The Detroit times., 1911-01-14
.'DRYs' ARE AGAINs7|
ANNEXATION IN
HIGHLAND PARK
Think Plan To Hitch Village Ia
Detroit Is Backed by City Brewers,
Anxious To Open Territory To
Saloons Now Barred.
Argue That Taxes. Are Low and GEN
eral Conditions Satisfactory Under
Present Status.

Are certain Detroit brewers be-
hind the plan to bring about the an
nexation OF Highland Park TO De-
troit?' Is question the anti-annexa-
tionists in the village are nowadays
asking.
The belief that Detroit brewery In
terests are actively interested in the
campaign to bring about the proposed
annexation has gained strong foot.
hold in the village and has served 10
spur the anti-annexationists on 10
greater effort. At the present time
there Is not saloon in the village,
but 1t is limited that II annexation
should be brought about, a number
will be established by Detroit brew
ers.
The anti-annexationists, however,
are determined that no saloons shall
come into their midst, and they are
now working harder than ever TO pre-.
vent the village from being hitched
on to Detroit. They beat the scheme
by majority of "a when II was voted
on last fall. and they are positive
they can roll up a greater adverse
majority ii the matter should be re-
submitted in the coming spring cleo
tion. The annexationists are now cir
culating a petition in the hope OF
getting sufficient number OF names
to warrant the supervisors In allow.
ing another vote TO be taken next
April. and they predict that they wilt
win II given another chance at the
polls.
THE sentiment against annexation
is growing stronger every day." said
Wilbur Il. Campbell, real estate
agent, who lives at No. 55 Cottage
Grove.ave.. Highland Park. The
people who live in Highland Park
are beginning to see that they have
really nothing To gain and much to
lose by becoming part OF Detroit.
| One OF the worst features OF the pro-
posed annexation would be the es-
tablishment of saloons In our terri
tory The WarnerCramton law pro
vides that one saloon shails be al
, lowed for every 500 inhabitants. We
have upwards or 5000 people in High.
land Park. so you see what the saloon
law would mean for us. Our present
village laws keep the saloons out. and
that's the kind Of law we want to live
under The fact that we have no
saloons is one Of our big assets.
"Those In favor of annexation argue
that we need better fire projections
and that annexation would give ~.
Well, our village council Is now nego-
tiating for an auto fire engine and
when that comes We shall be pretty
we'll protected against fire. Then, we
can always rely on Detroit to help us
II We have a very serious fire. The
Detroit department would help Wind
son in case of big fire, and Ii Is only
reasonable to expect that the same
helping hand would be extended to us
in case of emergency Our council has
also added more police protection and
is establishing system of garbage
collection. Our taxes as village are
also lower than they would be were
we part OF Detroit. So, all In all, We
are much better off in our present
position than we would be were we
annexed TO Detroit.
AS villagers we have unity or pur-
pose In striving for better citizen
ship and making our community n
good place In which to live. We are
high AL dry out here. almost on a
level with the top OF the Majestic
building in Detroit and the air Is so
pure that the village is becoming more
popular every year as a residential
section. We want TO maintain the i'm
dividuality OF Highland Park. and we
shall fight TO that end as long as we
have to-"
Many of those who are opposing an
nexation are members of the Highland
Park Civic club, of which Wells ID.
Butterf1eld. architect. is chairman.
This club is holding meetings once a
week and at each meeting steps are
taken TO fortify the defenses OF the