The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21
LOWELL.

w. A. MCPHERSON or the Ice cream
firm of Mack & Co. of Monon and Har-
ry Jones of Chicago, expert autoist. ar
rived In Lowell Thursday afternoon in
a big auto truck that had been pur
chased by the ice cream company, and
being delivered to its owners. 1t
was 6o-horsepower. four cylinder
truck weighed 5000 pounds. and has a
capacity of three tons. 1t was made by
the Mack people of Allentown, Pa. is
6 feet wide, and IA feet long, with
wheel base of 1s6 inches and cost So
900. The body Is painted olive green
with red running gear. The con1panys
ice cream business has increased so
rapidly that need of such auto truck
is deemed necessary. Its speed is Is
miles per hour. The gentlemen left
| Chicago at 10 a. m, ate dinner in Ham
mond arrived here at $3.50 p. m and
reached their destination at p. m.
William Turgie. organizer for the
| Maccabee lodge, is som ewhat of a turtle
catcher He went out Thursday and
| captured four nice big ones one weigh
| ing 15 pounds He caught them in Ce
dar Creek near the iron bridge. He
put on hip boots and waded in the wat
err. and after soaring them up he fol-
lowed them. When they settled on the
bottom OF the creek he ran his arm
| down until he came in contact with
the she'll He then moved his fingers
| around the edge of the shell until he
came to the saw teeth, when he grabbed
the turtle by the tail and brought 1t
20 the surface. He nicely dressed them
and presented them to friends. from
which delicious soup was made. There
seems to be considerable of trick in
landing these animals and not get Bit
ten.
Charles and George Taylor, having
been awarded the contract for building
a retaining wall at the creek connect
ing with the bridge. have a force. OF
| men at work IT is 70 be of concrete
125 feet high, with feet base and tap
ering to is inches at the top. The
foundation IS to rest on pfling. On the
I top will be a railing of Y and 2-incf
I iron piping The job will cost abou
: $4,000.
g John Kimmet. wife and daughter
9 Lena went to Joliet yesterday to at
1 tend the closing exercises of st. Mary
college. Their daughter Hilda finished
her first years studies in this educa
tional Institution.
o Charles Brakeman. the real estat
:. dealer of Crown Point. and his famil,
: drove to Lowell yesterday in his auto
e mobile
Word was received yesterday that
y baby son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs
! George Ennis of Glenwood. near Chi
cago Heights Mr.. Ennis formerly live
= in Lowell.
y william Alderman. the venerabl
Mexican war veteran, is again able I
ii be downtown daily
Word has been received from Gran
Rapids. Mich. that Myron Wallace. tn
/ injured man, who with his wife re
Gently returned to their home. tn
IS patient stood the trip well and cor
tinues to Improve Reputable physic
: ans Of the Michigan City speak In hig
: terms of the medical and surgical treat
~ ment in a hospital
n Amos Thompson. a veteran of Tn
civil war has had his pension III
creased from s24 to $40. and well
deserves the increase. He spent owe
four years in the war, enlisting at tn
start He was in 27 different battle
and was wounded three times
II fought two days in the Gettysburg Ell
gagement. and is the only Gettysbur
Union soldier in Lowell, and at IL
II close of the war he received an homo
able discharge. He has his transports
ton to go to the Gettysburg encaml
ment VIM Jones, veteran on II
4 Confederate side, lives in Lowell, al
u fought in the Gettysburg engagement
\ At the close OF the he left n
Il southern home in Tennessee and nj
X lived in this vicinity ever since I
= isan honorable citizen, conservative al
h congenial. On Decoration day he CO.
tributed flowers to decorate the grav
Of the old soldiers. thus proving tn
he holds no grudge against the sc
d,ers of the north. He carries a bull
in his leg.
VIII Atwood, who works for t.
Frederick Marble company, in Hai
mond. arrived home yesterday and 7
turned to his work today
III Frank Ebert, who is rapidly comb
70 the front as a breeder of Chest
white hogs, shipped nine weeks ma
pig to parties in Royal Center, In
Yesterday, that weighed over so poun'
He has the purest registered stock a
receives high prices for them.
HI Harry Davis. the gentleman
II young man on Anderson's delive
wagon Is erecting a. new story and