Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 217, Hammond, Lake County, 7 March 1922 — Page 1

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HEWS BILL GREAT AID

Measure Breaks Speed Records; Means Much to Region Compliance with the principal condition contingent upon the coming of the Jones and Laughlin Steel plant to Hammond, just w of Eitst Chico. completed late yesterday -hen th house of representatives tr-rton passed Senate D1" I -vidinK for the Improvement of the lest branch of the Ind.ana Harbor j.h;n canal. The bill, already pained by the sennow roes to President Harding for Vis signature. WHAT IT .UAS. When the Jones and Laughlin Steel company of rittsburph in December Realms with Cot- Walter J. Riley and V A Westberg as the representatives of the owners, put under contract and option 1200 acres of land in Haramor.4 Pon -which they propose to erect coke-ovens, blast-furnaces and steel v.-.rks the deal was made contingent y, on the meeting: of certain conditions. The most important of these was the approval of congress for certain harV. r improvements. Others, cover va.ston of certain streets and alleys, right-of-way for a sewer, passage of ordinances by Hammond and East ChiUEo and deeds from the state. PERMITS POUT KXTF.NSIOX. The New t'-U permits the fining- In of the unused west branch of the Indiana Harbor ship cansl from VT.ilto oak avenue to Calumet avenue. It further permits the Ea?t Chicago company to dredge the ship canal from White Oak avenue to Calumet avenue. This flUins in is necessary in order to enable the steel plant make use of what would be an unused water rov.te. and permits it . to provide slips and turning basin for its ore fleet and hence makes for more convenience "in the operation of a great plant. In other words, it brings to Hammond's door its first real harbor development, and will line the canal at that roint with blast-fu rr.aces and ore docks. ai'ICK FEDEIIAL AID. Tt was on January 5 that Mayor Brown r.f Hammond presided at a pub-Ik-neeti -r at Hammond city hall, attended 1 county and city officials. businet n, nd representatives of ivic organizations of North township cities. This meeting passed rcsolut:onn asking Senators New, Watson and Congressman Wood to lend their aid in getting the necessary congressional authority which would enable the building of the giant industry here. In less than two months' time the legislation has become an actual fact, due to the constant interest the two senators and local congressman gave the New bill. The wide influence of Senator New in Washington aided when the measure came to the war department for approval or rejection. Once in the senate the bill obtained favorable committee endorsement, and while Messrs. New and Watson were speeding it through tha upper house Congressman Wood was none the less active in the lower house. RECOTtD FOR SPEED. Probably no other bill of such importance affecting the future of the Calumet region was ever speeded through congress in such short time as was the New bill. Senator New's high standing in congress, at the white house, and with the departments of the government aided immensely In passing the measure, which Is scheduled to hasten and further enlarge the prosperity and growth of the Calumet region. AIDS DISTRICT. "This quick action by congress Is a tremendous help In the plans for developingthe Jones and Laughlin harbor facilities and aiding in clinching the steel plant for this district," said Vice President Westberg of the Fast Chicago company, which will undertake the dredging of the canal. "Great credit Is due Messrs. New, Watson and Wood for their beir.g on the Job in Washington and their eagerness to assist Lake county. Congressman Woods' wire Informing me of the passage of the bill yesterday fairly took me off my feet, for it certainly was quick legislation," said Mr. Westberg. OTTEITHEIMER DEFENDS MARYARZ SrCCI AL TO THE TIMES J CROWN POINT, IND., March 7 Jesus Maryarr, charged with forgery, is being defended In the criminal court by Attorney Lester Ottenheimer. The state alleges that Maryarz passed porthlees checks in a conspiracy with Bulea Bucur who received a sentence of two to fouteen years yesterday. Home Brew Closrs Sewer riNTCTNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE IaAWRENCE Mass., March The sewers in this city are clogged by refuse from home brew. Alderman Patrick McNully, head of the department of public engineering, msde the declaration. He has appealed to Alderman Petvr Carr. head of the police department . Acting upon the suggestion of the engineering head the police find It. easy in following clues in the districts where the brew-clo-ged sewers are. Balds in the affected sections are planned.

Did You Hear That

! 'WHAT ever became of Jim Wanf Mlchelstettcr? Has anybody heard: THE J. IC. STINSONS are moving i fnto their house at Hohman and High- ' land streets. STEVU LIRMAN", 11S0 Madison ave. i was lined $10 and costs in city court I : for failure to carry tail lights on auto

TOM I'LA'iT lias the largest and best I A Game Protective Association. arranged finger print library in the! ,,. , ... , , .. Phil Smldt was in charge of the prostate. J i gram which consisted of an experience COUNTY Auditor George M. Poland i meeting in which hunters and fishers

is planning to go down to French Lie to recuperate from his winter vacation i i:i Cuba. AI'THVR C. ARMSTRONG, of Hammond. has been granted a patent on a process of dis'il'lntj oil and the apparatus for disliUation . ELMER srMMERHM'S, 133 Highland street, tells police his house was ntired and $14.31 in cash was taken trotn a bureau drawer. - AGAIN spring is here. Proof this time comes from the Knickerbocker ; farm on. the Saxony road where a blue-j ; ii. ra seen ouuu. . f HARRY DIAMOND is in mourning this week. His trick dog, a Boston troll j terrier, was killed by an auto on Hob- j , man st. Harry valued the dog at $130. SOMEONE who seems to be trying ! to kid Abb e uuooe ana cnaries i tIie ' J'riel. reports that they took in i De Luxe Sunday evening and then dined : at the Union restaurant.

: HUGH TROTTER. 1074 Ray avenue. ; has been done last year by the Indiana (says his suit case containing $30 worth i came wardens. Indiana was shown to j of clothing fell off a jitney near High- j rank first in number of artists and ! land and Columbia streets. Somebody J succes'ul prosec -.ons and Wardenj round it. But not Trotter. Barber, of Hammond, was second j . Jon Indiaina's list. Through the efforts j THIEVES entering the People. Cash: ,.,. another

Grocerv at 97 4 Columbia avenue tap J the till for $" and Ret a supply ori cig-ars ami cigarettes. This Is the second time robbers have entered the j grocery. I LEO LEE MO RAN, fresh cheeked, 5 i year old farmer boy from Crown Point J was picked up yesterday by Hammond I rolice. Leo Le had struck out to paJj die his own canoe. He was returned ' to his father. I LADIES of the Oriental-Shrine and their friends will be entertained at a Bunco party in honor of the Patrol Girls at the home of ?trs. J. M. Wllcockson, 170 Plummer ave., Wednesday li f f .rtiflru. ft r A.nim DAVE LOVEGREN gives the ad-j vance tip for lovers of music who are

longing for entertainment to Just wait) I. 1922, is to 'be refunded out or tne until May. when Swift's male chorus ity treasury to the sixty-four propriecf 65 voices comes to Hammond under tors of ex-saloons in East Chicago and I . -r-i-j... . . r-... I Indiana Harbor. I

1 BILL WKITAKER My;, tuat the fellow who fell dead when he drew a royal flui-h pat hand ought to hve seen some r.f the hands they d.al themselves at the Crown Point Coroercial flub. "A royal flush is a riaky bet up there," says Bill. IRVING C HAY KEN, ambitious young promoter, is selling space to merchants who are eager to advertise in the handsome program he is preparing for the Northern Indiana basketball championship tournament to be held here March 17th and ISth. STEVE VARGO, 575 Morton avenue, on his fourth conviction in city court for violating liquor laws, was fined $280 and was given a jail sentence of 90 days by Special Judge John W. Morthland. I. I. Modjeska, defending Varjo, said he'd appeal. LONG distance operator speaking: "On your call for Otto Fifleld at Crown Point they said that he had gons to Lowell. We called Lowell and they -aid he Just left for Hobart. Shall I try to get him at Hobart?" Telephone i Operator: Whiting." "You might catch him at JOHN E. FITZGERALD, ill at his home since Saturday with pneumonia. Is In a critical condition, the attending nurse announced today. She would neither affirm nor deny reports that Mr. Fitzgerald was rear death. Two Physicians are working dsperately rave his life. to - CONFUSED when caught between the netwrok of gates at the Hohman street railroad crossing, F. D. Jarvis. Ztn Oakley ave.. yesterday aftempted to ha-k away from one gate and smashed Into another. The top of Ms car was torn away and he narrowly escaped i serious injury. A. F. ROTTRER. sucressful Hammond business man and manufacturer. is numbered among- the few but enthusiastic classicists, who still maintain the value of Greek and Latin In collegiate curricula. Mr. Rohrer. before entering the business world, was a teacher of Greek and Latin In an Illinois college. THAT there will be a Joint meeting f Edward H. T.arsn Pst No. 802, V. W. and the Ladies' Auxiliary at i Odd Fellows Hall, 177 State street tonight at S o'clock. Every member Is expected to be present and report othe sale of tickets for "A Buck on Leave," which is being given for the benefit of ex-service men. HAMMOND store owners are anxious to co-operate with the city sealer In his pure food campaign. Hohman and tate street, stores yesterday were notified lo cover randies, fruit and other perishoble foods exposed to handling. One store proprietor said since rollowiag thfs order of the city sealer he was saving $1 daily which representefl the cost of fruit "lifted" by customers who came in to sample the stocka.

Llll I Will ft I 1 HAVE QUITE A GATHERING

Over 100 Sportsmen gathered last evening- in the basement of the J. W. Mlllikan store in Hammond for the ! March meeting of the Lake County Fish i told of their most exciting moments afield. Live stories were told by William Vator, Roy Olsen, Phil Smidt, Tom McCalla, Krnest Vater, Ed. Kohdo, liill Dickinson. J. I. Wllcockson, Frank Holler, H. Eggers, C. Miller, Dr. R. 1". Holley. J. Meade, Louis Roth, Ed. I Uohllng and V. A. I'.loxham. suggested the Mr. Bloxham suggested the organi zation of a branch of the Izaak "WalI ton club in Hammond The ja-esident of j the Chicago vlub will tie brought to j Hammond soon to diacuss the project. u yas aimouriCed tnat Director Mansfield of the state fish and game cepe.rtir.ent will come to Hammond for tho April meeting and deliver an adof movie illms to illustrate his lecture. An effort will also be made to borrow from a Chicago firm five reels on bisgame hunting. This meeting will prob- ; ably be held in a theater or large hall in order to accommodate the sportsmen and their families. A report was read on tie work which warden has been assigned to assist Mr. Barber. The evening wound tic with a lunch. and smoker. E MADS TCt neat s-um oi .,uu, tuncviru uj the East Chicago City Comptroller, as j soft drink parlor license since January i At the regular meeting of the com mon council lsst night, Councilman Messex introduced a motion to reconsider this ordinance that had already gone to the second reading and laid on the table, and refund all monies collected as license from the soft drink parlors over the city in the current year. The bloody duel was started "In peace and quietness." Some councilman had the audacity to Infer that these sixty-four impatient soft drink parlor men. seated in the assembly of the council chamber to learn of their fate, had wantonly defied the eighteenth amendment and to refund this money was perfectly ridiculous. Alderman McKenna made the statement that the council wasn't here represent ing the people to play Santa Claus to the soft drink parlor proprietors. Another opposition, Councilman Donovan said that he was in possession of Information from elegant sources that certain city officials had voluntarily canvassed soft drink parlor men to be present at the council meeting Monday night and push members of the council for a refund of their license monies. Councilman Davis became personal and questioned each alderman Individually as to whether he had been approached by proprietors of soft drink parlors who had paid their license this year and was looking for a icfund frr-m tho city. The poll taken by Councilman Davis showed that the majority of the members had been solicited by interested proprietors. Rut words were wasted breath. The 'vote when taken )v Citv Clerk Miller showed seven in

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; favor of reconsidering and paing the ; ordinance ?amt l.'irce memners opj postnsr the measure. i Claims and numerous bills aggregati ins: $19,664 9. due and payable out of the 1921 budget, embodied in an or- ; dtnance. was introduced before memi hers of the council for p.isace anrl an- ; thorization of payment of these bills. I The apportionment showing the vario;:a city department and the amount in arrears, as contained in this ordinance, was: Hoard of Public Works ... $1 4.202.77 Board of Safety 2.166.22 Dept. of Finance 1,190.89 Board of Health 1. 861.57 Dept. of Law 243 53 In the opinion of Comptroller P. A. Parks, most of the biIlsnow hanging fire are legitimate and could he O. K'd. for payment but recommended that the claims dating back as far as 1917 should be given the "once over" before payment is allowed. This ordinance was referred to the finance committee for Investigation. I An ordinance, appropriating $7,500 for the purchase of desks, Jury box, and other furnishings for the court room, was adopted. An ordinance, appropriating $1,500, (Continued on page twelve.) OWN YOUR HOME 1 will build in NVhitinjr. Hammond or Indiana Harbor. Bungalows, $1,500 to $6,000 on monthly payments. First payment $50.00. A-X, car Lake County Times. 3-7-1

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EX-SOLDIER JAILED FOR GIRL'S RUIN

Judge Norton Sends Wealthy Ora, Ind. Man to Jail for Misleading Pretty Valparaiso Girl ' CROWN POINT, March 7. J-u-dae Norton in the Juvenile court sentenced John W. Parker, wealthy ex-soldier of Ora. Ind., to six months in jail and ad ministered a fine of $500 for contrib- I utlng to the delinquency of a sixteen-year-old Valparaiso girl. The girl is the daughter of i pretty well ! known and respected Valparaiso famiy. Parker's father, who died several yearn ago, was a banker and landownJ er- His widow is one of the wealthiest i h-nen in the county. Parker has a; "o nu in e rnuuren wno are supported by his father's estate. I Wounded in KTance. Packer was sent! to the government's public service hos-' pital for disabled soldiers at Valpar-! nif-.o. He met the girl and-she became j Infatuated with him. By arrange'mer.ts they met in Gary where they.! found accomodations with a Mr. an 1 ! Mrs. Fred Eoyer, at 112 Washington , street. Both Boyer and his wife were also arrested, charged with contribut-; ing to the delinquency of the girl.' Boyer was sent to jail for three months' and Mrs. Boyer for thirty-five days, j The rlrl told Judge Norton that Par-j ker seduced her after giving her moon-j shine highballd prepared by the Boy-! crs. She knew, however, that he was married. Police are Told of Immoral Traffic Through City'rf Streets. The easiest and oldest profession has followed the trend of the times. No longer do painted ladies 'beckon the passer-by from latticed windows. The adventure d'amor lurks in the jitney. It has taken to locomotion. Complaint has been made to the police that men are being solicited in Jitneys traversing the streets of Hammond and East Chicago. Certain Ford sedans are rented by these women and the drivers Instructed to pull up to the curb wherever a man is seen waiting for a street car or motor cab. The women sizes up the prospective victim when he enters the auto and a few blocks away makes coquettish advance. If he resents her familiarity the man will order the driver to stop, pay his fare and continue on foot. If on the other hand, he Is amenable, the women will tell the driver to go to a certain place where liquor and accomodations can be secured. Instead of 10 cents the usual fare, the driver will charge $1 or more. Chief of police Bunde has ordered a vigilant watch on all jitneys to stop; the growing practice. i AUTO RUNS AWAY Seventeen year old Mike Mollk, of' 2S68 Filmore street, Gary, is suffering i from severe injuries at Mercy hospital today as the result of being run down by an unknown autoist in Gary last night. MoMk who was riding a bicycle on Broadway was struck by the autoist. wno was traveling soutn in a sedan car. at nn exressi-v rate of speed. The I a-utoist only fncreased his speed and made good his escape. Molik was found In Vie middle of the road 'by Sidney Alnsworth a well known Crown Point man who was on his way home. Piacing the injured lad in the machine, Ainsorth brought him to the police station together with two boys who had witnessed the accident. Molik was taken to the Mercy hospital after beitig questioned. According to the police report this morning young 'Molik suffered some fractured ribs and knee cap. He may also be suffering from internal Injuries which may prove serious. Unable to gret a good description of the car or the license number, the police have been unable to trace the owner of the machine. PUSH CAR INTO LAKE TO DOUSE FIRE Three Chicaoans fmen) riding from Burnham to the metropolis in a 5-pas- j fencer automobile ove" Lake George ! road early thi morning- were horrified i v. hen their iua--ljin- suddenly hurst in- I to flame. They brougi.t the car to a ; stop, and failing to put out the fire, pushed the car into the lake. The fire was extinguished. The men sent for a Chicago wrecking- crew and the car was resurrected snd hauled away. .

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FURTHER GAINS

STEEL Leading Interest in Chicago Adds Two Furnaces; Jump To 60 Per Cent. Mark. The steel industrv continue to ratn I momentum in thf Calumet district. Reports from leading producers yesterday Indicated that the heavy demand noted a week aju continues and mill operations have been expanded further. The leading interest in the Calumet district has Mown in two additional blast furnaces, one at Gary and one at the South Chicago work. This gives a total of 14 out of 27 furnaces active. tiei B! ions tlie leading producer. , wnich were ren-rtei at .".S iur rant lnt we nave jumped to the 60 per cent mark. The leading- independent also i reports good business and Is maintainj ing it output at the same ftgrure as last week 60 per vnt . i Railroads are taking good-sized ROTARIANS E OF 3 CITIES Club Takes Up Fight for Amalgamation and Favors Election at Once Acting on the suggestion made in a recent Times editorial, the Hammond I Rotary club today instructed its publie affairs committee to report at the jnext meeting a plan to initiate a program of education looking towards an amalgamation election within a year. ' One of the outstanding accomplishments of the Hammond Rotary club last year was the procuring of the enactment of a law which provided that on a petition signed by a certain number of voters an election to amalgamate the cities of North township must be held. SENTIMENT CiROWS. Since that time amalgamation sentiment in each of the cities of the region has been growing apace. Many of the old objections have been eliminated. The cost in taxation of running three municipal governments where one would suffice is in itself a great argument. Now the Rotary club is taking up its work where it left ofT and it is expected that -with characteristic energy a comprehensive plan wi.l be worked out that will assure the success of the election. ' TIME IS' RIPE. The annexation of Hessville by Hammond has simplified matters and the action of Gary in annexing Hobart shows the tendency of the times. The location of the Jones and Laughlin Steel company has raised problems, the solution of which should be in the hands of a single set of city officials instead of three. It is believed that the Calumet region is looking forward to the greatest period of expansion that it has ever known and there are so many park, boulevard, water and sanitation problems that are Inextricably Involved In question as to whether or not amalgamation is to be a fact that the election can not be long postponed. TWENTY-SIX BUILDERS CROWN POT NT. IND., March 7-Bids win be opened April P. by the Board 1 LmmulMI"m , " cuIokIs sanitarium project. Alter a long series of disputes between county and state medical and anti-tubercular societies over the plans, a set has finally been accepted which embodies every modern device and equipment for a tubercular hospital.' The sanitarium will cost $H0O.OOO and will be built so that extensions can be adried when necessary. It is to be lo-, fated on a hundred acre tract of land one and a half miles north of Crorn Point. The administration, rower and service building will cost approximately JSO.OOO, according to the estimate, while the pavilions are t cost J10.000 and $15,000 respectively. Twenty-six contracting firms have applied for plans on which to make their bids. County Auditor Foland has only efght sets or plans which woulu ordinarily be a great sufficiency. BROTHER OF JOHN L. ROHDE IS DEAD Pr'd Roha' of Tostmaster -Toh T" oMe. died last night at his home in Oak rant, survivea dj- a Ttmrivi and ' married son. From 1-' to IS!? he served as jlSsrmsn from the ninth ward in tlie Chicago city -co ncil. He was well known in Hammond. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Postmaster P.ohde's elder sister died a month at'

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tonnages of track fastenings an Chicago mills are bene-fittng to quite an extent. Finished steel is in good demand and prices are Arming up. I.ARfiB TAK ORDER. The Sinclair Oil Company has placed an order for ten tanks, involving approximately 3.000 tons of steel, with the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. Ten more are expected to be purchased soon . The sheet market is active and the principal producer in the Chicago district is operating at capacity in this department. It was announced yesterday that the leading producer will not book No. 10 and No. 12 puage material on a plate basis but will book on a straight sheet basis. Prices are beiny put out for March specifications only. For the first time in OTar e. year the Gary mill of the leading interest operated last week at 78 per cent of capacity. Small manufacturers are taking tonnages and the general demand is much better than It has been for .ome time HE WON'T BE This Guy Has His Last Bid! From One of Austgen's Epicurean Feasts. Captain Peter Austgen yesterday was! the innocent cause of a serious family j squabble. j Captain Artist is an artist when itj comes to preparing delectable dishes. 1 Yesterday noon he invited several of hia friends to partake with him of al lurcheon of spare ribs and sauer kraut, j Tiis, at the police station. Among) the visitors was a young man, happily married. But So enthused with the repast was the young man that, like say in the ads, the memory of that meal lingered even after he arrived home for evening dinner. In short, with each succeeding- bite he consumed of the diner prepared fey his wife he became more disgruntled and finaly "unable longer to contain i himself gave vent to long and rapturous remarks about the spare ribs and sauer kraut 'luncheon of Captain Austgen. The wife, poor thing, realizing the insecurity of her hold upon her husband in his new found epicurean delights, burst Into tears and left the table. She remained closeted in l er room until 'he h.isband called away on business lind left the house. Then the called Capta'n Austgen on the p'aoue and exacted from him a solemn promise that he'd never Invite her husband to dine with him again. Not content with this she further bulwarked her precarious question by requesting from Captain Austgen his recipe of the dish that had entranced the palate of her husband. She has ordered a barrel of sauer kraut and a case of spare ribs and All In all. looks like there may e a.nother chapter later. HEW HOUSE 10 SPECIAL TO THE T1MESJ ..CROWN POINT, Ind. March 7Fred Bartholmae announced this weex that he had sold his interest in the Crown Theatre to the S. J. Gregory Theatrical Co. of Hammond, owners of the Parthenon and Orpheum theatres in that city who will assume possession at once. The same policies will be followed in the running of the theatre, several new improvements, however, the Installing: of a pipe organ being the main one will be made. Mr. Bartholomae has owned and run the theatre since it was built and has given Crown Point the best In pictures. The th.'atre has been known as one putting- on the cleanest shows in the state. Mr. pnd Mr:-.. Martholomae are leaving .ne-xt Saturday on the Olymphia for an extended European tour. CROWN POINT. Ind.. March 7 Moonshine is taking a terriblo toll in Lake county. The county jail and the poor farm are crowded with insane men. All state institutions for the insane are filled. Some place will have to be provided for the county's moonshine insane. Insanity due to moonshine has'increased . Insanity, due to moonshine, has increased so alarmingly within the past few months that county officials are seriously considering the advisability of erecting a county insane asylum. There are 168 cases of insanity being held at the county jail and the poor farm. It. is impossible to Rive the insane men medical treatment at either of th';e crowded places. The poor farm now lias five classes of inmates the poor who belong there, the insane, idiotic, tubercular and j;yphi)it!c. "Moonshine madness'" is a very serious form of mental and physical 111-nesa

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GREGORY STRING

MOONSHINEINSANEFILL

POOR FARM AND CO. JAIL

COMPANY'S VALUATION

Here are the Figures They Were Talking About Spending $3,000 to Obtain CHOwiST;VdHEJ,KESJ Pend I3.0W to March 7 U'h valuation of the Physical Phone mi.TSKV' the fl,rm. ."unty? Here reeor. k" laKe" 'rom record by th tax urer Ralph The lair nl.i.. real estat and escrlSes '- U nt of P of taxation t!OB for Purposes follows: taxes are tt, Kas. Chicago. $603,130; Grv is Crown Point t';:i- - 7 B8-5-8--'-count- taxes th! ',ephoa npn' 7 to the etmnt of th ntr tax UW wb!cJl h9cmn9 etteotive , , f .J- . 6 increases m49 I tne eyster., c eSiieSeB .' changed ,? " " "v"J per cent to Uff cent; tTEI.EPIiO.VE COMPAKY.) H.UfSfOSO. 1319 1920 3919 1920 1919 1920 1919 1?20 .$2o.24U . 393,655 . .$25,12 WHITTAG. EAST CHICAGO. .J270.45S . S2.70 .$18. UP Gixr. COCXTT. $1.00.825 - 1.866.140 1919 ... 1S20 Under the per cent method th 7.,,-... X7 taTe" -"vvb la JMiv.ii! ;n IB19 wli'ia jimer tne iqi r.r t:ent Tahie'.lon a ycr later its taxes wer $1,21C-.4S. In 1921 its taxes Wt.re.boo:-tl to J27.7?.50 ard for. 1923 they ar $3f,U7.?2--still less than In 1919, thanka to th Goodrich tar law. Investments in stocks of Gary corporations which have been having poor sledding recently are blamed for the financial failure of John rlack. formerly a wealthy farmer of Cedar CreeU township who today filed his voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the federal court at Hammond. In his assets Mr. Black lists the following holdlncs of corporation stocka with their present value: 1,000 shares O. K. Giant Battery Corp., stock. $3.00. 40 f hares Gary Motor Truck Co., stock, $5.00. Ono share Kankakee Valley Grai.-i Co. stock. $100. Thus 1,391 shares now have a total value of $1,010. Mr. Black schedules a rumher of promissory notes of various amounts, some of which are secured by his stock certificates. His tola! debts are given at $44,028.91 whife his assets will amount to $44,332 arter the customry $600 exemption has been made. If the assets brinjer their listed value In a sale the creditors will receive practically dollar for dolla. SURVEYOR SEEKS TO ELIMINATE Reads Communication to the Commissioners Regarding ths I Inor it T-i, ii TSPECIAL 10 THE TIMES1 CROWN POINT. IND., Mrch 7 In a letter to County Surveyor Ray Seely, the state bridge enfineer. V. .T. Titus, states that the only obstacle to a subway under the Erie railroad at tho crossing of the Lincoln highway, two and a half miles southeast of GrlfTItu is the difficulty of handling the grade crossing with the north and south road which enters the Lincoln highway a few hundred feet east of the proposed subway. "The railroad company Is opposed to the 1 elimination unless adjacent crossings on the north and the south can also be eliminated." Titus writes, adding that the relocating of fiese roaas is up to the county commissioners. This is another dangerous grade crossing which County Surveyor Seely ueeks to eliminate. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION At Oakley end primmer avenue, near the Hammond postoffice on Wednesday, March 8, 1922, at two o'clock. Six $) or eight () automobiles to the highest bidder. Com prepared to pay cash ajtd take your car away. J-7-l

FARMER IN BANKRUPTCY COURT NOW

CROSSING