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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25

The company is In favor OF the latter
as much as possible, as they do not de-
sire to follow the highways any more
closely than they are obliged to.
Messrs Grose and Morcum have dur
ing the week held enthusiastic meet
ings at Sphinx and Alsen, interesting
the farmers in the sproject and urging
them to contribute the right of way Ia
order TO secure the road ia their
locality. They are assured that the
advance in the price of their farms bv
having an Electric road adjoining will
more than compensate them for the
small parcel OF land donated. The
company asks the city of Elk Point to
donate the right OF way, four rods
wide, for three miles each way In and
out of the city aud also TO contribute q
franchise of the city streets. The road
will be located in the city where the
citizens direct, probably down street.
The meeting adjourned until !
o'clock, sharp, Friday night, when 1t IL
hoped u large and enthusiastic gather
ing will be on hand. See Pres.
Ringsrud's official call in another
column Mayor Main also requests q
large attendance OF citizens In general
who may not happen to be members oi
the Business Mems Association, as
there are other matters OF vital i'm.
portanca to the city which he wishes tC
Iay before the citizens at this time
Every body get out tomorrow, Friday
night
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25
An Electric Line for Elk Point, an As
Sured Fact.

An Electric Line for Elk Point, an AS
sured Fact.
The meeting of the Business Mems
Association, called at the Council
Chamber Monday morning by Pres.
Ringsrud. was attended by dozen or
fifteen business men. Though small it
was representative gathering and
great interest was shown 10 the mooted
project OF an electric road between
Sioux City and Sioux Falls, the con-
sideration OF which was the object OF
the meeting.
E. d. MOrcum, director and j. A
Grose, right of way man for the pro-
jected road both OF Sioux Falls, we're
present and laid the matter bofore the
meeting. They assured our citizens
that there Is no question whatever
about the road being built. Ample
capital Is back Of the movement. ready
to take all stock remaining after few
representative men In each community
have taken what stock they desire
The stock is divided into 100, 900 shares
of go each. Mr.. Crosse is now engaged
in securing the right OF way and ex
poets to put in the winter 10 this work
The work OF actual constructor will
begin in the spring.
The line as projected will enter
Union county near Alsen. Thence i
! will come east, getting as near tn.
Sphinx hills to the north as possible
then taking sharp turn to the south
directly into Elk Point. From herr
they will run directly TO Sioux City
connecting with the Sioux City Trac
tion Co. at Riverside. 1t is ~ ye
undecided whether or not the road bes
will follow IN general the railroad Il
JRiyerside or follow the quarter lines
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25
An Odd Argument.

Here is knotty problem suggeges4
BY Sir Henry Roscoe In his aut0baoUa.
ply. Two men argued - to whsthe9
oil or water were the lighter. The Ats1
man contended that the oil must -
lighter, as 1t floats upon water. Aaa
then the unscientiac man triumpheo
with the argument that oil must ~ ~
heavier because 1t keeps ths watGU
down.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET

R6FUbLlGAN (OUNlI IlSkEl.
For State Senator
JAMEST. sCROGGS, of BeresfOrd,
For Representatives
j, F. LARSON. Of Big Springs.
ADAM SCOTT, of Virginia.
LEWIS RANUM, of Brule.
For Clerk OF Courts
GEO. G. KIMMEL, of Elk Point,
For Treasurer
J.F. WEBER, Of Richland.
For County Auditor
CHAS. S, HARTER, OF Elk Point.
For Register of Deeds
HENNING GASSMAN, OF Sioux Valley.
For Superintendent of Schools
H. E. FRENCH, OF Elk Point.
For Sheriff.
=. E. SHERMAN, of Alcester.
For States Attorney
IRA L. NICHOLS, Of flk Point,
For County Judge
JEROME MANGAN. of Beresford.
For Coroner
DIR. H. F. ELLIOTT, OF Beresford.
For Surveyor
WIN. M. VINSON, OF Elk Point.
For Commissioner, First District
b. w. MASSEY. Of Jefferson.
For Commissioner, Second District
ALBERT DAHL, OF Brule.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25

Desperate means were s0metimeo -.
sorted to In order to get men for 1E1ts
ish warships. A chronicler writes tAa1
In the year 1888, "a fleet OF ships be1n9
required Immediately to b. manneG.
the press gangs placed live turkey -
the top of the monument, which, draw.
Ing together great number ef NJ
people, they had the opportunity of -
lecting as many men as answered -
purpose Of their intended sChsno" !"
The scene SO enraged . citizen that -
nred a shot at the bird. (which eeao-
stoned It to fly away" But the n1n-
chief had been done. M
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25
wh.. tn. E.rtA Va. T., saassa.

when the Earth Was ToD oAaOoG
After people dropped the old faaA.
ioned idea that the earth was . -
as pancake they did not immedla1slv
grasp the globe or spherical ideA - =
is applied to worlds. The people q -
time Of Columbus believed that -
earth was a body shaped like -
or cone. the surface rising from -
north to the south. There are several
letters written by Columbus and stiQ
in existence which 60 to prove t1At
such was his conception OF the shape
Of the earth. The top shaped idea q
the earth seems to have originated
with one John Blauvis about l470 aAl
to have Immediately become vssy psp-
ular.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25

When one has a cool and dry place
for storing potatoes we believe 1t y
better to dig them when they are fully
ripe than to allow them to lie IN the
ground until late October. ~ 10 GUS
tomary In a good many localities. And
this Is particularly true II the early
fall is wet, as the tendency to rot =
greater IL they are left In the ground
than whom they are properly stored.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25

Call
! 'perty
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25
Official County and City Paper
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET

REPUbLlCAN State Il(kEI.
For United States Senator
ROBERT j. GAMBLE, Of Yankton.
For rCopgressmen-
PHiLO HALL, of Brookings
Nv. Ii. PARKER, of Rsadwood.
For Governor
COE l. CRAWFORD. Of Huron.
For Lieutenant Governor
H. G. SHOBER, of Highmore.
For Secretary of State
ID. d. WIPE, of Oiyet.
For Treasurer
G. H. CASSILL. of Canton.
For Auditor
JOHN HERNING, of Herreid.
For Attorney General
s. w. CLARK, of Redfield.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
HANS A. USTRUD, of Sioux Falls.
For Commissioner of School and Public Lands
O.C. DOKKEN, of Toronto
For Railroad Commissioner
GEORGE RICE, OF Flandreau.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25
Libeled LOuAon.

When the most has been said against
London smoke and London fog. against
the dirt laden atmosphere and the neise
and worry of the metropolis, It n stilI
true that there are healthy people n
the capital. London has not perhaps
deserved all the hard things that havs
been said Of it.-London Country 0sa-
tleman
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-10-25

Every dairyman VINO 10 In the bual-
ness primarily for the money to -
made rather than the improvemeut g
his health will adopt some careful
method Of testing the individual u1lk
and butter yield Of different cowa =
his herd. 1t is too often true that IL
really profitable cows in the herd aro
paying the board bill Of one Or msgs
spOngers and loaferS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
Every Railroad in Country
Must Have Thousands
of New Cars.
BUY S6l,l3O,O0O WORTH
The Wabash Railroad Is the Heaviest
Purchaser, and Orders Ag.
gregate $12,320,000.

The following article gives some
thing of an indication of the extent OF
the famine in cars and of the great
activity that there will be among man
ufacturers of rolling stock to get a
generous slice of the business. Now
that Hammond is to become a car
building center the necessity for sup
plying this enormous demand will mean
great prosperity here for years to
come.
The large purchases of equipment
which have been announced within the
last few days by western railroads in
dicate that all records relating to in
.creases in equipment will be smashed
this year. The Wabash expects within
a few weeks to make contracts for
s12. $4,000 worth of new cars and en-
gines, and the Northern Pacific has just
made public its purchase of $7,700.O00
worth of new freight cars.
The Burlington has begun to receive
s5.55s.0oo worth of new locomotives
and ears, the orders for which will not
be filled until next year. The Santa Fe
has in orders for ss,OOO,ooO worth of
cars and locomotives. Added to the re-
Gently announced orders by the Harri-
man lines aggregating $21,56O, 900, and
by the Rock Island amounting to s6,-
600, 900, this makes SCI 1SS. 900 in orders
which six western systems have placed.
practically all of them for delivery
early next year. other roads are max
ing purchases on a similarly large
scale which they are not yet ready to
announce.
The Wabashs orders will be for 5000
box cars and 1000 gondolas, costing
about S5.5OO,OOO; 1000 steel hoppers,
used in handling coal and ore, costing
SIS, 600, and ninety locomotives, cost
ing $1,62O,0O0. The Northern Paciic's
orders are for 1000 freight cars. The
Burlington's purchases are 100 engines,
s2470,OO0; 1000 steel gondolas, $780,
600; two ditchers, $4,000, and four din
ing cars. $4,000 The Santa Fes pur-
chases are $500 freight cars. 100 cab
doses, rs passenger cars, so engines. 10
baggage and postal cars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
Question of Number of JUS
tices of Peace for North
Township.
LAW SAYS 5; RECORD 7
County Clerk Harold Wheeler Wants
To Hear Court Decision Be-
fore Making Out Commissions.

The announcement in these columns
H. Wheeler intended to commission
seven justices of the peace and seven
constables for North township has
caused a stir in legal circles in the
township. When Mr.. Wheeler signifed
his intentions to a LAKE COUNTY TIMES
reporter he said that he would do so
on the strength of the latest estab-
lished record. This latest established
record, however, goes back to the year
1884 and is in the archives in the court
house at Crown Point. The record calls
for seven justices of the peace and
seven constables for North township,
and while it may have been changed
since 1894 it has not been recorded, and
consequently Clerk Wheeler intends to
follow the only legally established rec
ord
While there are many in this town
ship who would like to see Miles C.
Frysinger and Byron NJ. Cheney COM
missioned as justices of the peace, and
Andrew Riner and James NJ. Lowden as
constables, they still doubt whether
they should be commissioned
/ The legislative acts of 1903 are very
specific, saying that two justices of
the peace shall be appointed for each
/ township and one additional justice of
the peace for each incorporated city
and one additional justice of the peace
/ for each incorporated town"
! The power of the county commission
ers is restricted to vacancies in ap-
pointing justices of the peace 1t is in
tn to appoint a successor
" vacancy is created by the death
or withdrawal of justice of the peace
AS the situation now is it looks a:
4 though a test case will be made in the
/ circuit court and thus determine how
many justices Of the peace and con.
| stables North township is entitled.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
STEVE BROWN is DEAD;
THIS TIME IT IS SURE.
WeII~KnOwn Local Character Expires
of Chronic Alcoholism at st. Mnrgar-
cts Hospital.
Steve Brown is dead.

steve Brown IS dead.
He outlived the ultimatum of his at
tending physician two days. In the
column under Cause" in the blank
form Of the commitment to eternity is
inscribed: Excessive use of alcoholic
liquors"
Browns case was considered hope
less when he entered st. Margaret's.
hence. possibly. the undue haste in
chronicling his passing.
Poor steve" was heartily begrudged
his last forty-eight hours on earth
that is, in certain quarters. 1t was
hard to prematurely explode such a
mine of pent-up sympathy.
Steve Brown was a good-natured de-
generate. There was nobody in Ham
mond that was not willing to help him
but he would not help himself His
was the disposition of Rip Van Wrinkle
He was bred to better things than car
rying packages, within and without
between Chicago and Hammond. He
was educated in chemistry. and was
once a respected and prosperous bust
ness man. Hhe was never lazy, and
faithfully performed the tasks giver
him to do when he ceased to be capable
of following the calling for which hi
had been educated.
The funeral arrangements have MOI
been completed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
POTATO COMPANY TO
MAKE ITS OWN CASTINGS
templates Extensive improvements to
Its Plant.

The Champion Potato Machinery
company, one of the thriving young in
dustries of the city, is now construct
ing a thousand dollar addition to
it's plant. The money with which the
improvements are being made is pro-
vided, not by an issue of stock, but out
of the accrued profits of the concern.
There could be no greater evidence of
it's prosperity.
The Champion Potato Machinery
company manufactures potato cutters,
potato planters, potato weeders, potato
sprayers and potato diggers. Leonard
Knoerzer, the president of the concern
and the principal stockholder, has in
vented all of the machines, and is the
moving spirit in the concern. Although
rapid progress might have been made
by borrowing money and charging the
plant long ago he preferred to be con-
servative and make ends meet. For
this reason it is a fact that although
the Champion Potato Machinery COM
pany is a small one it is probably one
of the most solidIy founded in the city.
The new addition is to be built for
foundry purposes. Heretofore the cast
ings for the machinery have been made
by out-of- town concerns, and, of course,
it was necessary to pay them a profit
on the work done
Now it is proposed to make the cast
ings in plant of their own and save
the difference. The new building is
constructed of cement blocks and
structural iron, and is about sixty feet
/ square.
/ This year business has been excep-
tionally good. There have been 5000 to
/ $500 potato diggers manufactured, and
as an average of thirty five dollars has
been secured for each it will be seen
that the annual output is valued al
over $105,0o0. The plant has a ca
pacity of forty potato diggers a day
although it is not run to its full ca
pacity except in the busy season.
The new concern is now hiring
twenty-five men, but when the addition
to the foundry is made the number
will be increased to forty With the
addition to the plant equipped with the
latest type of molding machinery the
prospects for the coming years are
brighter than ever, and the thirteer
Hammond stockholders will realize
handsome dividends on their invest.
9ent
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
Indiana Harbor Killer Will
Plead Self Defense and
Insanity.
PROCESS IS TEDIOUS
No Foreigners on Jury, and Evi-
dence Comes Through In
terpreter.

The trial OF John Lapidat the In
diana Harbor alleged murderer. pro-
ceeded very slowly yesterday in the
circuit court. The jury was accepted
by both sides at noon, and after brief
opening statements by the attorneys
the work Of hearing evidence began.
This is a slow, tedious process, owing
to the fact that an interpreter has to
be used with most of the witnesses.
Several eye witnesses to the shooting
were examined yesterday afternoon
and the story of the crime was graphi-
caIIy told Coroner Hoskins was one
Of the most important witnesses for
the state and made a good impression
on the jury.
The defense is relying strongly on
pleas of self-defense and emotional in
sanity. and is planning to introduce
evidence to substantiate both. 1t is
looked upon as a significant fact that
vicinity Of the crime. It is composed
of men who are unfamiliar with the
foreign element. of which the prisoner
is a part. This, it is believed. will as
sist in giving the defendant a little
any prejudices and viii insure
from any prejudices and will insure
him an absolutely fair and impartial
trial. Judge McMahan is exercising
great care to see that Lapidat receives
every advantage that will assist in a
fair and impartial verdict.
Flaw in Indictment.
A slight flaw was found in the origi-
nal indictment and 1t was at first fear
ed that the grand jury would have to
re-indict, but the matter was so trivial
being merely the ommission OF one let
ter in the spelling of Lapidat's victim s
name, that 1t was easily corrected.
More interest is being taken in the
case by the public than was shown in
the Hannah murder trial last term and
the court room is well filled with spec
tators at each session.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
THE WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday
with light showers of snow hurrfes.
Moderate temperature.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
Special Session Of Council to
Ratify Board Of Public
Works Contracts.
ERIE GETS SIDETRACK
Aldermen Becker and Swanton 0p.
pose Granting Michigan Cen
tral Right-of-Way.

At a special meeting of the city
council last night the contract between
the Board of Public Works and the
Standard Steel Car company. by which
the city agrees to extend its east water
main to Columbia avenue on an eight
inch pipe, in order to supply the Stan
dard steel Car company with the nee
essary water, was ratified The factory
people agree to pay the city three cents
thousand gallons during the next ten
years.
The contract between the Board of
Public Works and the Campbell Plumb
ing company, by which the latter
agrees to furnish the city 2,40o feet of
eight-inch iron water pipe at $3.50 a
ton. was ratified.
The Chicago & Erie Railroad COM
pany was granted a right-of-way for a
side track over Russell and Clinton
streets.
The ordinance granting the Michigan
Central Railroad company the right to
lay three additional tracks on it's right
of-way was taken up only informally
Aldermen Becker and Swanton. how
ever objected to it on the grounds that
it was not specific enough in returns
that the company should give the city
of Hammond.
Progress at Plant.
/ Work on the Standard Steel Car com
pany is progressing rapidly and already
/ the brush-covered site of what promise:
to be the business place in Hammond
/ has taken on a new appearance.
\ Most of the work is being done on tht
southeastern part of the site where tn,
side track Of the Indiana Harbor rial
.raod is being put in. Here the con
tractor is grading and building tn,
road-b bed for the spur that is TO ruI
along the whole southern part of tn,
site.
/ There are to be seven large building
one of which is 1900 feet ard six inches
long and coo feet wide and the Others
are of varying sizes. This the larges
of the buildings is to be built over hal
a dozen tracks upon which the car
viii stand as they are being built.
The olcation of the principal build
ings have been established and il tn
| weather does not Interfere the founSs
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
BEN L. P. BELL 35?
NOT FOR A MINUTE!
WeII-KnOrn HammOndIfe Caught with
the Age On Him-PIayed Ball In
1865.

Born Nov. IA, 1871, Ben L. P. Bell"
Can you stand for that2
That date makes Ben Bell thirty-hve
years old.
Can you stand for it?
Not on your birth certificatel
This paper has the documents to
prove that Ben Bell was playing ball
three years before the alleged date Of
his birth. The documents come in the
form of a score-book, on the fy-leaf of
which is inscribed this: Property OF
B. L. P. Bell" This shows Ben Bell
pitching for the Unions as far back as
1858. The Union ball lot was then at
Thirty-second street and Wentworth
avenue, Chicago. and it took all night
to reach it from State and Madison
streets.
On Aug 8, 1868, Ben Bell-the same
Ben Ben-pitched a game against the
Buckeyes, and to his credit be it said,
that the score was 81 to Il (actual fig
ures) in favor Of his side. If you don't
believe it ask his brother, K. H. Bell,
who played first base.
X. H Bell won't cheat with his age.
Ben Bell 35l Give overi
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
sw1ToHMAN DIES OF INJURIES.

Fred Carpenter. the Whiting switch
man who was injured while at work
in the Pennsylvania yards at South
Chicago Monday afternoon died yes
terday morning in Union hospital.
Englewood. The inquest was held to-
day, and the remains were removed to
his home, 224 John street, Whiting,
where they awaited interment.
Carpenter was twenty -four years
old and leaves wife and one child.
He was a member of the Whiting
lodges of the knights of Pythias and
Maccabees.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
DESCENDANT OF BOONE DIES
Member of Famous Family Passes
Away at Evansville.

George Washington Boone, a distant
relative of D. E. Boone of this city,
died at his home in Evansville yester-
day morning. Members of the Ham
mond branch of the family did not
know of the death until apprised of it
by a LAKE COUNTY TIMES reporter.
Both the later George Washington
Boone and D. E. Boone. who is prose-
cutting attorney for Lake and Porter
counties, are lineaI descendants of Dan
iel Boone, the Kentucky frontiersman.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
BIG RAILROAD MEN HERE.

r. P. Dalton, general superintendent
OF the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
road, accompanied by H. c. Starr. vice
president, were in Hammond yester-
day morning. They were met at the
train by H. L Jackson, chief engineer
of the road. After short conversation
they started on their way to Dolton
Ill. where they will hold a meeting
with the railroad commissioners in re
gard to their crossing at the Pennsyl-
vania tracks at Dolton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
tions may be laid before the ground
NIncI,Inerv Arrives

Carloads of machinery are on the way
and as soon they arrive the work of
assembling it will rmcayoagsTMano
assembling them and constructing the
fOudations upon which they VIII stand
will begin.
At present the company has tempo
rary offices in the grandstand of the old
race track and there the engineers and
surveyors are making their headquart-
ers.
The preliminary work of the survey
ors Will soon be completed and then a
large force of men will be put on the
trenches. The problem of securing
enough laborers to carry the work on
with dispatch is to be solved by build
ing temporary quarters for them on
the grounds and carpenters are now at
work constructing buildings large
enough to accommodate 500 men.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14
GARY's WILL ECCENTRIC.
Document Puts Discount Upon Eff
forts Along Religious Lines.
Especial to Lake County Times.)

Especial to Lake County Times.)
Chicago, Nov. 13.-The late Judge
Joseph Z. Gary. whose will was ad-
mitted to probate today, provided that
if any Of his heirs -at-law should enter
upon a professedly religious life which
should take them from ordinary pur-
suits of secular life they should be
disinherited. The exact cause of this
jurist's Will is unexplained. An added
clause set forth that if the heir for
sock his religious profession he or she
was to receive a full proportion OF
property.
The will disposed OF an estate VAL
ued at s27, 900. Of which $4,000 was in
real estate and $4,000 in personal prop
erty. Everything Was left to the wild
ow, Mrs. Elizabeth s Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-14

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