Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 27, Hammond, Lake County, 20 July 1911 — Page 6

THE TIMES. Thursday, July 20, 1911. 1L Buy Your Drugs at MMUIIffiKBIF ; 4 daa

Crown Point Mews

Happenings of a Day in Lake County's Lively Capital

SHUCKS

From the Diary of Si. Lence

HI Mighty ses he hex a new way o' shockin' his oats. He: 'Llzabeth Elinora canter 'round th' field once er twice In one o' her decolletay tube iresses. Heern tell thet nearly everybuddy In Crown Point he an ordinance up their sleeve thet they want shaken down. library Notes.

relatives In Indianapolis before returning home. Miss Norma ISartholomae is tn Chicago, where she will be the guest of relatives for a week. Miss Glen Gorde of Hammond, who formerly lived in Crown Point. Is the guest of Miss Mae Westbay and other friends for a few days. Miss Helen Hurd of Rockford. 111., Is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. George Fisher, for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Merrltt of Rochelle. 111., are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. James Merrltt on Grant street. Mr. Merrltt is an expert at the Installing of heating plants and will install a new plant at the Merrltt home while here. The library book shelves would be filled to overflowing If every Crown

Point citizen followed the example of

Their re-

Mlss Ilia Bremer is assisting at the library during the absence of Miss Bessie Raasch.

The library board will hold Its regu- Mr. and Mrs. David Maney.

!ar monthly meeting on next Monday cent gift of thirty volumes of fiction evening, July 29. j is deserving of mention and thanks Mr. and Mrs. David Maney have kind- from the library patrons, and shows ly donated thirty volumes of fiction to their Interest in the public institution, the library, among them: The Return of Mrs. Murphy Is entertaining Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, A. Conan Doyle; The Hyatt of Richmond. Ind.. for a few

SAND DUi BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY

What Short Time Ago Was Waste Three Miles From Broadway to Become City in Itself Where Bridge Co. Plant Is to Be Located.

13th District, Brand "Whitlock; The Ordeal of Elizabeth, The Right of Way, I Gilbert Parker; Wings of the Morn- ' Ing, Loui Tracy; Rupert of Hentzau, Anthony Hope: Marjorle, Justin McCarthy; Under the Red Robe, "Weyman; The First Violin, Jessie Fathergill; Jewell Mysteries, Max Pemberton; The Fourth Napoleon, Charles Benham; Sarchodon, G. J. White Melville; The Gospel of Judas Iscariot, Baldwin; A Romance of Summer Seas. Davis; A Tasteboard Crown, Clara Morris; Cir-

days at her home on South street. M. C. McCullough of Kankakee, 111., struck here with an up-to-date popcorn and peanut vending outfit and If the business warrants It. may make Crown Point his future home. The Methodist Sunday school picnic will be given at Cedar Lake on next Thursday. Miss Edna Ewert of Hammond is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fagen on East street. Emil Minas of Hammond transacted

cumstance. S. Weir Mitchell: The Hel

met of Navarre, Runkle: The Private business here yesterday. Life and Other Stories, Henry James; Crown Point will not send a special The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne: The train to the ball game on Sunday, the Man of the Hour, Octave Thanet. transportation on the Erie being O. K.

What a year ago was a waste of sand dunes, swamps, pines and scrub oaks is being transformed Into a duplicate of the first subdivision of Gary. Three miles from Broadway, yet in the heart

of a wilderness, a thousand men are.

engaged in building streets, sewers, sidewalks, and homes. This is the

United . States Steel corporation's second subdivision which will be a replica of the best part of Gary and from present indications the twenty-seven streets that compose it will be far better than those In the first subdivision. A Beehive of Activity. The location of this activity Is along the sluggish banks of the Grand Calumet and within pistol shot of the old town of Clark. It was the advent of the American Bridge companys plant that prompts the creation of the duplicate city In order that there may be homes for thousands. A Rral Drama of Indurry. Construction Is In all stages. On the

borders are gangs of men cutting down

PIONEER DELVES 1 HISTORY

Famous Tolleston Gun Club Preserves and Tragedies

of the Marsh Are Detailed by Otto Borman, Then a

Boy, Who Witnessed Acts.

its second reading. 3. Ordinances giving the fire department f 2,000 expense money, raising the salary of the police chief and appropriating $3500 for accident to different citizens. These ordinances are in committee hands. Final action will also be taken, so it Is said, on the ordinance creating a city electrician with a salary of $1200 and a city board of electrical examiners. The ordinances also provides for electrical licenses and Inspection fees.

! to accommodate the large crowd who I trees and under brushes. Huge Bteana C. B. James, who has been conducting contemplate making the trip. shovels delve into the sand dunes and ft pony contest for a local paper, took, t, sai. tha.t John Smith i ln.lv ' deliver their load Into little ears mo.

ll"wht5eaVe f hl (lut,es on Tue'aay' recovering from the effects of heat ed here and there by screeching mina-

prostration which attacked him several ture locomotives which dodge around

days ago, and that he is able to get

CHICAGO mAN DIES IN

GARY AFTER OPERATION

Appendicitis Claims Victim

at Mercy Hospital in Steel City.

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Seattle. James had the contest well

under way and was to have awarded arouna the house now without assist the prizes this week, but for some rea- ' ance.

ron left those who had employed him ;

to carry out his and their part of the

na-reement. It was simply a case of abandoning the ship as It neared port.

James whereabouts is not known.

Meeker .& Claussen "have disposed

c.t two x-.ew-machines from their agency,

this we ok, each occasion being one where Mr. Farmer steps in with the rash to buy the machines. Herman JIe!de purchased a new, 1912 Everltt and the Claussen brothers at Palmer purchased a new Flandersf machine. T'oe generous rains of yesterday will To untold good to Lake county's fruit end corn crop, at the same time being a godsend to the pastures. The har

vesting of crops is in advance of anv- ' Taken 111 on Gary streets yesterday.

thing- ever known here and the farmer John Murphy, whose home Is in Chiran certainly feel that Providence at cago but whose address is unknown least Is smiling upon him. j applied to the police station for medical Word from- Claude Allman and John relief' The man was sent to tne Merry E. Luther states that they are enjoy- sPal where it was found that he ing the sights in the Vaterland and was a victim of a severe attack of apthat they will prolong their visit for Pendicitis and two hours after an opal least a week more than originally nation for the ailment Murphy was Intended. While In Paris they were aeaientertained at the home of Dr. and Mrs. ! The dead man waR 59 year Krnest Wiekersheimer, Mrs. Wicker- j When first seen at the police head nheimer formerly being Miss Edith Quarters It was thought that he was Randolph of this place. The tourists seriously ill so his wife's address wij.s will probablv sail for home the first not taken. When placed on the operweek In Ausrust and Mrs. Claude W. ating table his true condition was disAllman will go to S'ew York to greet covered and following the surgical them at their landing in America. 1 work he expired from peritonitis. Miss Grace Cole will entertain a par-I M"Py ,WS '--mry omployed at ty of young ladies at a slumber party ! tho lc,t0r'a hot?1' His re' at her home on North Main street Sat-I moyed to IIoovera raorgue ,n "hlng-

urday evening. Miss Josephine Wheeler entertained a few friends at a bridge party at her home on Court street last evening. Miss Anna Knglert left today for a few days' visit with Miss Florence Cassldy of Logansport, and will visit

ton street.

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For females. BmcKud's PT3a are tp-dally sultabW. See Instructions with eecti bos. Sold e-rerywkere. In boxaa 10c and 2Sc

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at a tremendous rate of speed. Other derricks and shovels are either filling

In sloughs or digging into the ground for the fced of a nine foot sewer.

Active young fellows from Purdue,

Armour, Massachusetts Tech, Illinois and Yale are to be seen trailing their surveying instruments over the ground.

While one squad of Italians are attacking a tangle of underbrush, fifty feet

away sun-burned Hungarians and Croatins are busy laying the pavement of a new street. Innumerable concrete

mixers are scattered about and as the cement workers pour the mass into the

ground iron workers nearby run steel

columns into the air. Its a hard ques

tlon to decide whether the gattling gun

clicks of the pneumatic drill or the "ye-ho" of the labor foremen ma lies

the most noise.

Armed Gourd I.enitM Color. Approaching tie center of activity, where the house building Is going on, the stranger doosnH get far beyond the Interurban tracks. If the American Kridge company's private policeman is

suspicious of you you are referred to the post sergeant, who in turn directs you to the captain. This official, with the usual directness that Is characteristic of the steel corporation's police officers, sizes you u-n and if he Is convinced that you are not a business agent for a union or a slugger, you get a chance to look around. If yoj

Should decide to go against orders there is always a patrol squad nearby with regulation clubs and revolvers strapped to their belts. i

In keeping a close watch the subsidiary company of the steel corpora

tion is fully Justified. The steel trust

owns all the land and when the twen

ty-seven streets are fully improved

they will be turned over to the city of

Gary. Were not a guard kept tramps, sluggers, and house wreckers would make life unpleasant. All work la conducted under the open shop rule and union and non-union men work side by side. Axe BaildlDK 288 Home. There are now in the course of construction 168 houses containing 288 dwellings. The homes range in cost from $3,000 to $13,000 and they are being built by a group of Gary contractors. All types of homes are being erected and when they are finished In the late fall Gary's population will increased by 2500, who will come from Pennsylvania and Ohio to work in the big bridge plant on the other Bide of the river. When the present force of house builders finish their work they will be followed by squads of gardners and tree planters who will beautify the district. Begin to Spend Millions. The houses that are being built will

cost nearly $750,000 while street and sewer improvements will run twice that sum. All of the homes will ba rented at a reasonable rent and employes may purchase them at a stated price rental applying as payments. At any time all payments less rental and six per cent interest will be returned to the employe wishing to sell his home.

Not every member of the Lake County club, formerly the old Tolleston Gun club knows its bloody history. A score of years ago the marshes and

sand dunes of Gary were the scene of

many a pitched conflict between the club watchmen and resident trappers, gome of the old time history was told last night by Otto Borman, president of Lakewoods park who was a boy living in Tolleston and was an eye witness of the exciting times of the early nineties. Rich Men Start Trouble. "The sJte of the Lake County Country club," said Mr., Bormann, was the site of the gun club. This club was

composed of a number of rich men from Chicago and vfXnlty and they maintained preserves there in the big marshes where they built dams, and in

other ways kept the marshes a fit place for the breeding of wild ducks and geese which they hunted. Poaching Starts Trouble.

"At it would naturally be supposed, these preserves were looked upon with some little greed by the people who lived in the vicinity and poaching was a very common thing. In order to protect the game, the members of the club hired what were known as 'bullies' to watch the preserves, and their orders were to shoot any one who was found on the premises. The poachers got bolder and bolder, and finally matters came to. a. bloody head. "Al Looker, a young man, moved out from Chicago and settled near the preserves. He saw wild game there, and he took his gun and went hunting. Two of the bullies discovered him. and they told him that if he ever set foot on the preserves again, they would shoot him in his tracks. Looker, who was a crack shot and a man without fear was not ready to fight at that time, but advised the bullies that he would meet them at any time and at any place they might mention. Trapper Deflea Bnlllea. "Looker told the men that he would

hunt in the marshes any time he saw fit. He went out again, and the bullies chased him off. That night the bullies, armed to the teeth., and with big gauntlets on their hands went to John Ilargin's saloon in Tolleston where we

used to meet to play pool, for they knew that Looker would be there. Ixoker saw the men enter the saloon, and felt intuitively that something was going to happen. He was ready for them. One of the larger of the bullies came up behind Looker and said: 'Now we have you where we want you, and he struck Looker on the head, knocking him against the wall and burying his head half way in the lath and plaster. . He Slaya the Two. "As quick as a flash Looker whipped out his gun and shot the big bully through the heart. The smaller one then jumped on Looker's back and attempted to shoot Looker in the head, but Looker was too quick for him.

Tossing his gun in the air he caught the trigger on his thumb and fired. The bullet went into the man's mouth and came out through the back of his head. The two men fell to the floor, and Looker, standing over them as they lay welting in their blood and groan ing in their death agony, emptied the remaining chambers of his gun into

their prostrate bodies. "Looker then said that he was ready to give himself up, but he had the sympathy of all the citizens and twenty of the most prominent in the community escorted him to his home with guns. That night the sheriff of Lake county came after him and took him to Jail. He was tried speedily and acquitted, as it was decided that he had acted in self defense. One of the prominent e'ltizens of the time offered to put up $50,000 in gold as-a bond, but it was not necessary. Looker only remained in jail five days: "A brother of one of the sluggers

that was killed, who was a patrolman in South Chicago, came to Looker and told him that he would not live long. 'I will get you in a very short time" he said. Looker moved to Kansas iCty. The man followed him there, and one day they met face to face on the street. Looker was too quick for his man, however, for he had his hand on his gun in his overcoat pocket, and without drawing it, he pulled the trigger and shot the man dead. Looker then went to Seattle, Wash, where he married and he is now In the gold fields of Alaska. Mysterious End and Pitched Battle. "Other bullies were imported to protect the marshes but there was lots of trouble. One bully was shot one night and no one ever discovered who did it. He was found one morning wih his head driven Into the mud and his legs

sticking In the air like a wheel bar- ( row. One winter there was some

trouble there on account of muskrat hunting, and there was a pitched battle In which four were wounded. Bothwell, who is now one of the prominent farmers to the south of the country club, was wounded in this battle. After the manslaughter, the club had

...u.. wuuu.e. riu,,. Brw more New York Ju, 2 , numerous, and the membership of the ( . ,

club dwindled and pined until it went j out of existence. And on this ground 'The most Interesting bit of news in where so many bloody battles were trade cycles is the fact that a Chicago fought, the members of the Lake 8Ubldlary of the United States Steel

Countv rnnntrv Clnh nlav o-nlr and ten- ,"'P"ranon tne last weeK DOOKea Ora-

CHICAGO TO FORE PITTSBORGBEATEfl OUT Local Subsidiary of the Trust Books Orders For 100,000 Tons.

-The Iron Age

ers for about 100,000 tons of steel products for early shipment. This is about double its normal weekly bookings. The greater portion of the material sold consisted of rails and track fasten-

nis and enjoy themselves. Looker a Dead Shot. "I was In Hargin's saloon the night Looker shot the two bullies, and you should have seen me e-rt under the nool

table. It certainly was one of the most ' ,ngs- but structural shapes, plates, and venlencd

exciting times I ever experienced. I

was the correspondent of the Chlcag-i an xtnt- It is understood that some

Tribune at that time, nnd thev nt a. or ln business thus taken was ror ex

bars fl rii rH In tha trr n o- t nuttA !

WATER COMPANY PUTS DOWN IRON HEEL

(Special to Thh Times.) East Chicago, Ind., July 20. Residents of the Twin cities who have heretofore enjoyed the. liberty of keeping their garden hose busy day and night watering their lawns, washing windows and otherwise occupied, have been brought up with a jerk by the water company. A day or two ago hand bills, bearing In flaming letters warning against the practice, wer distributed, owners of garden hose being notified that hereafter they would be limited to certain hours in the use

of these coinvenlences. The hours are from 5:30 to 9 clock in the mornings and from 4 to 8:30 in the evening. The extremely hot and dry weather is responsible for the mandate. Jt has been impossible during the prolonged heated term, to keep the lawns and gardens in god shape in the sandy soli that prevails in these parts, witnou. keeping the hose in almost constant use. The result has been that householders owning these conveniences have been tempted to Impose a little upon the water company with the result that many living in upper flat have been sorely inconvenienced by their water refusing to run in their sinks and bath rooms. People occupying two

story dwellings have been also incon-

on their upper floors, and

man down to cover the story. He asked to tell him all about it, and I did. The next morning there was a four column Etory on the front page about the affair. Looker was a pal of mine. Ho was as quick as a cat and could handlo a gun the ncastest I over saw. He was a regular sleight of hand performer with a revolver."

EXPECT

A WARM SESSI01

There should be a hot session of tbo Gary common council tonight considering the ordinances that are pending before the municipal legislature. Here are some of the extravagant ones: 1. Alderman Castleman's ordinance authorizing the city to borrow $350,000 by the sale of four per cent bonds. This money to be used for park purposes. The ordinance has alreay been advanced to second reading. 2. Aldorman Rowley's ordinance to issue $20,000 worth of four per cent ten year bonds to buy garbage wagons, street cleaning apparatus and a stable full of horses. This ordinance has had

port. As compared with May, June has shown an Increase of 50 per cent in this company bookings, but July thus far has made a much better showing than June. Bet In Chicago. "Conditions in finished lines appear to have been somewhat better In Chicago than In Pittsburg, where tha volume of business seems to be running along in about the same volume aa for the previous week. "The steel plants of the United States Steel corporation are operating at a better rate than that given for the Pittsburg mllles In general. Last week the corporation's plants were operated to 70 per cent of their steel igot capacity, and are scheduled to run at 69 per cent this week. Chicago has shown greater activity

in structural lines than other trade centers, as the fabricating contracts closed there in the last week aggregate about 16,000 tons, among which was m bridge for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, about 10,000 tons, and a local telephone building, about 5,0000 tons. $ "The pig Iron market Is Improving slightly. The prices show firmness in some sections, while they are soft in others. "Good sales of basic pig Iron have been made in the valleyB, one transaction calling for 60,000 tons, and the demand for foundry Iron Is also better in that part of the country."

i when the water company got next to

thet practice of hose owners, they simply put their foot down and clamped the time limit on one and all alike.

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better to give warning than to say "I told you so.5

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