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; prosecution „ of persons caught sell\ ' iare not trading with Englert. Theydon’t think he is sincere.Advices from Crown Point are tothe effect that it is not likely thatany of Englert’s cases will be prosecutedThe campaign against thecountry saloonkeepers was elaborateto begin with. It comprehended theto Have an%ye toing beer to the farmers on Sundays.Business.STANDS ALONEHIS FIGHTAfter a while this phase of warfarewas abandoned on account of thediscovery that Englert might “losehis plate” at some of wayside innswhich had been dignifying with hispatronage.St. John Saloonkeeper Says He WasCITY COUNCIL HOLDS45 MINUTE SESSION.Willing to Let Up For aHammond and Whiting CouncilmenConsideration.There seems to be method in Hans[ i Englert’s crusade fagainst slot machines and other illegal carryings onCome To An Agreement On WaterSupply Question. No Vote OnRobertsdale Sewer Appropriation.The city council held a brief anduneventful session at the City Halltllast evening and the sum total of tlat Cedar Lake and other parts of ;the business done was to authorizeciLake county.It does not appear that the spirit i of reform solely actuates Englertthe Board of Public Works to lay ( pto thpt portion of tcan not easily bethe waterpipeWhiting, whichanv more than it actuates any other■; - . • ... ... ••• iv .. Sv '4supplied from the Whiting Watera“reformer” who is “out” and wants to IWorks. The Whiting council finally\\Ho is not the representa-agreed to the terms which had beenlive of any reform league, anti-crimedemanded by the Hammond Citysociety or law and order body. Thecouncil before the pipe would be laid, stsuccess of the work he has undertakenAs the proposition now stands Whit-might meet with the approval of suching agrees to allow Hammond half ofETbodies, but it does not appear thatthey are standing for it.A few lawyers at Crown Point are said to be putting in the otherwisethe water rent, providing they lay tlt;the main. There are 13 houses in tthe territory which will he benefitedby making hydrant water availabledull season by spurring on the effortsThe council heard the first readingbw1]3Englert is accused ofofan ordinance ratifying thepur-omercenary reformer, pure’ i beinglife * ■■ **** $ r-1 aud simple, or impure and complex.cliase by the Board of Public Works JIof some cast iron water pipe.The motion to call up for consid-Pdate isthe securing of seventy-five e-a,ion the ordinance appropriating rir.di. tmentinst as many liquor$7 00for the repair of the Roberts-dealers inthe countv for violation dal? sewer was votcd down b' its hOne of these indictedVfriends, because there were not isaloonkeepers, whose place cf business is in St. John township, will go on the witness stand when the case comes up and testify that Englertenough members present in favor of tthe motion toit.passThe matter of repairing the bridgesover the river wasreported that the cost of their repairrioffered to fix things up for $10. The]onkeeoer did not pav would be $o0 to $100. It 'tv as pointed ssaf •[l the ten but claims to have secured a out that although the street car com- V' good full view of Englert’s hand.pamecars cause the greatest vEngiert was at one time aman in this countypros- amount of the wear and tear on the iperoubusinessbridges, there is no provision in theirf but la tel v he has been “doing the franchise compelling them to pay 0d best he can.” with a free lunch trail their share of the expense of re- pa from Roby to Crown Point.Persons who regard slot machinesWithin 4 5 minutes of the time the cf and other gam Ming devices as sinful council meeting was called to order pa and are stern advocates of the strict the city dads had earned their money . ji enforcement of the Nicholson law* and were ready to adjourn
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Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Wed, Aug 22, 1906
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