The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-02-05

Tauher packs around these days is due
to the fact that his pet English bull
pup is laid up with tonsilitis.
MICHIGAN CITY is looking daggers
at Crown Points girl basketball team
and a bunch of husky girls will invade
the county seat on Wednesday.
FRANK F. CHERDRoN, for several
years telegraph operator for The
Times has gone to sheboygan, Wis.
to be employed on the Daily Telegram.
PETE LAMBERG, who is wild over
the street car service. suggests that
the Green Line give trading stamps in
order to keep its customers in a good
humor.
THEW. B. Conkey Co. has imported
two white washers direct from Luxem-
burg to brighten up the interior OF the
plant and the boys are doing an excel
lent Job of it.
RELIGIOUSLY inclined Hammond
man who is also plain spoken ad-
vances proof that there is a hell. He
says. If there is no hell, where has
business gone iately?"
WHEN Mayor Brown gets UP 70 talk
before the Board of county officials
that doesn't feaze him. He'd just as
soon talk turkey to them as to any
body else as he did this week
HAMMOND motor fans have been
going in droves and batallions TO the
automobile show in Chicago this week
You couldn't turn around without
humping into a Hammond bug.
THE first annual ball Of the Singing
and Dramatic Society Of Il sienkie-
wicz will pc neld Tuesday evening.
February at Poionia Hall on the
North Side. A great time is promised.
EDDIE GoEHRINGER. who nearly
lost his right lantern in an auto acct
dent. won't mind so pueh il they
hadn't already begun to hang new
nicknamcs on him because Of the bum
lamp.
HAMMOND Trust & Savings Bank is
hold worthless check which a fell
low tried to pass yesterday 1t was
made out to Ed Hinon and had Joe
Ruffs name attached, Joe knew moth
ing OF 1t.
THURSDAY and Friday nights a
man believed TO have been a prospec-
tive burglar made attempts at opening
windows at AL and 413 Pine street,
Next time q warm reception will be
waiting for him.
CURIOUS folk who have BEEN watch
ing the mounting reward offered by
Frank Betz II. for the return of his
Ford just can't help wondering what
he had hidden in the car which would
make It so valuable.
SMALLPOX is rapidly declining in
Hammond and children who were not
vaccinated are not permitted to enter
school again. There were probably 100
in the city who sternly held out
against vaccination.
WEST HAMMOND pricl1ed up its
ears a little when It read that Mrs,
Carter Harrison said Carter was not
going to run for mayor Of Chicago.
One old German said. "Vot hass Garter
got TO say apout it?"
IT will be all right with Ed .Deming
and BIZ Russell if Mr, Harding be
comes so unconventional on March
that he drives up 70 the White House
IN his golf togs and carrying his pet
brassie under his arm
HAMMOND ". G. T. L. through gen
erosity of the Independent Market and
the Keep Fresh Bakery. has been able
to send thirty pounds of meat and
twenty loaves of bread to Last Chi
cago for feeding the soup liners
JULIUS TAUssIG. who stays awake
nights trying to dope out ideas which
VIII put him ahead of Morris Dobson
in catching the eyes Of the ladies.
aoored his rival yesterday when he
blossomed forth in goloshes with flap
ping buckles AMI everything
HAMMOND men are responding gen
erously TO the call to adopt sons temp
orarily for the Father and Sons ban
quet Tuesday evening at the Masonic
Temple. Many fatherless Scouts
would miss the blowout except for
these public Spirited citizens.
FROM old John Millikan's hot stove
league comes the information thai
February > marks the beginning or the
'losed season for trapping and hunt
ng skunk. raccoon. 'possum and foz
The Indiana law makes il an offense To-
Kill or trap these animals between Feb.
and Nov 90.