The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-10
No BOMB, But
MI Gil SMOKE
Dearborn Park Odds En-
porium is Unmolested
of Enemies.
NOT YET---CAN'T TELL
Split in the Odds Laying Fraternity
EVidentaly Leads to Funny
Angles.

In Chicago where they know more
about the politics of pool selling in
an ethical if not in practical sense
than they do in Indiana. which is
sometimes used as a matter of con-
venience, some color clings to the
story that an attempt was made to
destroy the turf exchange" at Clark
Station last Monday or Tuesday.
A report reached Chicago yesterday
that a bomb had been hurled from a
train at the fence of the enclosure
and that considerable damage to prop
erty had been done. The story was
printed in THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES for
what 1t was worth.
The pool room, which according to
report, is being maintained at Clark
Station, is not an Indiana institution
and sundry citizens of Indiana wish to
assume that it is and are disposed to
make the most OF the situation.
1t is calculated to work no harm,
if it be a harmful institution, to the
residents of this state. 1t not only
does not invite would be patrons from
this state, but it rigidly excludes them.
1t is IN Indiana, but hat of 1t?
Local People Not Concerned.
No matter what goes on within the
barbed wire enclosure at Clark Station
| it is a matter of no concern apparently
to the denizens of this section, except
as a mere matter of curiosity. The
| persons who furnish and seek excite
ment in the establishment are brought
to and from Chicago by special trains
benignly vouchsafed by the Wabash
| railroad. According to the advertise
ment printed in the Chicago Daily Ra-
cling Form and on the score cards the
only medium of access to it is through
a railroad ticket purchased in Chicago
| 1t may be accepted as a matter of
| truth or a matter of guidance that
| the only way for a Lake county resi-
| dent to reach the amusement place at
Clark Station is to go to Chicago and
then come back again This goes even
| for a man who may live next door to
| it.
The shelter of Indiana is appreciat-
ed, but the support of Indiana is de-
clined with thanks. AS long as these
arrangements are maintained the place
can do no harm to Indiana, except in
| an abstract sense.
Readers of newspapers hereabouts
must, however, be prepared to hear all
kinds of rumors and reports and take
them on the fly. Chicago is deeply
concerned in the precipitation of a state
of affairs that once more gives life to
the stoekade between the tracks and
infection cannot help spreading
Split in Gambling Trust"
The result of the recent election in
Chicago is said to have caused a split
Bud White, who through thick and
thin, has managed to keep alive the
spark Of horse speculation in Chicago
for twenty years, is no longer con-
nected with the Smith Perry Hymar
outfit. 1t is given out in select sport
ing circles in Chicago that commence
ing April 10 the ship City of Traverse
Will clear daily from the Rush street
bridge (Bud White master), while the
balance of the crew will find shore
: berth at Clark Station. Mr.. White i:
indirectly quoted as saying that by
} sticking to the ship he can get away
from the patent leather squeeze,
which of course means no more thar
the 5000 a day bonus which the Wa
bash railway demands.
! If any trouble occurs Hammond viii
have to hear it from a distance anC
take is for what is is worth.