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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.

The basement Of Wilmer Besser's
home, 375 Bell avenue. was entered yes
terday evening and a couple OF settings
of eggs, which had been sat on until
they were spoiled. were taken. The
eggs had been left after the hens set
ting on them had gotten discouraged.
according TO the report. near window
and aIr. Besser is OF the opinion the
thieves had seen them from the window
and believing they were good. went
after them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07

Light exclaimed the stranger
IF they don't weight 1000 pounds
apiece I'll let you have them for $175."
That's a 60" said Williams. Us
to the scales"
The team assayed 1855 pounds
Well" said the stranger. resigned
Iy, 4 guess you've got me. The team
is yours and the buggy, too"
The money passed and so did the
seller, never to appear in those parts
again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07
Smooth One Sells Sheriff
Carter's Team to Crown
Pointers for $175.
He THEN FADES AWAY.
Purchaser Who Saw Great Possibili-
ties in Pair of Bays Is
Rudely Awakened.

The fellows who hired the swellest
outfit in Sheriff Fred Carter's livery
barn in Hammond and then sold it in
the shadow of the office of the owner
at the county seat, must have been out
after the record of the smooth person
who robbed the house OF a chief of po-
lice and then picked the pocket of the
detective who was sent to arrest him.
The sheriff's outfit has been recover
ed. Williams, the Crown Point man
who bought it rather carelessIy for S175
is out that much and the sharpers have
gone away from here leaving nothing
but a rather vague description.
The horse thieves went about their
work in a business like way. The job
was not conceived in a spirit of des-
peration. They had the team and the
prospective purchaser spotted as long
as a week before they pulled off the
| job.
| Circumstances warrant the belief
that it was a deliberate plan to "get
one over on the custodian Of the peace
and dignity Of Lake county, and in
cidentally Mr.. Williams. The full
heft" of the joke seems to have fallen
upon Mr. Williams who for a few brief
hours basked in the sunshine of a
beautiful bargain.
| Sneaky Music, Please.
| Harking back week, a well
clothed person with a far away look
and lot of business on his mind
| swarmed upon the county seat and had
| conversational traffic with the natives.
According to his tale he was addicted
to the habit of peddhng post holes or
other articles of dire necessity to the
people of Greater Lake county and the
Still Greater Calumet region.
AS an exploiter of our Glorious Pos
sibiIties he was what is technically
termed a peach. He would like TO
abide and share with US in the fructi-
fcation of the Glorious Idea.
But
And he told this tale to Mr.. Williams
s'There was a wife sick at home and
the doctors had Informed him to brace
himself for the worst.
I feel. said he, feelingly. 4 must
abandon my business just at time
when I was about to achieve a glor-
ious success. I'm thinking OF selling
out and abandoning the field.
Say" he continued, as If smitter
with another thought, Il have fine
team OF horses and q buggy that yol
might use in your business and I'll sci
em TO you cheap"
Well" said Mr.. Williams. thought
| fully. bring EN- around and let me SCI
: 'em."
The team cost me $780," said th,
stranger. looking away into the dis
/ tance. but OF course. don't expect t,
get all my money back. It may be
week before I can make Crown Poin
5 again. but I'll have the team here"
The. team appeared-the same team
e that the stranger had hired from Car
, ter
Rather light" said Williams. hi
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07
WEATHER FORECAST.

Showers tonight and probably
Saturday; slightly warmer Sat-
urday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07
Long Hike For Them.

Some OF the gang feared that arrests
would be made If they took the train
TO Chicago with the officers. and at els
D. m they started a hike across the
country of Indiana. Several policemen
were sent in their wake and they fol-
lowed them around. but up to late last
night none OF them had crossed into
Illinois and the police returned. tired
out. Many OF them lived in Hammond
Whiting. Indiana Harbor and other
places. but the police were not wise &c
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07

Total, Yesterday 10,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07
President Cameron to An
nounce Tonight Position
of the Company.
HAVE MEETING TODAY
South Chicago Stxeet Car Employees
Will Go Out on Strike If De-
mands Are Refused.

1t will be definitely known early this
evening whether the employees OF the
South Chicago. Hammond. Whiting and
East Chicago street railroads will go
out on a strike or not The matter is
now in the hands of President Cam
eron Of the company, and his decis-
ion will probably be given out late this
afternoon as to whether +. L. Merriam
will be reinstated to his position or not.
As a result of the conference held
yesterday afternoon at the Office Of
the president of the company in Chi
cago, Mr.. Cameron asked that the mat
ter be allowed to rest a day until he
could have a chance to decide as TO
what step the company would take in
the matter. b. A. Carter OF Ham
mond. president OF the local branch
of the Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway employees with Secre-
tary p. J. Peterson, were in conference
yesterday with the heads of the Union
in Chicago and the matter was taken
UP at the Office of the company before
President Cameron. 1t is said that
the president was surprised at the act
Ion of the men. and that he did not
fully understand all sides of the ques-
ton, and for that reason did not wish
to decide hastily. While nothing
definite is known. il is thought by
those who are in a position to know,
that the company will reinstate Mr.
Merriam and that then the matter OF
an increase of wages and other clauses
will be taken up. The delegates from
the headquarters of the union will
wait on Mr.. Cameron this afternoon ir
his office and he will give out his fna
answer in regard to the Merriam case
Strike Hangs Fire.
In case mr.. Cameron upholds tn,
dismissal of Mr.. Merriam, the matte
will Immediately go before the commit
tee of the Union and the matter of ar
ranging for the strike will be taken up
All this business will take a few days
but the organization for the strike vii
be perfected. In case of a refusal 70
reinstatement, the whole car system
in South Chicago. Hammond and sur
rounding towns and cities will be tie,
up. AS the residents of this section
are nearly all union men, there viii
be little chance to break up the strik
by non-union hands The matter will
be thoroughly thrashed out at tn
meeting this afternoon.
The Calumet street Electric com
pany will soon face a similar troubI
If reports amongst the employees ar
true. Two employees, Conductor E. +
Vanderbilt and Motorman o. II. Rey
nolds, were arrested last week charge
with using a phony cash registed [
defraud the company and the trial
set for next Wednesday. The conduc
tor has made a confession in which
states that the motorman was not /
on the deal and knew nothing abou
the use of the extra machine. TIL
employees will therefore ask for his re
instatement as they think he had n
part in the larceny.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13

THORp, Dec. y. 1t is reported
that Mrs Malone is very low Mr..
Ma one left for California Monday.
Eunice Campbell left Sunday for
Nebraska. He has been visiting
Porter Orndofi and family.
Mr.. Bridge Of Gle Elum, is visit
ing his daughter Mrs. Thompson.
jennie Porter who is staying
with Mr.. Shewbridge entered
school Monday.
+. {. Porter returned from the
Sound Wednesday.
John Henaby made a flying trip
to Easton Monday.
Miss Scanned is in Tacoma in St.
.Josephs hostipal,
Joe Scheivile, the genial day
operator will leave soon for an cN-
tended visit to his old home in
Wisconsin, He will spend the
holidays there. Nj. Scheivile has
been here for over a year and has
made many friends.
Mrs. Haywood has charge of the
music i'll the Thorp school. The
lessons are much appreciated by
both teachers and scholars.
John Ycarwood attended a ditch
meeting in Ellcnsburg Tuesday.
The ladies of the NJ. l.. church
held fair Wednesday in the Car
rico building adjoining the barber
shop. They served lunch and
dinner to a large number of people.
1t was financially a Success.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13
Our Cash Reserve

Mr.. Estrane and family left Tues
day for Tacoma where they will
visit a short time and then will
leave for their old home i'll Chicago.
They have been here but a short
time and have made many friends.
Mrs. S. l.. Gordon is building 4
house on her place where she eX-
poets to move soon.
Saturday night a dance was
given by the Taylor Bros. at the
Tanum mill.
John Marcott has taken Mr.. Ma
ZONES place as agent.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Mcdonald
were i'll Ellensburg OH business
Monday.
A number of Thorpites attended
the party at Martin Friedrich ;
Saturday night
Mildred Weed who has been i'll
is able to be III school again but
has not yet entered.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13

II. r. Williams, president of the
c. NJ & St, Paul road, and l.. J:
Pearson and II. c. Henry, one of
the prominent contractors, are
spending a few days here inspect
ing the road as being built
Moore's theatre building is a
surprise and those who thought it a
cheap affair have changed their
minds. 1t will be a modern and
up-to-date house and the boys are
certainly to be congratulated on
their enterprise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Shelton
came down from CleElum Tuesday
evening Just after being united iii
marriage and went out to I. !.
Shelton 5 home Wednesday fore
noon They contemplate going to
their own home today.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13
J % Be
prompt

Christmas selections have
for the last few years been
made earlier than was fOrm-
erly the custom. People re.
oognize that the early bird
gets the widest choice and
avoids much later worry. Be-
ginning Saturday you can, if
desired. pick from the best
stock of suitable holiday gifts
ever shown i'll EllenSbmg,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13

..>E were 40 men that regis
t.r.d that failed to vote i'll our
recent municipal election. Under
our form of government, voting is
not merely a right, but duty, and
.-.rcover. a fundamental and nee
..-u- duty if q man is to be good
CITIZEN
Woodland coming.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13
J his
Xe!s axs,S
1 EI!sp@S


We lave made a special
effort to chose a superior
stock of holiday goods this
season. Our lines are changed
in many ways, We have more
novelties than heretofore; these
are the things that please
most and 60 earliest, hence
our object in urging you to
come Willie everything is here.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13

This announcement embod-
les an invitation to come and
see the goods as early as you
can, 1t is seeing them, not
buying them, that we urge
now. We want you to feel
that we like to have people
come merely to see, the buying
will naturally take care of it.
self. We have had large
stocks before but all previous
displays are dwarfed by this
one.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13
q 8 l-2 per cent

Mr.. and Mrs. Clymer of I;llens-
burg, spent Sunday with Mr.
Clymer mother, Mrs. Kendall.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13
Resources

LOaus aud Discounts - . ..... ....... sos, Z
Bonds CITY and School District Warrants .. 65 2Q5o4
Bank Building Furniture and Fixtures ..... 5S,444.OI
Repairs and improvements Bank Building 100000
Premium OH Bonds - m ........... $4,000
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13
THORR NEWS

You want to see Woodland
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-13
The Washington State Bank
OF EIienSburg

At Close of Business Dec. Srd, 1907.
Date of Call by the Comptroller Of Currency.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18

saeo,rn4ain Seratrhers" Held In Con-
tempt by the Natives.

sasour4ain serah-hers" Held In Con-
tenpt by the Natives.
There are few things that rouse
the Swiss inhabitants of Alpine vii
lagos to contemptuous anger SO
much as the spectacle of 3 gnorant
tourists anxious to attack the un-
known heights of dangerous noun
tains- These villagers have spent
their lives among the mountains
and realize their perils.. When they
see some stupid newcomer starting
out alone on what may be nothing
less than a suicidal venture, says the
London Express, they say to each
other, Another mountain scratch
err
The sensible tourist never by any
| means purchases an ice az. One
day I noticed a man enter one of
the shops. He looked at the ice
axes and finally bought one. "No
one but a mountain scratcher would
buy an ice ak at toy shop" said
my guide.
The next day l started out for an
easy excursion to the glacier, having
the same guide with me who had
pointed out the mountain scratcher
at the shop. He at once told me
that the "scratcher" had also start
ed for the glacier unattended.
When we began to get on the
glacier the guide fastened the rope
around my waist. Not being a
climber, l had only my alpenstock.
The guides ice ak was ample for
the cutting of necessary steps.
In a short time we saw the noun
tain scratcher. He was chipping
away with his az on broad slope Of
ice that reached away into illimita-
bic distance.
Without wasting words the guide
stopped me and united the rope.
stay where you are, ne SAID.
"That fool is right in the track of
the avalanches. I must get him out
of that at once. He may be killed
any moment"
The guide soon came near his
man, but he was over him, and
deep crevasse separated them. /
saw the guide thrust his Ak forward,
but the mans nerve failed, and he
did not grasp it. The guide saw
that he must act promptly and
thrust the point of the ak into the
mans coat and under his leather
belt and pulled him up by sheer
force.
The two came back to where !
was waiting. There was low rum
bling noise, which grew louder and
louder. White drifts of moving ice
came hurtling down over the slope
where but a few moments before
the man had been standing. We
had reached him just in time.
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A losina Aareement.

A Jenkintown grocer says that
there is nothing like being accom-
modating, even if it goes so far as to
cause loss in cash. About year
ago a character well known in that
section of Montgomery county, who
lives alone in a small house nearly
q mile back in the country, happen
ed to be in the store and said his
stock of provisions was low. He
asked the grocer to sell him 8 cents
worth of -four. "Why don't you buy
a dollars worth ?" asked bystand-
er. 81 amt got no bag" was the
reply. "Oh, well, III lend you one" "
said the merchant. "But I amt
got no money with me" the man
said. "You can pay for it when you
bring back the bag" was the reply,
and the man went home with his
-four. One day last week the man
was again in the store, and the gro.
Ger said to him: 81 have little bill
against you for -four. Do you re-
member about it?" His eyes open
ed with astonishment as he gazed at
the grocer and replied, 81 amt
brought the bag back yet" The
bill has been charged to profit and
loss.-Philadelphia Record.
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AMBERGRIs.
This Valuable Substance Comes From
Diseased Sperm Whales.

1Hu8Soo SPcSH VhafeSs
Ambergris is one of the most val.
liable products of the sea. The
mariner who spies floating on the
waves a grayish mass, fatty in ap'
pearance, will if he knows what
ambergris is, betray considerable e1.
. citement, for the substance brings
high prices.
The origin of ambergris was once
a mystery, but it is so no longer. 1t
is q morbid secretion due to a dis
ease of the liver of the sperm whale,
in the intestines of which animal
humps OF it are occasionally, though
rarely, discovered. DR.. c. H. Ste
venson of the United States fish
commission, who made a special
study of the subject, said that the
whales which yield ambergris are
invariably sickly and emaciated.
Anciently the substance was
known as amber, a name which was
subsequently applied to the fossil
gum now commonly so called. But
to distinguish the two one was call
ed amber girls" (gray) and the 9TH
er "amber jaune" yellow.
So it appears that ambergris
means simply gray amber. Like the
fossil gum, pieces of it were found
now and then on the seashore,
where they had been cast up by the
waves; hence doubtless the giving
Of the same name to both.
Ambergris usually contains the
beaks of cuttlefshes, on which the
sperm whale feeds. Sometimes it is
black, but the finest is gray in color.
When dried, to cure it, it is light
and infammable and yields an odor
family resembling honey. On being
melted by heat it evaporates slowly,
leaving no trace behind.
The substance has been used for
centuries in sacerdotal rites of the
church and with fragrant gums was
formerly burned in the apartments
of royalty. To some extent it was
employed as a medicine and to fla
vor certain dishes. Nowadays it is
utilized almost exclusively by per-
furners in the preparation of fine
scents, being first converted into a
tincture by dissolving it in alcohol.
Saturday Evening Post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
Beauty Everywhere.

The remotest corner of the globe
is full of wonder and beauty. The
LATEST bank in the world, away from
towns, where no artists do congre-
gate, upon which no farm laps,
where no vines hang their cooling
clusters, nor flowers spring, noI
grass invites the browsing herd, is
vet spotted and patched with moss
of such exquisite beauty that the
painter, who in all his life should
produce one such thing, would be
master in art, an immortal in
fame, and it has the hair of 10000
reeds combed over its brow, and its
shining sand and insect tribes might
win the Students lifetime. Gods
least thought is more prolific than
mans greatest abundance.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
Proposed In Public.

One of the most unique speci-
mems of the courting crisis on rec
ord occurred at London dinner
party. He had long made love to
her, and while at the table he learn
ed from friend sitting next to him
that his rival intended to "pop the
question" that very day. What was
to be done? He was some distance
from her, while the dreaded rival
was at her side. Tearing a leaf
from a notebook, he wrote on it
with a pencil: STill you be my
wife? Write your answer, yes or no,
on this paper and return it to me"
This he sent to her by a waiter,
saving: "To the lady in blue at the
end Of the table. &c very careful" :"
This servant was careful enough,
but the sender forgot to give him
the pencil for the lady to use. She
didn't have a pencil, but she coolly
put the note into her bosom and
answered to the waiter, 'Tell the
gentleman yes," with as little be-
travail of excitement as if she were
accepting an invitation to game
Of cfoquet.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
Theophils Gautier.

In spite of his exceptional
strength and the magnitude of his
desires, Gautier was a dreamer,
strayed into the midst Of q restless,
implacable civilization which rush
ed past him and over him and trod
him under foot, while he, uncon-
scious of the fact, made no COM
plant. "Poor Theo!" he sometimes
exclaimed, and we, his friends, knew
what depths Of unspoken suffering
were compressed into that cry. He
lived in a world of dreams far away,
so far away indeed that he was
aware the fantastic existence he had
imagined was not to be realized
upon our earth and therefore made
the best of the Indifferent circum-
stances in which he was forced to
live. - Literary Recollections,
Maxine dr. Camp.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
Humors of the Law.

Law and equity are two things
which God has joined together and
man has put asunder. When pris-
oner in Justice Maule's court was
asked whether he had anything to
say why sentence should not be
pronounced upon him, he replied,
II wish God may strike me dead If
| stole the ducks" Maule waited
for about a minute and then said :
"Prisontv, as Providence has not in.
terfered I must. Three months
hard labor"
a mayor on taking his seat on the
beech for the first tine informed
tie bar that during his year OF Of
fce he would spare no effort to be
neither partial nor impartial.-Ad-
dress of Sir Albert Rollit in Lon
don.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
Cash Terms.

A.-You have called me a swim
dler, and I am not going to stand it.
] shall 60 to law and make you
smart for it.
B.-All right.
: A.-You will have to pay a fine
Of at least so marks.
B.-You are quite at liberty to
take any course you think proper.
A.-Look here! Tomorrow I
have a payment to make. If you
viii settle up at once I will allow
you per cent off!-Berin Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
The Sleep Of Horses.

When the horse sleeps, it is said
that one ear is directed forward,
why is not known. A writer in the
English Mechanic thinks this is to
guard against danger, being a sur
vival of its originally wild habits.
He says: "Watch horse asleep
through the window of his stable
and make faint noise at the front.
That ear will be all attention, and
probably the other will fly around
sharply to assist. Now let him 60
to sleep again and make the same
noise to the left. The forward ear
still will keep guard, with possibly
a lightning flick round, only to re-
sumo it's former position"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
No Room For Argument.

Promotion time in the public
schools is invariably a season OF un-
due elation and of heartburnings
among the pupils. "Did you get
promoted ?" asked a small girl in
front Of a Brooklyn school OF a
larger companion.
eyes. 1t was easy for me in that
class" was the reply.
"Wel, they left me back, re-
marked the small girl, and then,
with bitterness, 'But you're not so
smart anyway"
"Oh, I don't know" said the 9th
er, with an air of superiority.
"There amt many in this school
that has a better education than me.
I was promoted, and the teacher was
left back."-New York Globe.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
What Puzzled Him.

1t is said of the Marquis Of
Townsend that when young man
and engaged in battle he saw a
drummer at his side killed by a can
non ball, which scattered his brains
in every direction. His eyes were
at once fixed on the ghastly object,
which seemed to epgross his
thoughts. a superior officer observ-
ing him, supposed he was intimidat-
ed by the sight and addressed him
in a manner to cheer his spirits.
"Oh," said the young marquis, with
calmness, but severity, 81 am not
frightened. I am only puzzled to
make out how any man with such q
quantity of brains ever came to be
herew
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-18
Cells of the Honeyeomb.

Honeybees are generally credited
with instructive skill in making the
cells of the comb he1agonal in
shape, but it is probable that this
construction is merely the ordinary
result of mechanical laws. Solitary
bees always make circular cells, and
the bees in a hive no doubt make
them circular also, but mechanical
pressure forces them into a hex
agonal form. A well known natural
list in speaking Of the matter says
that all cylinders made of soft, plia,,
BILE substances become hexagonal
under such circumstances.