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openSEASON NO SETTER.Last year was the worst in the his-| tory of the lake and conditions this year, j ?aid the Lowell surgeon, were not much I hetter. He stated that men had come to his office for medical attention. A number of soldiers having come to his office 1- | to be treated for loathsome diseasescontracted at the Cedar Lake resorts.SEVERAL ACCITlPW'fCI t r errr mmIAs late as last Saturday drinks wereprocured without the slightest troubleand a number of youpg Crown Tointmen were found in an intoxicated con-dition, one going into a ditch with his| car while returning home and another, wrecking his car by running it Into ait | telephone pole. As a result of thes»of charges one Cedar Lake resort keeper is i now in the county jail.COUNCXZ. IS INCENSED.n- Itie•t.)nThe council as a whole was much in*p- censed to learn of these conditions an«-the following resolution was passed which will he forwarded to the Wai Department. which recently cleaned things up in West Hammond through 1C j the action of the Defense Council:Q_' i Whereas information has beenpresented to the Lake County Council of Defense that the laws of Indiana and common decency are being: flagrantly violated at Cedarj Lake, in this county; that Intoxicnt-i ing; liquor is being sold and lewdm j women are allowed to frequentd j houses in that locality and condi-tions prevail that are against thointerest and welfare of countvlan-to10idTherefore. Pe It Respired; That the sheriff and proseanMr be and are hereby directed to enforce thelaws so that the unlawful and indecent conditions complained of be eradicated and,Pe it further resolved, that said officials report to this body at its next meeting what action they have i taken to carry out this order. BURN TEDM DOWN.m - ;v-IJohn Perry, chairman of the Cents township council, said that if Sheri1 Barnes and Prosecutor Hunter didn i- get busy he would lead torches to elea »r I out the dumps. The council sent out td find Sheriff Barnes, but he. was reporte | to be in Gary. One of the most shame less of the resorts is what was knowias Moriarty’s place.E. E. AVickev. of Kast Chicago.,t member of the Defense Council, dlt; . : manded to know why the authoritif permit the places?
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Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 03, 1918
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