Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 159, Hammond, Lake County, 23 December 1920 — Page 4

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Tha LaJla County Times Dally except Saturday anJ Sunday, fctered at the pustouice In Hammond. June St. Tha Tiroes East ChJcaso-Indiana Harbor. di.ll except tunday. Entered ct the poslofflco In East Chicago. Novenv imr I. 1913. Ths Lake County Times Saturday and Weekly Ed'tion. Entered at the pootofflce In Kamrnond, F-jbruary I. 1316. Ihe Gary Evenlt.g; Tims LM.i!y e- j.t SuDaay. Knttred sr. tha postoftice in Oarv. .April 1' 1912 All under tha act lla.-cb. 3. li.', ai seconi-class matter. ,- r ?JC1GN" ADVERTIS1KG RKFRKSEX TATIO V O. LOGAN PArXB & CO. CHICAGO

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I the var. It was hoped that one good effect frcm th

..l-wlng down of InJuttry would bo the creation of more intent in farming. Under the stimulus ot ar conditions the farmers cf the United States planted record crops, and since the wr the decrease in acreage has not been more than 13 rer cent. With the sharp drop In prices and the drift tif'so many farmers toward the cities, it must be Vlain that a crisis in agriculture will be created within a short time. Reports from Kansas are that "wheat growers have sowed blightly more than 10 per cent less acreage in wheat than the preceding year, but the sharp decline in the quotations fcr wheat will probably have the effect of causing more marked reductions nei.t rear

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Farmers will j iofd to the lure of wages and the

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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

If you fall t- recti'-, your copy of Ths Times as promptly J yu have In the past, plee.se do not think it haa been lost or vas not sent on tune. Remember that the mail service. Is net what it used to be and t.it complaints art nerya! from many sources about ths train and mail ser. lice. Ths Times hat. increased its mailing equipment and la

nvwviin caraesuy 10 ream its patrons on time, lie prompt 1 -"w in alvislnar us wlen you d. not jet your taper and we will I thrift act nrunmtlw 1 "-

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can to aid in financing present and prospective farmers

just as it aids, through the baking system, the manufacturers and the business men.

SAVING AND INDEPENDENCE. Statistics printed in au lasurauce advertisement the other day did not speak very well for American

They showed, for instance, that, of every 100

men btartins life with a fair chance. 15 are dependent at the age of 43. t'3 at the age of 53, and no fewer

j than 46 at Co. At the last named ace 44 cf ih nHtrinni

100 are dead, so that only 10 have amassed competen-

will ba prepared to agree with the statement that he I lleS r are ab1e to carn caou5b to support themselves.

CHECKING CRIME WAVE. Any person who tnews anything of the life and

character of Joha Burroughs, the American naturalist,

is. "well qualified to analyze the present situation in the

inted States, which is described as ' j. carnival of crlnia." Mr. rurrougha. In an interview a few days aco.

said that the prefect ware of crime was the logical re-

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of thrift Is easily formed in youth and its nractice

rather than involving hardship, becomes an interest in which one takes actual pleasure, but one must be sys

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prcvaient since the world war the disregard for the V rCdl emcrne3 prevent that, making up for restraints of the law, enacted for the protection of life un0lillb CItr expenditures later that is the Human life has come to be a cheap thing. Murders ! Wa:" l make one6e,f independent, rresect conditiens a- committed on almost anv pretext or without an v " , senslb,e EavlLS unusually profitable. Every cheap reason at all. as far as public knowledge is concerned, f01'" 8aVed be worth from to $2 ia Thefts, from the daylight robbing of a hank to petty j nl -0 T henCe' But ,be Jlabit ,s ttoaling from hemes, have greatly multiplied In recent t malu aSmonths. -j Mr. Burroughs say3 that this ware of c:nia must THE ATTEEilATE. be stopped, but he is not specific in what he thinks !s The ancient Egyptians who ccmpelled their slaves necessary to stop it. Almost any person who thinks ! to "make bricks without straw" imposed a small task on th- subject knows the only way It can be stepped ' compared with that which the democratic rartv will

by tlghtm'.ris the grip cf the law on its violators, according to the seriousness of the Crimea they commit, and impressing the criminally inclined "with the virtue of teir law-abiding. IUdoes net alter the seriousness cf conditions In this country to be informed that many cf the violatorsperhaps a majority of them are aliens. These ruen are in the United States, and they have been infected by ti:e virus of contempt for the laws cf the uation vjhich givs3 them shelter. Whatever catirehcrn p-jrons are engaged in criminal acts are cf the same IcM typ cf citizens and unworthy of enjoying the liberty and opportunity offered by this nation.

GETTESG BACK TO THE FARMS. ."o Sgures are available tc show what movement, if ary, 13 under way on the part cf persons la the towns to get back to the rural homes which they abandoned to earn big wages in industrial plants during and since

turn over to the republicans next March. Through its process cf inflation which pl!ed up debts with 40 cent dollars, the democratic party laid out the task. New by its forced deflation it has caused enormous shrinkages in values and corresponding losses which will be deducted from income when taxpaylng time comes, and the republican administration, then In power, will have no resources from which to raise the funds to pay the debts. The 40 cent dollar debts must be paid with 100 cent dollars. The democratic leaders may think they Dave plajed a slick trick on the republicans, but they will Cud that when the people of the country, who must bear the burden, fully realize what has been done, they will resent the manipulation and their memories will not be short, either.

IT USUALLY grieves a man to- discover that he is too corpulent to do much except boast about bow athletic he used to be.

j WHO remembers th time peoplo ata iggi because THEY wera cheaper than meat? j PkAl.YTlFir la Impending divorce J suit j AT our house Is nady to ! TESTIFY that If we thiak wa can

cut tha HOt StllOt.U expenses lu two HE can gro right ahead and DO tha darned buying ourse'.f. WH often thiufc v.n have a nerve-wracktng-1U of It Ol'ltsLl-P In this nob'.e profession BIT how a broker with a lot of female marginal BVYUH on his books retains hi mental balance Uli:si2 daja la beyond our comprehension IF indeed he does. E don't know much bt we DO know that If wo lived in North Dakota. WE would ba strongr for bankers DOI.ti tha banking AM) tho farmers doing tha firming. IF a younc father ever manages TO gat the baby to sleep WITHOfT chokies. paresorlckin-J cr chloroforr.ilns it HE acts as if U la too bad

! Ills wife hasn't as much sense aJ he ' has. THE federal prohibition ascnt of

JkCW VOItK has ruled that alcoholic STISIULANT9 may be used ia mince plo OCT what worries us tiw ; HOW strong tha Episcopalian ir.r.u-ence'

IS in Indiana. DO you know that there ari I'ERSO.VS who -will buy e purse AND ha-e it charged? I-OV13 is what makes 4 g!rl sit AD bold a man's hand for hours AND listen to what he ta: j J1ST as If be was really eayics something. ONE of tha feminlr.a mysteries IVlfUH wo have given up a'.l hope of solving A FT ITU a period of oberatloa and iSftriRY covering tO years or tuoro IS why a womaa will spend Iran two to five MINUTES trying to 2nd out from tS OCTSIDi: of a letter addressed to her who wrote It when

SUE has It right thcra In her band AND might as well open It and make sure. TOO much taJk is probably AT the bjttoin of about everything THAT real.'y creates trouble. "U HEN" a man has no desire to work HE feels impelled to work the public. HOME is a place where a MAN' goes to exhibit his temper AV HEN' things Aireak wrong for hlui AT his daily labor. IF the ruffled pants idea. Is developed further and THE gentlemen's fashion authorities

I conclude to give us

THE shirred hip effect we suppose the number of dry agents AVI LI. hare to he tripled as rt certainly would be pretty

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Teac Prize? Answer: In 1305 it went to Theodore Itoosevelt ajid in 1312 Elihu Hoot received Oie distinction. 4 How long did tha war with Spain last? Answor: Tho war lasted from April 10. lSDS, to iApril 11. 1SD3. c 'What tribe of Indians claim to have com up out of the earth? Answer: The Creek Indians advanced this claim. C How old was Alexander the Grest wIiph h. ascended the throne? Answer: Ho was less than 20 Jfars old. Ho dl'd at the age of 32 years? ' "Who was called the Indian apostle? .Answ.r: John Eliot wa known as the

Indian apostle. He converted several thousand Algonqulns to the Christian faith. 8 "R"ho served in an army against his countrymen for e!etn years end then becamo president of the country? Answer: Santa Anna served in the Spanish army against llexk-o for eleven years Hnd then was chosen president of tho country. U What Is grology? Answer: It Is a science which deals with the history i f the earth. 10 What rationality was KobTt Bums, the poet? Answer: He was Scot ch.

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