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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
The saloon QnestiOn

Nothing could induce me to vote for prohibition in a city, although the only beverage I have ever indulged III is beer and I do not drink as many as a dozen bottles a year." said prom inent member of the Chamber of Com merce. "In the forthcoming election hera I intend to vote for saloons Pres ent conditions are certainly intolerable For many reasons I would be glad to see the dlspensary system established in this county. but, looked at from all sidea. I believe it would be better to have a few high Licensed, strictly -regu- lated saloons. Many of my friends who were prohibitionists tell me they will never vote dry again. With those ior- mer prohibitionists who expressed themselves in my presence 1t Is only a question of whether to work for a dispensary system or the saloon.
 "In the prohibition ranks through out this state-the ranks as they were filled up two years ago-Were many able, well meaning men whose Judg- ment would be sound ordinarily, but they were swept off their feet by a fabricated reform wave and voted Tor the proposed constitutional amendment to write prohibition in the organic law. or those who voted for the amendment in 1909 thousands have wiped their hands of radical politics, for politics was at the bottom of it all. one or the most foolish points the dyed-in- thew ool prohibitionist makes Is that we might as well talk about abolishing law against murder, theft and so on, because these laws are violated, as to abolish prohibition laws because they are violated. That sort of talk does not strike me as al all reasonable Ev- erybody agrees that murder is crime
 No intelligent person, no person Ia miliar with the Bible, will say that drinking liquor in itself Is crime. II is in nowise sinful per SC, but mur- der is a sin and a crime In the eyes of the whole world. Abuse of liquor is sinful, of course, and as there is sc
 much abuse of if, it is right to have | laws restricting 1t. But statewide pro hibtion Is as unkind as it is undemo-
 cratic. As a state policy local option offers the best solution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
MODEL SCHOOLS AT GARY

seventh and eighth grade manual training shops The little fifth grade children work at their botany and elementary science in the high school physic labora- tory. The elementary and advanced chem istry students work in the same room and use the same apparatus.
 This is what MT. Wirt calls education from environment, sub-conscious educa- tion. The child sees other children doing a thing and apparently enjoying it, and sooner or later he wants to do that same thing himself. Moreover, by watching he learns. When a child enters the Gary schools from another town, they do not send an instructor into the swimming pool to teach him to swim. They let him stand around the pool and watch the others until he cannot stand and watch another minute. When he gets into tho water he just naturally assumes the cor rect position of the body, the movements come as if by instinct and very little for mai instruction is necessary.
 Tn connection with the musical in- struction they have a boys band. When a new boy enters the band he is taught no more than the first principles of the instrument. He learns by watching the others, and his nervous system gradual ly adapts itself to the allotted task"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
IN HOTEL .LOBBIES
Food for Thought

"I have recently received indisput- able proofs of the far reach of the Age-Herald as an advertising medium, ' said J. B. Gibson.
 My concern has been advertising a proposition which we considered would interest only local home e-builders, and we were rather surprised when our mail brought us inquiries from men in New York and Illinois referring to the ad- Yertisements and requesting maps and detailed information and in each case stating that the writer contemplated re- moving to Birmingham. Here is indeed some food for the thoughtful"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
SUMMER

By John Townsend Trowbridge. Around this lovely valley rise The purple hills of Paradise.
 Oh, softly on yon banks of haze Her rosy face the summer lays; Becalmed along the azure sky The argosies of cloudland lie.
 Whose shores with many a shining rit Far off their pearl-white peaks uplift. Through all the long midsummer day The meadow sides are sweet with hay
 I seek the coolest sheltered seat,
 Just where the field and forest meet Where grow the pine trees. tall and
 bland, The ancient oaks, austere and grand,
 And fringy roots and pebbles fret
 The ripples of the rivulet sss.. a I watch the mowers as they go '''~A7 Through the tall grass, a white-sleeved
 row;
 With even stroke their scythes they
 swing,
 In tune their merry whetstones ring. Behind. the nimble youngsters run, And toss the thick swaths in the sun
 The cattle graze: while warm and still
 Slopes the broad pastures, basks the
 hill,
 And bright. when summer breezes break, The green wheat crinkles like lake. t 7 The butterfly and bumblebee Come to the pleasant woods with me-;
 Quickly before me runs the quail,
 Her chickens skull1 behind the rail; High up the lone wood pigeon sits, And the woodpecker pecks and fits.
 Sweet woodland music sinks and swells.
 The broolslet rings its tinklng bells. The swarming insects drone and hum, The partridge beats his throbbing drum.
 The squirrel leaps among the boughs, And chatters in his leafy house; The oriole flashes by; and look Into the mirror of the brook, Where the vain bluebrd trims his coat, Two tiny feathers fall and float As silently. IS tenderly. The down of peace descends on me. Oh. this is peace I have no need | Of friend to talk, or book to read: A dear companion here abides, Close to my thrilling heart he hides; The holy silence Is his voice;
 lie. and listen, and rejoice. .cs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
would speedily bring such a plant

would speedily bring such a plant here.
 Not only would this plan promote the public health but it would do away with great expense in collect ing garbage and it might render the erection of large crematory unneces- sary. This, however, is not fully de- termined.
 The army on the border of Texas used small crematories freely, and as a result 27,000 soldiers suffered ill- ness of only one per cent. When this is compared with the horrors of Chick amauga in the war with Spain it goes to show that the small incinerators are very sanitary and very needful.
 The problem is, however, many sided, and Commissioner Weatherly and his associates have certainly oc- cumulated a subject that relates to life and death-that has shut up with in it many a child's health and hopes. It is too big a question to be disposed of speedily in this city whatever it may be among the dairies that fur nish the people in the city with milk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
Our Sanitary Problems

The public commission has a big problem before it. There are 17,000 dry closets in this city. This city cannot have low death rate while those closets remain in use.
 Some scientists say the best reme- dy in sight is the adoption of an or dinance requiring every house with out sewer connections to put in an incinerator at cost of about S75 per house. This cost could be reduced to $50 by the establishment of plant to make incinerators and the like. The ordinance already suggested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

in piano box, which he has converted by rude carpentry into a. cobbler's shop. Some days, however, when business is not so brisk, he puts aside his tools and pores over the Bible. In the late afternoon he will be found sitting quietly in his cramped quarters the holy book on his lap and his eyes fixed on the fading splendor of the sunset. In thought he is far away, haply on the hills of Pales- tine or musing over line of shepherd kings. Or perhaps, which is more likely, he meditates on the mystery of the soul and those ancient prophecies which have furnished forth for him a mansion in the skies, where in a time to come the cobbler shall take his ease. more happy than earth's greatest sovereign"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
PHEWl

It really Is Too warm, I ween, To read a book By Laura Jean.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. On days like this Tis far more eheery To read. I wis, The works of Peary.
 Youngstown Telegram It's ne'er too hot By all the signs, To read between The fishing lines.
 Detroit Free Press. For days like these The only books Are those we find In running brooks.
 New Orleans Pieayune On days like this We do abhor That awful call Of what's the score.
 St. Louis Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
THE COBBLER.

Even the quietest' neighborhoods will furnish themes to point a moral or adorn tale," said the Observer My daily walks lie for the most part through the residential districts. and yet even there one may meet with quaint phases of human character that are worth studying
 For instance. I pass every day a shoe maker-one of the old school shoemak- ers-who tolls from early morn to night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
 DENIED.

 Her lips were like the roses, The maiden was a "peach;. Her lips were like the roses, But they were out Of reach. Her hand was like a lily And it was wondrous fair; Her hand was like a lily To hold l didn't dare. Her foot it was so dainty, In lovely little boot; Her foot it was so dainty, found no words to suit. Her manner 1t was charming As ever you did see; Her manner it was charming, But, heavensl not to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Some of the things women wear in sum mers are called clothes, anyhow
 It takes bigger man to let woman boss him than to boss her
 Common sense pays steady dividends to the few who always show it.
 The trobule with conscience is it quits working the first chance it gets.
 girl is crazy to wear long clothes till she's old enough to need them, and then she doesn't care.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
HOW AN OSTRICH SHOWS TEMPER

When annoyed or angered by the ap- proach of human being, the male ostrich slightly arches his neck and drawing in a big breath, he blows out his neck and issues a three-note defiance C'Bo-bo- bo-o-h') It is in the last prolonged note that his neck swels out so abnormally. The hen bird never drums" as the na- tives term it. though I have heard of one that tried very hard to ape the male, but the result was a ghastly failure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
CHINA TALKS ABOUT FOOD

From Edward Ellsworth Ross 'The Struggle for Existence in China" in the July Century.
 Careful observers say that four-fifths of the conversation among common Cht nese relates to food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

Dr. owen, the Detroit cipher hunter, has found another place in which he can dig for proofs that Bacon did it. In time he may scratch England over from end to end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

If John Hays Hammond escapes ner- vous prostration he will appear today Tn his justly famous knee brooches before the King in Westminster abbey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

As soon as John W. Gates returns to his naive land he may offer to bet An drew Carnegie a million that he Is not a broken-down gambler. Andrew must then put up or shut up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
MAKE-BEIIEVE

'I presume Jibberwong is rather lone some while his wife is out of town?"
 Well, he misses her, of course, but he has photographic record of one of her curtain lectures and he listens to that every night before going to bed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

The secrets hidden in the recesses of the old battleship Maine may as well get ready to disclose themselves. They are cornered this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

This seasons first bale is to furnish suits for both King George and President Taft, and when the former dons it he will drop his crown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

With the initiative and referendum should come compulsory voting in order to insure action by a majority of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
THE PRICE

THE PRICE. Perhaps a million people Are doing stunts for you; The bells up in the steeple Are ringing for you too. The humble lonesome herdsman Works to provide you clothes, The also humble wordsman Weayes rhymes for you, and prose. One man Is growing berries To furnish you with pies, Others are running dairies For you; and men grown wise Are chasing germs to save you From their death-bringing bite, The barber works to shave you, For you prize-fghters fight.
 Houston Post. It may be true they're working For us, as you have said, But precious few among them Will work 'thout being paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
TARIFF ON WOOL.

Jack Johnson has registered his dia- monds so he won't have to pay a. duty on them when he returns, By induging in a skin tight hair cut MT. Johnson will also be able to evade the fearful penal ties exacted by schedule n."-JopIin Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

When Apostle Joe Smith of the Mor- mon church reaches Washington the matrimonial trust will naturally be in vestigated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
ANGIOMANIA.

Oh. listen to the joyful news
 Atlantic cables bring! Our John Hays Hammond airs his views And hobnobs with a king
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

Bernhardt cleaned up S6s0.0Oo net in her American tourney and lost but 15 pounds in weight. She visited 103 different places, going es5 performances in 2ss days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
SURPRISING IGNORANCE.

When magnates on the stand are put And questioned thus and so, They'd gladly make some answer, but It seems they do not know
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
EKE.uIS MENTOR

'"The monitor Puritan is for sale" Don't need it. My wifes my moni- tor.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

John D. Rockefeller has just given syra- cuse university sio,OcO. It is there that Chancellor Day chancels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

The Chinese want 26,O0o,0o0 pesos from the Mexicans, and the Maderoists may have to pay it when they get into power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

James ]. Hill has dropped the prediction business for a short term and gone to Canada to catch salmon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
The Archbishop Of oanterbury

those who select the place for holding a saengerfest."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
AMONG THE FIRST

-"The parcels-delvery system Is very ancient.P
 ''Yes; and the stork was one of the pioneers in that line of business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
OFT FOR SHOW

She sat beside the ocean,
 Her bathing suit was trim, But handn't the slightest notion That she would ever swim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

Our troops are now being mobilized homeward, but the movement IS sly rather than spectacular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

The June rise has not yet appeared il the lower Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

George V will be given crown today, but the chances are that he will rarely wear it afterward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

The reciprocity bill may in the hands of the Senate grow whiskers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

Mir Taft now has more silver than the silverites of 1896 ever dreamed of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

It is proposed to catch Castro and send him to Guam for safe keeping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

The reciprocity wedding is postponed to September Autumn weddings are the vogue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

Witnesses for Lorimer leave their mem. ories behind as they start for Washing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

If John Hays Hammond escapes her vous prostration he will appear today 1T his justly famous knee brooches before the King in Westminster abbey.
  The secrets hidden In the recesses of the old battleship Maine may as well gel ready to disclose themselves. They are cornered this time This seasons first bale is to furnish suits for both King George and President Taft. and when the former dons it he will drop his crown.
 When Apostle Joe Smith of the Nor mon church reaches Washington the matrimonial trust will naturally be in- vestigated
 With the initiative and referendum should come compulsory voting in order to insure action by a majority of the people.
 The Chinese want 2600o.0o0 pesos from the Mexicans, and the Maderoists may have to pay it when they get into power.
  John D. Rockefeller has just given syra- cuse university slo,OcO It is there that Chancellor Day ehancels.
  James ]. Hill has dropped the prediction business for short term and gone to Canada to catch salmon. Our troops are now being mobilized homeward. but the movement is sly rather than spectacular.
 --.s.------ George V will be given a crown today, but the chances are that he will rarely wear it afterward.
  The reciprocity wedding is postponed to September. Autumn weddings are the vogue.
  Witnesses for Lorimer leave their mem- ories behind as they start for Washing ton.
 Mir Taft now has more silver than the silverites of 1896 ever dreamed of.
  It is proposed to catch Castro and send him to Guam for safe keeping.
 
 The reciprocity bill may in the hands of the Senate grow whskers. ha ItlnA riG Xrnf q roA st, the lower Mississippi.
  The reciprocity bill is making some strange bedfellows. Castro and Diaz may meet and compare notes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

The reciprocity bill is making somc strange bedfellows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
THE MOTORING DRUMMER"

Castro and Diaz may meet and compar notes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

No communication will be published without It's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are inclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

z E. Morgan and T. S. Millsap are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age Herald in its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffiee as second-class matter under act Of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-15
BuRNHAM.

Stop Carrying coal and order a Gas
Range today from the Gas Company.
H. Bales of Hammond made a bust
ness trip TO Burnham Wednesday even
ing
Miss Mamie Burnham of Center ave-
nue. is spending a few days visiting
friends near Globe Station
The Hammond shoppers Wednesday
were Mr. and Mrs. ]. Nickles, Mrs p
Feak. Mrs. Gustafson, Mrs. Luke Reed
Mrs George Phillips. Mrs. J. l. Smith
and Mrs r. Rau
Mr.. Slovic of Hegewisch spent yes
terday here on important business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-15
LENA PARK
SINKS INTO
The DUST

Lena Park. Starke county, Indiana, a
city that was destined to be Garys RI
val. so Its promoters promised to the
unway. has sunk in the dust and in a
little while all that will remain of it
viii be memory.
Upon the application of the Farmers
state bank Of Knox. Henry c. Rodg-
ers of Starke county has been appoint
ed receiver for the town. Its assets
consist OF couple of factory buildings.
dwellings and many lots located in the
wilderness.
Lena Park was promoted by a crowd
OF real estate spectators They sold
hundreds of lots at high prices to Lake
county people and Chicago buyers were
many. Offices were for a while main
tanned in the Knots building in Gary
1t was surprising to see how people
poured their money into land said to
be worth no more than $50 an acre
and for which some of them are said
TO have paid Broadway prices fol-
patch lots.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-15
SHUCkS
From the Diary of ST. Lence

Sugar hez got so high now tibet Mrs
III Mighty's gal, Elizabeth Elinora, kin
carry err pound er two hum frum tn
grocery store without feelin' humili-
ated.
Sum lawyers 'ud defend skunk er a
rattlesnake eff the pesky critters smell
ed er ratified like piece O. money.
It's all off with lots O. Professional
men If they wuz emmy detectives at
them conspiracy cases t Valparaiso.
The waterworks committee of the
city council. composed of Krost. DON
naha and Rietman, will make an en-
deavor TO put the waterworks system
on a better paying basis than hereto
fore, and man well informed in such
work viii be detailed TO make thor
ough canvas of the places supplied by
city water and obtain an accurate ac-
count of all water used and in what
way. The council is also considering
the matter of putting the business I'M
der the control of one man. subject of
course Ito their jurisdiction. which
seems wise move as the business
done and the amount of money involv-
ed makes condition where the entire
attention of supervisor is necessary
Work Will be commenced at once on
the recording of the water taps used
in Crown Point and each resident will
be expected to supply and give the
necessary Information to the investiga-
tors 1t is expected that the October
assessment list will contain the new
and raised rate of taxation for water
service.
Although Crown Point will not be
represented at the annual meeting o,
the Lake County Volunteer F,iremen.s
Association at Hobart tomorrow, a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-15

kept and being unlocked they pulled
out two empty drawers and in their
haste overlooked a lower drawer which
contained 1919.
The Palace of Sweets was also enter
ed by Ginning the transom on Holman
street and opening two cash registers
they took $40 leaving 10c. In each
5000 which was kept In desk which
the thieves did not They tried to
make their escape by climbing through
the transom on State street but finding
a screen over the door they got out by
the same door entering.
From the Palace of Sweets they went
| across the street and entered tn Ham
| mond Shoe Shining Parlor by breaking
a glass in a rear window and took s29
| in change. The took $500 out of the
cash register and SIS from a cash
drawer underneath the counter which
they broke into by cutting away the
| lock.
this morning and have obtained few
clews which may lead in the arrest d
the guilty parties. 1t is estimated thai
the thieves got away with $3.50 worth
OF merchandise and money in the thre'
places
police this morning which happened OF
the north side last night but the de
tails have not been learned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-15

Continued from Page ID
the streets of Hammond and the neigh
boring cities tomorrow and advertise
the sale still further. Auctioneer Fry
erhofer said that he was greatly pleas
ed with the publicity that his sale had
received through the medium of TIMES
advertising.
He said that he had positive evidence
that the people who came from the
neighboring cities we'll as many of
those who came from Hammond learn
ed of the auction through THE TIMES.
The presents which were given away
Yesterday were very much appreciated.
The gifts were not confined to those
who purchased lots, but were given to
anyone in the crowd who was lucky
enough to draw a prize.
There are forty lots left in the sub
division and it is expected that these
i'll all be sold out today. Saturday and
Sunday. Those who attended the sale
| had a great time. and 1t is expected
that the crowd will be a large one this
afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-15

Ray Southworth has returned to his
work at Joliet after spending a short
time with his parents here.
Charles Boutwell, and son Benjamin
of Ross were Business callers here
yesterday.
Miss Laura Lennertz visited her s~-
ter in Crown Point Wednesday evening.
Lightning struck the barn Mr..
Koedyker's place. near Ross, during the
electrical storm Wednesday night.
Miss Mary Christensen has been
spending few days at the home of J.
w. Hough. She Will return home to-
day.
S. SWEETS, road supervisor of this
part of st. John township. is repairing
the old gravel road which extends on
east from the end of Main street
A musical society has been organ
lied by Miss Amstutz. Its purpose be-
| ing both for amusement and study The
society will meet once month.