The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-14
About People
Some Chats With Folks
On Things of Interest


the end of the season.
CHARLES E. FOWLER of Indiana
Harbor is one of the busiest men IN
the county Real estate and eanls are
enough to keep any man busy. he says.
and he is certainly wrapped up in the
completion of his pet project.
WALTER ]. RILEY of the Harbor
has been selected to attend the Catho-
lie conference in Chicago next week
His energies in the deliberations OF
the Knights of Columbus are respon-
sible for the comforting of the honor.
EDWARD W. wIcKEY. Lake coun-
tvs next representative. is rapidly re-
covering from the effects of his cam
paign. Politics certainly strenuous
work for SO little compensation.
PETE FINNERTY of East Chicago
| confesses TO no little surprise at his
sudden advent into football "stardom"
He came to Indiana to do mill work,
| he declares, and little expected his
football prestige to become so well
! known
| ATTORNEY w. f. HODGES of Gary
has been the recipient of many letters
| of congratulations over his appoint
ment of the deputy prosecutorship in
Gary, and his many friends are we'll
pleased over the choice made by Pros
ecutor- Elect Greenwald.
! DAVE EMERY of the Lake County
Savings and Trust company is par
donably proud of his brother, Jim, who
| is at present employed an artist
on the Chicago Daily News His work
is attracting a great deal of attention,
and his talent is sure to land him be-
fore many years in the first ranks of
newspaper workers in his line. Some
of his series of comics on the last
page of the paper are very clever.
E. C. SIMPSON, cashier of the First
National bank of Gary has been spend
ing his leisure moments in between
his duties to superintend the repair
ing of the boiler, which has been
out of commission for the past few
days, and which has caused the steam
to be turned off the entire building
and the shivering tenants to wear their
overcoats and mittens. Mr. simpson
will see that the boiler is repaired in
schedule time.
CHARLES GREENwALD is very
very busy.
How are they coming, Charley"
asked the knight of the soft lead pen
ell of Writings famous lawyer who
had just been elected prosecuting at
torney.
It's worse now than before cleo
tion,' quoth the choice of the voters
: as he dug his fist into the ribs of his
privileged inquirer. where from the
( questioner, took it that the deputy
office seeker is busy these days and
nights"
ERIC LUND, the Hammond contrac-
tor. has at last given up all hope
that his friend James E. Watson, can
be counted in as governor of Indiana
this trip. Mr.. Lund was the last man
in Lake county to admit that Jim was
beaten and for many days after the
election Eric hoped against hope that
there would be some mistake found
, in the official canvass that would land
: Watson a winner in the gubernatoria
: chair He was subjected to consider
> able joshing because of his loyalty, but
every one who knows Eric knows thai
makes no difference with him.
o MAYOR THOMAS E. KNOTS ha.
: the happy faculty of doing the "righ
e thing at the right time as was the
e case when the matter of compelling
g the Michigan Central railroad to pIac,
gates at their crossings at Broadwa,
and Madison street in Gary wa
= brough up at the last meeting of tn,
: town board Mr.. Knots is for-seeine
in any matter that will be Of any in
terest to the welfare of Gary.
DON. F. VAN LIEU is reported I,
!. be one of Gary's best intertainer ii
: the way of a story teller and tn
e genial insurance agent never fails t
d draw a crowd about him when h
starts to spring of his new uns.
n He has more good stories tucked u
- in his coat sleeve than the washer
It woman over the back yard fence coul
tell to her neighbor in whole morn
n ing's session.
l. REPRESENTATIVE ELECT VIII
10 LIAM KLIVER is one of the happies
= boys who wears the suit of blue i
~ all of Lake county today Even
election is two weeks past Mr. Klive
still has that broad smile on his fac
over his recent victory in politics. an
if he carries out the campaign pledge
lie intends to start when the legisls
=. ture is in session, there VIII be neV(
a more happy moment than when /
- is serving the people of Lake and New
ton counties.
BEN. +. CARR of the new law fir
l. which has located in Hammond Wa
ch republican chairman in White count
ut during the campaign. The county tn;
Id Congressman Crumpacker lost by thr,
votes. Mr.. Carr felt the defeat of ii
n Watson very keenly and deplored tn;
n more than anything else. 1T simp
es took the heart out of me. though IL
eo national ticket was elected, to see Ji
~ beaten, said Mr.. Carr, who is vel
enthusiastic over the prospects of
81 wonderful country in the Calumet r
gion here before very long.
fs OTTO J. BRUCE was up from Grow
he Point the other day and was asked
the pernicious activity of the drys
Lake counSy would be exerted in a
u effort to make the county dry.
Mr.. Bruce smiled a knowing smi