Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 323, Hammond, Lake County, 6 June 1922 — Page 1

NORTH TP. ASSESSED 6 MILLIONS LOWER THAN 1921

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Today's Decision of Labor Board Makes Cut Effective July 1st Bl 'L LET IS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! VAtni(ilu., rfuae tt. reduction ordered t the railroad labor board for the hop crafts workers are the "most unjint" the board haa ever made. It rra declared today 1'T J. F. Anderson, vice prealdeat of the International Association of Machinists. Anderson said the cots were greater than had been anticipated and that members of the machinists' unions would be given an opportunity through the medium of a strike vote to tiprwi their opinion concerning the reductions. The strike ballots are expected to be sent out within thirty days. By; LUTHER A. HUSTON STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE CHICAGO. June 6. Th crisis of a railway strike wa brought appreciably nearer, it wm generally believed today, by the announcement of the United States railway labor board of a reduction estimated at mora than $59,000,000 annually 'n the ntgti of federated shopcraft unions. Strike votes on the part of the unions are certain to follow, unless railroad labor executives "about face" and reverse their present announced attitude. Today's decision of the board order wage cuts, effective July 1. ranging from nothing for supervisory employes to 9 cents an hour for freigh't car men. Th two largest divisions of the shop crafts employes, the machinists, electricians, blacksmiths, toiler makers, etc., and the helpers and apprentices, are reduced 7 cents an hour. 800,000 are: affected In normal times the number of men affected by the decision would approximate 450,000. Latest available figures, however, show that in February last. 290. 182 men were employed by the railroads In the shopcrafts classification. ' The decision of the board, as was the case with the ruling reducing the wages of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes sev. eral -days RSV Is concurred in by the members comprising the public and the railroad groups. The labor members. A. O. Wharton. Albert Phillips and W. L. McMenlmen. were unanimous in dissenting. The minority report attacks the present decision on the ground that It cuts under the scale- of a "living mage" for railway employes. The labor members charge that the decision Is based upon cold statistics and that no consideration Is Riven the ' human needs of the employes affected." MINORITY OPINION "The most careful and comprehensive investigation of this , subject." the minority opinion declares, "shows that wages which do not provide for the nteds of a family of five meen that 72 per cent of all the children In the families receiving this wage will be Inadequately provided for duiig at least five critical years of their lives, permanent traces of this malnutrition will be ft on the physique of the next genratlon." The majority opinion points out that "after tiie reductions made under this decision, shop employes on the railroads will still be receiving as a rule, a wage In excess of that paid to similar employes in other industries." . It is contended In the majority opinion that the Increased purchasing power of the wages paid trie shopcraft employes offsets the decrease in the amount of the wages so that the value of the wages Is really greater. In this connection the board says: "Athough the average hourly earnings of the machinists are below the earnings a'ter decision No. 2 ftssued on May 1. 1920, and Increased the wages of employes) was applied by 15 cents per hour, their value Is 6.9 per cent greater due to the decrease in the sost of living." INCREASED M. C. E Increased railroad service between Chicago and Hammond over the Michigan Central lines was announced today by J. H. Nugent, of the Michigan Central local office. Two trains" have been added to . the run. In place of the old CanaJlan Pacific special which left Chicago at 5:49 p. m., a new train has been added. This is the Grand Rapias special. It will leave Chicago at 6:10 P- m-. arriving at Hammond at 5:49. Th former Canadian Pacific special, has been changed to leave Chicago at 8:40. arriving at Hammond at 6:19. This will be a through train and will stop here only on signal to pick up passengers for the Canadian side. Going west, the Grand Rapids special will arrive in Hammond at 6:10 a. m. This train will provide extra service for early Chicago bound travelers.

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Registration Days. Days on which 'voters throughout Indiana may regUter this year are September 9 and October 29 George Healey member of the state board of election commissioners has announced. The new law regarding registration, he said, had confused many persons, including some county officials. The roster of voters to be created by this year's registration wiil become permanent, Mr. Healey said. In the future only one registration a year, early in October will be he' to enroll new voters or those moving Into a new voting district. Two ,-ei;lstraUuiis can be had in any year, it was pointed out', by a provision of the law enacted by the last legislature that permits the holding of both the September and October registrations on the petition of 300 voters.

Did You Hear That WILLIAM rEPPERDIXE is borne from St. Petersburg, Fla. THE net revenue from the sale sf poppies by women auxiliaries of the vets was $327.75. EXrERT. Miss Martha Stevens has the rep of making the sturdiest "choc-malts" on Hohman st. HAMMOND Kiwanlans will motor to Valparaiso Thursday evening to attend the district Kiwanis convention. ATTT. C. B. T1XKHAM is handling some of the routine work as special judge in Room 1 of the superior court during the absence of Judge F.eiter. THE Men's baseball team of the First Presbyterian church will play the Tri Mu team of the Sunday school Saturday at the West Park diamond. Game starts at 2:30. LARSEX POST of the V. F. W. meets tonight at Odd Fellows hall in open social session. All overseas veterans are cordially invited to be there. An interesting program will be given. WEST HAMMOND people will be uting the new swimming pool in the Memorial Park by July 1. The concrete walls are finished and it will not be long until the sloping floor has been poured. DOC SHARKER malls a post card from New Mexico showing the hole in the mountain between Gallup and Ganado. Says the hoe represents all he had left after the poker game the night before. THE M. B. BOOT SHOP advertised "Shoes for a song," andt 'Mel. Monnett, C. E. Barth and Don Groves took them at their word and went over to the shop and sang a song. Now they want the shoes. "SO that's why business has been so poor for West Hammond soft drink parlors," remarked one of th proprietors last night after reading the Gary vice story in The Times. "I'd noticed that the Gary bunch had quit us cold for a long time." H. R. W. SMITH, veteran newspaper editor, is back from the west for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Paxton. Mr. Smith, who is well known by newspapermen throughout the country, spent the past few years in Wyoming and California. COMMISSIONER Charles Surprise back from Washington, says he droped in on the president an3 had a chat with Secretary Hughes. Mr. Hughes sent greetings to the young men's class of the Methodist Sunday school of which Surprise is teacher. THE TIMES reportorial vice squad was in one of the toughest dives in Gary last night. There are certain ethical standards, even in the un derworld, the main one being that pome one buy a round of drinks. "What'll you birds have?" said the bartender . "Give me some wine," said the first man. "I'll take a cigar," said the second. "I'll take a package of gum," said the third. The bartender fell on hi a face. ESCORT turns window peeper. Police responding to a hurry-up call from an east side woman, caught a young man in the vicinity of the house into which the young man was all? ged to have ben window peeping. "The police brought him to the front door of the house. The matron answered the ringi ' Her daughter stood at her side. "This fellow was peeping into your side windows. A neighbor woman saw him and called us. He says he just brought your daughter home," said the officer. THEY ARE NOT WORRYING WASHINGTON. June 6 The administration foresees no "immediate crisis' in the coal strike situation, It was stated officially at the white house this afternoon. High officials pointed out t that figures to the department of commerce and laTjor Indicate there will be no shortage of coal during the present month. The government has no means of preventing increases in coal prices except by moral suasion, it was stated, but efforts will continue to be made to keep retail prices at reasonable levels. A single pair of sparrows and a nest of young ones consume about 3,000 insects a week.

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"WET"REIGN EXTENDS TO State Line Cities of Hammond and West Hammond Flagrantly Violate the Law The reign of lawlessness in Gary which is being exposed by The Times and about which the Gary Post-Tribune has been strangely silent, is reflected to a lesser degree ip Hammond and West Hammond. Prohibition enforcement in these cities has become a joke. Moonshine is sold in certain grocery stores in East Hammond. Whiskey is sold openly over the bar in saloTTh at the lake front, all along West State street. State Line street, and In other sections of Hammond and West Hammond. It Is an open and notorious fact that during the convention of the republican precinct committeemen at Carl Lundgron's fish restaurant this spring, leading politicians of the county made many trips from the dining room to a little cottage at the rear of the main building where whiskey was being sold. One of the guests at the convention dinner was a newly appointed prohibition en forcement omcer from Gary, namely, George Weeks. Only a short time after that a Times reporter visiting the bar of the Point Cafe at he Lake front found a group of yromlnent politicians plainly intoxicated and buying whiskey. There is a saloon on State Line street a few doors from the corner of Rimbach avenue where whiskey and beer is sold openly. The place is largely patronized by Hammond men, many of them professional and business men. The saloons on West State street that sell both whiskey and beer are almost oo numerous to . mention. Recently, It was rumored, 800 bar rels of high percentage beer was! distributed among the West Hammond and Burnham saloons. The resorts on Gostlin street at the State Line, including the infamous Speedway Inn, are operating again. There are approximately fifty women in these places over the week-end. The Lodge at Burnham is another flagrant violator of the prohibition law. The Arrowhead Inn and the Burnham Bay are closed, it is reported, but Coney Island is doing a big business in strong drinks. Law enforcement as regards the Volstead and state liquor laws Is a joke, and the prosecution of keepers of houses of prostitution is farcical. An example of the laxity in the latter it is only necessary to cite the case of the proprietor of the Rex Hotel in Hammond, who was found guilty of keeping a house of prostitution and fined $100 by City Judge Cleveland with a six months jail sentence. Inmates of the Rex Hotel testified that they paid the proprietor a portion of their earnings. An appeal from the city court was taken to the criminal court at Crown Point where the prosecutor and the attorney for the defense agreed upon a suspended sentence and $25 fine. The prosecutor's" excuase was that "the affidavit was faulty." Reputable attorneys say that he .onlrt have filed a new affidavit and it is declared that he could have taken the liberty of correcting the affidavit. At any rate, the proprietor of the; Rex Hotel got off (with a $25 fine and no jail sentence. The debacle of prohibition enforcement dates back to the time when politicians began an effort to remove Gus Simons and Edward Berwanger from the prohibition enforcement office Defeated in their attempt to replace these two efficient officers with Leo Bonaventura, the politicians finally succeeded In putting into ofTico Geor, Weeks and Harvey Rhed. The new enforcement officers have not been successful, to say the least, in the enforcement of prohibition in Hammond, especially at the politically favored lake front resorts, and the East Hammond moonshine parlors. CALDWELL NOW IN FOURTH PLACE tSFECIAL TO THE TIKES1 CROWN POINT. INT.. June 6 Lewis H. Caldwell, of Gary. the petitioner for a recount of all votes cast for Justice of the Peace in Calumet Township, is now in fourth place instead of fifth as shown in the primaries, Caldwell having gained 31 votes so far in the counting of five Gary precincts, making him 22 votes in the lead of the fourth man lii the ticket, George Rapich according to the recount Caldwell la now fourth on the primary sheet. Russia was the first country in

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BULL MOOSE GIVES G.0.PJEW SHOCK Ultra-Progressive Apparently the Winner in Iowa Primary.

BY GEORGE R. HOLMES. i IINTESNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 j W Acnuu'i L: c.. outie t Although political Washington has' i Dten somewhat stetled against shocks by the experiences oi the last month in Indiana and Pennsylvania, the apparent victorv of j Colonel Smith W. Brookheart. ul tra-progressive, in the Iowa primaries, nevertheless caused a mild sensational in the capital today. Brookheart. the oolitical fo of I Senator A. B. Cummins anrl Stiatri-Charles-S. Rawson, the two republican senators from Iowa, captured the senatorial nomination from a field of six candidates. All of whom were more favored by the Iowa state organization than was the victor. Senator Cummins and Senator Rawson spent the forenoon today in touch with the slow coming Iowa returns at noon, after telephoning and telegraphing to Iowa, they admitted that Brookheart appeared a certain winner, according to their figures, with 1,126 precincts reported out of a total of 2,384, Brookheart still held his 39 per cent lead. The count then stood Brookheart, 60,345; Charles E. Picket, 28.639; Cliffor.I Thome, 21.OS0; Leslie A. Francis 20.337; Bur E. Sweet, 16,222, and Claude M. Stanley. 6,021. Neither Senator Cummins nor Senator Rawson would make any comment on the result, but it was J plain they were hugely disappoint ed. SENT TO JAIL Frank Gonskl,' who recently acquired the Panama cafe on the south side, named in The Times story yesterday which turned Gary topsyturvy who' was arrested yesterday noon as the keeper of a house of ill fame, together with Nellie Springer, an inmate at 1901 Washington street was fined $25 and costs by City Judge Dunn this morning. The Springer woman was fined $20 and costs and given a ten day jail sentence. Gonskl who was a former . shoe repairer and purchased the Panama about a month ago was advised 'by Judge Dunn to either" sell out or close up. The Springer woman stated to the police that she was formerly a resident of Toledo, O.. and was induced to come to Gary several weeks ago by a woman friend on the advice that business was good. During the past three weeks she haa been at the Panama and admitted making some $70, half of which Bhe turned over to(Gouski. The police also raided a soft drink parlor at 1 7 1 7 Adams street, causing the arrest of Sam and Gladys Coffro on a charge of keeping a house of ill fame and Elsie Schroeder. as a prostitute. In her confession to the police following her arrest Elsie told that she was married and up until two weeks ago lived at Michigan City. She stated that she met a foreigner there and he informed her that there was a Job open at 1717 Adams street, he threatening her with death if she did not come to Gary. She worked she said from 11 o'clock In the morning until 11 o'clock at night and had made $7. ATTAINS MAJORITY; GETS PRIZE CAR When they cut the cake at the twenty-first birthday anniversary of Henry John Schmueser. that fortunate lad found himself the proud possessor of one of the most tempting gifts that ever fell to the lot of a natal day nominee. It was a six cylinder, 4 passenger, sport model Buick, upholstered in grain leather. It has all the equipment and appointments of a Rolls-Royce. It was a gift from his father. John Schmueser, vBuIek distributor. The car is equipped with electric cigar lighter, trunk, disc wheels, nickel plated radiator, and is a rich maroon eclor. The cost "as is" is $2,030. Some gift. Some dad. Henry John's younger brother, aged 10 years, mournfully counts the Intervening span twlxt 10 and 21. DEATH OF R. W. JURY R. W. Jury, aged 63 years, died yesterday at his hefaie 104' Grove st. He hi survived by his widow, a son Roland J., one grand-daughter, a sister and a brother. Mr. Jury was born In England. Five years ago he came to Hammond from the Eat. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon from the late residence. Rev, Langendorff will officiate. C. H. Stewart will conduct tha runs).

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Tenth District Financiers in Session at Crown Point Next Tuesday SPECIAL TO THE TIMES j CKO.., . v...., a( t. 1 Ail ariaufceiiitui.s ,11a.. bec-n cum-' iucicu u,- u Kin uiiuuai lueeniip vii ihe inUKim baiutia -vssucia-, Hun of me 'Aenth district, which win be lieid at the Lake County! Fair grounds. luesuay, June lu 1 132. . relegates and guests will be tegisttreu at the fair grounds beg in -ing at lg o'ciock. The mettins win begin at 11 o clock with the following program; Meeting called to order by Chairman O. H. Keller. Prayer, Rev. C. A. Brown, Lowell. America. A word of welcome. Mayor E. C. Glover, Crown Point. Reading of minutes of last meeting by the secretary. Albert Maack. Appointment of nominating committee. Remarks by st:Ue president anJ secretary. Address: "The Duties of BanK Directors," F. E. Davis, presidem Citizens National Bank, Tipton. Address: "Foreign Debts and Reparations." Walter Lichenstein. executive secretary. First National Bank, Chicago. General discussion. , Report of nominating committee. Dinner will be served at 12:30 in Fine Arts building. 2:00 Horse shoe throwing contest. Horse races. Pony races. . The bankers of Starke county will put up the loving tun which they won in the horse shoe throwing contest at the meeting held in Winamae last year and will defend It against all comers. Albert Maack of this Mty. in secretary and the executive committee is composed of F. L. Lough, Remington: E. L. Morsran. Chesterton: C. W. Isenburger. LaCrosse: H. L. Arnold. Gary; J. C. Fletcher, Knox. Joe Had No Time For Croix The Clean Table Cloth was Much More Important Than the Honor. Suppose you had done samething out of the ordinary during the late war and the French government had sent a General over to the United States to pin the Croix de Guerre on yojr chest. Would you be elated? Joe Fox. 194 Truman avenue. Hammond, waiter at the Majestic cafe, had ' that honor awaiting him this afternoon. But he didn't show it. Joe just worked right along at the Majestic this morning fixing things up- for the noon-day rush. He resly had little time to discuss the matter. Business came first. Fox was a member of the Second division in France. He entered the service at Indianapolis, although he made Hammond his home before and after the war. Today the Second division Is holding a reunion in Chicago and Joe was expected to be there. He had been urged specially to attend as he was due for a citation for 'bravery from the French government. Numerous other Hammond men were going rbut Joe is believed to be the only home town man to be booked for honors. But business was too pressing at the restaurant. "Tou see the boss and I are all alone . today." explained Joe. "I haven't been able to find a man to work in my place this afternoon and i I wouldn't go and leave him alone." Joe continued to shake. out clean new tible-cloths and tidy up the tables for the day. Asked regarding the act which had won for him the French citation Fox offerr d . little . information. "Oh, there were several little things that might have attracted their attention. Just foolish stunts you know, that anyone could have done," he parried. Then after further questioning, he admitted: "Well frankly, I suppose the stunt they refer to is the time I helped bust up a machine gun nest." That wajs his story. He went ahead with his work. GONE EAST ON A PURCHASING TRIP Mr. Julius Arkin, Mgr. Hammond Furniture Co.. leaves for the east today to purchase from the manufacturer a line of Rugs, Refrigerators and Ice Boxes at a very low figure. Walt and " watch for this sale. 6:6

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UTs in t-nicago. - KALAMAZOO BLADE PUTS ON A PARTY Publisher's Scion Stages An Orgy That Put Garden of Eden to Shame I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE KALAMAZOO." Mich,. June 6. Robert Eberhard, scion of- one of Kalamazoo's wealthiest families, and leader of the city's gayer element, started a thirty day " jal sentence last night for acting as host at the "party" In which he and five guests, three of them women, were arrested Saturday night. The other five were released on payment of fines to Jay. An evening of wildest abandon was revealed by testimony in the trial. All of the six pleaded, guilty to charges ol drunkenness and disorder. Police testified at the trial that several guoets were only partly dressed. One member of the party was questioned by Judge Blankenburg as to the amount or wearing apparel worn by the guests, "What about the report that several were naked?" the judge asked Mrs. Richards. Mrs. Richards blushed violently, and did not look up as she replied that it was true. "Who was naked?" demanded the court. "Mrs. Bowers and a Mr. Xewmark were dancing upstairs, I think." she said, weeping. Tolice declared that they, found more than 100 empty liquor bottles in the house. Eberhard has a record of four previous convictions, all for speeding or drunkenness. He maintains a suite at the Hotel Burdick. It was there that he entertained John Duval Dodge of Detroit at the time of the wild night ride which resultfd in Dodge's arrest and conviction early in March., Eberhard is the son of a pioneer Kalamazoo publisher. PUT BACK ON i in To increase still further the high standard of service gi'ven patrons of the Twentieth Century Limited, the New Tork Centrals famous twenty-four hour train between New Tork and Chicago, new observation cars of the most modern type will be made a regular part of the daily equipment of this train, not later than August 1st The observation cars will be continued In service until December 1st, while weather conditions are favorable for their operation. Under daylight' saving time the schedule of the Twentieth Century Limited, both east and west bound, is such that passengers have almost three hours for viewing the scenic splendors of the Hudson river.

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county TWO RAIDS BY WEEKS AT Chief George Weeks of the Federal prohibition enforcement office, and his sponge squad, jumped over to Indiana Harbor yesterday confiscating two complete stills, some moonshine and a large quantity of mash. Agents Rhed and , Elliat, Capt. Makar and officers Kerrin and Badish assisted in the raids. ( At the grocery store of Simon Wojtasgek, 3765 Michigan avenue, they found several gallons of moonshine, charging the owner with violating the state liquor law. Grice Chandler, a colored man, took to the woods according to Chief Weeks when the sponge squad rald- ! er the soft drink parlor at 352S ParIsh avenue. They found a 20 galI Ion complete still, 500 gallons of grain mash and gallons of moon shine. LI (SPECIAL TO THE TIMESJ CROWN POINT. lnd.. June 6. At a meeting of the directors of the People's State Bank on Monday night, the contract for their new bank building, to be built" on the corner of Main and Jollet streets, was let to E. W. Crowell. of this city for $56,336. Work will begin as soon as the material arrives, the basement being partially excavated at this time, the old building having been moved to the Frederich lot last week. The bank building, when completed, will be one of the finest buildings in this part of the state. Owing to the increased volume of business of the People's State Bank, which was built in 1907. it was necessary to seek more commodious quarters. Other bidders on the structure were : Vernon Tarry, Crown Point. $61,798. General Construction Co., Gary, $6S761. Panner Johnson A Mayers, Hammond, $61,S33. Htnderlong Lumber Co., Crown Point. $5 ,7$9. E. H. Crowell, Crown Tolnt, $56,355. Griffith Construction Co., Chicago, $54,320. SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT FONT DU LAC, Wis., Jun 6. Eight people, six of them from Chicago, were injured when a touring car went into a ditch near Campbellsport, late Monday afternoon. The Injured brought to the hospital here are: L H. Urecker, cable foreman, Bell Telephone Company, badly cut and bruised. Mrs. Urecker.'and four children. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Longhurt of Neenah, who were also in the car, were "badly shaken up.

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North Township's total assess' valuation for 1922 is more than si , million dollars lower than for i52i; according to figures which have Jus been compiled by Assessor Jame' Clements. Out of the seven eori porate divisions of the township only three, Hammond, Munater. an the part of the township not InJ ciuaea in any town, show increase In valuations. The figures do not lncluda ih valuations of public utilities, wfcici are set by the state tax board These will be added later. jj The report bears out the predlcj tlon made some time ago that personal property would be assessed a1 lower figures this year. j it is also noticeable that tfia nunH ber of polls has decreased la evra division with the exception sf Heas ville. Following are th figures: EAST CHICAGO 1921 1922 A Personal $20,014,000 $14,733,011 Acre 6,848,730 7, 488. 78 Acre Imp. ... 18.049,495 18,609,31 Add. Imp. ... 787.7S8 a Lots . 8.998. 510 . 14,520.270 437,030 7,800,10 13,850.82 Lot Imp. Add. Imp

Totals $67.65o,-790 $62,380,04 Loss $5,275,760 Polls 5.618 4,415 HAMMOTO 1921 1S22 Personal . . . . $10.792.1c0 $ 9.456,30 Acre 4,567,505 6,300.57 Acre Imp. ... 4.623.220 4,178,63 Add. Imp. ... 242,500 Lots 9,632.495 11.707,89 Lot Imp 16.148,685 17,948,07 Add. Imp. ... 1,457,115 Totals $47,463,650 $48,891,4$ Gain $1,127,830 Polls 6,671 B.804 WHITIXG 1921 1922. Personal $12,144,640 $10,293.97 Acre 684.650 682.40 Acre Imp.-... 6,569,710 6.748.V1 Add. Imp. ... 220,485 Lots 1.308,943 1,450,18 Lot Imp 3,679.335 3.598,45 Add. Imp. ... . 126,950 Totals .$24,724,965 $22,773.62. Loss $1,951,345 Polls 1,392 1,298 HESS VILLE 1921 1922 Personal $ 147.990 $ 72.34 Acre 606.50 $94,28 Acre Imp. ... 178.950 151.55' Add. Imp. ... 10.000 Lots .... 251.775 224.23 Lot Imp ' 60,375 84,67 Add. Imp. ;

Totals $ 1,156.190 $ 927,08 Loss $229.1'J5 Poll 297 310 HIGHLAND 1921 1922 ' Personal $ 92.280 $ 60.41 1 Acre 653,0-0 603. 01 Acre Imp. ... 98,800 102,25' Add. Imp Lots 68.025 65.24' Lot Imp, t 63.150 l 75,70i Add. Imp. ... 12.000 Totas $ 919,275 $ 906.61

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Poll 100 91 MVXsTER 1921 192J Personal $ 162.640 $ 124. 9i Acre 800.625 805.37 Acre Imp. ... 97.300 148.901 Add. Imp. ... 8.3"0 : Lots 45.085 44.42i Lot Imp. .... 15.950 18,65 Add. Imp. ... 2.000

Totals $ 1,131.630 $ 1.142.24! Gain $10,615 rolls 12 1J9. NORTH 1921 1921 Personal ....$ 16.470 : Acre 63.160 $ 22S.66 Acre Imp 8.100 14,70 Add. Imp '' Lots 35,280 28.4 Lot Imp 26.900 . 24.70C Add. Imp ...... Totals $ - 149.910 $ 293, 60 Gain $143,690 Polls .... 9 GRAND TOTAL VALCATIOJf 1921 $143,201,410 1922 137,014.685 SI' MM ART Gain Loss East Chicago $5,275.78( Hammond $1,127,830 Whiting 1,951,34! Hessville 229,lef Hisrhland 12.66C Munster 10,615 North 143,690 Totals $1,282,135 $7.46$,86C North Twp. net loss $6,186,725 Loss less than 4 1-8 per cent. WORKERS TO FIGHT CUT i (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! DETROIT. Juen 6 "The rallro4 workers of the nation will stand a a unit to fight any wage cut," da clared Vice-President J. C. Smock, ol the United Brotherhood of Malnten ance of Way and Railway Shop La,. borers today in commenting on th latest pay slashing announcemen; made today. "While this newest cut does not affect us, yet we will fight it tooth and nail," declared Smock. "TVe receive the same backing of other railway crafts in the battle to pre. vent the shopmen's cut." A srtlke poll is now being taker among 4.000,000 shopmen on the is sue of a $4S,000.000 wage cut recently announced. Alfalfa, although a comparatively new crop to the American farmsr, was grown in Italy more than 1,065 years ago. .'

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