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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS. FRIDAY, JUNE tt, lit* WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOCATE III D Nathaniel Pope's Amend- ment to Enabling Act , Changed Boundary of the State. The effect of this chance la the northern boundary 11m of the state, caused by tho adoption of this famous amendment, baa had momentous eon* sequences, as hoy one will readily per- ceive after a moment's reflection. The extensive tract of territory In* eluded within the erea thus added eon* tains fourteen counties with many populous and prosperous cities, among which may bo mentioned Chicago, Bv- anston. Waakegatt* Elgin. Aurora, Rock ford, Freeport, Oregon, Sterling, Dixon, Fulton, and Galena. When we reflect that the region affected by Pope's amendment was at that time an almost unbroken wilderness, that the advantageous position of Chicago and Its contiguous territory was only a matter of speculation, we moat reeog* All Set for Big Auto Race Tomorrow; Speed Records May Go By the Boards nlie In Pone's action la proposing and urging the adoption of bis amendment the work of a keen and far-sighted ADDED LARGE SECTION Fourteen Counties, With Area of 9,000 Square Miles, Was Tract :./i:.. " -^â€"'-, y By J, Seymour Currey. Let us take a map of Illinois and observe its northern boundary line. Taw Boundary line Is scon to extend from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river along the parallel of latitude 42 degrees and thirty miuutos, a distance of about 146 miles. Now follow an Imaginary line touching the extreme southern bend of Lake Michigan ex* tending westward to the Mississippi, aad it will bo seen to enclose with the actual boundary line farther north an area of nearly 9,000 square miles of territory, or nearly one-sixth of the area of the entire state, this latter was tho proposed northern boun- dary of Illinois when the act to admit Illinois Into the union was tlrnt intro- duced In congress. It was In conse- quence of tbe amendment to this act, proposed by Nathaniel Pope while the bill was pending, that placed the northern boundary line where it is to- day. A Delegate In Congress. Nathaniel Pope was tho delegate in Congress from Illinois Territory In J818, and waa active in tho prelimi- nary work towards changing the status of the territory to that of a full- fledged state. Ho introduced the bill called the "onabling act," which placed the northern boundary on an east and west line drawn through tho extreme southerly behd of Lake Michigan. But during tho progress of the bill through tho various committees Pope became convinced that the line should bo placed farther north in order to give the new state a coast lino on tho lake which[ft would not have under the original provision. Ho theroforo moved to amend the bill so that the line should be placed at 42 degrees and 80 mlnutee of north latitude, or about 61 miles north of the line first proposed. This amendment was agreed to and the bill passed with this amend- ment. Iu support of his amendment Mr. Pope urged that It was highly desir- able that Illinois should have a coast line on Lake Michigan, which would afford an additional security to tho perpetuity of the union, Inasmuch as the state would therefore be connected With the state or Indiana, Ohio, Penn- sylvania and New York through tho lakes. He also added that the prac- 1 of opening u canal between Lake Michigan and- the Illinois river waa conceded by everyone who was acquainted with the conditions of tho country. Would Open Port The embryo port of Chicago would thus bo thrown within the limits of the new state, the harbor at the mouth of its river would be improved, and a northern route of commerce would be established In addition to the ones al- ready in oxIstenco along the Ohio riv or and through the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Pope further argued that In case this change In the north- ern boundary line was not made there w&S a possibility that the commercial relations of the new state with the south, might become so closely con- nected that In, the event of an at- tempted dismemberment of the union, Illinois would oost her lot with the southern states. These views were accepted as sound by congress, and the bill was psased and Illinois, with the boundaries thus determined, was admitted/to the union Dec. 3, 1818. Most Important Service. "No man," says the historian John Moses, "ever rendered the state a more Important service In congress than dtd Nathaniel Pope." Had the northern tier of counties Included within the slxty-one-mllo strip become attached to Wisconsin, as It Inevit- ably would have been, the state of Illinois would have Inched, when the tremendous Issues before the country In 1860 wen at stake, an element in her legislature favorable to the per- potutty of the nnlon, aa Pope had fore- seen. Such an element Wisconsin did not require, as the union sentiment was at all times very strong in that State, "How wise the forecast of Pope really was," ssld Dr. Patterson In an address In 1880, "appeared moat con* splcuously In the history of our state, In its relations to the late rebellion, In which, but for the northern tier of counties, Illinois might have been car* ried out of the union, and with It Ken- tucky and Missouri." How Important the share of Illinois was in maintaining the "perpetuity of the Union," may be Judged by the fact that In the civil war, besides the great numbers of ber troops In the armies, one of her citizens was In the presidential chair, and another the commander-in-chief of all the armies of the Union. The part taken by Pope in the boundary matter well il- lustrates what has been called "his almost. superhuman sagacity." Hon. Clark B. Carr, In an address made be- fore the faculty and students of the University of Illinois, in 1911, re- ferred to Pope'e distinguished serv- ices In these eloquent words: "Long after that great statesman had passed away, bis arguments were tested, in the midst of carnage and death, in the smoke of battle by brave Illinois heroes, some of them led by his own son, Gen. John Pope of the United States army, and his arguments proved to be sound." A Southern Man. Nathaniel Pope was one of that group of statesmen who came from Kentucky and settled in Illinois while it was yet in Its formative stage, and who exercised a commanding influ- ence upon itB affairs. It is rather re- markable that perhaps the most de- cisive event affecting the state's loy- alty to the Union was directly caused by the efforts of a southern man. GLENCOE (Continued from Page 3) >RTHWEOTERN iCIAL SWIM- SUITS FOR Mrs. James Brewster has rented her home for the summer months and will leave July 1 for Cleveland. <).; from there she Will go to New York. Mrs, Ferdinand Hots and children have, gono to their summer home at Fish Creek, Wis. Miss Joy Jackson Is the house guest tor two weeks. Miss Geraldlne Coy, who has been at school in Philadelphia and who has been visiting a Bchool friend at Bos- ton since school closed, is expected home Saturday. Mrs. William Schnur entertained with a bridge Thursday of last week. The engagement of Miss Bessie Park to Bvarts Taylor, the brother of Mrs. Schnurs, was announced. Mrs. W. 8. Hamm of 270 Scott ave- nue was agreeably surprised Tuesday afternoon by twenty-five of her lady friends who came to wish her many happy returns of the day. Miss Marguerite Foote leaves this evening for a two weeks' stay with her sister at Galva, 111.; from there she will go to Haswell, Col., to spend the aummer at her brother's ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Becker and their sons Benjamin and Major and Mrs. George Coombs are expected home Saturday from a two months' trip to California and Portland. Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred McGuire and daughter of Glencoe left Monday for an extended trip through the west. They plan to visit Colorado Springs, Yellowstone Park, and the two Cali- fornia expositions, returning by way of the Canadian Rookies, and arriving home about August 1. Mrs. William Herbert Johnson en- tertained with on at home Friday, June 18, from 8 to 6 o'clock, in honor of her sister, Mrs. Bellows of Worces- ter, Mass. Those in the receiving line were, Mrs. W. H. Johnson, Mrs. Franklin Johnson. Mrs. Bellows, Mrs. Richard Mills, Mrs. O. R. Harnett. Mn._JBejs_NewlydL_.TJia house waa pink and The din The first elimination contests for tho coo-mile International auto derby to be run tomorrow, indicate that ail driven who want a chance to share the 884,000 prise money will have to show they can drive the course at a rate of over 100 miles an now. So perfect is the design and con- struction of the great two mile wooden bowl that every driver seeking a place In the entry list realises that Chi- cago's first great auto contest will probably see every world's record for speod broken. The initial trials by the three Stuts can entered for the classic, broke the world's records for speed. Karl Coop- er, in one of the Stuts racers, ripped off twenty miles at an average of 106.19 miles an hour. His fastest lap laid down a new mark for tho speed demons to beat and made the sporting world gasp. This lap was done at the clip of 109.09 miles an hour, and that was done while the new track was be- ing given its official baptism of speed. The big wooden oval, which baa aptly been dubbed "the tamarak bowl," was untested until Cooper made his sen- sational record spin add that speed star was merely trying out the course. In subsequent tests, Wilcox, driving a Stuts, did the two mile turn at a rate of 106.88 miles an hour, and Darlo Rests, with his I'euseot, made it in tho same time. Anderson's time with a Stuts waa 104 miles sn hour. The drivers say they can go faster on the turns than on the straightaway and hit the turns at full speed without shutting off their engines. Rests sur- passed Cooper's high speed test, with a record last'week of 110 miles an hour. Fearful lest out of town visitors to the big race would come to Chicago and, because of the street car strike, be unable to reach the raco course, Referee Harry Vlssering Issued a postponement of the race last week until June 86. In the few houn elaps- ing between Referee Visserlng's an- nouncement and the news that the street car strike waa over, the new date of the race had been potted with the racing association and announced throughout the country. To racing men generally, the flews of the postponement was welcome, it means that In the coming week the drivers will have tho opportunity to Learn the wonderful track as Resta has, that cars which competed at Indianapolis will be given . a more thorough overhauling for the Chicago race, and that several drivers now Without mounts will be entered. Among the driven who found the Indianapolis nee had pnt their, cars In the repair shops Were the winner, Ralph De Palma, and the famous Bar- ney Oldfleld. Now that an additional week of preparation Is given, It Is hoped that De Palma, probably the most dashing driver lu racing today, will again meet Resta. Oldfleld also may be seen in this nee, present in- dications pointing to the Maxwell as his choice of mounts. I- 8KOKIE. Skokie members satisfied them- selves with competition in one event on Saturday, a one-ball sweepstake. Low gross was registered by M. P. Noyes, who had a card of 84. Second low gross went to Gordon Sibloy with an 87. Third place was a tie between F. B. Compton and (Irani Ridge way. who turned In a pair of eighty-nines. Low not in the event was won by N. A. Street with 95-24-71. F. C. Thomas and C. W. Casque tied tor sec- ond. There were sixty players entered in the event. A mixed foursome is scheduled for this afternoon. Glen View led all clubs in this dis- trict with the size of its program for last Saturday. Semi-finals in tho Fra- sier and Maturity cups and firat round for the Fellowship Cup 11, besides the Grandfather's Cup, offered plenty of competition. A. D. Langworthy and B. C. Carter were neck and neck In the play for the Grandfather's Cup, turning in Identical cards of 110-24-86. Mr. Lang- worthy won the prise on the draw. Low gross honors went to Rollin A. Keyos with 102. A. N. Young Is pitted in the finals for the Maturity Cup on Saturday next. He will play R. W. Hunt Mr. Young has won the cup three times, Mr. Hunt twice. On Saturday Mr. Young de- feated H. A. Christy 4 and 3, while Mr. Hunt won over R. C. Lake, 2 and 1. In the slmi-flnals in the Frazier cup WE BUY Okt 5 Silver.GoliDiamonds make We always reasonable ( too good to special pieces d wrought Fine g. Re- ends at pieces antiques and play Christy Brown defeated A. Mc- Nally, 6 and 5, and R. W. Keyes won from R. W. Newton by 8 and 2. In the first match round for the Fel- lowship Cup II J. E. I'umphroy won from J. C. Unlisted, 4 and 3; J, H. Barnard defeated S. C. Eastman, 2 and 1; C. A. Cook won from J. F. Bartle by default; E. E. MacLeod defeated F. T. Blair, 4 and 3. The pairings for next Saturday are as follows: J. E. Pum- phrey and J. H. Barnard, and C. A. Cook will meet E. B. McLeod. WESTMORELAND. T. C. Moulding tied with F. B. Farns- worth for first among the qualifiers in the Directors' cup with a card of S2-4- 78 on Saturday. Mr. Moulding also de- feated S. T. McCall, 6 and 4. in the semi-finals for the- Argyle cup and landed second In the sweepstakes. R. E. Moody defeated F. B. Farnsworth, 1 up, in the semi finals In the Argyle cup. George A. Post won the sweepstakes with 96-23-73. Those who qualified for match play In the Directors' cup follow: R. S. De- Golyef, 92-13-7?} TTC. Crittenden. 98- 18-80; J. D. W. Archer. 83-8-80; Charles M. Haugan, 100-20-80; Frederic P. Vose, 102-21-81; John R. Atkins, 05- 14-81. EVANSTON. 8eml-flnals for the Walker cup and the class handicap, together with sweepstakes and a putting: match on the clock, furnished plenty of golf for the players at Evanston Golf club on saturaay. Following are the scores: Walker cupâ€"W. Donaldson defeat- ed H. B. Knowlton, 2 and 1; G. W. Smith defeated R. M. Rogen, 8 and 2. Class handicapâ€"C. B. Fargo defeat- ed W. H. Jamleson, 8 and 6; G. W. Ellyson defeated W. Patterson, 5 and 4; J. D. Murphy defeated B. A. Schroeder, 2 and 1; J. W. Horton de- feated H. S. Camp, 1 up; E. A. Fargo defeated J. S. Moore, 1 up. Sweepstakesâ€"First low gross, 8. J>. Strickland, 82; second low gross, H. B. Lawrence and D. W. Ellyson tied with 87; fourth low gross, T. M. Johnson, 88. First low net, J. D. Murphy, 71; sec- ond low net, T. M. Johnson and J. L. Barchard, 72; fourth low net, S. G. Strickland and J. Mueller, 74. Men's team putting match, on clock, eighteen holesâ€"Won by team com- posed of M. Stevenson, A. H. Teck, W. B. Huey and Elliot Evans. INDIAN HILL. In the second round for the Indian Hill cup at Indian Hill the takers and losers of scalps on Saturday were as follows: B. F. Cummins defeated T. W. Ritchie, 2 up; R. R. Evans de- feated G. W. Blossom, 4 and 8; C. K. Blackford defeated G. K. Owsley, 6 and 4; N. l. Hoyt and R. H. Harrison match, postponed, Warren Peace won the committee cup, defeating G. A. MacDonald, 3 and 1. In the elghteen-hole sweepstakes, Thomas Taylor led with a net of 79, Hathaway Watson being a close sec- ond with 82. A Fathers and Sons tournament Is scheduled at Midlothian for today. It Is open to members of the Chicago dis- trict System line the Ideal Busln THIS cla an {or telep from the business. It stimulates age and 4J eliminating delays. We suggest the individual line telephone to all business users who wish to get full service vake^r â€"â€" essages fiber's ephone patron- Chicago Telephone Company H. B. Gates, District Manager Telephone 8903 Classified Business List GENERAL MERCHANDISE Classified Advertisements TELEPHONE. WILMETTE 1640 Wist Ads in the Lake Shore News are charges! at He following nte> Real Estate Classifications. 7 % cents per line. All Other Classifications. 5 cents per Use. Minimum Price. 15 cents. No advertisement charged for less than 25 cents. H. L Chandler & Co. EVANSTON, ILL. profusely decorated with white peonies and daisies. ing room was in pink and white sweet peas and smilax. The Misses Darcy Orde and Mabel. Becker poured. EVANSTON HIGH GRADUATION. The graduation .exercises of the Ev- anston High school were held yenter- day afternoon In the First Congrega- tional ch urrh in Evan ston. Dr. David Jones of the Presbyterian church gave 'the address. INSUR. largest in the household Charles resident ltc !i C . Ji mmmm*9-~-m*mmmmmmmmtmm^mmmmmmmmw*mmmmmmmmmmmm*^ -*- Subscribe fpr The Lake Shore News â€"-*----------