The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09
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WELL our own little political yesu-
vius at Gary is active again.
NEED an office? Pu vi. the kid en-
peror of China. is out of job.
HAVE you decided on your Lincoln
birthday menu yet?
1T viii take more than one black
smith to repair the broken links unless
the Gary republicans quit acting like
cats on fence at midnight.
ALDERMAN NJ Napoleon Castleman
has taken up the cudgel in behalf of
the drink sellers. If the eham-peen of
the pee-pul would only give thought
to drinkers. etc.
ONE thing that works regularly
the gas meter.
FAMILY of Ave has been able to live
on 1929 a year at South Chicago. The
mystery is how they ever lived at all
in South Chicago.
ONE wOMAN'S OPINION OF OTHERS.
lady Mary WortIey Montagu.)
1t goes far toward reconciling me to
being woman when 1 reflect that
am thus in no danger of ever marrying
one.
NOD that the Standard oil of Indiana
| is to raise its capital from $1,000. 900
to $29,o00,000 the man pushing the
wheelbarrow will have to wheel lit
tie faster and the clerk will have to
clerk little longer and lht1e harder
at Whiting il dividends are to be up to
snuff. Gentlemen, John d. expects ev-
| cry man to do his duty.
SO our neighbor Griffith is to have a
| national bank,
/ DURING the dull season a couple of
| Gary street paving contractors, it
Is said. are collaborating in producing
| a new volume on Ethics" The first
edition will be distributed TO the eler-
gy. Later on cheaper edition Will
be printed for the use of such improve
ment assessment payers who haven't
been robbed altogether and who have
enough left to buy one of these little
| books.
OUR OWN BAEDEkER'S GUIDE.
| CROWN POINT-This is a delightful
little town, although year hence
street cars will be running from Gary
Justice is dispensed here. Judge Me-
Mahan hands out short term sentences
to those from the north end of the
county and Judge Nicholson gives life
sentences to Chicago couples. The cit,
coat Of arms is cupid shooting his ar
row with one hand and grabbing Z
fve-spot with the other. The Erie rail
road runs through here, but II is harm
2 less and children may play on thu
: tracks with impunity. In 1850 the Som
of Temperance were so many that the,
built a school house here, but late
research work shows that many of tn
sons of the Sons have found 1t NOR
{ profitable to erect saloons around tn
D court house square This is the onl.
| city in Lake county where English !
spoken universally. A few OF the no
Ipolloi who have attended Wabash an
Purdue and the Hammond high schoo
affect Latin and Greek and eat bake
q beans and refer to the place as tn
| Hub. but the malady is not genera
When they miss the train many newl
mAEried Chicago couples have TO wa
k a few days for the next Erie, so the
: begin their sentences at the CONNER
cial hotel. However. the best patron
ized hosiery is Hotel Grant, conducte
by the amfable sheriff Guests sta
here from ten days to six month
s Crown Point sidewalks are the narrow
n est in the county, but this is no sig
that feet are in proportion. Althoug
Crown Point has a population thu
places it in the city class. IL the ia
population from Gary would be count
ed. at times il might be listed as
metropolis.