The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-27
THE FOUNDER SAYS

DIR. j. IT. Clark is not only a man of
leisure but he is going in for blooded
stock. He has just purchased about as
fine a piece of horse meat as can be
found in the city.
His stallion is a black beauty and
he bitches it to one of the neatest out
fits to be seen on our local boulevards.
DR.. Clark is now promoting a horse
show, which is to be an annual affair
in this city and in which the principal
prize will be awarded to stations
owner by Hammond doctors
DR.. Clark has always been an ad-
mirer of the equine family and some
how his Kentucky Cunnel makeup
seems to suggest horses. The doctor is
in his element when he is pushing the
reins which steer his stallion, and as he
alleged to have traded two town lots
to DR.. T. Edwin Bell for the animal it
is apparent that his love of the sport
Of kings has gotten the better of his
commercial tendencies.
City Beautiful Hints-For the pur-
pose of encouraging the spirit of mu-
nicipal pride and developing the
aesthetic tastes of the people to the ex-
tent of their capacity for development,
the Rounder will offer city Beautiful
Hints" from time to time. In other
words we hope to become a sort of
municipal Madam Yale, removing a
pimple here and hairlip there until this
city of ours shall be fair to look upon
The city beautiful idea has had more
setbacks during the last six months
since the organization of the Ham
mond Business Mems association, than
1t had in all of its history before. That
is not saying that there has not been
some progress along that line.
In the matter of street signs. The
city officials Numbered into the false
economy of permitting a local painter
to put up signs bearing the names OF
the streets and also carrying with then
about four columns, eight inches of ad
vertising space. These signs are a re
proach to the city beautiful idea ane
should the city be plastered with then
it would be nothing short of a ca
lamity.
If we might be permitted to digres!
to the extent of allowing the city beau
tiful idea to include the ely comfort
able idea, we would suggest that tn
city officials at once enforce the avn
ing ordinance.
There is an ordinance which pro
vides that all awnings shall be at leas
eight feet from the sidewalk. At tn
present time there are about four
fifths of the awnings beneath the pre-
scribed limit
The city officials hesitate to compe
the business men to raise their avn
ings for fear it viii make some o
them angry which would doubtless b
the case, but they should also take int
consideration the long suffering pub
lie.
Have you walked down the street an
, had a wet awning slap you in the face
| Have you had your hat knocked off b
some extremely low sun shield? Hav
you had your sense of order attacke
! by seeing irregular rows of awnings o
the business streets? If you have te
your mayor and councilmen about
and aid the city beautiful and cit
comfortable idea.
Joseph Conroy's work for the demo
cratic party in Lake county was abou
as effective as that of any other demo
cratic worker In the county. In fac
if there had been more Joe Conroy
the vote might have been little NOR
! favorable to democracy
e little incident happened during on
E of Mr.. Conroy's speechmaking tour
. which is still laughed about by tn
j. Hammond attorneys friends. In on
V of the little cross roads in the south
ern part of the county Mr.. Conroy wa
r introduced in the following manner:
n Fellow democrats have the pleas
S ure of introducing one Of the great
: est speakers, one of the most polishe
: orators one of the most clever pol
:. ticians in the in them the north
y western part of North township.
The fact that Mr. Conroy was sough