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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-18

EVANSVILLE. Oct. 17.-Evansvilie
has one alien enemy who is required 70
report every day to the postmaster. So
far he is the only one who has to report
although there are many aliens in liz
city who under a strict Interpretation Of
the law should report every day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-18
BOXING BENEFIT
FOR SOLDIERS

Jack OShea's Sammy Smoke BENEFIT
which was held at the Boumanisn Hall
at 18th and Adams street in Gary last
night was a success in every detail but
the attendance and receipts The crowd
was not as large as was expected. Fifty
seven dollars was taken in at the door
but out Of this there was an expense of
s24.90, leaving a balance Of s32.10-
Anybody who did not get his moneys
worth is surely hard to satisfy Even
though Goats Doig" and Joe Bishop
failed to put in Their appearance after
repeated promises, the program was run
off just the same. frankie Kid Burns of
South Chicago brought out four clever
mitt artists in their places The matches
were all referred by Siefert. The pro-
gram consisted as follows:
Four Round Boxing Exhibitions.
kid Hennesy OF Cary and Kid Burns
Of Spring Valley.
Young Mcclellan Of Whiting and
Young Powley of South Chicago.
Joe Rose OF whiting and Young Mey-
ers of East Chicago.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
Work on Coleman Lake Should
 Not Be Dropped

The Executive Committee of the Williams Development As sociation, is seriously consider ing the proposal to drop the work of developing Coleman Lake, this spring, due to the de- mands that will be made upon the purses of all citizens, in the prosecution of the war with Germany. The News believes that such would be grave mis- take.
 Work on such projects as Coleman Lake should not be al- lowed to interfere in any way with the response to the calls that are coming for national as- sistance, but the funds needed to raise the Coleman Lake dam two or three feet need not de- ter any contributor from doing his full share in supporting the nations arms.
 Two hundred dollars would be an ample sum for raising the dam from two to three feet. This added to the present dam should impound all the water that will accumulate in the lake during the next two years. The remaining three feet of the dam might be added later. Two hundred dollars would mean but an average contribution of less than three dollars from each of the sixty members of the Association. Many would willingly give more.
 If no work is done on Cole man Lake this year, no work is likely to be done there for a number of years. In the mean time, the present dam would probably go out, as it threaten ed to do this spring. It should be remembered too, that con- structing the dam this year will not provide more water until the following year. If it is not built this year, the lake that is needed to give Williams sum- mer resort will be put off just so many years more while at other towns resorts have al- ready been provided and will continue to be improved.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
WAR PRISONERS DIVERSIONS
Monotony of Life Among Wounded in Enemy Camps.

I shall always remember a certain afternoon when Captain Ayres, after tying to work his three-wheeled ''pram" alone, by pushing with his hands on the spOkes of the two side wheels, was inspired to stand one of his crutches between his feet and his extended right hand, fasten his light blanket to the top of the crutch, sail fashion Git was a very cold, windy day), spread out the lateen sail thus obtained with his left arm, and sail off, bathchair and all, noisily cheered by the whole crowd of US, and, if I remember well, by few street urchins who had climbed up the wall for the occasion, writes Lieut.. r. s. in the At lantic. More often than not he ran himself into the trees or the grass plots, for his front wheel was wag- gling desperately to right or to left; ; but he found willing hands to shove him back into the right path, and, after a while, new gust of wind drove him a few yards ahead, till the same accident once more prematurely shortened his tack. Everybody rOared so much that the German doctors and Brother Albertinus emerged from their third-floor drawing room on the bal cony and joined in the general laughter and cheering.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
caIory Is Measure of Heat.

CalOry is a word 50 much used by physicians and writers upon diet that there is no excuse for anyone not un- derstanding what it means. The defini- tion of the word calOry in the dictionary is: "One or two recOg- nized units of heat, of which the great CT calory' or 'kilogram calory' is the amount of heat necessary to raise one kilogram of water 1 degree O.; the lesser calOry' or small calory' being the amount of heat necessary to raise one gram of water 1 degree C."
 CalOry, then, is measure of heat. The human body may be likened to furnace, and the food that goes into 1t to the fuel, for this, in fact, is exactly what 1t is, as it supplies the body with what enables 1t to keep up its heat. So the heat-giving qualities of our food are measured in ca1ories.
Williams news., 1917-05-31

Had it ever occurred to you that the boys in France will be, under better sanitary surround ings than the boys at the bor- der? The military training that they receive in France will be of real value also. Many of the boys on the border are now be- ing used for guard duty and are not getting any real military training, while they are sub iected to the torture Of mos quitoes and the danger of in lection. At the same time the boy in France has the satisfac- tion of feeling that he is really doing something for his coun- try while the recruit on the bor- der can't help feeling that he is "stalling."
Williams news., 1917-05-31

Some people are apt to take the Audubon society as. an or ganization that aims to inter fere with the hunting of game birds. As a matter of fact the society does not interfere at all win true sportsmen. It hopes to dispense a knowledge of birds that will result in the pro- lection of song birds and other birds already protected by law, that are particularly helpful to man. Bird life is far more es- sential to the wellbeing of man than most people realize. The work of the society in the schools is to be highly com- mended.
Williams news., 1917-05-31

The financial position of the United States is the strongest in the world and it's resources are almost beyond computation. During the Spanish-American war .''r Government issued 200 million 3 per cent bonds, which were nearly eight times oversubscribed at par. The market price on these bonds rose to six points premium within three months and to over ten points premium within a year.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
FROM PRIVATE TO GENERAL
Enlisted Man in U. S. Army Has Nine Steps to Climb Before He
 Arrives at the Top.

The private soldier, standing at the bottom of the army stairs, has nine steps to climb before he arrives at the top, general. His first promo ton is to corporal and the next to sergeant. He is elevated to these grades by his regimental commander. The next step to a commission bear ing the presidents name was former ly the most difficult to negotiate, but thanks to the army's pressing need of officers it Is now fairly easy to take for men who honestly possess the qualities necessary to make the right kind of officers, says Richard Smith in LeSlie'S.
 After he becomes a second lieuten- ant time and opportunity will give the soldier his first lieutenancy and later a captaincy. Next he becomes a major. Directly above the major stands the lieutenant colonel, who is one grade below a colonel. At the top, for final reward, is a generals star.
 Easy as the ascent seems to the laymen, a superficial examination of the facts will prove it a difficult climb, but by no means forlorn hope. Witness the fact that one of the most caste-controlled armies in the world, the British. has at its head a general in chief who began as q ranker. Even on a peace footing enlisted men of ability in our army have been able to secure commissions through study and application to duty. On a war basis this opportunity is much greater.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
Don't overlook the fact that

Don't overlook the fact that the county will spend several hundred dollars on the Cole man Lake road this year, and will spend more there in the fu- ture, if the lake is developed. While doing our bit in the war we must keep our commercial and industrial life as nearly normal as possible. The de- velopment of Coleman Lake is but a normal step in the devel- opment of Williams.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
PROPERTIES FOR SALE
If You Have Property To Sell List It With The Williams Realty Co. First door South of the News Office.

Vacant lots in Scotts Addition.
 Elegant room bungalow near the school house; prices right and terms reasonable.
 room cottage and 3 lots in Scott's Addition; cheap at owners price; terms reasonable.
 room cottage on Sherman Ave. in Block 39; owner will sell cheap.
 Mo- ranch of deeded quarters and homestead and large amount of leased land; 800 head of cattle and 50 head of horses: prices reasonable and terms easy; good proposition.
Williams news., 1917-05-31

Three feet added to the pres ent dam will amply suffice for the next two years. The burden upon any one individual will be small. Let us take advantage of the liberal offers of Nick Perkins and others, and do the work now, and keep Williams in the list of progressive cities.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
AMERICA MUST STRIKE
 QUICK AND HARD

There is but one course fol
 America to pursue in the pres
 ent war with the Imperial Ger.
 man Government, and that is to
 strike quick and hard. This is
 the course that President Will.
 son is endeavoring to pursue.
 and it is the duty of the Ameri- can people to exert every pos sible effort to support the Pres ident in his program.
 Russia has weakened and is liable to weaken more on the Eastern front. Unless the peo- pie can be encouraged by vic tories over Germany, on the Western front and on the sea, sentiment in favor of "peace at any price" will either force the provisional government to yield to this element or anarchy will result. If decided victories can be won, if the Russian people can be encouraged, they may keep up the fight until victory is won. It is of vital import ance to the United States that Russia be kept active in the war, and to keep Russia active we must strike quick and hard.
 The Entente Allies have held Germany in a deadlock for the last year. They are still able to hold her so, and if the United States can strike a powerful blow, quickly, victory may be won in the course of the next year or two. If the United States fails in this, Russia may fall away, the Entente Allies may not be able to keep up the strain, and the United States may be left to fight alone. That might result in the United States, due to her state of un- preparedness, being forced to pay an enormous indemnity and to keep herself in a state of perpetual preparedness that she might ward off a repetition of the catastrophe in the fu- ture. Victory for the Allies, the triumph of democracy, should cement the democratic governments of the world to- gether with ties so close that world peace will cease to be an impossible dream.
 The fate of our country and of democracy itself now hangs upon our quick action. Every citizen may aid directly in at taining in striking the decisive blow. Upon those unable to go to the front falls the duty of subscribing for the Liberty Loan Bonds, of lending liberal support to the Red Cross, the Y. M. c. A. ,and every other branch of service that lends to the effectiveness of the boys at the front. Don't hesitate. Act at once. See to it that every call for aid receives a ready re- sponse.
 S12,OOO worth of bonds is the proportionate allotment for Williams. Let us not stop short of $2O,OOO.
 The Chaplin of the Arizona First has called for funds to make things better for our boys in the ranks. Let us heed this call.
 Are you doing your part?
 Unless you are eXerting con- scious effort and making real sacrifices to help to make the work of the boys at the front effective, you are not playing a part that will tally up with the boys in the raJks. There are but few slackers in Williams Don't. be one of that ignoble foIxy
Williams news., 1917-05-31

The April 1st., 1917, bonded debt per capita in the United States was about SIP. That of Great Britain is approximately $376 and of France $360.
Williams news., 1917-05-31

Indiana, Oregon, Utah and Nevada reported their quotas of troops volunteered nearly a week ago. All of the other states ought to be added to this list before June 5th.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
THE METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday School at 9:45 Morning Service 100 Subject, "Does It Make any Difference What a Man Be- lieves?
 Epworth League ' p. m. Evening Service 8 p. m.
 Wednesday Prayer meeting and Bible study at 8 p. m.
 You are cordially invited to attend these services.
Williams news., 1917-05-31
SANTA FE TIME TABLE
WEST BOUND

Arrives Leaves
 No. 1 zoo A. M. 11:10 A. M. No. 9 12:1O P. M. 12 20 P. M. No. ' 9:15 P. M. 9:15 P. M. No. 8 10:15 P. M. 10: :25 P. M. No. 21 3:45 A. M. 3:55 A. M.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09
New Mexico.

Kelly and associates are opening
up placer ground on Mineral Creek
The Black Hawk Copper Company.
C. Tularosa. capital $3.50, 900. was in
corporated.
The Excelsior at Organ, Dona
Ana county. is reported 10 have cen
sold TO Philadelphia parties.
The Mesa Verde Oil Company is .
new organization created for the pur-
pose Of further testing out the oil
possibilities OF the San Juan Basin.
One hundred tons OF copper ore
was shipped from the mines OF the
fecos Copper Company at Cowles.
III the upper Pecos, to Glorieta sta
zion.
The Yankee coal mine at Ration.
which has been inactive for several
months. is now the scene Of activity.
snd fifty miners have started to
work.
The recent strike Of the 1,100-foot
level Of the Champion Mine at Mogal-
lon. has increased in width and
values. The ore is Of . heavy sui
rhide and Is high grade.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09
!: FUNNY PROPOSITION IS LIFE

Did you ever sit and ponder. sit and
wonder, sit and think. why were here
and what this life is all about? It's n
problem that has driven many brainy
men to drink Its the weirdeSt thing
they've tried 10 figure out: about n
Thousand iiflerent theories all the sci
entists can show. But never yet
proved a reason why. With all we've
thought and all we've taught. why. all
live awhile and die. LIES very
funny proposition. after all. Imagina-
tion. jealousy. hypocrisy and gall /:
three meals day. n whole lot to say :
when you haven't got the coin you're
always in the way. Everybody's fight
fellow claims the other fellows in the
wrong: hurried and worried until
we're buried. and there's no curtain
call Life is funny proposition.
after all. When all things are com
ing easy, and when luck is with man.
why. then. life TO him Is sunshine
everywhere. Then the fates blow raih-
er breezy, and they quite upset a
plan: then he'll cry that lIfe's a bur
den hard TO bear. Though today may
be n day of smiles, tomorrow's still In
doubt And what brings me Joy may
bring you care and woe. We're born
TO die and don't know why, or what's
learn the less We know. Life Is funny
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09
FOREIGN

Former premier q Dussia seriously
III in prison.
Kerensky is determined to save new
Russian republic.
Marquis okuma. former premier si
Japan. il seriously Ill.
Factories burn In Petrograd and
over hundred persons perish.
German reply TO Pope's peace pro
possi expected within a few days.
President wilson's message to the
Russian conference read by Premier
Kerensky electrified that assembly.
A tax of ) mills on the dollar has
been placed on the capital OF all pri-
yate charitable institutions in Mexico.
effective in September.
A vote OF confidence in the govern
ment was passed in parliament At
Athens at the conclusion OF the de
bate on the speech from the throne.
From dictator OF a rich South Amer.
lean nation TO a plain tiller OF the soil
is the long step in the Kaleidoscope
career of Cipriano Castro, late Of
Venezuela
Annexation OF large amounts Of ter
ritory will be insisted upon by Bull
Earia. according to an interview with
Premier Radoslavoff as published in
a Budapest newspaper.
The Greek steamship Nea Elias, .
vessel OF 3.5l7 tons gross register.
which left Baltimore May 20. with \
cargo OF grain for Italy, was sunk
June in the Mediterranean by .
German submarine.
The second general sitting OF the
national conference was held in Mos
COW. Gen. Kornilotf, the comman-
der-in-chief. entered the hall in com.
pany with Premier kerensky. His
longed cheers
Art treasures and pictures valued
al 100000 rubles have been stolen
from the great historical museum OF
the late Grand Duke Michael Nichol.
aievitch in Peirograd a painting by
Corregio valued al 500. 900 rubles wa
among the articles taken.
The next invasion of the reaches OF
the far north will be made by aero
plane, according TO Donald b. McMil-
Ian. the American explorer. who
reached sydney y 5. on the rescue
ship Neptune in command of Capt
Bob Bartlett
Eleven hundred young Slav volun-
teers, Just arrived from America, were
reviewed at Marseilles by Gen Drude
and Admiral Allemand. The review
was a brilliant spectacle, each com.
pany marching by stand from which
floated one or another OF the entente
flags, while a dirigible circled over
head.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09
Montana.

The 500 Oil Company drilling near
Bonanza, is down about 800 feet and
expects to bring in a we'll
The Embar Oil company. drilling
near Bonanza. is down about 1900
feet and expects TO bring in a well
As soon as the Anaconda Develop
rlent Company completes its drilling
contract with the Ten Sleep company.
it will pull up its rig and begin drill
ing on its own property on the east
side OF the river opposite Hines. The
Anaconda company has large tract
Of land in that locality which II will
develop. Six wells have been put
down for the Ten Sleep company.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09
: JAPANESE KNOW NO PRIVACY

The Bay of Klzuki is japanese
waterin- place. and. like any water
Ing place in America, II has a fine
sandy beach stretching half n mile be-
tween two long green hills and great
hotel and casino and good fishing. In
addition 10 these things IT has sacred
temple and n wonderful rock.
The hotel is sufficiently different
from any outside the Orient, for its
every room Is open 10 the street, and
you may see at glance dozens Of
families playing. eating sleeping. The
japanese do not know privacy as the
Occident knows II. They go about all
things openly. Which has led some
observers to call them a nation Of
monkeys and others 10 say that they
are the most natural people In the
world
All day at Kizuki bay the people will
dlsport themselves as man has dis
ported by the sea since before his
memories began. The water will he
filed with splashing figures and the
air with the shrill voices Of children
and women, the deep guffaws Of men.
There is music. too, Of the japanese
sort. and men put out in boats to fish
and sail In the safe little harbor with
In the arms Of the hills.
But the event of the day comes In
the evening when the sun drops into
the bay turning II into gold, and the
protecting arms Of the hills arc
plunged In night. Then does the lone
rock spire Of Kizuki bay stand out In
a silhouette Of majestic curves against
fiery sky. And all the people come
to look and admire. For to even the
humblest japanese the severe beauty
Of a rock spire against a sunset sky
IL solace and inspiration.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09
SCRAPS

Coast guard stations will be
equipped with airplahes for rescue and
observation work.
When water In a minnow pail can.
not be changed often a bicycle pump
blowing air in the water is worth
while.
A parachute which can be guided
by pulling cords that draw in its sides
has been invented In France.
A new pocket to protect valuables
being carried about is designed to be
attached TO the lining Of shoes.
A deer's new horns are called "vel-
vet" because they grow inside Of q
tough skin which Is coarse and brown,
like plush. For a long time he will not
thrash his horns In the brush.
A luminous paint for automobiles In
vented in England Is said to be so ef.
fective that car coated with II Is Wis
ible at night for two miles without the
use Of lamps.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09
Colorado.

Two oil drilling rigs are working
near La Junta.
over CO.6OO acres of land in Pueblo
county are under lease to oil com
Ianies.
There is a big movement 10 re
awaken the oil industry OF Colorado
l.. all parts OF the state.
In Ward district. Boulder county.
tie Lulu b. mine is being unwatered
and put into working condition
The Boulder Tungsten Production
mines are producing heavily and SUP
plying all the ore which the concen-
uating mill can handle
While the plant capacity OF the
world before the war was about 900.
CO. tons OF spelter. the American
Plants alone have since been doubled
Active development has been com
rlenced al the Douglas Mountain cop
rer nine in western Moffat county
Were o new hoisting plant, air COM
Uressor and drills have been installed
The property will be rapidly devei
cpcd, the deposit being reputed to be
one OF the largest in the United
States
4 report issued by the United
States geological survey on "Petro-
lcum marketed in the United States
in 1915 and 1916" shows the follow
ing: Wyoming 1916, G.23i,f37
barrels. worth s5,Gii.0S0 as against
i.2i5.525 barrels in 1915, worth 81,
217.ols. Colorado-ln 1916. 1925
barrels. worth s2l7.139 as against
2os.415 barrels in 1915 worth sls3,-
iG5.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09
Arizona.

The Curry Mining Company is the
latest flotation in the Superior dis
tiict
The Jerome Copper Company has
been taken ever by the General De
selopment Company.
No less than three Jerome pros
poets give promise of becoming big
Zines within the next few weeks.
These are the Jerome Verde. Verde
Combination. and Calumet & Jerome
Some twenty properties in the dis
trict are under development
The Jumbo Silver mine, twelve
niles northeast Of Globe in the
Apache mountains. shipped to the
Deming sInelter q car load OF high
grade ore. much OF which shows
heavy cords Of native and horn sil.
yer The company is also shipping
high grade and native silver by ex.
press from this mine They have a
large sample OF ore heavily impreg'
mated with native silver. the ore run.
ming 5000 ounces per ton.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-09-09

these men 10 aid him in the works OF
peace. They liked him, trusted him
| and they stood Loyalty to the road
building task. which was completed
more quickly than anyone knowing the
ordinary inclInations OF Philippine
laborers thought could be the case.
Col. Walter X. Wright Of the Twenty
third infantry. now stationed at Syra-
cuse. y. u. is likely to find himself
promoted shortly TO the command of
brigade. Wright will fight and he will
look after his men; and when this Is
said II covers the entire military case
as the true soldier views II.
Wright's quick thinking made him
an army officer In the New York dis
trict in which he lived as a boy COM
petltive examination was held for the
appointment to West Point. Wright
was a candidate. 1t was a question as
TO which Of six youngsters best had
stood the test and so the examining
board called them up TO ask them
some questions The first question
put was. why do you want TO go to
West Poinr:"
The first five thoughtlessly answered,
because we want TO get an educa-
ton" In other words. the youngsters
implied that they wanted nothing more
than 20 be educated at Uncle Sans ex-
pense.
The sixth boy to he asked the ques-
tion was Wright. He had heard the
answers of the others. His answer
was. Because I want TO be soldier"
He is Il solder.
There are many men 70 lie promoted
10 high commands In The new army.
Of some of The others and their record
II will be the duty and the delight of
one who knows most of them TO say a
word later.