Originally published in The Vidette-Messenger of Porter County on March 23, 1931
THEY WELCOME MOST TOURISTS BUT THIS TRUCK DRIVER MADE TOO MUCH OF A HIT, IT SEEMS
Ray and Martha Eschenbach, owners of a tourist camp on Dunes Highway, in Mineral Springs addition, northwest of Chesterton, are always anxious for patrons to stop at their place, but there are certain rules which must be observed.
When Clayton Merrill, an Illinois man, drove into the Eschenback place on March 18, at 9:30 p.m. his presence was not exactly desired, especially as Merrill failed to control his Reo speed wagon which was running at high speed, collided with a building, 20x34 feet, used by the Eschenbachs as a tourist quarters.
The building was completely wrecked, and damage in the sum of $450 was incurred. This is all set out in a complaint for damages and attachment filed today in Porter superior court by Attorney George R Williams, of Chesterton, representing the Eschenbachs.
