The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-12


the early part of next week for the
doctors old home in Calumet, Mich.
After a visit there they will make
tour through the Lake Superior district
on a fishing excursion.
Doc is making some fine promises
about the trout he vii bring back, but
Missouri" The party will be away
for about three or four weeks.
A fine baby boy was born yesterday
to Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Burdick Mr..
Burdick seems to be just about the
proudest man in Indiana Harbor today.
Mr.. w B. vanHorne. who with his
wife and one of the children, had
severe attack of diptheria, is out again.
While Mrs. VanHorne and the baby
have not ben out of the house yet, they
are however fully recovered.
]. w. Maxwelrs mare mule Maud got
loose yesterday and created consider
able excitement around the corner of
Michigan avenue and Guthrie street.
She made vain efforts to put the sky
out of business with her kind legs and
falling in that, was perfectly willing
to tackle anything lower down. 1t
was long before she had a clear right
of way and the whole street to her
self.
Mr.. William Smith and family of
Block avenue. left yesterday for two
weeks visit With relatives and friends
in Kokomo, Ind.
Mrs. Ben Roop and daughter, Maude
are in Chicago, the guests of Mrs.
Roop's sister, Mrs. Becker.
A party of twelve chartered Steen-
berg's launch one day this week and
went to Gary by water After visiting
the steel plant and taking in the other
sights offered by the thriving young
city, they returned to their boat and
came back to where they had arranged
with H Mucho for a fish dinner at his
summer resort there. The lake was so
rough, however, they were unable to
make a landing and Mr.. Mucho had to
send out after them in small boats.
The first boat load to be taken off also
found it impossible to land and the
boys were compelled to take off their
clothes and wade ashore. The others
were more fortunate and got in all
right The party was composed of:
Max Heyman, Nick Fox, Elvis Hunter,
Dave Kepler, William Brown, Carl
Kringer, John Woodman, Mack Nc
Bean, Fred LaForce, w. c., Brown, ].
L. Mckinley and r. c. kirkland.
After dinner the party undaunted by
their previous experience in landing.
were successfully put aboard their
launch again and returned to Indiana
Harbor without further mishap.
The genial proprietor of. the Golden
Gate Wine House. has returned from
his trip. Among the places he visited
he spent a few days in Toledo, o., Wis
iting his father and mother, who are
getting along in years, his father be-
ing 20 years of age and his mother r.
From there he went to Delaware, o.
where he has a brother He says that
his trip did him good and he intends
to return there in the fall to repeat
his visit.
c. P. Burdick, manager of the Lake
County Lumber company was Son
struck" this morning at 1880. Mother
and son doing nicely.
]. w. Woodin has a sorrel mare that
he things is just a little faster and q
little longer winded than anything In
Lake county, and Oscar Gordon has g
black mare that he has the same opin-
! ion Of The difference Of opinion or
the speed of the two horses led up tC
number of arguments between the
two men and their friends, and in order
to get an unbiased decision they have
put up 500 apiece to back their opin-
ions Both horses are in training ant
the race will take place here on July
4. Judging from the talk going The
rounds considerable money will change
hands on that date
w. W. Hatch & Son donated two car
loads of crushed stone screening:
towards the making of the infeld o.
the new baseball park on which they
are working on every day. There art
twelve teams working today.
Andrew Bergland moved bis famil!
into his new home on Fir street neal
One Hundred and Thirty sixth street
which has just been completed. TIL,
building was constructed by Car
Lundberg.
BENJAMIN Roop of this city, is start
ing contracting in Gary. He ha
opened an office at Seventh avenue an,
Broadway.