The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-09-19
Crown Point News
Happenings of a Day in Lake County's Lively Capital

mans study club have just been re-
ceived from the Indiana library COM
mission. These. with our own collec-
ton are listed below. The Bay View
books have not yet been received:
Agassiz. Journey in Brazil; Butter
worth. South America, Child. Spanish
American Republics; curtis, Capitals of
Spanish America; Dawson. South Amer
lean Republics; Edwards Panama;
Flandrau. viva Mexico. Han. Panama
and the Canal. Herbertson. Central and
South America, Kirkman, Mexican
Trails: Lummis. Awakening of a Ma
ton. Lummins Some Strange Corners
OF our Country; Prescott Conquest of
Mexico q vols.) Prescott. Conquest Of
Peru g vols) Smith. White Umbrella
in Mexico. Winter. Argentina and Her
People of Today. Winters, Brazil and
Her People of Today; Winters, Guate-
mala and Her People of Today; Win
, tiers. Mexico and Her People of Today.
The work of organization of the po-
ltical parties IS now being actively en-
gagged in. the democrats and republicans
getting busy lining up the voters who
have not vet registered, so as TO have
them perform the necessary duty on
the next and last registration day.
Clerks are now compiling and listing
the names already on the registration
books the task being a big one. as over
/ 5000 voters have already registered
| throughout the county The task Of
the precinct committeeman is rather
! onerous this campaign, he has three
parties instead of the usual two to
differentiate between.
The reunion and picnic of the Lake
| County Veterans association IS being
held at the fair grounds today, the ex-
ercises being participated in by the
Grand Army Veterans. the Sons of Vet
Grams. the Boy Scouts and the Women's
Relief Corps.
The city council will meet on Mon
day evening to again take UP the cleo
trio lighting proposition and to receive
bids for the lighting of the city. The
bids will probablp be few and far be-
tween the contractors realizing the
futility OF bidding on the street light
ing in the face of the franchise now
controlled by the local concern, which
is good for at least eighteen more
years
Predictions we're made last evening
by the council interested in the case
that the jury sitting in the Ahlgrim
blind pig case from Schneider would
disagree. they having been out deiiber-
ating for five hours and had returned
no verdict at 10 o'clock p. m.
Miss Marguerite Nichols and ROY
Story, barber employed at the Thomer
t shop were married by Rev BiIman OF
, the Presbyterian church on wednesdaS
, evening. The young couple will reside
in Crown Point.
Mr.. Val Zimmerman OF Rochester
Ind is visiting with friends in Crown
Point for a few DAYS.
The Epworth League will give al
animal social al the Methodist church
= parlors on Friday evening. to which al
are cordially invited to come
= There is some talk Of organizing
football team IN Crown Point to pla,
during the present season Crow
Point has plenty OF material to maxi
them champions in their class.
No baseball game has been bile,
| for next sunday. and the fass will b.
! compelled to forgo their usual after
noon pastime.
e Mr. and Mrs G. c. Barthoionnae ar
5 entertaining friends from Chicago thi
! week.
W. ]. McAleer and Vernon Mccirr o
( Hammond transacted business in Crow
Point last evening
Some person who is fonder of fotior
than truth is in the habit of startinI
some weird tales regarding the death O
, | Crown Point citizens. Recently tn
names Of six people were notsed aroun
as being dead but inves tieation foun
the storyto be canardd in all but tw
cases.
9 Miss Mayme Mailiet has been spend
i ing two weeks vacation with he
mother on North Court street.
Carpenters are at a premium /
e Crown Point at present. and IN
chances are there win pc enough dc
o ing to keep them busy until col
l. weather stops the building