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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22
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TRINITY English Lutheran Church cordially in
vltes you to its services
You II find hearty and lasting welcome You
will want to come again
Services at K of P Temple each Sunday
1880 a m and 745 p. m Sunday school at
9:45 a. m.
All services IN the English language
d. Mackensen. Pastor. Residence (after April
1st) 81 Mason ST.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22
Salvation Array.

z69 East State street
Salvation meetings: Tuesday. Thurs.
day and Saturday at .. m
Sunday school at Lao p. m.
Song and Praise service. 3 ,. m.
Evening service a 3 p. m.
Captain Samuel Hedegasrd In charx.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

Kew. Donald Wayne T;IooIe. pastor.
2:45 a n.-Sunday school
HOO 8 r--2orninE worship.
$50 p m.-Epworth League.
100 ?. m.-Evening worship.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

Every farmer needs at least shot
gun and small CALDER rife-Reraing-
ton preferred. s-f5-fOt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

2o2 Truman ave. Rev. 7. G. Nsrier
pastor Phone 1897.
s'So a. m.-sunday school and gfsIa
Study.
1880 a m.-Preachins.
700 p. m.-Epworth LeaEus.
1880 p. m.-Preaching.
500 p. m.-wednesday rnfd-v,e.k
or meeting.
Thursday. 200 .. m.-Ladies, Ala s,-
olety VIII meet at the church parlors.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22
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Clinton street. Rev. W. r. Itchtx,rm
pastor.
lo'oo a. m.--Morning Worship.
<'oo D. m--Sunday School and RihSa
Class
fso ?. m.-Evening worship.
Lenten sermon subject THE Part-
ing OF Christ's Garments.
Strangers welcome.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

A YOU reading The 1-imcs7
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22
Report Of Condition Of
First National Bank
GARY, INDIANA.
GARY, INDIANA

At the Close of Business March 4 1919.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

Last Thursday evening the members
of the second division o. the n. E.
Ladies Aid Society entertained their
husbands at dinner AZ the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Henry D. Fuller. 1o4 Detroit
street. There wsrs covers for twenty
eight The guests spent a delightful
social evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

Miss Margaret Drawert will leavs
Hammond Monday TO take up nurses
training course at the Auburn Park
hospital Chicago. Miss Drapert was at
he Robert Burns hospital but on &C
count Of Ill health was forced TO give up
her training and for the past year has
been the house-keeper at the Hotel Nee,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

Mrs. Margaret Alderman entertained
~ luncheon yesterday at her home $40
Eorsyths avenue, complimentary TO Mrs.
George Ackernaen. Other guests were
Mrs. Fred Alderman. Mrs. Herman
Winkler. Mrs. Carl Smith, Mrs Charles
Gordon and Mrs. Porter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

Mrs, william z. Black or Hebron. Mrs.
Nicholas Emmeriing and Mrs Roy See
we're entertained with the members of
the Columbia Club yesterday afternoon
by Mrs. John X. McClay at Ter home IN
Wsltham street. Auction bridge was
played and high scores were made by
Mrs. W. r. Mashlno and Mrs. William
Thun.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-22

The literature department Of the Ham.
mond Woman's Club will meet mex,
Tuesday afternoon, March 25th. with
Mrs. Charles H Howell IS Mason street
The subject for the afternoon is william
!. Locke. and Mrs O'Keefe, Mrs Metz
and Mrs. Matthies will take part In the
program, and Mrs. Thomas Deem Craw-
ford will sing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18
Vote Tomorrow and Vote Right

You will vote for annexation tomorrow, of
course. Ninety per cent of the property owners
and the voters in the district concerned have
petitioned to be admitted to the city. They
realize that they need Rock Island. That Rock
Island needs them goes without saying. Their
petition will not be in vain.
For years the Fifth. avenue sewer has been
overtaxed in case OF heavy rains. This has
resulted in water backing up in Easements in
the business district and in flooding of the
streets by backfow from catch basins in a num-
Der of parts of the city, due to pressure from
the hill district. A dozen years ago agitation
TO provide storm drain for the southwest dis
trict was begun. Under the last administra-
ton construction of the Sixteenth avenue drain
was started. but lack of funds and other con-
siderations made it necessary to suspend opera
tons.
1t is imperative that the work be resumed
now if the city's development is not to be Sc
riously interfered with and increasing losses
from floods are to be obviated. Sixty thou
said dollars is needed for this purpose and
$4,000 for the Forty-sixth street drain, which
Rock Island and Moline will join in building.
The Sixteenth avenue drain will serve that
part of the city between Ninth and Twenty
third avenues and as far east as Twenty
street The Forty-sixth street drain will carry
surplus water from the area south beyond the
city limits and west to Thirty-eghth street.
Bonded indebtedness payable from the gen
eraI fund is now but $50, 600, the lowest in
many years and far less than the average for
cities Of Rock Islands size. We need both
storm drains and we can afford to build them
Go to the polls tomorrow and vote for the
bond issue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18
E00TQ83
8ES2Sl66ESRg1
sThe Senators Start to Debate.'

ASSOCIATED Press report The Senators Start
ed a Debate immediately.
BY WILLIAM HENRY DIXON.
If a feather should chance to float in the sky,
The senator's start debate!
II even bird should chance to fly by,
The senators start debate!
If button should fall from senator's coat.
No matter what rumor is ever ahoat
If one has pain meath the Jail of his coat
The senators start debate!
If newsboy calls papers. on Avenue "a"
The senators start to debate.
Poor weaklings, like children engaged in play,
The senators start to debate!
The senators start to debate!
They do not a thing to lessen the cost,
No matter if the nation is foundered or lost,
Yet comes rain. or snow, or even FROST
The senators start a debatel
No matter what question may ever arise,
The senators start to debate,
They spread their coat-tails and then they look
The senator's start to debate!
They strut and they foam, and blather and
blow,
A cheap camoufage-just to make big show,
Yet do nothing to lessen the cost here below
When the senators start to debate!
o
man in New York and young woman
in Denver were married by long distance tele-
phone the other day Now if they don't get
their wires crossed and forth.
A Kentuckian. claiming the heat had gotten
his goat, enlisted in the army and asked to be
sent to Alaska. He was accommodated. Here
is valuable tip to you when you are search
ing for answer to the chronic weather
kicker.
At Baltimore three children were killed
when an airplane fell on them The moral OF
this is to keep your ears and eyes open for
the air travellers. With dangers on ground and
in the sky it's going to be pretty tough sailing
for the foot passenger.
d
reader wants to know how to remove
grease from a fur coat. Oswald says he can't
answer that question, but he says his wife can
tell how to remove dough from such garment
o
And while you trying to solve the high
cost of living, don't forget that Christmas is
on the way once more.
The National Federation of Musical Clubs
is to meet in Rock Island next year. Better
begin tuning up.
Did you ever hear of a baldheaded man
telling of a hair-raising experience?
It's a wise fly that knows the difference be-
tween oleomargerine and creamery butter.
J. NJ. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18
Gravel Roads.

If Rock Island county, or any other county,
is going to have good roads it has got to build
them. The statement has been made before,
but it will bear repeating-it will have to be
repeated good many times, no doubt, before
permanent main highways become fact
There is no use waiting for the state, or the
federal government. In the nature of things
this county seems fated to always put more
into state road funds than it gets out of them
The government is concerned only with through
routes which do not figure to any great extent
in local transportation needs.
Forward looking citizens ought to give the
committee which has been formed to consider
the question in this county their support. 1t
has a big undertaking on its hands. 1t must
work out the details of comprehensive pro-
gram of construction which will interest every
community or the effort is likely to fail for
lack of majority at the polls. Every town
shin and every school district will want to
know how much it is going to be asked to
contribute and what it is going to get for its
money. That means that there must be close
figuring and minimum of guesswork.
This county ought to have at least 900 miles
of roads suitable for the use Of motor vehicles
every day in the year. When hard roads are
spoken of nowadays most people think OF con-
crete. Concrete pavement is costing $4,000
per mile and isn't likely to be much cheaper
for long time. Three hundred miles at that
figure would cost $7,5OO0OO. II the county
raises one-fourth of that sum it will be doing
pretty we'll The question is cannot something
besides concrete be used for the greater part
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18

of the mileage with fairly satisfactory results
Experience of other counties gives an anirma-
tive answer.
The native limestone of this section has
been proved worthless for surfacing. The best
material that is available is gravel with which
this county is fairly well provided. Gravel
makes pretty good surface for roads that do
not have unusually heavy traff1c. 1t eliminates
mud and it is not expensive, comparatively
speaking either to transport or to use. It's
principal drawback lies in the fact that it has
no Jealous friends who profit by its sale to
keep its virtues before the people.
1t is true that gravel roads require atten-
ton, and they quickly fall into bad repair IN
der neglect. Chuckholes wear in them and
have to be filled. Ruts form and grading must
be done Timely attention goes long way,
however, improves service and greatly reduces
the cost of maintenance. The only material
necessary for repairs is little more gravel
and anybody can apply it.
The possibilities of the use Of gravel should
be fully investigated before the people are
asked to vote bond issue. There ought to
be a survey of the county to locate and deter
mine the extent of every bed of gravel that is
suitable for use. Purchase can be arranged
be reasonable it can be condemned and taken
over at an appraised valuation.
Once the gravel is found the length OF the
haul can be determined and the cost of building
roads with a gravel surface estimated. Then
there will be something definite to go before
the people with.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18
DIGESTING BRAN.

A lady assures me that she can
not bring herself to eat bran, be-
cause bran is not fit for human di-
horses and cattle. Yet this same
good woman never worries about
the possible. nay, the inevitable, i'll
effects of the pills she relies upon
habitually to regulate one import
ant feature of digestion; that is. in
tetinal motiliey.
In milling refined white -four
the germ of the wheat, containing
nearly all of the fat, is removed,
and the outer layers of the wheat
1.-THE bran) are also removed. The
removal of the germ of the wheat
increases keeping qualities, but
greatly decreases nutrient quail
ties. White flour represents less
than three-fourths of the original
wheat.
The bran contains practically all
OF the vitamins of wheat and one
fifth of the protein. But is the bran
of wheat utilized; that is, can it
be digested by human beings
There is a general impression,
strengthened by the theories of old
time dieticians, that wheat bran is
indigestible.
Scientific investigation of this
question has been carIied out by
the office OF home economies, u S.
department of agriculture When
fine wheat bran was fed to normal
individuals a trifle less than half of
the contained protein and a trife
more than half of the contained
carbohydrate was dfgested and abb
sorbed, and when coarse bran was
used, something less than one
third of the protein and over half
of the carbohydrate was utilized.
In all the subjects tested, wheth-
er they were athletic, moderately
active or sedentary, it was invar-
iably noticed that a buIkier residue
was left in the bowel. That is a
natural stimulus to bowel nobility,
and hence a natural laxative, but
in the studies referred to no par
ticular difference was noticed in
the laxative action of fine and
coarse brans.
The actual nutritiye value of
wheat land other cereaD brans is
possibly counterbalanced by a
measurable decrease in the alb
sorption of the ordinary food ele-
ments present in the digestive tract
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18
Des Moines Car Strike.


The people of the state would be gratifed if
they knew how well Des Moines is getting along
without street cars. No one stays at home for
lack of transportation. The salespeople in the
department. stores report that there has been
no falling off in customers. Just many peo-
pie come down town during the day as ever did
before the strike happened. And so far as bust
ness in general is concerned the stoppage of
the street cars has had little effect.
The people throughout the state who may
be a bit fearful that they will be inconven-
fenced if the strike should continue until state
fair week, need no longer entertain such appre-
henson. Motor buses in great numbers are
appearing on the streets. Jitneys are every
where to be procured. Automobiles are good
natured and generous. The loop district is
emptied every night on schedule time and en-
ployes are punching the time clocks in the
morning on time and ahead of time in many
instances.
OF course the situation could not be con-
tinued indefinitely along the present lines but
scarcely anyone yet has had to walk unless he
so desired. The regular Rock Island railroad
trains are prepared properly to care for the
traffic between Des Moines and the fair
grounds, and prospective visitors need enter
tain no fear that they Wilt endure any hardship
while in Des Moines as a result of the street
car strike, should it continue until that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18
HQart 10HOm0
44,44DpODTOIncC "
V u MPC ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
girl Is years of age. I am in love
with a boy of % and he says he
loves me. l have known him six
months and loved him from the
first. He works at the same place
do and / see him all the time.
He doesn't go with any of the girls
and thinks / am too young to go
with boy. He said if | still cared
for him year from now he would
go with me. I try not TO care for
him. but cannot help it.
u Do you think he loves me?
t2D Do you think he is right by
not going with me now?
80 All the boys like me and
want to go with me. but | don't 60
with them as / love this boy. Am
/ right to wait year and then go
with him? BLUE EYES.
a. do not believe the boy
loves you or he would want 10 go
with you now in spite OF his better
judgment | do believe, however,
that he regards you as a very~dear
friend and wants to protect you
a EOAA6 Win hoJ1 bNANAN EbAA
are old enough. You should be
thankful il this is his attitude.
90 I do think he is right by not
going with you nov.
(3) Do not think of going with
any boy for at least a year. Even
then you will be very young Try
not TO think about the boy, be-
cause the more you do the more
you will love him, and II anything
happens that he does not go with
you at the end of the year your
heart will be broken.
Dear Mrs. Thompson. ! am a
girl 10 years old / will graduate
next year. before / am II years
old, and so | am up with my
studies.
When the war started | was go
ing with young man and he enlist
ed and went to France and was gone
over a year. He came home a few
weeks ago and hasn't been to see
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18
Brad's O. Verse
LEARNING THINGS.

He is a pale ard callow youth.
but oh how wise! In sober truth
you could not fasten to his brain
another thought with lock and
chain; no mental mill could ever
grind a grain too subtle for his
mind. He's twenty and he feels
the weight of mighty worlds upon
his pate; the planets might for
get to shine, earth's orbit might
drop out of line and natures wor- 5
might all go dead, but for his
brow's expansive spread. He
knows all things beneath the sun
how homes and nations should be
run, how ages past have lived and
died, and what the future will pro-
vide; with every phase of mundane
life his massive intellect is rife: he
puts the sages to the bad; he's
vastly wiser than his dad. When
he is thirty he will come to know
that wisdom's on the bum; he will
not soar on such swift wings nor
be so mighty sure of things; few
hard bumps and he'll recall that
dad knows something after all. At
forty he will sigh and groan, and
hit the old man for a loan; anu
then, with manner meek and nice.
he'll ask his parent for advice. It
is sad and solemn truth. but. oh
the confidence of youth
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18
TIHllE DAILY SHORT STORY

I for a whole year at a time, instead
of once in a while" sighed Dolly
Prentice, the storekeeper' daugh-
ter.
Yes, all right, what then, Dolly"
eagerly questioned Larry. Say
some word of promise and let me
try the new task" but Dolly shook
her pretty head dolorously.
So Larry went his way and Dolly
mourned, and one Saturday after
noon Larry, with his months hard
earned wages in his pocket, started
jauntily in the direction of the
crossroads. 1t was early Monday
morning when Dolly Prentice gasp
ed and trembled as the first Gus
toner of the day entered the store.
"Oh, have you heard about Larry
! Mathee?' she questioned. He's in,
at last."
"In-where? asked Dolly, a
quick catch in her~yoice.
In Jail. The marshal locked
him up at midnight. It's robbery,
they say-burglary and all that"
Never" cried Dolly indignant
ly. Larry wouldn't touch a cent
not his own"
HE has, this time" persisted the
customer. "A cent! On, my, not
that, but thousands Larry broke
into the Waltham place last night
and took everything in sight. They
| found the plumber on him and when
he got his head clear this morning
all he told the marshal was. Bring
on the trial quick, and get through
with it.
That was busting day for the
town. It's Jail comprised the once
Of the marshal with a barred room
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18

Miss" said Larry, "I'll explain how
that was"
She was the sole auditor of the
story-how it was Ross BurdelI
who had committed the theft-Ross
Burdell, who had become half de-
n1euted by the loss of his wife and
three children all within the space
of a year. Unhinged by his great
sorrow. eager to get away amid
new scenes, had been driven to
crime. Larry Mathee, but a friend.
indeed. had come upon him Just
after the theft He had shown him
the frightful error he was commit
ting. He had half of his salary
left which he gave BurdeIl to take
him to a distant point, promising
to return the plumber.
And he'll make a man of him
self, trust me-" declared loyal
Larry. And that's my bent now.
too"
The word of Miss Waltham was
sufficient to sustain the innocent
Larry. A year later when, a
stranger to the crossroads forever,
he married Dolly Prentice, people
wondered at the splendid wedding
present that came from the rich
old spinster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18

@. Is the fact that one may be
hypnotiZed an indication Of weak
ness of mind? D. G. r.
A. An idiot or a person without
considerable ability in concentrat-
ing his mind cannot be hypnotiZed.
The fact that one has been hyno-
tized is proof that he can hold his
mind on one subject. 1t is, there
fore. not to his discredit, but rather
the contrary.
q. Is a foreign born child. whose
step-father is an American, cit
izen of this country? H. H.
A. Such a child takes the citizen
ship of its step-father upon arriv-
ing at the age of maturity.
Q. What territory did Denmark
gain through the war? C. p,
A Denmark has gained nd terri
tory as a result of the war, but
there is a strip just above the Kiel
Canal which was a part of Ger
many before the war, where the
people are to be allowed to vote as
to whether they will remain in
Germany or become a part Of Den
mark. This plebiscite will be su
pervised by the allies.
@. When was the first game law
enacted? F. I. W
A. What is believed to be the
first game law for the protection of
birds is found in Deuteronomy
22:6-''If a birds nest chance to
be before thee in the way In any
tree. or on the ground, whether
they be young one or eggs. and the
dam sitting upon the young or
upon the eggs, thou shalt not take
the dam with the young. But thou
shall in any wise let the dam go,
and take the young to thee!"
@. How did our national debt in
Cured by the Civil war compare
with that of the recent conflict? T.
H. s.
A. The Indebtedness of the Unit
ed States at the end of the Civil
war was $2,750, 200. 900 as compared
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-18

me yet. I don't want 10 be too
serious with him, but / love. him
very much. NY parents approve
of him and think it all right for
me to go with him.
have written to him all the
time he was gone and he wanted
me to be true to him. He has my
picture and | have his. When he
was in camp ! received three or
four letters a week from him. In
every one he was always saying
what he would do when he got
back home. Whenever he sees me
he speaks real nice, but doesn {
stop and talk.
l think some OF the girls who
want TO go with him have told him
things that IRE not true. What
shall ! do: go and talk to him and
tell him they are not true, or wait
and see il he will come and ask
me If they are so or not?
I could go with many other boys,
but don't want to. 1 like him best,
as he is certainly a perfect gen
tleman.
If | get to talk to him would Il
be proper TO ask him down some
Sunday for dinner?
BLONDE.
Do not invite the young man 10
dinner. He is showing by his &C
tions that he does not care for
your company any longer, and no
matter what his reason, you should
not compromise yourself by run
ming after him,
He is not the only desirabtep
young man in town Some time you
will look back on this experience
and realize that he was most I'M
kind and you were foolish TO be
unhappy because Of him.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is there
any way in which a home can show
that one of the family has served
in the army but is now discharE-
ed? II, H.
Pins are being used for dis
charged soldiers. There is nothing
to display in the home.