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ii 71 & Extracts i All the a Freskncss of the Fruit bl? (Nun Alcoholic) - 100 Pure Tripl e otren&tri AT ALL GROCERS Gasrsnteed by - UNITED SALES CO.pt Lakeview 77C3-8250 , 3222 N. HaUted Su Chbs?,o. IU. It's up to you If Style, Service and Satisfaction what you are iookirg for. its ORTT SHOES YOU NEED DISTINCTIVE STYLES IN WHITE FOR WOMEN Dainty .White Fabric Pumps Correct to the minute $2.85 Beautiful 'White Fabric Boots Very fashionable, high or low S3.50 Swell Pure White Kid Tumps, very latest styles, attractively priced, $5.00 and $3.85 You will also had a wonderful showing of beautiful Black Pumps, in patent and dull kids, with high or low heels, very attractively priced, 3-00 to $5.00 TENNIS SHOES HIGH OR LOW. Buy Them at Ortt's Men's Tennis, white fabric wiih white soles $1.00 Boys' and Girls' White Tennis, with white soles 05C Women's White Tennis, with white soles Soc and Children's White Tennis, with white soles, 60c and Tsi: "Our prices wi!l help you buy a Liberty Bond." J WALK-OVER BOOT SHOP 169 St"t Hammond. llTe newspaper for ptupv no nrm till m cartii tLiut'a wbt THE Help Your Country By Buying a Liberty Bond! Great American Nursing

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Years Ago-Mobile Base Hospitals for Army and Navy - Today It Could Care for Sick and W ounded of Army -of One Million Men. C'oiiyrltciH, IblT. by i'iie Intcruatlonai Sy u aicate.

I HIIE an aroused American Government is enlarging its Army and Navy and makin? intensive efforts to equip them to flght i'3 ba'tles. guard its ports and man Its f.eet. and while it is diverting the service of its young men in civil life from office, shop ani f.eld, inspiring them to "go down into the deep in ships' and to go up in the air on wings, in the vital cause of their country, there is a service which his been quietly and effectively pre - paring for the breaking of. the cloudburst here since the time that Eu - rope's sky became darkened by the smoke of war. This great branch of war service ts the American Red Cross, the arm op which the American Government is to lean when its soldiers and sailors are sick and wounded. It is the branch of war work in which every map.

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woman and -child cf the nation may! are ready and can be put into operahave its tf ha re, and through which ! f ion on a few days' notice equipment, those who may not fight may do their i medical and nursinsr sta.T enrolled for tit as loyally as the soldier at. the work. This is the beginning of a ,ront . chain of base hospitals which will r . .it i- ) I eventually spread throughout the Ready To Meet All Esigertcies. couatry rrom coapt to coast. ln . It is to the everlasting credit of J 8peet to preparedness the American the small band of rr.en and women ; Red Cross today stands ready to cars

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RECRUIT GOHTHAGTS DISE (Pppcirii to Thk Time.-.) WHITING, IXr.. June 1. Harry Powers, son of (.'has. W. Towers of this city, one of the firft in Wliitin? to answer his county's call, has coniractci spinal meningitis and lic.3 in a very serious condition at the Cook coun'y hospital in Chicago. The victim of thi:? iilncss !? a member of the First. Reg.. Co. A. I. X. "J.. who Has been stationed at tbe nrmory in Chicago since enlisting. Xlondey he Organization Began Two who ha.ve labored unceasingly for the I past two years and over to bring its i present slate about that, whatever eise is unready, the Red Cross is prepared i for war; and, thanks to these laborers, i ' no mother who has a son about to . j enter need fear that he will suffer i j from inefficiency, nesrlect or inade- ' j quafe hospital equipment if he should ! j become sick or wounded, for the j j American Red Cross is prepared to I meet ail exigencies of war, and is ! j making every effort to safeguard the! sick and wounded military men at j jev;ry point, ! j Possibly the most remarkable-! achievement of the Red Cross wltir.n j the past two years has been the or-1 ! ganization and equipment of 25 mobile i ; base hospitals for the Army and i ! Navy, which will follow. the movej ments of the service and take up their - stations where they are required. They j

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had planned to attend the Junior-Senior hic'i 5-1 1k..-1 1'fiimuct but owing to his illness was unable to do so. n Mond".y nfght he became so ill that he was removed to the AVest Side hospital in Chicago. On Wednesday the spinal m-r.ltigitis developed and it was necessary to remove him to the county hospital. Mr. Towers has secured a physician who is a specialist on this disease and a special nurse. The father was in ferried yesterday that his son's condition is a very serious one and no uifinit j information as to the outcome can ! given for seventy-two hours. Tives ajj show joj fcow to XOTICH OF PURCHASE OF LIQUOR I.ICKXSK. N'ot '; is hereby given to the eitizcr.s ? Hammond. North Township, Lake i-otmty, Indiana, tiiat the under-?ii-t I-'iank 11. Fowler, is a male inhatUftnt et;d rc-Ment of said City. for the sick end wounded of an army of 1,000,000 men. and to bring instant relief to the dependent families of volunteers. Detpite the fact that it has distributed millions in money and supplies and sent splendid, units of medical skill and trained nursing to the aid of warring Europe, it has built up a magnificent enrollment of physicians and surgeons, with a list of 8.000 trained nurses, carrying on their private work in times of peace but pledged 'o give it up at trfe call of the nation for war work. The Red Cross is the great official orgnn'rition through which volunteer relief service is rendered to the Army it nil N:.vy in t.me of war. It is the -.ii'.y organization so designated by Congress and actn under a charter by the Government. The very act of lis incorporation pros bed that its central commit tee shall have upon it representatives of the Army and Navy, and the President of the United States is its official head. M.-viagcment Ami He; v.- Sustained. The American Red Cross Is sustained solely by the voluntary contributions of the American people. It can make no official call upon them, hoivp" r relying solely upon their

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Township, County and State and over the age of twenty-one years. That he has resided in the State of Indiana for m.ae than one year and in the City of Uanjmond, North Township. State of Indiana, for more than six months prior to the date of this notic-.and !s a. qualilied voter and a citixen of the United States of Ameika and is . man of good moral liaractci'. and that he will apply to the Uoard of County Commissioners at Crown I'oint. Lake County, Indiana, on tile first Monday of June, 1H17, tile same being the tUi day of June, HUT, for leave to purchase a 'cense to retail intoxicating, spiritous, vinous and inait liquors in less quan-i tities than five gallons at a time and pt imit. the same to be drank on the premises where sold. iaid licenne heretofore granted by the Board of Commissioners at their June term, 1 : , to C.cil J. Witter -urn! Frank It. Fowler-, and issued by KUwyrd Simon, Auditor of said County, for a period of cue year from said date, and the precise location and description of the j ri m ise.s where said inlox U at ing liquors are to bo sold by the provisions of the license which the undersigned desires to purchase, is as follows: The ground floor front room of the tin ef -sti.ry building situated on lot !.'!, block Townsend and liodfrey's addition to the City of Hammond. Lake C-mnty. Indiana. The bar l ootn faces north on State street and sides on Oakley avenue, both pubi c highways in said City. The bar room is 23 feet wide. 7 feet deep and H feet high; has glass front, corner and side entrances. Far occupies the west side of bar room and all of the interior of said room can be seen from State street. , FRANK It. FOAVLFR. May 7 It 21 . Notice to Contractors. NOTICF. IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the Board of Public AVorks of the City of Gary, Lake County, Indiana, will meet on the 11th day of June, lyir, to receive and connidtr bids for the improvement of Tomkins Street, Sec. 1, from Twenty CIO' feet North of the South line of Ninth Avenue to Twenty (2f') feet South of the North Jine of Eleventh Avenue by constructing thereon a Macadam Pavement twelve (12 ) feet In wiith, with slag or stone surface finished with limestone screenings, in said City of Gary, ail in accordance with the plans and specitications now on file in the ofhee of thj Board of Public Works and the City Clerk. The cost of said improvement frhail be assessed as special benefits to the abutting' and benetittcd property. Bidder's must file a certified check for at least 2',i per cent of the Engineer's Estimate of the cost of said improvement which will be returned to unsuccessful bidders, and to the successful bidder when a contract and bond have been executed for the work. No certified check will be received in a less amount than One Hundred Dollars. The right is reserved to reject any and ail bids. Bids must be on file in the Clerk's office of said City by Ten o'clock A. Mv on the 11th day of June. 1S17. By order of the Board of Public AVorks. W. J. FULTON. P. B. LAMB. FRANK ZAWAPZKI, Attest: Board of ' Public AVorks. I'RETTA BERNSTEIN. Clerk. 61-8. Notice of the Adoption of Primary Assessment Roll. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:. That on th 2Sth day 'of May. 1317, the humanitarian instincts and the sentiment of interest of man for his fellowman. The national officers of the American Red Cross are a president, vicepresident, treasurer, counselor, and secretary. The President of the United States is always president of the Red Cross. The Central Committee, of which ex-president Taft is chairman, consists of eighteen members and includes the Secretary of State and Surgeons-General of the Army and Navy. This committee delegates its responsibilities to Mr. Eliot Wadsworth, who is acting chairman, and whose office Is at the National headquarters. Under' this Central Committee are rwo divisions, that of Military and that of Civilian Relief. The Director General of Military Relief Is Colonel Jefferson R. Kean, U. S. A., who is largely responsible for the magnificent medical organization known as the Medical Corps. U. S. A. The Director General of Civilian Relief is Mr. Ernest P. Bicknell. who is known internationally through his work in co-operation with the Rockefeller Fund in rellef work in warring Europe. ThaJDepartment of Military Relief is

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Board of Public AVorks completed and adopted the primary or Prima Facie Assessment Roll for the construction of I:strlct Sewr Number TwentyOne (21) within the City of Gary. Lake County. Indiana, under Declaratory Resolution Number Sixteen Hundred Eighty-Seven (16S7) "adopted on the 3rd day of April, 1917, by the Board of Public AVorks. Said swer is described as follows: Beginning at the manhole at the center lines of Forty-Second Avenue and Alley Number Fiur (t) AA'est; thence South with an eighteen (1S" inch vltrltied tile sewer, a distance of Eight Hundred Twenty-eight (S2S-) feet; thence East on the Center line of Alley Number Forty-three (13) South, with a fifteen (15") inch vitrified tile sewer, a distance of Nine Hundred Ninety-nine and nine-tenths (SS3.0') feet; thence South on Alley Number One (1) West with a twelve (12") inch vitrified tile fewer, a distance of Four Hundred Thirty-four (I3F) feet; also beginning at the center lines of Aliey Number Forty-three (43) South and Co, c a7- S'etirr?. S. 'A . comparatively new, having been the direct result of the "Preparedness" movement. The object of Its creation was to furnish the machinery by which the American Red Cross would carry out the purpose of Its charter so far a-s concrned the furnishing of volunteer aid to the pick and wounded of armies in war and as a medium of communication between the people of tho VnlteC. States and their Army and Navy. Tho organinations created by the Red Cross to assist the medical service of the Army and Navy in time of war are usually spoken of as military units. Of these the ntost important Is the base hospital bocause, being lo cated at the military base behind the service at the front, it is the first real hospital encountered by the wounded soldier In his Journey from the firing line toward home. There for the Hrst time he finds a good bed and a trained nurse. Tho Medical Rurpftu of the Ainitnrv jii.inn r vicA rm. -a-r-h-under the supervision of Major Robert Tttorcon t- s a ,ai ?Cn or-a i charge of the mala personnel of the organlzatJons. Red Cross base hospital units are organized for service with the Army and Navy, and when reported by the national headquarters of the Red Cross as ready for service, they are placed on a roll in the Surgeon General's office of the branch of service for which enrolled. Men To Enlist In Medical Corps. A class known as Male Administrative Personnel includes all men who, when the unit ls called into active service, will enter the service of the Medical Department of the Army by enlistment. At least fifty are required for enrollment In an army unit. The

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If yon are free and of righting; age, DIG trendies. If you're a bit older or younger, DIG gardens. If you have a bank account, DIG and buy part of that liberty Loan.

If the Loan fails ,tliose trenches Avill be the graves of the World's Liberty. If the Loan fails, those gardens will one day furnish revenue for the Hohenzollerns to spend on their mistresses. If you DIG, the Loan will not fail.

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Alley Number Four (4) West; thence West with a twelve (12 inch vitrified tile sewer, a distance of One Hundred Nine (10iO feet; also beginning at the center lines of Alley Number Fortythree (43) South and Alley Number Three (3) AA'est; thence South with a twelve (12") inch vitrified tile sewer, a distance of Four Hundred Thirtyfour (424') feet; also beginning at the center line of Alley Nuhiber Fortythree (43) South and Alley Number Two (2)iA'est; thence South with a twelve iT2") inch vitrified tile sewer, a. distance of Four Hundred ThirtyFour (421') feet; also beginning at the center lines of Alley Number Fortythree (43) South and Alley Number Four (4) AA'est; thence South with a twelve 12") inch vitrified tile sewer, a distance of Four Hundred Thirtyfour ( 434') feet. Said Assessment Roll contain? the names of the owners and description of property to be assessed, with the amounts of the preliminary or primary? assessment against each lot or parcel of land abutting on and benefitted byi period of enlistment is four years unless sooner discharged. For such enlistment. applicants must be between the ages of IS and 4 5, and must meet the physical educational and practical requirements which may be pre- j scribed. j The Bureau of Nursing Service of

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the American Red Cross has under j lions and in convalescent homes. Proits direction the organization of the . vision has been made for the assign-

i nursing siaii ana certain suppiernenj tar' personnel which will be needed J for base hospital units. Navy detach - j '"ents of nurses, and such other nursj " un'13 may oe requirea ui wie i event of military necessity. This i i bureau has as its head. Miss Jane A., J-eiano. wno has given voiuniarny I seven yars f tireless work to the ! casn oi enrolling nearly eigm muuj sand trained nurses to be ready on can m case or war. ine requi. of the Red Cross for the enro ment of nurses include not only graduation from a training school for nurses of excellent standinsr. but also in States where registration is provided for by law nurses must be registered. To supplement the work of the trained nurses a special organization of lay women has beep under instruction for the past fifteen months, the course being open to women who have expressed themselves as anxious to serve as aids to the nursing service of the Red Cross in time of stress. This course of instruction for lay women includes elementary hygiene.

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said sewer, and is on file and can be seen at the office of the Board of Public Works and the City Clerk in the City Hall, Gary, Lake County. Indiana. On the 11th day of June, 1917, st Nine o'clock A. M., the Board of Publie AA'orks will meet in its office in the City Hall to hear and receive remonstrances against the amounts assessed against each of said lots and parcels of land and will hear and determine the question as tq whether the same have b een benefitted or will1 be specially benefitted by said improve ment in the amounts set forth in sa.d roll, and will then give a hearing o all persons interested, and thereafter sustain or modify said assessment, and will determine such other rnatter 33 are required by ?awBy order of the Board of Public Work;:. . ' W. J. FULTON. F. B. LAMB. FRANK ZAWAPZSi Attest: Board of Fubiio Worn ,. LOKETTA BERNSTEIN. Clerk. dietetics, home care of the sick and j the making of surgical dressings. The course is tnienaea 10 quaiuy women for service as aids in hospital wards. but the Red Cross has also placed on file the names of those twhoni the instructors have found especiallyadapted for service in supply stations. ; linen rooms, diet kitchens, rest rta- , menu to me uuse nospuai units ui a. j limited number of these women, who j will serve as nurses' aids without pay. j Civilian Relief. AVhen the citizen soldiery of the country is called into military service the American Red Cross stretches its arms to the care of the needy families and crippled non-combatants. i This ls undertaken by the Department , of civUlan Rei5ef. In commenting on L this bJ.anch of lh Red Cross is i P"Pel 'Pr eventualities in every re- '-'" "eeiit neea or mnas. Mr. Eliot Wadsworth, acting chairman of the Red Cross Central Committee, said recently: "This department alone may need a million dollars a month in tha event of a serious crisis to care for dependent families of soldiers. O ir experience with the recent mobilisation of the pfational Guard shows that caring for the dependent families of soldiers imposts a' heavy burden en the department of Civilian Relief.

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