Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 156, Hammond, Lake County, 20 December 1911 — Page 6
THE TIMES.
"Wednesday, Der. 20, 1011.
Crown Point Mews
Happenings of a Day In Lake County's Lively Capital
SHUCKS
From tte Diary of Si. Lence
$19.301,11, or an lnrreae of "8.3 per cent. Average values per acre Jn Iake
has risen from $40.93 to ?72.6t and in
Porter from J31.90 to 58.09. The ave- : rage increase for the state is $31.81 to--$62.36. I i Per cents of value of all property in I ! Lake county land is: 74.1, in buildings,) 14.2. in implements and machinery 2.6,!
' i In domestic animals, poultry and bees. ;
9.2. For Porter county in land: 72, in Yesterday's horse market brought a ! buildingrs 16.3. in implements and ma-
Hek Spence sez ols o' fellers congratulate themselves at bein' shrewd at th game o- ' politics, when they're only crude at it. Did y' ever see erfe!ler thet testified t' enny man's bad character thet looked good t' you.
An instance of man's inhumanity to his horse was witnessed yesterday and the authorities notified of the case. The owner, whosev name is not known, brought the rifc to town about 8 o'clock
In the morningand hitched the horse
large- crowd of the people to the city chinery in domestic animais, pouiand one of the liveliest sales of months , try and bees 9.3. resulted. Th merchants also did a Statistic show domestic animal inthriving holiday trade, it being their vestments of $1,953,489 in Iake. and best clay of the holiday season up to $1,727,023 in Porter count), date. Several good pieces of horse- ' Of cows, heifers. calves. yearling ot ih ,oio onH steers and bulls there are 21,600 in
the prevailing prices were as high as Lake and 21.941 in Porter. They have ' - at any time during the season. ia value of $691,131 and $664,922. re- DEFENSE RESTS IS 1 spectively. Lake has 9.239 horses on its Several detectives and plain clothes farms w0rth ji.oen.OfO and Porter has, GIBSON CASE men have been 'doing'' Crown Point 8,J4 norses valued at $S69,292. Of .
int. .Bi , wfn.r., uui. lOT uujcii "'.mules there are. 122 In I.ake valued at I (Continued from Page TO
tons 37,960 36,167 Timothy and clover mixed, acres.. 8.107 4,357 tons 8.786 5,823 Clover alone, ac... 156 1,060 tons 211 1,247 Other tame or cultivated grasses (exclusive of ' alfalfa), acres. S.U 185 tons 917 202 Wild, salt or prairie grass, ac. . 5,826 5.595 tons , 6.643 6.017 Coarse forage, acs. 1.695 84 S tons 4,584 2,484 All other hay and forage, ac 372 464 tons 631 773
their visit Is not known at present. It i
and 104 valued at $11,SS3 in!
j famers who had been sent to Crown
113.419
is said they are in. the employ of the, jprter rounty.
uar men wno nae oeen cnargea wun Tne swine population of Lake coun- point to discredit Dean in the eyes of grafting and their activity here is for ty , 12,990, worth $125,658, and 17.216 the jurr. the purpose of securing evidence to be ln Porter county, worth $141,259. There George Kaiser, a Crown Point saloon used by the defense in the cases to be arp 6 99, sheep worth ,43,837 ln ike. keeper who is said to have heard Dean tried in the future. , Porter nas 77Sl sheep worth $38,953. say that he was a detective said that Frank SHuhlmacher has purchased Poultry of all kinds in Lake total 121.- Dean did come into his place and say. th John Foss residence on Ridge 9S4 and 109,920 in Porter, having re- I -j am Dean, the notorious detective."
street, the consideration being in the spective values of $74,412 and $68,961. but Kaiser understood that Dean wav
o the railing around the public square, ("neighborhood of $2,600. Mr. Stuhl- are , os and 8J colonies or boe.v joking. All day long the animU is aid to have;macnPr and amiy will move into the respectively, in the two counties. Re-; Kritnk Voubr a Wltnerw,
Ktoo th.r. withm,t frH -.r r property next spring. .spective values are ?.4 ana 4,;9b. 1 Frank Young, another Crown Point
. , . . .., ... . ,' . ..... ! Many Tenant Run Furmn
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torney .Parker asked the defendant if he wasn't drunk at the time of the junk dealers franchise negotiations an-1 Oibson said "No." "Were you alarmed when you were searched ln the police station under the mayor' orders?" asked' the attorney. Gibson admitted 'that he was but
stated that there had been quite it 1 ! t 1 1. InhA. t ...... V. 1 tn ........ . . 1 ' . . : I
j ....i i.mi iivuiiio in ua.j M 1 .lls (.1111. and he thought he police believed he I had a. gun on him.
Do you carry a gun in your vest
pocket?" sarcastically asked the prosecutor. Gibson admitted that he didn't.
"You have never brought suit for the wrong done you at the city hall have you?" continued Mr. Parker. "No, 1 haven't answered Gibson, but I haven't got around to it yet." Gibson's favorite answer, on the witness stand yesterday afternoon were either, "I don't know or I don't remember." He admitted that the tomato episode in the dictograph evidence men.
tioned in Tiie Times yesterday was true and also several other unimportant mlnutial. but certain conversations he
denied emphatically. He failed to ex plain however how a part of the dicto
graph evidence that did not incriminat him was true and how other parts thfc. did incriminate him were not true. He explained the trip to Chicago by-
saying that he went to see Dean ab01.1L
in this case before I have taken them. The condition In Uke County is that of a new community in the West. Thousands of persons have nocked in
there und a band of alleged politicians' has gained, 'control and the place ts graft-ridden! It Is the same In any Western community, where everything
Is new and there are plenty of resources.
The weak are bound to be trampled on.
The situation at Gary and other places
in Lake County has been very bad, I
am told." -
The attorney general would make no
reference to his intended trip to tha Lake County cities, but asserted that his department would co-operate with'
the law-abiding element of Lake County as often as called upon. It", said that fact had been firmly impressed upon the Lake County men who had called at. the Governor's office Monday.
THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOU OVGHT XOT TO POSTPONE THAT "SHOPPIXG ANT LONGER. READ, THE TIMES' APS AND SEE IF THIS S NOT SO.
when it became known that the animal sufferer with a felon on his right hand.
which incapacitates him from his regular work in the Lake County Title & Trust . company's offices. Nows of importance is a scarce artie'e in Crown Point at present.. The ladles of Crown Point are taking considerable Interest in the Gary bribery cases being tried here and a good attendance of the gentler sex is observed at the evening sessions of the court.
was suffering from exposure and hung
. er. The authorities were called upon to care for the animal, but as there is no law or ordinance covering the case the owner could not be punished. It is said, ' however, that the city council will be broached on the subject of passing an ordinance wl'h a stiff penalty attached for cases of this kind, and that there will be plenty of the friends of the horses in Crown Point to see that the same is enforced.
GRIFFITH. . Mrs. Noah Hand did Christmas shopping In Hammond yesterday. August Kuhn spent Tuesday in Chltago. A. Holmes of Ross was a business visitor here last evening. Clifford Bothwell was a Chicago visitor yesterday. Our schools will be out next Friday for two weeks Christmas holidas-s. Ray Southworth transacted business in Hammond yesterday. a Rooms 1 and 2 of the Griffith school will give a Christmas program' in room 2 Friday afternoon. Dec. 22, at
1:30 p. m. All are cordially Invited. " COI.DS C.4rSE HEADACHE LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine, the world ' wide Cold and - Grip remedy remove3 cause. Call for full name. Look for signature E. W. GROVE. 25c.
U. S. REPORTS SHOW COUNTY'S GREATNESS Continued from Page 1.)
Operated by owners are 1.043 Iake county farms valued at $9,846,373. Tenants operate 744 Lake county farms
valued at $8,678,863. Managers conduct 27 farms. Owners in Lake county have 715 farms free from mortgage debt. Total mortgage debt Is $321,225. Porter county has 1.332 farms valued at $10,101,737 operated by owners, 566 by tenants with a total valuation of $6,401,017. and 17 by managers. Free from mortgage debt there are 755 farms. Total mortgages on Porter farms amounts to $793,734. Hiring labor are 8S0 Lake farms and
1.013 Porter farms. In 1909 they spent
saloon keeper was placed on the stand and testified thfrt he had heard Dean
psay that he hated to see Gibson prose
cuted as he had not hounded him for money as the other grafters had. son's bartender, on the stand and the witness testified that he had taken $25 out f the til to give to Lee Nowitzki as "a loan from Gibson. Deniea. the Flgbt. This testimony is supposed to explain the other deal by which Gibson is charged with receiving $25 in graft for the passage of the junk dealer's franchise. He denied that there was a fight between Lee Nowitzki and "Schmitty" at the time "Kchmitty" is
some contracts "What cont racts?" he was asked. "I don't know," he answered. . ,. Gibson was asked if he ,had told Harry Moose that he had to vote for the Geist franchise because he feared prosecution for his part In the junk dealer's franchise and he answered "No."
Christmas Money $10 to $150 Yes, we have your XMAS MONEY and are waiting for yon
to get it. If convenient, why not call for It TODAY? Let this be a! real cheerful Xmas for yourself and those near and dear to you. Besides, this XMAS MONEY will help you buy the gifts for those you want to remember. Our prompt service, developed from our six years experience, ,' means satisfaction. Our treatment is fair. Our charges are right Terms and service the best ln the city. ' .'
GOVERNOR TAKES HAND AT EAST CHICAGO
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i. j . j. w . m ".' jlsaid to have forced Nowitzki to sign an cash, and in rent and board furnished ' ., ... .
$68,498 and $80,814, respectively. Six
hundred and one Lake farms and 809 Porter farms reported feed expenses of $71,149 and $S4.599. respectively. Fer-
was pur
chased by 29S Lake farms. Porter
farms to the nujuber of 160 boug-ht
M i - ' .
is 314.800 acres, of which 224,204 acres
is in farms. In ten years Lake has ostjtiIizer at a cost of $20,461
9.000 acres of its farm lands, whereas Porter (total land area 265,600 acres) now has 239.329 acres of farm land, or 500 more than it did ten years ago. Loos of farm land in Lake is due to the advent of Gary and Indiaaa Harbor, which were not on the map ten years ago and to the natural expansion of Hammond. Lake county has 20,268 acres of trnndl'inil trwav aa pnmnaTO with 17-
Porter has " acres
bushels
$5,815 worth of fertilizer. Corn In the Leader. The following shows the crons production: v
' Principal Crops Corn, acres bushels Oats, acres bushels
principal
564 acres ten
years aso. rurier im.i .
33.023 acres of tree land as compared
with 20.176 acres when the last census . Barley, acres..
was taken., Se-venty-two per cent of all the land in Lake is devoted to farms and 90.1 in Porter county. Farmers Wealth Inorene. Figures show that the farmers, as well as the city property owners, have profited handsomely by the rise in land values. Lake's farms, which were worth $12,728,802 ten years ago, are now rated at $21,980,513, a 77 per cent Increase. Porter farm lands worth $10.838340 then are now valued at
Lake. 4 4.4 4 6 . 1,636.392 27,488 .1,012,809 2.926 62.269 160 4.139 966 . 17,117
36 2,347
bushels
R-ye. acres bushels ......... Clover seed, bushels. Poatoes. acres.......
bushels 192.679 Tobacco, lbs Hay and forage, total, acres 48.910 Mors i 60.735 Timothy alone, ae. 31,923 tons 37.960
Porter. 45.899 1.675.972 26.910 976.69.', 10.694 232,702 10 168 3,316 51,616 194 2.217 219,340 4
affidavit absolving Gibson from any responsibility for receiving graft. Chief of Police Martin appeared In Crown Point yesterday but the defense did not care to put him on the' stand to testify about the arrest of Gibson 'n
connection with the junk dealer's ordinance graft for the reason that Martin ald he would have to tell all. Alderman Teatlnea. The defense introduced the testimony of Dominak Szymanskl, a Gary alder
man, who denied that Gibson had asked for $500 when he, liaukus and Dean were together ln the latter's saloon. A number of other witnesses are to be put on in rebuttal testimony but it is believed that the talcing of evidence will be concluded by tonight. The trial of the case will be resumed this afternoon.
Among the' witnesses in rebuttal will probably be officials of the Chicago bank where the safety deposit box waa
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about as much as I can tell you, anyhow." When informed that Attorney Gen
eral Honan had not departed for Lak County, the Governor was surprised and let It be known that he had believed the official intended to leave for the scene of the alleged graft probe yesterday. Honan, Holds SrretB. Attorney General Honan refused to talk about his own part ln the visit of the former grand jurors to Governor Marshall, other than to reiterate that the two things, which he discussed with the Lake County men and the Gover
nor, during the conference, had not been made public .and would not be if It were possible to keep them secret. When askd if the intended move was to be directed against Prosecutor Charles Greenwald of Lake CoJty, who, it was alleged, refused to prosecute Mayor Knotts of Gary and members of the City Council of that city, when he was called upon to take action under charges of bribery preferred against the officials, the attorney gen-
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Kept anu to wnicn nox uioson is saijerai gald: to have had one key and Dean the j "it WOuld be preposterous for a other. VJ .lawyer in a case to give out everything
,048 I-t Nirt' Seaaloa. i ne intended to do or every action that
717 Last night's session lasted but three he Intended to institute prior to the
29.339 quarters of an hour and dealt entirely filing of such action. I can not be
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