The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-12
HI e A X ID
BY
X u B E

APPLICATIONS for the job of chief
bull moose in this county are now in
order.
BY the time the most of us are able
to afford an auto they'll be out of style.
WHY bother about public clamor now
when you can get clam chowder?
MAYOR KNOTS AWAY: GARY Is
QUIET. Hizzoner is back
and yon'n notice that things have
whooped up again.
NOW that Hammond has discovered
that setam dredse has made it a lake
port its reichstag ought to get busy
with new maritime laws and the adj
ministration ought to have a few new
posts, such as harbormaster and ad-
miral of the port to take care of the
faithful.
A WATER circus is coming OF Gary
next week As the rest of the state
views it this is about the last thing
that ought to come to Gary.
SAND Dune Society Note-The Michf-
gan City aristocracy: We see by the
Michigan City Dispatch that a woman
In that town has sued for divorce be-
cause her husband has fieas.
moose party didn't nominate T. r
Suppose that Teddy would then. be out
for a fourth party.
HOW To Be Cool Though Married"
is title of a new German work 1t
ought to have a, heavy sale in South
Holman street.
GEE The saloonmen of Atlantic
City must be sore. Thirty thousand
spectators and 1000 delegates are in
| that city to attend the prohibition party
convention
AFTER having worked his head of
boosting T. RS game in Illinois Gov
| Dineen must feel the pangs of in
| gratitude when he reads Teddy's mes
sage to get in line or get speared
| A LOT of counterfeit hundred dollar
bills are in circulation and If you are
really worrying about them why we'll
print a description so you won't get
tripped up
| NOTICE that the Western Union Is
being sued for damages because it
| transmitted message, Il live you for
| ever" as Il leave you forever" Any
how In many cases there is a great
deal of connection between love" and
| leave" SO you can hardly blame the
poor old Western Union.
| SUBSCRIBER near Hobart complains
of the disadvantages of farm ife down
that way now days. Says he has to go
at least three miles to get carburetors,
Victrola records and massage cream.
IT'S good thing that that Gary
Crown Point trolley line isn't a cable
affair. or else a lot of the old -timers
| al he
kers caught in the cable slot
1T sometimes happens that an aviato,
trying to break the record finds his
machine going the wrong way and Their
there are some hearts broken instead
OUR special correspondence Hennery
Coldbottle, who has been getting ma.
terial for an article on the hi kost Of
living. has made a partial report to the
; Commercial club. Hennery states thai
things aren't as bad as they are paint
ed For instance. you can get as big {
glass of beer now as you did ten year,
ago and in remote place likes Manila
Havana and San Juan the price of But
!. is now Is cents. as compared with q
cents In 1902.
WHAT'S become of the old fashione,
republican who didn't get sore at TIL
} | nominations and who went out an,
carried a torch in the parade instea'
( of becoming a bull moose7
EVER since he began wearing sill
: pajamas Tommy Marshall has beel
D signing himself as Thomas Riley Mar
; shall
Il HAMMOND folks now claim to hav
seen a meteor the other night. The
!, are mistaken. It was merely hfz
| zoner, the Hon. Tom Knots, passin
. through on a Monon sleeper.