Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 25, Hammond, Lake County, 18 July 1911 — Page 8
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THE TIMES. Tuesday, July 18, 1911.
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GARY WILL BORROW $425,000
Stupendous Sum to Be Expended for Improvements in Gary If All Ordinances Now Before City Council Pass Aldermen.
DESOLA TION IN PA TH OF CREA T FOREST FIRES IN NORHERN MICHIGAN; ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION OF VILLAGE WIPED OUT
Plans for expenditures the like of which were never witnessed In the city before came up in the Gary wirnnsu council last night by the time all of the ordinances are passed the city will
have borrowed $425,000 to spend. Spending Mania la On. One of the ordinances authorizing the borrowing of $50,000 by issuing four per cent ten year bonds was passed and the proceeds will be used to erect a new fire and police station In the aouth end of the city and to give Tleston additional fire and police protection. Another ordinance calls for the borrowing of $350,000 in the way of four per cent bonds to buy a lake front park at Miller while a third ordinance authorises the borrowing of $20,000 to boy garbage wagons, streets cleaning apparatus, and a stable filled with horses. Other minor drib drabs contemplate the purchase of another city automobile this one for the fire chief, creation of a new Job and the payment of moneys on account of Injury and .death claims against the city. An Espenate Park Scheme. " Alderman M. N. Castleman has a 'comprehensive scheme to plunge the city Into debt. His ordinance calls for the issuance of $350,000 for per cent .park bonds. One fifth of the issue is to mature In ten years, another fifth in fifteen and so on until all the fifths are taken up which will be in 1941. With the proceeds of this sum the flifth ward alderman would buy a park for the "pee-pul at Miller beach. This ordinance was tabled after it got to second reading but will be considered by the ordinance committee at its meeting tonight and tomorrow night. It may bo passed at a special session of the city council. To Bay Garbage Wacona, Etc Alderman Rowley Introduced an ordinance which was acorded second , reading. His piece of legislation calls for the Issuance of $20,000 ten year feur per cent bonds to buy garbage wagons " for the city, street cleaning wagons and aparatus. horses and a stable and a couple of lots for a yard. With the city owning Its own horses and wagons the excessive fees charged by. some of the contractors will be eliminated. Other Financial Doings. - Second reading was accorded to an ordinance giving the fire department $2,000 more for Its expense account.
Three other money ordinances went
to the ordinance committee they are:
An ordinance to give $1,500 to Justina Unke because she fell on a brick pile; An ordinance to give Joseph Stefanowski $1,000 to compensate him because the police patrol auto killed hie son
Thaadeus; An ordinance to Increase
- Chief of Police J. r. Martin's pay from
$1,600 to $1,800. To Bay a "w Anto.
An ordinance transferlng from the general fund to the bond and Interest
expense account the sum of a$650 to pay off interest and a part of the oid
Town of Tolleeton bonds fell by the
wayside because Alderman Castleman
said that he wanted to be Just the oppositeto his colleagues. If the city's
debt is not paid very shortly Its credit
In the money markets of the country
will take a decided drop.
Castleman's mania for buying auto
mobiles the city now has three of them and will soon have a fourth
got renewed vigor last night. A mo
tion of his carried and the police and -committee will buy a "light auto
' horse cart to carry the fire chief and an
assistant to a fire."
EAST CHICAGO PASTOR
ftlAYJE CALLED
South Bend, Ind., July 13. Indica
tions are that the troubles of Bishop Alerdlng of the diocese of Fort Wayne with the congregation of St. Stephen's Catholic church In South Bend, will be settled by yielding to the wishes of the
parishioners who demand the appoint
ment of the Rev. Victor Von Kubiny of the Church of the Ascension of New
York as pastor. Bishop Alerdlng though, is considering the Rev. Paul Bognar of East Chicago, Ind., for the place and hopes the South Bend church will accept him." Father Paul Von Kovacs, who Sunday was saved from a mob of 1,500 men and women by the police. Is said to have left South Bend for good. It is reported he has informed Bishop Alerdlng that It Is impossible for him to remain here because of the attitude of the Hungarians toward him.
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WEDNESDAY
COUPONS
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Groceries Included Except Flour wrtel Sugar)
In the bu3inees Bection of Au Sable, Mich., shown In th upper picture, not a building was left standing after the forest fires has swept the town, except the Iosco County Savings Bank, seen in the distance. The bank's safes and vaults were melted into a tangled mass of metal. The. lower picture shows the ruins of Congressman's Loud's residence in Au Sable, built at a cost of S50.000.
GENERAL FUND LOSES 110.000
Considers Improvements. Following an all day session, of the Gary board of public works which did not terminate until late yesterday afternoon, the commlsisoners undertook many things for city Improvements. Sidewalk contracts were awarded as follows: Forty-first avenue, Broadway to Pierce street, to McVey & Metz.
Thirty-sevent havenue, Georgia street to. Delaware" street, to the same
contractors.
Street contracts were awarded: Nine
teenth avenue, Broadway to Harrison.
(Special to Thb Times.)
East Chicago, July 18. At a meeting
of the city council last night an ordinance was passed appropriating $10,000
rrom the general fund to be used on the
repairing and improving of streets ani
alleys. Last year this department us
ed J26.000 and as the original aDoro-
priatlon this year amounted to only
112,000, more will be needed to finish
tne years work. It Is estimated th
adltlonal $10,000 will run the depart ment till the next taxes are collected. The council ratified a contract enter
ea into between the board of -public
works and the gas company whereby
according to the boards figures they
can same something on gas at the
jnagoun avenue pumping station. Tha old contract just expired, made a flat
rate of 80 cents, but the new contract
provides a sliding scale which calls for varying prices according to the quantity of gas consumed. With the amount
u-u oy me pumping station last year as a basis, it is figured that the price of
gas under the new contract will ar age seven tjvt wo cents. The ordinance provislng for the re
adjustment of the prohibition district was read for the third time and passed. The only change that it makes will be
to Include the half block between
otewari iaee and Washington street
and Block avenue and the alley be
iween tsiocK and Pennsylvania, in the
wet territory.
Alderman Jimmle Burns brought up the question of the escape of cement
from the Buffington plant, which is be
nevea to kin vegetation and be i
menace to the health of the community
Mayor scnneKer explained that the
matter had been broagrit to vne attention of the State board of health who
had---l3imed no jurisdiction and recom
mended that the nuisance had been
brought to" the attention of the Prose
cuting Attorney. me mayor said he
had done this months ago but that At
torney ureenwald had done nothing
thus far. He suggested that it would
be an easy matter t bring the matter
Into the courts and City Attorney Ottenhelmer explained that any rltlren
had the right to file the suit, agnlnst the Universal Portland people, but that a suit by the city would have no standing In court.
IT WAS JUST A
LITTLE FRIENDLY TIFF
Yet Battling Peters Put Kid
Meyers, Weighing 240 Pounds, to the Mat. East Chicago. July 18. Joe Meyers,
weight 240 pounds and .Peter C. Cazn-
ski Who tips the beam at 150, got into
an argument yesterday in a saloon at Kennedy avenue and 151st street. The
argument was, over how much a Jury
would fine a -culprit under certain cir
cumstances and what the entire damage would be including costs. So much
for constable's fees, etc.
The twain had covered several sheets
of paper with figures, when Joe. the big man, told Pete, the little man, that he was not sufficiently well educated to
figure It out right. Pete responded that he was just' as well educated as Joe, and the latter, regarding this as more or lss of an Insult, cracked Peter In the jaw. Pete ducked and the blow glanced, raising only a small lump instead of killing him- outfight.
Joe evidently did not know what a whirlwind he was up against when he lit on Pete. If he did, he was a very indiscreet Individual.. Pete came back and landed one solitary punch right between Joe's eyes.' Nothing further was needed. Joe crumpled into unconsciousness. Dr. Schlieker was summoned and
found Joe with his eyes both swollen
so that his own mother would not have known him. Peter was arrested but Joe later exJ
plained that he would not appear against his friend. The encounter, he declared was no real fight. Just a
friendly little tiff. The police are won
dering what would have happened to the big man, had the fight been on the
square. ..;.,
FAMOUS ROAD
HOUSE BURNED
(Continued from Page 1.)
Elwood The Majestic theater, a moving picture show which was closed several weeks ago, has been thoroughly overhauled and will reopen Thursday evening. The Princess theater, another moving picture show which was closed by being badly damaged by fire, will be reopened August 1, and the city will then have four moving picture shows and two airdomes. .
ADVERTISE IX TUB TIMES.
up the entire country side.
The saloon was run by C. Jjaatsch the bartender and his wife who escapeJ
from the fire in the nick of time. The Laatsch's were first awakened by the heat and smoke and found that they
were partially hemmed in but his wife
and he . succeeded Jn getting out with out being burned.-' . .
The. saloon, fixtures were owned by August Schreiber and August Muenloh
the loss of the building and fixtures being valued in the neighborhood of
$1,000. Insurance of $2,400 was carried
$1,200 with the new York Underwriter Company and $1,200 with the Royal
Insurance Company of London.
The building was a stopping place for trans-continental tourists and fre
quented largely by Chlcagoans. It was built ten years ago and its destruction
recalls the burning of the Stahlbaum
road house in which several narrowly escaped death. The Gary & Interurban line was unable to run cars this morning until the repairs were made on the tension wire from Blue Island from whom the Gary 4b Interurban receive their power.
FARMER'S LAD GIVEN AUTOMOBILE
A stranger driving an automobile
met with an accident Monday afternoon at the Monon crossing two miles
south of town. As he descended the
hill the steering gear became erratic,
landing the machine in the ditch, bottom side up. Fortunately the occupant was thrown clear of the wreckage and
escaped Injury. On gathering himself up it was evident that while he was unhurt the same could not be said of
his temper. He cussed the machine
and then addressing his remarks to
Cecil Hancock, a 12 year old son of William Hancock, who was an eye-wit
ness of the accident, said, "I will give
It away, anything to get rid of It.
The lad said he wished he would give
It to him and the stranger promptly re
torted, "It's yours," and then hired
the lad, paying" him 50 cents, to get
nearby farmer to bring him to town
In a buggy, leaving his clothing and
everything else, except a speedometer
which he detached from the machine
Young Hancock was presently along
with his newly found prize, which -be
gan to assume elephantlc proportions
as he gazed upon it In its helpless
condition. At this juncture Harley
Hornbeck, who was on his way home from Wolcott In his auto, arrived on
the scene. The boy related the cir
cumstances just happened which had made him the proud possessor of an
automobile and offered to sell it to
Harley. The latter asked him what he wanted . for ' it and' he said lie would take $16. The deal was quickly closed, conditioned on the validity of the sale. Taking the boy in his own car they came to town and' the stranger was pointed out at the depot platform where he was awaiting a train. He was a man of good address and assured Harley that he had given the boy the machine as he represented and that it was his to do. as he pleased with it. He held the speedometer In his hand and offered to. sell it for $10, five below cost, but Harley decline to buy, being apparently surfeited with cut rates on the Investment he had Just made. He then went down and towed . his new purchase to town. The gentleman who had given the car , away gave Harley directions about operating so that the latter was soon driving it about town without any trouble. The machine is a two-passenger Auto Car, No. 8605 N. Y., and its latest owner Is very well pleased with his purchase. Monon News.
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Hammond's Greatest Department Store
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17.50 Satin Brass Bed, 2-in. post and six 5-8 inch pillers, Clearing -J A J jr Price I 15.75 Iron Bed, in green and white with brass top rail, Clearing H 4 Price ... I I , Q 25.00 Body Brussels Rug, size 8V xlOVa. fine oriental patterns, nothing better for wear, Kns.16.95 24.50 Royal Axminster Rug, in rich oriental coloring,
tor parlor or library
use, Sale
Price .
1 4,95
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Oak and Mahogany Pedestals Free in our Premium Dept. FINE QUARTERED OAK OR MAHOG ANY PEDESTAL, VERY HIGHLY POLISHED, 36 INCHES HIGH, SUITABLE FOR PARLOR, AN EXTRA VALUE GIVEN WITH 865.00 in Coupons
Wednesday's Clearing Prices in Groceries
Washburn Crosby's Gold Medal Flour, -barrel sack, 1.39; Vs-bar- Hftf vol sack. . UU Fancy Santos Coffee, fine
drinking, per lb
Grandma's Washing Pow
der, large size package
Kelloarg's or Oriole Corn
Flakes, per pkg.
Solid Packed Tomatoes,
12c can at
23c
l Pow-
12c
8c toes,
10c
Elgin Creamery Butter,
hnest obtainable, per pound K-C Baking Powder, 25c can . . Royal or Union Pork and Beans, large can.
Good Swet Corn, Green or
Wax Beans, per can
Kirk's American Family
or Fels Naptha Soap, 7 bars
28c
19c Brand 9c
en or 8c imily
29c
Shield Brand Lard, guaranteed pure, 4 " per pound. ..... . I 2U Premium Brand Preserves, large jar wU Fancy Queen Olives, 20ounce mason OQr jar...v. ZuU
Lekko Scouring Powder, 10c can.
7c
Domestic Sardines, oil or mustard, Af per can
Wednesday's Extraordinary Clearing Bargains
'owder, 18c
SSc
Girls' Dresses, in light and dark percale, round neck and 6hort sleeves, neatly trimmed, all fast colors, 6
to 14 years, regular 1.00 value, for.
Beautiful Stripe Messaline Dress, navy and brown, made in the latest model panel backs, all neatly
trimmed with plain color.
regular price $15, sale price. ......
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Ladies' .Wash .Suits, just the thing for summer outing affairs, when launder
ed are always like new,
regular 3. 93 and 4.98, sale price. .
(See Window)
8.88
Black Flag Insect Powder,
10c size, gQ 25c size.
Q For Men's Lisle rOC Thread and Sanitary Mesh Union Suits, short sleeves, big value.
39c
For Blue Chambray Shirts, faced
sleeves; sizes 14 to 17; always 50c. (Limit 2 to customer.)
1.98
Funeral Today. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Carrie, wife of Harley M. Townsley, were held this afternoon In Tolleston. Rev. Trimble conducted the religious services. Interment was made at Gary OakhiU cemetery. Besides her husband one daughter and two sons survive Mrs. Townsley.
WHY ARE READER!
TOU NOT A TIMES
35c
Ladies' Amoskege Gingham Aprons, made princess style, limit one to a
customer, sale price.
BoysV Wash Suits of chambrays and ginghams, Russian ' and sailor styles, bloomer pants to match,
regular 1.39 and 1.50, spe
cial for Wednesday
69c
Lydia E." Plnkham's Vege
table Compound, 1.00 Bize..
75c
Peruna Tonic, 1.00 size
76c
Doan's Kidney Pills, 50c size.
39c
IP- For Boys' Best tDC Grade Khaki Knickerbockers, light and
dark shades, peg style, with belt loops, special
at 45c.
m 3 for JOc for Mtn'B tfC White Handkerchiefs, seconds, of 10c quality, exceptional value.
Window Screens, adjustable, best grade hard wood frames, covered with black
japaned steel wire, special at
12c
Garden Hose, 3-ply 50 ft.
lengtns, witn Drass coup
lings, special at
2.29
Screen Wire, best grade black japaned wire cloth, from 24 to 36 inches wide,
in full roll lots, per square foot. . .
Uc
Lawn Swings, 4 passenger.
seats, backs and foot
boards hardwood, natural
finish, standards and brack
ets, finished in red enamel,
regular 6.00
value, at
4.89
36-Inch Percale, in light and dark shades, regular
15c quality.
per yard
10c
Table Damask, 58 inches
wide, mercerized or linen,
large assortment
of patterns, yard .
38c
Toweling, half bleached, 17 inches wide, all linen,
closely woven, per yard
8k
75 Hair Pins, assorted
sizes in straight or crimp
ed, put up in an attractive
scotch plaid cabi- fJ net, per cabinet... oC
Pearl Buttons,, two perfect finish, 1 doz. froiQ 4 doz. for-
hole, 5(5
Girls' Tan Pumps, with ankle strap, all sizes,
values up to 2.00, sizes 8
to 2 and 24 to 5, all go at
69c
Men's 2.00 Patent Colt Ox
fords, sizes 6 to 9, fine
quality, go at
Ladies' 3.00 Tan Oxfords,
fine quality hand turned
soles; sizes 2Va
to 7, go at
1.69
Boys' Oxfords, 2 lots, in
tans, patents and gun met
als, yalues up to 3.00, new
styles, go at 1.48 and
1.19
Ladies' Patent Colt Ox
fords and Pumps, fine qual
ity, all sizes, regu
lar 2.50 value, at.
1.69
Choice of any Ladles' or Misses' Hat in the house,
Wednesday for inly
4.98
6.00 and 8.00 Ladles' Hats
go at this sale for.
2.98
5.C0 Ladies' and Hats, big selection, at
Misses' 1.98
1.29 Z
3.00 and 4.00 Ladies' and
sses' Hats,
choice at
98c