The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-24
News Was Sad.

Crown Point, June 24.--Word was
received here yesterday announcing the
death of Adna c. Sanger. a former cit
izen Of this place, who died at his
home near Laporte, Ind, on Tuesday
night, after a lingering illness. Mr..
Sanger was well known throughout
Lake and Porter counties being a pros
porous farmer in this district He
was a civil war veteran. He resided in
Crown Point for several years. liv
ing on South Main street, maving from
there to Laporte. Mr.. Sanger has been
in rather feeble health ever since. His
death came as a shock to the many
friends of the family in Crown Point.
The funeral will occur at Lowell on
Friday afternoon at 1880 o'clock. In
torment at Lowell cemetery.
A good story is going the rounds in
Crown Point, which will be doubly we'll
received by those who became some
what involved in the recent auto race
losses. A certain Crown Point mother,
following out the customary habit of
hearing her children say their prayers
before retiring for the evening. was
somewhat surprised on hearing one Of
the little tots break away from the
customary routine of repeating the
Lords prayer, word for word. after his
mother, and voice few of his own
sentiments on the side The tots mo-
Their had gotten him along famously to
the place where the GIVE US this day
our daily bread" etc, comes in, when
the youngster blurted out, Jaw, mother,
let's cut that out for tonight Don't
need to bother about that part for a
~~1e -
i-s in the pantry"
With the auto races over. the officials
Of the Lake county fair are turning
their attention that big event, and have
already begun to take steps to make
this years fair the biggest and best in
the history of the society. Many sterl-
ing attractions have already been Sc
cured for the day and evening perform
ances and that part of the program is
already an assured success. The Of
flcials will also devote their efforts to
make the agricultural and stock shows
the best ever held and bring the real
purpose of the fair up to the highest
standard. Every Lake county citizen
is, and ought to be interested in this
event and lend their aid and support to
to holding of what are now the most
successful fairs in Northern Indiana
The Crown Point baseball team will
take the Chicago Grays on next Sun
day at their grounds near the Erie de-
pot. The locals have nearly a clean
score to their credit. losing only one
game out of the six played. An effort
has been made to arrange a game with
the Hammond Boilermakers for Sunday,
but so far the efforts have proved flu
tile. Crown Point also wants game
with the Lowell team, but have had
some trouble in trying to get the south
county team to come to Crown Point to
play. Next Sundays game, the Chicago
Grays, are considered strong amateur
team in Chicago. and the local fans are
anticipating a good game.
The county commissioners took a
jaunt over the race course yesterday
to inspect the road in order to ascer-
tain the damage done to the same dur
ing the auto races, but at this writing
the results of their investigation have
not been made public. Some of the
farmers are objecting to the condition
of the roads. claiming that the tarred
dressing will prove a detriment to the
road in places where it has been torn
up Whether the automobile people
will remedy these defects remains to
be seen.
The Housekeepers met at the home
of Mrs. Fred Wheeler yesterday after
noon for their last regular meeting of
the season. Club activity in Gown
Point is closed for the season, to be re-
sumed next fall
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