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§ii»wii«iipf^ rXYTVKi m^ J.F. <r THE SHOPS IN THE MENTOR BUIEBINGJ At" ^rth^t corner of State and Monroe Streets » one of ^^^ ttfJbS -^S veiled *ith shops that cater to the nMit <*"f f <finJf ^V TO^SJ^-ig the next few *•«{.. ingly displayed. Do not on any account overlook the shops in the Mentor JJldg. a«ni g „.„,,.,„ ,, His Lecture Monday Night at the Public Library Which Opened Winter Course, Was Pleasing. SHOWED AN OLD LANTERN It wan thie stary of last stimme* re- peated at the EvanfttoA Historical so- dtet,y Monday »vfei.lng--a fine lecture ftnd an attdiisnce which filled the lec- ture hfttt to the doors. The people fommenced to come whortly after 7 o'clock, and by «. the nonr for wftleh the lecture w&b scheduled, there was & gathering that Would be an inspira- tion t© any **freaker. t>*e«Kfr>M J. Seymour Currey spoke torhatty of the lecture course the so- ciety was offering thlB BeaBdB, and then introduced Mr. Frank ft. Grover, who acted as chairman of the evening. Mr. Grover, in Introducing Mr. Jo- feeph F\ Ward, the evening lecturer, Spoke of the place the local historical fcootety filled in the community, and nr#ed its support by citizens gener- ally. A Yankee Subject. Mr. Ward's subject was, "The Yan- kee Schoolmaster in the American Revolution." It was a graphic story of the revolutionary days in and about Moston, attd of the part which the schoolmaster played in that memor- able conflict. The material which composed th« lecture was largely new and th« fcldeVightfc that were thrown Oft such historic events as Paul Re- veres ride, the battle of Lexington and the famous old beacon light of Boston. Some of the specimens of the writing, which were thrown on the screen and which were done in the old Boston school house, made one think that good penmanship had become a lost art in these modern day*. Among the pictures which were shown which especially interested the audience were the first portraits of Paul Revere and William Dawes (who by the way was an ancester of the Dawes family of Evanston), of the gay Miss Prudence and of the schoolmas- ter himself. Showed Old Light. One of the charming features of the evening was when Mr. Ward lit an old lantern of revolutionary days and showed the kind of light that flick- ered across the river as Revere eager- ly watched the tower of the old North church. The evening was an auspicious opening for the historical society course. The second lecture will be given next Monday evening on the timely topic of, "The Balkan States." Mrs. Isabel S. Shepard will be the speaker. jk. ROSENUS Mentor Bldo.» JJ9S TELEPHONE CKNTKA ailor old 164 CHICAGO fcfiUMft / O'HARA fiOOTS AND SHt^SJOKj^EK *.wv.w,r«h^iH!i.t..nd 39 Si stateitreit, ChWMWraTsO «»wr ML pattern, of Seneco & Erne , -. f fhon. Cctitr&l »4«l pattern. 01 oeiicw <* •*■•■» <- * t S. t. Car. 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State and Monroe Sta. CHICAGO NELSO CUTLE Grinding Our Si 306 2 door« We CRII CHiMg^lRriiiin 3011 MADISuN ST. Franklin St. in Baaement NEWS WANT AD8 BRING RESULTS WON EASILY. The Mason Park All Stars defeated the North End Juniors by the score of :>r, to 0 Thursday. FILTRATION LIVE TOPIC (Continued from Page 1.) pure water, is very desirable and something for which the citizens should be willing to pay a price, but he thought $180,000 entirely too much, principally because it provides for the erection of a plant with a capacity of 12,000,000 gallons per day, when It is a fact that Evanston's per capita use of water, 250 gallons per day, is five times the per capita use of Wilmette, where all householders are on a meter system, and twice as much as in Chi- cago where the prevailing system Is the same as that in Evanston. Wallace Favors Meter System. Mr. Wallace's address was not so much an argument against filtration as a brief favoring the installation of a meter system in Evanston, whereby every water user would pay for exact- ly what he used and whereby the enor- mous waste now prevailing would be eliminated. Commissioner of Public Works John H. Moore, followed the senior alder- man from the Sixth ward, and while he agreed with the alderman that the per capita use of water in this city is exc-ssVve, he explained that the meteT system is not necessarily a matter to be considered with the filtration sys- tem, but can and will probably come up later and be solved in a manner which will provide for a decrease In the per capita use at least equivalent to the increase in population for the next twenty years, which will make a 12,000,000 gallon filtration plant amply capable of supplying all the needs for that period of time. Mr. Moore also pointed out the fal- lacy of Mr. Wallace's statement that the proposed bond issue, if passed, would interfere with the operation of the city's business. He said that the city's affairs today are being run upon funds levied by taxation and that, should the bond issue pass, they would continue to be administered on funds levied by taxation and that the $180,- 000 would have absolutely no relation in any way whatever with the present source of income. One very striking illustration made by Mr. Moore was his estimate of the cost of the filtration system based on the real estate frontage in Evanston. After deducting the university campus, the athletic field, right of way of the Sanitary district canal and of the rail- road, and also all of the local parks and the residence and business prop- erty owned by Northwestern univer- sity, which is non-income bearing and not taxable, he showed that a charge of 30 cent3 per front foot on taxable property would build and equip the $180,000 filtration system, and that a further annual charge of 2 cents a front foot would pay interest, depreci- ation and maintenance of the plant. Mr. Moore's address was enthusi- astically received by the large audi- ence in the Y. M. C. A., and most of the questions which were put to the different speakers after they had all finished their preliminary talks were directed to him. Eastman vs. Wallace. Alderman Eastman, the junior alder- man from the Sixth ward, disagreed with his colleague in the city coun- cil, and stated that he would feel that he had committed a crime against the health and prosperity of the city If he failed to vote "Yes" on the bond issue. Alderman Eastman's further remarks were limited to reciting a list of some thirty cities in the United States, most of them eastern cities. where rapid filtration plants, similar to the one proposed for Evanston, have be en installed, and gave figures of the typhoid rate before and after the In- stallation of the filtration systems, showing that ithe average decrease in typhoid mortality after filtration, as compared with before filtration, was a little more than 75 per cent. He also pointed out that Evanston's typhoid rate today is 28 per 100,000 per year, which is considerably above the aver- age mortality rate for all of the cities of the United States where health department records are available. Prof. W. L. Lewis of the bacteriolog- ical department of Northwestern uni- versity and chief chemist of the Evans- ton health department, gave a scien- tific discussion of the filtration propo- sition and said that experience proved positively that Evanston's typhoid mortality is attributable almost ex-( clusively, and especially in the winter: time when our typhoid rate is highest,' to the water supply, and invited the audience to visit his offices in the J municipal building, where he would show them colon bacteria which had been bred in the Evanston water sys- tem. He went on then to state that as a scientist and expert he and all others who had gone into the situation, were convinced that the rapid filtration sys- tem would give the city an absolutely clear and clean water supply which would be 98 per cent free from disease germs, and he further stated that a very slight treatment of hyperchlorite of lime would eliminate the other 2 per cent from drinking water for Evanston. All of the speakers in the course of their remarks agreed that when Ev- anston can boast of a water supply which is absolutely pure and, instead of having to acknowledge that we have a higher average typhoid mortality rate than all the large cities in the country and a much larger typhoid mortality than the cities in the imme- diate vicinity, we can hope to see our real estate values and the demand for homes here increase very rapidly, for now there is no one thing so thor- oughly considered as the water sup- ply before families determine to move into any locality. After the discussion, which ended about 10:30 o'clock, light refreshments were Berved to all present by the Im- provement association, and an invita- tion was extended to all who were there to be guests of the Evanston Commercial association at a similar meeting to be held tonight. v v v ii ii it jl n il it jr JL.3LX * Trig n u if ii nnr Ornamental Electric^LQnps Enduring and ahawiing -are par- ticularly acceptpblc/to women as Christmas Gifts Lamps for every decorative and utilitarian purpose in great variety of design at our Display Rooms at Very Attractive Prices. Public Service Company OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS 11 li It It It V V II'■ II II II il ^r