The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-12-28


SoMEONE broke into the coal and
feed store Of Maginot Bros. at state
st. and Calumet ave. Christmas Eve and
carried away sack Of hour.
HEAVY attendance is expected at the
AmericaniIation meeting which will te
held at o'clock this evening in the
court room at the Federal building.
OSCAR KRINBIII- manager Of the
Hammond district OF the Chicago T-Ie-
phone Co. is attending the annual ban
quet Of district managers at Chicago
today.
WEST Hammond seems awful quiet
these evrnings now that the Thanks
giving and Christmas ranles OF tur-
keys. ducka. geese. chickens and hams
have ended.
REMEMBER way back whom M--k-r
& McsCune would start polishing up tn.
old Tom and Jerry bowl about now 80
as to have II all in readiness once more
for New Years.?
FMPLOYFlS Of tn. street car com
pany have asked this column to regis
ter their appreciation to the manage
ment OF THE TINES tor The cigars they
received on Christmas.
AN l. H. H. train mad. Christmas
morning anything but merry for a
number OF street car passengers ny
holding up the Calumet ave. crossink {
for twenty-five minutes.
w'ORKafI>S were busy yesterday and
today -hoveling the snow from the Ice
on the Harrison Park lagoon. The ic-
is rough but scores Of youngsters have
been making use of IT just the same.
THE y-Vslparaiso Interurban
Railway company has LEASED sixteen
miles between Gary and woodvlle Jun
ction for twenty yers At rental OF
81 500 per annum. taxes. and upke~p.
SEWER gas blew the lid or the
msnhole OF the telephone company :
conduit station at Hoffman and Hoh-
man sts.. Sunday and created consider
able excitement IA the neighborhood.
That tired business men can get alon &
without parking their cars along the
Holman street curbs all day. was
shown today after danger OF freezing
became acute. Cars were mighty scarce.
F. F. JOHNSTON. new president of
the South Bend Chamber OF Commerce
apd well known In thi. locality, Is fea-
tured this month in the official organ
OF the chamber with a writeup carry
ing his picture.
LIVING UP to its old reputation. the
heating plant at the city hall baked
this morning leaving the offices heat
less. A pipe 1roze during the night
and then burst while attempts were be-
ing made TO thaw it out.
BANK FExAMINER IT. NJ. JOHNSON.
who was home for the Christmas holt
day says there is quite a little pessi-
mism among manufacturers and bank =
ers over the state a. 20 the business
outlook for the coming yesr.
HAMMOND got a black eve IN the
Juvenile court at Crown Point last week
when three revolving cases zach with
Hammond principles. were brought be
fore Judge Norton. The t'~'imony In
each case was most shocking.
AN Indication OF holiday trade in
Hammond was given by NJ. Rothschild
OF the Model Clothing Co. who de-
clared that il his frm had been called
upon to serve any more customers than
they did. they could not have taken
care Of them.
AFTER combating numerous other
ailment. for nearly year. Dr. G. l.
smith feels that ne has capped the
climax. He returned home from Cali
fornie last Thursday. only 70 bc taken
down upon rs arrival With an attack
OF scarlet fever.
RFo truck. owned and driven by
Zivko Dragich. OF Hammond enroute
from Detroit. Mich to Hammond With
load OF his hous hold goods. was
struck by a westbound Michigan Cen
trail freight train east of Michigan City
Saturday afternnon.
uKE IESTNfA. Of Indiana Harbor,
who was gwen SIX rnoEtAs for moOa-
shining yesterdsy was Informed by
Sheriff Barnes that he could stay only
sixty days at Crown Point The rufe
is to slip the prisoners down to the
penal farm after the FIRST two months.
ONLY one Christmas tree rre is
n