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~v pa» ‘4 THE MAYOR’ S MESSAGE. “itlmut making any iIIVidiuus omnpurisimm. We are frank t0 way that wv [IPH'Y‘ heard tl hettor delivâ€" (‘l'illu't‘ {mm any mayor of this (‘ity than Mayor Evnns' lllt‘ss‘dgt‘ to thI' nld and “PW (“UIIIH'HS last Tllvsdzly owning. 'I‘hI-y wow the (frank. straightforward. hmwst dvlivI-I‘IIIII-I-s ()rn esteen’wd contemporary, the London Times. is stirred up not a little over the rapid growth of Rus: fiiun influence in tlw east, Pspvcizllly in Korea at present. At present the Tsur's Pacific ocean harbor is at Vladivostok, which is frozen up wmfievuy year. Once established in Korea he would not onlmew an open harbor all the time, but one right in front of I’ich. ili hay and Peking: so that England would play socimd fiddle or‘i‘ly‘zinmng,r tlw dominant forces in China. Ru» sin may [)0 slow..but film gvts there- all the! sumo, and when thorn. slw 'tzu's. WE \LLUW our male friends to Hi) iect their OWn w',i\es as they have to live with them. 80 We shall allow our St.J0h11s friends to' pave that street as they like, but our fancy is for a central parkway street cars on one side and a lwiilevmt‘mrtha» other, sq as to make the Sheridan road come up St. Johns. Is not that all right? "A vertlsla rate d ' n”) "m n‘t Dir-Min 3111:: f 39‘3”“: . ”“3“?!“3: AFTER A WEEK of) winter weather, during which the thermometer was not abovefm',’ spring broke, out again Tuesday morning. I The Highland Park News. 'l’ublished in the Interests of Highland Park, Highwond and Ravinia, every Friday afternoun by H. F. A8: A. E. Evans. LEWIS B. HIBBARD Terms, floodpér year, 55 cents for six months, 30 cents for lhrqc months. "Office: McDonald's Building, Amnue, Highland Park, Illinois. Entered at the postLUfficc at Park, Ill FRIDAY, MAY. 7, 1897. EVAxs v 315 pmtloh‘icc at‘ Highland sccnml class matter. - ~ - EDITOR. BI’SINESS MANAGER. St. Johns . itwaeé a street lighting plant of our own. Twn yv'irs henen with wise business- like 111111u<rcn1m1t th. . citv will own and operate a» small 'mt its own street lighting plant. and put at least $2,0llll ()l the; present cost, of strei-t lighting int/i) street “ repairs. Thvn ox Mlyor Roche won't have to take his grip and hasten hack to Chicago, as he did lag-1t Sunday mornâ€" ing. because our streets are so had. That is a thoroughâ€"goingbusiness 1112111 who would see and make such a snggestinn. w... WW§=WÂ¥ fins-1' 1" Tfimt term at the rate of over $171 W000 a year; from $85,0le two oyears ago, our debt is down to about $52,000 including over $22,000 added last year; That explains the high ptaml: ing of our paper in the financial mar- kets. then the proposition was broached to build a $0,000 town hall in Highland Park 11‘ couple months ago. bankers from all over the country, as far east as New York sent for them at once. , They don't do that for bonds of .cities whose credit is a hit shakv. Highland Parks credit 18 the best, g1lt edge; Mavor Evans recognizes the high dutx of keelunxr it there: . Second 37150011 at tllat “211111 W orks account. Two years ago it had obligations against it of ovm‘ $4,000 now it has a surplus to its credit of over $2710 not a largesum but. it is (111 the, right side of the ledger. We have heard ex-Mayur Fletcher's administration scorc 1.11 prett) hard too, for the, extramuancg of such 21 plant. Today it is paying its way. leavingr a handsome surplus which xvill WW Third Tlu- “uld. old story" 0f uursmlly inadequate city building mcvivvs proper trvatnimit. Smut» time's thv wisest thing :1 city or lmsi limes man can (In for his husim-ss in First m-the rapidity with which the city has been paying off its bonds of u level-headed business man to his associates concerning the busi- ness of which they are the buainess umnagers, and as such,”lt‘merits the eereful consideration of the council. we ask our readers, especially ~the taxpayers, to peruse these ‘messages with the utmost gate, noting in par- ticular! the following points. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. ‘ We have lived likv a prince ’for , nearly a week. Dun. Sheahen left a lean ufhis best Jersey cream the» genuine article on the editor‘s table Sunday morning after his re- ; turn from his Wedding tour in Wis» onnsin and . perusal of' last week's I Views. . ”that's tlw vav the Park 1 dairymon treat the editor W0 Wont y uhjvct tu some of the m gutting mar» I rivd vusry W( wk. Dr. Newman of the“ north end of the town. mow-x»; away, m- under stand. in Chi rago in take charge of :1 north side hospital. The nmw roaches us via Chicagn, and is (heron for", pvrfectly rvliuhlu. ex? is? every thing else from that wicked pifll‘l‘. We regret to have tht‘ doctor have the city, but if he can do anything to relieve suffering humanity in Chicago, We» raxignizv the duty. terests is to run into debt a bit. -It is an imperative necessity that con fronts us, and the mayor faees it as a brave. sound, sagacious business man. There is hard sense in. every word he says.. He favors economy, strict and rigid everywhere, but he knows théte' )8 such a thing as a 50 called mommy ”that is in reality expensiva extravagayée. The mayor has “bla’zed the way,’ for thy city "0 ‘as‘gwmshau m an}: , 7-3!“? Frank P. Hawkins" family return ed from Clnic‘ago Monday .and Settled down in their old home. It seems natural for the citizmm to see the citv‘s first nm 'or on the. s ' again. A». se‘l_¢3§'$€rbrflifof th'eir‘phwe, by pdtâ€" ting his Suggestions into practical Shape“ The cquncil we in the bal‘ ance§ -â€"â€"will they)»: fomid wanting Y We trust not. Finally ~~The mayor’s suggestion that our improvements hereafter be made in such a Way aud with such rapidity as to give work and trade to our town. people, has the right ring to it, and all the people. workâ€" ing people, or otherwise will ‘ say f‘Amen." For mortgage loans on real estate call-0n D. M. Erskine, Jr.. Go. .uhhte John..‘.H._ A9“? "235'”,â€" ment in anuther column. He re. moves to the old Mooré stand on the west side. Dmp in and see him. ’ There is to he a weflding in a few daysâ€"watch next week’s NEWS. And things have a very suspicious look fur two or three more in the near future. ABOUT TOWN. liking by put: into practical gwfi'flflve‘w