The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-31
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READY NOW
FOR WAGON

Yes It made a readable story even IL
1t is a mass of hit-and miss guess-work
and printed in the Chicago Tribune
which by the way though claiming to be
the worlds greatest newspaper sticks
to facts now and then like castor oil
does to water.
Here 1t is so that you can see what
an artist the man is who came out TO
write it:
IGary, Ind, Is in for a cleaning tint
like OF which no place ever knew.
Not all the Saturday night baths
since Saturday night baths were in
vented can equal the wash party the
end Of the year schedules for the steel
town.
The tub has been dragged up to the
kitchen stove and kettle lids rattle as
the water boils. Gary, perched on a
chair, her feet cuddied up under the
frige OF her nightie, goes apprenhen-
siveiy at ablutionary preparations. II
only they would get at the scrupbins
and over with it. But there's the rub.
| There's a row over what soap will
wash Gary best.
| The burgomaster insists an old fash
toned laundry cake is good enough to
clean the dirt of anything. Six o.
seven city fathers pooh pooh the idea
and want double extra tar soap and
rubbing brushes thrown in.
| And, meanwhile. a few whole souled
Igrandmothers who believe q child
ought to mix with little dirt while
she is grown up wonder IL Gary will
survive the renovation.
And Thereby Hangs Tale.
| Gary has mayor It has city
council. the majority of which loves the
mayor as oil does water. Since both
came into existence each has charged
the other with triple infraction of every
doctrine in the decalogue.
i Gary got to playing around in the
ldirt with nobody watching during tho
November election. All her guardian.
were too busy saving the nation tt
notice she had crawled through thu
front yard and topp1ed into the gutter
The mayor and his cohorts, the coun
, Gil, and its henchmen, and the sheriff
and his gang were pulling the star
from the armament and whooping TIN
everlasting daylsghts out OF all crea
ton. When the ballots were counte'
, Republicans had captured the count.
and Democrats the city. Each had beel
after both.
Il Then began a merry round of Will fl
cation and recrimination, charges an
!. counter charges and indictment, rein
dictments and double indictments.
Mayor Heads Indictment List.
Mayor T. E. Knots got one whac
from the grand jury in the shape of a
8 Indictment charging conspiracy to com
NIT felony. Chief of Police J. d. Mar
tin stood up under the same sort of
blow. while similar indictments lande
. Inn MI NJ
$ met NJ White Attorney c. Price. an
. nearly dozen other citizens TIL
evidence was practically the same
: each Misunderstanding a riot in cor
necton with the elections. The list wa
(, completed yesterday when Charles MI
D len, city health Inspector, was place
2 under arrest by a deputy sheriff O
= the same sort of an Indictment that h
y Mayor Knots.
= There is a colony of Gary wome
e spending a portion of the winter
Florida. The other day a Gary citize
: received from his wife telegra
which ran:
Dear John: What Is the matter wit
you? All the other women are talkir
iabout their husbands being indicte
Can't you get in, toor'
Tire of Game; start New One.
d The indictment game grew tireson
,. a week or so ago. and warning factor
q, drew breath and snooped around f
u material for another conflict. Ju
about a week ago both landed on Il
same trail.
Gary is bad.
l. Why do you know! And even t
/ sewing circles began talking about
:. The oldest citizens thought it w
:" dreadful and why didn't the authoriti
do something to stop 1t, and must t
rising generation rise in such an a
mosphere. and at length the ministe
=, begai having comments before (
- regular sermon and commented to be
- the band.
IL Be it known that there are nj
. councilmen In the city council. May
Knots has three of them with hi
L.sThe six remaining follow the leadt