The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-23
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AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
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AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Especial to THE T1MEs)
Indianapolis. Ind, March %. - Just
what place will be picked out for
Mr.. Hastings of Hammond is not yet
known, because stale Auditor Bill
heimer is out Of the city for a few
days. but Hastings is in the city ready
70 take hold as soon as Billheimer re-
turns and makes known the place But
he is to have a job, that is sure
Another change in the auditors office
that is attracting attention is that by
which Harvey C. Cheney Of Lafayette
takes the place of w. III. Quick, the
settlement clerk. While BiIlheimer was
out of town yesterday Cheney slipped
into town and went to the auditors
Office and sat down at Quick's desk
Quick was not there and did not come
in, so Cheney staid. He said all he
knew about it was that Bnlheimer tele-
graphed him to come ana report to
Deputy Auditor John Reed. Reed said
all he knew about it was that he was
to take Quick's place, but he did not
know why. Whether Quick was re-
moved or whether he resigned could
not be learned
Cheney An Expert.
Cheney is an expert accountant. and
was appointed by Governor Hanly as
the accountant in his office Cheney
is Hanly man out and out, and the
fact that a strong Hanly man has been
taken into the state house and given
one Of the best jobs in the building
has caused some comment. Some of
ha T1olfffrfoy7c ,n 4oTI ,
it say they fear it means that Hanly
is still to exercise influence in the
state house, though it is not believed
that Billheimer would make an ap-
pointment on the mere asking of Han
ly. They have never 'jibed" very well,
especially since HanIy tried to have a
separate insurance department created
by the legislature two years ago so as
to take that department out of the
hands of the auditor 1t is more than
likely that Billheimer made his own
choice of Cheney. partly because he
is a fine accountant and partly because
he wished to do something for Tip
pecanoe county
For Pure soda syrups.
Crushed fruits and fruit cyrups. such
as used in soda fountains, are to be
subjected to every test known to State
Chemist Barnard before the soda sea
son gets fairly under way In order
to make the tests as practical as pos
sible the department has installed a
soda fountain, given by the Marietta
Manufacturing company. It is Of the
iceless type, patented by W. H. Wal
lace, an Indianapolis druggist.
Mr.. Barnard, who is the state food
and drug commissioner. will make the
tests thorough and will cover every
part of the state by having inspectors
around and buy samples Of the syrups
used at all soda fountains in order to
get right at them when they are not
| looking. No one will know when an in
! specter is in town and the dealers
will not know when they sell samples
/ to an inspector, because they win not
know the inspectors.
| Mr.. Barnard has contended that il
is possible to preserve fruit in syruT
4 for use in fountains without using ben
zoate of soda, and the test viii be d.
rected to that end.
/ Thinks Benzoate Harmful.
we are not contending that benzoate
! of soda is harmful physiologieaIly,'
/ said Mr.. Barnard, but by the use OF
( benzoate fruit and syrup manufaetur-
/ ers are enabled to make use Of in
| ferior fruits Frequently they are il
a badly deeomposed condition when the
manufacturers make use Of them. L