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layer Cohb being pliant. was called upon to give an expression of hiaviewa on the subject matter before the acetiugand toalso give such information as would he of interest to the general public, in its hearings on the sanitary condition of our city water supply. The mayor very cleverl responded to the call and p ed at once to take up the subject matter of puri- fication of the ' city water supply and went into a history of the fact- frorn the early inception h! the project to the present time. Show- ing with care the energy and jail displayed by the pa blic servants of the city from the time it was dis. covered that our water supply was at times pregnant with disease germs until after thorough inves- tigation had been given the nub-y jeot matter by the present. water oommiseionponaieting of the board of health and fire and water com- mittee of the city council. ing from the gentlemen pageant on tbi_s_ very imppmt abject. C. G. Phillips; chairman of the water commission and ex-chuir- man of the fire and water commit- tee, was ized by. the chair and add the meeting making an eloquent plea in defense of the conscientiousnem of his eo-labor- ers in the investigation made dur- ing the past year in trying to solve the question of pure” and whole- some water for the city of High- land Park. - ‘fYour public servants were» so im- pressed with the importance of the problem that it was only u “quest tion of how we should proceed .to secure the ways and means neces- sary to supply our customers and the general public with an abun- dant supply of- pure, wholesome water at no greater expense to the consumers or city, , This question is believed to be solved in the or- dinance submitted by the water. commission at a meeting of the city «council held on July 6, 1899.” '. Messrs. Millard, Boulton, Pat- ton, Shields, .Montgomery. and others had more or less to say on the subject before the house. However, it was thought ad‘vie- able that a committee of three be appointed to meet with the city Council at their meeting to beheld on Tuesday evening, September 19th, and request the council to m 3319mm a now Hawsâ€"1:113 t action on tlio otdinnoe ounce” 903;.“ the filtration of the city whiter on y no that them ciotion would ave an opportunity of investigating the question of ority of the city Irate: hofore no! action be taken in the matter by the city council. The clutt- mnn appointed a laid committee: A committee consisting of six memberais to has ‘ tedbythe chairman st an ear y date, The duty of this committee isto inves- tigate the matter of purity of the city water supply and to report to the association at sfnture date the result of their investigations. ' The meeting was largely attend- ed, many of the leedingand repre. eentative men of the community being present, demonstrating the interest taken on such short notice. It was evidently ma ' est to the writer, from wlnt he card in mix- ing up with the gentlemen re- sent thatthere was a vast ‘d'r er- enoe of opinion on the subject matter of purity or' impurity of the city water supply. ‘ 8.M)Iilhid,l’. D. Everett and CMWKh'k gimtumiut 3 'Gmfl.fi * Lake" Forest. - g 3 fiI’mI ’1". ‘I fifiifimil‘.” , George Wenban has returned from an extended visit in .the west. Mrs. Andrew Gartley is an in- mate of the hospital for the time being. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wells spent last Barth)! with Lake For- est friends. The Misses Herrick entertamed Miss Bremen of Evanstqn during the week. Mr. Keith Spaulding of Sea- bright, N. J.-, is the guest .of fir. Norman Hewitt. ' Miss Minnie Ramsey isviaiting her sister, Mrs. Arthur Holt, at Lakewood, Wis. -. ‘ Mrs. Bert Davis isVat home and well after a month spent at St. Luke’ 9 hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Booth left for New York this weék to partic- ipate in .the reception accorded to Admiral Dewey. Th3 will be the nests of the v inn:- oom- man er of the Texas. D. R. 1'01an and family hue closed their Lake Forest cottage and returned to town. The Nines 8mm and In: rat Yorke of Chicago no visiting a Potent friends. Hi. Hay Norkett of Chicago inflating her parents, Mr. und In. William Netti“.- Work has been begun upon the new guidance of John Gould. It will be completed by lilting. Mm. J. B. Durand in tick with an attack of phoid fever at the home of her tighter in Milwau- kee. . Mi- Loniae Gha in left Tues- day for the out. he will attend Vassar college as a freshman this year. Mrs. McClure and‘the children haie returned from the east and are once more at home at the manna. The engagement of Mr. Jarvis Hunt, a popular visitor to the On- wentsin club, to a south side bells is announced. ‘ Mr. Henry Aurich was com- moned to the sick bed of his fa- ther who lives in Chicago, the first of‘ the 'week. ' Miss Addy at Boston, who was a guest at the Anderson home dur- ing the past two weeks; has de- parted for her eastern home. The news of the suicide of Prof. Alex in Racine on Sunda last came as a shock to his many riends in Lake Forest. The family stand high in the community and have the sympathy of all. Now that the season of longer evenings approaches the reading room attached tothe new public library will no doubt prove adraw. ipg attraction. One ,will always find on hand the best periodicals and newspapers. _The chairs are oomfoft‘able and the lights. good. Taken all infill it‘iea very pleas- ant place to spend an evening now and than. ' We speak of the Indian an ‘fioor,’ but he sold over a million dollars worth oflnnd to the government the other day.