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Subocription Price 31.50 a Year. 5 Ccnfs the Copy B} the Sheridan Road Publishing Company MLPII 1. LEE. Manager l’cr<unall_v m: hope this is true. Not that we have real r~tate to sell. or that we expect to luigcly by the pmmixd boom. These things have ilmr place. but there is a larger pleasure in watch- ing the grmuh and development of the tqwn in which you live. We >hnuld be the list to wish to SKC uur :uhurhan City begun: anything but a city of hnmrs. There 5‘ minim. however; why Highiand Park-mould not be seitl’al times its size and still be arqniel. orderly and beautiful city of bones. With our wide area it is not numbers that we should fear. If‘our growth is ,aloiig the right lines, if proper building conditions are imposed, we may retain all our. preSEnt advantages and still increase in size. _ If it is true that. next spring bebns the boom in Highland Park we should "p'repareJortit. Other North Shore suburbs have had their turn. It an be ours. , '7- Published Eve'ry Saturday a: Highland Park, Illinois. Highlancfiir; Park . News-Letter slow {)TI’K‘R‘“ (If decaym' an that it i: all over. whzit will be done with the hundreds of easily buildings ant' their furnish- ing'x? The Missouri building has already gone up in minke. “ill the nthirs follow. as was the case at ('himgos VV hiti City. The Illinois building has Dot-n mld fnr .'l iarthing. The three buildings of tlu- Palace of Fine \rts will xemain 1ntact.Th'c rcdktmic buildings occupiul‘ by the United‘States kmornmciit :md ”10 anthropological exhibit 'will be- mmc'tlflr lwmo of Wmliinmnn I'niversity. Not all (If the illllltllllg< can be left standing. But some NE 02' the men most closely~in touch with O the blhlnesS life of Highland Park nmfked the other day: ".1 believe that next spring “lil. hrgm the Ink-m in Highland Pa'rk." N December [St the dismantling of lbe Louis- 0 ‘ iana Purchase Centennial Exposition was . commencedfi' ~Precisely at midnight on that date an arfiiy'Of worlfiiien invaded the treat white buildings arid began the work'of packinfl the'ex- hilfits. The walks whiéh concealed sidetracks were torn up and trains of cars, were shunted into the building. Thousands of ear load‘srof cases contain- ing the exhibits will be shipped awafin the next few weeks. the great wheels of-the issue horse- prlwer generator in the Manufactures Building will cease m revolve. the mangr-colored’dazzling light! will die away and the greateSt eip'osition of the .wnrld will have become a memory. The degtructim'i m" the great white city seems a sad tank to one who has stayed at the fair a suffi- cient len‘gth‘nf time to studyethe varying phases and changing multitudes of the long plazasfind streets. The scintillating lights, the gliétcning fountains and cascades. the swift grindolas on the smooth flowing lagoons. the light and gayety of the crowded Pike. the ‘hnwere of crinfettiâ€"all have passed forever. No more the turn of machinery. the murmur of millions. the cry of the harkcrs. sound along the de- aerterl “web. All is givcn’up to silence and the slow prom-s“ of decay./ Entered at the P003 05m. Highland Part, 11L, .0 w Chm matter. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, .90.. The Coming Boom A Vanishing Gity HIGHLAND PARK NEWS-LETTER could undoubtedly be moved to m in St Louis to sen; u mnumcms of the Louisiana Purchase Ex- position. The statuary could perhaps be sold to institutions as somenirs and works of an. There have been sunny world's “its and univemi expositipm. None of them has paid. financinii‘y. but educationally all have been distinct 'sucoeues. The St., Louis exposition was wobbly seen 5y n inner prqujog of the masses of this country than my peevious one. And that‘they’ studied the fair ente- iully ind conscientiously may be safely assumed. Gmter opportunities to study our country and its dependencies and for'comparison- with foreign na- tions,wetc_'ucver before presented. And to. al- though the stockholders of the exposition 'mlized no di\idcnds, the have; unconsciously. been philan. thropic In this respect. ’ . in: Louisiana Vru‘rchm Ccnteuhial Expositionâ€" now 'a memory. Loncmqy that memory endure. ing words : “Now that the colleges .and universities have given appropriate thanks for the nianynmercies which have been vonchsafed to them during the year. it is fitting that they should appoint a day for memorial services for the gallant thitfien sons who have fallen on the football field for the glory of alma mater. A record of thirteen killed and 296 in- jured speaks well indeed for the loyalty and devo- tion offithe collegiate children, and it must be ad- mitted that the 'sum total exceeds even the most enthusiastic expectations. Harvard University erect- ed a memorial building for her sons who felLin the civil war, and their names and deeds are still held in affectionate remembrance. How much more honor and loveJhoiddhegivenout to thoée who fell in direct defense of the rah rah goal posts, and gladly surrendered their young lives in, heroic pre- vention of a blighting and dishonéring'tbuchdown. Dulce a! pro unitenitate mori.” t HE Department of Commerce arid {Labor has "K‘ last begun its special work. C5mmis- sioner Garfield has ordefed an investigation. of Standard Oil méthod%, and two's‘pcci’al agents hale bcfen instructed to search for material against this min; whichis and the .largest_in th; United States. With Thoma's Lawson-and the Depaftmeht of Commerce after him, John D. may well watch out for the bogey ’man. andcr Dowie. accomvpani‘ed by her son‘, A; J. Gladstone Dowic, left Zion City this week to spend ghe winter in the south. Ill health is given as The reason. She; has been glarmingly weak for several momhs, it is said. Her condition and its cause are described in_ the Leaves of Healing as follows: 0 VERSEER Jane Dowie, Wife of John Alex~ The Standard Oil'and the Bogey Man “She has been sufiering from physical'and mental exhaustion. consequent upon the Severe trials of the past years and oxerwork. ‘ “The departurc‘of our only'daughter two \nd a half years ago: the sorrow and shame she felt. as an Australian born, at the vile conduc't of the cruel and monstrous mohs'duijing the around the world visitation in the cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia. and the further indignities; of the mobs in London. Englgnd added to the strain of her official duties as principal owerseer of wom- en' 5 work throughout the world, have, undoubtedly, R.‘ ROSEWELL FIELD, writing in the Chicago Post, calls attention to the foot- ball tragedies of the season in the follow- ‘ Thirteen Killed Zion City Notss lamb cuiminued in bringing about her present condnion.” ' . Dr. Bowl; himself mandates his ,absence from Zion City for a few dtyl. returning Dec m He expresses- the hope that his wife will return in the my swing fully restored in health. Dr. Dowie has received notiEe that he has been given 8130.000 by a woman in Seothad and otheg 310.000 by a second woman. The pit: come at 00 man: time. as on Dec. :2 the meme; will hue to meet a payment of $160,000 on the receiver- ship agreement. ' HE Cuban government has awarded to Mr. Joseph De \Vyckafi, formerly of Chicago. the contract of raising the ill-fated Maine from her resting place- in Havana Harbor. The price to be. paid' IS $5,000, which is one-thousandth of the building cost of the battleship. It is expected that the work of floating the ship ‘will be completed next summer. ' â€" ‘ It is deplorable that our government , did not léeep its rights to this relic. which, when floated. mightksqm’e been used as a training ship. as was OIld nsides" for many years. As it is, it will probably be broken up for souvenirs. It is a fact not generally known that 73 enlisted men and one oficer are still entombed where they died at their poston that fatal February night nearly seven years ago. Their bodies, when recm'ered, will be turned over to the United States government and buried with military honors. A memorial monu- ment will also be erected in Havana to the memory of the 266 men who died for Cuba’s freedom. This is the passing of the. last echo of the war. Less than seven years have elapsed since the tragedy was: enacted, and it is forgotteti, except in those honies where stands a vacant chair.’ E hear much about opportunities. Their W your opportunity is the little one that lies ~ . are everywhere plentiful; Remember that squarely in ‘front of you, not the large 'one which you hope to find further along. Many a man is sur- rounded with opportunities who never‘seizes one. There are traditions that Adam, William Tell and Sir Isaac Newton each had an affair with an apple, hut with different results. Your first duty is‘ always to that which Jies across your path. The lonly stcp which you can fake in advance -is the next one. This leads to a simplicity of action which is commandable. Don’t (amble.- Electrical Review. (John Wesley says: V“Many think of being happy with .God in‘heaven, but being happy in God on earth never enters their heads.” " «Commissioner Garfield is out gunning for ,the packers. What’s up; now ? IL The society women‘of the North Shore have d. veloped the “life“ art craze, and ,have formed I. class 0! twen‘y which meets daily at. the Art Insti- tute for instruction -- and gossip. ("the Mayor of Wankegan has an eye on cup layouts and three arrests have already been made. The seven-come-eleven artists will soon be “£er housed for the winter. (.Genenl Chaflee believes in disfmhchlaement u a preventativ} of. desertion from the Irmv. Out of the 5,873 men who deserted l 9_ year, how nanny does‘thc Genénl believe‘did so ith' the idea of ever being caught, under their army nun. 3t least? ' 7 . ' The R’sing of “ The Maine Oppormnifies n' re“ has I to thq r city. thu , Massa Island an Wave hot and New This spc ‘ states an , hity,‘ hm than ‘fhi' the com: Analyzin lynching: west, 30: of water] as follow: 005'. .211 Water In shout. 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