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The Highland Park News. ‘l’uhlishetl in the Interests of Highland Park, llighwuml and Kuvinia, every Friday aftcruuun by H, F. A. If. Evans. Office: in News Building, 255 Central Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois. Advertislni 'rn‘iés’h‘l‘ade known oil twin-Juan at this office. Entered at the post-office at Highland Park, 11]., as second class matter. LEWIS B. HIBBARD, H. F. EVANS, - I Terms,“ $1.007pcr year, 59 cents for six unmths, 30 cents for three months. The undersigned, one of the prop rietors Of the HIGHLAND PARK News has this day sold all his interest in the paper and joh Office to THOMAS J. FORREST, a practical printer and newspaper man, who has had charge or sererai large“ Offices in‘ti’le‘Ez‘Ist, and is familiar with every detail of such an establishment. He has been connected with theIV EWS from the first issue. The firm of H. F'. A. ‘E. EVANS is therefore succeeded by EVANS FORREST, who will settle all the accounts of the Old firm. I wish to thank the public for its prompt and generous patronage of the NEWS and the job department, and assurb them that under the new management the high standard of excellence will he maintained, and and improvements introduced where- ever pqssible. H. F. EVANS. Highland Park, Ill.,July 30,1897. Generally speaking, Wankegan comes to the Park for hints and an example. But once in a while the tables are turned. Here is an in» stance, in this nugget of practical sense and civic wisdom, in a recent article by the leveermled editor of the Daily Register: “If“ we ever prosper as a city, we must be. united on wlmt iHa benefit to the whole city." CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP. It is a law of Hlfl‘h world-wide ap- FRIDAY, JULY 30. LOCAL PROSPERITY. ), â€" - EDITOR. BUSINESS MANAGER. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. plication and so pertinent in every age, that it was imlmddod in holy Scripture as ‘ ‘a house divided against itself cannot stand.“ There will be differences of opinion in nations, cities, communities and families, and 3 yet lirosperity may abound; but when divisions, liiekerings and an- tagonisms enter, prosperity packs her grip for an early departure. More than one professional man has failed through the foolishwtipposi-h tion in his family; business houses have dissolved. through one petu- lant, bickering partner; some muni- cipal administrations have failed of accomplishing anything through petty, personal divisions, wasting time and energies, null nota few naâ€" tional governments have done very little from rank partisanship of its members, congressmen trying to put the President, or some other oflicial in “a hole” for party or personal ends. The local lesson for us as citizens, as'Paul said. of “no mean city,” is apparent; - (\i’e must-diet ' toffe'théi‘, cit- izens of all classes and conditions, citizens and members of the council. \Ve elect alder-men, not to enact their own views, or to adopt meas- ures for their own personal ends, but to represent us. Hence, in their official capacity they are entitled to, and fillOllld have our support, always on the supposition that they know or want to know the public senti- ment and wishes and are seeking to formulate the same into ordinzmces. resolutions and other measures. No man, he he an alderman or private citizen has the right to my “It shall he so and so‘” or “I will omumoaml defeat it if I can.” Not at, all. \Vo differ in opinion and judgment; let, us got, together and by :1 frank, full and manly discussion come to think. alike, if possible; if not that. than as near alike as we run, and than all agree on the adoption of what, ”1% pears to he the overwhelming pub- lic opinion. To that (‘vidont lmh- liv (lvmaml, every onv of mi, private uitizmin, mnvspnlim‘ men and alder- men are to how gracofully, (theor- fully and loynlly. That is the 0H- sauce of the spirn and method of succmsuful popular fiovornmont. Highlund Park him had :1 phenom- enal history of social, religious and political unity. Some live and twenâ€" ty years ago there was a red-hot and little municipal campaign which left deep, life loner wounds. and the scars stillabide 111 some places, and it will all he obliterated only when the last of the active, participants lies he- neath the blooming daisies. “'0 want nothing of the sort again. “'e want, the Park‘s prosperity, not our “Own personal views or measures to triumph, or as the Great Teacher taught, “He that would ' win the highest honors, achieve the greatest success, he the most useful and be longest remembered ’ and loved, would be he who served his fellows best and most.” Let that, feHowâ€"citizens, be our purpose, aim and ambition. and when we pass away, not only the widow and fatherless‘ whom we have 110- f1 lemled hut men of all (:1: 15508 and (onditions “ill think and speak of us as another good man gone to his rowmwh We spoke last week of the im- provements on the city building and the accommodations for the library. Mr. Bock‘s planscontemplate an ad- (lition about 28x40, giving the fire apparatus below a room 17x40, and the library above the same size. Our suggestion would be that this addi- tion be wider, so that these big rooms be at least 20, if not 22x40, so that when the library is moved to an- other building, the room above or the one below can be used for the court room, as the city will grow, and 20 years hence, a court room of that size will be needed. In fact, in years from now the city will need all these rooms for its own use,’ad- ditional room for clerk. court, treas- l urer, engineer, etc. The library board has a platrto put aside say $50021 year of its in- come as a fund toward lot and build- ing. A good plgii, but the Buck ad- diticn plan is better1 because it gives adequate room for the library for the next five to ten years, without any cost to the library fund and with the very least possible cost t9 the city. Put the library into any other build ing and it will cost from $300 to THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.