Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 268, Hammond, Lake County, 1 May 1909 — Page 5

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THE CITY New M. E. Church. Architects J. K. Hammonds & Son, with C. E. Kendrlck as associate architect, are now preparing plans for the new J 40,000 ilethodist church of Gary. When completed it will occupy fouf lots on the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and Adams street. Rev. George Deuel is the pastor of the church. Kahn Branches OutM. Kahn, 6SS Broadway, in Gary, who opened the first general store in the city, is aabout to add an extension to his place of business. He will extend the present building to the rear end of the lot, putting a nine-foot basement under it and making the extension also two stories high. Plans for the same are in preparation now. Open Up Suite. Attorney Ballard and Stanton of Gary have opened a new suite of offices in the new Duchich building at the corner of Eighth avenue and Broadway. The officers are among the finest in Gary. Tickets Are Sold. A large number of tickets have been old for the entertainment to be given tonight by the Drake Dramatic company at Binzenhoff hall. The entertainment is given for the benefit of the Ladies' Guild of the Episcopal church, and several members of the society are taking part. "A Box of Monkeys" is the name of the play that will be produced. A dance will be given after the the entertainment. Goes to Joliet. The Gary baseball team will go to Joliet tomorrow, where they will play the fast Joliet Standards of that place. The local team have showed up very strong in practice this week and are in much better shape than when they played the Alma Maters of South Chicago laet Sunday. The line-up of the Gary team will be as follows: Korminsky, p; Grimes, c; JIaher, lb; Erickson, 2b; Jackson, 3b; Serands, ss; McNalley, cf; Curren, rf; and Sheppard, If. Residence SoldA residence, located on Fifth avenue and Carolina street, was sold yesterday by Attorney Clarence Bretsch to Michael Lingard, an employe of the eteel mills, who will occupy the house at once as a residence. The house was sold for $3,200. WORK IS BEGUN Broadway at Last to Have a New Pavement. The Co-Operative Construction Co. of Gary, who have the contract for putting in the Broadway pavement, betwen the car tracks, put on a force of workmen this morning to prepare the bed for the brick. The material has been ordered some time ago, and is expected to arrive in Gary today or Monday, as word has been received that the brick was shipped from the yards. The work will commence at Seventh avenue and continue south on Broadway. Much of the pavement, which was laid last fall, will have to be taken up, as it was damaged by the frost. r GARY BRIEFS. The first meeting of the local lodge of Elks will take place tonight in the Feuer building. A large attendance is requested as business of importance will be transacted. Dr. E. E. Geisel of Gary made a business trip to Hammond yesterday. The Douglas Shoe company, who have located in the Reynolds building, opened their store for business today, and are showing a fine line of men's, ladies and children's shoes. The Five Hundred club of Gary waa M A. J E S T I TH E A.TRE3 T. P. Kuechl.r, Res. Mgr. Cor. Fifth Avenue and Conn. St. Tonight and including every night until Sunday The -Marion-Woods Stock Co In the Four Act Comedy Drama "The Diamond King" New Motion Pictures and Songs The Best Show in Town 10c GENERAL ADMISSION 10c Seats in center house 20c; Plush seats 30c Box seats 50c Seats on Sale at Cole's Drug Store Next attraction: The Gamblers "Sweetheart" GE

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The announcement that $100 bills are in circulation creates comparitively little alarm among the people who paycash at the butcher shop. Some people move the 1st of May, but others are in a wild scramble to pay their taxes. Those Garyites, who are lucky enough to have a few shovels of coal left, might come to a more reasonable agreement with the iceman if the truth was known. Up to the time of going to press, Gus Ambos and Otto Borman have not entered in the Marathon race. In playing the Joliet Standards tomorrow it is hoped that the Gary team will not get into any disagreement that will keep them in Joliet indefinitely. Its a very nice thing to be able to own an automobile, but until the Broadway pavement it is to be hoped that the owners will ermember that the streets belong to the people and not let them stand around all day. If nothing is left of the momenteous that were placed in the corner stone, in twenty years from now, you will feel perfectly satisfied that you didn't place yours there. One of the surest symptoms of spring fever is the feeling that you are being one worked on a small sal ary. The Gary & Western can't begin their suburban service any too soon. They may be selling near beer in Gary from the smell of some men's breath, we take it that it comes prettyclose to being the genuine article. entertained yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Roberts 648 Jackson street. J. J. Kelley, of the Gary Land com pany, was in Chicago yesterday on business. Attorney H. F. McCracken was in attendance at the Lake superior court at Hammond yesterday. R. G. Parry go to Valparaiso tonight, where he will attend a dancing party. G. F. Guffin, of the real estate firm of Guffin and Mauzy, in the Reynolds building, is in South Bend on business a few days this week. Attorney E. G. Ballard was in Ham mond yesterday on professional bust ness. Mrs. L. Vt. Applegate of Gary is confined to her home on account of sick ness. "Word was received from the Pres byterian hospital in Chicago from Jo seph Frost saying that his condition is not serious an dthat he is improving nicely. Manager Eckers of the Chicago Tele phone company of South Chicago, will be in Gary today to witness the Mara thon race. Mr. Eckers is the promoter of several races in South Chicago and has brought several entries from that place. He will follow John Shugrue over the course in his machine. Dr. Hlnes, a new dentist, has opened up an office in the new building on Broadway, near Fifth avenue. H. J. Heart, who has been giving away to the people of Gary which are located in Elk City, Canada, was in Chicago yesterday on business. lornado insurance 20c per year on the $100. Smith-Bader-Davidson Co Whiting and Gary. 30-?.-AU the bargains advertised by Spiegel's In the Chicago papers are displayed and for sale at our large South Chicago store. 9133-9135 Commercial avenue. For a good home cooked meal, with quick service, go to the German Home on Tenth avenue, near Broadway. The best meal in the city. Lunches of all kinds from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. Mrs. A. Jensen, proprietor. 9-1-m We deliver the Furniture and Carpets to your door, no extra charge no waiting and at Chicago bargain prices. Spiegel's, South Chicago's leading furLAND CO. LETS JJHTRACT The Gary Land company has just let a contract to Creutz and James which will mean an extensive improvement to the city and property owners. The company has ordered the erection of cement walks, five feet in width, to be laid on Harrison, Adams and Rhode Island streets and Sixth avenue. The street improvements total about a mile of sidewalks. In addition to this they have added sidewalks for yard improvements which tital about five miles in length. These walks will be laid from the street sidewalks to the house and along the sides of the buildings. The company has also ordered the building plank sidewalks from the rear of these houses to the alleys, so that the residents in this neighborhood will be well taken care of. MORE SEWS IX ONE WEEK IX THB TIMES THAN IX ALL THE OTHEH PAPERS IX THE CALUMET REGIOX COMBIXED. COMPARE THEM AXD SEE IF IT ISXT SO.

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South Shore Line and Re cent Wreck Victims Reach Amicable Settlements; Attorney Meyer Confers With Attorneys. COMPANY WILL NOT BE HELD UP HOWEVER No Suits Have Been Filed Thus Far Albert Truan of Hammond Settles for $500 Victor Windett of Chicago, Who Was in Hospital for ome Time, Gets Settlement. Most of the cases where persons were injured in the interurban wreck at Cavanaugh, April 12, will be settled amicably out of court. Attorney Meyer has been in conference with the attorneys in the cases and several settlements have already been made. Among those who have already been recompensed for their injuries are Albert Traun of Hammond, who was willing to receive $500 for the damage done to his person. Victor "Windett of Chicago, superintendent of the NashDowdle Construction company of Gary, has settled with the South Bend road for a reasonable sum. 'Mr. Windett was badly injured and was removed to a Chicago hospital. Compnnj- "Wants to Re Fair. Attorney Clarence Bretsch, who represented the above men, says that At torney J. F. Lewis Meyer, representing the South Shore line, admits the company's liability in the case and when it comes to a settlement he will usually say, "We want to be fair, but we do not want to be held up." Several of the attorneys have made an agreement with Attorney Meyer not to file any cases against the company until all chances for a settlement have fallen through. To date there have been no suits filed against the South Shore line, and it is not expected that there will be but few cases in which it will be necessary. The two cases where Bare Milacic and George Barbotic were most seriously in jured. Attorneys Bretsch and Meyer have been unable to come to a settlement, although the South Bend com pany offered a large sum. J. C. Mitchell, Who Has Con tract for Borman Boule vard, Has Large Force of Men and Teams at Both - Ends. uorK on me Dig paving contract o Borman boulevard, in Tolleston, will be started in earnest next week. The preliminary steps for starting the work on the grading of the road was started this week, but on account of the inclement weather the work has been seriously hampered. J. C. Mitchel of Valparaiso, who has the contract for the grading of the road, has a score of teams and a large force of men at work at the Tolleston end of the road, and it is his intention to start another force of men at work at the other end and both work toward the middle. The crushed stone and other material for the construction of the road will be shipped to Tolleston over the Michigan Central railroad. The contract for the construction of the road was awarded to Connover and Taber of Valparaiso for $26,279 at the meeting of the county commissioners last November. The road is about two miles in length, reaching from Main street, Tolleston, to the CTark road on the west. It will be eighty feet in width, but only eighteen feet in the center will be macadamized. The construction of Borman boulevard will mean the first direct route from Hammond to Gary, and will do more to raise the property valuations in that district than any other project that has been started1. It is thought that this is the route that will be taken by the Gary and Interurban rail

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Thirty-Seven Runners Will Toe the Scratch; John Kamradt, the Fat Gas House Man, Declared Ineligible in Long Grind.

(Special to Thb Times.) 1 Indiana Harbor, Ind., May 1. The Calumet Athletic club held a meeting last night in the club's headquarters at the Lake Shore hotel and a general understanding between runners and officials of the club regarding the rules and conditions of the race to be run tomorrow, was arrived at. There are thirty-seven entries as follows: Anthony Mello Louis Sterling Claude Dressen Edw. Huttle Robert Stoakey Geo. Cooperstone James G. Nell Is Wm. McCaffery Jno. Mylott Patrick McShane Melvyn Hascall Karl Russell E. J. Hamilton Clarence Martin Edward Iliner Welty C. Brown McFlscher Jno. Doran Lester Ottenheimer Oscar Erickson Frank Held Jno. Carroll Francis Devoe Albert George Rudolph Hultgren Carl Stebbina Walter Clifford Jerry Trumans Patrick Burke Michael Gorman Wm. J. Carroll Mat Sternberg, jr. Patrick I j- Burke Mark B. Joliff Erick Radtke Frank Saliger Two of the entrants were barred, one being John Kamradt, the gas fat man, of the gas company, it being found that he was a resident of Whit ing and therefore inelegible. The other man barred was rejected by the club's physician, Dr. W. U. Ureenwald on account of a weak heart. The club has instructed Dr. Greenwald to make a rigid examination of all entrants in ! order to avaid unnecessary accidents I true it will be only a matter of a short time until many new residences will be erected along the thoroughfare. The expense of building the road will be paid out of the county treas ury. The road is being built under an act passed by the general assembly some years ago, which provides that where there are two gravel roads at a distance of not greater than two miles apart, these roads may be connected with a gravel road, providing there is a petition signed by the ma jority of property owners. At this time last year Borman boulevard 'was only a sand wagon road, hardly a mile long. The property owners then pro ceeded to get busy in orde rto increase the value of their land. All that re mained to be done was to extend Bor man boulevard to the Clark road, a distanse little over a mile. This was done by assessment, it costing the owners about 600. The road was opened and leveled in a few places and the minute a wagon traveled the entire distance it became a public highway. They then proceeded to get the ne cessary signers to the petition in order to improve the road. 1700 CHILDREN IN OF SCHOOL The taking of the school enumeration of Gary was completed yesterday by W. P. Ray and his assistant, James McPherson, and it was found that the population of persons of the school age in Gary had been increased by about 300. Although the official count has not been made the figure, according to Superintendent Wirt, will be between 1,700 and 1,750. v It was expected that the increase would be nearer five hundred than three hundred, but the small Increase is accounted for by the fact that the for eigners who were engaged in construction work had larger families as a rule than the class of men now employed in the mills in the city, according to Mr. Wirt. The population, therefore, is now changing from the ehifting class which engages only in construction work to those who will remain in the city permanently. The object of the school enumeration

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1P0RH1 due to the lack of physician qualificatlon.3 on the part of would-be runners, President Jerome Tlmmons instruct ed those present last night regarding the rules governing the race, but as all who entered were not able to be present at that time, Chief Judge John F. Spellacy will give final instructions before the race starts. Dr. Greenwald was on hand and examined a number of runners last night. Some of those who had contemplated starting, had notified Secretary Madsen that they would be unable to compete on account of the cold and rainyweather, but their names, however, were not taken oft the list as they may change their minds by tomorrow There have been some rumors afloat to the effect that a few professional runners, under assumed names, had entered and expected to start in the race. The club officials want it understood, however, that any runner who has competed in the race and won a prize in it, and it can be proven that he is not a resident cf Indiana Harbor or East Chicago, or is a professional, will be disqualified. As the prizes will not be awarded until May 15. there will be plenty of time in which to investigate eligibility of the winners. The reason for the delay In giving out the prizes is that an inscription with the name or the successful ones will be engraved on the prizes and in order to do this the latter will have to be returned to the factory for that purpose. is to form a basis upon which the state school funds can be divided among the schools. Many of the people of Gary, not understanding this, refused to give the names of their children and caused considerable trouble in taking the census. The taking of the census started April 10. The increase of 300 school children over the number found in the enumeration is regarded as a good, healthy growth, and the amount allotted to Gary ior her ecnooi tunas will be pro portionately greater. Sazch Is Deadjohn Sazch, a foreigner, who has been confined to Mercy hospital for several weeks, suffering from tuber culosis, died yesterday afternoon, and will be burled at the Tolleston ceme tery. Sazch was 38 years old, and was formerly employed in the steel mills ne leaves a. wne ana two ennaren in the old country. DYER. In the condition of Mrs. Geo. Schaef er, who is seriously ill, no improvement can as yet be reported. A trained nurse is in attendance. The Lion stote furniture wagon of Hammond brought a load of furniture to our town yesterday. The rock well, which Moeller Bros are making at the home of Mat Schults, is nearing completion. At a depth of 136 feet solid rock was struck. A few feet more of rock drilling and Mr. Schultz will be the owner of one of those wells that never give out. The storm, which passed over this region Thursday evening, did very little damage, considering the force with which it struck our town. Reports from nearly all around sound quite different from this. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hilbrich of near Schererville were Dyer visitors Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Hilbrich of Schererville spent Friday with relatives here. HOBART. Mr. Carstensen, sr., died at his home on Center street yesterday. The storm caused considerable damage in around town on Thursday evenseveral barns near Wheeler and the LOAIN CO. ice. Phone 322. 216 Gary BIdg., Qary, Ind.

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barn on the Atkinson farm, was blown down, telegraph wires torn down and window panes smashed.

Miss Cora Hough of Englewood is visiting with Miss Edna Borger for a few days. Miss Bessie Robson, of Chicago, is visiting at the Wood residence for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hillmah returned from Hammond yesterday afternoon where they visited with their daughter, Mrs. George Flaherty. The II. B. I's are making elaborate preparations for their dance tonight. Don't miss it. Trustee Barnes has put an organ into the eighth grade room, moving the old organ to the sixth grade. Edward Spencer opens his ten-cent show tonight in his new opera house In the Roper building. The building has been papered and fixed up, which makes a dandy vaudeville house. Mr. Spencer put In a new piano yesterday. ROSS, Mrs. Jansen is visiting in Griffith to day. Mr. Jansen transacted business in Crown Point yesterday. J. J. Schoon was a business visitor in Munster yesterday. The MiBses Jennie and Effie Van Buren of Riverdale, 111., are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ooms. Mrs. R. Gouwens returned to her FOR

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