The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-15

but coffee sacks. camels and bears they
were a very astonlshed set.
And. greater was the eIectri1cation
OF crew OF Swedish sand shovelers
when they beheld the advance guard
which was made up OF the Bedouins
mounted on chargers. wearing flowing
clothes and carrying long-stocked
rifles. Some of the workmen who had
heard of the different kind of foreign
ers at Gary took them for Garyites of
an unknown variety. others more ap-
prehensive hid behind the sand cars.
Enemy and Friends Together.
Camp was pitched near Mount Bald
Top. Here about 900 feet above the lake
level is a square plateau on one of the
sand dunes. In true Arab style the
company pitched the tents of the desert
and friend and enemy sat down side by
side to eat lunch. Along side stood a
motley crowd OF Dune Park natives
who were somewhat suspicious at first
and kept out OF pistol range of the
strangers
Then the fun began. Producer
Turner began to line up the company
to start the battle. 1t was planned
that the Arabs were to bring into
camp a captured English officer who
later escapes, etc.
"Entering the Desert"
But here is where the hitch came
Scene number one was put on the
boards. 1t was called Entering the
Desert" First came a crowd of Chi
cago negroes wearing nothing more
than waist bands and who portrayed
the Rerber porters. Then came the
camels and finally the expedition of
English calvary. Every detail was
gold braided colonel had the Victoria
cross on his breast.
Just as the coIored gem'men were
leading the camels that were the ad-
miration of the Gary Mohammadens
the evening previous. into the scorch-
ing desert Old Ben the leading camel
suddenly stopped, then kicked its feet
high IN the air and snorted for Joy
All Of the others followed suit and
great was the commotion when the
beasts chased the negroes who ran
away with cries OF fear
Dem camels, said one fleeing
darby. 'Dey sure done think that they
ah back in the Sawhara desert See
how dey am snorting and frisking
around In this here sand" The darby
was right for such was the case. The
camels really thought that they we're
DoCh Al lHcAI ndllN0 ndunIS~ ana once
that idea got into their head they be-
came frisky and charged every one
right and left. Whole columns of the
Kings Coldstreams guards were charg-
ed. the negroes ran towards the lake
and the motion camera men took shell
ter in clump of bushes.
Camels Get Frisky.
The camels were wild with Joy and
soon they had everything to themselves
Finally they learned that the Indiana
sand dunes are far more tiresome than
the burning ones of the Sahara so they
gradually Gained down. Then seeing
that the coast was clear Producer
Turner shouted out to the company:
For the love OF Mike are we going to
have those blankety blank camels
snorting around here all day." At this
the darkies took courage and after the
recalcitrant beasts were bastinadoed
with barrel slaves they were more sub
missive.
Garyftes Are Chased.
Rehearsals were then in order and
three scenes OF the battle were then
taken. Photographer Crosse of Gary
and some local newspaper men who
were present posed as war correspond
ents but when one of the camels threat
ened to demolish Mr.. Crosses camera
and when another nearly bit the ear
off one of the scribes the war cor
respondents" repaired to points of
vantage less strenuous
Among the Garyites present looking
on and who were chased by the camels
were W. S. Parry, DR.. E. L. Schaible, j.
V. Cooley, Col. Dee. Ralph Bloomhufr
and many others.
Today the real battle will be staged
and this afternoon If the camels do not
get on another rampage great time