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The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
CALUMET
REGION CITIES
RANK HIGH

Indianapolis with score Of sag
leads the towns Of the state n the
number and efficiency of the measures
they have taken to control venereaI
diseases. East Chicago with e4s IS
second and Hammond SCI is third.
Evansville made 5S4 points. rerre
Haute 5s1. South Bend 537. Michigan
city 534. Anderson 527. Fort Wayne
464. Kokcmo 452. Marion $50 anu
Nuncle S3s. Towns making over l0U
are Richmond. Gary, Lafayette. Vim
cennes and New Albany. Grand Rapids
made 759. Detroit 6s4. Chicago 40s.
Des Mo.nes 745. Dayton 572 and CIeve-
land 4T6.
These ratings are disclosed in a re-
cent survey made by the L. 5. Public
Health Service Of the 44+ largest cities
Of the country The scores are based
upon possible 1000 points. The data
obtained were In answc- b. Approxl
mately 500 questions regarding. n.cdi-
cal legal educational and general CO.
operative measures IN force IN these
communities or February /, 1920.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
SCENES OF
ACCIDENTS
IN GARY

AZ result OF a series Of accidents
which occurred IN Gary late last night
and early this morning. one woman is
near death at the Mercy hospital. an
other. man. probably fatally injured
and tvo others suffering from minor
wounds.
Apparently failing 10 see approach
ing Pennsylvania passenger train. Mrs.
Clara Bertan. 2l0S Madison st. was
struck by q Pennsylvania flyer at the
Adams St crossing shortly before 8
o'clock carrying her body distance o.
Is feet, rendering her unconscious and
causing severe cuts. bruises and inter
nal Injuries.
In williams ambulance she was rush
cd TO the Mercy hospital where her in
5uries are regarded as serious. Althou gh
there were no witnesses to the acct
dent the watchman at the crossing <
stated that the gates werc down and
lighted. that the bell at the crossing
was ringing and that the engineer of
the train blew his whistle before ap-
preaching the crossing
4 young bicyclist Valentine Gortiers.
i64o Madison St was injured short
time later when bicycle which he
was riding from His work in the mill
was bumped by an unknown autoist on
Broadway between 10th and 18th ave
nue. The wheel was wrecked and Cor
tiers complained about injuries ia his
chest and shoulder. He ana some of
his friends brought the bicycle to the
station and reported the accident
Charles Eansard Of Miller was pain
fully injured carly this morning when
a motorcycle which he was riding to his
work crashed into an unIighted coke pile
on Buchanan street. throwing him TO
the ground directly in the path OF n
South Shore Electric train II was
reported that he suffered from injuries
shout the shoulders and hip. lie was
able 20 go to work. however
Shortly after seven o'clock this morn
Ing while on his way to work. Digo
Tifalgo. 14i2 Adams st. was rendered
unconscious and probably fatally injur-
ed when he was hit by a FRANKLIN car
from Valparaiso garage. and driven by
Iohn Wolf, a taxi driver living at $50
Jefferson 81.
According 70 police report on. the
accident II occurred on Broadway be
tween 18th ard 18th avenues. Tifalgo
was rushed 10 the Mercy hospital IN
Williams ambulance and at noon toda y
his condition was reported as serious.
Wolf was placed under arrest and
booked on an open charge. pending the
outcome of the victims injuries. Wolf
drove the same Franklin car that he
crashed into another machine some
time ago. In hitting Tiaf1go. the front
Of the Franklin was badly damaged.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
Manager Ragon Wants
Game With Hammond

Chandos Ragon. who is now rnanag
ing the Carp post Of the American L.
rion's basket ball quintet who are tc
play the Crown Point post at the Hut
Thursday evening is anxious TO ar
range a game IN the near future with
the Hammond post or other teams in
the region
Manager Rason made the announce
ment today that he has classy AMI
fest squad Of basket peggers and hopes
10 at least cop or the county cham
pionship II not the state honors a
week from tomorrow night they play
the fast Culver Military academy i've
III Gary For games write MIR. c. Ra-
son. care Gary Post of the American
Legion
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
TRACTOR MEN ENTER
INTO NEW CONTRACT

Good news came today for three
weT known men in the Calumet reg
Ion when Mesrs w. +. GIaver. treas
urer of the Graver Tank Works h &
Stewart of the Griffith Foundry Co,
and Robert r. Bressler Of the Western
Wheel Scraper Co. OF Aurora. formerly
with the O. F Jordan CO. entered into
a contract with the Franklin Tractor
Co. 10 make tractors for the trio hold
ing the patents on royalty basis. Hess
Bros have been working on the trac-
tor for two years and IT has been pro-
nounced a great success. The royalty
arrangement will net the men about
$500 600 in 1921.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08

As result OF the coming federal
grand jury probe. Il IL said that q
number of prominent Gary officials
and attorneys are on the anxious seat
and fear being drawn Into tho federal
net
Captain Eodicka stated this morning
that he expected TO leave Gary Friday.
but It IS probable that he may not be
called to the state capitol before the
first OF next week. on account of the
large volume of work being done by
the members or the federal grand jury.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
0RPHEUM SHOW

-Four American Beauties show
3 hich is just good as the name
sounds is the feature attraction at the
0rpheum theater today. Thursday and
Friday. The whole bill is good though
foI it contains a musical oddity. q
farce comedy. Back from College" a
skit entitled '"rhe Bun Fighters" a
singing and talking number, and a
triple bar act. Manager Michelstetter
calls il the best bill of the season. he
IS already taking reservations FOR the
midnight show which Will be given
New Years eve.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08

az the capital Each or tho three
plans presented have their advocates
and enemies. There are many who de
sire TO establish referendums so that
the people must pass on any bond Is
sue before q proejct OF public i'm
provement can be undertaken. Others.
who say that this plan would result IN
absolutely blocking all improvements.
declare that the only avenue open Is
to reduce the percentage limit on in
debtedness as compared with the as
sessed value of property. They would
reduce the constitutional limitation a.
per cent 70 one half Of I per cent
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
DARA RELEASED

When Andy Dara. pool room owner
at 100 washington street. Gary, was
arrested for violating the state liquor
law yesterday he had sum of 800
en- his person besides two Illinois steel
company checks which he had cashed.
Bc then furnished $1,000 real estate
lond and secured his release.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
DEATH MYSTERY

Gary police and Coroner Z. Z. Evans
were called upon today to investigate
The sudden death Of Frank Jones
(colored) who was found dead IN bed
az 1875 Jefferson street. According to
colored lady at the above address.
Jones had been complaining Of being
nl for the past ten days.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
MCKEE IS RELEASED

J Z. McKie. we'll known Gary busi-
aess man who was arrested IN con
lection with the finding OF n large
quantity oC "smuegled" Canadian Club
whiskey That was found in q garage
tented bv him on Madison street. was
released from custody yesterday after
noon. following 81 hour confinement.
Friends were prepared to so his bond
aud offer any bal 10 any amount that
the court might name.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
CHICAGO CASH CHAIN

WHEAT-No. hard winter. sf7sH
hard winter. s175; l northern spring.
$1.7s: northern spring, S1z01a
CoRN-No. ] white. 's0k: 2 white,
sO14 white. 1914; 4 white, 73d 1870 c:
? yellow, S5G soc, 3 yellow. SSc; yell
low. 73h@751c.
OATs-No. white. 50z q sic; =
white 50A SIS; white. 49Q soc; 4
white, 4704s1kc.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08

still others are in favor of limiting
the tax rate N each diyision or gov
ernment.
There seems little doubt that the as-
sembiy VIII take some definite action
70 prevent the tremendous building
programs now on foot
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
MAYOR HAS COLD

Mayor ". r. Hodges OF Gary IS con-
Aned to his home at $50 Fillmore stree
today suffering from severe cold
which he has been trying TO "breah
vp" for several days. According t.
word from his home the illness is not
serious. but was advised by his family
physician to stay home for several
dnya.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

HoGS-Receipts. $4,000; market.
strong to 10 higher; bulk, s9.7009.e5;
top. s10.o5; heavyweight. $3.50 10 90;
medium weight. $3.50 1906 Iight
wei =. S965 a 1000; light lights, s9.35
Ne.s5 heavy packing sows smooth.
Sa.5o1 1915; packing sows. rough s9.25
as.5o; pigs. $s.75a9.5o.
CATTl.ES-Reoeipts 10000. market
steady II strong.
Beef Steers-Choice and prime. sf3.-
50 d 1915 medium and good. e.50f13.-
30: light weight, S11.25Wi14o. good
and choice. S1I25 a I1.4o; common and
medium. $7.o0@1I25
Butcher Cattle-Heifers. S4s5d H.
90 COWS, s4.75G 10. 30; bulls. s4.50Q9.25.
Gamers and Cutters-Cows and
heifers. s3.5OG475: Gamer steers. So
&C a > SO; veal calves Oight and handy
weiEht) .s9.25G1o.75: feeder steers
s6.50q10.OQ; stocker steers. s450gs.-
75 stocker COWS and heifers. s425 ~
s.25.
Western Range Cattle-Beef steers
ss.0oa1o.oo: cows and heifers, 500 a
300.
CHICAGO NEAI--5o - So lbs. Ioc;
% ia so lbs, HAZE. 50 to 100 lbs.
13 a ltc; fancy. 15c. overweight kid
neya. $40 to 175 lbs. sa1oc
BrTTER ~ Receipts. 6.737 tub;
creamery. extra. 4Sc hrsts. 46c: pack
ing stock. 20 Il csc
EGGS Receipts. 1919 cases current
receipts 7ia T5c. ordinary frsts 7aW
75c. frsts. ia soc: checks. 40n 4sc'
dirttes 45 q SIC.
CHEFS E-Twins. news. CSC: daisies
23iec; young Americas. 25thc; long
horns. % n27iac, brick. a0c
LIVE Turkeys. 35c,
chickens. 16Q2fc; springs. 24c@ Springs.
24c. roosters. 1sc; geese CSC; ducks.
27c.
POTATOES Receipts. So cars Wis
consin. s1.5ou1.75.
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
WORK FOR LEGISLATURE.

lf tho coming session OF the as
semhly decides q enact legislation -
curb the issuance or public securities
il viii not take the course OF return
ing 70 the state board power over is
sues.
The plans that certain members ot
the assembly have for limiting the is
suance OF Securities by local COM
munities are being widely discussel
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08

city. Although statistics have not
been complied on the total debt ot
other units Of government the trend
toward excessive Indebtedness IS
among the school cities and school
townships and the road building units
OF the county
Since the end Of the war ali tho To-
cal units ofRevernment have INDUCED
In an orgy OF road construction. prior
TO the July special session of the leg
islafure much Of this road building
program was held down by the power
81 the state board Of tax commission
ers TO pass on all bond issues. This
board prevented the construction II
millions Of dollars worth of roads The
legislature took the indebtedness su-
pervision away from the state board
because of the unpapularity OF cen
.atfzed carlfro4
The Lake County times., 1920-12-08
CAN THE TAX
RATES BE CURBED

tcont.nuad from Page one,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-03-12

Mrs. Eleanor Dean drparsed
Wednesday for Ia Habra. Calf.
Tor . visit with relatives. There
viii BE- mourning at fhe Methodist
Church during her absence a. her
active personality viii be missed.
Mrs Clara Anderwcrlh left On
the Golden state Monday for Los
Angeles. CAL where she will enter
a sanIiarium for medical treat
mont she has been making her
home with her daughter. Mrs J.
Floyd White. and family. but finds
The altitude here too high for her.
lessaiyn RiEEs. Fac Evans and
Margaret Ackroyd gave . charming
party last saturday afternoon a,
~les-alyns home IN honor o. Doro-
Thy hartridge, who leaves with her
parents for Del Rio. Texas. next
vrrk Thirteen little schOolmates
cnmc io bid Dorothy farewell. Each
child brought Dorothy a rcmem
brance. After many games were
cnjaycd the little hostess served o
dainiy fruit saind and lemonade.
Mrs. Rises assisted the young
girls.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-03-12

n any one happened 10 see a GER
tain regimental supply sergeant Of
The eiih Infantry. on last Sunday.
March Z, running through the
streets Of West Columbus and IN
the direction ~ the telegraph Of
Gee. hailcss. coallcss and nearly
spccchlcss. they should not have
been excited. II was only Regimen
tai Supply Sergeant Amos S. Bart
icii trying 10 advertise the fact that
tho stork had visited biz home NJ
a 90 q. M and had come hack
again AZ ii:i5 a m. and left him
twin boys. Harry Amos Bartlett and
Larry William Bartlett From The
last reports mother and sons were
doinr nne. Major Dwirc. the com
potent cath infantry surgeon. was
In attendance. and said that he did
not mind missing his Sunday dinner
for such a job a. that scrgL Bart
lett has hccn celebrating the occa-
sion by passinr out % his many
friends twin cigars. and says that
there are plenty morr-cigars.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-03-12
sPEnAL nARGAINs TnIs MEEK


Five-room house and 2 lots. $50.
rrnis s25 per month.
Iwo Broom houses and 1 lots.
si2to. rents Tor $40.
Fivc-room Adobe with hath.
lots. si100.
Four-room new Adobe. 2 lots.
close In. siG0o.
Two-room and I lot A BAR
GAIN; rents SIS.
Two lots. desirable location. eii0
A BIG BARGAIN.
One lot East Side Addition. $50.
Forty acres good grass land. shall
low water. $50 acre.
sixty acres near Mex. border. eu
miles from town; ideal location,
ei00.
Foriy-arre OIL and GAS leases
for A per acre.
ALSO CHOICE RESIDENCE LOTS
IN MANHATTAN HEIGHTS
STREETS GRADED AND WATER
BACK or EVERY LOT-READY
ron ApPTNG. SEE OUR NEW
PARK.
CARL a ENcsNDORF
Columbus, N. NJ.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-03-12

lsidore kaiz well known guest Of
The Hotel Clark. Is now on the
Courier siaf as reporter. Ne
Showed class a. being Tho frst per-
spi ~ enter the Dostcr room on
the morning Of the eternal triangle
tragedy.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-03-12

Arthur Bloch ~ the Columbus
hoitlng Company, has purchased a
new Ford delivery truck. Mr.. Bloch
anticipates big business IN the soft
drink line this spring and summer
and Is making preparations for the
increased business.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-03-12
o sALE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Good Draran xYLopHoNE Il

gle octaves. complete with One
pair mallet, and carrying case.
Win sell Il exceptionally cheap.
See Henry Tsuii. the drummer at
the Onyx Theatre or nj the Courier
job department. Discount for
cash or terms 10 right party.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-20
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
By Laura 4. KRknan.
SPEND TIME NOT MONEY

DeliciOusness in a meal is the result
of the expenditure of either generous
amount of time or a generous amount
of money. The woman whose food money
Is not limited to a certain sum land how
rare this type Of woman Isl may 60 out
and purchase juicy steak for dinner;
but she OF the modest food budget must
give extra time if she would achieve a
tempting result The Planked Lamb
Steak In the following home dinner menu
is one of these 'fussy, more-or-less trouble
some dishes to cook-yet delectable enough
to repay the housekeeper for her extra
labor.
Planked Lamb Steak
Mashed Potatoes Sliced Carrots
Coffee Baked Lemon Pudding
Planked Lamb Steak pounds
shoulder of lamb, 70 cup cooked tomato,
% cup dry bread crumbs, 2 chopped
green peppers, pinch of sage, teaspoon
salt, little pepper, 8 potatoes mashed,
cooked and sliced carrots. Remove the
bones from the lamb and cover the meat
with cold water; cook it, and when tender
put it through the meat chopper. To this
chopped cooked meat add the tomato,
bread crumbs, chopped peppers and
seasoning; form the mixture into large
flat cake IN a broiling pan. Broil under
gas fame (or in hot frying pam for 10
minutes. Put border of mashed potatoes
around the edge Of the plank. Place the
lamb steak in the centre and put IN oven
to brown the potatoes and give good
brown look TO the meat mixture. Just
before serving, put the hot, cooked and
sliced carrots between the potato circle
and the steak.
Baked Lemon Pudding-112 cups fine
bfead crumbs, 2 eggs, 2 lemons, / pint
milk, % teaspoon Salt. Sweeten TO taste.
Heat the milk to the boiling point and
pour it over the bread crumbs. Let soak
for few moments until slightly cool, then
add the eggyolks well beaten the Juice
and grated rind Of the lemons, and a
small piece of butter. Pour this mixture
into buttered baking dish and ley bake
in moderate oven for about u hour (be
sure that it does not boil in baking
it must cook very slowly Make a ameringue
of the stiffiy-beaten egg-whites and
| tablespoons Of sugar mixed, and put this
on top of the pudding when almost done
/ to brown.
! Miss Ethel II. Answer-If the fruit
| Juice came out of your jars while pro
/ cessing, as you describe, you must hav'
/ processed them without first putting
rubber rings on the jars. | am sure, whel
/ you think back, you viii find this to be th
case
morIow-Writing the Club Paper.
Allinquiries addressed to Miss Kirkmal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-20
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape-

Pop was smoal1ing and thinking with
his feet UP and ] was wishing ] dident
hafT to do my homework, and sed, Pop
Who, me? sed pop.
Meening wat did ! wunt. and / sed,
Is there sutch thing as uuthing, pop
Speeking as a man who Jest paid the
3rd installnnent of his income tax, Ill say
there is, sed pop.
Well you cant see nuthing, can you,
pop? l sed
No. YOU cant see it but you can feel
ike ii, wen you grow up and try TO get
a strange cashier 10 cash a check for
you the way l did yesterday you'll know
what ! rneen, sed pop.
Yes, SIR. but how can nuthIng be eny-
thing? ! sed.
Wich pop scratched his bald spot, say
ing, Well. that's a hard question, / admit,
and the answer would be equally hard so
I'm afraid you wouldent understand it
but Inathematicaiiy speeking. nuthing Is
axlIaly sumthing, 50 to speek.
Wei for instance, if there was nuthlng
in this room how could there be enything
heer; | sed.
There woulbe nuthing heer and nuthing
is sumthing, sed pop.
But is it enything? / sed.
You better go 10 bed, sed pop, and |
sed, G pop, can go without doing my
homework?
No, sed pop.
WI ich | dident.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-20

to be the quietest sort of ceremony and
those to whom announcements were TO
be sent afterwards. / smiled a little to
myself as | wrote the name of Mark Up
john as one to whom an announcement was
TO go. My own family of course, were IN
vited TO the ceremony, and Mrs. Meade
very sweetly offered to put them up while
they were in town.
You sail in winter weather, she
said. Have you plenty Of heavy clothes?
Francis said | should wait and get
everything in Paris. ! told her, using
the name vagIlely-Paris was a place
! merely dreamed of occasionally. While
as for going there, | hadn't realized that
at all as vet.
VERY good, but meantime you have
ten days on shipboard-a you must
look well. 1t wont take much
How could | say that had no money!
Francis already was taking care of Violet
my bank account held only enough for
rent and food for q few weeks.
"You will please me more than you
think if YOU let me select few things
for you" Mrs Meade asked. / hesitated,
tempted, of course, but reluctant TO take
anything from her, knowing the antagon-
ism she felt underneath.
do, nv dear" she said. II always
wanted a daughter to dress.
My heart leaped eXcitedly- Aftel
all, she was coming round-she would
like me-
Tomorrow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-20
"Or we get screed from some poor old

"Or we get screed from some poor old
soul who has been advised to consult a
city specialist about her cancer, and she
to come and STAY with MS and have
us trot around to the hospitals with her.
Or somebody from Sqeedunk, or Rabbits
Track, has been told by her doctor that she
needs a change, and she thinks that moth
ing would be so delightful as to come To
the city, only she hasn't the money to stay
at hotel, but If it would be convenient
for us to have her, she could come easily
son Monday week.
''Of course, anyone sxho has the nerve
to hold YOU up for her board bill isn't
going to stop with petty larceny like that
She goes the whole hog, and you not only
have TO feed and lodge her, but you have
to pay for her theatre and opera tickets,
and her street-car fares. So Tar as my
observation goes, a self-invited guest has n
Yale lock on her pocket-book, and you
would have TO chloroform her before you
could get nickel out of her
cit is no secret to the people who come
and camp on us that Jim and | are poor
young couple struggling toget a start in the
world, and that every dollar counts with
us. Also they perceive that ! do my
ho,isework, Snd that by horning in on us
the expense of our living.
But does that keep them away? 1t
does not. They not only crowd in and
put me to the trouble of getting up COM
pany meals for them but they expect me
to run around with them, taking them TO
all sorts of places of amusement and 70
spend days in the shops where they look
over everything, and price everything,
from imported automobiles to safety pins
and buy nothing. And never by any
chance do they pay for a lunch at a
restaurant, or for a theatre ticket, or even
pay their car fare.
''And the expense of entertaining these
people you hate because they are such
poor mean little grafters, counts up enor-
musly, and it keeps me mad thinking OF
all the things | want that | do without
because have spent the money on these
/ pikers. Why we stand for il, | don { know.
| Lack of backbone, | guess. and because we
| have been taught that hospitality, is one
| Of the seven shining virtues.
| 80 it is. Nobody admires it or loves
| to practise it better than | but want tc
/ pick out my recipients and select the time
/ the place, the woman, so TO speak.
/ object to being held up and forced tC
| deliver invitations whether IT'S con
! venient or not.
But know I'd never have got up ths
/ spunk to slam the door in the face ot
/ Uncle Jezebiah, who's got a. couple o.
hundred thousand dollars tucked away
/ in first mortgages. but who would rather
die than spend a penny of il on hotel
| Nor would my craven spirit ever get bolC
/ enough to enable us to write TO a self-In
| vited guest that | didn't want her, anC
wouldn't have her; and so the housing
shortage has provided me with a ready
made excuse for not entertaining all anC
sundry.
''I'm going TO live in one room, and 8
! bath, and kitcheDette where nobody car
! visit me. Thank God for all His mercies.