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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
Hammond Realty Booming
Acreage Property Large They


great has ben the demand for property
In an established neighborhood like
Homewood that the firm of Hammond
Schaaf and Ebert, who have had charge
of the sale of the property, have had
no trouble in disposing of a large
amount of 1t. In fact fifty of the eighty
lots have been sold.
The work OF Gus. Jacobson in pro-
noting North side real estate as well
Jas handling numerous properties in
other parts of Hammond is notable
Mr.. Jacobson has always had faith in
the North side and he has seen it come
up to his expectations. The North
side is now booming as it never doomed
before and a large amount of the credit
is due Mr.. jacobson.
E. A. Kinkade. the discoverer of
West Hammond. has also seen this To-
cality come unto it's own. West Ham
mond has seen considerable industrial
development in the past year. the most
notable thing being the locating of
the Hammond Brewing Company at the
corner of State street and Fields ave-
nue..
The sale Of lots and acreage in West
Hammond has been brisk and Mr.. Kin
kade's idea that the state line ought
not to be barrier when a city is
crowded up against it like Hammond is,
has been borne out by the disappear
ance of this prejudice
Gostlin. Meyn & Co. continue to be
among the largest sellers of real es-
tate in Hammond. The firm is public
spirited and have done a great deal for
the advancement of the city.
To sum up the whole industrial sit
uation; Hammond is prosperous. It's
business men are contended and the
new year has such rich promises of
an increase of the prosperity already
in evidence that it's real estate men
have an abiding faith in the future.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08

The real estate men Of Lake county
are the most optimistic of its business
men. And the real estate men of Ham
mond are not a whit behind them
They already realize that the industri-
al depression is thing of the past.
They have been forced to this realiza-
ton by the fact that there has been al
most an abnormal activity for this time
of the year.
In the cases where possible buyers
were frightened out OF the market
they have come back with their saw
ings and are now anxious to make
purchases this winter before the prices
rise with the spirits of the property
owners in the spring.
In some cases whole additions have
been purchased and there is consider
able speculation in acreage east Of
Hammond. In the minds of the people
of Hammond the development of the
territory between Hammond and India
ma Harbor and Gary is as certain as
though it was actually fact.
There have ben many deals consum-
mated in the past few weeks involving
twenty, forty and eighty acre tracts in
this territory and it is understood many
other deals of the kind are pending.
In Hammond there seems to be a
great deal of attention being paid to
subdivisions. The most notable deal
of the year along this line was the
trade A. NJ Turner made with the Chi
cago and Erie railroad by which he Sc
cured a large amount of frontage on
Calumet avenue.
This he has subdivided into lots and
the numerous sales which have been
made are an indication that the public
has been waiting for an opportunity
to make purchases in this vicininty.
Many people who have watched the
growth of Hammond prophesy that CAL
umet avenue will be one of the princi-
pal residential streets Of the city and
that all of the lots on the side streets
OF from this splendid thoroughfare
will be built up just as they have been
In Homewood.
In fact the success of Mr.. Turner
in securing this Calumet avenue 'front.'
age Will mean a great deal to the city
of Hammond and will insure the devel-
opment of the city to degree that has
never before been possible.
The purchase of the South Home
wood addition by Roscoe E. Woods, who
formed a syndicate and negotiated the
deal with F. S. Betz, was one of the
important deals of the past year. So
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
Conditions In Indiana
indianapolis and s .. the Growing

at the then lower values would in the
end show handsome results.
Wholesale mercantile business.
among other lines, shows sharp expan-
sion for the year. In many instances
trade was even better than during 1907.
Collections have been promptly met.
as usual thing. and men who had
gone in heavily during the zenith of
the prosperity wave and later found
themselves incumbered. grew conserva-
tive and have discharged the greater
part Of their obligations, if not all,
and are doing business on a more solid
footing.
Failures in Indianapolis and Indiana
have been inconsequential during the
year just ended and not enough to
cause more than a ripple on the sur
face of the commercial community.
While Indiana was in the clutches
of the drought for many days during
last summer and fall, the crop returns
were not disappointing Farmers en-
joyed good prices for their products
Likewise they marketed their live stock
at quotations that netted them good
returns, as general thing. The report
of business done at the local stock
yards shows that it has exceeded for
mer years in both quality and quantity
of offerings and prices received
The real estate business of the city
shows enormous gains over those of
previous years. with values enhanc-
ing all the time. The city has made
strides in its improvements municipal
ly and otherwise. The people as a
whole have enjoyed reasonable pros
perity, and the old year goes out leav-
ing US the knowledge that the coming
months promise prosperity as material
as any the city and state have ever en-
joyed.
Bank clearings for the year 1908
total $3.50. 372,084, which is slightly less
than the total for 1907. However, proof
that business in all lines is growing
better is shown by the December clear
ings, which aggregate s37171,S71, as
again s25,224,323 for the same month a
year ago. That the figures of 1909,
when all is done, will show an increase
over past years is predicted by fnan-
ciers who know the drift of things
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08

As one indianapolis banker phrased
it: indianapolis and Indiana are to
be heartily congratulated upon the
showing made in all business lines in
1905" This epitomizes the general
business situation within the city's
gates and within the environs of
Hoosierism. The city and state are
to be congratulated Cold facts and
prosaic figures tell an intereting story.
The sorry is we'll worth while as an
example of optimism and sanity, de-
spite the recent panicky times and the
ravages of drought, which left inn
prints nation wide, says the Indianap-
oils Star.
1t is a feeling of elation that the
average business man, farmer or man
ufacturer experiences when he scans
the horizon of the coming year or looks
back, even, in retrospect of 1908. Heads
of financial institutions, mercantile and
manufacturing concerns are a unit in
saying that Indianapolis and Indiana
could have done much worse than the
year-end showing indicates. During
the worst of the financial storm this
city and state were in a condition of
calm conservatism. We did not feel
the pinch of depression as did the
east. As one financial sage observed:
here was a lack, and is now, of specu-
lation of the precarious kind that
tears the commercial community as
under in times of business stress. Indi-
annapolis people, as well as the people
of the state, bought local securities as
sound and solid investments. leaving
their money in local channels, and now
that The sun of prosperity is beginning
to shine, these same investors are quiet
ly taking the profits they helped to
make. 1t is a good sign for the future
welfare Of the state and city"
indianapolis securities the last year
have been in great favor. Although the
times were rasped by a heated cam
paign and a rainless season. the local
securities market was not fainting.
Values deprecated some, but this sit
uation finally whetted the investment
appetite and these same values in
creased to a percentage that made the
investments a good thing Local stocks
on the whole showed an advancing
tendency, and the character of the mar
ket broadened almost with each week.
The real merits of local securities are
becoming better known, and We're made
so by the recent depression in prices.
as investigation showed their purchase
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08

benefit for HessviIIe and Highlands, in
North township. to St John, in ST. John
township; Hanover Center and Cedar
Lake. in Hanover township. and to
Hayden and Schneider IN West Creek
township. The latter two townships
have been especially railroad poor and
aside from the taxes that the road pays
into the township fund. additional
shipping and transportation facilities
have been supplied.
Place for Country Homes.
Not the least consideration in the in
crease in the farm values of Lake
county. is the fact that this well-deveI-
oped region is becoming desirable ter
ritory for country homes for rich Chi
cagoans.
Will J. Davis, whose beautiful stock
farm is situated northwest of Crown
Point was the pioneer in this move
ment. Already others have followed
in his steps, principal among them be-
ing James Kelley, editor of the Chicago
Tribune. and John c. Eastman, editor
of the Chicago Journal. Mr.. Keeley's
farm is located near Black Oak and
will be made one of the finest country
homes in the county in course of time.
Mr. Eastman has the same intentions
regarding his farm, which is located
near Schererville.
The splendid reservations Of George
AIDE in Jasper county, although in a
neighboring county add to the stimu-
lus. but the unsurpassed macadamized
roads of Lake county appeal to the
Chicagoan who has money.
Other influences are at work in the
same direction, all tending to make
Lake county farms more desirable.
Schools Improve Values.
The increasing wealth of the county
affords better schools, more accessible
and modern in every way. The little
country school by the roadside is fast
disappearing and the children now
await the arrival of the school bus
which takes them to some town school,
The oat crop may not have been as
productive as the farmer expected, but
when he takes into consideration thai
his children had better school accom-
modations than ever before, he feels
amply repaid.
Another feature which works out tc
the advantage of the farmer is the fact
that his county is divided. He lives in
the southern half, undisturbed by the
life in the cities, while in the northern
half he has all the advantages of a
city. He has his markets there for ev-
erything he produces and has his big
stores where he can buy as cheaply as
in Chicago.
The Lake county farmer is like the
property owner in the north end of the
county; his values will not depreciate
but rather appreciate, whether through
his own activities or through the de-
velopments that time will bring.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08

A prominent lawyer of Vicksburg
Miss, who, after two months CT
widowerhood, took unto himself an
other spouse, was very indignant when
he read in one of the local papers the
following notice of his marriage: The
wedding was very quiet, owing TO a re-
cent bereavement in the bridegroom's
family"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
Perspective Is Needed.

In our own time details overpower
US; mems badges and buttons seem to
grow larger and larger as in horrible
dream. To study humanity in the
present is like studying a mountain
with magnifying glass; to study it in
the past is like studying it through a
telescope K. Chesterton
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
THE
Hammond Brewing
Company
West Hammond, Indiana
CAPITAL, 100000

incorporated under the Laws of
the State of Illinois
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08

chek to John Gartner. .
GRIFFITH
Lots 26 to 20, block l, Manufac-
turers' second addition, Frank
W. Love to Louis A. Southworth
GARY.
Lots 95 to 81. block 6. Lincoln
Park addition, United States
Land Co to John Smodesch
Lots Sand 90, block 6, Lincoln
Park addition, United States
Land Co. to John Smodesch
Section 36-37-S W-Undivided u
E FIR 36-37-9, Henrietta ]. Ran
dali to SissiIla A. Davis.
Section 36-37-9 W-Undivided 4
e FIR. 36-37-S, Henrietta
Randall to Fred z. Lee. $500.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
The Manic Button

II inventions of Office machinery in
crease during the next ten years as
rapidly as they have increased during
the last decade, the time will soon
come when an up-to-date Office will
consist merely of the master and an
array of mechanical devices for doing
his work by the pressure Of buttons
System
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
THE
Hammond Brewing
Company
Incorporated under the Laws of
the State of Illinois.
November 27, 1908
CAPITALIZATION, 100000
No Preferred Stock

Par Value of each share 500 M
Total amount stock sold to date $50. O0o. 90
Total amount Stock paid in to date 1875, ooo. 90
Total amount Stock to be sold. :. 90, 100000
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
Spells for Fashions Followers.

At auctions in London during the
last half Of 1907 there were cstalcgued
for sale 1912 skins of birds of para
disc, nearly $4,000 white heron
plumes and a vast number of the
skins and plumes of many other birds
of beautiful plumage, including alba
tross quilts and the tails of the Tyre
bird.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
The Weaker Sex.

Women are called the weaker sex,
but you have noticed that the wife
whose word is law never has to call
in the militia to enforce it.-Dallas
News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
INDIANA HARBoR.

4Nl'A<a4V1A lA<AAN4'OAt.
Lot 80, block IT, in second addi-
ton, Harmon A. Smith to Let
tisha MeKenna IT'S
Lot Is. block So, Carl H. Hansen
to William Blumenthal ... 1
Lot IS, block SIS, William Blum
enthaI to Wesley l.. Wiseman $50
Lot 10, block So, Otto Miller to
George Walcfs entertainments. $500
HAMMOND
Lots Is and 16, block 8, sohrs
second addition. Charles Taus-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08
EQUIPMENT
OUTPUT

Present Sales annually. ........ So, 900 bbls.
Present Sales annually (Chicago) 10000 bbIs.
Present Sales annually (outside of
Chicago) $4,000 hills
Cost of getting this trade. $500. $50, 100000
Cost of this trade to the new company,
NOTHING
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-08

Might Organize Society.
We have in this country the mate
rial for a strong organization to be
composed exclusively of the GRANDPA
Tiers of future dukes.
The copper era., 1909-09-30
PETIT JURY.

Charles Burlingame, L H Chad bourne, Ben c Estes, D A Matthews, Wm D Muir L E Adams, J H Magruder, J L Francis, NJ P McEuen, A F Bar nett, F E Fox, Thos Chamberlain, w E Glascock, Edward W Black, Morris M Cornbleth. James Teague, L w Woolsey, R A Bryce, c c Birmingham, Victor Willetts, G F Chambers, Robert B Lewis, Wade Hampton, Luther Barnett, George Foote, John K Chiffon, Fred Rosecrans, F w Booher, Isaac P Robinson, Jr., Frank Bacon, John Stivers, Fred Blake, D H Weech. R H Kempton, O A Lameraux, Walter Russell, Morris Simon, w Summers, Hart D Empie, w P Span, Geo L Morris, Hal Young. A M Crozier, c H Reed, Robert L Ison, H A McBeath, c c Edgingto D, A B Cutler. Geo M Elledge, Jos H Elmer, w R Chase.
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desperate band of outlaws as eyer invested any territory. Hardly a week passed but what stores were held up and robbed in daylight in Clifton, Morenci and even Bisbee, and these difficulties usually left be- hind them a trail of blood. I have always been of the opinion that it was the warning given them by Bill Parish that kept them away from Carlisle, still it would have been a good thing for the country if they had raided the camp, for in that event the rustler troubles would have been ended several years earlier than they were.
 "Clifton has seen many changes since those early days. The Arizona Copper company, The Detroit Copper company, the Shannon, the New Eng land and Clifton, and the Standard Copper company have long been heavy producers, but they have by no means grabbed all the best ground in the camp. Ia my opinion, and I think know something about copper, or ought to by this time, for I have worked in about all of the best mines of the country, the public will soon hear from few of the other com- panies at Clifton, which are at pres ent not known outside of that section. Among these, refer to the Copper la Creek Copper company, the Stevens, the Gold Belt, the New York Arizona the Polaris and the Home Copper company. These companies are now going through what the older con cerns did in earlier days, but they will get there yet, just as sure as they keep going"
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Best Treatment for a Burn.

If for no other reason, Chamber lair's Salve should be kept in every household on account of its great value in the treatment of burns. It allays the pain almost instantly, and unless the injury is severe one, heals This salye is also unequaled for chapped hands, sore nipples and diseases of the skin. Price, D cents. For sale by all druggists.
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celebrated Scotch expert, who was
 there to investigate the Arizona Cop
 per company's property, was being shown around by Alex Mclean, who for many years was the company's superintendent and of whom it was said that he could actually smell cop Ter ore. In walking over the ground.
 Alex asked the expert what he thought of the surface conditions at a partic- ular point and was told that a man
 would be a damned fcol to expect to
 find ore in such a formation. They entered the mine and after winding around for hours, until the expert had lost his bearings, he was con ducted into a portion of the mine where men were taking out 20 per cent ore from a 40-toot vein which had been stopped for 200-feet, while the floor was of the same grade. Naturally the expert was carried away with the showing and stated that it was the largest body of high grade ore that he Ssad ever seen. After gazing in amazement for some time, he said: By the way, superin- tendent, in what part of the mine are we at the present time to which Alex, with a twinkle in his eye, replied, Well, sir, we are exactly 5C0 feet un- der the spot where we stood a few hours ago when I asked you what you thought of the surface conditions The expert said nothing but there was a coolness between him and the after that.
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Juries for October Term of Court.
GRAND JURY

w D Whipple, John Hancock w J Markham, Geo A Olney, Charle Thomas, Wm B Mathewson, Andrew Snedden, John M Hammer, Delos D Jayne, O A Ridson, L J Owen, I w Elledge, G Hatch, M E Crawford, Ed Barry, c H Carrico, J G Alfred E N Prettyman, T D Cross, Austin Evans, Jesse B Simms.
The copper era., 1909-09-30
Go With A Rush.

The demand for that wonderful Stomach, Liver and Kidney cure, DT. Kings New Life Pills--is astounding. Those who use them say they never saw to cure Sour Stomach, Constipation, Indigestion, Biliousness, Jaundice, Sick Headache, Chills and Malaria
 Only 25c. A. c. Go. drug department.
The copper era., 1909-09-30

"C. B. Stocking, who was known throughout the west as a fearless man and dead shot, was in charge of the bullion shipments. Stocking marched through from the coast with the California Column which was disGanded at Fl Paso at the close of the war. This regiment was picked from the most rugged men of the West and marched from Wilmington, near Los Angeles, then the only port desert country via Indio, Yum and Tucson, to E PasO without the loss of a man except few who were killed by the Indians. This was a wonder ful record of endurance. considering the nature of the country and the fact that they carried their guns and other regular infantry equipment.
 "Stocking was known as the gun man of the regiment After the war he acted as peace officer in many section and his presence always had a quieting effect on the rough element. He was usually accom- panied on his trips with bullion from Carlisle by another man or two and when the shipments were very large, Bill Parish always went along. In those days Bill could handle shooting irons almost as artistically as Stock ing and the rustlers knew this.
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Good for Biliousness.

q took two ot Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets last night, and I feel fifty per cent. better than I have for weeks, say J. J. Firestone tainly a fine article for biliousness." :" For sale by all druggists Samples free.
The copper era., 1909-09-30

"Since that time, the Corondo has been extensively developed and the last account I had from tEere Was that it then showed SlO,O0O,OOO worth of ore in sight. MT. Colquhoun was not taxed personally with the cost of the opening up of that property and from that time on he was not annoyed with experts sent over from Scotland to tell him how to open up the mines. He was allowed to continue work in his own way and that he made q tremendous success is known through out the entire copper world, but tbis was not achieved without great diff ficulty.
 Surface indications were not al ways reliable and I recall circum- stance which illustrates this point pretty thoroughly. A somewhat
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''I was in Carlisle, New Mexico, in 1883 and 84 when the rustlers were killing more people than Geronimo and his band of cutthroats, though the Lord knows they were busy enough Bill Parish was in charge of the Carlisle properties and when tine mill was completed and several gold bricks were made each week, Bill shipped in several cases of Winchesters and armed lot of trusty men that be knew would see him through any difficulty. He then sent word to the outlaws that they must stay away from Carlisle, and further, that if any of his bullion was bothered at any time, it would be war to the finish and no quarter asked or given.
 "Well, they knew Bill Parish and they let the camp alone, nor did they bother the bullion, though every pre- caution was taken for its protection. It was sent from the mines to differ ent points on the railroad so that the rustlers were always kept in doubt as to what route it would take.
The copper era., 1909-09-30

"This may sound little tame at the present time to people not familiar with the southwest in the early days, but old-timers, who re- member the gang operating there, will realize that it took pretty good nerve to carry gold bricks through a country which was in the hands of as
The copper era., 1909-09-30

"Colquhoun was a chemist and he soon discovered that the losses in the slag amounted to from to 13 per cent. Having a level head on his shoulders, he realized that the mines were not to blame for the company's troubles but rather the lack of proper concentrating and smelting condi- tions.
 "At that time, copper mining, especially in the southwest, was in its infancy and as the ores were of an entirely different character from
The copper era., 1909-09-30

"But even Alex Mclean, with his
 vast knowledge of the formation, did not always find the ore where he ex- pected it, as was one day illustrated by very intelligent mule which had been in the service of the company under ground until his hair had taken on a greenish cast. On this occasion the mule was being lowered from one level to another. His four feet were tied together in bunch and he was suspended in canvas and started on his downward journey. On the de- cline, he worked his feet loose and,- well, you can imagine what healthy mule would do under such circum- stances. When the timbers and rocks commenced to fall on the lower level, the men there signalled the engineer to stop and the mule remained where he was until there was nothing left for him to kick. He was finally lowered on down and when the men went-to repair the shaft, it was found that the mule had not only kicked away the timbers but had knocked a great hole in the side of the shaft, which had been sunk in soft ground, exposing some very rich ore. A crosscut was run from lower level and a body of high grade ore that produced an immense tonnage.