The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-21

are going 10 French Lick for three
weeks.
CHIEF PETER AUSTGEN came out
of a store this morning radiating sun
light from a brand new straw lid.
FRED HEINTz has developed. By
means Of strong schedules. flourish
ing bus business between Standard and
Hegewisch,
JOHN sPURGEoN. court stenog
rapher, who has been I'll so long, has
improved enough to be able to take
the air on the front porch.
THE ". B Conkey Co. and the F.
S. Betz Co are at loggerheads today
baseball game in which both teams
are on their mettle at Harrison Park
DOES Ed Mays stin have his deputy
sheriff star? If so he should be able
to help g. lot in strengthening out his
colored brethren on Plunmer avenue.
JOHN A. Donnaha, criminal court
bailif. Is back on the Job after an at
tack OF the hu. His place has been
taken BY Miss Francis Grimmer.
WONDER why more Hammond peo-
pie don't visit the Dunes7 1t seems a
shame that they travel hundreds OF
miles TO spots less attractive for out
ings.
COL. MALCOLM Stewart has true
story about a switchman who rolled
up TO his work in a Packard limousine
and was later convicted Of being a
box car thief.
A NUMBER Of motorists here would
like to know who has the biggest star
the town marshals of Schererville-
St. John. Dyer or Griffith They don't
want much do they?
J. D. HARPER Of Crown Point has
been placed in nomination as a candi-
date for secretary of the Indiana Fed
Grafton Of Farmers Associations to
succeed Maurice Douglas
WEST HAAiMoND'S first compliant
regarding low water pressure was re
cefved last night about the same time
that the Hyde Park folks raised their
first cry.
WITH a three-night minstrels. one
carnival on and another arriving to-
day, motorcycle races, council meet
ing. etc. Hammond has not lacked
for entertainment this week anyway.
THE topical song sung by Mrs. Elsa
Freeman IN the American Legion
minstrel was written and composed by
Orley Johnson and Walter A Straube,
Hammond boys.
LOOKS like perfect weather for Jack
Eeechs big race meet at the Porter
Speedway tomorrow. The track is in
perfect shape and the grandstand Is
completed.
MRS. FREEMAN was the one who
received the flowers at the initial per
formance OF the Legion Ministries, in
stead of Miss Hester, as reported in
last nights Times. They both de-
served them, however.
LOUIE" Frese. who used to be
righthand man for Billy Wolters when
he was in the hardware business. was
in Hammond today. Louie is now rails
ing sugar beets and independent as
hog on ice.
ANNE ANGY who has the distine-
tion of being Hammond's first lady
moonshlner, was found guilty in the
criminal court at Grown Point today
fined $3.50 and sentenced to six months
in Jail. The sentence was suspended,
PEOPLE ordinarily don't wish any
one much bad luck but II the trap
drummer who trys his darndest to de-
molish the cymbals at the Parthenon,
would break his arm. he wouId get
little sympathy from the suffering
public.
WHY don't you work on the Fourth
Of July?" asked the naturalization
examiner Of an Indiana Harbor man
yesterday, i do" sezze, "I work
Sunday, holiday. every day" way
don't the other fellows work?" Bic
cause that's the day we got independ-
ent from the south"
HARRY MAYS. the Miracle Man" is
disguised with West Hammond since
they had him arrested for practicing
medicine without license. Although
he was acquitted he decided II was no
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Sturgis. Mich. where he believes A
fertile field awaits him
THE Orpheum Theatre will go into
pictures next week The musical
comedy stock comedy will close its en-
gagement Sunday with "Charley's
Aunt which opens Friday. Jim Mich
clstetter and his wife are taking a
months vacation in their car. going
first to French Lick
HOBART has a summer camping
ground for motorists that is hard to
beat IN any part Of the country Tho
Hobart Chamber Of Commerce has leas-
en- a tract Of five acres on the Hobart
highway just east of the
town and has fitted It up with every
THEY told this in a local barber
shop today: You can't keep some men