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Publhlhed c'Very Saturday "min; a: will land Park. 111.. and thnth. 111.. by the Newt-Least "ding. 256 Cemnl Avenue. izhhnd Par Promy Block. Advcnlllng mu and. known on Ippllaflon It either om“. Entered u the Pouvotlicc at Highland P; u second-clue matter. '“ One more: attémpt to Annexation aunei Ravinia toHigh- ' $5.1“ land Park has proved abortive. After a tight lasting more than a year the promo- ters ofthe annexation petition re- quested its“ withdrawal from the city council; .The reason for this action was the fact that a number of ~the signers of the petition sent in 'their withdrawals, milking the document invalid, as without the names of those who withdrew "it failed to contain three fourths of 'the voters as re quired by law. ' So far as Highland Park is com r oemed the failure of the annexatfif; proposition isto be deprecated. ~Had it'barried, the city would not only have_ obtained .coutrql of a large tract ofâ€" territory that. would have added materially to the city treasury in the shape of‘taxes,lbut, of equal import- ance to Highland Park,‘the Sheridan Road would have been atg‘once com- pletéd to fihe Cook county line, As tothe advantages Ravinia would gain by annexation there appeamto be‘a difi'erence hf’opinion. The pro- annexah’qniétsfitate that ,it is neces- sary‘to get the territory under a cor- poratiun government ip order to ob- tain street improvements, without which, they say. the ‘tb‘wn cimnot de~ velop. The antimnnetxutionists claim North Shore Publishing Co. A Condo: of North Shore Innlllcence. chphoocNmflHighhndPuk, ILISHA IOIGAN, IANAGEI. TERMS $3.30 PER YEAR. SATURDAY -MA 6. OFFICH: Winn“ a that the movement hasbeen fathered by large real eetate 9”" who hope tooteatea mild been through the alchemy of Highland Park’s name and then unload at en advance. leav ing the town in a stagnant condition, when the inflation collapses. They say annexation will increase their taxes and leave them in a hopeless minority on the outskirts of s good sized city. The opposition to the project have stated, however,_ that they would sign for annexation if certain concessions are granted them; They stipulate (1) that the territory to be annexed be organized into a separate ward and be given two aldermen in the city council; (2) that Highland Park construct a bridge over the Roger Williams avenue ravine; (3) that this street, part of which is new private property, be opened through - to the lake, and (4)-that some of the large holdersof lake shore property do- nate a park site so as to insure the public free ingress and egress to and (run: the lake at all times. At pres- ent Ravinia has no street to the lake all the highways opened being over private property. so that whenever Raviniaites go to the lake they are in a sense trespassers. In fact, the only available roads to the lake have been fenced up Several times. This, the Raviuia people say, is a wo'é‘ful lack of public spirit 0n the part of shore property owners, and that be- foresignidg away any rights they prepoee to take measuresto coneerve “ V‘lw; lulu! It Seems probable the entire mat- ter will drop into obscurity, at least for the time being, as the large shore owners. seem indisposed to donate an) thing for park purposes, while the voters, on their , part, appear equally decided that the town shall _not be annexed unless their stipula- tione are complied "with. ‘ Rubles. Lawns is aware, there is nothing within a radius of fifty milés from Chicago that . will bear comparison with the North Shore ravines. It has taken‘centuries to erode these picturesque water courses, and they have a wild grandeur that can not he oounterfeited by any work North Shore So far as the NEWS- SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER of man. In and out they wind in their couch for the lakeâ€"4 [shy- rinth of shrubhsry end tolisge with here and there a giant ash or host] hickory stretching its limbs shywlrd- The ravine sides are the habitat of wild flowers in wonderful profusion. When the tiny stream in the bed he- eomes swollen by the spring rains some of the larger varieties of fish leave the lake and seek a spawning ground in the deep, quiet, pools that are found at intervals in the ravine When town sites were first laid out on the North Shore the ravines were regarded in the light of I die. advantage. The cheaper clue of houses were built on their their brinxs, and property abutting ’on a ravine sold at a discount. But time has removed this ban from these marvels "of the Creator’s handiwork. Every year the demand for ravine sites increases,and it seem'e sets to predict that this class of property will at seme future time command a premium over all other property,un- less perhaps blufl sites immediately overlooking the lake be excepted. In outlying districts, at difierent times, the ravines have been used in lieu ‘of sewers, and their value dis- regarded in other Ways, but the fdlly of this course has become apparent, and a reform has taken place. The ravines are one of the North Shore’s most ‘ valuable assets and‘ steps should be taken by each municipality to see thatwtheir natural beauty is preservedf ‘ _'I‘he NEWS LETTER would call. the attention of the new alderman to the unlawful use Of some of the prettiest ravines in the Park, as a” Elumping ground for tin cans and other refuse by persons who certainly should be made cognizant of the factuthat they are doing wmething that isnot only nnlawful. but which will not be tol- erated by the city authorities. Shre- ly the time has come when all ‘resi- dents of Highland Park, in appreci- ating the natural beauty and rare loveliness of the‘ ravines,will doâ€"â€"an(l see" that others (loâ€"vnothing to mar or lessen that beauty. Whit is home without THE Nsws. Luna: 1’ Only $1.50 per year.