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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
LOIIS ~HEChLEMAS
Seventh Ward

I just want to say this. Mister. that
once when [ was Investigating the
evils Of the travelling c%arnivals that
infested our fair community Went
in to see a fortune teller. Among other
things this fortune teller told me that
Seven was my unlucky number /
didn't believe her and ] don't believe
hsr now. ! think she was a fake. Mis-
ter. think she was a fake. I have
been coupcilnian from the Seventh
ward for four years and ALI my luck
has been good, Mister. all good That
fortune teller was a fake. I'm az
fortune telling. Frinds have asked me
to write a book about my four years
in the council. They want me to in
eiude IN it all my speeches.
I'm going TO have Orrie Highland tyou
know Orrie, Mister?9 edit is volumes
fer me. ! always spoke seven times
against every measure brought Up in
council. l admit l can be tantalizingly
dumb when occasion warrant-but
that, Mister. is only an evidence OF
my political sagacity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
MILO n RRIGE
Eighth Ward

Reforml RegsneTaaont Reformation!
Let the newiy elected city council
man remember those three words. Let
him learn that nothing IN municipal
affairs - Perfect, tnat n4 IS possible o.
reSsnsratteR apS tAaat thefe Is aoiains
that VIA wfn a4R 4aeFe pgo}}esLy,
create more d4seora and accomplish
less sqQd than sh agsressaYs. pqenaci-
Gus attitude of the professional re
former. BE a reformer-and yonA be
reelected IL You want to | didn't want
to.
Let me advise the new member OF
council also that II IL policy 70 play
70 the gallery. BE %stauneh. fearless,
and bold when fghtlng TIE interests or
advocating some measure Of your own.
DO this in council. especially when
there are a umb OF women voters
present.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12

tanned an air Of profound omniscience
1t has been my experience that the less
city council did the more the city
saved.
I'm going to attend the last meeting
OF the old council. / want to get the
pencils. note paper and books 1 left
in my desk the first time l sat in coua-
Gil. / never opened my desk since thst
night. why? Well. that first night
I entered the council my whole being
radiated with an ernest desire to lay
myself on the altar OF public service.
[ felt Like a recruit at a house party
with the rooms filled with pretty girls
and the talking machine playing mar
tiai airs. 1 wanted to do something
big.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
CLYDE SMITH


an q street ear and Of
course wss known as the Green LINES
alderman. whatever h Green Line
or any othsr corporation got out OF
the present council with its consent
could put Ia your eve, 80 you see
1 wasn't able to show very satisfying
results TO my employers. Hence l was
not b canaidate for recollection.
j attended quite a lot of the meet
inss when my car happened to be
stalIed close to the city hall on meet
ing nights. However, as you know,
one has no control over street cars
n il was often just my luck to be
stalled out at tho Five Points or some
where like that My hesIth has stood
The counctlESnic (oris Il maniac2)
strain quite well but II / ever run
again for the job it will be because
someone got me into 1t under false
p~retenReS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
FRANK MARTIN
Ninth Ward

They called me the play boy of tn
city council" Ny colleagues looked
upon me as q dreamer. They lauehed
at my plans. scored at my IDEAS.
heckled my speeches. harried my life
and defeated my measures. II is true
I lost twenty pounds during the four
years h a / spent in city council. But
not in vaini AS 1 look back upon
those years laid upon the altar Of un-
defled public service / feel that ] did
actually accomplish much for my city.
1 would go through it again. Yea.
would give 80, Az, 90 pounds for my
cityl
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
c. HAMAN
ward oRobe-4sdaIe,

Fv1Fth "HrN H0np~-E@naie1
BY heck, / put Robertsdale on the
mapi When hrst entered city coun-
ell four years ago one OF the coun-
cilmen at large asked me what was
doing in Hammond! Most of the coun-
cilmen thought RobertsdaIe was a
necessary evil / didn't talk too much
about RebertsdRie, y'gnderstand. but
| showed those fellows from Homewood
and kenwood ana ether woods further
back yet. that RoheFtsdale was more
than a watering piace. [ even went
so far, understand. TO do my duty as
I understood it. to show these fellows
how there couldn't have been no fish
houses without Robertsdale, y'see7 I'm
not saying / wouldn't take the job
again but yet and still I've got enough
TO last me q while.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
HOUSE
EMPL0YE

INTERNATIONAL EEws sER4cs3
FIT. WORTH. Tex. Dec. Ix-Auther-
tiles arc without = elew today to the
Identity Of naexn5ers Of the ppob of for
~ mon that iynched Fred Rouse. col
orea, an srnpioye of the Armour AZ Co..
Packing Plant here. Rouse was tax
en- from toe County Hospital and
hanged to the limb Of q tree on the
outskirts Of the city
Rouse was OF shooting and
seriously Hound1ng Tommy and Tracy
Maek4in brother, during . disturbances
last Tuesday thai ma kee the strike
FsekinE Plant employees here. Rouse,
himself. was badly tnjures during tbs
lighting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
ATTRIBUTES BEATING
TO XII kLUX KHAN
:, ,J!NIEsgATiehAL nE9s sgsylcgl

NFayr yGpW 49, TE0S 1EHFfCEJ
beating which he attributed 90 tour
OF d Ku klux Khan who
seized him near Aliendaie, ~. J.. G. A.
Rau, captain Of infantry Ia the world
war, was back at his home today at
the Delta Phi CLUB. Rau resigned from
the Khan last Thursday after attack
ing Imperial Kleagle Clarke, at =
Brooklyn meeting. Rau said his asaall-
ants overlook him In an auto. and that,
when he rasained consciousness be
was dangling from . tree Limb his feet
barely touching the ground. Hls
wrists had been tied over the limb.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
REILLEy
ouncunan-at-Large

"Finis' has been written to my rec
ord of more than 80 years service IN
the interests of Hammond as mayor
and councilman.
1 have maintained Il reputation as
an enigma What will Kelley do2''
was the ever present question that
worried my opponents But the people
never lacked faith. i always lead my
ticket.
Twice mayor or this city and several
times elected to council never varied
my policy Of diseretIen-be discreet,
especially in you choice Of foes. ones
political enemies can be made of as
great advantage to a man as his politi-
cal friends.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
JOHN y. kE5L5R
First Ward

I'm not blowing any bubbles but af-
ter four years IN the city council 1
feel equipped to axe the rei9ns OF he
president of that assembly. 1 have
suffered on the floor. / couldn't talk
whenever / wanted too / think it's
only fair to allow a man to read his
reports when he Is chairman of the
finance committee. If / am elected
president l will allow the chairmen to
their reports-if the council
wishes it.
I shall attempt also to have a desk
arranged for the reporters so that they
miss nothing. / have long sane
toned rhis thing but it has not met
with the approval of council-because
councilmen hate publicity. It's the
only way their constituents know they
are alive and every councilman likes
to give the impression that he's always
of town.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
Ar Early .;lons Distance

1he earliest recorded mea Of cnn-
yeying Intelligence rapidly over great
distances was by tire human voice.
When the king Of Persia, invaded
Greece (4so r. C) be posted send-
nels at suitable distances apart the
whole OF The way from Susa to Attn
ems, by which means news could be
transmitted at the rate of $50 miles
la 4S hours.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
HENRY q. REISSIG
Eleventh Ward

City council is a wonderful place to
be. I like it. 1 think a man can do
a lot of good in city council. Yes. yes,
a lot of good.
l have watched the money OF the
city ebb and fow through the city
treasury. ! ave counted it-a real
pleasure to be called the watchdog Of
the treasury. 1 like it so well I'm GO
ing back for four years more. 1t takes
a bit of busy mans time-but -four
years more of my help viii mean much
10 the Cit
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12

that me all over. Wheusvar / de-
bstea with any OF tho boys ! Eaye them
a. h~ead-start and then met them COM
ing back. II n true that I. had q
stand Ia with the president OF the
council. I diant mead ANY Htand IN.
I had diplomacy. Thats what wins
Ia oonncil-diplonazoy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12

The Russian Soviet has offered isaseN
90 private concerns for tha maaufas
Of yodka q other Russian aiz-
hottie drtrks for export only. n \
PLANNED to make tho manufacture 4
a Eoyernment monopoly, arr
b waras oannot be Distributed
ia Russia- they will hefp trade WITH
ether nattons. fnoldsatsny. the Sove
hopes to an it's treasury With some Of
ths proceeds from the tax It win eol,
lert.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12

Pity the poor actor 80 a oity nIed'
with thAsvesi I've ~ thsxn-zosors
not shleysS-seut O1f e. celabrata re
gently after the CLOSE OF tho show 10
shfeh they were playing d New York
CRY. II was 20 be a costume affair
sad there VIE to bs plenty TO eat and
the accent on the drink.
The two actors dolaed M tor the
parry IN specisi costumes Needless
10 raz1ark they were the "nfe OF the
party" Their costumes Can properly
be left to the imagination. They war
dsred home safely In the wee small
hours to And that their door lad been
trsnated and tGat. In addition to other
and clothes. IA raiders had
aiso dscasnped with their b. v. DIS.
NE going To hs q long, hard winter,
thsy think. when thieyes descend ~
taxing eyssythAae IN sight thai way.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
ORA
IL"

It's a joke The way the city coun-
ell has been run during the past four
years. / mean Instead of impressive.
the sessions ave been hilarious. Fun
refgned supreme Hammond had the
best semi-weekiy vaudeville in the
state. ] hate to go. l enjoyed It.
mad EN- laugh. You didn't see me
pulling any c%hestnifts either. Original
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
II. 3.


Enough ENOUGH! hat me.
that's Henry samson VOORHEES,. -Four
wears is a long time in a place from
which there is no graceful escape.
-Four years, Long yearsi
Well, It's over. I'm glad Of that.
4ty ouncil IL no place for a mar with
a business. You cant please any of
the people any OF the time.
/ like to talk. / did talk-a whole
lot. ! aid a lot OF things during the
four years I was in city council. I
,aid as much as any other councilman.
ii bet. But n gets tired even of
aiking.
/ wouldn't go back again-not even
IA they wanted me. I'm through.
Fitting Them for Society.
1t Is asy enough TO teach our chill.
aren not TO lie a harder task is TO
teach them not to tell embarrassing
truths-Rostrn F'rHuecript.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12

The Asazona atats Corporation Gem
HAssion has issued &n ordar TO saaur-
ance c0mpaaios deing besia ess Ia that
stats t. tAs sxspt tast motor cArs
usno In transporting NQser Illegally
sRn bo insured slsalnst seistaxa It
ske orderof the canooiiAt.on of al
such oaNsas b. policies already lssvea
Thts Is part Of the campaign OF the
state officials to stamp osit the rana
runslag freEa Mexico and II Is claimed
EhtS viii do more than amp 0taoz
thlnG to stamp out this practice.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
SAM

i shall fight to the very last! l shall
!go down hghting for the poor foreign
ers / have represented for the last
Our years. i used to be socialistic.
SEQ my mistake. I admit II doesn't
pay. I could think economic rings
around any man In the city council
but that doesn't mean anything. Brains
don't couns IN the city council. /
solved the housing problem. the un-
employment problem, the morals ques-
ton, the waterworks problem, and al
most every other p~roblem-but what
GOOD did that DOR MY colleagues re-
fused 70 accept my solutions to the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
CHARLEY


WerSars about over and I don't know
svEethsr TO be glad or sorry. In fact
7 haven't known much of anything
since / took tho aarned job. First
thing tnsy put me aaa . couple others
on thu Board Of works In order TO
save expense Of y Separate board. The
nsxt thing We knew Martin and Skufa-
4tisE and senae meTs IF them were hol-
sssins thsiF heads az They accused
- Of everything. We put a hard fight
e Eafrlst r~esisninE hnt finally gave UP.
M glad we did becagse I'd hate to
8ass had that ~aterwgrks business On
ssY mind.
II closing I would say that al Of
fhs Incoming aldermen have my best
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12

A oioth-Aound book, '-rhe -Four
Swallows" Is proving popular with I'M
bibsrs. Il has All the appearances of a
pocket sired book. bat whan IL is
opened the mason for the title Ia sesa
AZ once II contains four yialA escA
Of watch can he EHee With sast sDouga
F+. 3 drf-x
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
ELTON W. sT0iKER
COuncIInnan-at-Large

I always wore a bow tie. think
q bow tie gives a man a clean front.
In my four years as councilman
never attended a meeting unless l wore
one bow tie.
Avoiding co%ntrpversy always main
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12

President Harding may become
an enthusiastic rider during his
stay IN the White House. He had
not ridden for years rntil he took
q brief ride while mentioning with
Edison. Firestone and Ford last
summer. The pleasure of the jannt
remained with him. Lately ne has
chosen this form OF exercise when
the time allowed. He rides through
Potomac park and the Virginia
hills.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
SWAT SONG OF The CITY DADS
MAGIC MIRROR UNMASkS
SOULS OF CITY SOLONS

wishes and most profound sympathy
in this misfortune which has befallsp
them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
HOME BREW HOOTCH
AND MOONSHINE


E0y1r ard &aek
rae uaahes StAeea Cxhknas ~ . re-
ssns ms%<aag esnssdsrsrd but took ns
saa1sa "a she e~ezsspsAauks ssasivsa 81
eotxse 81 besasport S~r4vfk9ee H>twssn
gen Diego Cal. sna ~ria3a4nA- Asxsoa,
tas eeaarAaAnss s1assd That TsAfssps
onered . seQzAE4 fxom Tho United
lEt<ates oppp~saaattss Cor rAr4nx, xzszo-
4AAe sAa Ariuk1n@ re&a aaner, ane
tfAt nzAny theus2aas Of viaStsss fronn
The country ~ go4as ssess ~ ssas
ane4 pucResA.'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12

], C. 9qutra. editor Of fhs I<snxsaf,
1~eAerpssy.e Do . booster for AEeerseaL
gASrtty Al.~r ~ landed hafs, rscspfay,
- khk . EHsn who p~onnlasH 10 Say
fAR ~ aid dsat. contracted la Exaaca
during tna we<. ThAn 70 show there
pAs real ~nrohihitsn la the ianA. sast
when hs Ep$ Wishing hs hsa aerne-
tAtnx TO deiok. a Sksa1os AaasaknsAaas
presented him sftA . bottle Of wtas-
80. Is Raya thls esasatEy 10 stop
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
c. SMITH

Vk 80 &AtR V1AAGl
When i was r. little boy 1t was my
Geatess ambition some day to own
& circus Of my own.
Nothing delighted me more than to
tarry and watch the antics OF the deni-
zens OF the sids-show& But what ap-
pealed TO my youthful imagination
most WAS thp spontaneous and mex
plicsble capers OF the clowns. How
| longed to have q circus of my own
that I might hire Tito or Mascara or
h famous Macaw to perform for my
exclusive pleasure. I do not now own
a circus. I never shall probably. But
It has been my great good fortune TO
achieve as nearly as 1 ever shall the
ambition OF my youth. have been
president of the city council. 1 lay
down the gavel with reluctance. 1
never missed q coUncilmanic meeting
while ] was president of that body.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-12
COunciImea Exit Singing cOun.
sci TO New CeunCilmen

L wondered how il felt to be elected
TO City Council.
Then / thought. THAT doesn't mat
ter 50 much. What 4 would like 70
snow 5 how Il feels to be Ieavins
CT CQgneA-'
what tue solons who
were about TO take The air tReuEPt
OF the Job what they had learned
about themselves; about their fellows
in what they were disappointed: and
II they'd ever care TO be elected again
So ! went to their last council meet
ing.
I say them 70 their own element. l
talked with them between rounds
and cigars. i found them al the whole
a c~ongeniaI group Of men. still q little
dazed even after four years OF parlia-
meutary PRACTICE as st seems to be
practlced at CITY Hall, about the exact
duties Of the chair, and comittee lead
ers. and themselves.
But al OF them were game as fight
ing cocks They'd just as soon talk
an hour az ten minutes. Time meant
nothing. The Interests must have
found slim picking aInong the council
meg 81 ths past four years. They were
o dorRhty bunch-you couldn't slip
''nothlng over on them-not by a jug
sui." At least such was the impress
sion conveyed through The harrage OF
cigar smoke by the earnest express
sions and burning oratory OF the city
fathers.
say I epffsea WIN them. But TO
reproduce the formal, conscious inter
views would be merely holding up the
mask and a would see not the rea'
law-uakers OF the past four years but
types
ghas tsn~1 what yon want! You
want the mask removed Sc that you
may look ~ Councilman Whoozis as
re actually IS. The following inter
views may strike some OF shose inter
viewed an far fetches-rather.
well I've let down the mask. I've
asked tbs City fRlhers to drop the pose
The following Interviews may strike
sone of thsse intsrvdsNed as lar
Eetched-ra+hsa
But ftn be interesting 20 compar
notes on Hammond's Wartime city
council
LsSs gof
The Bismarck tribune., 1921-10-19
AFTER STAINING
IDLE IL MONTHS
is BACK ON JOB
Ohio Man Lost a Year On Ac-
count Of Stomach Trouble
Is Now We'll and Strong 4

Only a man who has to work for
a living knows what it means~to get
back on the job after not hitting a
lick Of work for a whole year. II lost
twelve months straight time on ac-
count Of. stomach trouble. One Of the
worst cases I guess any man ever
had. 'Tan,,ac not only made me a
well man again but built me up 10
ponads i-, weight. ] AMI writing all
my friends in other cirlcs to tel them
CT tile wonderful news. \.
Tbe above statement was made by
George p. Lowe, We,l-known employee
of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.,
living at 451 MCGOWAN ST., Akron,
Ohio.
"Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere. =
The Bismarck tribune., 1921-10-19
PEANUTS

Years ago an American missionary introduced
the Virginia peanut into China. At first the Chi
nese were suspicious and called it the foreign
devil>nut"
~ Then some one told them, ''The peanut is pro
ftable crop" Now China ships us 132,O0O,OOO
pounds of peanuts yearly.
Selfshness is the motor-fuel Of progress. Show
people how an idea or device will benefit them IN
selfish way, and opposition will vanish Profit
is what we are all after.
The Bismarck tribune., 1921-10-19
'(By Rev. G. +. strutz.,

The ministerial convention of the
Bismarck district Of the North Dakota
conference Of the Evangelical church,
which closed its session at Streeter
Sunday Night, was one of the most
successful and best attended conven-
tions of this kind eve. held in the
state. It was educational and inspir-
ational in .its character. Some very
practical and timely subjects dealing
with the problems Of present day con-
diti0ns IN church and state were dis
cussed. Rev. c. Staebler, D. D., of
Cleveland, o.. was the principal Speak
er, and brought a number Of very in
structive and inspiring messages. He
Is noted author and bible teacher
having been for many years leading
member Of the Sunday school council
OF Evangelical denominations and q
member OF the international lesson
committed of the International Sunday
School association. DIR. Staebler be-
!ieves that one of the greatest needs
of the countrysis better knowledge
lof the bible and he has done much
for the promotion of this thorough and
systematic study of the bible. His
stirring addresses were enthusiastical-
ly received by the great audiences. On
Sunday the crowds were SC, large that
no church or hall in the city would
accommodate them, hence the Streeter
garage was cleared and equipped with
seats. It. is estimated that over one
thousand people attended each Of the
three Sunday services.
Rev. O.A. Bremen. presiding elder
of the district, presided at all the ses
sions. The following pastors were in
attendance. r. Bloedau, McClusky
Nv. Butschat, Lehr; ]. Fisher. Ashley;
A. Gehring. Wishek; A. Ermel, Street.
er:: X. Hirning, Tuttle; H. c. Lehner,
Hazen; III. A. w. Mergel, Balfour; H.
"a. Sayler, He'll; W. Storkman. Linton,
and r. E. Strutz, jamestown. Rev.
F, H. Brockmueller, presiding elder of
the Fargo district, was also in at
tendance and preached at one of the
public services.
The Bismarck tribune., 1921-10-19
WHAT FEAR DOES 4

Inventor Edison says that thesbusiness depres-
sion was caused by fear. ''The people have been
frightened out of good times, unnecessarily So"
Fear of the wolf makes people stop buying.
Then business stagnates. Hard times follow.
The pessimist is ruled by fear.
Optimism is nothing but the absence of fear.
Get rid Of our fear, be optimistic, and prosperity
will return, Edison reasons. "..a
He is right. The same is also true Of every
activity Of men and women. Fear, the great
paralyzer, is back of most failures. Conquer the
devil ofsfear, develop confidence in your abilities,
and you, will succeed. ' :.4s M
Barring remote instances Of good luck, there
can be no success without selfconfdence and fear
lessness. ~
The Bismarck tribune., 1921-10-19
BICYCLES

Ell Lonn, president Of the Bicycle Manu4actur-
ers' Association takes exception to an editorial
comment that the bicycle in America is becoming
a curiosity.
He makes the interesting statement that Amer
leans probably use as many bicycles as automo-
biles It is definitely known that there are at
least 100000 bicycles in use in this country,
also that they are on the increase. Factories are
manufacturing eTer 100000 "bikes" a year, or
nearly twice as many assln 1914 ssI33
Will the arplane-fivver Of the future be- oper-
ated by motor or by foot power applied to bicycle
pedals? The latter is cheaper. That's why the
bicycle is coming back strongly as means Of
transportation. 1fs
The Bismarck tribune., 1921-10-19
PENNY.

Differenceof cent a pound means difference
Of s91 1884, 400 in the nations annual sugar bill
says the research department of the American
Farm Bureau Federation. And penny, added to
gasoline, costs consumers $42,564,279 year.
Many great fortunes, also many big failures
are founded on these penny fluctuations. Wltn
fewer dollars running loose, the penny is gaining
increasing respect. After government gets back
to thinking in thousands instead Of millions, It
should study the possibilities Of the penny.