The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13
POINT

wen organized effort TO close the
business houses Of Crown Point al SIN
o'clock four nights in the week. was
started last evening Al the meeting Of
tbo directors 0f the Chamber OF Conn
mcrce. Wien that body met 10 consider
II petition. signed FIN over forty clerks
in Che various store asking the Cham
Der DC Commerce TO act as inter
rnediarv between the business men and
clerks. whereby the necessary arrange
lrents la the closing could be brought
about. The clerks ably presented their
side of the case. dwelling ON the need
of having more time 80 spend with their
families and pursuit OF pleasure ana
social duties About fourteen business
men were present and received tine re-
quests of their help in the friendliest
vpirit and each and evtry one present
agreed 10 the closing plan il the ball
anco st the merchants not present can
be induced to look upon the proposition
fu the same light. and every indication
has il that the closing arrangement VIII
so through The directors RETAINED
from taking any sides i'll the matter.
and acted only as the go between for
tine two sides A meeting &c tho bust
ness men has been arranged for most
Monday evening At the CraM ford shoe
store. when COMMITTEES VIII he named
To draw Up tho articles OF agreement
and secure the signatures OF the bal
ance Of the business houses affected 10y
the SIX o'clock closing measure The
Chamber eff Commerce directors recon-
mends that in the event the closing
agree meut is reached that each NOR
chant arrange their window displas $
with Wei lighted windows to show UNI
til ten or eleven o'clock and thus add
10 the attractiveness of the business
district even with the stores closed.
There are many minor details % bc
worked out if the stores adopt the clos
ing order and the meeting next Monday
night viii be for the purpose &c dis
GUESSING and settling the same.
Besides being a bang-up 4 No. / seq
retary Of the Grown Point Chamber of
Commerce Fred a. Ruff has won more
than ordinary laureis as poultry raia-
er Ia past poultry shows il Lake
county Fred has always COPIED off two
or three first prizes on his exhibitions.
but it remains for him this week 10
break into fast company, and last even
ing whom he came home from the VA
tional Poultry Show, being held at the
stockyards pavilion in Chicago. with a
couple Of gold cups two or three medals
and four or five Yards Of blue ribbons
tackled on 10 his portly self. the com
munity learned that Fred had been do
ing something besides attending to the
multitudiness duties as the Chamber Of
Commerce secretary. Tho show now ON
at the stockyards is said to be the larE-
asst held jill the country since tho worlds
fair exhibition. and when it is coNsid-
cred that Mr.. Ruff nabbed four prizes
with his pens Of White Wyandottes in a
crown Point Ind, on the map in bold
faced type. AS is usual with prize win
ming owners. MIR Ruff has already been
offered widely fabulous sums for his
prize birds. and at the rate THAT common
eggs are nov worth Nh Ruf viii be
taking in gold nuggets for the lay OF
his prize pens this spring Well in
other words YOU simply cannot talk huy
with Fred at present for when YOU re
buying prize winners at national
show ill., only hig money THAT talks Mr..
Eur won FIRST second. third and fourth
prizes in competition with over two
hundred birds in the White Wyandotte
class. tie hest in the country And
tia s enough to make anyones hat feel
tvo ~ three sizes too small Following
are the prices knocked down Us Mr.
Rufs pens First prize. champion ola
pen, second prize cock Individual: Ser-
ond prize. hon. individual. third prize.
puliet individual; fourth prize Young
pear