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e. WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1920 U.S. CITIES MOVING T So ---------- S---------- State of Texas, exceeded that of the |old campus at Evanston to meet the United States by hundreds of mil-| needs of the hundreds of new stu- lions of dollars. dents knocking at the university's "Why should not the 28,000 miles | doors. FARTHER APART National Rivers and Harbors Con- gress Secretary Makes Startling Assertions "Chicago is more than twice as far from New York as it was six years ago. More than that--every place in the United States is now about twice as far from every other place as it was in 1914." . . These rather startling assertions are made by Secretary Thompson of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in a statement released to- day. The statement goes on to say: Distant by Time "Of course, the number of miles be- tween New York and Chicago, or any other two places that might be named, is just the same now as it .was--but miles are not the only things to measure by. We might use time, for instance, and it has been well said by an English writer that Tt is not mileage, but cost of trans- portation, which constitutes the true commercial measure of distance'. "Geographically, Chicago 1s still 1,000 miles from New York, but, be- cause of the increases made in freight rates during the past six years, the city on Lake Michigan is now, com- mercially, 2,100 miles from tidewater, and every community in the country has been pushed back until it is twice as far away from the markets in which it either buys its supplies or sells its products as it was in 1914. Gradual Rate Increases «The whole increase was not made at once--the country never would have stood for it if it had been. First it was five per cent in 1914; then fifteen per cent in 1917; then twenty-five per cent, by Mr. Mec- Adoo's order, in 1918; and mow an advance varying from twenty-five per cent for the southern and moun- tain-Pacific groups to 40 per cent for the eastern group, and averaging, according to an estimate made by the Bureau of Railway Economics, 34.58 per cent for the whole country. "Stated in another way, this means that for every dollar paid to the rail- roads for freight in 1914 we must now pay two dollars or more. Now it is just as certain as fate itself that every increase in cost of transporta- tion increases both the cost of liv- ing and of doing business and de- creases the territory in which our products, whether of farm or factory, can be sold. But the most vital question today is not whether we shall pay one price or another for of waterways in the United States be made available for use?" NORTHWESTERN U. FACES BEST YEAR Housing Problem in Evanston Proves Source of Concern For Regist- rar's Office Northwestern University, all signs indicate, faces the largest atendance of her history. Already it has been announced that the housing problem at Evanston for young women stu- dents is a source of concern and that as early as the middle of August every available room possessing the university's O. K. had been spoken for. At Evanston are the colleges of liberal arts, school of music, school of oratory and other departments which each year are becoming more and more popular among young women of the middle west. The trustees of the university have in mind a plan for the construction of adequate dormi- tory buildings for co-eds and the facts of 1920-21 demonstrate that this item on the university's expansion program cries for attention. Keeps Pace in Growth . As a whole Northwestern Univers- ity is growing as fast as any big school in the world, according to new figures on attendance, just an- nounced. The total registration of 1919-20 was 7,330 students of whom 4427 were men and 2,903 women. This is a growth of nearly 50 per cent over the previous year. The largest registration was in the school of commerce, located in Chicago, with 3,651 students and the second largest, the liberal arts college at Evanston with 1909 students. Other depart- ments ranged as follows: Medical school, Chicago, 413; law school, Chi- cago, 281; dental school, Chicago, 301; school of music, Evanston, 372; school of oratory, Evanston, 181; and $olisee of engineering, Evanston, The trustees have not as yet se- lected a president of the university following the recent resignation of President Hough who is still in Eu- rope. Dr. Hough returns next month and relinquishes his duties in Oc- tober. The trustees are considering the names of sixty men, according to Oliver T. Wilson, president of the board, and will be careful to select the man best equipped to meet lems. The pressing items on the ex- My belief embraces the Divinity of Christ and a recognition of Chris- tianity as the mightiest factor in the world's civilization.--William McKin- Why expect to make a good thing out of a bad business? McKINLEY'S BELIEF FRINT GEORGE"S MAJ ESTI THEATRE WAUKEGAN f SUNDAYS ONLY Matinee . . . 3:00 P. M. Evening 7:30& 9 P. M. Only High Class Vaudeville Between Chicago and Milwaukee Don't Guess T is easy to be wrong | when you guess at tele- phone numbersand the result is annoying to the person called in error. The operator, too, 1s blamed, whereas she has simply called the num- ber asked for. : Always make sure of the number by consulting the telephone directory before calline. Following this custom will improve the entire service. CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY Directory First 612 Davis St., Evanston 164 N. MICHIGAN BLVD., CHICAGO C. H. JORDAN & CO. Funeral Directors Chapel at Each Establishment Complete Line of Funeral Furnishings Phone Evanston 449 Phone Randolph 1346-1347 Greater Northwestern's special prob- | The Coolest Way to Ride The Road of Service the transportation of our goods, but pansion program are the develop-| whether we can get them carried at|ment of the Chicago campus and the | a construction of new buildings on the | Where Europe Excels "In Europe they use waterways as well as railways. France, Belgium, Holland and Germany (as it was be- fore the war), whose combined area is only one-seventh that of the Unit- ed States, have 23,200 miles of water- ways, of which they make a con- Don't Forget Our Chop Suey Nights! Winnetka to Chicago The North Shore Line tinually increasing use. The tonnage of goods transported on the water- ways of Germany in 1905 was five times as much as was carried in LEAVE WINNETKA: ARRIVE CHICAGO 1875, and it is more than a coincidence that, in every one of the twenty For the 6:52 a. m. 7:44 a. m. years shang & 1913, aie Jorelen 7:22 a. m. 8:14 a. m. commerce of Germany, which is 53,- " : y 000 square miles smaller than the Business Man 1158 a. m. 3:4 a. m. H a. m. : a. m. 2 [ KEE uP A Every Half Hour Thereafter: w ud For the 11:22 a. m. 12:14 p. m. UAt tHE PRICES ' : Q AND Dow 11:52 a. m. 12:44 p. m. EE A, Shoppers 12:22 p. m. 1:4 p,m. 615 Davis St., Evanston 12:52 p. m. 1:44 p. m. MATINEES 2 and 4 Eveainzs 7 and 9 UR business depends : Saturday August 28 iat the aly of Then Every Half Hour Until: and service that we 4:22 5:14 p. McLEAN and MAY offer our patrons. Not on For the 4:52 3 a 5:44 De = "Let's B in hi ' the prices that we charge. Theatre and 5:22 p. m. 6:14 p. m. et's Be Fas ionable Consequently we are con- . : 4 Uni : : D Part 5:52 p. m. 6:44 p. m. niversal Screen Events cerned with keeping our inner rarty z Rolin Comed i link 6:22 p. m. 7:14 p. m. olin Comedy quality up--not our prices. 652 p. m. 7:44 p. m, Next Week Convince yourself by trial. 722 pm. 3:14 p.m. Mon. and Tues., Aug. 30 and 31 CONSTANCE TALMA ; ; : : TE The CET. A MADCE Dine today the Cafeteria way Then every half hour until 12:52 a. m. Last train 1 :52'a. m. Wednesday September 1 JAMES K. HACKETT in "The Greater Sinner"' Thurs. and Fri., Sept. 2 and 3 ""The Sport of Kings"' A Mammoth Production Saturday September 4 HENRY B. WALTHALL in "The Boomerang"' COMING SOON "THE CONFESSION" featuring Henry B. Walthall KATHERINE MACDONALD in "The Notorious Miss Lisle" CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG] in '""The Soul of Rafael' An Associated Producers Special "The Leopard Woman" HUH THT HTH Welch's Cafeteria 1101 Central Avenue Wilmette, Ill. Trains Operate on Standard Time For further information, apply to the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee R. R. SLE A Fn 0 Bind (Ce Sh fF Cw NORTIT SHOR Te 2 A D, hy CTT oh a Winnetka Ticket Office Elm Street Phone: Winnetka 963