Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 170, Hammond, Lake County, 7 January 1910 — Page 4
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WHAT sort of a life are you egglayers leading these days?
Political Announcomsnts
Editor Times f HI you kindly amnounee In your paper that I will bo n candidate tor county - treasurer, subject to the action of the republican
nominating convention. -, W. A. HILL-
WONDER if this is the kind of purple snow that Dr. Cook saw?
WHAT has become of Hammond's
1910 charity ball? Nothing doing?
LAKE County's democracy has got
the benefit of some great advertising. A FEED the hungry, clothe the destitue and give them all a chance to live. YES, the bill collector Is getting
more and more unpopular every day ditions
of his lite.
Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE.
ed the employ of the Russian depart ment of forestry. In 1875 he came to America, and temporarily abandoning
his profession, he becamj manager of a charcoal works in Pennsylvania.
While here, he added to his knowledge of American lumber gathering meth- j ods so well that he determined to open
a New York office as forester. But it was not until he became prime organi
ser of the American Forestry association that he attracted the attention of
the public and the United States government at the same time. When the division of forestry of the United States department of agriculture was organ
ized Pr. Fernow was made its first
chief. Thus he started the department
which today oversees 160,000,000 acres of public lands. In 1S98 he established
the first technical school of forestry
at Cornell university and for the past
two years he has held the position of
dean of the University of Toronto.
UP ' AND DOWN IN I-N-D-I-A-N-A
ALL signs point to the greatest era of building in the history of the Calumet region. A WHAT the Lake County democrats need is a fw concilators, not a lot of scrappers. .; ' - '
NEARLY BLEEDS TO DEATH. - Wilbur Cavens of Evansville, 32
years old, nearly bled to death at his own doorstep before daylight Wednes-
A SUCCESS STORY.
This is a short story of success about
John M. Smythe, merchant prince of
Chicago. Success stories are all alike.
The bloom and flower of great pros
perity nearly always grow out of the
rich muck of poverty and narrow con-
That is why success stories
are usually alike.
The steadv Droeress or a success
ful man is from beneath npward.
When Mr. Smythe died a few weeks day morning after having clipped and
sm h left a monument to his success- cut off tn t!P of his tongue. He was
ful labors in the largest concern of Its i wor wnen ne ten
kind in the world. offer made to college.
He built the big Store for $2o0. J The board of public works of Fort That is all the money Mr. Smythe I Wayne is now in communication with
had when he started his business in a the engineeirng department of Purdue
university .offering the municipal light
ing plant for testing purposes by members of the senior engineering depart
ment. This is with a view to learning
the steam generating capacity of the
boilers, consumption of coal and other
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Chop Suey Cafe and Restaurant 233 E. State St. Hammond Now Open with the finest equipped place in the City. Regular Dinner and Short Orders a specialty Chop Suey served in all styles SATISFACTION GUARANTEED x OPEN FROM 10 A. M. to 2
little hole in the wall on the west side.
And that $250 he had saved a dime
ANYWAY if you did not spend sol
miifli mnnov von would have more I time.
. Compelled to go to work at tbe age
of thirteen in order to support a wid
owed mother and younger children, facts ot vitai importance
there is no gloss of romance on this
tale of sordid poverty and small say
ings and short dinners.
Romance and modern business sel.
THE cold weather may be a snap dom go together.
DO you find the water wagon rather hard and slippery to retain your grasp or did you fall off long ago?
PROTECT THE CITY FROM FIRE. There is one great problem that the city of Hammond must consider at once, and no one who is a lover of the city's welfare will deny it The question of getting an adequate supply of water in the homes and manufactories in cold weather is one that should occupy the immediate attention of Mayor Becker Doubtless he has long before this carefully considered the grave problem, but he has not announced a remedy. One must be found The sooner the better. It is not a matter to temporise with, by any means. Hammond is too big a municipality to be put at the mercy of anchor ice as it has been for years. It has been Hammond's miraculous fortune not to be visitad by fire during these recurrent periods when there is a shoYtage of water by reason of the fact that there is no pressure to be had. Had fire broke out in the city during the recent high winds when there was no water the result could not be forecasted, but it does not take any great stretch
or imagination to preaici msi me city Uu UD WILL the weather man, kindly re-
$15,000 transfered from the water department to tne general iuna is an member tnat we don't want the whole action that was recently taken by the members of the Hammond city coun- Dooming bunch of weather at once, cil. The water department seems to be the banker for all ot the other city M
departments. Time ana again me water ueyaniueui wmu LAPORTE man died from using a
a few dollars to help out the rest of the city. The water department Is al- handkerchief to blow his nose.
ways "there" with the long green and the general fund Is a minus quantity. Tnig ls the nardest Dlow Laporte ever one price to all and big newspaper ad-
tp the coal dealers, but it Is no snap to
the average householder.
A SOUTHERN paper asks: "Do fish
smell?" Great scott, do they? Well of
all the smells but why go further? ,
Smythe was the pioneer In Chicago
of tbe household installment business.
Not out of philanthropy, but as a purely business proposition, be put the credit of tbe poor man on a par with
the cash of the rich man and thus en
abled tens of thousands of families to
start housekeeping. He had competitors.
But many of his would be competi
tors tried to practice sharp methods.
They charged all the traffic would bear.
Some of them lied, cheated, deceived.
These merchants could not prosper
alongside Smytbe's honest methods.
had.
rf pfiiinw. this is iust a matter of expediency. The funds of the city
are low and that c ater fund Is so. handy. There is always money in the water fund. There is somewhat of a misapprehension in certain quarters about this practice, but the TIMES is informed by J. D. Smalley that these loans are always paid back and that the funds of the water department are never permanently appropriated for the general uses of the city. There is, however, sometthing like $45,000 of a surplus in the water department at the present time. The fujg"5increasing at a very rapid rate and
d?iinent-la -moretal T&lng for Itself. In view of this fact Not as long as. the Knickerbocker Ice
the people of Hammond are asking why it is that the city of Hammond does company can dip such coupons as it e
NOW that Taft has told us what is
whiskey, perhaps he can find time to
settle the moot point. "What ls a
democrat?"
CHEAPER ice for the consumer.
Is doing now.
SEEMS about time to hear of an
other unavoidable rise in the price of
provisions owing to snow hampering
not afford itself the necessity of a modern water supply.
At the present time Hammond draws its water from Lake Michigan through two intakes, one 36 inches in diameter and the new one which is 48 inches in diameter. These cast iron pipes extend but 2,200 feet into the lake.
Every time a north wind blows all of the filth that is dumped into the I transportation.
lake by numerous sewers along tne snore is swept out Dy xne unaer tow ana . ...
Hammond's water resembles concentrated dlsn water, 'ine silt tnat settles a. GREENSBURG minister is adver-
on the bottom in shallow water is swept out to the intake. J tising a revival by distributing cap
The resultant effect on public neaitn-is apparent in tne irequent epiaem- suies. This is a new way of shooting
ics of typhoid fever that have spread over the city. This failure of the city I reiiglon into people
to provide pure water is also necessitating the expenditure of thousands of dollars each year for bottled drinking water. The poor people have to drink
lake water and take the consequences.
But this winter a new difficulty developed. The intakes were so clogged
with slush or needle ice, owing to the shallow depth of the water, that the
pressure has been reduced from a normal 50 pounds to as low as 7 pounds.
Most of the time it has not been better than 20 to 30 pounds
The city is today threatened "with a great conflagration in case a bad
fire should start, the engineers at the pumping station say that they could not increase the pressure if they were to be paid $100 a gallon for it. That
shows just how helpless the city would be in case of fire.
The problem of providing an adequate supply of water in the winter
time for the citizen consumer and the manufacturer is one that should occupy
the Immediate attention of Mayor Becker. Doubtless he has long ago con
sldered the need of a more improved plant and if fully cognizant of the grave
danger to the city from a lack of fire protection.
His excuse, the lack of funds, has been a good one until recently. Now,
nowever, tne ?ta,uuu surplus inaicat.es tnat tne water department is on a sound business basis and is actually making money. If it is a money making business it ought not to be a hard matter to finance a $500,000 proposition
for the building of a water tunnel two or three miles out into the lake.
Hammond will never solve the problem of pure water and a free intake
until it gets its water supply three or four miles out in the lake and at a depth of 50 or 60 feet. All other plans will be merely temporary patchings
on an outgrown water system.
It ls really a miracle that there has not been a bad fire in Hammond
vertising. His establishment soon became a synonym for fair dealing, hus
tle and achievement.
The proprietor became a several
times millionaire. The Irish boy who started on $250, saved in dimes, grew rich on his expressed motto that hon
esty ls tbe best policy. And that is the only real success.
Mr. Smythe did good with his mon-
giving to charity and helping
young men. His private life was exemplary, and his home was everything to him. But you say no American boy can do what John M. Smythe did. Yes, he can If he will pay the price. The price of such success is bard work, study of business conditions, devotion to details, honesty, a cheerful spirit and liberal aSvertisins.
The Evening Chit-Chat By RUTH CAMERON
WE have to pass up a complaint that
the street cars are not heated. How is
a street car company going to get heat,
when it can't get a franchise?
A ROARING farce these days is one
of the kind where you sink down in
your seat at some of the things said in
the hope that there are no ladies within hearing.
r - W. J. BRYAN has arrived in Havana
with the grip and had to give up a
banquet in consequence. Hard to re
linquish these dollar feeds for a little thing like the grip.
A NATIVES on the East coast of
Africa won't wear shoes unless they
squeak. Couldn't raise any politicians there. How could a man "gum-shoe" in squeaky kicks?
THERE is so much harmony in the
democratic party in this locality now
during the recent cold spell when fires are most likely to happen and it is that Hon. Tim Enelehart is consider-
not playing the part of an alarmist to predict that the city might have been ing of putting a lot of it on the market laid waste under the right conditions. , and lt. lit rni estate
It might as well be recognized Immediately that the loss of life and the . -4
"THIS DATE IW HISTORY January 7.
1767 Thomas Clap, president of Yale college, 1740-66, died In New Haven. Born June 26, 1703.. 1777 British troops evacuated Elizabethtown, N. J. 17S5 Blanchard and Jeffries crossed the English channel In a balloon. 1789 First national election held in the United States. 1791 Captain Vancouver sailed on a voyage of discovery to the northwest coastof North America. Ig32 T. DeWHt Talmage. noted Pres-j byterian divine, born in Bound Brook, N. J. Died in Washington,
D. C, April 12, 1902. 1837 Consecration of Bishop Hughes lir-New York City. 1852 Naval university at Quebec Is opened. 1S61 An ordinance rt secession passed
in Alabama. 1S63 The Confederates made an attack on Springfield, Mo., where a large quantity of army stores had been deposited. 1892 Khedive of Egypt died, t Born Nov. 19, 1852. 1904 New Canadian Pacific Railway offices opened In Liondon by Lord Slrathoona.
STATUE NOT GOOD. The statute of General Lew Wallace,
Indiana's gift to the nation, did not
meet the expectations of many per
sons who viewed it in Statuary hall today. The general tone of criticism
was unfavorable and was based more on the garb the general is represented
as wearing than on the facial resem blance, which is regarded as measur
bly accurate. SETTLE PURE FOOD ISSUE.
Benzoate of soda taken In moderate
quantities should have no injurious effects on the human body, according
to testimony given by Dr. Walter S.
Haines, a faculty member of the Uni
versity of Chicago and the Rush Medi
cal college," In the benzoate of soda case in which evidence ls being taken
by Edward Daniels, master in chancery.
WOOD TAKES UP ACCIDENTS.
W. J. Wood, chairman of the rail
road commission of Indiana, announced the committee of railroad men which is to aid the commission in drafting
resolutions to present to the next convention of railroad men and co-oper
ate with the commission in all acci
dent matters. The committee includes
J. W. Logsdon of the Louisville &
Nashville, J, W". Coneys of the Vandalia, D. II. Schaft of the Big r Four,
W. B. Scott of the C H. & D. and J. C. Sullivan of the Wabash railway. TO BUILD A MONOPLANE. Marion Black of Fort Wayne announces that he will this week begin the construction of a monoplane here. Mr. Black had the first automobile in the city, having constructed it himself, and was one of the pioneer bicyclers in the city. He expects to exhibit the aeroplane at county fairs over the country. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Mabel, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Brock of Vin-
eennes, was fatally burned while playing with fire in the kitchen stove. SUES FOR POKER LOSS. Edgar Smith, an Orange county farmer, filed in the New Albany court a suit against James M. Ferguson, a member of the city council, to recover $233 which he alleges he lost at poker in this city Aug. 25, 26 and 27. DRAGGED BY A CAR. The Rev. John Huckelberry of Franklin eame near losing his life in Greens-
burg in attempting to board a traction car. He did not signal the car, and when it whizzed by attempted to swing aboard. He was dragged fifty feet on his back before he let go and the wheels passed within an Inch of his head. He was badly bruised. AIR TANK EXPLODES.
An "air tank In the blaeksmithing and pipefltting department of the mammoth plant of the Pittsburg Plate Glass company at Kokomo exploded, shooting through the roof, Inflicting perhaps fatal Injuries upon Sol Milligan, black-
The wife who conscientiously deserts her husband about once in so often
will be the wife whose husband will never have the faintest desire to de
sert her.
"My mother having the typhoid fever was one of the best things that
ever happened to me," a middel-aged woman who has had an exceptionally
happy married life said to me the othr day.
"Of course, I don't need to tell you," she went on, "that I didn't think
so at that time. But now, when I look back at It across the years, I can see
I learned something from that experience that a good deal of the happinesa of my married life has been founded on.
"We had been married about two years, when mother was taken sick. And in al that time I'd never been away from Henry so much as overnight. K'i the helpless sort, you see, and I didn't think he could ever get along without me. "Well, when they found out that mother had the typhoid I was sent for, and as there wasn't any one else to take charge of things there, I simply had to go. - "I don't know which I felt the worst about, mother being sick or my leaving Henry. I could hardly bear to tell him at all. I expected he'd say he didn't see how he could g-et along wtthout me and make a terrible fuss. "Instead of.that he said right off that of course I must go and stay just as long as she needed me, and not come home until she was entirely well and not worry about home and all that, until finally it came over me that Henry actually didn't feel as I did about my going away. Maybe he was even glad to have me go. "Well, I was too proud to say anything, and I didn't say anything, even when he said good-by, but It almost broke my heart. I remember how sick I felt over It gong down on the train, and how those old wheels just seemed to beat out, "He's glad you're going he's glad you're going. ; I wouldn't take that ride again feeling like that for a thousand dollars.' "After I got to mother's I was too busy and worried about her to think so much about things at home, and I got through those six weeks somehow. But when I got on the train to go back, what do you think. If those old wheels didn't take up my grievance again. 'He won't be glad to see you he won't be glad to see you," they said. - "Well," she drew a long reminiscent breath, and a slow smile twinkled at
the corners of her lips. "Well, 1 never. sa.w a gladder man In all myjife. Suspicious as I was ready to be, I couldn't doubt him; - - - " "And those next few weeks. ' Henry had always been , as good as gold to me, but It seemed then as if he Just couldn't think of enough things to do for me. And as for having me out of sight he couldn't stand It. M I never realized before how much you did for me,' he'd keep saying: whenever I'd darn his stockings or press some of his ties, or do any of the little things that men are apt to think just somehow do themselves. "Well, that was fiteen years ago, and mother has never absolutely needed me since, but I've made it an Iron rule to go away Just;about once in so often. "I hate to leave Henry just as much as I ever did, it just makes my heart ache when I think how helpless he's going to be, but I knew it's for the best, so I always go." It's the dark shadow in the beautiful painting that give the high lights their effectiveness. A realization of the educative value of contrast trw be about as valuable a part of a wife's equipment as the ability to make ten kinds of cake or fifteen varlties of pickles.
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"THIS IS MY 59TII BIRTHDAY" Bernard E. Friw. Dr. Bernhard Edward Fernow, who
is known as the father of foreftry in
. . , .... i 1 Ali-l I Hi,, wan uut ii in xiiu w i a w , I it -
vj U1 muiauic ,ame i luinuneni wnen sucn conai- IN the first of its early editions on sen. Jan. 7, 1851, and received his edutions obtain. The city administration should get busy at once and work out) Wednesday the TIMES predicted ai&tio" in tne Forest Academy of Muen-
wwuicui " vub cuy win noi De suDjeciea to tne same clangers when democratic scrap on the convention I 11 'i.y i vu. another winter comps . . After finishing his education he
" i T-i Arr in t vnn wnv uiira n furA
iiammona can never claim to be a modern city in every respect until vrm haton fortv feet as a nroenoetica-
its patcnea up water plants and double intakes are replaced by a 10 or 12 tor.
loot water tunnel, far enough out in .the lake to insure a supply of clear
Ul vv.vuv luimunanis. mis is no cry or panic or alarm. It mtsstsstppt Wisiatnrs wont far.
to i ri A oKoAlnfA 4-V. T'V Iia. i .. .. I -
Dv,lu uuiu. me euy is m jeoparay wnen it is Impossible to pet removed from the floors of the get water to fight fire, and it might, as well be recognized immediately. Loss halls of state, claiming that it makes
or lire and destruction of property, incalculable, is imminent when such thoir feet too hot. Kp th prnPt
r conditions nhtnin Thoro lo n Anat-n . 1 .
, v . ic, n ucuc iiixuiieaL uj cnucize me present C tv down eentlpmen and remove, vonr
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HiiinniiNir itin nprQiicn nr t n m ti. i . ... ... i
miiw.w mrm iu give xneir every attention to the solution of the - mwlilom T, ta tAl 1 a. t A. . . . ... I
.v.. v L,cal auuui lue ausa ajia leave tnis matter to the fu- THE storv has enne nut that "Ruck"
tare for settlement Every one recognized the truth of these facts. The city Englehart is peeved because it is allegadministration should get busy and work out this question right away so that ed that he is a light weight instead of
flaen coiner. winter comes around the city's water supply may be properly a heavy weight. This is untrue, Tim
ui. x uc kiwi, ut&uxer to neaitn nv rpasnn or tho fot hot 1 i v
4 - - - - v .U. irix I io i ix iuc ucaYj nciguc tiaas. nxs
sewage cannoc De properly nusned away, is another grave " consideration, ffghts at 240, dressed.'
uuiiv. oaicj ouu vuuuv uuuiui cry out ior protection, it Is no longer a mat-1
lCi ui v-uuumy or neepmg ute city out or debt. The first thing we know - TWO brothers senerateS for twelve
there won't be any city to keep out of debt, if we are much longer at the years, have been united by a conver-
Articles of Incorporation. The Gary Freehold company, Gary; capital stock. J10.000; bond dealers; Incorporators, Morris Jackson, R. M. Eisner, Edward Bensinger and Harry M. Berman. The Huntertown Grain company, Huntertown; capital stock, $8,000; grain dealers; incorporators, Frank Greenwell, C. G. Egly, C. I Tilden, D. C. Welty and C. F. Blake.
Eo C MM AS' CO, Food Market Specials for Saturday, Jan. 8th
Nice clean Michigan Potatoes 1 Kn per peck lUu Gold Dust Corn Syrup, 2Yz pound Qf can for U2C
Midland brand Su g a r
Corn, per can 9c; dozen cans .....
" - , 1.00
cBakaiiig Powder
peril of menacing flames.
-s-
aaua asuxji&y&o m Keeping promises made to the people. The people believe in the man who tries to keep his word. The public condones
error, but despises bad faith.
sation over the telephone. Hence if
there's somebody you knew ten years ago that you don't want to come Into ycur life again, be mighty careful what
kyou say over the telephone
Ho alumf no lime phosphates As every housekeeper can understand, burnt alum and sulphuric add the ingredients of all alum and alum-phosphate powders must carry to the food adds injurious to health. - Read the label. Avoid the alum powders
Armours Light House
Soap, 5 bars for
19c
JA peck Parlor Q I Matches j2
Argo Gloss Starch, 3 packages for
10
Thompson brand Early June Peas, per 4 nil can 9c ; dozen cans a(J U Golden Rule Brand Ripe Solid Pack Tomatoes,
per can 9c; dozen cans
1.00
Reid Murdoch Mince Meat
3 packages for
25
Fort Dearborn brand
cleaned Currants, 15c value for
9c
5-lb. pail Clover 1 0 Leaf Jelly, per pail . Quj
5 bars high grade in. Toilet Soap, for . Uu Grandma Washing Powder, large size 1 Qf package I Ou
Refuge Green String Beans, can 9c; 1 Oft dozen cans I .UU Independent brand Lima Beans, can 9c; 4 Hrt dozen cans I .UU
No. 2 Standard Red Kidna
Beans, can 9c; dozen cans
1.00
No. 3 can nice Pie Apples, can 9c; i ff dozen cans I .UU No. 3 can fancy Pie Pumpkins, can 9c; 1 flfl dozen cans . . . I .UU The famous Dundee brand
Cendensed Milk, tall cans,
can 9c; dozen cans
1.00