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LAKE COUNTY
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A REVIEW OF LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA, AS TO COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS, ETC., FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
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T HE purpose of this book is to furnish a political and industrial review of Lake County and its principal cities, especial attention being given to the personality of the various offices-to those into whose hands has been intrusted the administration of local public affairs.
It is believed that the work, though distributed gratuitously, will be found of sufficient merit to be preserved as a work of interest as well as an artistic souvenir.
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COUNTY OFFICIALS OF LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA
CLERK
GEO. M. EDER,
Crown Point
H. H. WHEELER, Deputy,
Crown Point
AUDITOR
MICHAEL GRIMMER,
Crown Point
F. E. FARLEY, Deputy,
Crown Point
C. L. INGERSOLL, Deputy,
Crown Point
C. A. REEDER,
Crown Point
RECORDER
WILLIAM J. GLOVER,
G. D. CLARK, Deputy,
Crown Point
Crown Point
TREASURER
JOHN W. DYER,
Crown Point
H. B. NICHOLSON. Deputy.
Crown Point
BENJAMIN F. HAYES,
SHERIFF
Crown Point
C. J. DAUGHERTY, Deputy,
Crown Point
CORONER
R. C. MACKEY. Hobart
SURVEYOR
GEORGE W. FISHER, Crown Point
FRANK KNIGHT, Deputy,
Crown Point
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
FRANK E. COOPER, Crown Point
COUNTY ATTORNEY
JOSEPH W. YOUCHE, Crown Point
SUPERINTENDENT COUNTY ASYLUM
GEO. EMERLING, Crown Point
ASSESSOR
JAMES SPALDING,
Lowell
COMMISSIONERS
FIRST DISTRICT
JAMES M. BRADFORD, Hammond
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JMAND & COINC. CHE
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING Crown Point
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COUNTY OFFICIALS OF LAKE COUNTY-CONTINUED
SECOND DISTRICT
REUBEN HIPSLEY, . Palmer
THIRD DISTRICT
CHARLES A. BROWNELL, Lowell
JOINT SENATOR
WILLIAM H. GOSTLIN, Hammond
REPRESENTATIVE
W. J. RIFENBURG, Hobart
CIRCUIT JUDGE
JOHN H. GILLETT, Hammond
JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT
HARRY B. TUTHILL, Michigan City
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
THOMAS H. HEARD, - Valparaiso
JOHN O. BOWERS, Deputy, Hammond
OTTO J. BRUCE, Deputy, Crown Point
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES
NORTH
ROBERT ROSS,
East Chicago
AUG. CONRAD, Tolleston
ROSS
HOMER L. IDDINGS, Merrillville
ST. JOHN
HENRY L. KEILLMAN, .
Dyer
CENTER
JACOB HOUK,
Crown Point
WEST CREEK
ALBERT FOSTER,
Lowell
CEDAR CREEK
Lowell
JOHN E. LOVE,
CALUMET
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CENTRAL SCHOOL BUILDING Hammond
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COUNTY OFFICIALS OF LAKE COUNTY-CONTINUED
EAGLE CREEK
MAT. J. BROWN, Hebron
WINFIELD
WM. H. VANSCIVER, Palmer
NATHANIEL, P. BANKS.
HOBART Hobart
HANOVER
STEPHEN MEYERS,
Hanover Center
TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS
NORTH
WM. EMMEI,, JR., Whiting
GEO. STOLLKY,
CALUMET
Calumet
ERNEST WALTER, Merrillville
ST. JOHNS
JOHN MILLER, Griffith
CENTER .
WILLIAM KRIMBILL,
Crown Point
WEST CREEK
FRED HAYDEN,
Lowell
CEDAR CREEK
R W. BACON,
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Lowell
WM. COCHRAN,
EAGLE CREEK
Orchard Grove
WINFIELD
BENJAMIN F. HATHAWAY, Palmer
HOBART
THOMAS J. STEARNS, -
Lake Station
HANOVER
HERMAN SCHUBERT,
Cedar Lake
COUNTY PHYSICIANS
G. D. BRANNON, County Asylum and Jail NORTH
J. G. VAN DEWALKER,
Hammond
CALUMET
J. C. WATSON, Hobart
ROSS
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GEORGE M. EDER County Clerk
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COUNTY OFFICIALS OF LAKE COUNTY-CONTINUED
H. L. IDDINGS, ROSS
Merrillville
ANTON SEIDLER,
ST. JOHNS
Dyer
W. B. BLACKSTONE,
CENTER
Crown Point
J. E. DAVIS,
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WEST CREEK
Lowell
W. C. QUINCY,
EAGLE CREEK AND WINFIELD
HENRY PETTIBONE,
Crown Point
HOBART
P. P. GORDON.
HANOVER
G. D. BRANNON, Crown Point
LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
FRANK E. COOPER,
Crown Point
HAMMOND BOARD
STEPHEN RIPLEY,
President
A. MURRAY TURNER, Treasurer
OSCAR A. KRINBILL, Secretary
CROWN POINT BOARD
M. G. BLISS,
President
J. J. BENNETT,
Treasurer Secretary
EAST CHICAGO BOARD
W. L. FUNKHAUSER, President
GEO. H. LEWIS,
Treasurer
ALLISON P. BROWN, Secretary
LOWELL BOARD
H. H. RAGON,
President
E. R. BACON,
Treasurer
W. L. HANDBEY,
Secretary
Hobart Corporation Schools are under the management of Township Trustee N. P. BANKS and Whiting Schools under that of Township Trustee ROBERT ROSS.
J. J. WHEELER,
Hobart
CEDAR CREEK
Lowell
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MICHAEL GRIMMER County Auditor
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ACCOUNT CURRENT
... OF ...
LAKE COUNTY
FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 1897
CREDITS.
Balance in Treasury, June 1, 1896. $212,954.20 State tuition as apportioned by State, June,
1896, and January, 1897 25,880.76
Total taxes collected for fiscal year 342,482.92 Amount Receipt Register No. I for the year, less $833.32, credited in January apportion- ment .. 59,251.19
Total $64 ,569.07
DEBITS.
Amount paid State as per quietus December,
1896, and May, 1897.
$ 80,966.63
Amount paid Charitable Institutions Decem- ber, 1896, and May, 1897 571.52
Amount paid Road Receipts returned by Treasurer 6,864.33
Disbursements for year as per Disbursement Record No. I .. 359,838.08
Balance in Treasury 192,328.51
Total
$640,569.07
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WILLIAM J. GLOVER County Recorder
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ITEMIZED STATEMENT
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TOTAL TAXES COLLECTED
As per Item in Account Current on Preceding Statistical Page.
State. $ 23,221.66
Benevolent Institutions.
12,390.II
State Debt Sinking Fund
7,433 98
Educational Institutions.
4, 130. 12
State School.
28,533 50
Permanent Endowment Fund
504.00
County.
64,226.73
Township.
40,428.89
Tuition
33,498.31
Special School
58,015.32
Road
25,988.26
Dog
1,535.00
Corporation.
23,493.01
Town Sinking Fund
4,299. II
Electric Light. .
1,588.41
Interest on Public Debt.
3,561.86
Town Bond, principal and interest.
600.34
Water Bond
2,099.25
Bridge . 1,743.46
Hobart Gravel Road
5,191.60
Total
$342,482.92
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BENJ. F. HAYES Sheriff of Lake County
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ITEMIZED STATEMENT
... OF ...
BALANCE IN TREASURY MAY 31, 1897
As Given on Preceding Account Current Page
County Revenue $ 32,526.94
Principal Common School Fund 2,508.51
Principal Congressional School Fund 666.71
Congressional Interest. 1,373.10
Redemption Fund (Tax Sales) 673.06
Liquor License Fund 3.800.00
Sheriff's Fund
775.19
Recorder's Fund
936.45
Auditor's Fund
69.74
Clerk's Fund
127.27
Hobart Township Gravel Road Fund 559.97
Jury Fees. 36.00
West Creek and Cedar Creek R. R. Fund
4,608.02
Amount due Townships, Towns and Cities for June apportionment
143,667.55
Total
$192,328.51
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GEORGE W. FISHER County Surveyor
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ITEMIZED STATEMENT
... OF ...
DISBURSEMENTS
For Fiscal Year as Given on Preceding Account Current Page.
Public Buildings $ 1,319.56
Assessing and Board of Equalization 2,653.00
Circuit Court
2,798.00
County Officers
7,868.78
Elections
3,577.34
Poor Farm
3,799.51
Township Poor
4,105.52
Specific
3.079.31
Prisoners.
1,761.90
Roads and Bridges
11,333-79
Records and Stationery
1,959.08
Circuit Court Jurors.
2,534.70
Advertising and Printing
819.57
Superior Court.
4,290.98
Benevolent Institutions.
2,962.75
Board of Health
76.50
Coroners' Inquests.
923.00
Old Soldiers.
300.00
Expense of School Fund
122.08
Cost of Change of Venue
3,429.90
County Attorneys and Fuel.
2,004.04
Insane
241.25
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JOHN W. DYER Lake County Auditor
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Scalp Bounty
82.00
Superior Court Jurors
2,341.40
Township Tax
39,774.27
Tuition
33,543.79
Special School
57,727.71
Road
13,174-57
Dog
1,432.00
Corporation.
20,673.53
Town Sinking Fund
3,954.12
Electric Light.
1,186.85
Interest on Public Debt.
2,785.93
Town Bond Principal and Interest.
532.44
Water Bond
265.17
Common, Congressional and Liquor
47,470.05
Principal Cong. School Fund loaned
3,600.00
Principal Common School Fund loaned.
7,050.00
Auditor's Fund
2,588.98
Clerk's Fund.
2,993.94
Recorder's Fund.
2,448.20
West Creek and Cedar Creek R. R. Fund
5,605.90
Liquor License.
25.00
Show License
55.00
Redemption Tax Sales
2,911.51
Sheriff's Fund
5,254.25
Jarnecke Ditch
35.15
Lowell Ditch
67.55
Shelby Ditch.
246.38
Sasse Ditch
12.50
Hobart Gravel Road.
40,039.33
Total
$359,838.08
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FRANK E. COOPER Superintendent of Lake County Schools
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ITEMIZED STATEMENT
... OF ...
RECEIPT REGISTER No. 1
As Per Item in Preceding Account Current Page
Costs of Change of Venue. $ 43.00
Jury Fees 54.00
Specific .. 932.36
Fines and Forfeitures 1,373.46
Common School Prin. refunded by borrowers. 3,242.00
Common School Interest paid by borrower. 4,400.26
Show License 65 00
Liquor License.
19,300.00
West Creek and Cedar Creek R. R. Fund
10,213.92
Auditor's Fund
2,658.72
Clerk's Fund.
3,121.21
Redemption Tax Sales
1,618.22
Sheriff's Fund .
3.401.55
Recorder's Fund
3,180.20
Peter Miller Ditch.
Sasse Ditch 287.80
47.75
Congressional Interest.
1,665.74
Docket Fees
216.00
Principal Cong. School Fund refunded by bor- rowers
3,430.00
Total
$59,251.19
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J. M. BRADFORD President of Lake County Board of Commissioners
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THE CITY OF HAMMOND
Hammond is located in the famous Calumet region. Its growth has been rapid but substantial. It is located in the region which must eventually perforce be the great industrial and shipping center of Chicago interests. Its transportation facilities are superb and with some harbor improvements would become absolutely unequalled.
Four Belt Lines-The Chicago, Hammond & West- ern, Chicago Terminal Transfer, the Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern, and the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern-give the combined advantages of every railroad entering Chicago, while in Trunk lines passing through the city the following are numbered: The Pennsylvania Lines, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; Wabash; Baltimore & Ohio; Mich- igan Central; Chicago & West Michigan; Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville; New York, Chicago & St. Louis; and Chicago & Erie.
The Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Street Railway connects the city with Chicago, and gives excel- lent service to the people.
The Calumet River offers excellent facilities for transportation by boat, and, when completed, the pro- posed waterway opening from Lake Michigan will afford a magnificent harbor and splendid shipping facilities.
OFFICERS MAYOR FRED R. MOTT COUNCILMEN
First Ward, G. P. C. Newman, J. F. Kuhlman; Second Ward, George Randolph, Thomas Hammond; Third Ward, Patrick Reilly, Fred Ewert; Fourth Ward, Robert Atchison, Richard Schaaf; Fifth Ward, Fred Newell, C. C. Griffin.
RICHARD SOHIVE
JOHN E. KUHL MAN
THOS HANMOST
FRED EWERT
FRED NEWELL
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAMMOND
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OTHER OFFICERS OF HAMMOND
Clerk, Frank Hess; Treasurer, Wm. Kleihege, Sr .; Attorney, Peter Crumpacker; Marshal, A. A. Walker; Street Commissioner, H. T. Johnson; Chief of Police, A. F. Malo; Fire Marshal, A. N. Champaign; City En- gineer, Wm. F. Bridges; Board of Health, Dr. J. G. Van De Walker, B. F. Bump, Henry Reese.
THE TOWN OF WHITING
BY JOHN G. ERDLITZ
In 1889 the Standard Oil Company, in looking for a location in or near Chicago, the western metropolis, determined on a site near the Indiana and Illinois State line, and as the residents on the Illinois side of the boundary objected to prospective odors from an oil refin- ery, that company selected Whiting, Indiana, then a railroad side-track station with not a dozen houses which with scrub-oak dotted the sand-dune landscape skirting Lake Michigan. As 2,000 and more men were at once put to work by this company, a town was quickly built up, and has steadily grown until it now has a population of four thousand people.
Prosperity cannot help but be with a community backed by an institution employing 1,500 persons-first- class laborers - who are paid liberal wages every two weeks. The Standard Oil Company here operates its largest refinery, having invested nearly $15,000,000, and out of the crude petroleum pumped here from the Ohio oil fields is refined not only the kerosene supply for the North and North-West of this country, but all manner of lighting, heating and lubricating oil, and paraffine product.
WFBRIDGE
STT CIVIL ENGINEER
HTJOHNSON
STREET COMB
FRANK HESS
CITY CLERK
WM KLEIMEGET CITY TREASURER
PETER CRUMPACKED
CITY ATTORNEY
UGVAN DE WALKED
JY C BOARD-HEALTH
CITY OFFICIALS OF HAMMOND
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The site was well chosen, being only eighteen miles from Chicago, the future largest city of the United States. Seven railroads give all the needed shipping facilities. In addition the Standard Oil Company has built a pier into Lake Michigan, and their own large craft carry to the North-West lake ports bulk loads of oil pumped out to the boats through pipes.
Whiting was incorporated as a town in 1896, after a hard struggle to defeat the efforts of the city of Ham- mond to annex this thriving burg. Its tax valuation is in the millions. It is well lighted with electricity, has water works and good streets. Connected by street-car lines with Hammond, East Chicago, and Chicago itself. Has graded schools and five churches. A fire-proof paint factory is among its institutions. The Bank of Whiting is one of the strongest and best banks of Northern Indiana.
The people of Whiting are cosmopolitan and not the typical hoosier. They are from nearly all States of the Union. They are contented and believe Whiting to be the best of all towns. The many church societies, frater- nal and other organizations are in good condition and speak of a pleasant sociability and good fellowship among the people.
Whiting is not a "boomer," but a strong, healthy and growing town. and with its inducements to more manufactories locating here, is and will be one the leading towns in Indiana.
OFFICIALS OF WHITING
WILLIAM CURTIS, Trustee of the Town of Whiting for the First Ward, elected for two years in May, 1897. Age 47 years, and his occupation is that of master mechanic of the Standard Oil Company in Whiting.
HENRY SCHRAGE, Trustee of the Town of Whiting for the Second Ward, elected for one year in May, 1897.
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WILLIAM CURTIS
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FRED J. SMITH
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WHITING OFFICIALS
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Mr. Schrage is an old settler, owns considerable real estate, and is proprietor of the Bank of Whiting. He is 53 years of age.
FRED J. SMITH, Trustee of the Town of Whiting for the Third Ward, elected in May, 1897, for a term of one year. He is the senior partner of the firm of Smith & Bader, owning a restaurant and bakery. Is 35 years of age.
THOMAS C. MCCORMICK, Trustee of the Town of Whiting for the Fourth Ward, elected in May, 1897, to serve one year. His occupation is that of a boilermaker in the employ of the Standard Oil Company in Whiting. Is 34 years of age.
EDWARD O'HARA, Trustee of the Town of Whiting for the Fifth Ward, elected in May, 1807, to serve for two years, and is the President of the Board. Age 39 years. His occupation is foreman of the oil loading department of the Standard Oil Company in Whiting.
PATRICK HICKEY, Treasurer of the Town of Whiting since incorporation in 1896. Term expires in May, 1898. He is 45 years of age and is a foreman on the stills of the Standard Oil Company in Whiting.
CLAY C. COLLINS, age 22 years, is the young, but competent and efficient, Town Marshal of Whiting. He was elected to serve one year from May, 1897. Was formerly a member of the firm of Collins & Sons, meat dealers, in Whiting.
JOHN G. ERDLITZ, age 26 years, is the Clerk of the town and of the water department of Whiting. Mr. Erdlitz is a practicing attorney, and on the death of the late C. V. Crane accepted the above positions incidental to his own business. Term expires in May, 1898.
J. W. WARTMAN, age 36 years, is employed as attorney by the Town of Whiting. This office is ap- pointive by the Trustees.
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SUPT. COOPER AND THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES OF LAKE COUNTY Constituting virtually the County Board of Education
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
... OF ...
LAKE COUNTY'S LEADING
County, City and Town Officials and Other Prominent Citizens
GEORGE M. EDER
At Landau Bavaria, Germany, on February 23, 1855, was born George M. Eder. Coming to the United States he located in America's great and thriving western metropolis, Chicago. There he lived until 1874, when he moved to Crown Point. There with his brother Joseph he engaged in the manufacture of cigars, a business undertaking which proved eminently successful and profit- able. He first entered public life as Clerk of the Town of Crown Point in 1879. This was followed in 1886 by his election to the office of Trustee of Center Township. His administration of that office brought to him in 1890 the Republican nomination for County Clerk. He was elected, while yet Trustee, by a handsome vote, which was far outdistanced by his vote in 1894, when he made the race for re-election. The duties of the office are
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EX-CONGRESSMAN THOMAS J. WOOD
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onerous, complex, and are most important, yet Mr. Eder has ever proven equal to the demands and probably is to-day second to no man in the esteem of the citizens of Lake County.
WILLIAM J. GLOVER
While agriculture has been the chief main stay of Lake County in the past, yet our people are liberal enough to recognize the vast importance of the industrial enter- prises and pursuits which have built up North Township, and with this end in view a very large majority of the votes cast for County Recorder at the last election were in favor of William J. Glover, of East Chicago, he having received every vote of East Chicago at the primary elec- tion. Mr. Glover is essentially a workingman and was emphatically the workingman's candidate, and his election was due to the universal recognition alike of his merits, ability and occupation.
Mr. Glover is forty-one years of age and a native of Pennsylvania, the home of the iron industry, receiving his education in the public schools of Pittsburg. Mer- cantile pursuits were not to his liking and he took a thorough course in rolling-mill work, which occupation he followed for eighteen years, gaining for him the sobri- quet of "Glover, the Rolling-Mill Man." He removed to East Chicago early in the history of that thriving town, and at the time of his nomination for Recorder occupied the responsible position of heater in the rolling mills. In 1891 Mr. Glover was elected to the office of City Treasurer of East Chicago. In 1894 he was chosen to represent his ward in the City Council, which office he resigned to accept the last honor so unanimously conferred upon him.
JACOB HARTMAN A. F. MALO A. A. WALKER Chief of Police Malo, Captain of Police Hartman, and City Marshal Walker, of Hammond
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M. GRIMMER
Though German, M. Grimmer is a native of Hoosier soil, having been born in Ross Township, Lake County, in 1858. For ten years he taught in the schools of the county, being well versed in both the English and German languages. He started a general merchandise business at Schererville and conducted the same with marked success for seventeen years. In 1888 he was elected Trustee of St. John's Town- ship and held that office for seven years, during which he did much for the schools and highways of the township.
In 1896 he was the Republican candidate for Auditor of Lake County. He was elected to this office, and on that account retired from business and became a resident of Crown Point.
BENJAMIN F. HAYES
The office of Sheriff more directly influences the liberties of the people than does any other, and it is highly essential that the occupant of this important posi- tion be a man of strong personality, courage and sound judgment. Mr. B. F. Hayes, the subject of this sketch, is just this kind of a man. Sheriff Hayes was first elected to his present office in 1894 and re-elected in 1896. His administration has been marked with entire success, and his retirement is by no means looked forward to with satisfaction. Mr. Hayes served as Marshal of Crown Point before his election as Sheriff, but it was his success- ful career as receiver of the Roby Athletic Association which first brought him into national repute. When the carnival of prize-fighting at Roby had reached its gory height, Mr. Hayes was appointed receiver by Judge John H. Gillett. He went to New York and brought back the notorious Solly Smith, wanted for prize-fighting, and he
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EMIL BUNDE A. N. CHAMPAIGN
GEORGE ROBBINS
Hammond Fire Department Chief Champaign, Captain Bunde, and Assistant Chief Robbins
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wound up the affairs and career of the Roby Athletic Association in a manner highly gratifying to the order- loving citizens of this county and state. Mr. Hayes is a lover of fine horses and is the owner of several speedy animals. He has also proved himself an honest, capable and brave officer, and holds a high place in the esteem of the people of Lake County.
GEO. W. FISHER
Geo. W. Fisher was born in Lake County and has resided here continuously since his birth, August 17, 1868. He was a son of John Fisher, who for a great many years was County Surveyor, and when on account of age he declined to make another race for the office, the Republican nomination fell quite naturally to his son. Mr. Fisher was first elected in 1890 and re-elected thrice since that time. When first elected Mr. Fisher was but twenty-two years of age, being the youngest man in Indiana holding an elective office at that time.
Mr. Fisher has resided continuously in Crown Point, where he is prominent in secret society and social circles. He is a married man.
JOHN W. DYER
John W. Dyer is now serving his second term in the very responsible position of Treasurer of Lake County. As the Republican nominee he was elected in 1894 and re-elected two years later. So efficiently, and yet courte- ously, did he conduct the office during his first term that many Democrats opposed nominating a candidate against him in his race for re-election.
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AUGUST CONRAD AND JACOB HOUK Trustees of Calumet and Center Townships respectively
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Previous to his election Mr. Dyer was engaged in the real estate business in Hammond, and still has heavy property interests there. In political, social and secret society circles Mr. Dyer was a prominent figure there, as he now is at Crown Point.
Mr. Dyer was a native of Michigan, and went from that State to the War of the Rebellion, serving in the Tenth Michigan cavalry. He bore the distinction of being the youngest cavalryman that State sent to the war. He resided in Chicago a number of years, much of which time he was credit man for the wholesale firm of Boies, Fay & Conkey. Later he built the Standard Theatre on the West Side, Chicago, and managed that play-house until his removal to Hammond.
Mr. Dyer is an active member of the G. A. R. and a Mason of high degree.
FRANK E. COOPER
Superintendent of the Lake County Schools
The subject of this sketch is a Lake County boy, born on a farm in Winfield Township forty-two years ago. When twelve years old his parents moved into Crown Point, where he attended Rev. Ball's private school and later the public schools, where he stood well up in his classes. His father being a shoemaker, he spent his summers at the same occupation, becoming an expert at making fine sewed work. Each winter he attended school until he was twenty-one years of age, when he was mar- ried to Miss Adelia Sherman, and erecting a residence on East street settled down to work at his trade. In January, 1877, County Superintendent McAfee, who had been his teacher and knew his worth, induced him to take a country school, which he handled with such marked
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RESIDENCE OF MRS. S. C. WILCOX Hammond
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ability that he was thereafter in demand, and after teaching three years in the country schools was given a position in the Crown Point schools. Four years he worked in these schools, being promoted each year to a better position. When the new high school was erected Mr. Cooper was given charge of the high school as principal, and with 120 pupils in his room, 80 of whom he taught, his work was eminently satisfactory. During the preceding sum- mer he did special work in the Valparaiso Normal under Professors Kinzie and Doucher. In April, 1882, a vacancy occurred in the County Superintendency and Mr. Cooper was induced by his fellow teachers to enter the contest, which he did, knowing only one trustee on the morning of election. A personal interview proved favorable and on the third ballot he was elected over four competitors. This line of work opened a broader field for the display of his executive ability, and so marked has been the improvement in the schools that he has been re-elected time after time with little opposition and at the last elec- tion received the unanimous vote of the Board. He has one son, in whom he feels a just pride, having completed a four years' course at Purdue University, one term at the Cook County Normal, and is a now a successful teacher in a graded school. Unselfish in his success, Mr. Cooper has always been the willing friend of every student with whom he comes in contact who shows himself to be worthy of assistance. No stronger testimonial to one's real manhood exists than this. And scores of those who have enjoyed the pleasure and benefit of his friendship as students and teachers, and who have passed on into other fields of work, are to-day his staunchest friends and well- wishers.
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