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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
NEWSPAPERS
HIT HARD IN
WARTIME
" Freedom of Speech and of
Press Are First Essen
tials of Liberty"
ESPECIAL To THE Trmrs


WARRINGTON. Dec. 3o.--The Repub-
lean Publicity association, through It's
President, Hon Jonathan Bourne. ia,
recently gave out the following state
Tnent from Its Washin gton headquarters
NO other Business has been hit hard
er oy the war than the newspapers bus
mess particularly in the smaller cities
snd country towns. The large metro
poltan papers have probably suffered
least During 1917. more than 200
publications went out of business Aft
er making allowance for new papers
started, il appears that there was q net
less OF sixty-two dailies and 500 week
lies.
The mortality statistics for 1918 Will
probably show as great loss. for the
shortage of paper. the increasing cost Of
all kinds OF supplies. and the higher
wages, together with the heavy call upon
newspaper men for military service.
have been more severe this year than
last
And one Of the serious features of
the situation is that the people Of the
country probably dc not realize that the
most valuable portion OF the press has
sustained the greatest loss. Under pop
ular government the country press in
Guiding not only country weeklies. but
the smaller dailies. is the real voice OF
the people. Editors Of large metropoH- |
tan papers do not have and cannot have
the close touch with the people that is I
necessary incident of the life Of the
country editor. Just as Washington !
ID. G, is the poorest place in the coun- i
Try to get line on the political thought /
OF the nation. so the big city uewspa per
ofHee is the poorest plare to get correct
picture OF the national thought either
political or otherwise. The people OF
the United States should realize this,
and should see TO il that whatever else
happens the country press shall be main
tanned.
Freedom OF speech and of the press
Is the first essential of q republican
FORM Of government for the representa-
lives of the people cannot know the
thoughts and aspira tons and desires Of
heir constituents unless voiced through
he mediumship of the local press 10
which they have access either directly
through the publication of communica-
ions. or indirectly through the editors
of the views of his COM
nunity.
The country press including the /,
mailer dailies, represents the producing
dement, of our national life. The large ,
metropolitan press represents the COM ,
nercial factors, Just as production is !
he first esseni of a permanent pros !
erity, so the Maintenance OF that por- !
ion Of the press that speaks for the /,
roducers is most important
THE metropolitan press has It's place /,
4 our national life and nobody wishes :
III. The fact remains. however. that !.
he vital interests Of the nation are
lost promptly and most clearly repre-
ented and the thought of the people :.
lost freely and most courageouSiy .
diced by the country press. The PEG.
ie of the county may not see IL now
ut they Will some day realize that tho G
lrge prepondersnce OF suspensions
mong the weekly publications is a men -
&c 70 national welfare" :
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
BUTLER COUNTY CHAMPION
DUCK SHOOTER IS SPOOFED
1t May Be Just AS Well for
Dick to Stay Away from
Missouri for a While.

Well. Big slim" or Butler. Mo. is
often Dick Won Frank OF Hammond
for life.
i happened while Richard was home
for the holidays. Down around Butler
where tHo Hammond man was born aud
raised Big Slim has the reputation OF
heins the champion duck hunter The
morning after Christmas Dick and his
irother went duck hunting and came
back with a poor showing
Huh" said big sum" -cornfuliv.
youse don't know how 10 shoot. I'll go
ever'n Kill SOME ducks for you n.
How'n he'll did youse expect to SET
duck with that ere pop gum"
So * was arranged that Dick. his
brother and slim" would 60 duck hunt
ing early next day. All evening Big
slim" sat with his feet in Tho oven ana
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31

told about his prowess as n duck hunter
until he went to sleep and his awed
audience oponed a window.
The Mischief starts.
1t was after Slim had hit the hay.
mumbling something about. I'm get
youse SOME ducks" that Dick and his
brother began their labors. They work
ed through the night operating on every
shell that Slim possessed, cutting them
open. extracting the shot. stuffing them
with Gotten and putting them back to-
gether again.
Dawn came and the three started out.
They reached the river where all ex-
cept the channel was ice. Above they
heard the wierd chorus of a great flock
of ducks that suddenly performed a tail
spin and shot down towards the water
Slim confidently raised his big modern
shot gun.
A hundred ducks We're within easy
renge, presenting a target as big as
barn.
BANG! BANG,
Slim gazed in astcnishment. Not a
duck fell. Dick and his brother shot
and were rewarded with the slaughter
of as many ducks as one man could
carr.
Sornethin' wrong Somewhere
slim tried IL again and again. lie be.
came silnet about his skill and wore
troubled air. The others killed ducks
until they had enough.
Gosh aimight. Gee whiz Gosh. Col
dern. Slim kept saying 70 himself
Try and see IL you can hit that log
slim, said Dick in sympathetic ton.
p voice Slim tried and failed
Back a. the farm house the kidding
finally drove Big Slim" TO the barn for
The balance or the day where he applied
rustic cuss words TO the stock and kick
so corn cobs all over the place. II was
heNt day after a sleepless night OF
puzzled meditation that Slim had an in |
He took from his cartridge
7eit she'll end opened #. He found it
contained only powder and cotton.
Duck Dick and his brother had gone
out Of reach of Sims wrath backed |
oy six foot two inches of Missouri
MUSCLE
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
GARY STREET RY co.
TO HAVE NEW CARS

Superintendent Phillips has returned
from ST. Louis where he went las;
Thursday TO supervise the shipn en-,
Of ten new cars to be placed in run
ming on the Gary Street Railways COM
pany system at Gary.
The ten new motor cars were order
ed from the st. Louis Car Co sew
erai months ago. Three OF them were
ordered shipped for Cary last Satur-
day and all OF the ten cars are ex-
pected to reach Gary in a week or ten
days when they will all be put in run
ming operation on the Buchanan street
line and other lines of the system.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
A PROSPEROUS YEAR.

II has been Hammond's most proper
Gus year in a business way with every
body employed 81 good wages But it
has been a year of sadness in many
homes where mothers mourn for BOYS
who gave their lives for the country or
where the ravages of the influenza have
left sorrow. Hundreds Of new graves at
Oak Hill cemetery testify TO the heavy
toll Of Influenza and pneumonia and evil
dence of the fact that the flu has not
left the community can be seen in the
column of death notices today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
ITALIAN CASUALTIES.


UNITED Press CABLEGRAM1
ROME, Dec. 31.-Italisn casualties
totalled nearly 100000 according TO Of
fetal figures made public today. These
included:
Killed on Itaijan fronts. officers. 49,
362: men. 443.6gs.
Wounded. officers. 5000; men. 1881
2s1
on other fronts:
Officers and men killed. ~ wound
ed, 1916.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
EBERT rs ILL.

UNITED Press CABLEoRAMJ
ZURICH Dec. 51-Chancelior Ebert
is seriously i'll. Berlin dispatch re-
ported today. lie may be replaced BY
Herr Noske. former governor OF KEEL.
whose appointment TO the new GER
man ministry was recently announced.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
THE POLICE HAD
KEPT IT QUIET


AIJNCIE, IND, Dec. 91.-Follow
the announcement here yesterday by To-
cal newspapers that furs and other srti-
cles Of woman's apparel valued at 81 GEO
had been stolen from the c. w. Gates
& Co. cloak house last Friday nigh,
permen today learned thai q
series of robberies at business houses
end private homes has occurred in the
last ten days. In each instance the
news had been kept quiet by the police.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31

way and hope to make definite an
nouncement within the next ten days
Gary must have another hospital. and
we will get st"
Miss Pritchard. director OF the old
General hospital viii remain in the
city until plans for the construction
of the new hospital are made public.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31

BJTTER-Creamery extras es1Ac:
creamery arsts. ssl4 csc; Arsts. SIG
s5c; seconds. Sc q soc.
EGGS-ordinaries. 5s@soc; nrsts. Ga
@s2kc.
LIVE POULTRT-Fowls, 2sRs1e;
ducks. sac; geese. 27tie; springs. 27c;
turkeys. s5c.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
STEAMER ASHORE.

UNITED PRESS CABLEGRAM1
LONDON. Dee. 31.-The American
steamer Lake Weston Is ashore west
of the Nash lighthouse. according to
q Lloyd's dispatch She is said TO be
in critical condition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
UNION WATCH SERVICES.

Union watch services are 20 be- held
this evening at the First Presbyterian
church. The church choir will sing and
Rev. Squiras, secretary of the Calumet
Ministerial Association in to preach.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
DON'T FUSS WITH
MUSTARD PLASTERS!
Musterole Works Easier, Quicker
and Without the Blister

There's no sense in mixing a mess o.
mustard, -four and water when you car
easily relieve pain, soreness or stiffness
with little clean, white MusteroIe.
MusteroIe 10 made of pure oil of mus
tard and other helpful ingredients, com
bined in the form of the present white
ointment. It takes the place of out-of
date mustard plasters, and will not blister
Musterole usually gives prompt relic
from sore throat. bronchitis, tonsilitis
Group, stiff neck. asthma, neuralgia, head
ache, congestion. pleurisy. rheumatism
iumbago, pains and aches of the back O.
joints. sprains. sore muscles, bruises, chill
blains, frosted feet, colds of the chez
lit often prevents pneumonia).
30c and 60c jars; hospital size $3.50.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
INTERNATIONAL COURT.

ICNTTED PRESS CAaLEcRAMI
LONDON Dec. 31.-Establishment OF
q perranet international court to ad-
Just employment conditions as part of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
BOLSHEVIKS GAIN.


LIMITED PRESS CABLgGRAN1
LONDON. Dec. 31.-Capture of thir-
teen towns. four villages and an i'm
portant section OF railway by Bolsh4vlk
force swss reported In a wireless dis
patch from Moscow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
NO DEATHS OR
ARRESTS IN GARY

The last day Of the year up to elev-
en- o'clock found Gary without g sin
gle death or arrest OF evil doors with
IN it's corporation. an unusual coin
cidence. but the chief of police. Glen
Rambo, accounts for it with the state
ment that it's most always calm be-
fore the storm and the undertakers
are saying, Guess the 'hu' few away"
Lake County's work is not done
till she has bought more w. S. S.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
ONLY one ..xromo ouiun.,

TO set the genuine, call for fun name
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
Look for signature or +. w. GROVE
Cures Cold in One Day. 30c.-Ad,.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31

the league of nations is being consider
ed by the British cabinet, the Express
announced today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
DON'T NEGLECT A
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Go after 1t with Sloan's
Linirnent before it gets
dangerouo

Apply li.tie. don't RIB, let IL bene.
s'cts, good-by twinge! Same for
external aches, pains, strains, stiffness
OF joints Or muscles, laneness, bruises.
Instant relief without nussiness or
tolled clothing. Reliable--the biggest
selling IMMINENT year after year. Eco
nomical by reason Of enormous sales.
Keep big bottle ready at all times.
Ask your druggist for Sloan's Lininnent.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31

FdstlHt LHtdItf 100 state st. Ham
mond. I2-3f-It
LOST-Diamond shape brooch with dia-
nlond set, valued as keep sake Phone
1230R, Hammond 12-sl-2t
FOUND-Automobile lamp: owner may
have same by calling Humpfer Bros
grocery and paying for this adv.
FOR RENT-Furnished sleeping room
heated 80 Mason st. Phone Ham
rond 1884 1a-sI-2t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-31
To LATE too CLASSIFY

WANTED-Cashier: steady reliable girl
Pastime theater, l65 State st. Ham
mond. I2-3i-It
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29
THE HABIT OF TAKING COLD

with many people taking cold 's a
habit. but fortunately one that is
easily broken. Take a cold sponge
bath every morning when you first
get out Of bed--not ice cold, but a
temperature OF about 80 degrees +.
Also sleep with your window up. Do
this and yiu vol seldom take cold.
When you do take cold Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy will get rid OF
it as quickly as possible. Obtainable
everywhere. d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29

1870 acres Washita bottom, 1,2
miles from Chickasha; 4-room house,
new barn, good water. This is good
level bottom land. Does not over
flow. Price $50 per acre.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29

REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

Two one story brick buildings well
located and good bargains at $1,000
each.
Two story brick building, modern
and well rented ana a great bargain.
Price $3500.
Five room residence and lot 90 by
l65 close In on south 4th street, 500.
Cash and easy rlonthly payments.
Price $1,000
Five room modern house well To-
Gated on South Hill and bargain at
$1,000.
Land.
80 acres extra choice alfalfa Wash
ita bottom land near Nerden, Okla
For quiclt sale, price $6250 per acre
with possession at once.
210 acres creek valley close in.
Price $50 per acre.
Farm and city loans made on short
notice at low interest rates. No red
tape.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29

suh.cripe to, trs Daily Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29
FOUND A SURE THING

l. B. wixon. Farmers Mills, N. Y,
has used Chamberlain's Tablets for
years for disorders OF the stomach
aud liver and says, "Chamberlain's
Tablets are the best / haye ever
used" obtainable everywhere. d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29

$50 acres Bitter creek bottom; 100
acres first class corn and alfalfa
land, frame house; barn and good
we'll, fine running water and shades.
Owner wishes to leave state and Of
fers to sell at sacrifice. Quick
sale wanted, only $50 per acre.
$50 acres 5 miles from Amber: 25
acres good creek bottom so acres al
falfa 8 miles hog fencing, 100 acres
good grass, 400 acres leased grass,
abundance OF running water, houses
barn and orchard. One Of the best
combination farms in Grady county.
Will give possession if sold in short
time. Price $50 per acre, half CASH
balance at per cent,
$50 acres of choice, smooth WASH
ita bottom in cultivation, 200 acres
wheat improved Owner is nonresi-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29
clrY pRoPERrY

Good 3.story brick, between 3rd
and 4th street; best block in city;
building always rented Owner lives
in Texas. but is here for short
time to sell building. Some one will
get bargain.
New modern Groom residence; fine
location, east front, furnace heat,
hardwood floors, sleeping porch A
very fine home For good reason this
can be bought for less than cost
Of building. Terms if necessary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29

saeseips sOs tbs DAILY IMPRESS
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29

WANTED--Your horseshoeing busi-
ness. Roark Shoeing Shop, 415 Kan.
OaS Ave. Phone 81. S-1-1m-d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29
Special Bargains i'm Land
and City Property

dent and wishes to sell at once.
fine bargain at $40 per acre.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-01
MAY CALL 1918 REGISTRANTS
Boards Will Take Step If General
CrOwder's Demand is HEAVY.

Some of the local draft boards in the
city of Baltimore and the state will find
their class one, of the 1917 registration
exhausted and will be required to call
on the men who registered last June in
order to make up their quotas for this
month for the August calls by the
Provost Marshall General are as large
as the calls during the previous
months.
Adjt. Gen. Henry M. Warfield is hav-
ing exact figures prepared showing the
number OF class one on the books of
each board throughout the state, in
Guiding those men who have been plac-
ed in class one by recent classification.
The number of class one men is known
to be small. with the exception of those
men who registered last June. The
states total of these was about 5000.
1t is thought that the greater number
of them will prove to be class one men,
but the exact number is not known
now.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-01
WITH SLEEVES ROLLED UP.

at was fine thing to see those grand
fellows, with their tunics thrown off and
their shirt sleeves rolled about their
elbows, wading the rivers with the
water to their shoulders and throwing
themselves on the Boche like bulldogs, )"
writes a correspondent of the Paris
Temps of the American forces in the
attack. The Frenchman happily hit
upon point of immediate significance
in this country when he mentioned the
rolled up sleeves. In America a man
who ROLES up his sleeves means bust
ness, whether in fight or at work and
if we were deprived of all other infor-
nation the news that our doughboys
had gone after the enemy with bare
arms would be sufficient to fortify US in
belief in their success. When the fell
lows from the United States take off
their coats and roll up their sleeves
somebody is bound to get hurt and we
have an idea the German troops who
come through the fray will carry tor
many day mental image of powerful
brown clad figures coming straight at
them with their sun. burnt sinewy arms
naked almost to the shoulders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-01
. IN AN ILLINOIS CAMP
Garrett County Soldier Writes
The Republican.
To the Editor of The Republican

D Ine EOltOr OF Inc hepuDllcan.
On June 5, 1917. registered at Shah
bona, ILL.,, in the county of DeKolb, and
on the q of June, 1918, was called to
appear for service by Local Board,
Sycamore, III. From there we were
sent to Camp Grant, ILL.,, where we are
now located IS miles west of Chicago
and six miles south of Rockford, Ill.
Rockford Is manufacturing town with
population of about 65, 900. Previous
to my call for service | had been en-
ployed by the Westinghouse Electric
and Mfg. Co.. at Pittsburgh, Pa, max
ing rifle grenades.
The past week we were being taught
how to shoot the rifle genodes, and
throw the hand grenades.
l was assigned to Co. C, 344 Inf, on
the Sth of July. We have been kept
busy on the field drilling every day ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday.
Last Tuesday we stood field inspec-
ton with full equipments. Then on
Wednesday we liked miles out to the
rifle range and spent Thursday and Fri
day at target practice We have a
number of expert markmen in Co. C.
For dinner, while on the range, the
menu consisted of meat, potatoes and
gravy, cabbage, bread, fruit, coffee.
For supper we had beef stew, peas,
bread, ice cream, lemonade. The bows
seem to be well satisfied with the eats.
We have spring cots to sleep on while
in barracks.
The boys in Co. are mostly farmers
from Minnesota.
Ny brother, Lee Gortner from Shah
bona, ILL.,, called to see me last Sunday.
Thousands of visitors call to see their
friends here every Sunday and during
the week.
The boys spend most of their spare
time IN the Y M. C. A., writing to
mother and friends. We have the prlvi-
lege of attending services in the Y. M.
c. A. each Sunday.
Last week we had several hot DAYS,
which were quite hard on the new re-
cruits.
l can stand hiking very we'll now,
since my muscles have become harden
ed. We are we'll equipped for long
hikes. Our shoes are plenty large and
we have good stiff leggings to support
our muscles.
Just received orders to make up our
packs and be ready for five. mile hike
out to the rifle range at a. m. in
the morning.
With best wishes to friends in Gar
rett.
Respectfully,
PVT. PETER F. GoRTNER,
Co. c, 344 Infantry.
Barracks 623 w
Camp Grant. Ill.,,
July q, 1918.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-01
$4,000 SPEAKERS
AID CAMPAIGN
FOur-Minute Men All Over the
Country to Cooperate With
Department of Labor.
To the Editor of The Republican.

10 Tue EOltOr OF ne Republican.
Please publish the following two
articles in the next issue of your paper:
More than thirty-five thousand public
speakers, known as the Four Minute
Men, division of the Committee on
Public Information, will cooperate
with the Labor Department in this
campaign.
They will carry the message to cities
and towns and hamlets and rural COM
mitties in every state in the Union.
Their primary field is the motion
picture theatre. There they reach the
all-American audience, rich and poor,
old and young. workman and employer,
but the -Four Minute Men are assigned
also to special gatherings, and so they
will be sent during this campaign to
labor meetings and commercial clubs.
1t has been estimated that as many as
twenty million of Americas total popu-
lation have within single week, heard
the Four Minute Mems message.
In accordance with set plan, a new
topic is assigned every few weeks from
Washington. bulletins bearing on this
topic are prepared by the government,
but each speaker prepares his speech in
his own way. The facts he presents
come direct from the government, and
the tons of governmental utterances 10
prescribed at Washington. hence those
who listen to -Four Minute Man can
learn the message that the government
wishes to convey. The public will now
have the opportunity of hearing what
there men have to say on the vital SUBJ
ject of Labor and the War.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-01
Council National Defense Backs EN-
pl0yment Service.

Through the Council of National De-
Tense and the forty-eight State Coun-
ellis the plans of the U. S. Employment
serSice will be laid before the officers
and directors of more than 4, 900 County
Councils of Defense throughout the en-
tire nation and by them to the COM
munity councils in every state IN the
Union.
AS these community councils now
represent practically every nook and
corner, city, town, and hamlet, from
Maine to California, and their member
ships are made up of representatives
of practically every home in America a
united support OF the present campaign
of education, both of employer and en-
ployed, is assured
Bulletins of instruction to state,
county and community representatives
of the councils of defense already have
been sent out from Washington.
GARRETT COUNTY BRANCH Four MIN
UTE MEN.
GILMoR S. HAMILL, SR., Chairman.
JAMES F. HAMlLL, Secretary.