine years old. I would like a leather doll buggy and a big doll, a sled and some candy and nuts. Your little friend, ALICE LOKOTZKE. 280 Plummer avenue.

Hammond, Ind., Dec 18, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: As Christmas is

near I want to tell you what I want

for Christmas. I want a dressed doll

with dark hair and eyes and a leather doll buggy. Please, dear Santa, don't forget my little brother; -he is three years old and he wants a threewheeled bicycle and a big top. Please, dear Santa Claus, bring me these. I am sick in bed now, but I want to be better when Christmas comes. This is

where I live. Your little friend, ETHEL MEYERS.

309 Indiana avenue, in rear. Ham

mond. Ind. ,

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: As Christmas is

again coming around, I thought I somilrt nrrlta a letter to vou and tell

a Muncie Jury in the circuit court yes- I you what I want. I want a boat a set

terday, acquitted Otto Gammon, a or tools, an engine ano cars ana a ni--f .v, u. v,, tie sled. My little sister wants a doll, young negro, of the charge of having eocartf 8et f dl3hes and a doll cradle. attacked Nora Harris, a white girl, of well, dear Santa, I know you won't

fourteen, whose parents are neighbors rorget the stocKing, so t wni ciose nop-

jng you win not iui gci me lu.v s.

of the Gammons. The colored family

is wealthy. The defense was an alibi. COAL RATE HEARING FINISHED.

The hearing of the coal rate case before the Indiana railroad commission

brought by South Bend and Mlshawaka

manufacturers against certain coal

carrying railroads, was concluded last evening. The commission decided to take the case under advisement. A decision will not be rendered until aft

er the first of the year. MARKED FOR WHITECAPPING

A message sent through the United States mails bearing to the recipient the pleasant news that he is marked

830 Elm street, Hammond, Ind.

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 18, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: I would like to

have a steam engine and please bring my papa a pair of slippers, and bring me a wagon. Yours truly.

HEK.Bfc.KT LEWKE. 612 Hoffman street.

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 19, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: I want a pyrog-

raphy set and spelling book and a drawing book and a gun and a wagon, and that is all. Santa Claus. With

love, ivaji HAAU.

3a Indiana bouievara.

East Chicago, Ind., Dec 17, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: I am a girl. 12

for a "whitecaDDlntr" bee does not con- years old. and am glad Christmas is

stitute a violation of the postal laws,

Have you got HERS yet?

MANY A MAN OBJECTS TO HIS TO HIS WIFE'S HAVING A CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY IN THE HOUSE FOR FEAR THAT SHE WILL ASK HIM TO IMPERSONATE CHRIST-MAS

Indoor Winter Sports. It affords more amusement than a mule show in a country town to sit on the vinegar barrel in the corner behind the stove at Dave Parrish's grocery store these cold nights and listen to Uncle Bugg Calvert and Uncle Jerry Robinson catch those six-pound bass, and Judge Idol sweat over the lawn mower, "and Captain Downing

near. 1 want a large aou with blue eyes and light curly hair with a pink silk dress on it; a sweater, a story book, handkerchiefs, hair ribbons, a veil and some nuts and candy. Don't

forget my brother; he wants a pair

ot ball-bearing sicates, a gun, nandkerchiews. nuts and candy. We will

V)flV a nipro of nil on the tahlo fnr

City last evening on his way to Terre you and will clean out the stove pipes

Haute for his winter residence. H. so as you can get tnrougn

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 19. 1908.

Dear Santa: I am a little boy ten

years old. Please send me a sweater coat and a postal album and a stock

ing full or nuts ana canay. x am your

little iriena, WILLIE LITTMANN. Ill Hanover street.

Hammond, Ind., Dec. 22, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: The year is al

most gone and Christmas is coming, so I thought I would write you a letter

and tell you what I want. I want a

npw Biilt a box of blocks, nuts, candy.

apples, oranges, cakes, for I don t think this is too much. But. dear Santa, don't forget to come to my house. Goodby,

Santa, I will hear of you later. Yours truly, ALFRED KALWA. 402 Claude street, Hammond, Ind.

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 17. 1908.

Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a new suit because I want to go to

church Christmas eve and I ain't got no suit. There is going to be a beautiful Christmas tree and I want to see it. My stocking has got a hole in and 1 don't want Santa to see the stock

ing. Goodby, dear Santa. OSCAR KALWA. 402 Claude street.

according to information received yes

terday by Postmaster Spekinheler. W. II. FAIRBANKS DEAD.

Colonel William Henry Fairbanks

died on a Big Four train near Union

was in the dining car when stncKen

and Mrs. Fairbanks was with him. TO QUASH INDICTMENTS.

After an arugment covering three

days, Judge Nash of Noblesville an

I am your loving friend, VIOLA LINDERT.

Hammond, Ind.. Dec 18. .1908.

Dear Santa Claus: I am

eight years old. I wis

nounced today that he will auash the candy and nuts and oranges. My sis

ir,iimonto w ir x I ter Anna wants tne same as l

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 18. 1908

Dear Santa Claus: You will soon be here again. I suppose you are won-

derine what I would like to have, so

I thoueht I would write and tell you

One sweater jacket, one pair tan leather leggins. one pair of overshoes size

12. two mcKei tablets, two penny pen cils. 25 cunt ton. one box 5 cent cray

ons. candv and nuts. Dear Santa, this

will be enough for this year. We live

on the corner still. You surely re member. Your lover, ANTHONY FEHRMAN. Robertsdale, Ind.

, Z o . i Hammond, Ind., D vn le(,lri Dear Santa Claus: As ,h.fl near I am thinking about L"! t01?Tbok I would like to have. T

indictments against W. H. Roney, for

mer president of the Cicero bank. The

judge has not made this ruling, but will do so as soon as he can reach the

case. FIRE BURNS BUSINESS CENTER.

Fire this morning destroyed a large

750 East State street.

do.

MARY JASIN.

Hammond. Ind., Dec. 19, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: I want a doll what opens and shuts its eyes, like Mandie's and Bobbie's, and a pair of shoes for my dollle with pink toes, and

a hood and white dress with plnK bows.

portion of the business section of Pen- j Dear Santa Clus, be sure and remem-

ville. Every business house In an en

tire block was destroyed, causing a total loss of $75,000. The heaviest loser Is the Home Union department store, which had a large holiday stock and will lose $35,000.

ber me. I can t remember the number of our house, but you will know the house. It is on Logan street, flat B. CLARA STROUSE.

Hammond, Ind. Dec. 18. 1908. Dear Santa Claus: It is near Christmas so I thought I would write you a

Griffith, Ind.. Dec 19, 1908. Dtar Santa: I was thinking of writ

ing you a letter what I wished for

Christmas: I wish to fcave a storybook.

My sister Ida wants a bracelet, and my sister Katie wants a ring, and my sis

ter Sadie a doll, and my brother jann

wants a whistle. lours ever.

DORA STAAL. Griffith, Ind. Whiting, Ind., Dec. 18, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: As it is a short

time till Christmas I will write and tell you what I would like to have:

would Ke a new r.eaa ior my aou

and a sewing box, some nice candy and nuts and ribbons for my hair, and a pair of gloves. I would like some more things, but mama says your poc-

KetbooK could not pay lor all. l want, so don't forget me. I am your little friend,

LOUIS Mfc-lSSNJliK. 507 Fred street. Whiting, Ind.

Hammond, Ind.. Dec. 20, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: I see that all the

little boys and girls of Lake county are writing to you. go I put in mind

that l am going to write, too. DearSanta, I would Tike you to send me a soldier suit. Answer soon. Goodby.

Your friend, MR. CARL GROHLER. 1063 Corner Calumet and Conkey

avenues.

Hammond. Ind. Dec. 20, 1908. Dear Santa: Please don't forget my

doll buggy and doll and dishes and candy and some nuts. Pleasa don't for

get my little brother wants a wneeibarrow and a little iron and a nlce game and some candy and nuts. I am seven and he is three years old.

LUCIE SOCK. 800 Hoffman street.

Whiting, Ind., Dec 18, 1908. " Mister Santa Claus: Don't forget me and my sister Irene and my sister Martha and brother Charley and mamma and pappa and grandma. I . want a big horn and overcoat, and mama a new hat, and Martha wants a doll and buggy, and I want a overcoat and a horn. ADA DAUGER.

Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 19, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: Christmas is near so I thought I would let you know what I would like to have for Christmas. As it is very cold I would need a warm dress to go to schooi, for which I need five yards of cloth, and a. warm fascinator for around my head, and some handkerchiefs, and if you have some candy and nuts left you may bring me a papr sack full. I will close, hoping I will get what I would like to have. Your little friend. ELIZABETH JERGENS. Crown Point, Ind., R. F. D. No. 7.

LIFE TERM FOR MAN WHO KILLED MOTHER-IN-LAW.

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 18. 1908

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crayons, one pair of 10i EE shoes, a small doll bed, a little stove, one pair black leggins, a nice doll head with black curly hair, can'iy and nuts. Dear Santa I hope you will bring this. We live in the same green house on the corner, you can hardly miss it. Your lover, ELAINE FEHRMAN. Robertsdale, Ind.

Lowell, Ind., Dec. 21, 1908. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy, eight years old, and I hope you won't forget me Christmas. I want a wagon, a football, a skate sharpener, a story book, a sweater coat, candy and nuts Q n.l nnnpnrn T U'a In T Avail Inil

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William W. Delph of I.aPorte Convicted of Murder in First Degree. LaPorte, Ind., Dec. 21. The Jury in the William W. Delph case has returned a verdict of first degree murder, imposing a life sentence. Delph became Involved in a quarrel with his brother-in-law, Edward Meacham, and, threatening to kill him, armed himself with a shotgun and started in his pursulL Mrs. Sarah Meacham, mother of Delph's wife, thinking to save her son, started behind, fired a load of. shot into her back, killing her instantly.

DESERTER SURRENDERS. Warren N. Webster, 18 years old, of Boone county, Kentucky, who deserted from the United States navy, has surrendered to Chief of Police Buchanan.