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self In the land of dykes and water
ways The atmosphere is complete.
A COSMOPOLITAN CROWD

self in the land of dykes and water
ways. The atmosphere is complete
COSMOPOLITAN CROWD
The other noontime l visited the
Dutch cafe with an attorney friend and
was surprised to see the place filed to
oVernowing. Well known merchants
and professional men were enjoying
their luncheon, laughing, chatting and
smoking. The place fairly bristled with
lawyers.
were talking about government land
ana had an idea that possibly the
oark halred gentleman who was con-
yersing very seriously might be one OF
No, no." remarked my friend, that's
Frank A. Duryea. He was for three
years assistant United States attorney
In San Francisco and, 1 believe, al
though he has a general practice, that
he, deals principally with cases in the
Iederal courts. He has an office in this
And who's the fellow with him?' ]
ventured
"Oh, he's an indiscreet chap who got
INTO trouble over some public lands,
through. He's had lots of experience
along those lines.'
At another table near by were Lucius
ruler, Harvey Warde Peck and Robert
y. Morey, three well known investment
brokers'. who make up the firm of the
RULER company, whose office, number
322. is on the third floor of the Pa
cifc building. They are all hustlers
In leasing and selling rooming houses,
modern apartment houses, hotels, flats
and stores. I was told of deal they
recently consummated that practically
saved, two men from financial disaster.
In an effort to erect one of the first ho-
tells In San Francisco a Third street
property owner started to build, burt
peIore the second story was reached
his funds gave out and for months all
work was stopped. He could neither
Dorrow money nor sell. Through the
Fuller company he finally disposed of
the property, his successor hurrying
aIong the construction as soon as he
came into possession. But everything
scared to such prohibitive prices
bricks, lumber and labor-that he, too,
was Forced to stop. Then the financial
@ panic came on and it seemed impos5
essary to get the building ready for
tenant. He put the matter into the
hands OF the Fuller company and In
less than two weeks they had found a
cl9ss az tenant who do. tooa 10 years
on the strength of this lease the owner
was aole to get sufficient money! to
complete his building.
WELL KNOWN ORGANIZER
At still another table in the Holland
garden 1 saw w. H. Chamberlain. with
be his sons. Chamberlain, by the way,
has quite a reputation as an organ
lzer, although ! believe his speciality
as an attorney is corporation law and
ousinese, for which he lis eminently
ntted He gained his knowledge in a
practical way by years of experience
with several large corporations and
Irsallroads. The Dirigo club. the Jona-
than club of Los Angeles and any num-
per or we'll known corporations were
Launched by him. Only recently he or
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the plant is one of the most economical
in every respect. This installation is
similar to the one in Marshall Field s
store in Chicago, in which there are IS
elevators, the greatest number of cleo
trio elevators under any one roof in the
world.
ATTRACTIONS OF THE LOBBY
The lobby of the building coy
meeting place for frsends-is beautiful
ly worked out in marble and is pro-
vided with an elaborate bronze framed
directory of the tenants of the build
ing At one end is located the Pacific
building cigar and newsstand. and
here can be secured the latest maya
zines. the newspapers and the best inns
ported and domestic cigars that can
be had. Parcels can be checked at the
stand from Z o'clock in the morning
until $3.50 o'clock in the evening, zand
for the convenience of the people in the
building postage stamps are sold in
small quantities In a few days the
lobby is TO be provided with an auto
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manufactures jewelry from gold in the
raw material, renovates jewelry that
has gone through fire, polishes silver
ware until it looks almost new, makes
watch cases and repairs balky time
pieces, no matter how complicated the
works may be. | was shown q watch
that had dropped ten stories from the
top of building in course of con-
struction and i could not have picked
it out from a number of new watches,
so completely had 1T been restored to
its original shape and appearance.
There are a number of well known
physicians, surgeons and eye, ear,
nose and throat specialists in the build
ing. II your teeth need attention and
you are pressed for time. call on DR..
Gustave Rietzke. the surgeon dentist,
in his Office, No. 206. His hours are
from a. m. until in the afternoon.
If you are anxious to take out an ac-
will find S. E. Hoge & Co. the Pacific
coast managers of the National cas-
ualty company, on the eighth floor.
They have an excellent proposition, by
the way, TO offer agents.
BISMARCK CAFE AND GARDEN
The Bismarck cafe. in the basement
of the Pacific building, has so many
novelties and surprises to offer that 1t
is necessary for one to go there sew
eral times to be able to see it all and
grasp an idea of the immense scale
on which it is run. 1t has seating
is SO varied and elaborate that one can
secure anything wished for from the
daintiest tidbit or mild beverage to the
most pretentious dinner or the finest
imported champagnes or liquors.
The Market street entrance is down
a broad marble stairway, through
wealth of tropical foliage, where the
men are relieved of hats and over
coats and the women given a chance
to arrange their toilettes. The main
dining room, which seats about 500
people, looks like the heraldic hall OF
some German schloss. A pretty decor
ative feature on the columns that sup
port the ceiling is the little dwarfs'
heads. between which hang dainty
series of open loges, where one can dine
in semi privacy and still listen to the
music of the orchestra at the end OF
the room. Everything about the cafe
the silver, the glassware and the din
ner service, which was made abroad
especially for this establishment and
bears a tiny. likeness of Germany's
iron chancellor on every individual
piece.
But the mems cafe, which can be
entered from the Fourth street side,
is the most. unique and novel of all.
The setting Is typical Holland garden
on the outskirts of old Amsterdam You
are under the shade of the trees, from
which peep little urchins who seem to
fear you may catch them stealing ap-
pies. It is sunset. and through the
long vista OF trees you get glimpses
of the dyke lanterns, the telegraph
poles. the quaint stone houses with
stork's nests in the chimneys, and the
picturesque Dutch people at work and
at play gray-green weather-beaten
oak fence encircles three sides of the
room, and with the aid of the soft
CLEAN of lights and the music toned
down to an echo. it is not dificult to
forget san francisco and imagine one
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Until recently the tenants of the
building have found it quite "a nuisance
to have to go outside for stationery
and office supplies, but this annoyance
has been remedied by two wide awake
young men, Ashley and Shoemaker
who have put in very good stock of
such goods. If a tenant runs shy of
typewriter ribbons. carbon sheets, PEN
cIis. paper or any of the countless
other little things that are wanted on
the spur OF the moment, he can get
them there. The office is sos. The
firm also does multigraph work and
will look after the details of printing.
While l was talking over business
conditions with the members of the
firm, a smiling young lady entered and
handed Shoemaker a check for SIS.
Like getting money from home" he
commented.
"How's that?" I asked, my curiosity
aroused
why, did some work for an East
ern agent for electrical supplies sew.
eral months ago and simply couldn't
/ turned the account over to j. T.
stanton. down in room 209, never
dreaming that he would be able to col
lect it. No matter how careful we are.
we occasionally strike bad accounts and
you can be sure that we will always
call on Stanton after this. BY the way.
he collects rents as well az bad ac-
counts in connection with his real es-
tate business.
A FULL PLEDGED FACTORY
One of the most interesting estab-
.lishments in the Pacific building is the
manufacturing plant of the California
watch case company. located on the
second floor, rooms 249-251. 1t is the
largest plant of its kind west of Chi
cago and its work is known from San
Diego to Olympia. Wash. throughout
the southwest. and In Honolulu and
even far away Manila. The company
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There is but one certifed public =.
cotntant in the building. J. Fostn-
He is commercial accountant sr5
sys.sms nsrs spnselsliSs tSs With offices in rooms
certified public accountants ioie.y ince.y or
ated. OF which he is saeres .por-
treasurer, Is also located. Membershs-
IN, this society carries the distinrs;nlpp lp
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AUTOMATIC CLOCK SYSTEM
Another feature which the tenants OF
the Pacific building will welcome and
which is soon to be added by G. FNA.
hSturts. is an automatic clock system
that will furnish uniform and accurate
time In every room in the building
The clock cases will be neat. match the
woodwork. and have a IL inch dial
They can be located wherever they can
be best seen. The installation will cost
the tenants nothing: they will be ex-
pected to pay only a monthly rental OF
Is cents, s.,,l;, In nearly al the large new
clock systems may be found. They are
smooth working. nOiseless. economical
exact They save an immense amount
of worry and expense incident to in
dependent clocks. They are TO be run
by electricity from a master clock
jumping once every minute II by anv
chance the electric current should be
temporarily turned of for an hour.
day or even a month. the clocks will
perform their functions Just the same
as they are provided with an auxiliary
battery power that keeps them going
AS soon as the main current is turned
on again. the battery power is switched
on automatically
one of the greatest points in favor
OF this automatic clock service will be
,he TACT tnat the manufacturer. c. F
=. Stur.s. viii give IL his personal
supervision II anything goes wrong
the tenants will be able to reach him
IN y, Lew s.inutes: but his system Is so
simple. vet efficient. that there is not
even a possible chance OF any DIM
cuity. once the clocks are in working
oroer, IL IS not even necessary to clean
or OIL them. the setting being done
from the master clock
sturts. by the way. is the only per-
son on the coast who has made
speciality of manufacturing self-wlnd..
ing clocks He points with speciai
pride TO the handsome bronze clock To-
Gated in the Western national bank On
the Powell street side which has done
more TO attract attention to his work
tnan any other clock he has turned
out 1t was one of the ver- few the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-28
E. D. CRUMPACKER AT
CROWN POINT TOMORROW.
VIII Speak at Central Music Hall To-
morrow Evening.

Every man and woman in Crown
Point, regardless of politics, is invit-
ed out tomorrow night to hear the
Hon. Edgar D. Crumpacker speak on
the political issues of the day ait Cen
trail Music hall. Mr.. Crumpacker is
one of Crown Points old stand-bys in
the way of a political speaker and
never fails to draw crowded house.
Mr.. Crumpackers long and varied ex-
perience at the seat OF government
al Washington has given him a keen
insight into the political questions that
are before the country at large, and
that he will handle them in his own
masterful and fair-minded manner goes
without saying. The republicans are
getting a reputation for having their
crowds composed mostly of ladies, and
so as to not disappoint certain demo-
cratic organs, the ladies are especially
invited to hear Mr.. Crumpacker at the
Central Music hall tomorrow night, at S
o'clock sharp. The Hammond male
quartette will render several selections.
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ST. JOHN.

Mr.. and Mrs. n. Hilbrich of Ham
mond are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Keilman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schumacher of
Schererville visited relatives here to-
day.
Charles Bubholz of Cedar Lake tran
sacted business here today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Rougelange spent
Tuesday with friends here
Christ Segers of Bemis was here on
business yesterday
Gerlach Bros. shipped a carload of
live stock to Chicago this morning
Miss Mary weingart is rapidly sink
ing by this time and death will soon
relieve her of all sufferings
Quite a number of people gathered
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Keilman Monday evening The time
was pleasantly spent with music and
dancing. and refreshments were served
at 1890
Bob Corners was the lucky winner
of the organ.
Many out-of-town guests were pres
ent, among them Mr.. and Mrs N Hill
brich. and the parents OF Mrs. Henry
Keilman.
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High School Notes.

We know now what that sophomore
class meeting meant Monday night 1t
meant that they are going to have a
box social, to which all the high school
pupils are invited. Providing-that the
girls bring boxes and the boys mon
ey. The proceeds will be divided equal
ly between the sophomores and the
athletic association. Mrs. Breyfogle has
very kindly opened her home to the
sophomores on Friday evening.
The history " class had q test pre-
sented to them by Miss vierling yes
terday.
Miss Benson gave the girls the If
teen minutes solo work yesterday in
stead of the boys. She intends to give
the girls lessons in part music for
about a month.
The electric lights they talked of
establishing in the schools last year
haven't been put in yet. It will soon
be time for them, as we have had some
dark days already
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-28
ROBERTSDALE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot Aman gave a
dinner at their home in Indiana bouie-
ward Sunday in honor of their cousin.
Mrs. Viola Scofield of Washington, D.
c.. who is visiting relatives in and
around Chicago. Those present were:
Mrs. Jackson of Logan's park, Mrs
Lumb of Wheeler, Ind, Mrs Ellis of
Hammond. Mrs. Zeigler OF. woodlawn.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith of Auburn
Park. Mrs. Edmunds and R. X Smith
of South Chicago. Mrs William Smith
gave a dinner for her Monday evening
at her home in Auburn Park.
Mr. and Mrs. G. w shinn of Elk
hart. Ind. are spending a few days
with the latter's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Ebert, of Reese avenue.
Among those who saw Panhandle
Pete" at the Calumet Sunday were:
Messrs. Fred Balm, Carl Buehler, Julius
Stress and Fred Leverenz.
Mrs. L. Kroker returned to her home
in Harrison avenue after a few weeks
visit at the home of her brother-in-law
Adam Griesel. of South Chicago.
Messrs. James Nicholson. Tom Smith
and Tom Nicholson were Hammond
business visitors Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Smith moved
here from East Side, Monday, and will
make their home with the latetr's ia
Their, John Kreuter. of Indiana boule-
ward. Mr.. Smith has opened up an au-
tomobile shop in South Chicago.
Mrs. Wilke. Mrs. F. Jeres and Mrs
Capein and children were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kasch of Roberts
avenue yesterday.
Misses Mamie Brown and Emily
Utusch of Harrison avenue visited
Hammond friends Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Spencer and
daughters, Beatrice and Bernice, were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Fritz at their home in Roberts ave-
nue..
Joseph Studdor of Roberts avenue is
recovering from slight attack of
typhoid fever.
Quite a number Of Robertsdale la
dies attended the Eastern Star lodge
in Whiting Monday evening.
Clarence Lowell of Hammond spent
the day visiting Herman Beisen of
Pearl street
Lee Jewett of Indiana boulevard
saw The Lion and the Mouse" at the
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Tackles Hammond High School.

The great game of the season be-
tween the county high schools will oc
cur next Saturday afternoon at the
local eleven's grounds on South Court
street, when they will tackle the Ham
Anon& high school eleven. Crown Point
high has been a consistent loser this
season, having lost four consecutive
games. However. they will endeavor
to turn the tide next Saturday, and
II Hammond wins it will be because
they have the superior team. the
local eleven are prepared to do or die,
this time. Great interest is being dis
played and a large crowd of rooters
for both teams are expected to witness
the games.
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THE CREAM OF THE
Morning News

Walter Wellman says Taft is max
ing gains in Ohio but the state is still
extremely close.
Most aggressive campaign for woman
suffrage witnessed in Chicago for years
is planned at an assemblage of women
addressed by Rev. Anna H Shaw.
New York factory towns give big
audence to Mr.. Taft
Mr.. Bryan makes eighteen speeches
in New York
Letters from wife to Captain Peter
Haines are read in the trial of the Of
ficer in New York to show that it was
her account of her actions that brought
him home to slaw w. E. Annis.
After a search of two years. Mrs
Randa Johnson of Chicago locates her
husband and his affinity in st. Louis,
has both arrested and promises to de-
mand the full penalty of the law.
Many stocks in Wall street make new
high records for the year.
President Roosevelt reaches the half
century mark, and congratulations pour
in on him from all parts OF the world
Fire in the hold of the steamer Luck
enback, bound for Porto Rico, causes
alarm, and passengers are taken off by
passing liner.
Furnessia. crippled by accident in
mid ocean and 3Os passengers have
anxious time while vessel rolls help
lessly.
Walter L. Fisher. at the first consid-
Grafton of the provisions Aof another
draft of city charter, points import
ance of Sunday closing and revenue
questions.
Association of Commerce urges all to
vote for s2O.0O0,OOO water way bonds
John f. Linihan agrees to yield re-
ownership of Battle Creek Food com
pany. resigns as Egg-O-See official and
creditors take tangle to United States
court in bankruptcy petition.
Special grand jury to investigate pri-
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Politics All the Rage There.

Politics occupy the center of the
stage in Crown Point at present, and
hardly any other topic is discussed.
The republicans are interested in the
funny angle the Marshall and the
saloon question has taken and while
he is the avowed candidate of the
brewery interests there are many min
listers and temperance people who are
giving their support to win in the cen
trail part of Indiana. Verify, there is
hog in the fence somewhere. and
Marshall has to be given the credit for
playing an adroit and two sided game
of politics. Probably the truth of the
matter will not be aired until too late.
when those who have lent their sup
port to the two sided game will have
plenty of time to wait and quash
their teeth
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CLARK STATION.
Herman Soldwedel of Whiting

Mr.. Herman SOldWedel or hitting
was a Clarke business visitor.
Mr.. F. Behn of this place was
business visitor at Englewood.
Mrs. j. Scheurer. Mrs E. Clossen and
Mrs. Fred Behn were Toleston bust
ness visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer West and chill
dren, Raymond and. Donald. of Park
Manor visited with Mr. and Mrs. j.
Rayder here
number of people of this place saw
the race at the skating rink at Gary
They were disappointed the way
Charles Suits was handled. He would
have won had it not been for one of
the men pushing him down. Even aft
er that he could have won, but his
leg was injured from the fall. He
came in second all the same, even if it
was a bad trick.
Miss Hulda Schwalbe attended the
party at Mrs. Conrads Saturday in Toll
eston.
Mr.. Otto Frick of Chicago returned
there after a pleasant visit with his
parents here.
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HOBART.
High School Notes.

The freshmen have been studying the
Merchant of Venice.
Chemistry class had an examination
last week. Some went below the pass
ing mark, but most received received
grades that are excellent.
Mr.. Barts in chemistry-'what is
acetic acid?"
No reply.
Mr.. Barts: TT is distilled from, err.
er-
Bright Student-"Seeds.'
The juniors won the first battle; mo-
body seriously injured.
Next Thursday afternoon the Hobart
boys play Wheeler high school at that
place.
Mr.. Thompson has received a num-
Der OF plays. He is now reading them
to take his choice. and a good high
school play will be presented to the
public about the middle of December.
The sophomores and juniors were de-
feated by the seniors and freshmen in
their third game of basketball this
season. The game was played Satur-
day afternoon. and the score was 10 to
6. The sophies and juniors won the
first two games and so are not dis
couraged by this defeat.
The general averages for the first
month were very good. The two high
est in each class were: Seniors, Fred
Frank. OAK; Theresa Butts. 941s.
Juniors, Ethel Crockett. 9S1Ss John
Flick. go. Sophomores, Ellwynn Rop-
err. SO SIS; Carl Leanertz. 96. Fresh
men, Doris White, So; Mabel TRACER,
ss.
The game of basketball between Ho-
bart and Crown Point was played last
Saturday, the former winning, score
| Z to 2. About 200 saw the Hobart
| team win, though the visitors showed
good form, but lacking practice. The
| lineup for Hobart was: First center,
Edna Berger; right guard, Edith Chase
second center. Elsie Rose; left guard
Alvina Krause; right forward, Tillie
Rose; left forward, Margaret Bulloch.
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NEWS OF THE COUNTY SEAT

has to combat most of it with a great
deal of personal abuse and mudsling-
ing. which fact, however, cannot win
them many votes.
julius GrieseI has returned from an
extended visit with his brother, Ed
ward. of Muskogee, Okla. Julius says
that Muskogee is one of the most
thriving cities in the south and a
great future is predicted for the young
est state In the Union.
Raymond Rudolph Is reported as be-
ing quite seriously sick with typhoid
malaria and his condition has been
such as to cause grave apprehension
among his friends. Latest reports say
that he is on the mend.
With the exception of John Browns
new house all the building work is
about completed in the way of dwell
ing in Crown Point. and the contrac-
tors have hung up their tools.
The candidates for office are the
busiest people on earth these days,
some of them even having to eat their
meals on the fly. A political job is no
snap and a candidate earns his mon
ey long before he gets the office.
Republican Mother-"well. I sup
pose you will call him William Jen-
nings?"
Democratic Mother.-''Well, hardly; I
like the name all right, but I'm afraid
the little darling might ever change
his color during the night II I hitched
that name onto him.
The Q. A NJ. club made it's pilgrim
age up the south town hill last even
ing, and met with Miss Hannah Black
The evening was most enjoyable. and
delightful refreshments were served
H H. Wheeler. Henry Aulwurm and
Clerk Shortridge returned from Ham
mond yesterday. where they were en-
gagged on business connected with the
election commissioners.
Crown Point society people are at
tending the -Crumpacker wedding
at Hammond today.
| with her daughter, Mrs. Tinkham, or
East street.
Fred Wood and Walter Lake OF
Hammond transacted business in towr
yesterday
The Foresters held their regular BIZ
monthly meeting at their hall last nigh
and transacted business connected with
the workings of the lodge
The grading on the court yard i.
nearly completed. and seed will be sow
| as soon as possible so that by mex
season the yard will present its old
time appearance.