Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 223, Hammond, Lake County, 14 March 1922 — Page 4

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j.-..3h' J-ake County 'ltmof uu.ty i xet ut suriw ' V" ""d tl loaioiiic m Uunu:.vi. Je Timea East C'hicgo-lr,diana Harbor. tiaUY A-P aunclay. Katored at the puatciuce tn toast Cbi'Hfci. vtaaber la, ms. The Lake County Times -teal urday and Weekly tl- . ititffj fct the poBtoilico id iaatuoal. fvurusrt The Gary Evening Tiiues--l.ally n.c.t lunday-' t:n" tered at the posiofhce in Oar;-. April 1. All undsr the tew iiarcU i, i8;. us wtoni-ciaM matter. FOREIGN ADVERTISING UEl'KESEStATlC.'; O. LOU AN iV.YNtfl & CU. CHICAGO Gary Office Ttletinouc Hi Nassau 6c Thompson, East Chicago cieya..t. ?Ji "11 Chicago. (The Times) XelcuJuui) tai Indiana Harbor( News iJesler j ........ .Telepuoue ilJ!-J Whiting (Kepoiter) Telephone ag-M Whiting (.News Dealer and Class. Adv.). .Teiepuono 1J II jou havo any trouble genius i'HE TiMli-i mm complaint immediately to the Circulation Department. Hatumond (private exchange) 31u. aiui. 1101 (Caii for whatever department wanted.) NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS: If you fall to receive your copy o THE TIMES a promptly as you have in the -jast, pleae do not think tt baa been lost or Has not sent on time. THE XlMKi has Increased its mailing equipment and is striving carnesil to reach Us patrons on time. Be prompt in advising as when you do not tret your paper and we will act promptly

NOW IS THE TIME TO WIDEN STREETS v livery Hanimcnd citizen will agree that now is the time to widen Hohnian and Fayette streets if they are to be widened at alL Nohting can be gained by delaying an improvement of the kind. It is bound to be more expensive next year than it would be this year because Hammond 1b a growing city and property values are increasing. Is Hammond going to bend to old-fcgeyisra and give way to the barnacles ? Since the widening of Hohnian street was first talked of several years ago half million dollar Improvement has been mande on the west side of the street between State and Sibley, namely, the Parthenon theater. Fortunately the theater la so constructed that a portion of the front can be removed without affecting its. seating capacity. But the damages have become greater, nevertheless, and if the Improvement is delayed a few more yeas they will be even larger than they are now. Every year adds to the cost of widening these streets la the downtown district. Better to widen now tnaa to be forced to widen In ten years. Take the Central school property for Instance. It la appraised at a quarter of a million dollars. We are an Interested in It because it is public property. As taxpayers and patrons of the schools we want the Central school property to be sold at a high value, the revenue from the. sale to be spent In Improving the ec&oola. The Central school property has been offered for Bale a number of times and there have been no bidders. Why are moneyed men afraid of the investment? There

are a halt dcueii uitn iii the city who could buy the pibpeity and write a check for it. Do you suppose they would hesitate if Hohnian street was twenty feet wider? , Not ;t ininut" because if Hohman street was twenty ! leet wider they would feel sure that would always be j the business center of the city. Until it is widened ; there will be a feeling that the business center of the I city will shift east.

The Times wants to see East State street and Calumet avenue grow and become more valuable. But it doesn't want to see Hohman street 1 se out and it believes that the Hohman street property owners should t' made to think this matter over carefully and come to some conclusion. What do you think would happen if The Lion Stcre weie to move to East State street or Calumet avenue? There isn't any doubt about what would happen. Hohman street would start to slipping and never stop until the recognized center of the business district had been established east of the Mcnon, Erie and Nickel Plate tracks. There would be a demand to open Sohl street south to bring trade from the South Hohman street, Olendnle, Kenwood, Hyde Park and Conkeyville district by jitneys, auto bus and pricvate automobiles. Kents will suffer on Hohman street. In fact, the property owners haven't much choice. There are only a few good buildings on the streets. Tenants want better accomodations. Soon better buildings will have to be built and when they are built the cost of widening the street will be almost prohibitive. When the Jones & Laughlin plant builds on the north side it will be a real test of supremacy between Calumet

! avenue and llchman street. The property owners of

Hohman street had better prepare for that test now by widening the street and improving the buildings.

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WHAT'S THE IDEA, ANYWAY ? The Hammond city council certainly made a laughing stock of itself in the beer and light wine fiasco. A more idiotic procedure couldn't be imagined. First the council puts aside mere important business and solemnly endorses beer and light wines. What good did that do? Who cares what the Hammond city council think3 about the Volstead law? Then of course came the storm of public disapproval and criticism. The next step was the star chamber session on a Sunday in which a handful cf the aldermen rescinded the action of the former session. It is charged that this meeting is illegal and one of the aldermen promises to bring the matter up at a regular meeting and kill the Sunday proceedure. The whole thing is a tempest in a teapot a silly piece of business and if the Hammond city council has done anything at all It has made Itself supremely ridiculous.

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I.IU very clone together In this OI.U vale of tears and laughter AXU when a man AXU his wife decide that they C'AX live together no longer IT Is very sad but th ' DISPITE over the furniture is 'usually amusing. THE unly thing in our every day modern l.H'K that is promotive of a lot of AUTO accidents is the curiosity .... THAT men have informing themselves O.V the length of skirts. THINGS are never to bad that THEY mightn't be worse but one needs A little philosophy to derive much COM POUT from this fact ItH.HT at the moment and we have UIULIUKU that it doesn't CALM the situation to any great KXTK.VT when you have tipped oi-:h a cup of coffee TO remark heartily to the companion IU'" your Joj , If any, and sorrows THAT It was lucky it wasn't the MAPi.K syrup container though It REALLY was very fortunate indeed. OM; of the best arguments AGAI.VST war as any IS the money and time and TROUBLE It takes to make peace. A statesman is a politician WHO will tell the truth I'ARTY or no party HENCE there are very few statesmen. A .bellboy who fecund a brooch worth C,000

WAS given a dollar for returning THE article to Its owner, honesty -MAY still be the best .policy HIT It Is not the most profitable. ALL men are tight wads about OXB rtfins and that Is when IT comes to paying out .MONEY for alimony. ANOTHER person whom the girl VHo lms decided NEVER to get married would better STAY awy from Is the YOt NJ man who tan sing a little. 'IK anyone crimes in looking Foil the postmaster general" said Wiil Tlays AS he closed his deslc and put ON" his coat "Just tell him I'tK gone to the movies.

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ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S QUESTIONS. 1 Is there a Mohammedan mosque tn this country? Ans. One was recently built In Highland Park, Detroit, Mica.

2 Ivhat ls lb area of New Guinea?! Arm. 312.329 square miles. i 3 In what year is Lk-t Erlcson i

credited with having discovered Amer-

tea? Ans. In the year of l,0u0. 4 On which side of the Mississippi river is New Orleans? Ans. K.ist. 5 What is spectrum- analysis ? Ans. Spectrum analysis Is the mode of

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composition of gases, chiefly in Incandescent stale 6 When did money commence to play 'an Important part In world affairs? Ans. Just before the birth of Christ. 7 For whom was Tasmania named? Ans. For Abel J. Taarnan, the discoverer. 8 What, is t!ie value of the railroad.of the United States? Ans. The tentative value has been fixed at 118,900,000. OUO. 9 How much was the war costing the United States dally at the time of the armistice? Ans. $50,000,000. 10 How much money was collected last year from parcel post package Insurance? Ans. $S,2ti&, 000.02.

ton a rn-c.vtd for A . Goldsmith of the Whiting Wholesale L.iguut Co. The management of Hirsh-ritein Co., of West Hammond announces-'"' that the firm is ready to build concrete wharves alons; its property as soon as improvement of the Grand Calumet river is started. Hammond board of education la.t nfght decided to g!ve piaygn.und apparatus a tryout in Hammond. Joe Kasper, engineer of the Lake Front pumping station, says the grouudhogs of the park zoo were out for a little sunlight yesterday. 'Sure sign of rprin?," says Joe. Crown I'oint cit.zens are remonstrating against the pavement nf Main rt reet, this year, because of the hea y taxes and Fpeclal assessments which they are already paying.

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Which state3 produce the best watermelons? 5- How Is the weight of rails reckoned, by the foot or by the yard? ti What was the amount of the lat wage increase granted to soft coal miners? 7 When was the $60 cash bonus bill passed ? 8 On what cruiser was it that Lord Kitchener was sailing when he lost his life? 9 how many letters were handled last year by the dead letter office? 10 Of this amount how many pieces of mail were circulars and advertising matter?

Clean government won out in the West Hammond primary election K- M. Woszrynski was nomttiated for mayor. Virginia Brooks is elated. The East Chicago Eoard of Works is now considering the franchise for the Indian HarborHammond line of the Gary & Interurban Ry. The .board has also been asked to vacate three streets which pass through the site purchased for the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The Associated , Charities shas started agitation for a Day Nursery in East Chicago.

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