Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 1, Hammond, Lake County, 18 June 1917 — Page 8

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Needled! Sun 'IHIaiminmcroimdl On the home question Hammond is slipping. From a civic standpoint this momentous question must be solved and solved before the tide turns. The time to act is NOW TODAY. Five hundred homes are needed here at once. Who will start this movement and save the day?

Cement Work GET OUR ESTIMATE ON AMOUNT OF CEMENT NEEDED FOR THE JOB. LOOK WE ARE LAKE COUNTY DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE FAMOUS Little Giant Truck. FIVE SIZES 1 1, 2, 3y2 AND 5-TON.

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AMERICANS AT THE FRONT (By United Proas.) X.02TDOST, June 9. Edward Fits, gerald of Pittsburgh got Into the Canadian Seventh battalion Iteiua he wm nearly "dead broke" la Beat, tie, with only a solitary naif dollar, the property of Mniirif and a pal, &eed Beabam of Wenatchee, Wain. "We uw no chanoe of raising' any coin, so we put It up to tfc half," .said Fitzgerald. "It was head, go to Seattle, tall go to Vancouver and enlist. X spun the half. ' Xt cam tails. On Easter Monday Z rot ulna at Vlmy Bidge. We Jut stepped over the top and walked along- behind the barrage. Pretty soon a shrapnel shell hasted over me and a chunk hit ma tn the right fore-arm, and her X am In Orpington hospital." Pltcgerald Is an ax-railroader, formerly wlta the Monong&haela, Benham is still la Prance.

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SEMI BUNGALOW. Do you want & bungalow? See the one I am building now. "Have built five others to suit owner in the same block on Elizabeth street. Ask me to show them to you. C. S. RHOADS, General Contractor and Builder, 7 Elizabeth. Phone 2245.

A Message, to Contractors, Builders and Architects "Wlat io your Grounds Cost you? Likewise, consider the problems of attaching trimming to Metal Lath, Concrete, Brick, Tile, etc. The use of "WALLPEDS" and "FLOORPEDS" will save you at least 50 per cent of the cost of your Grounds A Wallped Is a Spot Ground consisting of a rust-resisting metal plate, 3H inches square, perforated around the edges with -inch holes. This plate holds' a wooden naiiingiblock by means of two flanges formed in the stamping. When plaster is applied to the back of the Wallped and is placed on any surfaces, besides the resultant bond, the plate is keyed to the wall by means of the moulding plaster coming through the holes and locking itself firmly to the surface. The old method of plugging or grounding required these seven (7) tedious and expensive operations: Sawing lumber for plugs. Driving in the plugs. Shaping lumber for plugs. Sawing off the plugs. Digging out mortar joints. Nailing on continuous strip. Wedging strip out to straight edge. Detailed specifications are available and will be sent you upon request.

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LAFAYETTE.; IND.. June 16. H. R. Kurrle, president of the Motion Railroad; Fred Zimmerman, vice president; A. S. Kent, chief engineer, and P. L. McManus, general superintendent, returned to Chicago in President Kurrie's private car after announcing that more than $150,000 would be spent by the company in improvements on the company shops here. The roundhouse will be enlarged fifteen feet on one side to accommodate the large type of freight locomotives, and this improvement will cost $25,000. A ninety-foot turn table has been ordered, and it will be installed in four weeks at a, cost of $18,000. Kurrie said that work on the new yards here, for which the Monon has purchased twelve acres near the shops, will start in three weeks. The yards will be the larrest on the Monon system, and an arch concrete double-tracked bridge will be built at Widewater, north of the shops here. This improvement

will cost about $75,000. Kurrie said that the freight and passenger business was increasing steadily and that he expected it to continue. He said that la

bor conditions were satisfactory and that the Monon was In need of more motive power to handle the great increase in the volume of freight. LOWELL I

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you will find on display the largest selection of fixtures in northern Indiana. HOUSE WIRING Get our estimate for wiring your house. It will increase the rent income. Open Evenings. Phone 710 for Service

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Miss Lela Dickinson of Hammond, spent Sunday with her parents. Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Dickinson.

John Deathe of East Chicago, visited his mother, Mrs. G. M. Deaths here yesterday. r Mr. and Mrs. Lew Chapman of Momence, were in Lowell yesterday. Herbert and Vern Lloyd who are working- In Indiana Harbor, vliited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Lloyd here yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Atwood and Sir. and Mrs. Covert of Hammond, visited Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stanley here yesterday. Mrs. Bert Thompson of Indiana Harbor, visited her sister, Mrs. Milo Brannon,"1 in Lowell yesterday. Marvin Smith of East Chicago, visited his parents in Lowell yesterday. Chauncy Hale who works at South Bend, visited his wife in Lowell, yesterday. Ed Metcalf of Chicago, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Metcalf, yesterday. Edson Taylor of Chicago, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor. "Will Cox of Hammond, visited his mother and his daughter here yesterday. . Claude and Lyje Trump, who work In Hammond, visited relatives here yesterday.

Before you decide to buy furniture, especially for the new home. . "We specialize on attractive furntiure at attractively low prices. ' Our motto: "The best is none too good for our customers, and at prices within your reach We invite you to open a charge account here.

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BY J. XV. rEGLEB. (United Vrrnm Staff Correspondent.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IX THE FIELD, May 15 (By Mall) "Whole towns erased by dynamite, orchards sheared oft at the ground and

towering rows of read-side trees methodically felled these scenes of merciless destruction illustrate why the British soldiers wants retribution against the boche. Tommy goes ahead repairing the roads and clearing the debris from village streets, admitting that it was military good sense for the enemy to obstruct the lines ff pursuit. But the Germans said they did these

things to prevent the concealment of troops. And the soldier reasons it this way: The Boche aeroplanes never get over anyway to observe where the troops are massing. So what difference could it make whether they have concealment? Also, the Boche was careful to ruin orchards, but he left many acres of dense but unproductive woods. What's the answer?? Strafe 'em. Peronne cathedral refutes the pleaof military necessity. Dynamite blew oat the east wall and two sides and

brought the dome crashing amid the

prostrate stone columns. Today the i

interior is a mountain of hopeless wreckage. On it sagging balcony the ' pipe organ sings the ghost of a peacetime anthem as the May breese goes soughing through the valves. The

pipes jangle as a brick is dislodged and tumbles to the floor. Far away the guns boom. The British never shelled the church. The remaining west will Is not scarified by shell fragments. It was left standing to hamper British observation. At the outskirts f the town lies Perorne cemetery where the Boche dug in among the dead. Corpses were thrown into bonfires kand the vaults occuiped by German oflfcers as dug-outs. Two trench lines ran straight through the cemetery. Military necessity made the enemy smash the door of a French famijy tomb where six dead Bad slept for many years. The coffins remained ex

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Two English guard regiments with a

little feud between them went into the cemetery on the heels of the Boche.

The first arrivals found one coffin bored by a machine-gun bullets from the direction of their advance. This message was on the white-washed wall: "The Boche may have had dug-outs here but he didn't shoot the hole In the far-off coffin." To which the late comers scribbled this reply: "Neither did they write on the walls, you blackguards." Strewn with the fragments of headstones and battlefield junk are countless bead-work wreaths, placed by mourners in days of peace. "A Notre

Chere Grandmere. said the inscription on one. Grandmere's grave may be one of those pried open. At the edge of the cemetery was a very little grave carpeted blue with forgetmenots. The headstone said

Madeline was only four years old. The Boche had not touched It. Nearby, a row of wooded "Iron Crosses" each inscribed "Unser Kamerade", gave proof that the German cadaver factory lost some raw material through sentiment. At Arras the cathedral and the Hotel de Ville are smashed beyond possibility of restoration. Only a small corner of the hotel survives as a memory of that grand specimen of Spanish architecture. Bapaume is & hideous shell, although the Australians have cleared up the streets. Here an Australian, peacefully tending a cooking stew, told how the Boche hate goes mad at times. "A German naval gun tries to shell us now and again," he said. "But the gunners must be crasy, judging from the way they shoot."

Are You a lover of Your Country? Then contribute to the Red Cross.

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Mrs. Albert Kooy died at her home Friday morning. She leaves her husband and a little son a week old. Mr. and Mrs. Ehlm.in and Mrs. Van Fliet who moved here last week have moved to Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schoon stil Mr. and Mrs. John Krooswyk. visited at the home of J. Kooy, Wednesday evening. Walter Krooswyk was taken suddenly ill Thursday night and was quite sick, but Is improving now. Among the Hammond shoppers Friday were Mrs. I Debure, Mrs. H. F. Kaske, Miss M. Munster and Helen DeMi k. 1 ". Vernon Tanls who has been quite 111 with measles, Is Improving.

Coming "Jerhthah's Daughter," First Baptist church. Tuesday, June 13th. 6-14-5

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