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0 Published :1 Pa Newt-[m Bu 5 Centnl Avenue. “my... . Ptouty Block. Entered a the Punt-0mm. It lhl-nd M and Wham-ch an necond Ill-get. “uniting um “Wanamhuon It chin 00M. The Special Assessment "I sidereble agitation, along the North Shore for some Zaatisfaetory substitute'ior the present special gin,- ’ sessment law. The complaint is made that all, public improvement is “at a ‘ standstill bw‘ause'of the indiflerénoe ‘ of non-reeidentproperty owners. UII~ (her the present hiw the council must "obtain the consent of a majority of the frontgige holders before any etreet improvements can be made. This gives the non resident consid- erable voice in the matter The prop- osition ie to give the council author. ity to order improvements when con- sents from a majority of the resident owners only, have been obtained. The cry is raised that the [1011- res: ‘ident is merely holding his property forepeculntiun, waiting t9,proiit by other public- improvements, and that he should be “taxed'out of existence.” North Shore Publishing Co. To the News-Lawn this seems to hen one sided view Its logical re sult would be an application of the single tux idea, 1.0::- that. a man should not be allowed title to land unless he actually occupies it. ‘ The very basin 0! civilizafion rests (prefer a on the protection of property. Any 7 ~-: thing that tends to weaken. or our The s: tralize this protectibn is]! stop in the the si« direction "of anarchy. . It is promi- . tron e.‘ Tm No. 92, Highland Put, A Genet-l Connie! 0! Noah Sluice Intellltence. SATU “DAY MIRCH 4. BABI‘ lilO'lLll. TERMS II...) PER YEAR. OFFICII: IANAOI‘. wuinem. THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWbPLETTER thu filtered-dent should have the ad. vantage of being able to cast a vote to: the town omcere. but (here should be do diboueeion so [at as property ownership itself is concerned, To obtain the best reeulu, the pouucil than". M":lvau o m-:t'n.â€"~L‘A J gree ot disci'etton in such mutton, and then it the public takes II keen interest in public claim, ‘the council will not go tar wrong Oficisl laxity and * melgdministrstion veryfiessily arise {then the citizens become .in- .dilerent to the interests of the Inn- nicipelityi II the only people the take a-I‘f , rest in the council meet- ings are perhaps a few workmen or those 5th have claimato be allowed. Give‘the council more authority» and stimulate public spirit, but let there be no' discrimination against any class Of 'propeny'owubn'. that The proverb says: “He who runs may read; ” but,- individually, we (prefer to sit still while reading. 04 The smaller a man sunsets become, , 7 - ‘ ”A...” 0 , assist it is for him to borrow Sulaéribe {of the Sunni“ Row .. v ' ' ans.Lnn;37-Sl..50 past year. V Each North Shore‘~ 1’“ It is dimoult to in“. ine the North-8km be 1 In; Ila .Sho" ing anything but u I; y 10-0 Chicago residence din. y" trict, yet one hundred and thirteeu'years .ago 'it belonged with the rest Illinois was known I Illinois county. In 178700113?“ passed an Enabling Act organizing. I this state with several others‘ into what was known as Northwest Ter- ritory. lnorder to he a candidat i for~ the legislature at that time a man had to own two hundred acres of land, and no citizen was entitled to - vote for a legislative candidate un- less he owned fifty acres of and. If this law still held good there ”it be mighty little legislative timhet‘ the North Shore. In the ’latter part of the Seventeenth century a the French beganto explore and colo- ‘ nize Illinois. 'At that time the French ’11“ could have been hoisted overthe Ulencoe goll. grounds wunout caus- ing any proton; though, conic to think of it, we believeCharles V. did protest against the French exploring ' the country. ‘ . So far. asis known Father Marquette and Joliet, a trad- er, were the first white men: to tra- verse the North Shore It was when they were returning to Canada in September 1673, butthey left only meager accounts of the‘trip.‘ A motion to federate {he Nortli Shore improvament moieties is in order. ‘~ ~ _. . ‘ 3‘ :3. At} the" NEWS-“Llfln' linden-Stands: it, any suburbanibe who has had to manage a base- burner this Winter wouid be eligible to join the Penn- sylvania Shakers. . ‘ Think what a profit Marquette would have realized had he been far sightea enough to buy acre bargains east of the track, at prices that pres veiled m 1673, and [wagon to his purchase until now, having kept up all special assessments. Truly, op portunity came with mumed tread. Pencllled Pdng’raphs.