Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 47, Hammond, Lake County, 12 August 1913 — Page 5

Tuesday, August 12, 1913.

THE TIMES, S some of the paper that are important, but has no intrinsic value, wTifisesiTs1 2H1 ENGINEER DIES

GROWING

APACE

West Hammond is on a spree-build-Jngr Jag. Fifty homes are going up In that city, this month and next, according to City Clerk Mankowskl who has Issued the building permits. The town Is spreading-, filling' up and throwing out Its chest In Imitation of Hammond. I rn grains the dab. The district around the country club will be one of the exclusive resident places in the Calumet region by next summer," said the city clerk. "Two hundred thousand dollars worth of Improvements are to be made there and looking forward to that twenty homes are already under process of construction. "South Sibley street Is also getting popular with the home builders and by the time the pavement is put in will be built solid. I expect that 1S0,000 Is being spent in "West Hammond this summer on new homes. We would like very much to be able to erect a new city hall at the same time." At 9SO a Lot. Twenty-five foot lots In Hammond ihave been rated by the assessor at

$30 according to city hall authorities when the average lot in the city does not sell for less than $400. That is Just 133.3 short of the required onethird scale by which property is adjudged. For thfct reason West Hammond's progressive spirit has been blocked. The state law limits a city's debts to five per ccjnt of Its valuation and West Hammond has never been allowed to

go over $35,000. City halls and fire departments can't bo built for that Bu.m A Plausible Excuse. It is said that the tenderloin In West Hammond was allowed to exist for revenue to keep the city out of the poor house (and soma of tha old administration on Easy street. The Cook county board of reviews have decided that the redlculous valuations shall stand no longer. A petition waa brought before the board by city officials last week and a report made yesterday, the board having lnveitlgated in the meantime. The official report was that West Hammond has been Imposed upon and that the valuations were unfair and ridiculous. Aaaeasor Sara Nothing. J. J. O'Rourke Is the township assessor In West Hammond and he has offered no explanation. In the meantime a year must elapse before a change can be made for the four limit

is but three-fourths passed. At the

end of a year West Hammond will begin on the projects she has dls-

p aire a or ever seeing put through, a

new municipal building, a fire station, a big school playground, and sometime a park. Worth -W 00,000.

It !s hoped that the valuation will

be placed somewhere near the truth

In realty West Harrimona js worth $1,500,000. When the Green Line starts a traction service, it now holds a

franchise, the town will take on all

the airs of a thriving city.

TO CELEBRATE LABOR DAYAT PICNIC Experts From Purdue to Give Addresses at Mer-rillville.

(Special to Trb Timea.) MerriHville, Ind., Aug. 12. Labor Day which is receiving more and more . recognition in the rural districts each year Is to be observed here with a big "picnic under the auspices of the Northwestern Indiana Cow Testing Association. Arrangements are under - way for a big celebration In Frank Halfman's .Grove,, at which addresses by experts from the Purdue University Agricultural Station an da basket din-

re rwlll be the features. Refreshments will be sold on the grounds. An In

vitation has bacn extended to Gover

nor Ralston to be present for an ad

dress, and a big time generally is ex

pected.

The occasion will afford on oppor

tunity for all the farmers and their families to get together to enjoy a day

which promises both entertainment and

some educational advantages. The invitation is extended to all who are Interested in the work of the asoclatlon

Labor Day falls regularly on the first Monday in September, which also happens to be the first of September

this year.

ECLIPSES ARE

COMING SOON

Eclipse on Sept. 15 Occurs

Only Once in Century.

There will be three eclipses of the

sun and moon during the months of

August and September. On August 31 there will be a partial eclipse of the sun. However, it will be of such short duration at this point that It will attract very little atentlon. On

Sept. 15 there will be a total eclipse 4ft the moon, visible in all parts of the

United States, and will be a sight sel

dom witnessed in a century. On Sept

29 there will be a partial eclipse of

the sun, visible in this locality. Thli gives us two eclipses of the sun with

in one month, or at two successive

new moons, and an eclipse of the moon

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SHOl'tD GET A CQT? A1STED WITH OI R SYSTEM OF LOA.MXG 5 to SH&O to owners of furniture or a piano, horses and wagons, also mechanics and salaried people, advanced money on ther own note. It Is the safest, the most reliable THE BEST. It assures you of Courtesy, Consideration and a Square Deal. We want your patronage, but above all, we want your good will. Our transactions are made in a clean, straight-forward manner and you need have no hestltancy in coming here. We are here to help you, not to harm. Everything Is open and above board; you are told to the penny what a loan will cost and if this is satisfactory to you, the under, standing is perect and you get the money. Positively no delay. Lake (Bounty Loam Go. 28 nimbaoh Itlk. Phone 213 (Over Lion Store) HAMMOND, INDIANA. OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL EIGHT P. M.

at the full moon which intervenes be

tween the two eclipses of the sun.

PORTZ FUNERAL IS

SET FORJTHURSDAY

Many from North End of

County Expected to Attend Obsequies.

ATJFHR0TTLE La part, Ind., Aug. 1 2. Death was et the throttle as an Erie passenger train sped toward Michigan City last night. Engineer Harney M. Flaherty,

veteran of the division, dUd at his

post Dome time after the train left this

elty. The. death waa discovered by his

fireman when the engine driver dieregarded a "slow" Blgnal. The body waa returned to Loporte and will be

removed to Flaherty's late home at

Peru for burial. The engineer was CO years old.

B. & 0. NEW PAY DAYS.

The Baltimore A Ohio railroad in

augurated Its new system of paying Its employes semi-monthly. Payments are made on the 6th and 28th of each month, the employes In Baltimore being paid in cash and those at other points by check. There are more than

10.000 employes, in and around Balti

more that are paid In cash, the total payment last year approximating $60,-000,000.

AGED HEGEWISCH , MAN IS DEAD

Henry Johnson, a former resident of Valparaiso and retired lumber merchant, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter Ballinger, 138 Ontario avenue, Hegewlsch, this morning at 3 o'clock following a brief illness. Death is attributed to old age. Funeral services will be held from the residence Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in charge of the Masons of which he was a member. The Rev. Swingle will officiate. The remains will be placed on the 11:20 Nickel Plate train and interment will be made In the Valparaiso cemetery in the family lot. Mr. Johnson was 84 years old and was well known and respected. He has been ,a resident of Hegewlsch for nearly two years, where he has also gained a wide acquaintance.

BIG GALA ' WEEK lO Big Carnival Attractions lO Band Concert and Free Out Door Acts Daily. Commencing August 12, for 5 days on Michigan Ave. between Grapevine and Hemlock Sis., Indiana Harbor. A Royal Time for Everybody. Bring the kiddies, they'll like it, don't fail to see those marvelous speed demons at the motordome. The management of the United Exposition Shows guarantee all attractions

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Happenings ol a Day In Lake County's Lively Capital

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From the Diary of Si. Lence

(Special to The Times.) St. John, Aug. 12 The funeral of

Mrs. Ports who died here, yesterday

forenoon has been arranged for

Thursday morning of this week. Ser

vices will be held at the Catholic

church at ten o'clock. A score of relatives and friends Is expected to ar

rive from Hammond on the morning

Monon train for the funeral, among

the Hammond relatives being John Portz, a Bon. and his family, and a grandson, Al Portz and hla family.

Joseph Krause of St. Claud, Minn., brother of Mrs. Portea who Is 82

years old Is also expected here, he

being the only brother she had in this

country. Several (brothers and sisters however survive her in Germany.

Leo Porta, a son of Juenetta and Mrs.

Barbara Juergens, a daughter of

Prosser, Nebraska, are on their way for the funeraL Owing to Mrs. Ports long residence In St. John and her wide acquaintance.

her funeral is expected to be one of

the largest In the history of St. John.

BACK TO THE OLD

STAMPING GROUND

Superior Court Deputy Re turns to County After 2,000-Mile Trip.

Roscoe Hemstock, deputy t clerk in the superior court returned to Ham

mond last night after a month's vaca

tlon most of which was spent in tha

Soo country. He traveled in the neighborhood of two thousand miles but left

the beaten path of the average sum

raer excursionist and as a result enjoyed a vacation of extra ordinary

pleasure.

Being a camera artist, his picture

machine waa his constant companion,

and hundreds of pictures some of the masterpieces were taken by him on this trip. Camp life among the Indians on a reservation and a trip from

Georgian Bay to Owen Sound by boat

were some of his experiences. He

made made the trip north in an auto

in company with the McAleer and Shortrldge party. At Owen Sound ho met his sister who returned with him to Valparaiso. "The more I see of other places the better I like Hammond," was Roscoe's comment this morning "The other

I places may all have their attractions i but Hammond is the best place in i which to spend eleven months of the year."

DR. MERZ TO BUILD STORE Calumet avenue continues to attract Investors in business property.

Dr. H. G. Merz being the latest to acquire a site on which he proposes to

erect a ten thousand dollar building at once.

Dr. Mera purchased a 56 foot site in

the Calumet avenue re-subdivision Just north of the corner of State

street and Calumet avenue on the east side of the street from the Hastings-Woods Realty company, the price being four thousand dollars.

Plans and specifications for the

building are to be drawn at once by

Architect E. W. Bump.

The foundation and basement walls

are to be strong enough to carry two stories, although the second story is to

be added later. The building is to be divided Into three stories, and Dr. Merz already has assurance that the building will be occupied by tenants without delay. The Herkner building

is at the corner and the Merz build

ing Is to go up to the north of it.

Dr. Merz studied the future pros

pects for the location of a new busi

ness house and finally came to the conclusion that the Calumet avenue boom is based on a solid foundation and his Investment was made accord

ingly.

NEW CASES FILED.

10785 Sophia Lind (D. E. Boone) vs. Ludwlg Lind, Divorce. Room 2. 10786 Matt Petrasiel (H. M. Cohen) vs. Calumet Car Co. Appeal. Room 2. 10787 Victor Electric Co. (Jesse E.

Wilson) vs. Joseph A. Graham.

Suit on note. Room 3.

10789 Harry D. Kellogg (Moran & Dyer) vs. "William S. Gallagher

and William J, Wilhelm. Appeal. Room 1. 10790 Kunda Kosta (I. I. Modjeska) vs. B. Roschla. Appeal. Room 2.

1665 State vs. Charles Scnnenollo.

Appeal. 1666 State vs. Paul Strbac. Appeal.

1667 State vs. Mike Memisch et al.

Appeal. 1668 State vs. Marion Szadlowskt.

Police Board Meets.

The police commissioners met in

their regular session at the city hall

last night and with the exception of the regular routine work and allowing a number of bills nothing of importance came up. The new electric signal system was also a matter of discussion.

YOU ARE IXVITED, SO PLAN TO ATTEND THE WHITING ELKS' PICNIC AT SPRING HILL GROVE (St. John) APGl'ST 1 T II.

Elder Berry sez thet ef th' charity

microbe's contagious thet he knows o'

lots o' peepul thet hev been vaccinated an' hed it took.

Poets er born an' not made. How

much better If th" reverse wuz th" case.

Will Lowe, who with his wife has been visiting at Mr. and Mrs. Jay

Crawford's, left yesterday for Great

Falls, Mont., Mr. Lowe receiving the sad intelligence that Mrs. Lowe, his mother, had been killed in a runaway accident. Misses Bertha Kramer and Ella Massoth hare returned from a pleasant vacation trip to Saugatuck, Mich. "Duke" Muszall had his machine put out of commission on Tuesday by breaking the rear axle going over the rough roads to Cedar Lake. Mrs. John Beattie and daughter, Gladys, are visiting with relatives In

southern Ohio this week. Intending to be gone some time. Mrs. John Griggs Is reported a3 being quite 111 at her home on South Main street. The family received the sad news of the death of a sister of Mrs. Griggs, living In central Ohio, her death occurring early yesterday. Judge and Mrs. McMahan are expected here this week from a pleasant visit with relatives and friends at Portland. Ore. Manager Wagner has secured the Marquette team of Chicago for the

game with the local team next Sunday, the game last Sunday being post

poned on account of th; rain. He will use the same lineup that would have donned suits for Crown Point last Sunday. Patrons at the Lyric theater last night were given "rain creeks" good for any night this week, the reason being that the film apparatus was-out of commission for the time being. The movie house will be run as usual this evening. Mrs, David Maney is entertaining a sister from Wllmette, 111., at her home on East street.

MAY GO TO SOUTH BEND Hammond my lose one of It s'Uvo wires" If plans which E. F. Johnston, district manager of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company has gone through. . Mr. Johnston sees a good opportunity for advancement in South Bend where his brother-in-law Ward Mack one of the big Insurance men of Indiana Is located. The plans for the change are only tenatlve, and if they should materialize they could not well be carried out before the first of the year. It would mean that Mr. Johnston and his family would locate In the city of the Studebakers and the Olivers. They have resided In Hammond for eighteen years.

Picnic Tomorrow. Baumgartner Court C. O. V. of Hammond, holds Its annual picnic tomor

row afternoon and evening at Kindel'a

Grove, and with the prevailing delightful weather, a large attendance Is looked for. A. baloon ascension will be one of the evening features, and a good contest on the ball field Is promised for the afternoon. A generous list of prizes has been arranged, one of them having been set aside for the largest family to appear on the ground. There will be races for the married and single men, for the boys and young and corresponding races for the girls and married ladles. The band music will also be a feature.

Mrs. Rice Dead. Mrs. Rose Rice, 488 Summer street died last night at 12:80 in the Presbyterian Hospital after a long illness. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. J

A Gas Range floe twtr with dtrtNo. Ind. Gas A Klec Co.

Try the , AMERICAN RESTAURANT Under New Management. 4714 Forsyth Ave. East Chicago, Ind. Meal Tickets $2.25 for $2.00 ; $4.50 for $4.00. Tickets issued by .former owner redeemable.

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change.

The cable is three Inchest In diameter the lead tube holding 606

pairs of wires which will be connected

as soon as the cable is laid. Some of the wires will replace old ones while

others will take care of new business.

SEEKING COLORED MAN INE. CHICAGO One Mr. Hlckey, a colored gentleman, has been sought in fast Chicago for the murder of his sweetheart In Chicago. Hickey was believed to be working in the Harbison-Walker brick yards. No one answering to his description was found, however. The man, according to the Chicago police, had been Jilted by the woman with whom he was In love and to get even he had gone a few nights ago to her house and, finding her at home In bed, had reached through her bedroom window with a razor and cut her throat. The dead woman's son identified the man as Hlckey.

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KER-CHOO! KER-CHOO! GOT THE HAY FEVER? Scores of folks In Gary are suffering with the hay fever, while countless others have bad colds, the result of the changeable weather. Mr. Hay 'Fever came somewhat earlier than usual this season but he gave warning of his coming for his ally. Miss Golden Rod, IS In full bloom in the Grand Calumet and Little

marshes. Folks who have hay fever have little care as to how the tariff

situation is proceeding.

HFIsa!? &SBSSBtMEdMas sip MunsMtmos by froaar Hf sit th Iffisite off si rJJffl si WSimut. Maud then Is sum QDijDipm4iunMy if agsMgagg Jby Every rJlmnstie.

UTaod SIEZE YOUR OPPORTUNITY NOW

REACH 0

Will Move in September. Their handsome home' in Homewood about completed the J. L. Stlnsons are planning to move from 495 May street, the old home, on or about the first of September.

ROBBED BY SNEAKS.

(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind.. Aug. 12. While riding to Gary In an automobile yesterday George S. M. Beck ran afoul of sneak thieves and had his coat stolen from the machine. The occurrence

took place in front of a drug store near the Ridge road., Mr. Beck leaving his coat In the machine, upon his return to

find it gone. ; Mr. Beck mourns the loss of a valuable Masonic pin, the gift of his son

and also some important Daoers in the

13 ' coat at the time it was ourlolned.

George says the fellow who took the

w;;at can have the garment willingly If

SB ne. t ii return me iuasumu yiu a.uu

CLABBY AT FRISCO. A telegram from Jimmy Clabby,

Hammond's middleweight champion was received at the Clabby buffet on Hohman street this morning stating that he had arrived safely at San Francisco, where he has opened train

ing quarters for his fight with Bob

McAllister on Labor day.

Although Jimmy is anticipating a

hard abttle with McAllister he gives out the word that he has never experienced any better health and with two

weeks hard work, hopes to round Into shape and give McAllister such a lac

ing that it will cover up all traces of the Hicks fiasco at Butte, Montana a

week ago Saturday.

Fans are eagerly awaiting the out

come of the battle and should Jimmy

come out on top, there will be little

doubt in their mincis put wnat ne :s

able to meet any middleweight In the

world.

Work on Cable.

A force of men is at work In the business district laying a now conduit

cable for the Chicago Telephone com

pany from Sohl street in State street down Hohman street and to tiie ex-

YOUTHFUL ELOPERS

. FINALLY WEDDED

Buying any of ihe Opportunity. Don't

Following East Chicago Let it Rush by, but

Property is m Grab it now,

Go to St. Joseph, Mich., for

Ceremony. South Bend. Ind., Aug. 12. Follow

ing two unsuccessful attempts to get married through elopements. Mildred Gayman, 16 years old, and Raymond

Fairchild. 17 years old, eluded rel

atives and, reaching St. Joseph. Mich., were married Sunday. The children, a

week ago were found hiding in a cabin

north-of South Bend and brought back

to the city.

"HIS WORSHIP" BACKTOMQRROW! Mayor Tom Knotts of Gary, who has been atetndlng the municipal convention In Canada. Is expected home tomorrow. While up in King George's colony his honor was addressed by the Canadian mayors as "Your Worship." He liked the title so well that he accepted the Invitation of his worship, the lord mayor of Calgary, to go to his principality for a few days' stay. It Is expected that his worship, the mayor of Gary, and his worship, the mayor of Calgary, will much benefit by the exchange of ideas.

Oa year flaklagr aae (onrlac trips

always take a package of I'nloa Scont Scrap along. Ita food far either fheitIbr or amoklng McIIle-flcottea Tob. Co.

4-Room Cottage, Tod Avenue, 4-Room Cottage, Tod Avenue, 6-Room Cottage, Northcote Avenue, 10 Lots on 151st Street, each, 50-Ft. Corner, 151st and Forsythe Ave, 48-Foot Corner, Forsythe Avenue, 6 Forsyth Avenue Lots,

$1,200.00 1,200.00 2,000.00, Easy Payments 500.00, Easy Payments 2,500.00, Easy Payments 1,500.00, Easy Payments 600.00, Easy Payments

Phone 222

802 Chicago Ave, East Chicago

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