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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10

I'll he had mastered all the details of n
sailors work. frequently filling the DO.
sition of second and first mate AIR
Robertson never commanded Il shin.
for before attaining that position he
/ decided to change his line of work and
settle down as Il landSman.
Being always handy with tools. Mr..
Robertson decided that he would learn
trade, and, having saved money
enough to live on during his apprpn-
ticeShip, he started in to learn the
matchmaking trade in OSwpyo. In
this work he made great progress. and
by the time his fingers were well linn
bered up he was sufficiently advanced,
IN his new vocation to remove to New
York. where he worked as optician for
several concerns. Not satisfied with
this. be took positions in other. lines of
work until he became diamond set
ter. which trade he followed with con.
siderable success. working for promi-
nent firms
During the depression in the jewrlry
trade in 1894 Mr.. Robertson found
considerable time on his hands and be-
gan utilizing this In contributing 10
weekly papers and magazines. Little
by little this work increased until Mr. .
Robertson tiuallv left the jewelry trade
entirely ali devoted his time exclu.
sivclr q" writing magazine stories.
His t-.i 'r -,vugnitiou by the public
was aS h- 81. as that OF the usual mag
azine Writes. hut owing to the authors
DETERMINATION aud perseverance. as
well rs to the brilliancy aud thorough
ness Of his work. he gradually obtain
ed what nOveliSts call a reading pub-
lie. until there was perhaps no better
known writer Of short stories nor one
whose tales Of the sea were more gen
orally recognized as being the best Of
their class.
Among his best known works OF -
rent years are the series OF short So
ries published under the titles Of
-Dowa 70 the Sea-" spun Yarn
Where Angels Fear to Tread shin /:
mates" his novels Masters OF Men
Ind sinful Peek
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10
"DoN'TS" FOR HUSBANDS.
Rockefeller Pastor Offers Ten as So.
luton of the Divorce Evil.

Rockefeller Pastor Offers Ten as So
luton of the Divorce Evil.
DR.. w " RuStard, pastor of Johr
D. RockpfeIler'S Euclid Avenue Bap
tist church in Cleveland o.. recently
gave these ten "don'tS" for husbands
as a solution of the divorce evil:
Don't forget your wife wants to be
loved as much after marriage as be,
fore
Don't arrange for your second mar.
riage before your first wife is either
dead or divorced
Don't compel your wife to ask for a
cent every time she needs one.
Don't expect your wife TO work four,
teen hours day when you work only
eight
Don't carry all your religion in your
wife'S name
Don't let your neighborS pity your
children because you were their father.
Don't gossip. Men should not en-
crouch on wOman's privilege.
, Don't try to run n forty horsepower
automobile on a four horsepower sal.
ary
Don't live beyond your means or ac
cording to your meannesS
Don't forget the best legacy you can
leave your family Is the memory of
good husband and a kind father
"All the hOneymooning of life ought
not to end with the honeymoon. said
Mr.. BuStard supplementing his several
"donts." "A man should always re.
member it is no sin to kiss his own
wife Love is not for courtship alone
but for life"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10

This handmade hal OF fancy blue
straw Is III the ever popular becoming
bonnet shape. band of dark blue
velvet ends III Il pump bow ut the side.
and another band starting at the front
is brought over the left side to the
center of the back thus forming a
unique trimming
Little silk grapes in natural coloring
are placed in groups of. three on this
band of velvet
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10

Those having Monterey cypress
hedges on their premises would do well
10 postpone trimming them until after
the lst OF April. \ number of these
hedges with which the writer is ac-
quainted have been virtually killed out
by doing the job in the winter.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10

The automobiles who will crowd a
team or a narrow highway is fun
brother 10 the teamster who Is deaf 70
chaudcur's toot FOR half the road
and keeps his horses IN a slow walk
to tantalize the fellow behind him.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10
CITY OFFICERS.

Ward No. III. L. Fenton,
II. G. Campbell.
Ward No. Piracy Stats,
j. G. McBee.
Ward No. 81. J. Coad,
A. j. Barham.
Auditor and Police Judge
.............. Charles Gregory
City Attorney -. w. L. Tooze, Jr.
City Treasurer .. w. G. Vassall
City Engineer .......J. ]. Sammoas
Street Commits 'er p. S. Greenwood
Night Policeman ...... D. j. Grant
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10
Author
of"The Wreck
Of the Titan"

ORGAN ROBERTSON. author
of sea stories. wrote a fiction
story fourteen years ago that
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10
"Rooms for Rent" cards for sale
at the Observer job Ollire.
OFFICIAL
STATE OFFICERS.

United States Senator'S
.......... Jonathan Bourne, Jr
....... George Z. Chamberlain
Congressmen-
First District. Willis c, Hawley
Second District. ;. A. w. Lafferty
Governor ............ Oswald West
Secretary of State. Ben w. Olcott
State Treasurer. -. Thomas B. KAY
Superintendent of Public Instruction
............... l.. r. Alderman
State Printer.... Willis S. Duniway
Attorney General. :. A. M. Crawford
Supreme Court
Chief Justice, Robert Eakin; Asso
ciate Justices, Thomas A. Mcbride,
George IL. Burnett, Frank A.
Moore, Henry j. Bean.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10
Useful KitcI IN Hint

Practical and useful is this new vege
table and noodle shredder whith the
shops are showing 1t has seven
sharp cutters in form of wheels which
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10

Our braveSt lessons are not learned
through success, but misadventure.-
Alcott.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-05-10

ht into steel plate. This plate makes
smooth the dough when noodles are
made and IL Is easily manipulated by
pushing up and down over the vege-
table or food to be cut into even strips.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
sTANDARDIzING THE PRESS.

The Pennsylvania State Editorial
Association advocates the licensing
of newspaper editors, just as lawyers
or doctors, or ministers are licensed.
1t wants a sort of supervision au-
thority to pass upon editors to the
end that the" dangerous ones may
be eliminated. presumably.
The average editor will not Oh
ject to being licensed. He is the
best-natured soul on earth. and does
not kick at any precautionary
methods. You can license him, vac
cinate him, baptize him, deodorizs
or disinfect him, and 1t is all the
same. He stands for anything.
But 1t should be borne in mind
that licensing editors will not make
good editors out of bad ones any
more than licensing lawyers make:
them all good lawyers. Nor will il
have anything to do with the opera
tion of newspapers field
News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31

ness districts means vast increases
in values.
The man who is able to pick out
the street which will be the center
of the great mercantile district Of
this future metropolis of the State of
Indiana will make millions.
The Calumet region is just on the
threshold of the most wonderful
period of development that the
world has ever known. The imag-
ination which can see ten story
buildings rising on vacant lots; thu
ina gination which can be tempered
with good judgment and conservat'
ism will reveal undreamed OF
fortunes.
So accustomed have the people OF
the Calumet region become to hear.
ing extravagant claims regarding
the possibilities of the region that
they discount the probabilities of the
future.
The basis of great fortunes ha,
been laid already and other fortunes
are to be made. Only the perspicui
ty to see where the increase il
values is to come is needed to make
fortunes for even the small investor
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
THE ART OF CHARLES DICKENS

AS an artist in fiction Dickens was
great; but not because he had a cor
rect theory of the technique of the
novel nor because he always follow
ed good rules and models in writing,
nor because he was one
who saw life steadily and saw 1t
whole
On the contrary, his vision of life.
though vivid, was almost always
partial says a contemporary. He
was capable of doing a great deal OF
bad work. which he himself liked
The plots of his novels, on which he
toiled tremendously, are negligible;
| indeed it is ofen difficult to follow
| and impossible to remember them
The one of his books that is notably
| fine in structure and approximately
faultless in technique-"A Tale oil
Two Cities"-is so unlike his other
novels that it stands in a class BY
itself, as an example of what hs
could have done II he had chosen tt
follow that line. In a way it is hi:
most perfect piece of work. But il
lis not his most characteristic piece
lof work. and therefore 1t ha!
Hess value for us than some of hi.
books in which his peculiar, distinc
tive. unrivalled powers are NOR:
fully shown.
After all, art must not only inter
lpret the world but also reveal thu
artist The lasting interest of hi
vision. its distinction, its charm, de
ipend. at least in some real degree
fupon the personal touch. Beini
himself a part of the things that ar
lseen, he must paint the thing as h
lsees it, If he wishes to win the ap
! Iproval of ''the god of things as the
are"
Now the artistic value of Dick
J ens's way of seeing things lay in ii
: fitness to the purpose which he ha
lin mind and hear,-a really grea
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
HI e A X ID
r u B E

EVEN the autos are doing Il: TT
is limited that Diehl was running his
car on alcohol instead of gasoline and
that accounted for the accident" =
From THE TIMES.
THE motion film people taking Mex
lean conquest views at Miller beach.
may know what they are doing. but IL
they had the armies of the Hon. Bill
Vrolius and the Hon. Tom Ephraim
Knots scrapping over the lake front
deal the pictures would attract a big
ger clientele In these parts.
WHY spend $40 to see the motor
speedway races at Indianapolis? 1t
doesn't cost more than a qaurter to
get out to Ridge road and see those
cranks go whole lot faster than they
dare to on a speedway.
THE leather medal this week goes
to the Gary authorities. Although they
made a little mistake and forgot to
stop the bribery benefit carnival gam
bling last week they have indicated
the law by arresting several Hungari-
an penny-ante players this week.
Those who spoke harshiy Of the Gary
officials last week will now see that
they mean well when it is the other
fellows?
SEEING that the land down Lowell
way has gone dry" we might mention
that If any one wants to go In for
starting a blind pig they should first
equip themselves with that handy book
entitled, The Immunity Bath" which
is from the pen OF a well known Gary
expert.
CONSIDER the humble toad. 1t is
ugly. but 1t is the farmers chief ally
when it comes to getting rid of the
little bugs.
Il believe the president will carry
the solid delegation with perhaps the
exception of two districts. and in this
district we have an excellent chance
Mr.. Tafts New Jersey campaign man.
ager. All of which goes to show that
even the best OF us ought to guess
again now and anon
| WITH Col. Timothy w. Englehart
back once more eating buckwhea'
cakes in his Ridge road baronial man
sion, the Ridge Is itself once again.
/ A. c. H-Your suggestion that we
have sanitary and individual drinking
cups for horses Is all right. but wal
till they provide enough for the hu'
mans.
/ STANDARD OIL has ordered six new
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31

steamers, so even IL John d. doesn't
give Whiting that sanitary drinking
fountain this year the sight of the
trusty salts from the steamers locked
along the Inland canal should heal all
sore spots.
A WIRE from our special corre-
spondent Hennery Coldbottle. who is
enroute from the motor races at Indi-
annapolis. says that he has changed his
homeward route so as to leave out
Lowell.
A WIRELESS received from the tor
of the Hotel Ponchatrain and signed
"A. b." which might mean Antony
Baukus. the confessed and missing al
derman, indicates that he now regrets
that he ever left Gary and he inquiries
how much the roulette benefit pot is Il
be.
HEGEWTSCH wants more water
pressure Now what's the matter with
those brewery agencies over in Hege.
wisch?
SEE by The TIMES that whiting:
| ball team is to have new timber ans
| for the beneit of those Indiana Harbo
fans we will say that it won't be wood
| en- heads either.
THE editor OF the 'steemed For
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
THE COST OF LIVING.

Every one in this county who is
not worth one hundred thousand
and they are but few-should
read the American Spenders" in
the current issue of the Saturday
Evening Post 1t is by Will Irwin
and it touches on the present day ex-
ltravagance of the working classes.
Some very good facts. which might
account for the present high cost OF
living, call to mind that we are liv-
Il ing a great deal different than those
Iof a generation ago. In fact the
difference between 1912 and 1896 i
very marked
We have become so ashamed n!
economy that even in this very
county of ours you never see school
boy with patched trousers. Did the
| boys of twenty years ago get tn;
dimes and quarters as freely as they
do now? Father walked to work
then; now he rides when IT is over
eight blocks.
If daughter goes to school sh,
must dress very stylishly and keel
lup sorority appearance (happill
we haven't this evil in our county,
We might go on and point out a 10
lof more illustrations but the Pos
larticle covers the ground so well ant
1.-THE merits of It's logic are so timel.
that no one should miss reading il
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
''wh.t You
ninkin' About
Grampa7"

ITO be able now to have feet that
never ache. never get tired, blistered,
swollen chafed, or have corns, cali
louses or bunions, is glorious recon-
pense for all the other aches and pains
one suffers IN the winter of life. TIZ
makes the feet feel young, and young
feet make you feel young all over.
I've tried many things for my poor
old tired feet, for those bunions of 90
years, and for those corns that have
added wrinkles to my face. I've tried
plasters, powders and salves and
nothing has ever given the relief that
TIz has. My feet are now strong and
vigorous. they never get tired OF swol-
len. / have no corns. callouses or bum
ions any more-they are boys feet on
an old mani"
TIZ gives instant relief and cures all
foot troubles. 1t operates on new
principle draws out all the poisonous
exudations that cause foot miseries.
Don't accept substitute. An elder
ly man especially, has a mind of his
own; see that you get TIZ.
TIZ, Is cents a box, sold everywhere,
or sent direct. on receipt of price. by
Walter Luther Dodge & Co., Chicago,
Ill. Recommended by all Drug Stores.
department. and general Etorea
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
FORTUNES IN REAL ESTATE.

An article In one of the current
magazines shows how the Astors, the
Wzendels and four or five of the
weaIthiest families of New York city
made their fortunes in the increase
of New York real estate
They bought lots and acres and
hung onto them until they had in
creased in value so marvelously that
they were made millionaires. They
had the foresight to see that New
York city was the logical location o!
the metropolis Of the country.
The same opportunities are open
to the resident of the Calumet region
today. THE TIMES list of unbuilt
industries indicates that the regior
will have a population of 100000 II
ten to twenty years
1t will take enormous business
districts to take care of such popn
lation. The building of these bust
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
PENALIZING THRIFT.

In what this Delphos, Kan, editor
writes of his own experience with tax
alton good many people will recog-
nige familiar condition. He says:
"Once upon time the editor of this
paper became possessed of the laud-
able ambition to own a home. Having
managed to save up a few dollars, he
purchased upon the payment plan some
property which had been taken in on
mortgage by an eastern investment
company.
THE house was in such bad repair
that 1t was not fit for occupancy. The
celia was full of stagnant water.
weeds grew ranBly about the house,
the porches were rotted and sagging,
the house implanted. The lot was a
couple of feet above the sidewalk and
the earth had washed and caved, max.
| ing 1t impossible. The place was an
eyesore and menace to health; we
| wanted a home and saw it's possibis
Titles.
1T was located in a good neighbor-
hood and from it we had beautiful
view over a pretty valley. Being
rather handy with tools, we went to
work before and after Office hours,
We repaired the porches. painted the
house, sodded and terraced the yard
and drained the cellar and put in curb
ing and parking. We worked early
and late, until at last we had, as many
people told us, one of the prettiest
homes in the town-and then the as
| taxes.
I'VE were fined because we had
worked hard and converted disorder
into order, ugliness into beauty, and
had wiped out a plague spot in the
neighborhood. 1t is also true that the
towner of few vacant lots adjoining
our place Immediately advanced then
in price. but neglected to cut the tai
weeds which grew on them. 1t ma,
be added that his taxes were not in
Icreased, Notwithstanding the fac
THAT he held his lots at higher price
I'VE have told this story because
the statement itself ought to cause
; some one to do some hard thinking
There surely is something RADICAL,
wrong with system of taxation II
which a person is fined for merely be
; ing industrious"
The tax on improvements is ia,
on industry and enterprise and oper
lates to repress them. In some coun
: tries all improvements are exemp
and they should be exempt in all on
states. England and Germany, t
mention only the most important coun
tries. have found way to keep tn
owners of land for speculative or In
; vestment purposes from reaping tn
reward of his neighbours enterprise
Their means is the tax on the ur
earned increment in land values
!. Dubuque Telegraph.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
CHEER UP MR.. BOILING.

The esteemed South Chicago Calu-
met editor is again wasting his bril-
liancy on the Indiana Harbor slip
ping" question again. 1t is hard &c
understand why he cannot find
something nearer the truth to exer
else his keen wits II he will come
over to Indiana Harbor or Gary
sometime we shall be pleased te
point out the fallacy of these
diatribes; show him the firmness oI
the land and that he can walk alon 6
old Lake Michigans beach in Indi
ana without falling off and gettins
his feet wet. Here is the latest
"Bawling out" we get from the edi
tor:
Not very long ago, when the
docks at Indiana Harbor slipped
into the lake, because of shifting
sand. we took occasion to point
out the futiIity of trying to locate
a harbor there. We pointed out
the difficulties which had attend
ed harbor construction at Michi-
gan City. and said time would de-
monstrate the impossibility of
any such project, located where
the swirling sands wrought up b.
the northeast tempests. were
bound to overcome mans efforts.
This common sense view of the
question awakened loud protests
from speculative real estate in
tests in that section, which SEEM
ed to imagine themselves modern
King Canutes. who could In reali-
ty command the tides and waves.
Probably desire to sell land at
purchasers risks had something
to do with the protests.
For the last three days a storm
has ragged out of the northeast. 1t
has beaten upon our shores, 1t has
stirred and shifted and washed
away, relentlessly and with awe
compelling might.
This morning bright shines
summers sun. 1t looks upon
devastating havoc along the
shores from South Chicago, on
and along the southern border Of
Lake Michigan. Where was that
havoc greatest?
Indiana Harbor where the
shifting sands. caught the first
and today hnds its boosted harbor
a toy to the elements.
Any harbor which cannot resist
storm, is no harbor at all. why
should the government waste
money on a palpable impossi-
bility?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
DYER.

Miss Elenora Scheidt who has been
spending a few days with relatives
here returned home with her aunt
Miss Barbara Scheidt.
John j. Klein announces to his
many friends that on Sunday he will
open an ice cream parlor and con-
fectionery shop.
Mrs. NJ Schaller of Hammond was
Dyer visitor yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Keilman were
among the Michigan City visitor yes
terday.
Anna Keilman of Hammond visited
her parents yesterday.
The following visitors from Chicago
spent Decoration Day here: Misses NJ.
Schaefer, Anna Hoffman, E. Greiner,
and Messrs. Jacob Hoffman and Mat
Hoffman.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. Stommel and daugh-
| ter Ruth were Michigan City visitors
yesterday.
Mrs r. Peacock was a Chicago WISH
tor yesterday.
Mr.. NJ. Schlachter and daughter OF
Chicago were Dyer visitors yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31
GRIFFITH,

Miss wilma Woods, Miss Eva Dut-
ton and Miss Mary McIlvaine spent the
week end at the home of Miss Mary E.
Bennett.
r. and Mrs. Walters and sons at
tended the funeral OF their nephew. j.
Cunningham, at East Chicago. yester-
day.
John Hutton and his mother, Mrs.
Caroline Dutton, visited at Ross yes
terday.
John Miller. Jr., was a Hobart visitor
yesterday.
Mrs. Clara Dutton, and Miss Valrie
Prott were Hammond shoppers We'd
nesday.
Mrs. E. Newcomb and her niece, Miss
Laura Newcomb. of Highlands called
on friends here yesterday.
Mrs. L A. Southworth and daughter
Miss Emily went to Valparaiso yester-
day. The latter will take normal
course there this summer.
Mrs Joe Russell. who was reported
to have been taken to a hospital for ar
operation. did not go as her condition
was so much improved that it wa:
hoped the operation would be unneces
sary She is much better at this time
Mr. and Mrs. william Hand of Madi
son, wis, are spending a few days a
| the home of their brother, Noah Hand
| Mrs. P. r. Tucker and daughter o
Ross visited friends here Tuesday.
| III. C. button transacted business a
Ross Tuesday.
| Contractor Ed. Riggle, who receives
| the contract for repairing the broker
| places in the concrete walks, is max
ing rapid Roadway at the work.
| The following pupils of room IL wer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31

neither absent nor tardy during the
ninth month OF school: Leo Covert,
Jacob Typ, Arvid Gustafson Daniel
Getzinger, Mamie Helfen. Helen Han
son, Marion Meyenburg. Raymond Gov
ert, Karl Taggart, Leigh Alger, Edith
Covert, Margaret Grimmer. frankie
Dutton. Maurice Hutchins. Wayne
Lightfoot, Aloysius.-Mary f. Bennett,
teacher.
A. S Dowler of st. Louis was here
Tuesday looking over the town and
surrounding country with the view of
locating here.
]. C. Groves of Dubuque. Ia, was
here Monday looking after his real es-
tate interests.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31

purpose, namely, to enhance the in
terest of life by good enchantment,
to save people from the plague of
dizziness and the curse of indiffer-
ence by showing them that the world
is full of the stuff for hearty laugh
ter and deep sympathy. This way
of seeing things, with constant ref
erence to their humorous and senti-
mental potency was essential to the
genius of Dickens.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-31

MICHIGAN City judge held that be-
cause a man pushed his wife down
stairs she had no grounds for divorce.
No, but if he had to push her upstairs
for complaint, IL not a divorce.