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whilv Hu- paltrtms mluimlvm for all the- Tm: NEWS solicits your suhscrip tinn. and yuur advertisingpatronage. if you urv u husilwss man. nut as a fumr. but us an urruugemvnt for mu {uni lwnviit. and nlmw u“. for tlw good uf the city. .-\ good thriving [OCH] pupvr is an vssvntinl Moment 0f the 10m! lifv and prosperity of :m)’ hum: of our sizv. but it takes tlw ('n nperutiun Of all t-(nu-vrm-(l m milkv u Inca] paper which shall n-zu'h thc- highvst iilvnl. A wry gnmi [MINT mm he publislml rm :1 limited put rumlgv. u u-ry much better ”no on an t-nlnrgml sulm-riptinn list and gonvmus mlw-rtising patrnnugv. THESE ARE the (lays when the thrifty \‘oter smokes humerouscigars at the exponsc- of nnnwrous candid- ates for office. Each candidate hands out his Havanas. hoping thereby to win a vote. and each voter ‘knows he will vote for some one. but true to his Yankee instinct. he makes it his solemn duty to smoke all the cigars he can get in this way; such are the aspirations and ambitions of. our American political life! Who would not he a politician! Advertlslng rates nude known on nppllcntlon It this office. Tm: unaumxn' ELECTION fin tlu- illirtl ward will largely turn urn the (-zuulidatv's attitude toward the St. Johns: uw-nug‘iminm'e-mvnt. The Highland Park News. Published in the Imercsls wt Highland Park, Highwmxl and Raviniu, cwry Friday afternoon by II, I“. 51 A. E. Evans. Thm'c- were no bikes out on tlw walks Tnesdu" and the umrslml was not on 1h» lookout either. Luwxs B. Hmmun l‘crms, ‘l.0)1k'r year. 55 cents for {u months, 30 cents for ‘hrcc mumhs. H. l“ . ()flice: Mclkmald‘s Building. Avcnuc. Highland Park lllinnis. llh‘rc FRIDAY. MA RCH ml at. lhl- lxhlvuflicc at _ Highland Park, “1.. as s‘cnml class mutlcr. 5v \.\'5 ‘ - Emma. Bl‘sxxh‘ s M mam-m. ir sllppnrt r!‘(“'l\'t' 2H. NH N. .{nhns full FIRST Stulolms is tlw unmet-ting link nut tlwom- Darwin lllllltt‘tl for in vain but the one that connects no less than five Of our principal vast and west avenues; Central. nae-st and wast. Laurel anti Prospect HH‘JL ups. and tm- big Sheridan road south and in many respects \w might in clmlv Vim- ave-nun. alx'u all pawn! ur Him-adamizml. (hi tlwsc- avvnm-s an- locatml must of tlw wvalthy familim of tln‘ city. from whom wmm- rpm-iv ing our largt-st llH'Ulllt' in taxc-s'. Thr)’ m-arly all kc-vpvarriagc-s. tim-nlt-g‘mt turnmlth‘. Thvy :an drive from their homes to tlw end of their HI‘V (Aral strevts where tllt‘)‘ empty into St. Johns awnnv and than stop or go llUlllt’ again (lr if tin-y wish to rvavh tlu- (ll‘l)t)l, as tlwy do at least twiou We want the Public Library better and more conveniently housed and more accessible to tln-pm,:ple: we want a decent or half way decent l’oliee‘ court room: we want a suitable building for our Fire Department: in fact. We want a lot of things. to say nothing of a public fountain for horses and other beasts-.mul bipeds: a new railroad depot; etc. But first, above all. our greatest need in the paving of St. Johns avenue from the Sheridan road to (Yentral avenue. at least. That is’ourgreatest need and one which the intelligent (ulture and him tenths of the tax paving Wealth of this city demands and have been working for three years at least. However pressing some. of these other things are and some are very urgent we know. We repeat the very great- est need. that which towara above and overshadoWs all others is the demand for the. improvement of St. JOllllH avenue and for these. among other and weighty reaHonH. The lat» Prof. Drummund wroté a booklet eutiflvd the “Greatvst Thing in the World" which had 21 wonder- ful Fun“. over 200,000 copies. Ha gut flight out uf tlm nuts and talked tu uwh‘ fum- tu fm-v. Nthv We want a fin» miuntvs‘ talk with you. of High- land Park's “greatvst “re-(1.", We moan umte-riallv. Mung tlw lixw of ‘ . V5 public impmvmzwnt. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. 10 (vaot, as Hwy (10 at lmst twiou L (lay. and NW stores; grumrius. mur- l OUR GREATEST NEED. SECOND The residents and busi. ness men of these streets have a right to demand the improvement of St. Johns avenue, for when $30M)” was put into the Sheridan road, some $25,tltltl each on Laurel and Pro» pest. $l8.tttltl on Central east. .and ‘ nearlyas much on Central West. it ‘ was with the distinct understanding * that StJolms should be properly im~ proved. Having paid out such large sums on their own streets. they are entitled to StJohns which is in realr 4 ity the uonmletion of their own. St.- Johns runs north and south. as every resident knmvs. these\"tither paved streets run east and \Vt‘sl. at right angles With it. hence. the need of St. Johns to get from one of these improved streets to another. and from one and all of them to the station .and business portion of the (-ity. Run your eye over some of the ex; penditut'es for houses on these later. al streets since the system of paving was agreed upon: " Highland ’ark (.‘lub. Capt. Troxel and his neighbors. It. G. Evans. Major Vail. H. (,7. Street. Mrs. Small and her family. and others on Laurel avenue: then over on Prospect avenue. Messrs. Patton. Stockton. Moseley and Wu kiln. the houses of Drs. Taylor and (Iolburn, Dr. Balxtock. with L. (l. Yoe and (3. (‘. You. Then down on the Sheridan roat‘l. are Messrs. Chandler. Knox. Myers. Roberts, Jones, Adams and Fullerton. lN-s‘itlt-s many lots sold for immediate im provement. aggregating probably $33tltlttt), All .lllt‘w't‘ and others. have built with the distinct under standing that St. Johns would be properly improved. Tum!) Th1? rm] mtnto SHIPS. hun- nf any mugnihulv. un‘ prm-timl y m a standstill. vxc- :pt Hllllll' for purely HIN‘OIIIEIHVP purlmsm. in which NW kets and postofl‘lce many more limos each day. to any nothing of making social calls or pleasure driving for all those purpom-H tlloy are obliged, no matter how wall groomwl and cleaned their hon-ms and car- riages and rolms may be. they urc‘ obliged to plunge into the mud and ruts'and mire the whole length of St. Johns avenuv. le “residents of these straits all want this improvw went at once.