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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
rease in the limitation OF indebted.

crease in the limitation of indebted
ness.
He ought to adopt tentative pro-
gram of progress that would make it
apparent to the people of this city
that something must be done to ex-
pand the borrowing powers of the
city
Had it not been for the fact that
the county of Lake has spent hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in road
improvements inside of the city, n
practice which will soon be done
away with. the lack Of progress in
Hammond would be even more ap-
parent.
The remedy is at hand Just be-
cause it involves a question of going
before the people and securing an in
crease in the limit of indebtedness
does it become a mayor to sit with his
hands folded and say. We can't"
Ii simply emphasizes the fact that
we need a mastery man for the office
Of mayor. 1t is too bad that we are
restricted by the law from paying 4
salary that would attract the right
kind of a public servant. Hammond
needs a $4,000 q year man and il
offers only $500.
Now here is another point Let
this idea sink in. Because the city OF
Hammond has chosen to own and
operate its own water system. and
only because Of this fact, has it ex-
ceeded the two percent limit of in
debtedness.
If the city needs a park an3 the
council and board of public works
know to certainty that the land
! that it is proposed to purchase would
be worth five times its present value
in ten years from now it must con
| tent itself with the MORE OR LESS
SATISFYING KNOWLEDGE THAT
IT IT IS THE OWNER OF A WATER
| WORKS PLANT THAT is NOT IN.
J CREASING BUT Is DEPRECIATINC
IN VALUE EVERY DAY. A PLANT
WHICH NEVER HAS BEEN a GOOI
BUSINESS PROPOSITION FOR THE
CITY
The Hammond waterworks is in
adequate. 1t does not supply pure
| water and only recently has the sup
ply been sufficient. 1t never has KEEP
pace with the needs of the city [
never will And yet this plant i
what has plunged the city into deb
over and above the two percent limi
and makes other improvements i'm
possible at this time
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
SHAKING UP THE DRYBoNEs.

"A Constant Reader" naively asks,
with reference to THE TIMES edi-
torial, THE Mayor Hammond Need"
which caused such widespread dis
eussion, How are you going to do
all Of these things when Hammond
has already reached the two percent
limit of Indebtedness?
Does Constant Reader forget that
for years THE TIMES has been advo-
eating revision of the constitution
of the state by which It will become
optional, for cities of a certain class
by referendum vote, tc increase the
limit of Indebtedness to as high as
five percent.
Judge Lawrence Becker admitted
that there ought to be such d change
when THE TIMES pointed out that
the municipal ownership Of the
waterworks is a failure because the
city, unlike private public service
corporation, is limited IN its credit tc
two percent of its assessed valuation
and is unable to build a plant that
Will meet and anticipate the rapidly
growing demands OF the city.
THE TIMES is and has been only
too well aware of the fact that The
cities Of the Calumet region are
bound hand and foot by Imitation
that were designed for the sleepy
towns down state and is so inelasti,
that it does not adapt itself to loca
conditions.
Now the proposition is simply this
The cities of the Calumet Region il
Indiana; Gary. Hammond, East Chi
cago, ought to unite for a campaign
before the legislature to secure tn
enactment of special measures for re
lief
All of these cities are building 70
posterity Posterity ought to pa
some of the bills. Posterity ough
not to have all OF the benefit and as
sumo none of the responsibility.
Now a mayor with the qualities 0
leadership demanded of a man at tn
head of affairs in city like Ham
nond ought to take the initiative i
organizing this movement for an in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
DECENT WAY OF SPENDING IT

A New York paper asks: What
would you do if you had SO 100000,
like the Astor kid has" We know
what we would do. We would do one
of the following things. and then be
ready TO go to the poorhouse:
Buy a real porterhouse steak
Take two days off
Hire taxicab and ride for three
or four hours.
Tip a parlor car porter as much as
he expects, just once.
Annex a fur trimmed overcoat
Buy a Calabash pipe.
Employ an English butler for one
week.
Stop at the Hotel Astor one day.
Get enough genuine mushrooms
for one meal
Have three shirts instead of two
and a pair of suspenders for each pair
Of South Bend Tribune.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
CONCERNING MR.. TAFT.

The Enquirer's opinion concern
ing President Taft and his admins
tration has not changed with the
election result.
There were no surprises in the
election result-President Taft's de-
feat was foreordained.
The Enquire believed President
Taft had been a good president and
was a worthy candidate. 1t still be
lieves so. The Enquirer, as be-
lever in progress, believed President
Taft was good progressive bet
ter progressive than those who mere
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
WHAT ARE YOU SAVING ?

Tell me why well-meaning people
go from the stork's nest to the Styx
without saving the price of a rainy
day meal and we Will give you the
reason boys get drunk
Expain why children or their par
ents neglect the very fundamentals
of education while the glow of youth
is yet within them, and we viii quote
your own words to tell you why the
Chinese smoke opium
There is similarity between all
foilies, and a kinship among fools,
and it lies in this: That the fool says
in his heart, Tomorrow is not im-
portant Extravaganza, booze
fighting. mental neglect and opium
are only possible imagina ton. and
imagination looks fordward
Tomorrow is what brings to US the
reward or punishment for today. Our
plans and efforts of today must in
evitably be controlled by the sort OF
tomorrow we desire; for every man
works for what he wants, and the
sincerity Of his desire is tested in the
refining pot of effort.
JOY is a state Of conscious growth
that looks toward what is to come
and no permanent happiness car
come to the man who lives only in
yesterday and today.
Imagination and ambition ars
soul-mates because they are botf
| looking forward tomorrow
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
III Z A X Id
BY
X u 3 e

EVEN lot of fakes are genuine
TODAY turkey hash, tomorrow turk
ey croquettes. Sunday grilled, turkey
bones a la mode
SPEAKING of turkeys probably it
was one consolation for T. r. to read
that in the Bermuda islands Woodrow
vas unable to get any
OH. look who is here: Silver. the jew
eler. of Hammond. IS advertising Roger
Bros. 1S47 teaspoons in THE TIMES
SEVRES porcelain now the proper
thing for false teeth If you want to
cement filings extracted and replaced
sevres.
FIRE in fftyhrst story of Wool
worth building in New York Yesterday
Would tnink that the New York fremen
would kick on scaling Mount Wool
! worth. Mount vesuvious or any other
sky piercer. Members OF the union vol
cano fire lighters ought to put a pro-
test.
OUR special correspondent, Hennery
| Coldbotue. has wired to President Taft
copy OF the Panama canal tolls Hen
merry is anxious about the tolls on Bud
v hen shipped in the case
AS usual our Internal proofreader
/ is again at his tricks. We wrote it
/ that Mrs. lily Ball spent an hour in
| the Hub yesterday. the first visit in
many months" 1t came out that Mrs.
/ Hy Ball spent an hour in the Tub yes
terday-the first visit. etc"
NOW that Hammond has COPIED up
the chief justiceship of the appellate
court it proba bly, will feel good enough
TO help Gary in some dinky way, may be
| by getting a superior court. 1t will be
nice and convenient TO have a superior
court In Gary. Every time Mayor
Knots gets arrested he can get a trial
at home and much carfare Will be
saved. 1t Will also save a lot of time
I for the mayor, and as he isn't happy
unless he is in trouble ever so often it
might well be at home.
ALMOST time for the hero of the
I Back TO Elba movement to be saying
good bye to the old guard Wonder
how much weeping Marshal Dixon,
| Marshal Flynn. Marshal Perkins and
Marshal Munsey will do?
FUTURE emperor of Austria is
studying philosophy. Chances are he
| wants to be able to take it philosephic-
ally in case the yiennese decide to
make it a republic
When there Is nothing else to write
on the editorial writer can fall back
upon such old chestnuts as Punish the
auto speeder' the unspeakable Turks
or Elect honest men TO office
THINGS have come to such a pass
in the good city of Crown Point that
hizzoner. Judge Harry Nicholson. the
marrying squire cannot go to bed at
night any more without being sure
that some matrimonially inclined
couple wake up hizzoner to tie nupti-
al knot
, WHY should we worry? Now that II
is practically assured that Willum Jen-
nings Bryan Is to have a hand in run
ming the government the taxpayer can
| on waking up these mornings. turr
| over and take another nap with tht
happy thought that everything is going
all right.
GRAND OPRY in Chicago Seeing
that they have such ultra ma gnifcen
and gradiosely glorious reception tog'
natives Of Gary who are in society
ought to take the Lake Shore dummy
: and attend few performances.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
THE CRY OF THE BREED.

There's a strange boy in the barber
Demetrius the bootblack is
gone The wife of Andropoulos, the
florist, conducts his business now.
Three of the walters at Palace Hotel
haze thrown up their jobs. The sum-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

1S3o-The last Polish revolution COM
meneed at Warsaw.
1S63-Confederates under Gen. Long
street made their second attempt to
carry Knoxville by storm
1891-William Allen, to whose efforts
was largely due the enactment of a
homestead law by Congress. died in
Columbus, o. Born in Winham.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

THE Springfield Union wants to
know what became of the old fash
toned printer who picked his teeth
with rule and said If he ever had a
son that was a natural born fool he'd
make an editor out OF him. Well
we hate to mention any names but
we could if we just had to.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

" advocate progress without regard
10 the circumstances through which
progress must be brought about. The
Enquirer found much to admire in
Woodrow Wilson-ft found more to
support in President Taft And moth
ing has occurred to change this opin-
ion.
1t is The Enquirer's belief that
regardless Of the character Of the
Wilson administration which all
good citizens hope may have the larg-
est measure of success history will
rate President Taft as one of the ma
tons ablest president, and that it
will give him credit for patriotic
service to his country Of unusual
quality. covering long period of
public life before he entered upon the
presidency Battle Creek mich J
Enquirer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

A CHICAGO man. in his haste,
took out hunting license instead OF
a marriage license. Still, it will be
handy when he wants his wife, if she
is a club woman
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

IT is a safe bet that Woodrow Wi
son will not sleep twenty-four hours
out of thirty-six when he has the
tariff and a Democratic Congress on
his hands
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

THE finest fur coat in the world,
worth $4,000. is owned by the wife
of tobacco magnate." And perhaps
this isn't a pipe dream, either.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

1T is reported that Irish stew is
a favorite dish of King George
Wei. the House of Commons seems
disposed to give it to him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

A GERMAN professor says Ameri-
cans weaken their eyesight by drink
ing their beer too fast BUT on in
vestigation he will find that it dou-
bles their vision.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

179s-Hamilton r. Gamble. war COVER
nor OF Missouri born. Died Jan.
81. 1864.
1S0S-Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton
took office as lieutenant governor
OF Upper Canada.
1S11-Wendeu Phillips. famous orator
and reformer, born in Boston. Died
there. Feb. 2, 1884
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

PLATINUM wedding rings are the
latest Because they wear better
than gold suggesting permanence
toke Ell? Look at our divorce courts
n Lake County
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

EVIDENTLY even the moving pic
lures can t revive the old dime novel
1t is reported that a recent street
fight in Cheyenne spread terror
through the town"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

HAVING quite a number Of tom
cats on our street who have engage
ments all night long, it is unneces-
sary for US to spend any money going
to hear grand opera.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

SUPREME Court of Illinois is try
ing TO decide whether poker playing
IS labor or a pastime. Depends en-
tirely on how the cards are running
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

A PROFESSOR says that men can
easily learn to breathe through their
cars. Don't do it. The megaphone
characteristics of some ears would
make snoring a capital offense.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

Hammond Commandery, No. Al.
7. Regular stated meeting first an
third Monday of each month
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

Hammond Chapter. No. III. r. A.
N. Regular stated meeting second
and fourth Wednesday of each month
November "a. Royal Arch.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

Conn May %, 1910.
Pennsylvania 1S69-75 died Ia
Philadelphia Born July -. 1924.
IS9S-Steamer Portland. from Boston to
Portland, Ne. foundered in a gale
off Cape Cod, with loss of lis lives.
sUBsCRIBE FOR THE TIMES.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

THIS Turk-Bulgar war is not what
it is cracked UP to be without Dick
Hank Little at the forefront
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

THE last and one of the best of the
bumper crops this year will be that
borne by the Christmas trees.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
The Day in
HISTORY
This DATE IN HISTORY"


16S2-Prince Ruper, founder and first
governor of the Hudsons Bay Com
pany. died in England. Born in
prague. Dec. Is, 1919.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

Hammond Council. No. so. r S. NJ
Stated meetings first Tuesday OF eaet
month.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

IF Gen Sayoff and Nazim Pachim
want to fight it out between them
they ought to write to the Hammond
Moose. There is a big purse guar
anteed out Of It,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

GARFIELD Lodge. No. 56s. F. & A. NJ.
Stated meetings every Friday evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

Advertising solicitors will be sent or
rates given on application.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

II you haze any trouble getting The
Times notify the nearest Office and
have IL promptly remedied.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

ANONYMOUS communications viii
not he noticed. but others will be
printed at discretion. and should be
addressed 10 The Editor. Times. Ham
mend. Ind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

LARGER PAID Up CIRCULATION
THAN ANY OTHER TWO NEWS
PAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29
THE TIMES
EW SPAPERS
BY The Lake County Printing and Pub
iishiRg Company.

Entered at the Postofncc. Hammond
Ind. as second -class matter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

The Times Distribu-
ton plan must be with
drawn soon, and after
that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

FOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES,
si2 Rector Building Chicago
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-29

GARY paper feelfngsiy speaks of the
"Bustle Of Broadway" Wonder IL it is
the same one that was picked up at
State and Holman street the other
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-01-30
GOOD "FIRST WEEK"
BILL AT ORPHEO

Charles Ruffy, singing come dian,
who makes a few changes during his
act is the headliner of the Orphe o
for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
and goes pretty good with the auua-
ence. His songs are very funny and
the piece of poetry with which ne
makes his exit is good. Harvey and
Harvey, ragtime blackface comedians,
and especially the male member OF
the team, kept the audience In an up
roar. Mr.. Harney's piano playing,
songs and dancing are the best part OF
the act, and the two work together m
handing bunch Of new Jokes.
For Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Edna Reming, character comedienne,
in songs and dances, will open the
bill and the feature act will be
Barnes, Reming and Company. In u
merry domestic comedy, entitled,
"Mrs. Tott's First" Press reports
compliment the skit. The pictures
are good and change every day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-01-30
GOOD ROADS
and DRAINAGE
JUDGE PHILPOT NAMES LONG
LIST OF DELEGATES TO ATTEND
DUAL CONVENTION.
GOOD MEN LISTED
Judge Philp0t Is Also On the Program
to Speak on Pine Bluff and
Little Rock Pike.

Much interest is being manifested
here in the coming annual convention
OF the Arkansas Good Roads and
Drainage Association, to be held at
Little Rock on February Ia and 10.
Owing to the fact that the good roads
and drainage movement In this coun-
ty Is at fever heat just now and be-
cause OF the plans that are now under
way for many big drainage projects
and agitation for macadam road b.
tween this city and Little Rock and
possibly into Lincoln county, 1t is ex-
pected that the attendance at the COL
vention from Jefferson county will be
the largest ever re corded
Judge c. NJ. Philpot, who is one CT
the most enthusiastic good roads ar /
drainage men in this state, yesterdf.v
sele cted number of delegates for
both the good roads and the drainage
meetings. In selecting them Judge
Philpot picked out men who he be-
l'eves will attend the meeting and take
an active interest in the proceedings.
He will try to have every township i'll
this county represented at the good
roads gathering and in listing the
dele gates for the drainage conven-
ton he has chosen men who are at
present most active in drainage move
To- ~ ~kVr
are many prominent officials Of drain
age districts, attorneys and others.
Judge Philpot Is listed as one of the
speakers at the Good Roads convention.
He has been given the subject "The
Advantages of the Proposed Pine
Bluff and Little Rock Pike" Cover
nor Donaghey and Congressman Joc
T. Robinson are also on the program.
The delegates named by Judge Philpot
follow:
To Good Roads Convention-Mayor
A. C. Jordan, Emil Hercher, Judge
w. H. Jones, G. A. Board, J. w. Wat
son, M. H. Pipkin, G. w. Morrow, w.
w. West, J. NJ Ackl.n, William Rich
ardson, Dan Nix, James A. Goodwin,
w. d. Hearn, r. H. Stearns, Fred
Senyard, NJ. E. Bloom, Major W. j.
Parkes, County Surveyor j. B. White,
jos Walters, James Ussery, j. H. Pill
kington, Gus Petty, M. A. Hudson, 7.
M. Ashcraft, DR.. A b. Patton, j. T.
Crawford, Ben Franklin, T. A. Nc
Nulty, E. N. Stephenson, R. A. Langs-
ton and DR.. o. w. Clark.
To The Drainage Convention-Leo
M. Andrews, j. P. Walt, Henry Marx.
Judge James Gould, w. H. Langford,
H. L. FUR, W. C. Hudson, Frank
Berry, F.. NJ. Rosenberg, Captain J.
d. Miner, F. G.. Bridges, c. II. Trip
lett Jr., w. N. Trulock, J. M. Oracle.
]. P. Alexander and j. NJ. Barrett.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-01-30
FIRST METHODIST
SUNDAY NOTES

The Sunday school SHOWED an ex-
ceptionally good report, with coll
lection of $712, the largest this year,
and an attendance equallipg 70 per
cent of the enrolment. The 80 per
cent mark ought to be reached next
Sunday.
At the morning service the congre-
CATION listens to an eloquent and
convincing sermon by the pastor. on
the subject Of Parental Responsible
ity." This subject was by request.
An afternoon service in the interest
of the Sunday school was conduct d
by Miss Minnie Allen Of Little Rock.
and Miss Kennedy Of Birmingham
Ala. Miss Kennedy spoke on Lesson
Building"
A very enjoyable meeting OF the
Epworth League was led by Miss Mary
Davidson. The topic Of the evening was
.Elisha. the HEBREW Commoner: A
Life Of Saving Service
Instead Of tho regular evening SER
vice the churches Of the city met to-
gether to lieten 70 Miss Kennedy and
Miss Allsn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-01-30
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SAYS
WHITESTONE AND BLACK ARE
ACTING IN GOOD FAITH.
ENDORSE THE PROJECT
Say Packing House Ought to Be Sup.
ported By Every Citizen
the Conference.

Harmony and good feeling and
renewal of enthusiasm resulted from
the conference last night at the Cham
Der of Commerce rooms in the Citize MS
Bank building, held by the Trustees
with view to more fully understand
ing the project inaugurated by Messrs.
Simon Whitestone and J. w. Black,
who are promoting the packing house
proposition here.
The trustees and Messrs. Whitestore
and Black came to full and salts
factory understanding, after mi.-
understanding which was occasioned
by message, which was delivered to
the trustees at meeting last Friday
from Mr. Whitestone and which was,
it was shown by the investigation last
night, fully misunderstood.
The packing house project and the
sale of lots accompanying it were dis
cussed at length and after it was de-
cided that Messrs Whitestone and
Black were acting in good faith in ev-
cry particular with the trustees of the
Chamber of Commerce and the people
of this city as we'll, the following res
olution was introduced by F G. Bridges
and unanimously endorsed by the trus-
tees as body.
Resolved That the Chamber Of
Commerce recommends to the people
of Pine Bluff that they buy from $780,
900 to $50,n00 worth of lots in the
packing house addition the securing
the packing house industry being :
matter of concern and deserving the
support of every citizen.
The meeting of the trustees was
largely attended and was presided ov'
er by J. F. Mcintyre, vice president,
in the absence of President w. D..
Hearn. Mr.. Whitestone fully outlin-
ed his work in the interest of the
proposed plant and especially detailed
the great amount of advertising that
is being done in behalf of the NEST
ing of stock growers, which is to be
held in this city on March banda
The meeting was one of the most sat
isfactory that has been held by the
trustees since the packing house pro.
ject was launched here. Messrs. White
stone and Black and their several as
sistants were among those present.