The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-31

her unless you carry lot Of life IN
surance. queries Bill Kenney
ALFRED HICKMAN and family, who
have been vacationing in Rensselaer,
have returned to Hammond.
THE Crown candy Co. has rente1
the old Daily News building on North
. Holman 81 and Il opening distrib
uting place there this week
CHARLEY SEE is back at the ser
geants desk at the police station efter
being absent two weeks on his an
nusl vacation.
CALUMET avenue boosters will have
band concerts there when another sum
mer rolls around they declare Well
those birds can tackle any proposition.
.FLAPPY" MoNNETT is doing two
weeks yaaction in Wisconsin and the
Betz plant is getting on in a fashion
until he returns.
FOOTBALL time is coming and every
day or 90 some inquiry or challenge
reaches Hammond addressed to Man
sger Football team. care OF Monnett 5
Smoke shop.
RESIDENTS or the Lyndora sub
division have cause for rejoicing in the
recent act Of the Hammond board Of
works in ordering street lights installed
at last
FUNNY sights of the towE-Two 10
sear-old boys bathing In the park near
81
ing on but old window shades wrapped
around their waists with strings.
SOMETHING must be the matter
with the fishing season. We haven't
heard q single story out of old John
Milliksns place on State street this
season.
HAMMOND is sending a bunch of
county fair fans 10 the Laporte county
fair, which begins today and continues
until Friday afternoon. Some good
horse racing is on the card.
TWO Of the Lewis streets weed
grown lots look little better since
Jimmy frost and s z. Swain had the
growth cut between the sidewalk and
curb on their properties.
THE challenge sent by Orak to
Medinah Temple fer ball game at Har-
rison park. Sept. Il, is about as scorch-
ing a piece of literature as has ever
been drawn up around these parts.
LUCIEN HIRSCH. a we'll known
Hammond boy who has been with a
northwestern railway surveying outft
in the west since January. is expected
home this week end for a vacation.
THE 500 Case & Martin pies seized
by Deputy Marshal Mybeck at Gary
on Saturday because saccharine was
used instead of sugar. have been stor-
ed in the basement OF the Hammond
federal building.
oRAK TEMPLE is securing its mem
bership list for every man who ever
a winning team to pit against Medinah
Temples cracks at the big Shrine pic
mic at Harrison park, Sept. Il.
ATTY l. I Modjeska is expected back
from Wisconsin today 50 capacity fans
arc hoping thar the Sproat-Grifiths ice
cream contest VIII be staged before
Grifiths starts on his Vacation next
week.
BUGS were noticeably absent at the
band concert in Harrison park last
week The delay of the program due to
tho fact that the chairs were late in ar
irving probably fooled the snats into
thinking the concert had been called OF.
AN IMMENSE crowd was at the Roby
Speedway Sunday TO witness the auto
mobile races Much interest was
roadster and the eight-valve Indian
EVERY now and then someone asks
what has become of the pavilion which
the city council ordered the board of
works 10 build this year in Harrison
park Ii was also 10 lie used as
warming UP place for skaters in winter.
SERG. CRAMER'S right hand was
just beginning to recover from last
weeks motorcycle accident when one
o. his recruiters, Private Andy Brinck
had an ankle sprained in the same way
Now there are two crippies in the
crew.
ANOTHER New York story-A Ham
mond business man hired taxi to|
take him 70 a business house near the
Battery The driver said: Where are
you from" Indiana. answered tho
Hammond man. The driver said "I've
never been there. Is Il an open town2r
COLD weather has made the Ham-
mond bathing beach poor financial
this year and Joe Tratebas.
the custodian. of the bath house is plan
ming TO start tearing down the pier his
week preparatory TO closing up for the
season.
SHOLTO HOWATT. a former Ham
nond high school football star. will
-esume his studies at Northwestern
lcNt month and will try hard for the
football team. He weighs Is pounds
and has been doing some hard summer
training to get in shape
HAMMOND man who had parked his
ar on Wabash a axenua in t-bieas s-o Tho