The Indianapolis times., 1932-09-19
EvICTED NEEDY
FIND HAVEN IN
SHANTY TOWNS
'HooverviIIe' Has Grown So
Fast 1t Has Suburb; It's
Called CurtiSviIIe.

Hooverville, the Shanty town on
the west bank of White river, has
suburb, and they call it Curtis
ville.'
Growth in the population and
number of tar-tinned shacks in
Hooverville, north of the Oliver ave-
nue. bridge, has resulted in a new
village growing up opposite Kingan's
packing plant.
And due to the number of evicted
ones who come to squat on govern
ment land without paying rent, it
has been necessary to name mayor
for Hooverville and establish a wa
terworks system.
The waterworkS consists of well
sunk along the river bank, with a
decrepit pump to bring the water to
the surface.
In pals, as far north as Curtis
vile, the tin can tenants carry their
water.
Widow, Children Added
Curtisville, the new suburb of
poverty and the unemployed, an
nounces that its latest hard luck
citizen is widow with eight chill
dren.
The Curtisville citizenry tossed in
all their tools, implements, and a
few callouses to erect the widows
home.
Two beds, with nothing twin-like
about them except the legs, are the
sleeping quarters of the widow and
her eight children.
They sleep in shifts in that a 19-
year-old son sells papers at night,
and gives up his share of the bed
ding to younger ones.
A 15-year-old daughter of the
widow walks home nightly from Ar
senal Technical high school in order
to continue her studies. Pennies
eked from newspaper sales furnish
her with carfare in the morning.
wondering About Winter
I'm keeping them together and
trying to put them in school, the
widow says as she refuses to give
her name.
Residents of both Hooverville and
Curtisville, who are not prepared for
winters rigors shake their heads in
wonder when asked how the two
shanty-towns will get along this
winter.
IF some of them don't get their
places chinked up against rain,
snow and cold I don't know what
will happen" said one who pio-
neered the haven of the evicted.
Increase in the population of the
two unofficial towns is expected
shortly with the aid of DR.. Stork.
With wan smiles they're in favor
of calling a boy "Job"-pronounced
a-la-1932 and not like the Bible
and if it's girl the baby will be
Prosperity"
Bungalow for Sale
Mayor" Joe Baxter, major domo
Of Hooverville, who obtained his
title because he had more picks and
shovels to help build shanties, and
sunk the towns waterworks in his
front yard, says Curtisville "iust
sprung up in the last two weeks.
and still is growing"
Il don't know what's going to
happen to lot of them this win
ter. I'm ready for the cold, but a
lot of them aren't" he says.
The mayor has the neatest hill
side bungalow of the town. A few
morning glories and other flowers
have been planted. In better years
Baxter was bridge construction
worker and precinct committee
man on the south side.
One vacated shanty carries
placard price of SO for any one who
desires to take chance on it's airy
quarters.
Food from Soup Kitchen
Another Hooverville resident has
a police dog chained in home
made kennel and the why" of the
dog is seen in another sign, police
pups for sale"
A second plutocrat of the town
has a hennery that supplies him
with fresh eggs.
But the rank file Wend their
way daily across the ties of the
railroad bridges to the soup kitchen
on East Maryland street or get their
weekly baskets from the township
trustees.
They eat, sleep and sit when not
building homes for new residents.
7 HURT IN RAIL CLASH