The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-11
Gary Men Busy at Capital
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The Gary delegation now at Indian
apolis is already attracting attention.
Yesterday the Indianapolis Star printed
long story of the proceedings and in
cidentally made several amusing errors
in its story. The Breedlove mentioned
| is Attorney Man1ove. The Star says:
AS part of the plan for securing
location of a superior court there
Gary, Ind, proposes one of the most CO.
lossal entertainments ever accorded an
Indiana general assembly.
George Breedlove, representing Gary
came here yesterday for a conference
with Senator Arthur ]. Bowser, Of
Chesterton. who represents Lake and
Porter counties.
The business men of Gary propose to
take the entire general assembly, with
the officers of the two houses, a num-
Der of state officers, newspaper repre-
sentatives and others from here to Gary
on a special train and to tender them
one Of the grandest banquets ever
served within the borders of Indiana.
Mr.. Breedloye told Senator Bowser
that $500 of the needed $4,000 for the
remarkable entertainment had been
raised and that the remainder would
be forthcoming when it was needed.
of this sum $4,000 will be spent on
the banquet and $4,000 will go toward
paying for the special train and other
expenses.
Provision will be made at the ban
quet. which is to be a IS a plate affair
for the seating of 500 men, 200 or ESQ
of whom would go from Indianapolis.
Mr.. Breedlove's purpose in coming
InHianann1fc
to learn just where Gary stood in its
chance for a superior court, and he
Informed Senator Bowser. after a con-
ference which lasted over much of the
forenoon, that he would report back to
the Commercial club and that the club
would then proceed with it's plans.
Mr.. Breedlove explained to Senator
Bowser that the people of Gary had
simply made UP their monds that Gary
and not some other city in Lake coun-
ty was to have the court needed there
and in addition to the fact that the
business men do not believe that the
general assembly will accept the citv,s
hospitality and then turn it down for
the court, they blieve that Gary could
not possibly be advertised as a great
future commercial center in a more eff
fective way than by taking the $50
members of the general assembly. com
ing as they do from every corner Of
the state, to Gary and showing them
what Gary has now and what it will
have in year or two.
Way Gary Does Things.
AS large as is the undertaking Sen
ator Bowser was not surprised when
the representative of the business men
there told him yesterday that Gary pro-
posed to spend $4,000 giving the whole
general assembly a vacation. He said
that was the way Gary did things
that when it decided it wanted some
thing-it usually went after it hard
but two years of age, Gary is now a
thriving city of $1,000 inhabitants and
Senator Bowser believes that it will
have $4,000 people in two years more"
Just as soon as the Commercial club
makes the final arrangements for the
big outing for the lawmakers, which is
virtually certain as the result of the
conference between Mr.. Breedlove and
Senator Bowser yesterday, the club will
extend its invitation to the lawmakers.
and an arrangement will be made for
the entertainment Of the members at a
weeks end. Just when the lawmakers
could leave here, whether on Friday
evening or Saturday morning and get
back as soon as most of them would
wish, has not been determined, but the
business men there believe that is
minor detail after the money is raised
and the invitation is accepted, as they
feel sure that it will be.
Contest of Long Standing
The supreme court fight in question
Is of long standing. Senator Bowser
explained yesterday that Lake county
had to have additional court facilities
on account of the enormous growth
of its cities, and that it was merely
a question sto what city should have
such additional facilities.
About twenty years ago when Ham
mond suddenly sprang from a hamlet
to a city the people there began an
agitation to have the county seat
moved from Crown Point, which is in
the center of the county. The battle
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