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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-16

Total ......$35,314.31 $35,S14.31
Warrants on general fund about
twelve months behind in payment.
Warrants on bridge fund about
twelve months behind in payment.
Following is the assessed valua-
ton for 1907:
Real estate farm lands $710,123.00
Real estate, city and vii
lage ............. 2,476.OO
Personal property -. 279,913.OO
I give the above figures for the
benefit of the voters of Mercer coun-
ty, so they may be posted when the
peddlers Of false statements in this
regard come around.
C. sEMMLER.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-16
MERCER COUNTY
FINANCES GOOD.
STATEMENT SHOWING INiPROV-
ED CONDITION In AFFAIRS
OF THE COUNTY.
COUNTY SETTLING UP RAPIDLY
AND TAXABLE PROPERTY
DOUBLING UP.

The following article is sent to
the Tribune for publication. It
shows gratifying improvement in
the financial conditions of Mercer
county. The land in that county is
now nearly all homesteaded and the
development and increase in wealth
in that county will be rapid:
The following are from the state
examiners report for the years 1899
and 1907 and liabilities for the years
named:
1900, sa7a76.sS; 1901, s36,264,
IA; 1902, s33,0ss.71; 1903, $780,
264.77; 1904, s3Os95.6o; 1905,
ss2,69s.6o; 1906, $30,5s2.s7; 1907
$39,936.63.
Since 1899 our county debt de-
creased s4,622,s2, according to the
state examiners report.
Liabili-
Items. Assets. ties.
Cash in all coun-
ty funds .... 80S.l5
Court house, jail
furniture and
fixtures -. 2,625.oo
Bridges .. s,166.0o
Taxes outstand-
ing $1,000. 5,5s1.52
Bonded indebt-
edness .... s14,soo.oo
Warrants out
standing 80. 1e,ee4.2o
Judgments 80. 2,75o.7s
Bills and ac-
counts ...... 5,721.7o
Balance ..... 27,745.se
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-16

''That fellow Is a most remarkable
runner"
who? Burroughs p
Eyes. He's always running In debt,
and he's forever running away from
the people to whom he Is in debt" I
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-16

menu cards should SO state; and
where notices are conspicuously post
ed on walls SO as to be readily read
from all parts Of the room, the same
will be deemed as meeting the re-
quirements under the food law.
Signed, e. r. LADD,
Food Commissioner.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-16
The Golden Rule.
GROCERIES and NOTIONS

Soap is a little higher price now,
bars Santa Claus for 25c, or 13
Tor 1880. .........s.. SOC
Best bulk rolled oats. per lib ......5e
Three cans mustard sardines for. .25
Canned pumpkins, each ........ 100
Three packages Graham or oatmeal
crackers for Csc
Three lbs. Pearl barley for .25c
Three lbs. Pearl tapioca for +. ). Csc
Pulled rice, per package $1,000. 1oc
Three packages Egg-o-see or Corn
Flakes 80. ........ Csc
Best apricotss, per lb .......... .2oc
Two lbs. evaporated apples for ..25c
Three lbs. California grapes 81. Csc
Three lbs. best Santa Claus prunes
1or ........ ~. ........ 25e
Fancy cheese this years make, per
Id $500. ................ 15c
Fresh eggs. per doz 15e
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-16
PoTAToEs!. POTATOES!
No. I Stock, per Blu. 6oc

Fancy evaporated nectarines, per
h.. lie
Imported French cappers, regular 25c
Re grade, special, per bottle .f5c
Heinz's 1907. bottle red peppers, reg
ular 25c grade, special, per bot
tie ............ 15c
Hood river strawberries, for 4. .45c
Fancy cream cheese, per lb 15c
Fresh eggs, per doz .15c
Fresh green peas, 2 lbs for 80. .25c
Fresh wax beans, 2 lbs. for Csc
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
INDIANA HARBOR.

G. j. Bader of the Harbor State bank
was a visitor at the home of Con-
gresham Crumpacker at Valparaiso
yesterday morning.
Peter Stergin of Deodar street will
open a grocery and meat market in
Gary the latter part of December, when
he expects TO turn over his Harbor
business to a Chicago purchaser.
I. Meyer of Michigan avenue was an
Illinois theater visitor last evening.
Chief of Police Higgins and wife of
East Chicago were delightfully."- enter
tanned yesterday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Bowen of Fir street.
DR.. W. c. Greenwald was a Chicago
theater visitor last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Goldberg entertained
relatives from Kenosha at Thanksgiv-
ing dinner yesterday.
Judge G. E. IRELAND and wife of Fir
street were guests al the formers home
in East Chicago yesterday afternoon.
The Harbor polo team was defeated
in their game with Sans Souci park
on Wednesday evening by a score OF
3 to 1. The boys played a splendid
game, but were against much strong
er team than heretofore, the Sans
Souci aggregation playing several men
from the major park leagues.
DR.. c. c. Robinson of Michigan ave-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
YELLOW SHOWN BY
FIRST REG|MENTERS

The Hammond Iroquois football
team defeated the pseudo First Regi-
ment team yesterday by the score of
to o. The conduct of the First Regi-
ment team was reprehens ible in the
extreme.
After making two engagements to
play Hammond and finally promising
positively to play in this city on
Thanksgiving day, the First Regiment
team showed up yesterday afternoon
with but eight of their eleven players.
A large crowd had gathered to see
the game and for an hour or more a
thousand to fifteen hundred people
stood around waiting for the arrival of
the rest of the First Regiment team.
1t was finally decided to allow the
First Regiment team to pick up three
local players and make some sort of a
showing so that the crowd would not
be disappointed.
With three strange players who did
not know the signals. the First Regi-
ment team was sorry spectacle in the
way of a team, and all of the members
of the Hammond eleven lost their
keenness for the game
The Hammond team, however, went
into the contest with determination
to win, and in the early part of the
game pushed the ball over the First
Regiment goal on straight football
tactics.
After that the two teams surged ur
and down the field until time was call
! ed The Hammond team did not at
tempt to play football an dali it seem
| ed concerned about was to keep the
other team from scoring, and 1t was
successful The two halves of the
game were played through without an
intermission between the halves.
| The Hammond team easily showed
! it's superiority over the so-called First
Regiment aggregation and the ringers
they were forced to put in the place OF
the team members who failed to show
up.
There were stories circulated to the
effect that the First Regiment player.
were afraid of Hammond and had
yellow streak down their backs, which
prompted them to take the means they
did of filing their engagement here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27

Crown Point made its first score in
about three minutes of play. when Ed
Glover kicked pretty drop kick from
the twenty-yard line against ter
rife wind that was blowing at the
time. The wind hampered both teams
on their forward passes, but Crown
Point succeeded in making two pretty
plays of this nature. Lowell was I'M
successful in all their attempts at the
new style of play. the only gains they
made being on the old style method Of
football. Individually. nearly every
man on the Crown Point team played
star game and showed their ability
as football players. Notwithstanding
the fact that they have had compare
lively little practice. this being their
second game for the season. Lowell
sent a large delegation to witness the
game, who were disappointed in the
defeat of their favorites.
1t is the intention of the members
of the Crown Point team to organize
earlier next season and by consistent
practice the home team will be an ag-
gregation that will be hard to defeat.
The lineup of the two teams was as
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27

Miss Alice Thomas of Magoun ave-
nue. entertained Mr.. Arthur Beyerhiss
of Chicago yesterday afternoon and
evening".
LOST-Ladies' gold watch on Michi-
gan avenue Number of case 1858.
Finder return to 376 Grapevine street
and receive liberal reward, Indiana
Harbor, Ind. 81
Dr. and Mrs. G. F. Bicknell were
guests at the latter's home in Laporte
for Thanksgiving dinner.
FIJI. Mcpherson of woodlawn. presi-
dent and general manager of the Cham
pion Oil company, visited friends in
East Chicago yesterday afternoon.
Attorney Joe A. Meade of Forsyth
avenue visited friends in Valparaiso
yesterday afternoon and evening.
Miss Rowena Wisner returned to Chi
cago last evening after a two days
visit at the home of Miss Mabel Mickey
on Magoun avenue.
Samuel Cohen of Olcott avenue spent
Wednesday afternoon and evening in
Chicago.
The ladies of the G. A R. were de-
lightfully entertained at the home OF
Mrs. Leach in the Harbor on Wednes-
day afternoon, the occasion being the
regular monthly meeting of the organ
ization A splendid time was enjoyed
by all present.
Price of admission at the Lewis rinl
in East Chicago has been reduced t.
10 cents. i
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
PENN. PROVES TO BE
CORNELL'S SUPERIOR

Philadelphia, Nov 2s.-Pennsylvania
gave Cornell hard beating in their
annual Thanksgiving day battle on
Franklin field this afternoon. BY a
thrilling play of spectacular forward
passes and other variations Of up-to-
date football Pennsy ran the score UP
to II to 4. Although outplayed by a
decisive margin, the work of the Cor
nellians never lost it's dash, and the
Ithacans were still going full tilt at
the finish, but were lighting an uneven
battle.
An enormous crowd of $4,000 people
witnessed the game, and tonight fol-
lowers of old Penn are claiming for
their team a rank equal to Harvard.
Pennsy finished the season without a
defeat. and unquestionably has been
playing a brand of football more mod
ern than Harvard's or any other east
ern team. PENIS forward passes were
the feature of todays engagement
The whole game abounded in open
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
FOOTBALL RESULTS YESTERDAY.

West.
De Paul, As; Carroll, 5.
ST. viateurs, 10; st. Ignatius, 5.
Ohio State, 10; Kenyon. 9.
Notre Dame. 10; Marquette, 0.
Kansas, TO- Missouri, 4.
Carlisle, II; ST. Louis, 0.
Reserve. II; Case, Z.
Ames. IL; Drake, s.
Lombard, o; Knox. 0.
Creighton, 10; Haskell, 10.
Nebraska, 81; Wabash, s.
South Dakota, 21; Morningside, 0.
Colorado, Is; Colorado Mines, 0.
Rose Polytechnic, 6: Butler, s.
Rochelle High, 46; John Marshall, II.
Shurtleff, 81; Milliken, 0.
Illinois Norman, Is; Illinois Wesley
an, 0.
Denver, 6; Colorado, 4.
East.
Pennsylvania, II; Cornell, 4.
Penn State, 70; Pittsburg. 6.
Fordham, 2; villa Nova, 0.
George Washington, 8; Bucknel1, 8.
w. and L, II; Georgetown. II.
w, and J., 80; Carnegie Tech. O..
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
CROWN POINT IS VICTOR

Crown Point, Ind, Nov. 25.-(Spe-
ciaL 1.-The heavy warriors of the Low
ell Athletic club went down in defeat
for the second time at the hands of
the Crown Point eleven in a we'll
played game of football at the old fair
grounds, yesterday afternoon. The
score of 90 to which was piled up on
the Lowell squad does not do justice to
the lighter men of the Crown Point
team, as three different times they had
fought their way to their opponents
goal line only to lose the ball The
Crown Point lighter backs plunged
through the Lowell line at will, while
the Crown Point line was stonewalI
against the assaults of their opponents
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27

the heavy Nebraska cornhuskers to-
day on the muddy gridiron and were
decisively beaten by the score of 81 to
g.. Two of Baltzer's onside kicks
eiuded the Wabash backs and were re-
trieved by Harvey and Chaloupka, both
of whom ran for touchdowns. Straight
football enabled Kreger and Sturze-
negger to smash through the Wabash
line and over the goal for touchdowns.
An electrifying run of ninety yards
by Bentley gave the cornhuskers their
final score.
With nine Nebraska substitutes on
the field and with less than minute
to play, Hawkins saved Wabash a shut
out by returning a punt sixty yards,
carrying the ball over the Nebraska
goal.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27

nue. was a Chicago visitor yesterday
afternoon
]. L. Henry of Troy. N. Y, is spend
ing a few days in Indiana Harbor as
the guest of his cousin, H. l. Jenkins,
of Cedar street before accepting po-
sition with a prominent st. Louis
wholesale house.
Buford McOuat of Indianapolis is
spending a few days at the South Bay
hotel as the guest of his brother, L. R.
McOuat.
William Nixon has returned to Chica-
go after a weeks visit with his father
Mr.. Niles Nixon, at the South Bay ho-
tel
Dr.. H. C. Fadden of South Bend will
spend Sunday with friends in the Har-
Dor.
Several of the school teachers gave
up their usual holiday pleasures and
remained in the Harbor over Thanks
giving
Mr.. and Mrs c. P Burdick of Michi-
gan avenue We're guests at the home
of Louis Houtschilt on Hemlock street
yesterday afternoon and evening.
Willis E. Roe of East Chicago was
an Indiana Harbor visitor yesterday
accompanied by A. G. Slocomb.
Mrs. M. schalkenbach of Michigan
avenue is spending a few days at the
| home of relatives in Chicago.
Attorney and Mrs. ". B. Van Horn,
of Fir street entertained a number O.
Mr.. Van Horne's relatives from Gran
Park. H., at a Thanksgiving dinnei
yesterday afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
JENKINS DEFEATED BY A TURK
MahmOut Takes Two Out of Three
Falls From Former Champion.

New York, Nov. 26.I-Yu.sif Nah
mout, the newest of the terrible Turks
to wrestle in this country, defeated
Tom jenkins, former champion wrest-
Ter of America, in a catch-as- catch can
contest at Madison Square Garden to-
night, the best two out of three falls.
Mahmout threw Jenkins the first time
in 32:40, with a quarter Nelson and
catch hold. He won the second bout
more easily, putting Jenkins to the
mat in 1870 The Turk gained his sec
ond victory with a double grapevine
and barlock hold.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
SPORTING NOTES

in tight embrace, with the result
that both went whirling off the ele-
waited ring and fell heavily into the
laps of the newspaper men about the
platform, scattering telegraph instru-
ments and copy" right and left, there
was no complaint of foul
Endurance told the tale this time.
Neither could get in the decisive first
punch which had won for each in their
two previous bouts. The contest was
resolved into a grinding mill of the
hammer and-tongs sort and it was in
the ninth that the end could be seen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
DOCTORS AND "COPS" ARE BUSY

Baltimore, Nov. 26.-Seven persons
injured by the collapse of the grand
stand, three players hurt during the
progress of the contest and seven men
arrested for trespassing on the railroad
tracks to see the game We're the ex-
citing features of a football battle
here this afternoon. Incidentally the
Maryland Athletic club defeated the
Mount Washington team by the score
of s to O.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
GADNER AND CLABBY IN DRAW
Boxers Meet in Fast Twenty Round
Bout at New Orleans.

Jimmie Gardner of Boston and Jim
my Clabby of Hammond fought twenty
rounds to a draw this afternoon at the
West Side Athletic club. The fight was
fast, and, though both men were in
good condition at the end of the bout.
the crowd evidently believed that
Gardner should have had the decision.
Gardner showed more science than
Clabby. who used the same tactics of
holding, clinching and wrestling that
lost him previous fight with Gardner
a few weeks ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 26.-Stan-
ley Ketchel regained the middleweight
championship of the world by knocking
out Billy Papke in the eleventh round
of their bout in Jimmy Coffroth's arena
this afternoon. Before crowd of full
lv 5000. the two put up a desperate
struggle, a brief lull in the third
round being the only quiet interval in
the go.
1t was the second case in the history
of the American ring wherein cham
pion once defeated, regained his title.
The only other instance was when
Jack Dempsey, after losing to George
Ia Blanche. came back and trimmed his
man decisiveiy.
From the time the men put up their
hands to start furious first period
until the very close of the bout, the
issue hung in the balance. Even when
Ketchel seemed to have the edge at the
close of the tenth, when Billy appeared
groggy from the shower of blows
landed upon him, Papke was able to
come back with counters which kept
the supporters of Ketchel uneasy until
the end came in the succeeding round
No Fouls Claimed.
1t was a fairly won battle, without
| a single foul blow occurring. While
the men roughed it and wrestled about
the ring for one-half minute at time
neither made a complaint to the ref
cree and each seemed to ike this style
of going. Even when Papke dashed
upon Ketchel in the fifth, locking HIM
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
GARY LOSES BY SMALL SCORE.
Michigan City Team Gets Point
Through Unfortunate tumble.

Gary's strong football eleven, though
much lighter in weight than Michigan
City, played rings around the Leporte
county team yesterday, but through
disastrous tumble in the last two min
utes of play, lost by a score of to O..
About 200 people saw the game and the
p1ucky little Gary team was well sup
lnnrta6
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
EAST CHICAGO AND
INDIANA HARbOR
EAST CHICAGO.
Announces Sermon Subject.

The union Thanksgiving services held
yesterday in the First Methodist church
of East Chicago We're well attended.
The Rev J. II. Palmer off1ciated and
delivered the Thanksgiving day ser
mon.
The Rev. Palmer announces that the
sermon subject for this evening in the
mission, which he is conducting this
week, will be The Power of CONVEX
sion and Conviction"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
LEE AND DUNN IN LONG DRAW

Springfield Ohio. Nov 26.-Tommy
Lee of Indianapolis and Jimmy Dunn
Of Newcastle, Pa, fought fifteen
rounds to draw here this afternoon
In the preliminaries Jimmy Daley of
Columbus knocked out kid" ConneI-
ly Of Springfield, ILL.,, in the fifth
round.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
Change of Managers.

Haight & Sons have sold their ex-
pressing business to the East Chicago
Express company, comprising H. E. Ret
tig. B. Price and B. J. Rettig, of this
city. The business will be operated as
before orders being taken care of at
.Veacos pharmacy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
VALPARAISO A WINNER.

Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 27.-(Special.)
The Valparaiso Athletic association
defeated the Clermont Athletics of Chi
cago here yesterday by a score of 6
to 0.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27

Title at -Middleweight cham
pionship of the world
Place-Coffroths arena at Colma,
near San Francisco.
Purse fought for-s2o,oOo. of which
Papke is supposed to have received
$4,000
Betting-Papke favorite at 10 to 7.
Attendance-(est imated)-S,00
Receipts (estimated)-$30,0 900.
Referee-Jack Welsh.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
NEBRASKA PROVES TOO HEAVY
Wabash Is Defeated on Muddy Field
by the Score of "a to 6.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2s.-The little
giants of Wabash could not cope with
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27

plays, long runs and much punting,
which made the battle of intense in
terest to the spectator
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-21
A Great Pity.

In his very, very early youth Mr..
Mumpser had been pretty child.
His friends did not believe this was
possible, and even he had forgotten
all about it until one day he un-
earthed a painting of himself at
that period from among some old
lumber. This he handed to his
wife as some compensation for his
present somewhat worm eaten ap-
pearance.
"There, Alice" said Mrs. Mump.
ser, proudly exhibiting the picture
to the servant, "that is portrait of
your master painted when he was a
child"
Alice gazed open mouthed at the
production.
"Lor', num-" she said after some
moments, 'what pity it is we have
to grow up, amt it3" London
Standard.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-21
Sermon In a Few Words.

We are very much impressed by
something we saw and heard while
passing along the street few even
ings since. A young girl was stand
ing in front of store, and near her,
with a hangdog expression on his
face, was young STRIPPING of a
youth. As we passed the two the
girl said to the boy, "Any one who
speaks of my father as the old man.
is not worthy of my respect" From
the tone of her voice we knew that
the girl spoke from the impulse of
a moment, but there was whole
sermon in her utterance. We don't
know the girl, but if she lives she
will develop into a noble woman
hood, and the world will be better
for her having lived in it. And the
boy, if he has any redeeming quail
ties in him, will profit by the lesson
given him in that one sentence
Burlington Chronicle.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-21
Tho NoveIist,s Mission.

The neglect Of Disraeli's writings
may be in part due to the fact that
most people think it is below the
dignity Of a statesman or of any
man following what is called Csc
rious" profession to compose works
of fiction. Certainly many do not
yet understand that the man who
writes novels may be a very wise
man. They do not realize that &C.
curately to portray human nature
and to present pictures of life is not
only most worthy but also most
difficult task, requiring for its per-
Torrance an intelligence far above
the average acute powers of OBJ
servation and keen sense of hu-
NOR, for surely the great novelist
is the observer sounding the depths
while others glance at the surface
and examining the mysteries of life
while others are content to over
look even the obvious.-Melville's
victorian Novelists."