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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06
T. CHICAGO
COUNCIL At
MEETING
Aldermen Take Up Business
Relative to Bridges and
City Offices; Alderman
Ketcik Thinks Controller
Don't Need a Clerk.

The East Chicago city council me-
last night in Mayor Schlieker's office
instead OF the council chamber, the
lights in the latter being out of COM
mission by reason OF a fuse blowing
out
Alderman French took it upon him.
self to act as the official staller on this
occasion. He was aided by Alderman
Keteik who insisted upon having an
assistant appointed to aid him in his
duties for the city. This was a little
bit of rcasm on Alderman Ketcik's
part, and was brought out when the
question of assistant for City Con-
trollers Thomas Phillips was brought up.
Mr.. Phillips has had clerk whom he
has paid out of his own salary. and
the council thought il was time that
the city should provide an assistant az
the comptroller was working hard and
needed one.
It was then that Alderman Ketcik
asked how much salary the controller
drew When told he drew $1,000 lie
opined that this was good deal OF
money He thought the city should
provide a clerk for him, Alderman
ketcilS, inasmuch as he was paying a
clerk a thousand a year 10 look after.
interest of the dear peepul to the tune
of one hundred dollars year. Mr..
Phillips got his assistant, but Mr..
Ketcik was stung.
The first question brought up was
not brought to formal vote, but was
merely discussed. Tt dealt with the
| matter of an appropriation for a tempo
rary bridge across the west branch o;
| tho canal at Forsyth avenue. Mayor
the East Chicago company which was 70
age on the canal 300 feet at Canal and
| 500 at 141st street the only considera-
/ ton being what the city would be
! obliged to do anyhow, the building Of
| temporary bridge across the canal ir
! Forsyth avenue, SO that the East Chi
cago company can proceed with the i'm
provement OF the west branch of the
i water wav.
The mayor thought that the cit,
might as well make a virtue OF necessi.
/ ty. especially as there was valuable
gift in it for them, which agreement
was not speedily made, would be with
drawn. The mayor declares that tbs
government insists upon the city own.
| ing property along the canal and ex
pressed his satisfaction in the fact tina
It has most remarkable opportunit,
of acquiring something for nothing.
Fifteen thousand dollars is low valua
| tion on the property offered the city, a
acreage along the canal is valued a
$4,000 an acre. when sold in larE'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06
STOCKHOLDERS OF
STANDARD TO MEET
Capital Stock of Corporation
to Be Increased to
$4,000, 900.

The 5000 stockholders OF the Stand
ard Oil Co. OF Indiana win be repre-
sented either in person. by attorney o.
by proxy 1t a meeting which is to be
held at the office of the company in
Whiting on March Z.
The capital stock of the company will
be increased from 81 900, 900 to $50, 00O,-
900. The reason for this is said to be
the fact that the physical valuation of
the property of the company is far in
excess of 100000 and the idea is to
make the capital stock more nearly
equal the actual value of the property
The first expansion of capital to be
noted on the part of any of the former
subsidiaries of the dissolved Standard
Oil company is to be made by the
Standard Oil company of Indiana. 1t
is proposed to boost the capital of that
concern from s1.ooa.O00 to $4,000, 900,
or. as the notice to the stockholders
reads. ito such other amounts as the
meeting may determine"
The nominal market for the shares
of the company has been for some tim
around $4,000 for a 800 share. It is
probable that the high price of the
stock results from not only the assets
behind the shares but knowledge tina,
certain assets are to be capitalized.
It is necessary at the meeting oil
stockholders that four ffths of all the
snares outstanding and entitled to vote
shall approve of the increase in the
capital before II can can be legalized
Holders of fractional shares will not
be entitled to vote. Books close Feb
&c and reopen March 8.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06
JUST ONE DOSE OF
DIAPEPSIN MAKES
DYSPEPSIA VANISH

You can eat anything your stomach
Graves without fear of Indigestion or
Dyspepsia. or that your food will fer
ment or sour on your stomach, If you
will take little Diapepsin occasion
ally
Your meals will taste good. and any
thing you eat will be digested. moth
ing can ferment or turn into acid or
poison or stomach gas. which causes
Belching. Dizziness. feeling of full
ness after eating. Nausea, Indigestion
(Like a lump of lead in stomach). Bill
lousness, Heartburn, Water brash. Pain
in stomach and Intestines or other
symptoms.
Headaches from the stomach are abb
solutely unknown where this effective
| remedy is used. Diapepsin really does
all the work of a healthy stomach. 1t
digests your meals when your stem-
ach can't. A single dose will digest all
the food you eat and leave nothing tic
| ferment or sour and upset the stomach
| Get large 50-cent case of Papes
Diapepsin from your druggist and start
| taking now, and in a little while you
will actually brag about your healthy
| strong stomach, for you then can eat
| anything and everything you want
| without the slightest discomfort oil
misery, and every particle of impurity
| and Gas that is in your stomach and
| intestines is going to be carried away
| without the use of laxatives or any
| other assistance.
Should you at this moment be suffer
| ing from Indigestion or any stomach
| disorder. you can surely get. relie1
| within five minutes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06

troubled with constipation, and have
tried many remedies, all of which
seemed to cause pain without giving
much relief. I finally tried DR.. Miles
Laxative Tablets and found them ex-
ceiient- Their action is pleasant and
mild. and their chocolate taste makes
them easy to take I am more than
glad to recommend Them
Clean up the bowels and keep
them clean" is the advice of all
physicians, because they realize the
danger resulting from habitual con-
stipation. Do not delay too long,
but begin proper curative measures.
DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets are
new remedy for this old complaint,
and great Improvement over the
cathartics you have been using in
the past. They taste like candy
and work like a charm. A trial
will convince you.
DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets are
sold by all druggists, at rs cents
box containing rs doses. If not
found satisfactory after trial, re-
turn the box to your druggist and
Ae viii return your money.
NILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. lad.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06

Hazel Curtis.
Song ................. Selected
Hermina Lehman.
Two violins. ............... Selected
Lester Westerman, Robert Bruce.
Piano ........ Selected
Eleanor Dinwiddie
Iiolir and Piano. ..........S Selected
Maurine HIGHWAY. Charlotte Wheeler.
Ems ernble Violins. ... Selected
Madam Schlisman, Leader
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06
MEETING
TURNS OUT
A F[UKE
Wrath of Pee pulls. Cham
peen Is Stirred When He
Ascertains That Meeting
Has Adjourned After
Waiting For Him.

Although there was to be a meeting
of the Gary common council last night
1t wasn't held and citizens who re-
manned away from the Orpheum and
other vaudeville performances to see d
better one in the council room We're
disappointed. Alderman NJ. N. Castle
man, the star performer. was in the
city hall but he wouldn't come into
fhe meeting and as there were but four
alderment present the meeting couldns
be convened until a fifth came He
never came. Incidentally, it was dis
covered later that sixth alderman was
hiding in the building. Just why no
body knows.
"waiting At The Church.
In the meantime Mayor Knots and
Aldermen Hess, Feuer, Rowley ami
Simiasko were waiting in the council
room singing Waiting at the Church
and other appropriate songs. For a
while they stood on one leg and then
on the other and finally becoming dis
gusted adjourned until tonight.
Trusty enisaries then carried word
to Alderman Castleman that the meet i.
ing was adjourned and that he was
safe. for night at least. as far I'M
parchment rules were concerned The
fifth ward statesman then beat it up
the stairs and stalxed into the council
chambers and in tone that indicate ed
indignant virtue demanded to know
why the meeting had been adjourned.
Becoming tired of the wrangling some
body turned out the lights and then
every one stepped out into the hall way.
Here the alderman's body guard, former
Police Captain Catey,a now a Merrill
vile farmer. was on the job.
| SO was Charley Mullen of the Mullen
Packing company who gave out the in
| formation that Castleman is now a
partner in the packing company. That
Castleman is now pork packer was
received with some regret by many OF
| the pe-pull who heard the story.
| After delivering several speeches in
| the corridor Castleman then invited tbs
newspaper men to come up to the Gary
hotel with him to have a drink
Come along old scout and have p
drink" said the pe-pulfs champ cen ia
the first scribe
Don't drink after dinner" answered
this gentleman
Then turing to the next one Castle
man said. Come along with me to the
Gary hotel and we will have a little
| boor-bon."
| M L m on the water wagon, was tnt
| answer from the second reporter.
We'll. will you have a drink with
me?s' asked the statesman to the third
one.
..Hnve Chew of Battle Axe.--"No.'
Nothing doing. I have the mumps,-
came from the third war correspond
emit
We'll then gentleman will you have
a chew of Battle Axe?" asked Castle.
Imam as he produced half pound plug
from the place where revolvers arr
usually carried. No body wanted :
chew. so he took one himself Their
aiming a stream of Battle Axe at tn.
nearest cuspidor the stateman announc
ed his legislative program and then re.
tired for the evenig.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06

tracts. and the land proposed by the
East Chicago company a gift to the
city, embraces practically three acres?
Since $1,000 per acre is asked in large
tracts. any one desiring to pick out
choice dockage, such as this, adjacent to
streets, should expect to pay consider
able more than the regular price, for
the privilege.
Carl Anderson suggested that pet
haps an appropriation of $4,000 for the
proposed bridge, would be necessary.
There might be rebate to the city on
this, in his opinion and If so nothing
would be lost in having the appropra-
ton ample.
that as the street car people would be
obliged TO provide means for the cross
ing OF the canal by their tracks, 1t
might be possible for the city and street
car company to get together on a struc-
ture and share the expense
The water and light committee hand :
ed in their report approving of the
course suggested by Superintendent c.
L. Kirk of the water company provid
ing that the city and the water com :
pany each employ competent engi-
neer to suggest ways and means for
the oetterment of the city water and
for better pressure. 1t was then that
Alderma French get upon his feet in
the interests of the dear peepul. He
could not see why the water company
could not be made to provide pure wat
err according to Its contract with the
city. Mayor Schlieker explained that
the city could not fore the water COM
pany to live up to it's part in the con
tract, in asmuch the city was dump
| ing its sewage into the lake via the
canal. and thus polluting the source OF
supply. He told Alderman French tha'
| there is clause in the contract be-
| tween the city and the water company
| to the effect that the city will not
| poflute the source of supply, nor per
| init corporations or individuals Z
pollute the source of supply, and a
long as the city was not living up t.
| it's part, 1t forfeited all rights to force
the Water Company to deliver purs
| water
| French was for forcing the watel
| company anyhow He couldn't under
| stand how the water company coult
prove that the city was polluting tn,
source of supply. So when 1t came Il
a vote on the suspension of the rule.
to allow the city 70 appropriate $500 Il
| engage an engineer to confer with tn,
| water companyss engineer. he voted NJ
| on the proposition and the matter will
/ have to take the usual course. COINS
| through three readings before the ap
propria ton is made.
The appropriation ordinance whici
/ provides for $2,75e to close up the year
business in the police and fire depart
ments came up for third reading an,
was adopted. Alderman French voting
solitary no"
An appropriation of $500 for repair
i ing and extending the pier at LAX
place to prevent the lake from washing
away Adds avenue. was passed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06
ORGANIZES
COMP ANY


Daniel Jordan of Hegewisch, who
has been in the coal, building material
and general teaming business there for
a number of years, has organized the
Hegewisch. Coal and Teaming Co, capt.
tai stock $4,000.
Jordan is president of the company.
F. II. Buckmaster is secretary and
treasurer and in addition to these two
L. A. Jordan is a director in the com
pany.
The company viii have its offices in
1915 Ontario avenue and its yards at
One Hundred and Thirty-third street
and the Pennsylvania tracks. The com
pany expects to branch out and will be
better able to serve the public than
ever.
Daniel Jordan has reputation for
fair and square dealing in Hegewisch
and hopes to continue to merritt the
confidence that the public has in him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06
BOARD TAKES UP
ROAD MATTERS
Continued from Page l.,

ward will be laid at the present time
when land values are so low that the
loss of the land will not mean much to
the various property owners
The property owners take the view
that the widening of this street will
attract SO much attention that more of
the county money will be spent on 1t
and the value of the property will be
Increased.
The same interests which are work
ing for the widening or the road also
seek to have a new bridge constructed
over the river While it has come to be
an accepted policy to build concrete
bridges over the Little Calumet river on
account of their durability and other
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06
Preserve
and Protect

Every woman should be sure to read
the special directions with every box
Seld sveEywhsse In boxss 10e.. 26e
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06

Louie seq tn only good thing he
knows NV erbout tn present winter is
thet it hez kept his paw burned quiet
erbout winters we ulster have
Maria seq she kin allus get a leedle
" arm language out o tn register en-
ny way when yours truly goes down t
Ten tn furnis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06

sernble Niolins. ........... Selected
Madam Schlisman, Leader.
orrin Mccoliey was taken before
Judge MeMahan in the circuit court
yesterday afternoon and sentenced to
thirty days in jail for raising a dis
turbance some time ago while intoxi-
Gated. McColley was out under sus-
pended sentence at the time. but leni-
ency was shown him on account of his
being under tise influence of liquor and
his having served considerable time in
the county jail awaiting trial
Candidates for the various county
Offices were as thick as flies around a
naolasses barrel yesterday and the
glad hand" was everywhere in evil
dence. The customary smoke" and
thirst quencher," which is supposed
to be omnipresent with the candida ties.
was minus quantity. The corrupt
practice act. recently passed. puts the
candidate on the anxious seat so as not
to overstep its regulations The day
of the campaign cigar and the thirsh
quencher seems TO have passed.
The Boy SCOUTS are planning on a big
entertainment on next Monday even
ing. the program and place for holdins
; same will be given in a later issue.
The firemen are making big prepare
, tons for their annual dance on Feb
Il. the various committees putting in
, overtime to make the affair su ccess
The county commissioners had their
regular tuss1e with the saloon license
question yesterday. the usual large
number of applicants with their attor-
neys being present to procure the re-
CURED papers.
Among the out-of-town business mer
here yesterday were w. III. F. Parry
George Manlove and Attorney Hodges
of Gary.
Ralph Ross. candidate for prosecut-
! ing attorney, and A. II. Johnson, can
didate for county recorder. were Crown
Point visitors yesterday in the inter
ests of their candidacy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06

does not perform
b y force w h a t
should be accom-
plished by persua-
sion is DIR. Miles
Laxative Tablets.
After using them,
Mr.. n. A. Waddell,
BIS Washington
ST., Waco, Tex,
says:
Almost all my
life koua h~oS1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06
Clean Up the Bowels and
Keep Them Clean"

There are many remedies to be
had for constipation, but the diff
Guilty is TO procure one that acts
without violence. A remedy that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING sells
salable property READLY-andm makes
all GOOD property "safeabIe.o
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-06

advantages 1t is expected that steel
bridge Will be asked for at this point
on account of the width of the river
A concrete bridge would require a num-
Der of arches.
Raise Interesting Question.
A matter of interest to the people Of
the cities of Hammond East Chicago
and Gary is the fact that the bond at
torneys have announced that under the
law when these cities attain a popula-
tion of 10000 they will be entitled to
no more OF the road funds of the town
snip or county. All roads within the
city limits will then have to be built by
the cities in which they are located
1t is expected that in at least five
years all three of these towns >will be
in the 10000 class and that will mean
that they will all be cut off from the
county road building funds
After that If any roads are built
within the city limits they will have -
be built by assessing the property
frontage just as is the case when
streets are built by the cities them
selves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-26
BUSINESS FARMERS.

Elsewhere in today's Herald is
copied an interview with Chairman
b. F. Yoakum of the Frisco lines.
which was published recently in the
New York Times, on the subject of
agriculture and transportation. 1t
embodies a very practical opinion
upon a subject of vital Importance
to the entire nation. That the
Times fully appreciates this fact is
shown by the following editorial ut
terance regarding Mr.. Yoakum's ex-
preston, which appeared in the
Times of the same date:
The interview with Chairman B.
f. Yoakum of the Frisco lines,
which we print this morning, should
be read by the candidates of the
chief parties for the presidency. The
Southern and Southwestern states,
of which Mr.. Yoakum speaks are
becoming the market gardens of the
nation. The improved lands of the
United States are not increasing
with the increase of population
they fell short $4,000 900 acres in
the last decade.
The successful farmer must sup
plement his staple crops with garden
truck and poultry, and to this end
his farm must lie within five to ten
miles of a means of transportation
to the nations chief markets. In
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkan-
sas, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona and
New Mexico, Mr.. Yoakum says there
ARE 100, 900, 600 acres OF land more
than ten miles from a railorad." To
accommodate the farmers of these
states $4,000 miles more of railway
are needed than last year. But AS
miles of new road were built.
The farmers of the new area must
be business men. Their chief bust
ness need is speedy access to means
of transportation for marketing
their products. BY agencies OF
bankers and merchants, faculties Of
agriculture colleges and schools, the
national department of agriculture,
and stimulated by the higher prices
of food products, the farmers Of the
country are thoroughly awakened,
and are seeking more efficiently to
supply more foodstuffs. But the di-
rectors of the railroads, after ex-
aiming their balance sheets, are
not at present disposed to extend
their systems.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-26

They do me wrong who say | come
no more
When once | knock and fail to
find you in;
For every day | stand without your
door,
And bid you work. and rise to
fight and win.
Wait not for precious chances
passed away;
Weep not for golden ages on the
wane,
Each night | burn the records of
the day
At sunrise every soul is born
again,
Laugh like a boy at splendors that
have fled.
To v%anquished joys he blind and
deaf and dumb:
My judgments seal the dead past
with its dead.
But never bind a moment yet to
come.
Though deep in mire, wiring not
your hands and weep:
lend my arm to all who say, IL
can"
No shame-faced outcast never sank
so deep
But he might rise and be again a
man!
Dost thou behold thy lost youth all
aghast?
Dost reel from righteous retibru-
tons blow?
Then turn from blotted archives of
the past,
And find the futures pages white
as snow.
Walter Malone.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-26
A VICIOUS SYSTEM.

The leasing system for %convicts
will have to go. 1t is barbarous and
inhuman. and it utterly ignores the
reform side Of the penal laws. 1t
Is a system of slavery in which the
slave driver is responsible neither
for the health. life, or good conduct
of the chattel. 1t offers too many
temptations TO brutal and incompe-
tent overseers. In order to make it
pay the contractor. too much in
human driving il needed.
What Texa5 needs is a prison sys-
TEN that is based on modern, human
itarian ideas. that combines proper
punishment for crime with the
recognition Of the fact that the Grim
inal Is a human being. whose health
is to be properly guarded, and
whose morals may possibly be
amended through his relations with
prison officials.
Prison discipline should be stern
enough to enforce obedience, but It
ought TO be strikingly just-so emil
nently fair and just that the most
hardened inmate is constrained to
admit its justice In his own heart.
II is idle to say that this is mere
sentimental nonsense. That sort of
discipline obtains In many prisons
in our country. and its results arc
manifestly good. Yet nothing of
that sort Is possible under the lease
system. 1t must go. and the sooner
IL goes the sooner we shall avoid
repetitions of the Sugarland affair.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-26
To Aid Cotton Growers.

San Antonio, Tex, Aug. -
Peter Radford, president OF eht
Farmers Union, and B. B.. Cain,
president OF the Commercial Secre-
taries and Business Mems associa-
ton. We're in conference with San
Antonio bankers recently in the in
terest Of financing the Texas cotton
crop at six per cent. Financial ar
engagements were made to take care
of the cotton in the San Antonio
X erritory by the financial interests in
this city. Mr.. Radford and Mr..
Cain will spend several days in this
section Of the state visiting bankers
and leading farmers.
The Farmers Union has 312 ware
houses in Texas with a capacity suf-
ficient to take are Of 20 per cen of
the cotton crop and new warehouses
are being built in several localities.
Warehouses will be built to take
care OF the distress CO ton and the
bankers will be asked to lend money
on this cotton at 6 per cent 1t is
estimated that 1t will require APP
proximately 100000 600 to finance
the farmers who will want to borrow
money on this cotton. The financ-
ing in the cotton belt OF the north
ern part OF the state Is pretty well
taken care Of.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-26

Too much honey pals on the
taste, and too much laudation
is apt to slop over into the
channels of sycophancy.-Texas
Republic.
No doubt you're right, Major
Mose-but, say, how under the sun
did you ever find it out?