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I: THE RISING 80011. The boom, or tidal wave of pros- perity struck Waukegan several months ago. and the season has been one of unusual activ1ty,progrese and prosperity up there. Essentially the same is true of Lake Forest, and our carpenters have found work up there all summer. But here it has been, to use the emphemistic lan 11an ot theustreet, “v6rf‘fi1‘fiet‘.” But we believe far out on iithe horiQ v70" can be seen the rising sWell of Highland Park IS just beginning to feel the significant first low murmur- ings of the coming boom. Not a violent one inflatedlike a bubble and as soon burst and exploded, leaving its denolations behind, but a healthy. steady and permanent one. or quite oneâ€"half probably, and so stimulate local business. The spirit of monopoly is to make businesspay in freight rates all it will bear and not kill it; the spirit of a healthy competition is to do it just as cheap as it can be done with a legitimate profit, and so make up the gross profits out of a greatly enlarged and ever increasingbusiness. This steam- boat business makes coal over one dollar a ton cheaper in Waukegan that it used to be. So of lumber. and all heights. in fact. It means a big thing in the rapid growth of our city. ' ‘ Now these commercial movements Show that large. broadâ€"minded busi- ness men see in Highland Park an immediate future and they want that pier because it secures the lake tram sportation business of this place. which will very soon be of no small magnitude iml importance. It will reduce the freioht rates here nearly One of the things which lead us to this conclusion is the fact that quite recently two different parties have been here to look about our facilities for steam-boat traffic. One" party wishes to purchase outright the Flet~ cher pier, and then make extensive and permanent improvemente for a large business in the future. An- other‘party wants to have Mr. Fletr cher make these improvements and they lease the pier of him for a term of years. Mr. Fletcher has not decided yet which he will do,for he sees that the pier has a valuable future before it and he is inclined to holdit, very naturally. D. A. DRISCOLL ‘6: CO., MBiCVCIQ EXCIWRQQ... sundries and Repairs of ’All Kinds All grades of Flour, Hay, Feed, Oats, Bran, Com .,;f;,,_;,___,y;.,;;;-_j,~'w» 5.31,; fiLuxen. Memwllddfiws and Straw. ‘ ” Chase Sunburn Teas and Coffeesâ€"â€"V\’e are are prepared to sell them to you tn any quantity. ST. Johns Avenue THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS $1 A YEAR. “LADIES HOME JOURNAL” and THE NEWS, $1.75“ EVANS BROS, ‘ancy Groceries, Tea, Coffee FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. D. M; ERSKINE CO.,. Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron and Furnace Work. MONEY TO LOAN REAL ESTATE. Chicago and Highland Park. Bicycles to Order From $35 Up. TELEPHONE 46.