The Lake County times., 1922-12-16
Did You
Hear That?

WELL. Captain Pike. the army
bigamist was no piker.
JOHN a SMITHS hot dog shack
on West State does land office bust
ness these erimpy days.
MAYOR BROWN and city Attor-
ney Mcmahon attended the NUM-
cipal League meeting at the Severin
hotel yesterday
OVER ninety witnesses have been
heard BY the federal grand jury
which is Investigating law viola
ttons in Gary.
IN an advertisement yesterday for
c. J. Lesser. 145 State street. the
price of an attractive bargain alarm
clock was printed $3.50. 1t should
have read so.2a.
COMES now a denial that Goxtiin,
Me1-n & Hastings had anything to
do with the Bunnell- Paxton transfer
Of the old Bell property as recorded
IN this column the other day.
MRS. JOSEPH VIVIAN. who runs
bakery at All Ash street. j. hold
ing a bad check which she says was
given her By Mrs. John Lewis. She
has referred the matter to the police
GEORGE ALDEN. or Benton Har-
bor. Michigan. and Harry Mar-ett
and Conrad Dorscheid. OF Hammond.
arc latest recruits 70 be landed for
the army by Serg. r. ~ Kelly. Of
the Hammond station.
WHEN Bob Gehrizg tried to crank
his Buick on leaving the Minas
store the other evening he found It
frozen stiff. But Ed. Marsh had his
old fivser and a clothesline handy,
SO Bob got home all right.
GET these speeding jttneys." the
business men Of Hammond neep din
ming into the ears OF the police. But
when one OF those same business men
gets yanked in for the same offense.
they razS the cops unmercifully.
THAT Isn't a rainbow which IS
hanging across Michigan avenue 1t
Is the new sign of the Mclaughlin
Mil Scpply Co. at No. 163. The
artist used all the colors he had in
painting it. Naturally it attracts a
lot OF attention.
GLEN PETERS. the lawyer. re-
ceived the first number plate dealt
out by the auto license bureau at
the Hammond Trust & Savings bank.
u is $4,000. Hammond starts at
that figure this year instead Of l5o,-
600 as was done year ago.
PHILIP J. KIMMEI4 444 State ST..
IS hustling salesman for one just
breaking into the game. He sells
new permanent phonograph needle
which requires practically no atten-
tion. In the last three weeks he
has disposed Of 400 Of them.
RED CROSS memberships may be
renewed at Summers drug store.
John zitz's real estate office on the
north side. Calumet avenue bank.
Ellls club and Masonic temple up
until the middle Of next week The
time was extended one week.
YESTERDAY was an unlucIy day
for Emil Schultz. $40 Towle street.
First a burglar broke into the back
door Of his soft drink parlor and
stole s35. Then when the officers
were investigating the theft they
discovered Emil had a supply Of
liquor He was arrested and will be
tried January 2nd
FUNNY how the cetral school
property was so Undesirable" for
years that nobody would bid on it
when it was offered for sale and
then all Of a sudden il becomes so
valuable that one crowd pays s6l,8oO
more than the school board asks to
get 1t from another crowd. Finance
is just as exciting as football or
prize lighting.
WHITING. Ind. Dec. 1S-Mrs.
Sarah Adley died this morning at
$3.50 a m at St. Margaret's hos
pitaI. Hammond. Death was caus-
ed ~ pneumonia She was born
April 1st. 1865 IN Edin borough.
Scotland and died Dec. 18th at the
age Of ST. She leaves 20 mourn her
FIVE sons. Joseph. Robert, Thomas,