The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-28

mornings, the Steel corporation, which I
owned the land of the original plat Of
Gary, incorporated in all its deeds a
provision against establishing on that
land a saloon or a dive of any kind.
Where '"Thc Patch" Is Located.
The Steel corporation however. great
a s it is, fell down lamentably for
though it bought 5000 acres Of land
for Gary, it did not get one small
strip of land lying to the south, which
ran up to the steel companys plat.
This now reaches to within a short
distance of the center of the business
district The strip was plated and put
on the market free of anti-saloon and
anti-dive provisions in deeds of trans
fer and the lots went like hot cakes
and at startling figures Three TWEEN
ty-five foot lots facing on Broadway.
brought $4,000. and others with TWEEN
ty-hve feet frontage on that and other
streets, 1t is said, brought $4,000 and
SIS, 600.
Before Gary really awoke, the rank
est patch of saloons and dives that
could fasten itself on any community
sprang up in that section, and in May
this year they numbered 1913.
Gary has a population Of 10000 to
5 900. and the 1O3 resorts provided one
for every thirteen to fifteen inhabi-
tants.
Remembrance signed by I75.
This rank growth Of dives was
nourishing when the Rev. G. ". Deuel.
of the Methodist church. assisted by
Louis Bryan a local real estate man.
executed coup that astonished the
| liquor element. The Indiana laws re-
I quire that a remonstrance shall be
signed by a ma jority of the voters who
| participated in the last election prior
to the circulation of the remonstrance
AT the time Of the last election Gary
was a camp and only 200 votes We're
| cast. Deuel. and his forces quietly
went around with a remonstrance aud
| obtained the signatures of about 175
of the citizens of Gary. which now has
! population of about $4,000 people.
! and one morning The Patch" awoke
I to find that q remonstrance against
liquor traffic in the township. covering
a period OF two years. had been filed.
The brewing companies got busy
| Immediately. They APPEALED to the
! county courts and have been drawing
| into the fight all the wide-o open town
and political forces. The hearing in
the Lake county courts will come up
probably in September. In the mean
time licenses have been expiring. AS
the licenses have expired some OF the
places have been closed. but 1t is
chargd that others have been operat-
ing on the blind tiger basis. A
murder or two has not helped the sit
uation of the brewery forces
Bitter Fight Probable.
This coup OF the anti-saloon forces
panies to its usual sources of support
threatens to bring on in Lake county
one of the bittereet fights in Indiana
| 1t is doubtful, with the character OF
the population that is floating In
around the model city," whether il
will be possible at the expiration Of
the present remonstrance in two years
to get the majority necessary to keer
the saloons closed. At the present
time. however, Deuel. and his forces
seem to have the upper hand. as faI
as the remonstrance is concerned. anC
they confident. though they took adj
vantage Of teChncality Of the law
that local conditions made remarkable
the remonstrance will stand AS tc
the effectiveness Of the remonstrance
If the local officers do not act the re
monstrants will probably appeal to the
state powers and also for relief from
the slot machine gambling. which run.
5 without check in Gary