Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 231, Hammond, Lake County, 30 March 1910 — Page 5
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Wednesday, aiarch 301910.
THE TRIES.
! VOICE OP
v THE PEOPLE
ANNEXATION VS. AMALGAMATION " Hammond. Ind., March 10.
Editor TiMx: Owing to the fact that
there is a misunderstanding by mort of
oar people to the legal meaning and
effect of annexation by one city of an
other, and amalgamation a union of cities by rote of the majority, a bWef
presentation thereof ma root be out of
place.
There are two waya by which this may be done under the statute. One is by amalgamation which is a union by vote of the majority of the Qualified voter of such cities voting, and the
other method is by annexation.
Amalgatlon. a union, by a majority
vote of the qualified voters voting on such question In each of the adjoining
cities, "the common councils of such cities . shall by resolution passed by each, first mm the terms upon
which each union shall take place. In
eluding the mm by which the united corporations shall be known, an dthe day upon which a nelection for the purpose shall be held in each of the adjoin
ing municipalities.
Annexation Is simply the 'passing of
an ordinance by a city and giving notice
thereof by publication, without consent of. the majority of the qualified
voters of the city sought to be absorb
ed, or gobbled up, without any terms being first agfreed upon in reference
thereto.
The Acts of 1857 provided for the
amalgamation of a city and town, as two cities, or two towns adjoining each other by such vote and "terms" being "first agreed upon", which provision is now a part of the Cities and Towns
law, and this has been recoginzed by the highest court of this State to be a legal method of procedure, while annexation has been questioned, and the Supreme Court of our State has never passed upon this question. There Is an honorable and equitable way of transacting such important and vital affairs of cities where they necessarily have many fixed and vested rights which neither should be deprived of without the consent of the majority and without proper "terms" having bee first agreed upon to protect the interest of both. Is It honorable and equitable to permit Hammond to be phyeically absorbed and gobbled up by Kast Chicago by It simply pausing: an ordinance and giving notice by publication thereof without any legal and enforclble means of asserting our rights. Any law or proceeding which undertakes to deprive a municipality like Hammond of its right as a corporate body without first securing the consent of the . majority of the voters and fixing the terms thereof by proper ordinance passed by the cities to be united or amalgamated, is questionable, obnoxious and contrary to the principles of our laws. One is with the consent by a majority vote of the qualified voters of both cities upon the terms being first agreed
upon and incorporated in a properly
of East Chicago im pells It to grant us. This would certainly be a pleasant an
ticipation indeed.
2. We would become liable for East
Chicago's debts and numerous bad con
tract.
3. Our present eouncflmen and other
city officers would be legislated out of offlee and no longer be permitted to rep
resent the people who elected them..
4. We would be divided into wards
with a councilman, from each to represent us. or none, and may be made
a part of one of the present wards in
Bast Chicago as It Common Council
sees fit.
S. We would not be represented on
the basis of our populaation which Is
the otily equitable basis. -
6. Some say at the next election we
could elect our own citizens to the respective offices, which may be true as
to the mayor, city clerk and treasurer,
but our aldermatlc representation
would continue the same. 7. East Chicago would very natural
ly hold the balance of power which she
would guard closely. "
8. "We would have to pay more for
omr public Improvements as East Chicago has always paid more than we have. 9. Our schools and school fund, flrt and police departments would be placed In the hands and under the dictation and manipulation of East Chicago. 10.. Our taxes woald be collected and expended to the Improvement of East Chicago and ourselves neglected. 11. East Chicago has always been extravagant and Injudicious in expending her money. In conclusion, what would we reeetv for all this? There are some who because of political defeat and who are willing to "cut off their noses to spite their faces say that it will " cost us less In the way of salaries. "What do you think about this? Don't you think It would cost us far more in other way and we would receive less consideration. Just bea in mind that when any
one talks about annexation It does not mean amalgamation, but something entirely Idfferent. MILO M. BRUCE.
STANDARD STEEL CO. GETS MANY H ORDERS
precinct each census taker to be paid
five dollars a day. The census is to be completed by May 1st. Mayor Becker explained that the state law
makes provision for this and after the
meeting stated to a Txxss reporter that the census takers would not be used to secure signers to the remonstrance
against annexation wnue talcing toe! "f
.uncus IT. coM that tK. anlrit tt 4 Vt ! ftt
ordinance was to protect the city bers should remember the date.
Reports of car orders placed recently include 1,000 freight cars and 400 passenger cars for the St. Paul; 2,000 freight cars for the Chesapeake & Ohio
divided between the American Car & Foundry company the Standard Steel Car company of Hammond; 1.000 cars for the Soo line, placed with the American Car A Foundry company; 325 freight cars for the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf; 50 tank cars for the Swift Refrigerator Transportation company, placed with the Pressed Steel Car company; 100 box and 200 flat cars for the New Orleans Mobile & Chicago railroad, placed with the American Car &
Foundry company; 100 box and 100 flat
cars for the Idaho & Washington
Northern, placed with the Haskell &
Barker Car company. The Southern Pacific Is reported In the market for 190
passenger, baggage and postal cars, all
of steel; the Chilean States railway, for
80 freight cars; the Missouri & Pacific,
for 25 caboose cars; the Crescent Tank
SPLENDID EXHIBIT
AT THE SCHOOLS
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crease in the variety of work Is noticeable in the third grade. Raffia work In the lower grade has given a foundation
for. the rug pattern work. The chll
dren are asked to draw on their own
resources to make oatterns. They act
ually rrfake tiny rugs. ) In the fourth grade the visitor will come in contact
with illustrated written work, the pu
pils having taken a scene from a maga
zlne at random and written a story
about it. The actual picture appears In the manuscript. Conventional design drawing, original Illustration and
may drawing are subjects for this grade. The color work In landscape work, beeun in the third grade, is
continued in this grade and carried right along Into the upper grades.
where there Is almost perfection In
some instances. Sewing Introduced.
tn ha lrth and seventh Rrade sew-
passed ordinance by each, and the other j lng. u introduced, and every girl is exwlthout such consent, terms and vote. ; .-ted to sew every stitch on her piece.
In other words, annexation Is the ab- Some of the work would do credit to a
sorbing and gobbling up by one city ot ! seamstress. An so the work becomes another without any legal and enforcl- ' -omollcated. Drawing and dla-
ble guarantee that the general welfare Brams from phyaiology studies in the and vested rights of the latter shall be elghth prepar9 the way for blologi-
lroper.y pre.iu yrUvlucu '" cal sketches in the high School.
wnicn. may do eniorcea in court, ana : Jn the n,gh 8chool there ls plenty of at most a mere verbal or oral promise ! evldenc0 that the .tudents understood which ls wholly without legal focre and classlcg for they have dta.
' gramed the marches of Caesar and
drawn pictures of the ramparts the
authority.
It would be unwise, if not an Insane
thing, for one city to take the loose verbal promise of certain officers of another city In referer.ea to matters of such vital importance, v-.-hen there is absolutely no necessity or reason therefor. Purely the rights of the people of a great city are not to be Jeopardized and dealt with so lightly. What does this annexation mean to Hammond? 1. It simply means that she is to be gobbled up and surrendered over to Eaf-t Chicago on the same terms and conditions as a conquered foe; to receive onthlnj? more or less than what the conscience of the common council
0s. GRAND CENTRAL
STATION
HOTEL 2
NEW YORK CITY
ROOMS
r..s.m tn and from FM'.nn FrM
forts, eta There ls some high grade German work for the linguist, and
some very original essays in Eng
llsh on current events, combining both i the study of the language and a study
' of current history.
! A show case is filled with high grade
i work from the manual training depart ments.
One of the important and at the same
time also one of the most practical de
partments ls the commercial section In
the high school. Bookkeeping, short
hand and typewriting are taught so thoroughly that some of the pupils will go out next summer directly from the school Into positions that are awaiting them now. Every mother and father who Is interested In the welfare of the children and every one else interested in schools is invited to go to any of the buildings
to see the exhibition.
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The La Vendor Cigar Is a home product. None better.
ustrated Lecture and
erfainment
Enf
AT K. of P. Mall, 8 F. IVI. THURSDAY, MARCH 31. Dr. E. E. Barclay, the noted Traveler Lecturer and Irrigation Expert will give an interetsing lecture on Sunny Idaho, and Council Valley, giving a brief history of Government Reclamation work and the wonderful country heretofore known as the Great American Desert. This lecture will-be illustrated with beautiful slides taken from photographs of that locality, showing progress of the work, and some of the results of irrigation in the land where The Money Grows on Trees The lecture will be by invitation only. For cards of admittance see Frank H. Simms, Room 12, Rimbach Building.
lines, for 100 caboose and 125 tank cars, and the Louisville & Nashville is taking bids on steel underframes for 1,400 freight cars to be built at company shops. The Southern Railway Is in the market for 75 locomotives. The The Baldwin Locomotive works has taken orders for 25 consolidation locomotives from the Louisville & Nashville, and the American Locomotive company has booked orders as follows: 15 for the Nickel Plate, 20 for the Chicago & Alton, 90 for Pennsylvania lines west. 6 for the New York Central,
10 for the Boston & Maine and 2 for the
Canadian Pacific.
The Southern Railway company's order for steel cars, which has been pend
ing for some weeks', has been distributed as follows, according to anonuncement made this week: Two thousand to the Pressed Steel Car company, 1,000
to the Cambria Steel company and 600 to the Standard Steel Car company of
Hammond.
against any misrepresentations by the
national census takers. The ordinance went to Its second reading.
MOXET FOR AlTO PATROL. The first appropriation of $2500 for
the police auto patrol having reverted
back to the general fund at the end of
last year, this sum was reapproprlated
In an ordinance which went to its sec
ond reading last night.
An- ordinance was introduced and
went to its second reading. It prohibits
property owners from permitting thistles, weeds and underbrush to grow
on vacant property. Violation of the ordinance is punishable by a fine of not
more than $100, and where the ordinance ls volated by non-residents, the work is to be done by the city and the
costs assessed against the property In
addition to their taxes. A communication was received from the police dedepartment asking the mayor and coun
cil to attend the policeman's ball.
HAMMOND JJEVS
Child Buried Tomorrow. Charles Carroll," the three-year-old
son of Mr. and' Mrs. John Carroll, 47 Oostlin street, who died yesterday morning, will be buried tomorrow afternoon. Services will be held at the
home at 1 o'clock, after which the body will be taken to the Evangelical Immanuel's church on Sibley street. Services there will be hed at 2 o'clock. Interment , will take place at Oak Hill cemetery.
SPR1IIS CROP OF FROST STORIES, N.
G.
Action Expected Later. No action will be taken towards se
curing a new location for the Jewish
synagogue for several weeks. The matter has been dropped temporarily, and later on the members of the church will get together and decide what is to be done. It is the Intention of the Jewish people of this city to have a synagogue built ae soon as the project can be financed. The matter ls now being taken up with the members of the congregation, and some plan will soon be adopted which. It Is believed, will result In the building of the church.
Progress on Assessments. City Attorney John Gavlt says that the laborious Job of fixing the assessments of benefits and damages for the State Line street opening ls being carried on as rapidly as possible. . He says that It will take several weeks before the work is finally completed. The prospect of having this street opened, however, has greatly stimulated property values In that locality, and every one is anxious for the
work of opening and paving the street to begin.
Peaches Are Safe Yet.
Peach Grove, Mich., March 30. The
peach trees of Michigan have not been
nipped by frost yet. Indications are that Chicago will have its full supply
of peaches and cream for breakfast this
season. Keep Your Eye on Grocer.
Strawberryvllle, La., March SO. The strawberry crop of this state has not
been ruined by the frost. Dealers who
are boosting prices under such an excuse are obtaining- money under false
pretenses. Snow Still Unknown Here. Suntown, Tex., March 30. This vil
lage has not been visited by three
inches of snow. Pickaninnies and cen
tenarlan colored folk still declare they
"nevah saw no snow." No Apple Trees a la Mode.
-Apple Orchard. N. M., March 30. Irri
gation ditches here upon which thou
sands of acres of apples are dependent for water supply have not frozen and
the crop promises to be larger than
ever. And Oranges Are Ripe.
Orangeville, Fla., March 30. Millions of dollars" worth of oranges have not been rained here by the heaviest frost
ever sftn by the oldest Inhabitant.
CITY DADS OPPOSE
MAYOR BECKER
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ter any thought. They thought that
when the time came there would be
sufficient time to appropriate the
money. MAYOR BECKER'S ANSWER.
To this Mayor Becker explained that if money is appropriated at this time
that it could be used onl yfor one pur
Looking for Site.
Director Charles Hahn of Hammond's J poseor else revert back to the general
Boyville went out on the Chicago, Lake
Shore & South Bend line today in company with one of the officials of the road for the purpose of looking up a site for a Boy City camping ground. He will return to Hammond today, and will report to the boys the result of his Investigation. The Hammond boys are delighted at the prospect of having a camping ground so near Hammond that it will not cost them much to run down there next summer.
Is No Better. It is reported that Mrs. Allle Mee Is about the same today. Her condition Is serious, and her friends and relatives are much concerned about her health.
The Misses Marie Coleville and Gertrude Twigs will entertain the members of the Presbyterian SoclaL club Thursday evening in the parlors of the church In South Hohrr.an street. A pleasant social time i3 being arranged and a cordial Invitation to attend is
extended the members of the club and the youig people of the church. Mrs. Roy Traverse of Indiana Harbor ls expected In Hammond tomorrow to attend a meeting of the Fern Leaf Linen, club at the home of Mrs. Max Schmidt in South Hohman street. Mrs. J. P. Ryan will entertain in honor of the members of the Sunshine Club tomorrow afternoon at her home on Fayette street. It is the first meeting: since before the Lenten season and several of the members expect to be presen. The afternoon will be devoted to cards and several games of pedro will be played. Miss Irene Parsons left for Milwau
kee yesterday to resume her studies
at college after spending the spring va
cation in Hammond the guest of her mother, Mrs. Carrie Parsons of Condlt street.
Miss Muriel Wilcox is spending the
day visiting in Evanston, 111.
Mrs. T. Johnson of Dyer was among
the out of town business visitors in Hammond today.
fund. Mayor Becker suggested to
Markmueller and Hower that they
might have the appropriation cut down
to $500. City Attorney John Gavit was at the meeting and told the coune.i that
Hammond would be fortunate in get
ting away with one thousand dollars
that the probabilities are that East Chi
cago would probably have to pay the
firm of Pam and Hurd ten to flftee
thousand dollars. It is thought that there will be enough councilmen this
evening to vote In favor of the $1,00
appropriation. CEVSCS T OBE TAKEN.
Another appropriation ordinance for $500 was carried without a dissenting
vote from those present. It was intro
duced by Mayor Becker who explained
that the money was to be used to de
fray expenses of a census in Hammond
taken by the city. The reason for thi
he said was to have a check against
the national census. In another ordi nance provision was made for the ap
pointment of one census taker for each
SBIfTITH. John Miller, Jr.; of Gary was In town today. There are rumors afloat around the Erie of flees ot a wedding in the near future. There ls to be an Important meeting
ot Court Griffith No. 32. I. O. F. of A, at the next regular meeting- All mem-
ln Hammond
yesterday visit with
IT'S AN ILL WIND."
Alex. Jamleson did business in Chi
cago yesterday.
Lome Miller visited
yesterday afternoon. Noah Hand arrived home morning from a few days'
his parents at Aetna Green. Miss Rosa Grimmer visited with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Gerlach, at Crown Point yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Homan and little son of Kouts are spending the week at the home of Mrs. Roman's parents. Little Miss Anna Boesen spent Easter with her grandparent. Mrs. M. Smith, at Turkey Creek.
(Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind., March 30. It is
an ill wind mat diows noooay any
good. While Mayor Schlleker has by the action of the Gary city council been
of his lob as chief executive of East
Chicago, it has also been the means of
his disposing of his old automobile.
which he has been desirious of unload
ing for some time.
M. N. Castleman, who. came over j
from Gary to attend the annexation conference, was the medium of the
dicker, Mr. Castleman purchasing the
machine for the use of the city engineering department In Gary.
Dr. Schlleker not long ago purchased new machine, and ever since then his
old car has been a superfluity.
. LANSING. Mrs. Fred VIerk of Lansing transact' ed business Chicago Monday. Miss Clara Davison of Grand Cross
inr Is spending the week in Bernlce
with relative.
Peter Chapec, Jr., was a business
visitor in Chicago Tuesday.
George Kelly of Chicago Heights transacted business In Lansing Tuesday morning. Mrs. C. R. Schults of Gary returned to her home last evening. John L MacDougall of Blue Island
was an Oak Glen visitor yesterday. Miss C. Darce was a Hammond visitor Tuesday.
EARL1UFFS NEEDED.
Weather Man Sees Sharp Fall in Mercury. Earmuffs and overcoats tomorrow, also mackintoshes and umbrellas today. March 1910, that has broken all records for benign weather conditions, is preparing to spoil everything In its last days, according to the weather man. "Much colder Is his prediction, and the drop In temperature Is to follow showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonlgha, which may extend over until tomorrow. All of which will be the result, he says, if a bllasard raging over Colorado and headed this way loses none of Its vigor and retains its course. In Denver a temperature of 32 degree, with snow, was recorded at ? o'clock last night-
ST. JOHN. . Nicholas L&uerman and daughter. Miss Elizabeth, were the guests of relatives here Monday. Charles Gerlach made a business trip to Dyer Tuesday. John Lauerman of Hanover Center transacted business here today. John Miller was In Gary on business Tuesday. Miss Margaret Klos of Dyer returned home Tuesday after spending several days with relatives here. Frank Gerlach was In Chicago Heights Monday on business.
LOWELL. Mrs. Lewis Hayden has been called
to the bedside of her son, Judd, at In
dianapolis, who is reported very ill with typhoid fever.
House cleaning and making garden
ls the order of the day down In this
vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Westbay of Hebron
visited at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. M. Daum, here Tuesday.,
Clark Sanders of Michigan ls here
on a visit with his daughter, Mrs. Fred
Tappings and husband.
The alarm of fire was sounded Tues
day at about 11 o'clock. The fire com
pany rushed to the location of the fire
when it was found that Wesley Pat-
tee's house chlrti-Tiy was burning out. A shed roof caught on fire, but was put out before ny damage was done.
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Interesting News to Those Who Are Thinking of Buying Pianos.
M'GRAW DOESN'T WANT M'LEAN Shreveport, La., March 30. Manager McGraw of the New Tork National league club today received an ' offer from the Cincinnati club asking for a bid or trade proposition involving the release of Larry McLean, the suspended catchen McGraw says he cannot use McLean and would not consider a trade for htm anyway.
READ THIS All Who Suffer from Catarrh, Soar Throat or Colds. Millions of people throughout America have breathed Hyomei (pronounce it High-o-me) and now own a Hyomei Inhaler made of hard rubber. If you Own a Hyomei Inhaler, no matter where you live, you can get a bottle of Hyomei at druggists everywhere and at Summer's pharmacy for only 50c. Ask for an extra bottle of Hyomei Inhalent; the price is only 50c and with it you can cure a cough or a cold in a day. You can get relief from catarrh or stuffed up head in two minutes and stop hawking, and snuffling in a week.
Just pour a few drops of Hyomei into the Inhaler and breathe it in that's all you have to do. $ It's so easy and so pleasant and so much more desirable than swallowing nasuatlng drugs. Breathe Hyomei over the inflamed membrane of the nose and throat and its soothing, healing action will be felt immediately. If you have not a Hyomei Inhaler, get a complete Hyomei outfit at once. This
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