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Ci...” ‘0'... I3!" itttfitfig " : Communicated. : Mum-um“ U mun-nun»; Mr. Editor: ‘ In a recent issue of the Nave Lmn on article regerding. the "seeming egitation” of a saloon in Highland Park. has provoked the fol- lowing, and if your paper can find space, it may prove interesting to worry to whom the saloon problem in a matter 0! indiflerence; indiflerenoe either henna they do not drink themselvee‘or so far have been for tunate enough 'not to have a “skele- Some eleven years .go when the writer first came to Highwood, it was a beautfnl spot. After the Post was established, the shack business began. Then came ‘the same cry as some in Highland Park cr-‘y: “Let us have one licensed saloon ‘where our men can .go openly and drink.” Then came the one licensed saloon. license $1,000 per year, and saloon ordinance with restrictions as fol~ lows: Closed every night at ten 'o’eloek, except Saturday night at eleven o’clock, ,and closed all day Snnday,.with front curtains rolled 'up so bar should be plainly visible ‘to all who cared to inspect, so as to (satisfy themselves that the place is really closed. These restrictions were enforced until the village board licensed- anotherflsaloon. ‘ Then the trouble began. Naturally, saloon number two took some of saloon number one ’s trade. and so to make up the loss to the till of number one, ton in the closet” because of this cursed liquogbulipeaa. a little side door bnainess was in- dnlged to; first by one of the saloons and then by both. Meanwhile the village board were, persistently peti- tioned for more licenses. Men \th. saw the saloonlreeper‘s diamonds and race horses decided that dram shop business was profitable and immedi- ately set about to see how many diamonds and race horses might be theiqg in a given time. Before many years six saloons were-in full blastâ€"- every day and nearly all of every night, and worse than all the rest. open wide all day Sunday and Sun day night. The train that left High wood about ten o‘clock (before the THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWSâ€"LETTER. trolley ears were running) carried amongst its passengers the scum of the towns between the Highwoo'd and Evanston, who had spent the day and evening loafing around the saloon. The Winning Side. If a manwants to be on the win- ning side, let him be. on the right side. There is no other safe 'rule to conform to. If a man' is on the right side, he will been the winning side, even if’ it seems the being side. The right side is God's side. and God’s side is sure of triu'mph in the end, however it may look to the world jugt now. It may be said rev- erently that God’s trains have the right of way on the roads of the univ'eree, and that he who wants to reach his destination surely and 'in time. will do well to take his. passage on one of these trains. Any other train is liable to a’dlsastrous col- lision: at the best, it is sureto go astray!” Selected. ‘ ~ ~ The second entertainment undel3 the auspices of .the public schools of Highland Park will be given on Thursday evening, March 22d, at the school hall. Warren,-tb'e magician, will give one of ‘his inimitable even- ings of sleighbof hand; Those hav§ ing seen to what perfection Mr. War- ren has carried this artifice can testify to the interest his adroitneee awakens. The proceeds of this entertainment go to the piano fund. Let may one buy tickets TELEPHONE CfllCAfi0 COMPANY (To be continued.) The best protection you can get for 7 cents pen day in a telephone in your resi- denoe. Agood rotoc‘ti ' 038:9. p onmcuo emergency. Baptist (lifts. \ The ladies of the Baptist Society may not all be college graduates or Queens of social functions, or gifted with their pens, though they can hold their own‘ in these respects. But when they see fit to “pool" their culinary. products they rank first every time. Thus Mrs. Purdy can make one kind‘lof cake a “leetle” better than any other woman in the crowd. Mrs. R.» G. Evans and. daughter cando the same with an- other kind; the Misses Alford like- Wife 11- third variety; the Elvey y0ung‘ ladies with a fourth; Mrs. Runey withs fifth; Mrs.‘C. H. Warrenleads .with a Sixth, and so on through the list, Mesdames Brand, Cummings, Green, Brown, etc. The i'esult is when they go out for a surpriee party or a sociable; or church tea or similar enterprises; they easily “take the cake.” Hence the unquestioned popularity of their gathermgs where refreshments have a prominent place. Allow us to add that several of them can make the most superb. coffee vge‘ ever drank. ' Wood is getting to be a most val- uable article of commence to those who have it for sale. Green wood sells at $4 per Cord, but if 'ybuonlyj knew it. there is more heat units in it than a éord o! so-called dry wood that sells for $5. \ ’ Nothing is more mysterious than legerdemaine See Wan-6n, the ma gician. Thursday evening, at the school hall.