Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 217, Hammond, Lake County, 4 March 1912 — Page 7

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ttOXlCK TO TiMliti BEADKES. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Reader of the following advertlgents who wlih to communicate wita Advertisers whost Identity Is so rereeled, should follow the !nstrcuon to address them by the key letter aiT a. Ruesta at thfe efiJce to reve the Identity of tnonymoui advertisers can not, in Justice to the advertisers, be answered. Simply follow instructions. As far as It Is possible it ts advised that all classified ads should either be mailed or sent to the offlce. The Times wlU not be responsible for error in aaa taken over the telephone. IfDR, SLALE. ion SALE--One 22 horse Avery undermounted traction engine in good condition; also 7', $ acres on banks of Kankakee river; good summer resort location; will take motorcycle In trade. Call evenings, or address L. G. Smith. 89 Douglas St., Hammond. - 4-6 FOR SALE Leaving town, will sell new 6-room cottage, bath and pantry, cabinet and cupboard combined in wall, j 6H-foot basement, cement block foundation. 37-foot frontage, gas light and gas for cooking; will sell for $1,950; j small payment down, rest same as rent. Full particulars inquire 333 Henry St., Hammond. Phone 935W. FOB, SALE OR TRADE 15. beautiful popel trees. Oscar Goldsmith, Forsyth, Hammond, Ind. Telephone Whiting 32. FOR SALE Second hand $400 Straube piano only $150. $5 cash, $5 per month. Case reflnlshed, fine tone, a bargain. Phone 661. Straube Piano & Music Co., 629 Hohman st., Hammond. FOR SALE Several second hand talking machines, Victor, Columbia and Edison. Taken in exchange for Victor Victrolas. All in perfect running order. I Bargains. Straube Piano & Music Co.. ! 629 Hohman st., Hammond, Ind. Phone 661. FOR SALE Fine delta plantation in! Quitman Co., Miss. 736 acres 650 In j cultivation. Improvements good. Good rentals. Labor always plentiful. $7.50 to $27.5 per acre, cheaper than adjoining lands. P. O. Box 22. Byhalia, Miss. FOR SALE High grade standard make piano, first class sewing machine, stoves and furnitre, will be sold very cheap within next week. Call at Nickel Plate depot, or phono 176. 2-2 FOR SALE Two-story house, north, side, cheap If taken before April. Inquire 136 Sheffield ave., Hammond. -FOR "SAL.E mi -magneto-model -B.tcelsior motorcycle; little used, bargain, can be seen at Lorenzen & McKenzie, 4712 Forsyth ave.. East Chicago. - - . 2-4-FOR no SALE Second-hand electric plawill sell cheap. 824 Chicago ave., phone 469W, Stove Kaan, East Chicago. FOR SALE A team of work horses. weight 2600 lbs. Call 20-153th St., West Hammond. Phone 372. 1-3 FOR SALE 30 acres of choicest acre ; property in the Calumet region. Inquire of owner, Andrew Welter, Munter, Ind. Phone 1267Y1. FOR SALE Cheap, show cases; must be sold at once. 637 So. Hohman st., 2nd floor, Hammond. 29-6 FOR SALE SM acres desirable land, ". new 6-room house, new . barn and implements. Vz miles south of Hammond. Christ Hodel, R. R. 1. 29-6 FOR SALE Good horse and harness. W. C. Barrett (k Co. store, 3134 Michigan ave., Indiana Harbor. 28-10 FOR SALE 5 acres south of Baldwin . Locomotive plant site; price $400 a'cre. R. L. Miller. 30 N. La Salle st,, Chicago. 27tf FOR SALE Improved 40 acres two ' miles south of East Gary. Will sell reasonable. Edwin White, Hobart, Ind. FOR SALE A large Ice box. 2 com- ' partments. Phone 812R. 308 W. State st., Hammond. 24-2w FOR SALE Choice suburb or truck farm lands in small tracts of 5, 11 or 16 acres each, at $300 per acre, two miles south of Blast Chicago, Shi miles southeast of Hammond. Call on Otto ICnoerzer, 113 Fayette st., Hammond. Ind., for further particulars. FOR SALE The right place for new -and second hand goods bought and sold and exchanged is, Hammond Furniture Co., 242 K. State st Hammond. Phone 543. -4 COR SALE Second hand household roods at a give away price. Call OolJen Bros, storage house. Fayette and Kohl su and ask for Mr. Souroeer. manager. Sttf 3CONEY TO LOAN. MONEY LOANED SALARIED EJIployes and others at lowest rates on their own plain -note Borrow $5, pay back $5.50. See us about any sum. Lake County Loan Co., room 28 Rimbach block, over Lion Store, Hammond, Ind. Phone 218. MONET TO LOAN on furniture, pianos. horse and wagons from 1 month to 1 year. Lowest rates and easiest terms. Calumet Loan Co., 211 Hammond bids. HsmnoDd, Ind. Phone 12$. LOSS? AND FOUND. LOST Black' folding pocketbook containing $90 and Odd Fellows' lodge receipts; $45 reward. Phone 311. LOST Saturday night, $10 bill; reward. Return to Times office, Hammond. . ARE YOU KiIADl.W THE TIMES f

MALE HELP. WANTED Coatmaker, one who can help in busheling; steady work for right party. 3443 Michigan ave.. Indi ana Harbor. WANTED Three good canvassers for sewing- machines on salary and commission contract; one that can speak the Polish language preferred for East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. Apply Stngr Sewing Machine Co., 171 State st., Hammond.' 2-3 WANTED Young man to do clerical work and operate Oliver billing machine; must be experienced. Address P. O. Box D. East Chicago, Ind. RAILWAY- MAIL CLERKS WANTED $90 month; Hammond examination May1 4th. Preparation free. Franklin Institute, Dept. 95N, Rochester, N. Y. FEMAJR HELP. WANTED Girl about 15 years to help take care of baby. 174 State Line St., front flat upstairs, Hammond. WANTED Waitress. Chop Suey restaurant, 99 State st.. Hammond. WANTED Good steady girl for gen eral housework: must speak English or German. Mrs. L. Sterling, 3211 Block ave., Indiana Harbor. WANTED Cook at 101 Plummer ave., corner Douglas ave.. West Hammond. Apply at once. 4-3 WANTED Lady cashier with bookkeeping experience. E. C. Minas Co.. Hammond, Ind. ' . 4-2 LADY OR GIRL WANTED EACH town, good pay spare time, copy names for advertisers, cash weekly. Stamp for particulars. American Adv. Bureau, Dept. F, Leightons Corners, N. H. 4-3eod 'WANTED Chambermaid and a dining room Rjri at once. Hotel Carleton, iiarnmond. 2-3 , , WANTED Cook. Lake Shore hotel. 3214 Watling st., Indiana Harbor. MISCELLANEOUS. PHONE 771, YOUNG MEN'S TAILORS. for best cleaning and pressing. 61 State St.. Hammond. 1-lm GIVE ME YOUR BEST CASH OFFER for two lots on Harrison st. A bargain for you. Wm. Kelly, 9251 Stony Island avel, Chicago, 111FOR RENT. I FOR RENT Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 1704-135th a.. Indiana Harbor. 42 FGJSt - RENT Three, rooms. for ligttt, housekeeping. 3819 Hemlock sU Idiana Harbor. 46 1 1 - . " FOR KENT lceiy turnisnea wen heated room; phone, electric light and bath. 254 Indiana ave., Hammond. 4tf FOR RENT Furnished or unfurnished room on Eliiabeth st.; steam heat and all modern conveniences. Call phone 1118J. 2-6 FOR RENT. SALE OR TRADE Sixroom cottage, 327 Cedar st. Call 331 Cedar st., Hammond. 2-6 FOR RENT Two furnished rooms fori light housekeeping. Furnished room for gentleman; bath, hot water, all conveniences. 159 Fayette St., Ham--mond. 2-2 FOR RENT Warm furnished room, 1 or 2 gentlemen, or lady employed. 839 So. Hohman st., corner Carroll, Hammond. FOR RENT Upper 7-room flat on Condit st Apply W. C. Harrison, court house, Hammond. 1-6 FOR RENT Five-room steam heated fiat; modern conveniences; Summer and Charlotte st Apply 456 Summer st., Hammond. Phone 1042M. ltf . ' m FOR RENT Eight-room house; modern improvements. 378 Michigan ave., Hammond. Phono 9S0R. 27-3 FOR RENT Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 188 Plummer ave, Hammond. 16tf SITUATION WANTED. HUNGARIAN GIRL WANTS HOUSE work. Address P. O. Box 803, Gary. 1 LEGAL. NOTICESNOTICE OF RENEWAL OF A LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given to the" citizens of Hammond, North Township, , Lake County, Indiana, that the undersigned, Jacob Gruener, is a male inhabitant and resident of the said City, Township, County and State and over the age of twenty-one years. That he has resided in the State of Indiana for more than one year and in the City of Hammond, North Township and State of Indiana, for more than six months prior to the date of this notice and is a qualified voter thereof; that he Is a citizen of the United States of America and a man ojC good moral character; that he will apply to the Board of County Commissioners at Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, on the first Monday in April, 1912, the same being the 1st day of April, 1912, for' the renewal of a license to retail intoxicating, splritous, vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than five gallons at a time and permit the same to be drank on .the premises where sold, said license being . heretofore granted on the i'd day of April, 1911, and Issued by Charles A. Johnson, auditor of said County, for a period of one year from said date, and the precise location whore liquors are to be sold by the provisions of the license sought to be renewed Is as follows: The ground floor front room of the two-story frame building situated on a part of the NW i of the NW j of

rttJtn, the SE. Sec. 24. Township 34 N., R. 10 j W. of the 2nd P. M., described as follows: Beginning at the corner of Sec. 24. Township 34 N., E, 10. W of the 2nd p. M., thence running east along the center line of Sec. 24 for a distance of 311.6 feet to the west side of Sheffield road, 153 feet, thence running west of a line a distance of 275.4 feet to the north and south center line of said section; thence north on said north and south center line 1S4.4 feet to the place of beginning, containing one acre. JACOB GRUENER. NOTICE OF RENEWAL OF A LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice Is hereby given to the- citizens of Hammond, North Township, Lake County, Indiana, that the undersigned, John Huber..ls a male inhabitant and resident of the said City, .Township, County and State and over the age of twenty-one years. That he has resided in the State of Indiana for more than one year and in the City of Hammond. North Township and State of Indiana, for more than t,ix months prior to the date of this notice and is a qualified voter thereof; that he Is a citizen of the United States of America and a man of good moral character; that he will apply to the Board of County Commissioners at Crown Point, Lake County, on the first Monday in April, 1912. the same being the 1st day of April, 1912 for the renewal of a license to retail intoxicating, splrltous, vinous and malt liquors In less quantities than five gal Ions at a time and permit the same to be drank on the premises where sold, said license being heretofore granted on the 3rd day of April. 1911, and is sued by Charles A. Johnson, auditor of said County, for a period of one year from said date, and the precise location where liquors are to be sold by the provisions of the license sought to be renewed is as follows: The ground floor- front room of the two-story brick building situated on lot 23. block 3, Townsend & Godfrey"s addition to the City of Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, known as 182 Sibley street. Said bar room Is 28x45 feet, has glass front and a froit and rear en trance. Bar room faces north on Sibley street, a public highway in said City of Hammond. Bar is on west side of room. There are living rooms up stairs. JOHN HUBER. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE OF PRI VATE SALE OF PERSONAL PROP ERTY. In the matter of the Estate of James E. Lowden, deceased. No. 78S. By virtue of an order of the Lake Superior Court, and subject to Its approval, the undersigned administrator of the Estate of James E. Lowden, deceased, will, at the hour of ten o'clock a. m. of the 6th day of March. A. D. 1912, and from day to day thereafter until sold, offer for sale at private sale at number 609 Chicago avenue, In the City of East Chicago, Indiana, the following described personal property belonging to said estate, to-wit: One horse, one buggy, one set single harness, one iron bedstead, springs and mattress, one laundry stove, one kitchen table, one sideboard, and one contract for the purchase of real estate from the East Chicago Company, a corporation, of Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Said property will be sold for not less than the full appraised value thereof, and on the following terms, , tQ-wit: Cash in hand. WILLIAM C. HUBER, Administrator. Wm. H. Sickman, Atty. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT. THE STATE OF INDIANA. LAKE COUNTY. IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR COURT, ROOM NO. 2. JANUARY TERM, 1912. MARTHA E. DOUGLAS VS. ANDREW E. DOUGLAS. CAUSE NO. 8726. , ACTION TO DIVORCE. Now comes the plaintiff by L. V. Cravens, attorney, and files her complaint herein, together with an affidavit of a competent person, showing that the defendant, Andrew E. Douglas, is not a resident of the State of Indiana. Said defendant is therefore hereby notified of the pendency of said action and that the same will stand for trial at the next term of said Court, and that unless he appear and answer or demur therein, at the calling of said cause, on the 22nd day of April, A. D. 1912, the same being the 37th day of the next term of said Court to be begun and held In room No. 2, in the Superior Court Building, at Hammond, in said County and State, on the second Monday of March, A. D. 1912, said action will be heard and determined in his absence. In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Hammond, this 26th day of February, A. D. 1912. ERNEST L. SHORTRIDGE, Clerk L. S. C. t By Charles W. Ames, Deputy Clerk. REALESTATE TRANSFERS CRPWS POINT. E. 24 rds. W. SB. !4 SE. 14 8-34-8. Frances Beerk to Frank O. Coleman , $2,310 EAST CHICAGO. Lot 55. blk 9, SW. U 28-37-9, East Chicago Co. to Lillian I. Maxey 300 Lots 15 to 34, 37, blk 5, and lots 14 to 30, blk 12', SW. Vi 28-37-9; also N. V ex. S. 50 acres. E. Vt NE. 14 ex. N. SW. 4 NW. NW. and NW. SW. 4 NW. '4 27-37-9, and part S. Vs NW. 14 SW. 14 and part SjW. Vi 27-37-9, and part NW. 4 34-37-9. East Chicago Co. to Philadelphia Land & Improve- , ment Co GARY. Lot 6. C. O. Fentons 1st add, Chas. O. Fenton to Mary A. Vest 33 Lot 5, same rf,tfd. Chas." O. ,loton to Alinie Vance 335

Lot 2, blk 8, Gary Land Co.'s 1st sub, Gary Land Co. to Manheim M. Winter ;.

573 Same property, Manheim M. Winter to Joseph Winter 1 Lot 29, blk 2. Condit-McGlnnity sub, Condit-McGlnnity Realty Co. to Peter Borecky 67 5 Lots 12 and 13. blk 1, Grant Park, Condit-McGlnnity Realty Co. to Lukacs Kara ft a : 1,100 Lot 23, blk 2, Condit-McGlnnity sub, Condit-McGlnnity Realty Co. to John Borecky . 675 Lot 32, blk 2, same sub, Same Co. to Mike Kundrat 650 HAMMONn Lot 45, E. '4 lot 46; lot 33, E. ft. lot 36. blk 1; lot 3, blk 2: lot 47, W 4 lot 46, lot 50, blk 4, East Lawn add, and lots 13 and 14, blk 3; lot 4. S. lot 3. blk 4; lots 43 to 47. blk 5, Blrkhoffs add, Joel S. Blackmun to Englehardt Cllrich 1 INDIANA HARBOR. Blks 1 to 13, 5th add. East Chi cago Co. to Philadelphia Land & Improvement Co 1 CHICAGO OIL MARKET. Wholesale prices on barbon and other oils: Standard, white. 9 3ic: Derfectlon juv. iieHuugni, i j, nc; eocene, 12c; elaine. 181,4c; V. M. P. naphtha. llc; gasoline, 14c; machine gasoline, 23c; raw linseed oil. Blngle brls, 76c; 5 brl lots, lac; boiled, single brls, 77c; 5 brl iois, mc; Turpentine, 63c; summer black oil, 7c; winter black oil, 8c. These quotations apply to brl lots f. o. b. Chicago. CASH GRAIN MARKET. Winter wheat by sample: No. 2 red $ 1.01 i 1.03 ; No. 3 red, $1.00 1.03; No. 2 hard, $1.031.06; No. 3 hard, $1.01 1.04. Spring wheat by sample: No. northern, $1.11 1.14; No. 2 northern. $1.091.12; No. 3 spring. 99c$1.08. Corn by sample: No. 3, 67S?671ic; No. 3 white, 67,ic; No. 3 yellow, 67 67Hc; No. 4, 6465c. Oats by sample: No." 2 white, 53 544c; No. 3 white. 5253c; No. white, 4853Vc; standard, 5354c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Mieep Native lambs $5.50 6.90; fed lambs. $5.507.15: cull lambs, $4.00 5.00; native yearlings, $4.905.75; na tive ewes, $3.00i 4.30; native wethers, $4.005.00. Hogs Good to prime heavy, $6.40 6.55; mixed lots and butchers, $6.42 O'e.So; fair to fancy light, $6.306.45 roughs, pigs and stags, $3.0066.60. Cattle Good to prime steers, $7.50 8.85; fair to good beeves, $6.257.50 common to fair beeves, $5.006.23; in rerior Killers, $4.00r.00; common to good calves, $4.506.50; good to choice calves, $6.75 8.75. ' PRODUCE 3&ARKET. Butter Receipts. 7.171 tubs; cream ery, 2Sc; price to retail dealers, 29c prints. SOc; extra firsts, 27c; firsts, 28 seconds, 25c; extra, 26c; firsts, 24c; sec onas, Z2c; No. 1 ladles, 23c; packing stocK, 22c. Eggs Receipts, 5,923 cases; miscel laneous lots, cases Included, 2122e cases returned. 20t421c: ordinarv firsts, 22c; firsts, must be 70 per oen rresn, 23c; No. 1 dirties.i 21c; checks. 19c. Potatoes Receipts, 66 cars; Wiscon sin, $1.0a1.10; Michigan, $1.081.10 Minnesota, $1.0001.10. sweet potatoes Illinois, per brl $4. 0003.00. veal d0 to 60 lb weights, 7 8c; 60 to 95, 8i9i4c; 80 to 100 lbs, 10 UMc; 100 to 120, 12c. Dressed beef Ribs, No. 1. 20 c: No. 1 loins, 24c; No. 1 round. 10c; No. chuck, 8; No. 1 plate. 6c Live poultry Turkeys, per lb, 14c; chickens, fowls, 14c; roosters, 10c; springs, 15c; geese, 9c; ducks, 16c. Beans Pea beans, hand picked. choice, $2.55; prime, $2.45; red kidney, fancy. $2.60; white kidney, $3. 00; brown Swedish, long, $2.00; round, $2.25. Green vegetables Asparagus, per box, $5.007.00; beets. 50 per sack; cabbage, per brl, $2.003.00; carrots, 75 90c per sack; cucumbers, doz, $1.00 1.50; cauliflower. $1.232.73 per box; celery, $1.002.00; horseradish, 3550c per doz stalks; lettuce, head, per brl, $2.008.00; leaf, 25c per case; mushrooms, 1525c per lb; onions, $3.00 4.50 per 100 lbs; parsley, $8.0010.00 per brl; peppers, crate, $3.23 6.50; rad ishes, 2050c per doz; spinach. $6.00 10.00 per brl;. pieplant, bunch, 2560c; string beans, $2.004.00 per hamper; tomatoes, $3.00 4.00 per crate; turnips, $1.00 per tub; watercress, ll20c per doz. INDIANA WINS IN HARBOR FIGHTS (Continued from Page 1.) possible location for the proposed Jointly owned harbor, but it is not taken se riously in Indiana Harbor, as the Gary harbor is owned by the United States Steel corporation and is not a govern ment property. The summary of the survey report follows: . "A commercial harbor for the transfer of lake and rail freight should be constructed jointly by state and United States authorities at some point on the lake shore in the vicinity of Gary or Indiana Harbor, Ind. "The Calumet river from its mouth to the 'Forks' should be provided with a navigable channel not less than 200 feet wide and 21 feet deep, with the turning basins now provided for by law. "The Grand Calumet river should be provided with a narigable channel not less than 150 feet wide at the top, 100 feet wide at the bottom, and 12 feet deep, from the 'Forks' to the Indiana Harbor canal, and with three turning basins for use by barges, lighters, etc. ine jjittie calumet river should be provided with a similar channel from the "Junction' to Stony Creek. "A breakwater should be provided to protect the entrance to Indiana Har bor, Ind. "The Indiana Harbor canal should be maintained with, a width of 200" feet depth of 21 feet. "The municipal.ties along the Grand

and Little Calumet rivers and the Indiana Harbor canal should own and

operate public docks at suitable Intervals along those waterways for the shipment and receipt of local water borne freight. "No improvements in the waterways at Chicago or adjacent territory other than those specifically mentioned above are either necessary or desirable at the present time." WEATHER AIDS STEEL Advent of more favorkble weather conditions have had a beneficial effect of no slight degree on the iron and steel industry, acording to reports of manufacturers this week. As a result. February seems to have closed on a distinctly better plane than it opened. though whether the pace of the last week In volume of new business was on a parity with January's good record is not so clear. The tendency. however, at the end of the second month was upward and makers are en tertaining hopes now that March will show a further improvement, and turn out to be a good month. Incoming Bualneas la Good. Incoming business of the Steel cor poration is at the rate of about 36,000 tons a day, which is equal to ship ments. This would seem to Indicate that if there was a reduction in unfill ed orders In the last month it was small. In view of the fact that orders in November and December were close to 65,000 tons a day and in Januarywere in excess of 40,000 tons a day, Hi Is rather remarkable that business in February held up so well. There is no recession In the volume of specifications against previous contracts, which has been responsible for the high rate of operations at which the mills with one conspicuous exception have been running. But the encouraging feature just now is the fact that some disposition is developing to close contracts for new business, in quarters which heretofore have been rather backward in purchasing. Conspicuous among these are the railroads, which during the closing days of February laid aside some of their recent reluctance to buy and as a result afforded some stimulus to th steel rail market. Gary and Sooth Work Bony. The week has seen the resumption both of the open hearth rail mills of the Gary plant and the Besemer mills at South Chicago .both with a fair accumulation of orders, though the former is understood to be better fixed than the latter. The Ilinois Steel Company, among other tonnage, has secured 2,000 tons of rails from the Kansas City Terminal and the Tennessee Cen tral has placed 2,000 tons with the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. Thi Missouri Pacific has awarded 11,500 tons to the corporation mills. The Pennsylvania lines East hare contracted for 15,00 tons of plates and shapes for 80 steel cars. Hopes that orders for a large number of cars would be placed at an early date have not been realized, although inquiries for a fair-number are pending. The Rock Island lines will come into -the market shortly for 25,000 tons of rails Several other systems. Including the Santa Fe, Frisco and Gould lines, are understood to be considering their re quirrments. The Chesapeake and Ohio will divide 12,000 tons of rails between the Cambria and the Maryland steel companies. The Hocking Valley has ordered 4,000 tons of open-hearth rails from th Cambria Steel Company. In adltlon to the tonnage reported last week, the Great Northern is understood to have contracted for 31,000 tons of rails from the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and '20.000 tons from the Pensylvar.la Steel Company. There have been some additional orders for equipment, the Bessemer and Lake Erie dividing 1.500 steel hop pers and gondolas and 600 box cars be tween two Pittsburg makers. The railroads also have continued tfurnish some contribution toward thej structural steel market. The best tonnage reported this week in the western district is that of the Great North ern Railway, calling for 1,630 tons for various bridges, which goes to the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. Tha Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound has given 242 tons to the American Bridge Company in steel spans for bridges. Aside from the railroad demand, however, there seems to have been some Improvement in the run of general business. This is coming from sources where little business was be ing met before. These include the architectural iron makers, tank shops. bridge shops and boiler shops. The agricultural implement manufacturers now enter their busy season and are specifying freely in plates, bars and structurals, at the same time offering some new business. Lumber companies, coal-mlning companies and sugar plantations also are doing more In the way of buying, taking better tonnages of light rails, spikes, bolts, etc., for building of tap lines. Considerable tonnage is being taken also for shipment to Canada, the Canadian mills being full. There is a better inquiry for southern iron In the' Chicago district-and prices are holding fairly well, though some southern iron is available at $10.25. Pittsburg Mllla Are Stronger. Reports from the Tittsburg district indicate a stronger tone than has been shown for more than a month past. On all grades of iron and steel quotations are stronger than for some time, The amount of new business In sight and the orders coming out are of such proportion as to make mill soperators take en optimistic view of the market While prices are. stronger than for some time, the high prices of several years a?ro do not prevail in this mark et. Specifying freely againtit contracts continww in all branches. Orders have been given by some of the large blast furnace companies to light additional furnaces, and It Is thought that by the middle of March there will be but few idle stacks In the Pittsburg district. While the prices being quoted are such as to make fh margin of profit small in many of the deals involving little tonnage, makers are satisfied with keeping their stacks operating until the larger business is started. Trices in the plate nmrkct are firmer

than they have been for several years, and it Is predicted that the amount of business placed during the last three months will keep plate-making plants busy for the remainder of the year. Orders coming Into the market are fairly large, and, though none of the largest consumers has entered the market, the general run of business is good. Both Independent and corporation tin-plate makers are getting their full share of business.

BUSINESS MEN MAY TAKE SOME ACTION (Continued from page five.) United States authorities at some point on the lake shore in the vicinity of Gary ro Indiana Harbor, Ind. Recommendations numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 refer to improvements benefiting Chicago directly. The other recommendations read as follows: No. 9. The outer harbor at South Chicago, known as "Calumet Harbor," should be maintained. No. 10. The Grand Calumet river, from its mouth to the "Forks," should be provided with a navigable channel not less than 200 feet wide and twentyone feet deep with the turning basins now provided for by law. No. 10 Would Hurt Hammond. No. 10. The Grand Calumet river should be provided with a navigable channel not less than 150 feet wide at the top, 100 feet wide at the bottom and 12 feet deep from the "forks" to the Indiana Harbor canal, and with three turning basins, for us by barges, lighters, etc. No. 11. The Little Calumet river should be provided with a similar chan nel from the "Junction" to Stoney Creek. No. 12. A breakwater should be pro vided- to protect the entrance to Indiana Harbor, Ind 13. The Indiana Harbor canal should be maintained with a width of 200 feet and depth of twenty-one feet. eNo. 14. Th municipalities along th Grand and Little Calumet rivers and the Indiana Harbor canal should own and operate public docks at suitable intervals along those waterways for the shipment and receipt of local waterborne freight. No. 14. No Improvements in the waterways at Chicago or adjacent territory other than those specifically mentioned above are either necessary or desirable at the present time. . Meeting March 27th. The board will hear statements on March 27th upon any or all of the above matters, or upon any others which properly pertain to the section in the river and harbor act of March 3, 1909, which reads as follows: "Harbors and rivers at or near Chicago, 111., Including Chicago harbor, Chicago river. Calumet Harbor, Grand Calumet and Little Calumet rivers, Illinois and Indiana, Lake Calumet and necessary connection with Calumet riv ers and the lake shore from the mouth of Chicago river to the city of Gary, Ind., for the purpose of reporting a plan for a complete systematic and broad improvement of harbor facilities for Chicago and adjacent territory.' Other Communication!. Another item of -interest to the Hammond Business Men's association which came to Secretary Johnston from Charles Nagel, secretary of the depart ment of commerce and labor, in which he calls attention to President Taft's statement recommending the establish men of a national organization broadly representative of the commercial interests of the whole country. An organization conference will be held in Washington, D. C, on April 15, 1912.. Another communication refers to the meeting of the National Drainage Con gress, which meets at New Orleans from April 10 to April 13. The local organization is requested to send dele gates. NEW LAND CO. BUSY SUBDIVIDING PROPERTY The deed to the property purchased by the Philadelphia Land and Improve ment company has been examined and approved and on Saturday it was sent to Crown nint for record. The new land company is busy sub dividing the property and it is ex pected that the lots will be placed on the market in the near future and that , building thereon will commence in the spring. j The property includes fifteen blocks in the Fifth addition to Indiana Harbor, thirty-seven lots on both sides of Chicago avenue between McCook avenue and the canal, and a four acre strip lying along th B. & O. terminal between the Canal and McCook avenue.

Statement of Condition of the West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank Before Commencement of Business February 21, 1912 r RESOURCES: ''; Loans and Discounts . . . .$ G9.072.67

Bonds, Securities, Etc , Casji on Hand. Due from Banks. . . Furniture and Fixtures.

LIABILITIES:

Capital Surplus Undivided Profits Deposits

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-Y StOD P Those' I Bills BORROW THE MONEY OF US AND PAY THEM ALL. $$ LOANS $$ made on Furniture, Pianos. Horses, Store or Office Fixtures from one month to one year, on the Lowest Terms and the Easiest Rates, with privilaga of a most ample Rebate if paid before due. ASK US. $10 and up. We loan anywhere In the Calumet District. Calumet Loan Go. 212 Hammond .Building Phone 323 OPEN EVERY EVENING. in addition to the main tract of 300 acres of unsubdivided property between the Terminal on the south. 141st street on the north. Parish on the west, and CUne avenue on the east. All together the tract embraces 367 acres and the purchase price was approximately halt a minion dollars, representing both 111 area and in price the biggest deal in residence and business property' ever recorded in this region. J As the stockholders' of the Philadelphia Land company embrace many of the men directly Interested In the Baldwin Locomotive works, the activity by the former is regarded as a good omen, predicting that similar activity is planned by the Baldwin concern and 'that there will be no delay in going ahead with the building of the big plant. GARY YOUTH ASKS DAMAGES Attorneys McMahon & Conroy, representing Peter Strailo in a case in which he appears against the Standard Steel Car company by his next friend, Savo Klent of Gary, asks $3,000 damages on account of an Injury to his arm. . Strailo is a young man only 19 years old. He attempted to raise the door of a car by means of a traveling cran, when the crane broke and the car door dropped on his arm, crushing it. The accident happened August 8, 1910. . THERE'S A CHAStB TBiT.TOD OUGHT NOT TO POSTPOXBS THAT SHOPPING" A3IY I.OXGER. READ. THE TIMES' ADS AKD SEE IT THIS IS NOT SO. P i mmm THIS CHESAPEAKE OHIO HAIL WAV OF INDIANA. Learta Time at Hammond. lad, Effect Ire Jan. Tth, 1012. Sabiect to Change 'Without Xotlce. 2:16 pm. DAILY. Limited tor Cinctn-1 natt. Washington. Baltimore. Phil. adelohta. New York. Richmond. Carolina points. . ( Local for Cincln- . tmttv J nati, connecting :2S am DAILY , wit p. p. v. Um . mirir , Uted for the East. m DAILT- Local for Cincinnati. i:40 pro DAILY, Local for Chicago, 6:35 pm DAILY, Limited for Chicaga and West. :17 am DAILY. Local for Chicago. Sleeping, Observation-Parlor and Dfnfng Cars on Limited Trains. Sleeping Cars on Night Trains. DON'T GO TO LAW Our Abstract will show you whether rou ar baying land or a law suit ALLMAN-GARY TITLE COMPANY ALL. MAN BROS. A DI." W1DDIB. CAPITAL $100,000.00 Abstracts of Title to Lands In Lake County, Indiana. ' OFFICES: 656 Broadway, Gary, Ind. Allman Block, Crown Point, Ind. BRANCH OFFICE: Chicago Title & .Truct Company, Chicago, III. 19,971.20 5,105.54 ,996.60 965.41 $ 99,111.45 , .$25,000.00 . 3,000.00 405.84 . 70,705.61

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