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Graham guardian., 1909-01-08

TEXAS Bell Mining Co files proof
Of labor on 3 claims in Graham Mt
district.
d " Mitchell, ct al, locate 4
claims in Stanley Butte dist.
Thomas Hunt to John r Cromb,
ct al, bill of sale. 800; rs mead Of
cattle, 6 horses, etc, in pasture on
Black River.
Martha M Miller to John K
Cromb, ct al, bill of sale, sl00; l25
head Of cattle
United States to Stewart James
Forbes, patent, 2 claims in Green.
lee district.
F W Herzke, trustee Forbes
estate, to NJ 2 Elliott, deed, 81, 500;
same.
NJ q Elliott to Arizona Copper
Co, deed, $40; same.
Wilson Lambert to William S
Judd, deed, $500; lot 2 in blk IL,
Thatcher
Order setting apart homestead
to Minnie e johnson, beg. at Sc
cor lot 10, blk 7, Hills new add,
Clifton.
FW Hayes to J < Carpenter
and wife, release of mtg, 1850; lots
20, 81, 22, 23 in blk 9, Lassator's
add, Stafford.
Carpenter and wife to Geo
NJ Elledge, deed, 81 800; same.
ID Patty files official bond as
constable of precinct No 8.
John Evans files official bond as
shs1pe Ut The perceg preuucs No g..
Graham guardian., 1909-01-08

Aushether Davidson to James e
Crutcbfield, deed, $500; land in S
Clifton com. sw cor, lot owned by
Thos Smith.
Graham guardian., 1909-01-08

WANTED-To rent u small al
falfa farm. Call at Halls Law
Office. 45-lt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
GARY CONTINUES ITS
SUPERIOR COURT FIGHT
Citizens General Committee
Holds Meeting Yester-
day Afternoon.
BANQUET AFTER ADJOURNMENT
Telegram Sent to Workers at Indian
apolis Telling Them to Remain
on the Ground.

meeting of the citizens general
oommitte was held yesterday afternoon
in the Gary hotel for the purpose of
discussing the advisabiHty of continu-
ing the fight for the establishment of a
superior court in Gary.
large number Of business and pro-
fessional men attended the meeting
and it was thought best as long as
the delegates were still at indianapolis
to continue the fight and try to pass
the bill over the governors veto. A
telegram was sent to indianapolis yes
terday afternoon instructing Mayor T.
F. Knots and Attorney George Man
love, who are still at the capital, to
continue the fight.
Although the time is growing short.
and as there are just two weeks that
remain before the legislature adjourns
on March s. the citizens of Gary have
not lost heart and intend to continue
the fight to the end.
1t was also decided to give a ban
quet to the Gary delegation who have
worked hard at indianapolis. and
members of the legislature from the
northern part of the state It was not
4 thought advisable to give the banquet
until after the adjournment of the leg
/ islature on March s. A meeting Of the
citizens committee viii be held at a
/ later date to make arrangements for
the banquet.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
MAY 60 HARD WITH
NEAR MILK DEALERS
Food Inspector Will Drain
White Fluid Into the
Streets of Gary.
HEAVY FINES WILL FOLLOW
Frank D. Tucker of State Board of
Health Will Use His Official
Can-0pener Tomorrow.

1t is said on good authority that it
is the intention of Mr.. Frank Tucker
today or tomorrow. while acting in his
official capacity as state food inspee-
tor. to unsheathe his can-opener, lay
in wait for the milk drivers, and if
the milk found in the cans does not
come up to the color standard, to drain
the tactical fluid on the streets of Gary.
There is no question but that the
quality of the milk does not come up
to the requirement of the statutes. in
most cases at least, and Mr. Tucker
knows it It is not only probable
therefor that they may find themselves
embarrassed in supplying all of the
customers tomorrow. but that they
may be subject to a heavy fine as we'll
The amount of milk they get delivered
may depend upon how far they happier
to be along on their routes when they
are captured.
Not only does Mr. Tucker believe that
, the milk delivered by the dealers i;
not right. but that the preparation:
/ served at the restaurants when on,
calls for milk is an exceedingly poo
imitation. The act of retribution vii
be swift and unrelenting when it comes
| according to a friend of Mr.. Tucker
in this city, if the plans of the pur,
7 food inspector mature
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
Horrible Accident Befalls
John Stonia in Indiana
Steel Mills at Gary Yes
terday Afternoon Small
Chance for Recovery.
VICTIM IS HURRIED
TO SOUTH CHICAGO
Fellow Workers, Who Were Eye
Witnesses, Turn Away at Sicken-
ing Sight as They See His Body
Flattened Between Heavy Belt and
Big Wheel.

A horrible accident occurred &C the
Indiana Steel mills yesterday afternoon,
shortly after 3 o'clock, and was one
that will probably result in the death
of a man whose name is said to be
John Stonia Of Gary.
The accident occurred in the boiler
room when Stonia. who is an assistant
engineer. lost his balance and was
caught in an endless chain belt and
carried around the wheel other work
men who were eye witnesses to the ac-
cident, ran to Stonia's assistance, but
turned away at the sickening sight as
his body was drawn in between the
belt and the wheels.
The heavy pressure crushed the
mans body below the hips into q
shapeless mass, and as he fell to the
concrete floor after the belt was forced
from the wheel, the injured part of
his body was scarcely two inches thick.
The hospital car and engine was sent
| for and the man was sent to the South
Chicago hospital, but there is little
chance for his recovery. His life may
| be saved by the amputation of both
| legs but there is little hope of his re-
| covery. The details of the accident
are very meagre and but a part Of the
story could be learned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
HARBOR MEN
WILL DISCUSS It
Mems Club Meeting in Ham
mond to Have Boosters
for Guests.
TAKE UP AMALGANATION PLAN
Booster Club at Indiana Harbor
Hold Meeting Last
Night.
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

Indiana Harbor Ind. Feb. 25.-The
Boosters Commercial club met last
night in Cline's hall with a large at
tendance present.
The principal topic for discussion,
and in fact the subject for calling the
meeting, was the merging of cities
scheme.
President Charles E Fowler called
the meeting to order at $50 o'clock.
He asked for the opinions of several
present, principally lawyers, after
which the discussion became general.
The general tone of the remarks seem
ed to be that the time was not quite
ripe for such an important step, but if
Indiana Harbor could profit in any ma
terial way by the move, they were all
in favor of it.
The Indiana Harbor business man. as
a general proposition is From Mis-
souri, and demands to be shown, SO
the promoter of the idea will have to
advance some excellent arguments
proving that it will be to the advantage
of Indiana Harbor before they will be
willing to endorse the plan. However
delegation of about twenty five will
go to Hammond March 2 to attend the
Mems club meeting there that evening
Another matter of grave Importance
to the whole districts which received
/ its share of attention last night. was
/ the sanitary bill. Mr.. W. B. Van Horn
gave a very lucid explanation of the
! nature of the bill and all its details
/ This measure naturally met with en-
/ thusiastic approval as its advantage:
to the Harbor could be readily seen
The report of the entertainment com
mittee was then read, but the gentle
men comprising it positively refused t.
divulge the nature of the entertain
ment they had in store for the mem
bers and their friends on March 10.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
PENSIONS VOTED TO INDIANIANs

Washington. Feb. 25.-The senate
yesterday passed bills granting special
pensions to the following Indianians:
William II. Eaton. of Company c, Sew
enty-ninth regiment s36 a month;
Ellen l. Deweese. widow of John T.
Deweese. lieutenant colonel of the
Foarth regiment cavalry, $50; Alice D.
Bainum, widow of Benjamin Bainum.
of the Eighty-third regiment, S24;
James Mckinley, of the One Hundred
and Thirty Sixth regiment s24 Mary
+. Lucas widow of the Rev Daniel r.
Lucas chaplain of the Ninety ninth
regiment $50
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
KNOTS AND MANtOvE
ON THE FIRING LINE
Had Their Suit Cases Packed and
About Ready to Depart After the
Governors Veto When They Saw
Ray of Hope Cleaning Through
the Clouds of Local Option Fight.

1t is said that the prolonged stay of
the Gary division of the third house at
indianapolis. namely Tom Knots and
George Manlove. has a special signif-
canoe in the fact that they are con-
tinuing negotiations for a superior
court at Gary. even after the governor
had officially made known his disap-
prevail Of the measure.
1t is a fact that Mr.. Knots and Mr..
Manlove had gone so far as to pack
their suit cases to return to Gary. when
they suddenly espied a CLEAN of hope
and remained to at least ascertain that
there was no longer a breath of life re-
naming in their bill.
Look to Fleming and Proctor.
Senator Proctor of Elkhart and SEN
ator Fleming Of Fort Wayne. were
the legislators who applied the stimu-
lus to their waning hopes. by the as
surance that they would stick by them
to the last Incidentally, it was these
two men who made the passage of the
Gary bill possible in the first place.
They needed all of the support for the
repeal of the county local option bill
that Gary could give them, and they
still need it in fact. so that they are
in no position to allow the Gary legis-
lators to vote as they please on the
matter of county option.
In return for this they say that there
is a possibility of still passing the
bill over the governors veto, and with
this opportunity suddenly looming up
the Gary men decided to make the most
of it. It is expected. however. that the
canvass of the house and senate to as
certain the possibility of passing the
bill over the veto will be completed be
fore the end Of the week and some
definite action viii be decided upon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
Mock Turtle.

A small negro boy was going along
the street carrying turtle by the tail
when a ventriloquist standing near
threw his voice over to the turtle and
seemed TO make it say. Where is
you-all goin' with me-"
The little negro heard the question.
and looked around with astonishment,
but not being entirely satisfied as to
where the voice came from. walked on.
Again the ventriloquist threw his
voice over to the turtle and said Il
say, where is you-all takin me-"
This time the boy was satisfied that
the turtle had been gifted with mir
aculous power of speech and instantly
dropped it on the sidewalk in constern-
alton, exclaiming, I isn't takin' you
all nowhar has don dropped your
Boston Record
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
GETS FIRE PROTECTION
Tolleston Organizes a Vol
unteer Department go
Men Enroll.

Garys sister town, Toileston is now
protected by an organized fire COM
pany. A meeting of the citizens of Toll
lesion was held the early part of the
week and sixty men placed their names
to the roster as volunteer fremen
The fire station is located on the
ground floor Of the town hall build
ing. at the corner of Grace and Second
street. The two chemical wagons and
the hook and ladder have arrived and
the town will itself feel much safer
from fire At the last meeting of the
town board an amount Of money was
asked for sufficient to purchase two
dozen rubber coats for the firemen
The firemen viii be warned of a fire
by the tOliing of a bell which will be
placed in tower on the town hall.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
THEY MAY ABANDON IT

The eventual abandonment of the
South Chicago plant of the Illinois
Steel company is intimated in state
ment issued yesterday by Kemper X.
Knapp. attorney for that corporation.
following the passage of a resolution
by the legislature in Springfield call
ing for an investigation of Chicago 5
lake front lands for the purpose of as
certaining the scope of the states in
terest in them.
The resolution was introduced by
Representative B. NJ. Chiperheld and
embraces in its scope the validity Of
the Illinois steel company's land titles
and the titles to that trace of land
known as ~Streeterville." The value
placed on this made land reaches
$4,000 goo.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
ORDERED TO CLEAN UP
Robert Hecht Receives Visit
From County Proba-
ton Officer.

Robert Hecht. who was reported
some time ago to the Gary authorities
for keeping his family in an unsanitary
abode. has been ordered to clean house
at once and remove his two horses. a
mule. COW and salt from the living
rooms of his family. Probation officer
Ray served notice on the teamster this
morning that he must send his children
to school Immediately
Mr.. Ray expects that by the begin
ming Of next month that at least thirty
five new children will attend the Gary
schools The lower rooms have been
overcrowded and many of the children
have been i'll. but it is thought that
within another week sufficient room
will be made for the newcomers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
Head of U. S. Steel Corpora
ton Tries to Pass Himself
off as Owen Clarity After
Speeding His Automobile
in the City.
IS JUDGE PLAYING
TO THE IRISH 7
Celebrity Who Gave Gary Its Pat
ronymic Gathered in By Rude Po-
hceman on Long Island and Steel
Stock Doesn't Go With the Police
Court.

New York. Feb 24.-"owen Gar
rity' was the name given by small
man wearing fur overcoat. who was
arrested with his chauffeur on the
charge Of speeding an automobile at
Hollis, l. l.. the other day. The ma
chine was headed for the Flushing po-
lice station where the owner and the
chauffeur were arraigned and had just
given their names when a Flushing
business man entered the court and
said:
Why. how are you, judge? How's
steel going?"
Never Heard of 1t.
"Steel?" said the automobilist inno-
Gently.
Sure. you're Judge Gary. head of
the steel trust; you ought to know
about it remarked the business man.
Why so l am said the executive
Of the big corporation. Il thought
perhaps I'd pass as owen Clarity"
When the question of 800 bail was
raised Judge Gary said he didn't have
4 quite that amount in cash in his peck
/ cts But he had a few steel bonds
would they do? They wouldn't, not in
court.
How about four automobiles worth
| $2O,Oo0?" he asked.
They'll be all right" said the court
and released the steel man on bail to
| answer in special session.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
Some Reduction.

New York. Feb. 24-New quotations
given to various steel consumers by
the United States steel corporation to-
day were $3.50 hundred pounds for
shapes and plates and s1.20 for bars.
This represents a reduction of Sc a ton
for steel shapes and of 81 ton for
steel bars 1t is reported also that the
corporation reduced steel pipe about
$40 a ton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
WIFE SUES Ex-PoLICEMAN.
Mrs. Frank Etter Asks Divorce From
Chicago Man.

LaPorte. Ind, Feb. 25.-Frank Etter.
a former member of the Chicago police
department, was sued for divorce here
yesterday. Mrs. Etter alleges cruelty,
specifying that the husband once threw
her out of a buggy, causing serious in
jury. Etter owns farmer in Strake
county and it is said that $4,000 all
mony will be asked by the wife.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
Two Killed bv Car.

Michigan City, Ind, Feb. 25. Ed
ward Langman and his wife were killed
last night by a Chicago, Lake Shore
& South Bend car, which struck their
buggy at the outskirts of the city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-25
Save The
DrumkaF.d
You, His Mother, Wife or Sister Can
Save Him, And You Can Do 1t
Secretly In Your Own Home.
Costs Nothing to Try.

new tasteless and odorless discovery which
san be given secretly by any LADY in tea, coffee
or food.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
A NEW YEARS TRAGEDY

From a bed of hay in a farmers barn.
A tramp he awoke on the glad New
Year;
lie hadn't a cent, and was hungry AL
cold,
And existence to MIN was sad end
drear.
sued,
Tho bells were ~a-ringing the glad
New Year,
To meet a soft snap and have an in
To come along in and partake of a
The year that was dead was nothing
The year that had dawned was
nothing more;
He'd continue to tramp and freeze and
thaw,
And shiver and shake and sleep and
snore.
But Farmer Jones, with a merciful
heart,
A heart with a feeling for others
woe,
Caught sight Of the tramp as he
hOOfed along
In storm and Sleet and a foot of
snow.
And he called him IN with cheerful
call,
And he gave him to drink of cider
new;
And he sat him down to a festive
board,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
ENGINEERS UP IN ARMS.
Sharp Reply Made to Allegations OF
Railroad Surgeons.

Locomotive engineers in all parts of
the country are expressing indigna-
ton at certain statements alleged to
have been made by railroad surgeons
at a recent medical convention in
New York. Several of the surgeons
endeavored to establish the causes of
many of the wrecks on railroads, and
it was asserted that faults of engi-
neers bring about some Of the acct
dents. The faults named by the sur
geons are gambling, drinking and 9th.
err excuses.
Hart j. Fackenthall, a locomotive
engineer, has made reply to the allie
cations Of the After de-
scribing the statements of the physi-
clans as Idle theories" Mr.. Facken-
thall says:
In defense of 65,29S locomotive en-
gineers employed on the railroads of
the United States, members of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, an organization that maintains
a peerage with the best of men, sur
geons not excepted, l claim the right
to turn the light of experience, gath
cred in my &c years of constant serv-
ice on the rail, on the groundless and
cowardly charges Of the calamity
howlers, who, hiding behind the shield
of their profession, relying on the
prestige accorded men of real emf
hence boldly and ruthlessly assault
not only the foundation Of our beloved
brotherhood, built on the nocks of So
briefly, truth, justice and morality, but
they go so far as to invade the privacy
and ~sacredness Of our homes.
B it known, we stars Of clinic and
dissecting rooms, hat we guard the
honor of our homes; we real our sons
and daughters with as much care and
anxiety as the best fathers in the
world. and the comment on CHEAP
boarding houses, gambling, drinking
and general %carousing is an insult to
our manhood and a SANDER on our
character, and as such we resent it"
The writer makes a comparison be-
tween the number of victims of the
rail and "the victims of errors and ex-
periments among the doctors of the
land" He makes other caustic COM
ments and in conclusion says:
Let me assure the patrons Of the
railroads Of America that our lives
are open books to our EMPLOYERS.
That as men We measure up to the av-
erage standard Of good citizenship,
and as locomotive engineers we rank
first in the world. Most of the trouble
OF to-day is caused by professional
'~buttinskys' meddling with matter
they do not understand"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01

When locomotive builders started
work they used as few wheels as pos,
sible. The first engine had but one
pair OF drivers to make the engine
move and Il pair of carrying wheels
to keep it on the track. The boilers
were built as small as possible to do
the work and were placed between the
wheels.
The first engine Of one Of Americas
first locomotive constructors had the
tireboX placed back Of the driving axle.
In subsequent engines the fireboX was
located ahead of the driving axle. An
other builder placed the fireboX so
it would overhang back of the driving
axle, which proved a decided advan-
tage in locomotives with a single pair
of drive wheels, as it increased the
proportion Of weight on the drivers
and so by obtaining increased adhe-
sion it was possible to haul more cars
without increasing the total weight of
the engine.
An important step in advance was
the introduction of a fOur-wheeled
truck which enabled the engine to
take curves easier. Later on, an adj
ditional pair of driving wheels was
placed behind the fireboX. This ar
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01
Interesting Railroad Facts,

In one year, 1907. one man, with the
aid OF modern railroad appliances, was
able to move ton of freight 1873. $50
miles, and n passenger 1897 miles.
A man with a good team of two horses
and a wagon on roads better than the
average American road would be doing
we'll to haul III tons 80 miles, six days
in the week, or 3 800 ton miles per
year, leaving no time for passenger
transportation. At this rate it would
require than ten men and 20
horses to do the freight transportation
which man does with a railroad
and without any horses; and to carry
the freight traffic which the railroads
of this country carried last year, IT,
500, 900 men and 49, 0O 900 horses
would be required, instead of the
1872, 900 men who actually not only ef-
fected the transportation Of all this
freight, but Of all the passenger traf-
fc also. The improvements since 1889
alone have enabled 1872, 600 men to
do what in 1889 would have required
700, 900 unconstitutional Age-Gazette.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-01

rangement resulted in the American
type Of engine.
Another construction engineer con-
ceived the idea of increasing the num-
Der of drive wheels to add to the pro-
portion of weight available for ad-
hesiOn. Still another concluded that
it was not necessary to carry just so
much dead weight on the truck, and
proposed substituting a two-wheeled
truck, placed forward on the cylin-
ders, to take the place Of the four
wheeled truck previously used. BY
this means the proportion of weight
on the driving wheels was again in
creased and the first mogul locomotive
developed. The mex step was the ad-
dition of a fourth pair Of driving
wheels, thus forming the consolida-
ton type. The illustrations, which
We're drawn on a blackboard by s. M.
Vauclain, probably the greatest au-
thority on locomotives in America to-
day, to illustrate one Of his papers
read to engineers, tell the whole story.
In this way. step by step, has the
powerful locomotive of to-day evolved
from the first crude railroad engine,
and in the same way will coming
years bring forward locomotives much
more powerful and finished than the
product Of to-day.-Popular Mechanics.