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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Good Prospects in Manchuria.

According to the Daily Consular and
Trade Reports the American Consul at
Dalny says that the Manchurans are
good farmers and want agricultural i'm
plements Of all kinds; that -four is a
staple with them. being used for max
ing bread and macaroni. The fertile
fields of the Sungari Valley will be
planted in wheat this fall. putting a
large quantity of grain on the market
and creating a demand for flour milling
machinery.
Cotton piece goods are another staple.
Japan is after that trade in earnest.
Their favorite colors are light and dark
blues.
Building materials of all descriptions
is in demand. There is time TO get
this trade. as spring does not open till
early in March. when much building
will begin at Port Arthur as well as at
Dalny.
Wealthy Chinese merchants predict
a great future for Dalny. They say it
will be the distributing point for all
Manchuria, providing the Japanese
owned South Manchurian railroad low
ers its freight rates in competition
with the junk transports on the Lao
river at Newchwang.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
SOUTH WATER STREET MARKETS.

Chicago. Dec, 21-Dark and threat
ening weather tended to restrict trad
We're afraid to look at the offerings
for fear that they could not see any
deefcts that would be noticeable II the
weather was clear; In butter ana
was transacted and former prices We're
we'll maintained. Poultry trade was
fair with supplies equal to require
Quotations on round lots ranged:
Butter-RSeceipts. 2,so2 tubs. Extra
tailers, 32c; prints, 3Sc; frsts. 27q csc;
seconds, 220 24c; June extras, Is z p
2sc; renovated. 234 24c; diaries, Coo
lleys,. &c; firsts, 24Q25c; packing STOCK
EggsEReceipts, 8,247 cases. Fresh
e6Se ng6 S8 ss drss 26c
prime frsts, packed In whitewood cases
grading so per cent fresh stock, 2Sc;
extra so per cent fresh stock packed
Potatoes Receipts cars. Early
consin, white stock, 364SSc per bu;
red. fair to good, g36c, per bu
mixed, red and white. sac csc per bu;
common, small unripe, red or white
sweet Potatoes-IIlinois, s2.OO@2.25
VeaiLQuotations0 G for calves in good
order were as follows: 5O-S5-lb
weights. 5Q51 nc; so to 70 lbs, 60 rs;
ID. g good 3D. m ' ia g. - -''
Dressed Beef-No. l ribs. lac; No !
loins, Ice; No. l round, Tie; No. l
chuck. 61ac; No. l plate, 412c.
Live Poultry-Turkeys, per lb, 12c;
chickens, fowls, &c; springs, &c;
ROSTERS, 6kc; geese, 5000 100;
FruitsEAppies, 1Oo@8.5o per brl;
bananas. Jumbo, 1.40q 1.5O; straight,
LOG 1.25; lemons, California, 5000
Green Vegetables-Beets Acc per sack
cabbage, 12.OOQ 1900 per ton; carrots,
3 a soc per sack; celery, soc a $1.00 per
case; onions. 35455 per blu; parsnfps,
60@70c per tub; spinach, 75c per tub;
turnips, 35Q50c per sack.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
The Military Rip Van Wrinkle.

When an army officer whose four
decades OF continuous service are al
most complete; who has existed nine
years in Arizona, suffered an exile of
six years in Wyoming, Idaho and
Montana, spent four years among the
bolos and assorted fevers Of the Philip
pines. and who during the remaining
twenty years has been devoted almost
entirely to hard knocks and arduous
achievement-when such an officer re-
turns to Washington toward the close
Of his career, he constitutes as near an
approach to the Rip Van Wrinkle of
romance as is possible in the case of
a simple, grizzled, SCARED and weather
beaten old cavalry man who hasn't
touched a suffie or a bunch Of lace
since he first felt the budding whisker
on his chin, says the New York Sun.
Such things happen very occasion
ally, of course; but one such thing is
happening now in Washington. A mill
tary Rip Van Wrinkle, just emerged
from the perilous and tragic penum-
bra of the Philippines, revisits the
glimpses of the moon Of favor lux
ury, promotion. A big stalwart, potent
personality, trained in hardship, season.
ed by wind and rain, familiar with the
outpost and the bivouac, he stalks the
supmtuous boulevards, wand r S
through the tenderly cared for corri-
doris of the department"-to encounter
major generals and brigadiers, soft
handed. exquisite, pampered. some Of
whom We're yet unborn when he en-
tered the academy at West Point.
many of whom were plebes when he
was an alumnus, and few of whom
an
tween scented sheets. even so much as
dreamed of dangers and asperities such
as he has spent his life with. He is
only a Colonel, and even that poor
recompense has come to him through
an unaided and inevitable evolution
yet all around him are major generals
who were his juniors long ago, and
whole swarm of brigadiers, some Of
whom he doubled his knee or
birched for schoolboy negligence or
congenital futility, or who had not yet
dried behind the ears when he was
lighting on the frontier and starving
and freezing In the Sierra Madre But
they all rank him now. Their pay
and allowances make his look like the
remnant of a bankrupt case. They
strut and glitter in illustrious draw
ing rooms and fatten on the most pre-
tentious achievements of the caterer.
Fair women envelop them in languor-
Gus and sultry contemplation. Who
is this sunburned, frost bitten old vet
eran that he should invade the realm
Of ecstasy with his brains and Drawn,
his freckles, sunburn and experience.
We all know that one campaign in
Washington is worth a dozen in the
far of places. One must be "in evil
dence" If he would wear laurel in
these piping times.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
At the session of the board of public

At the session of the board of public
works this morning, Contractor Will
lam Ahlborn was deliberately called
a bunkOman by John Krost one of
the board members. Mr.. Krost had
just made the proposition that in the
interest of the city he would buy the
drinks for the board members and Mr.
Ahlborn If the latter agreed to extend
his sidewalk to the curb line in front of
his fifty feet of property on Beall ave-
nue..
Despite the inducement offered which
was enlarged when the other board
members offered to buy, Mr. Ahlborn
said that it could not be done. Being
urged, however, and being told that it
is in the interest of the city that the
money is to be expended on both sides,
the contractor said very guardedly:
If you fellows agree to buy that drink,
that sidewalk will be completed" The
agreement was repeated once more and
Mr.. Ahlborn said: I'VE will all drink
then, the sidewalk was completed this
morning" After that Mr.. Krost called
him a bunkoman.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
CHICAGO LETTER.

Chicago, Dec. 21.-WHEAT-Ruled
dull and lower, the May option almost
establishing a new low record on the
crop. The news was more favorable
to the bear operators than otherwise
With Argentine shipments showing
large increase. clearances TO Europe
from America dropping off almost a
million bushels for the week and cash
wheat and -four dull in all places, prices
could not withstand these bearish
arguments The market closed
weak with a loss of about hree-eights
of a cent for the day.
CORN-The governments figures
which were issued yesterday afternoon
was the depressing influence in this
cereal. They were construed as bear
ish in the extreme, making the esti-
mates of the crop the largest in the
history OF the country. In addition to
this there was liberal selling pressure
upon the market by disappointed hold
ers of long corn. A decline of three
quarters of cent in the sample mar
ket for cash corn was another of the
bear features. The market closed weak
with q loss of three-e lights for the day.
OATS-This market was the feat
ure of the entire grain trade. The gov
ernments estimate on the total yield of
the crop was a great surprise to the
trade, Notwithstanding the fact thai
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
NEW YORK LETTER.

New York. Dec. 21.-The stock mar
ket this morning displayed symptoms
of general evening up of contracts
pending the holiday next week. The
volume Of trade was not so large as
the days earlier in the week, nor the
fluctuations anywhere so erratic. The
tone of the market as a whole could
only be construed as irregular One
stock would show an advance Of a point
or two while another declined.
Despite the deniaIs of an increase
in the dividend of the Peoples Gas
company to six per cent, we'll informed
circles are of the opinion that such Will
be the case. In view OF this fact there
was the large and broad trade in the Sc
curities Of this company today and at
higher quotations than have prevailed
in months. 1t opened at SO and ad-
vanced gradually until the close of the
session, showing a gain of almost three
points for the day. The buying was
aggressive and leads some of the
shrewdest traders in the street to be-
lieve higher prices for this issue will
prevail for a few days.
Reading was battered around the
same as usual opening at 1909, SELL
ing down to 1879 and back to 139 u
The manipulators in this stock continue
their milking" operations buying
whenever 1t gets too weak and selling
any time the shorts wish to cover.
The Hill stocks scored fair gains for
the day, particularly the new Great
Northern Ore stock which opened at &c
and rose to so. Both Northern Pacific
and Great Northern also advanced
about three DOiOtS each for the daV
The buying was attributed to short
coverings more than any new develop
ments on these properties
The call loan market registered
| easier, loans ruling as low as per
cent at the close of the day. The mar
ket as a whole closed fairly strong.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
THE AUTO HABIT.

Some deliver has found IN the Bible
what he believes to be a hint OF auto
mobiles It is contained in the story
Of the vision of Nahum, the EIko-
shite. concerning the burden of Nine
veh.
In the account given by this seer
of the military array of the Modes
and Babylonians against Nineveh oc-
ours this verse:
The chariots shall rage in the
streets. they shall jostle one against
the other in the broad way, they
shall seem like torches, they shall run
like the lightning"
If that doesn't describe a street full
of motor cars. what does? Then,
again, a variant of the word "jostle, -
which the original Hebrew will, 1t is
said, bear even better, Is, pass swift
~ without particular purpose, to and
fro" Isn't that the automobile habit?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
The German Politician.

The report from Berlin that several
times the kaiser has been on the verge
OF intervening in the present German
political struggle, and after the fash
ion OF President Roosevelt in the New
York election, giving it such direction
as he could is based on more than
airy persihage. Almost from the day
when he came to the throne Of Prus-
sia and the presidency Of the German
Empire William II. has been the pre-
mier among German politicians Bis
marck for time disputed his right to
that supremacy, but 1t was not long
before even he gave way.
And yet it would be somewhat out
of the ordinary if the kaiser were to
intervene in a manner so direct as that
suggested Mr.. A Maurice Low says
of the Kaiser:
During the winter, when the reich
stag is in season, the emperor regular
~ attends the reception given by the
ministers OF the crown to which the
members OF the reichstag are invited.
Meeting there men who may not be so
friendly to his policy as he would like
to have them. he attempts to convert
them by argument, by appeal, by the
subtlest OF all flattery, asking them
with most engaging frankness to show
him the falacy or weakness Of his pol
ley. In this way he has won over
more than one rebellious member"
This hardly COMFORTS with the Idea
of kaiser hurting anathema al a large
ana most influential political group
hardly more than 1t does with the
words which many believe the kaiser
included IN his recent telegram Ia
| Chancellor Won Buelow. that Il am re
solved to drive the whole gang to
hell"
And yet the emperor is the premier
German politician, many faceted, mul-
ti-minded. q master of resource, anC
something of a child of impulse. May
4 be he would be quite capable OF con
/ signing Centrist and Socialist Il
Hades and ordering all Germany L
/ see them on their way-if it were poll
tic But only II 1t were politic.-NeW
York Globe.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
DO OsTRICHs EVER DIE.

Nothing is positively known as to
how long an ostrich will live. Some
writer's claim that it will live 100
years. Ostriches which are known to
have been in captivity for forty years
are still breeding and producing feath-
ers.
1t is the experience of Arizona farm
ers that among the birds having good
nutritious feed deaths seldom occur,
except as the result OF accident A dog
or other small animal will sometimes
brighten ostriches and cause them to
run into the fence which may result
in a broken leg. When this happens,
the bird may as we'll be killed, as few
ever recover from such an injury.-Na-
tional Geographic Magazine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Tips TO ADVERTISERS.

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES completely
covers the afternoon field, and it's far
reaching influence is recognized by for
eign as well as local advertisers. THE
TIMES is published in the city of Ham
mond, boasting of only $4,000 popula-
tion, and reaching thirty three towns
covering the entire county and Calu-
met region.
The keen advertisers viii appreciate
this uninterrupted growth as the best
evidence of quality OF an advertising
medium, as Well as the policy of the
management to give the public exact
information regarding circulation, a
point of vital interest to advertisers.
THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES leads in cir
culation, character and influence In
northern Indiana.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
WITH THE EDITORS.
Our Public Servants.

The Lafayette Journal in a recent
issue discusses a very timely topic
the salaries of police and fremen-and
advises a raise. especially for the pri-
Yates Condition being the same in
Hammond as in Lafayette the sugges-
tion is fitted for local application.
The Journal says:
THE metropolitan police law speci-
fes that a superintendent of police
shall not receive less than nine hundred
dollars year nor more than twelve
hundred; that a captain shall not re-
ceive less than seven nor more than
nine hundred; that a sergeant shall
not receive less than six hundred nor
more than eight hundred and forty,
and that patrolmen shall not receive
less than five hundred and fifty nor
more than seven hundred and thirty.
A majority of the cities doing business
under the metropolitan law have tax
en- the maximum allowance as the
standard of pay for police service.
And In some the pay of fremen has
been linked with that of policemen,
both being public servants, so that it
has come to pass that two dollars q
day Is considered sufficient in both de-
pGrtments for the privates Is this
amount enough2 Is It Just? These
questions should be taken up by the
coming session of the legislature and
determined.
The law does not regulate the pay
of the fremen. That is a question
that rests with the governing boards.
But so long as the law does specify
the amount to be paid to policemen the
fremen may expect to be regulated
BY the same scale. Consequently any
suggestion for increased pay in the
one department concerns the other
1T is the belief in this state that
eight hours constitute a legal day
work. Bat policemen and fremen are
not expected to be governed by this
law The policemen work fully twelve
hours, not including extra detail; the
flremen put in virtually twenty foul
hours The men of both department:
are always on duty, ready 70 guarc
life and property. The service is on,
of many dangers; If they fail in tn,
performance OF duty friends give then
"a decent burial and leave their fami
lies to shift for themselves.
The Journal believes that neithe
the policemen nor the fremen are paii
enough We expect brave men. ",
.
and II good Judgment IS not display
ed there is great complaint. An,
in return for all this what IS given
Two dollars q day approximately
Two dollars for an Undetermined
number of hours. Common laborer
do better and they are not asked [
display any special Judgment. The.
get twenty cents an hour, working
ten hours without risk to themselves
They can go homo after q days labo
with only pity for the policemen an
fremen who serve a longer time with
out getting paid accordingly
Times have changed greatly sine
the present standard of pay was eE
tabIished for policemen and fremer
Living is more expensive now tina
It was a few years ago-the increase
wages granted labor is a confessio
OF the fact. The Legislature viii b
neglectfui of its duty if 1t fails t
amend the metropolitan law in ords
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
ADVERTISING THOUGHTS.

An advertiser who buys space in a
newspaper pays also for the circu-
lation, but how few realize the fact.
One might just as we'll advertise in
a good newspaper as in a poor one.
It's cheaper in the end
1t is poor policy to recognize a COM
petitor in your advertisement. Don't
even let him know you know he is In
business.
poorly written advertisement viii
attract business. but it is economy to
have an expert writer If one hasn't
time to do it right.
The careful advertiser recognizes
the value of plenty Of white space and
does not attempt to crowd figures and
letters into his allotted space as II
fearful he wouldn't get his moneys
worth.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
WEATHER FORECAST.

Illinois and Indiana-Fair tonight
and Saturday; colder tonight
Missouri and North Dakota-Fair to-
Lower Michigan-Fair tonight eX-
cept snow near lakes; fair. colder Sat
urday
night and Saturday; decidedly colder
toni ght; warmer Saturday.
Iowa-Fair tonight and Saturday;
colder east tonight; warmer Saturday.
South Dakota and Nebraska-Fai air
tonight and Saturday; warmer.
Montana-Rain or snow tonight and
Saturday; warmer east tonight.
Kansas-Fair tonight and Saturday;
warmer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

Bishop C. C. McCabe is dead. One
Of the best known and most beloved
men in Methodism is no more. With
his passing that church loses a zeal
Gus and earnest worker and a man
light hearted as a child and as gentle
as woman He was a speaker Of I'M
usual ability and had literally won his
way from one end Of the country to
the other.-South Bend Tribune.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
HEARD ON THE BOURsE

New York, Dec 21.-McIntyre, who
has been a big bear says Il am ex-
ceedingly bullish on Union Pacific !
cannot say too much in It's favor at
this price; it is the cheapest stock
upon the list and is now returning
5 IL per cent and they have 55,00O,-
900 loaned in the street.
For people with money I say buy
this market on every reaction; the
stocks should not be sold but bought
They are bargains. There is only one
side to play in this market from now
on and that is the bull side. All the
weak accounts are liquidated. On all
weak spots buy them"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

that a higher standard for public ser
wants may be established. Policemen
and fremen are entitled to more money
unless it be granted to them we may
expect a deterioration of the forces
for the right sort OF timber can't be
had much longer at the present market
price"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Stocks Grain and Provisions.


it is still believed TO be exaggerated
by the best posted people in the trade.
These figures made the crop 100000
bushels more than last year. The sell
ing was principally by buyers who be-
lieved they would have an opportunity
TO buy their contracts back cheaper.
The market closed steady with de-
cline of about half a cent for the day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Should Try Poetry.

That" said the reporter confident
tally. handing in his copy, is what
l call fine writing"
CHANGING at it with a scowl. the
usual brutal type of city editor growl-
ed:
Huh" he snorted. Il should say so.
And the fine Will be days pay
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Appropriate.

The society editor of the Jimpson
Clarion was writing up a church af-
fair. Mrs. Green, the wife of our
prominent milk dealer" he wrote was
appropriately gowned in watered silk"
Philadelphia Ledger
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Comes in Handy.

Il lost dime when I was a boy"
said the penurious millionaire Queer,
en- that I should find it again after
all these years2"
Not at ALL" responded the sarcastic
friend. If yolu poke among those
dead leaves I should think you might
find or cents accumulated interest"
Washington Herald.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Centralizing schools.

The township trustees had two i'm
portant facts impressed on them at
their annual meeting-the desirability
Of centralized schools. and the fact
that any country district can get the
use of the travelling Libraries on ap-
plication to the Public Library Commits
sion. If these are kept in mind and
acted upon they will prove of great
value.-Indianapolis Star.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

To subscribers. Readers of the
Times are requested to favor the
management by reporting any irregu-
larities in delivering. Communicate
with the circulation department, or
Telephone Ill.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

The Lake County Times. published
at Hammond. was six months old Tues
day and has circulation OF 6,594
Pretty good for a youngster. The
Times is undoubtedly the best daily
paper in this end OF the state and de-
serves the success it has attained
Chesterton Ind.) Tribune
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Acquainted with the Boy.

Head Of Firm-You had better give
Tony. the Office boy. a couple of dol
lars. Mr.. Penwiper. for Christmas.
Mr.. Penwiper (the bookkeeper)-I
think we had better make 1t a New
Years gift sir. I have just sent him
downstairs and I don't think he will
get back by Christmas.-Broolxly
Citizen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Northwest Cur Receipts.

eapolis-Today, SIC; last week,
$40; last year. 6S6
Duluth-Today. AZ; last week, $50;
last year, rs
Chlcag To-day, AZ; last week. 81;
last year, "a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

The whole information upon the
market today was only one thing, and
that was urgent liquidation was over
and stocks were a purchase for ten
to twenty dollars a share
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21
Primary Movements. Receipts and
Shipments Wheat.

Wheat Receipts-Today. $4,000; ship
ments. 204,o0o. Last week. $4,000;
shipments, $4,000. Last year, 1,Q2S,-
600; shipments, 10000.
Corn Receipts-Today, 657 900; ship
ments, 100000. Last week, $4,000;
shipments, $4,000. Last year, 6SS,0o0,
shipments, 100000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

Bank OF England rate was not rails
ed. but the statement was poor. II
is stin better than last year by per
cent In the reserve. 1t was only owing
to the help extended by the French
bank in gold advances that the rate
was continued.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

It would be just like Chicago to
swing from the worst street railroad
system in the world to the best
Chicago Post.
Um-m-m. we'll, maybe not just like
indianapolis News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

MinneanO 336. 0N0. ship-
ments. $4,000. Last year $4,000; ship
St Louis-Today, 10000; shipments.
$4,000
Kansas City-Today. $4,000; ship
ments, $4,000. Last year, $4,000; ship
ments, 101,0 600.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-21

Chicago. Dec, 21-Wheat: This
week, $50, 000 last week, 100000; last
Corn-This week, 10000; last
week. 1882 900; last year. $4,000.