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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14
Gary News

Mrs Luby and three friends of
Hammond. drove over to visit Mrs
T. E. Knots yesterday
Frank Wilder is expecting the ar
rival of his excayating machine now
daily and promises to make the dirt
fly when he gets it ready for work.
j. w. Reed Of Hammond, who
built the Reid, Murdoch & Co, plant
at Hammond year ago, was a visit
or here yesterday.
Although Sunday was banner day
for visitors, the number exceeding
three hundred, yesterday gave us
goodly number.
DR.. Jones, who has been indis-
posed for several days is improving
quite rapidly under the skillful care
of Mrs. Jones, who by the way is also
an NJ. D.
A. Z. Knots is in Chicago today
completing arrangements for taking
up his work here instead of at Chi |
cago where he had had his ofice
hitherto
Post who is on the south corps
returned this morning from a short |
visit in Wisconsin. 1t is rumored
that the visit was not to his own
home, but his welcome was none the
less warm.
The boom was placed in position
on the locomotive crane this morn
ing and she was fired up this after
noon. Mr. Gatens, who will run the
monster, is as proud of the new ma
chine as his little boy would be over
his first top.
T. Il. Knots is having an addition
built to his kitchen Mrs. Knots
did not like to lose her splendid view
of Broadway, but finally decided that
the need for a larger kitchen was
greater than her need for a fine
view.
Michael Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald ,
brothers, has been somewhat i'll for .
few days The doctor feared that
it would develop into appendicitis.
but his last examination gives rea-
son to believe that Mr. Fitzgerald
will recover without undergoing an
operation.
The two Baltimore e Ohio trains n
that passed through here yesterday
carrying the old soldiers back from
their reunion at Washington stopped fl
for several minutes on the north side. +
The engine on the first train had
sprung leak in her boilers and it
became necessary to stop and doctor n
the matter before going further. b
One of the feminine sex of a nearby
town has decided that she will not j
move to Gary until they have some =
society here. We are glad to learn v
today that her husband has decided
not to come at all. She would prob
ably have had time for the leisure
class and that class is not allowed
to remain here, generally being told {
to Move on. X
The corps is setting the grades for
the switch track that is to be run Is
from the Lake Shore tracks east of e
the present depot They have set b
the grade for the wagon track that g
is being graded along the Lake Shore
switch west of the depot The extra
switches will be needed Immediately is
as the material for paving, for sew fc
ers and for the dwelling, will begin to
to arrive this week dc
The work of the "clam shell" in tn
digging the new channel for the river al
S progressing nicely. An enclosure til
S being built on the trucks of the OF
machine for the protection Of the
men who run it. against the hot sun
About six hundred feet of chanDe1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

The two Baltimore & Ohio trains
that passed through here yesterday
carrying the old soldiers back from
their reunion at Washington stopped
for several minutes on the north side
The engine on the first train had
sprung leak in her boilers and it
became necessary to stop and doctor
the matter before going further.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Raymond Buck left yesterday 70
Quincy, III. to visit his grandparents
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Mrs. Peter Krill and mother, Mrs
Platter of Milwaukee, left yesterday
noon for Detroit, Mich, to attend the
wedding of Mr.. Platter, brother of
Mrs. Krill. The newly married
couple will go to Niagara Falls on
their honeymoon, and Mrs. Platter
and Mrs. Krill expect to make the
trip with them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

The city council at their regular
meeting last night appropriated $30C
towards the defraying of expense.
of the tournament of the volunteer
fire department, which takes place
next Saturday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

The lawn social by the J. U. G.
girls last night was a great success.
Mr.. Davenport cleared the park by
moving the grass and cutting down
all the weeds. The girls strung Jap
anese lanterns from the trees and had
tables scattered throughout the park.
Refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Aeire 773 of Fraternal Order of
Eagles of Johnstown, Pa, passed
through here yesterday en- route to
Milwaukee, Wis, over the Wabash,
to attend convention.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

A negro who had been annoying
the neighborhood of Eggers at the
State Line was driven away by Of
fcer Frank Holbeck.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

William Esswein. former teacher
of st. John left for Marshfeld, Wis.
yesterday where he Will take UP a
position as teacher and organist. Mr..
Esswein has been a teacher in Lake
county during the past thirty years
and has record of having never
missed a day on account of sickness
Beginning today the c. l. & S. will
ship milk to Chicago and other points
along its line. More than 125 cans
of milk are delivered for shipment at
the two stations daily. The C. /. &
S. has also established a milk station
two miles south of St. John which is
known as the Hero Stand. The sec
ond stand is great convenience to
the surrounding farmers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Miss Mamie Bollinger of Ohio ave.
nue., is entertaining her cousin from
Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Miss Lyons of Woodlawn spen-
yesterday with Miss Ella Klose.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Jos. Foss is visiting his sister, Mrs.
H. M. Brown. Mr.. Foss was called
to Chicago on account of the illness
of his mother. AS soon as Mrs. Foss
is able to travel, she will return with
her son to New Mexico, where he is
at present located.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

The council last night granted to
the East Chicago, Hammond & Whit
ing Street Car company the right to
lay ~ track on Exchange avenue
and they expect to run the cars
straight through from 63rd street
about September 1st.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Thomas Reilly, of Michigan City
is enjoying a weeks visit with his sis
ter, Mrs Peter Frederick and hus-
band. Mr.. Reilly is a locomotive en-
gineer out of Michigan City.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Mail Carriers Bacon and Davis are
experiencing the trouble of three
large bridges being out on their
routes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

E. ]. Jewett of Indiana boulevard
was in Chicago on business Monday
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Rev. Sharp of the Christian church
baptised three people in the lake
front last evening at $50 o'clock.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Mrs. Jas. Twitt entertained her
sister and niece from Chicago yester-
day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

J. 2 Palmer and wife visited rela-
tives in Hammond, East Chicago and
Chicago and took in the sights at the
White City Sunday and Monday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Mrs. Luby and three friends of
Hammond. drove over to visit Mrs.
T. Z. Knots yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. E. ". Mattern and
son of Indian Territory are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Mattern of Oliver
street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Little Irene VanCamp. aged 6, had
the misfortune to fall from a tree and
break her arm in two places.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Clayton Moon is visiting his broth
er, c. d. Moon. Mr.. Moon has been
quite sick for the past three weeks
with blood poisoning and is out mere
recuperating
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

The family Of Frank Laverty re-
moved from their home on 18th
street to Schrage avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14
Lowell News.

Willie Nichols and family have
moved into the fine new residence
built for them on the west side.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Misses Margaret Laugmyer and
Irene Putnam with Miss Minnie
Stevenson as ehaperone went to Mil
waukee Sunday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

j. Nv Reed Of Hammond, who
built the Reid, Murdoch & Co, plant
at Hammond year ago, was a visit
or here yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Frank Wilder is expecting the ar
rival of his excayating machine now
daily and promises to make the dirt
fly when he gets it ready for work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-14

Mrs Howard Davis is reported
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

There was nothing new in it, but 1t
was enough TO set Jack thinking.
"Of course he said to himself, when
| talk in this can 1t sets the bottom
of 1t shaking. That shakes the string
and the string shakes the other can
the same way. SO 1T talks what / say
here. ] believe / can fix a good one
that | can tell the boys how to make
and one that will work better. too
Accordingly when ne got to his rooms
that night he figured out a practical
telephone and in an off hour next day
made a set of them to try.
First. as in Fig. VII. he took two
pieces OF inch pine about four inches
square and marked out circles on
them of two-inch radius, cutting them
out with saw. In the center OF each
he bored a one-inch hole. Thus he had
two .'doughnuts" four inches In di-
ameter with the hole In each an inch
across in the center.
Next he drew line (x) all around
one side Of the pieces a quarter of an
inch from the edge, as in Fig. VIII and
then with his knife slanted off the
part inside of this rim to the certer
hole for depth of a little over quar-
ter of an inch. This made this side
funnel shaped, as at +. Figs. VI and
VIII.
The other sides of the pieces he fun
neled'' off in the same way, but not SO
fiaring, rounding off the outside edge
and making a mouthpiece OF it.
Well talk into this side," he said.
When done the piece was in section
like A in Fig. VI n being the mouth
piece, Q the inch hole and r the back
funnel shaped part with the quarter
inch rim.
Jack now took a piece of pasteboard
and cut from it two washers, w, W.
as in Figs. VI and TX with diameters
the same as the pie A and a quarter
of an inch wide.
One of these he fastened to the back
of the piece A at W. Fig. VI, then glued
a piece of moist tough paper on top
of this and put the second washer (W,
Fig VD on top OF this. The paper is
shown at d.
Then he laid the piece with the
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the paper sticking out around the up
per washer w. And they can hear
better, too. Now. to fit it up"
On opposite sides on top OF the
washers w, W. on the rim, he glued
two small pieces OF wood about an
inch long and a quarter of an inch
square. curved q little TO ut on top
OF the washer and shown at (m)
Fig. VI.
On top of these he then fastened q
springy lath (L) Of hard wood. about
two feet long.
It'll make a good spring" he said.
easy to make and good and stif. too"
and he fastened a block three inches
vide or thereabouts at (b) on the upper
end on the side opposite the phone A.
To test the phones he fastened them
up between two posts in the shop
where he was working
First he screwed the blocks (b) to
the posts. letting the lath l. slant
little SO the lower end projected out
away from the side of the post.
Then punching hole in the center OF
each paper diaphragm CD he strung
shoe thread through II with a fiat
button on tho end, pulling it till the
bottom OF the button was tight up
against the paper diaphragm inside.
The thread he ran through hole COZ
In the lath. which he had bored oppo-
lath In place, and running 1T across the
shop fastened it In similar manner
to the other phone, stretching the
sting tight. Then as the bottoms of
each phone he fastened a small bell
with screw through the hole in the
bell UP into the piece A.
Just about this time a friend of his,
Fred Westerman, came in, for Jack
had been working out OF hours and
was alone In his shop.
Hello. Messer." he said. What
doin'7 Oh. ! seei Rigging up An
acoustic hey? Good! You've got Z
dandy scheme there. Call bell ar
rangement. Say, that'd tickle the kids
at home" and he gazed deliEhtsdly at
Jacks work.
As for Jack. he was pleased to see
that there was some one else interested
In this sort OF work and who knew
something of 1t. too. He had noticed
WestermAn In his classes and had seen
that he had more ingenuity than the
rest, but had not had a chance to get
real well acquainted.
Now he stopped and in few words
explained what he was doing and
who for.
That's funny" said Westerman.
for thought I was the only one that
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You see. 10 any solid thing touched
anywhere IL couldn't shake or 'vibrafe'
and the talk wouldn't be transmitted"
That'll tickle my boys immenssly,"
said Westermann. But how far will it
talk?
1T depends a whole lot on the way
it's put up. II everything is favorable
they can be made 10 work for q con-
siderable distance. but the boys hadn't
better attempt IL much over block.
Making the diaphragm OF thin tin or
'tintype' tin and the line OF light wire
makes II about az good as boys can do"
WELL" said Westermann, as he left.
Tn glad TO have found you out Can't
you come up to my room some evening
and I can show you some of my fool
schemes as the folks used to call
them? ! haven't got much. but we can
talk
"All right. I'll be over" was the re-
ply. "and we'Il get UP something to
astonish the natives"
That night Jack thought Of . nav
scheme.
(To Be Continucd.)
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
Jack Tells About
A New Carrier
And a Telephone
CHAPTER TX

he next letter Jack wrote wss
addressed 20 Ed and told how
20 make another kind OF car 20
run on wire.
This is the kind" wrote Jack. Chat
you see sometimes running where big
excavations are being made or some
times used in mills or factories for
conveying material from one place to
another or for carrying ore or supplies
over the mountains
Fig. I shows q completed. a small
model. Of course. arranged to carry
sand anc dump II at q given place.
The line wire the car runs on q,
shown here At L. the supporting post,
etc. at II. the car at b c d.
and the string that draws the car at NJ.
The first thing 10 make, OF course,
is the wheels. and they are Just circles
OF half-inch wood with hole through
the middle OF each AZ o and grooved
with rat tail or three-cornere nie as
IN Fig. II. They are fastened. as shown,
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around the line passing over the cross
arms g of the line and around the pull
leys at both ends. It is either tied
directly to the nail N also or con-
necfed TO IL by a short piece of string.
We can now put a crank on one of the
puiieys p and try IL. / have shown
the crank at K made from u screw
and a piece of spool
Now as we turn the crank the car
will approach one or the other of the
ends of the line. The wheels w fol-
lowing the line l. run up and onto the
tin (r) as In the position of the car
at Fig. ".
The string NJ still pulling. The car
moves around on lrl, the nail N steer
ing the string so that it keeps in it's
groove and doesn't run off. Arrived
at the other side it runs off the tin
onto the other wire l. again and away
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
LITTLE DICK TRAPPED THE STAGE robbers

taken n0tlce or Wnen, coming TO th(
shack on tiptoe. he had found the rob-
bers' home. BY the time the robber
Jim. was around the shack. on his side
of it. he was all out OF sight and az
still as a mouse. In the heart Of the
log.
Little Dick was 15 years old. He
did not know much about books, more
is the pity, for good books help every
one who reads them, but he wns a
manin thinking quickly and in follow
ing up his thoughts by acts. Hence he
was out Of the log again In . short
time and. stealing down tho trail.
quietly headed for Bender's house, to
which the robbers had planned to 50
the next day.
II guess I'll be hero this time and
have my picture In the papers and get
some OF that gold / looked at, from
the express company. II I make good =
on his tramp to Bender's. The saino
thought was IN his mind when he nad
passed over two miles Of trail and
was where he could have seen Bender >
house but for the thickness Of the foli-
age on the trees beyond him.
Give the blaSk and the bay good
lot" called Bender while Little Dick
listened. 'They VIII be needed tonnor-
row."
How little Dicks heart thumped. He
saw that hs had = hard task ahead.
even with the help that ne expected
to get. He would 80 to the homo Of
the Sheriff o& the county. who lived
in the snountains in the summer time,
He would g4t the sheriff 10 come with
him 70 the shack and With such other
men = theY might hnd they wosld trap
i IL must ma sut SON. way 70 set
the black and the beg horses away
from 1enAer-but hSw f-for Bender
kept dogs thak would make Noise II
any one came around tho place. and
they ware ~ savage ~ Wild animals
and a. ready 70 give Aght to Z
stranGar,
An hour and half later. Just ~ the
sun vas getting toward IT. setting
place IN tho weatarn sky. the eherifk.
Mr.. jackson. listened with wonder 10
little Dicks story.
Il guess you have them found all
right, lad" he said. "Tha robbery took
place. today, The stage driver was
killed ss he tried to dafend the treaeure
and the guard vas shot and -xollsd
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
By David H. Walker

HIRTY thousand dollars in
gold is what / call pretty
good haul The speaker, a
stout. understood man, look
ed at companion as he
spoke and then at gold coins that
had been divided into two piles that
lay on a rough board table.
II tell you. Bill. we did the trick all
right, but we had better quit the
country now as soon as we can. There
will be a great fuss by this time to-
morrow. when the stage Is missed and
the Sheriff comes over the pike"
Just so, JIM" answered his COM
panion, who was tall and thin. Wed
better hike as soon as it comes day
light. We can get horses at Bender's
and make the overland In the after
noon. No one will know us as the men
who held Up the stage. when we have
our store clothes on. We will look
more like professors from one OF those
colleges than like hold-up men,
Little Dick Williams. standing Just
outside of the shack in the mountains.
peeking through crack. saw the men
and looked at them carefully so that
he would know them again, and then
he looked at the piles OF gold coin.
Leaning too hard against tho shack
little Dick made a board creak.
"I1a, what IS that" said Bill, the
robber. leveling his pistol and shooting
through the side Of the shack SO well
that the bullet passed within = few
inches OF little Dicks head.
The other robbsr ran cut Of the Aooe
on the other giAs Of the shaak anA
Cana a1nund to whkfe utt3e Dick had
been IN Instant oefosa
'There II no one here" he sald. sput
up your gum. Bill. ana don't make :
noise uke that again or you VIII have
some one looking Into Il, some fool
hunter or camper.
II had = feeling tnat some one was
peelGing." answered Bill II still think
20. but Il you say there was no 'ons
there guess you are right. Perhaps
am getting nervous"
Little Dick was within twenty feet
Of the robbers while this talk was go-
Ing on Quick A. cat he had dropped
whom No saw tho pistol pointed. When
It went on, he was already wFiggiins
like = snake into the hiding place fur-
nished by bis. hollow los that he had
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

the top Is withdrawn from the hole in
the box, which then being unsupported
will turn turtle and upset it's load.
This finishes the ear.
The line arrangement is just as
shown.
KIND. q cross arm with q little three
cornered pieces at the ends, to which the
wire L is fastened by the staples tb).
another way of fastening the wire
70 q, and possibly an easier way, is
shown In Fig. III.
I have shown in my drawing a line
and return line so that the car will
go down one side and return on the
otter, but this Is not necessary II you
have only one carrier one line is
enough. and you can draw your car
back and forth by a string like the
cash carrier you rnade--or rather the
one Vic made--and ] described as a
passenger car IN my last letter. If
you want number Of cars on the
line. though. SO they can run clear
around up one side and back the other.
you'll have TO lx a wheel arrangement
at each end as shown in Fig. w with
the car Just coming to the curve at A.
First here is board II cut In a
hair circle on one side, as shown, and
supported on post shown dotted at
td). Around this piece runs a strip of
tin lr) sticking UP quarter OF an inch
or three-eighths OF an inch above the
board r.
This will be the track for our car
TO turn or.
The line wires L are connected
10 the board as in the little upper
sketch just at the end OF the tin so the
car viii run off the wire line onto the
tin (r).
The upper brad (n) in this case is
driven Into little block (b) on top
or the hoard around which IL turns
and running down is wound around and
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piece runs down to connect with the
center Of q crotched piece C, the
crotched piece coming directly under
the wheels Wand In the crotch is sup
ported carrier box d.
This box may be any shape and
size desired. but IN the drawings I
have shown about the handiest way to
make St
The crotch extends down on either
side OF this box TO q point near the
box bottom. where a nail on either side
runs through q hole and is driven into
the box side. The box is thus piyoted
20 turn on a low center.
"A hole is now bored or punched
with a brad awI through the crotch
and side OF the box near the top at o.
and 6 wire. shaped as shown at and
plvoted on or rather under staples J,
arranged 70 stick through the hole in
the crotch side into the hole in the
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did that sort of graft. had big class
of boys in my home town in Minona,
and now I'm writing the things back
to them. Our home paper gets them
out. though. and they've put me
through college on it. too. It's a good
way to earn ones way. all right But
why don't you arrange 1t some way so
you can make money at it?" he asked.
Well" answered Jack. Il took it up
just as an amusement. but 1t has
grown on me quite bit. I've got a
lot OF boys at 1t down In Barnes Bluff.
and now some of the boys here In town
are at me to do the same for them.
and give them talk once In a
while at the mission over town. But,
talk things over iater-its nearly sup
per time"
Westermann agreed. and took his
place at the further end of the line.
Jack. taking hold OF the bell at his end.
shook the lath back and forth. The
string line then shook the bell at the
other end and rang it.
"Hello!" said Westermann. "Can you
hear me?''
Sure" answered Jack. "works 1ne.
don't it," and he stopped while Wester-
mann rang the bell from his end and
called Jack up
Say" he said, when they had nm
tshed experimenting, lean I write nv
boys about this? I'll give you the
credit and they'll like 1t fine"
It's all public" answered Jack: but
ia better show you about how to IN
the line." and taking up a piece OF
scrap board he quickly sketched Fig. X
"You see." he said by way of ex.
PLANTATION, when these phones are put
in . house the block at the top here
would be screwed to the wall. Then