The Lake County times., 1913-07-19
b0ONE'S
NE|GHbORS
ON A VISIT
haywood Park Folk Gather
At Ex- Prosecutors House
Last Night and Discuss
Desires-No Definite Ac-
tion Taken.

Folks out in haywood Park as
semoied on the lawn of Dan e. Boone's
nome in 442 May street, last evening
while the men all smoked, except
ing Preacher C. ]. Sharp. and the wom-
en- prepared lunch in the basement
One hundred and fifty neighbors
called upon Dan who received them
in the rear of his home where
benches. chairs and settees had been
placed for the meeting. They came
primarily to talk of a project they
favor, the re-districting of the sixth
ward, in which haywood Park is bu-
silent end. Local and foreign legal
talent was heard in the meeting, such
as ]. K. Stinson, Dan Boone and Floyd
Irish from haywood Park and notables
like Judge Lawrence Becker and Tom
Swanton from the hinterland
Judge Reads the Law.
OF course Judge Becker had to ex-
plain that jurists not permitted to
give curb stone opinions and that he
must therefore confine himself strictly
to the law. Under the rays of a tung-
ston extended out onto the lawn the
Judge read the law restricting cities
from redistricting wards and precincts
oftener than once in six years unless
territory is annexed during that period.
Dan Boone delivered few choice
bits of polished oratory and supple
mented the remarks of VIII Lynch, the
chairman, in explaining why haywood
Park wants to be a ward in itself He
read some more law and lit another ci-
gar which was a signal for his neigh
bors to light up flesh ones too.
Are in Quandry.
It was about decided by the attor-
neys present that Hammond has not
acquired new territory in the past six
years since the last redistricting and
| it looks as if haywood would have to
| wait till after the first Of the year
| The agreement made recently by the
| city council in which Saxony and Hess
Vile are to some in at the end of five
years was pronounced of no use.
Somehow or other none of the city
/ fathers present thought of the newly
annexed 400 feet strips along Calumet
avenue and Holman street. south OF
the city limits. These strips were an
nexed two years ago and haywood
Park should have little trouble in OBJ
! tanning the redistricting of the sixth
| ward at once.
| A Dash of Politics.
| Mayor John d. Smalley, John L
| Rohde, who sat in seats of honor
| against the rear of Dan Boone's house
didn't think about this apparently ant
If they did it wasn't mentioned. They
sanctioned the move very nicely and
invited the citizens to confer with ths
city attorney-now In Michigan.
This invitation was accepted and
Will Lynch. the chairman appointed
the three attorneys of haywood as tbs
committee. He then selected a com
mittee of three to wait upon the com
| mon council.
/ Speeches were made by Messrs stIn
son, Eastwood. Irish, Muir, Muller. Da
Wis, Bauer. Cockler. Harrington. Ken
ley, Gehring, Dorherty, Lacy Dunn
Smith Langset. Mcmahon and other
spoke.
They Agree to Disagree.
The gist of their talks is summe,
up in this way: haywood Park is II
the same ward with East Hammon'
and both sections desire local repre-
sentation. AS East Hammond has
good many more voters than Maywoo
it gets the alderman and consequently
if any of the five hundred people Il
haywood want anything of the council
man from the sixth ward they have t
go to East Hammond to hunt him ur
And even then they claim they don
get it.