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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20
'Official City Notices
AN ORDINANCE.

An ordinance providing a salary
for certain members Of the police and
fire departments of the city of Water
town.
The Common Council of the City of
Watertown do ordain as follows:
Section 1. The following members
of the police and fire departments of
the city of Watertown shall receive a
salary, towit:
Chief of police, patrolmen, chief of
the fire department..
Sec. 2. For the purpose of gradual
ing the salaries of patrOlmen accord
ing to length Of service, merit or 9th
er qualifications, such officers are
hereby classified as follows: Class A
Glass B and Glass G.
Sec. 3. The amount of the annual
salary which shall be paid to each of
such officers, commencing with Octo-
Der 1, 1918 and continuing until other
wise ordered by the common council
is hereby fixed at the sum set oppo-
site the designation of each such Of
ficer or class of officers, as follows
Chief of Police, twelve hundred
eighty dollars (s12SO.OO);
Patrolmen, Glass A, Eleven hundred
forty dollars (s1140.OO);
Patrolmen, Class B, ten hundred
eighty dollars (s1OSO.OO);
Patrolmen, Glass c, ten hundred
twenty dollars ($102O.0O);
Patrolmen, Glass D. nine hundred
sixty dollars (s960.OO;
Chief of Fire Department, one hun
dred twenty dollars ($12O.0O);
Sec. 4. The classification regulat
ing the salaries of police officer:
hereunder shall be made by the boar(
OF police and fire commissioners ant
become effective when approved b,
the common council.
Sec. 5. All ordinances or parts O
ordinances conflicting with the pro
visions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its passage and publication.
Passed September II, 1918.
Frank S. Weber,
City Clerk
Approved September 10, 1918.
Charles Mulberger,
Mayor
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20
At the Theatres

"Over the Top" with Guy Empey
will be shown at the Classic Tuesday
and Wednesday, September "a and %.
The Watertown Separate company is
staging this picture and large at
tendance is looked for. Sergeant Guy
Empey was invalided to America and
just as soon as his physical condition
permitted, he launched into patriotic
work over here. He sold more than a
million dollars of Liberty bonds, aided
the Red Cross and soldiers smoke
funds, and was a potent factor in re-
cruiting the regular y. S. army to war
strength after we had entered the
conflict He wrote "Over the Top" at
the behest of friends who were con-
vinced his story had value as a pa
triotic document, and he took the lee
ture platform on the same basis. Over
night almost, this plain soldier with a
plain story of the war became an in
ternational figure.
Tonight the second of the Boy
Scout series will be shown at the
Classic. Six reels Of film will be run
off. Purchase a ticket from the Boy
Scouts. Phone 557-J and Scout will
be sent to the designated place.
"The Painted Lily" with Alma Reu-
bens will be seen at the Majestic Sat-
urday. A high class production with
a good climax can be looked for. An
Allied War Review will also be
shown.
Charles Ray will be seen in a good
picture at the Majestic Sunday. The
name of the star implies the merit of
the photoplay.
Saturday at the Classic Rosco Ar
buckle in Good Night Nurse" and
William Desmond in CLOSING In will
be the screen attractions.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20
High School Notes

On Tuesday morning the Jackie
band led by Prof. Gordon of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, paid the school
a visit, and the professors chief
hobby, community singing, followed.
| Keep the Home Fires Burning" was
| one of the songs and the students
were cOmplimented by the leader. At
the massmeeting at the Elks building
at 1:30 Prof Gordon requested the
Liberty chorus of the school to as
| sist in singing. School was resumed
| Immediately after the program was
| finished.
An Alumni honor roll containing
the names of all the boys who are in
WatertOwn high school is suspended
on one Of the walls in corridor at
the school. One hundred seventy-five
names appear on the roll. The major
| ity Of the boys are in the front line
trenches chasing the huns back to
Berlin
| lied Monday and seven teachers have
| taken over sections. Among the stu
dents having high averages are:
Norma Conrad 99R per cent, Margar-
ct Motl 99R, Arthur Scion 991a, JOS
eph Norton 991@. About nine other stu
dents have averages of 80.
The Webster Debating society held
meeting the fore part of the week,
presided over by President Hartwig. A
| number of new members were enroll
ed The program for successive meet
ings will be completed soon.
The high school orchestra is being
organized. All who plan to enroll this
year are requested tc hand their
names to Prof. Buell..
The Forum Debating society held
special meeting Tuesday evening
and enrolled a number of new mem
bers.
The Senior class members have de-
cided on eliminating jewelry this
year and it would not be a bad idea
for future classes to follow suit.
The predominating sport at the
school is football and the candidates
are out for practice daily.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20

The home paper-The Nnws. Read
the News.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20
by for Securit
By ZIM

block 49, thence south &c feet to
point 27S.20 feet east of the northwest
corner of block Sc, thence west along
the south line of Lafayette street 1910
feet to a point 26750 feet east of the
northwest corner of block Sc, thence
north 66.13 feet to place of beginning.
To have that part Of Lafayette street
above described to be declared of no
public utility, discontinued and va
Gated.
Dated September 18th, 1918.
By order of the Common Council.
F. S. Weber,
20-27-411 City Clerk.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20

Notice Is Hereby Given That at a
regular meeting of the common coun-
Gil of the city of Watertown, Wiscon-
sin, to be held in the common council
chamber in the city hall in said city
OF Watertown, on the 18th day of Oc-
tober, A. D. 1918. at the opening of
said meeting or as soon thereafter as
the same can be heard, the said COM
mon council will act upon the app1i-
cation of the owners of lots and land
AUDITING on that part of Lafayette
street in the city of Watertown, JEFF
ferson county, Wisconsin, described
as follows towit:
Beginning at point in the north
line OF Lafayette street 261 feet east
of the southwest corner of block 81 of
the original plat of Watertown on the
west side of Rock river, thence east
1886 feet along the south line of
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20
ON THE Hill
Northwestern COLLEGE

Black and Red, the college organ
edited by the students, will be ready
for press in the course of a week.
New staff members are H. Koch, ad-
vertising manager, G. Giesen, athletic
director, w. Beck, exchange editor
The band unit is being organized,
about nineteen members answering
roll call at the first meeting E. Falk
is president and r. Fenske director.
Meetings are held Tuesdays and Fri
days from 3:45 to o'clock.
A government inspector has been at
the college the past few days pre-
pairing for the establishment of a
Students Army Training Corp unit.
Prof. Herman Frank is seriously
recently underwent an operation.
Malvin Croll, 20, has gone to Mad
isOn where he has enlisted in the S.
A. T. G. at the state university.
Football candidates are hard at
work and Coach Kowalke predicts a
good team for the year.
Walter Zank succeeds w. Binhei-
mer as assistant tutor, the latter hay
ing enlisted in the navy
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20

Notice Is Hereby Given That at a
regular meeting of the common cOun-
Gil of the city of WatertOwn, to be held
on the LIST day of October, A. D. 1918,
at the opening Of said meeting or as
soon thereafter as the same can be
heard in the common council chamber
in the city hall in said city of Water
town. The said common council will
act upon the application of the owners
of lots and land abutting on that part
of Water street described as follows
towit:
Beginning at point in the extern
sion of the south line of La
fayette street, 256.2O feet east
of the N w. corner of block SO of
the original plat of the west side.
Thence north &C feet to point 1880
feet east of the S. w. corner of block
I37. Thence northerly 334 feet to a
point 307.20 feet east of the N. w. cor
ner of said block 81. Thence east in
| the extension of the south line of West
Madison street 16 feet Thence south
erly 1886 feet to point 275.S0 feet east
of the S. W. corner of block 81. Thence
south &C feet to a point % feet east of
the point Of beginning. Thence west
along the extension of the south line
of Lafayette street % feet to the point
of beginning.
| To have that part of Water street
above described to be declared of no
public utility, discontinued and va
Gated.
Dated September 3rd, 1918.
| By order of the common council
| Frank S. Weber,
| City Clerk
6-l3-2O-27
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20
STRANGE BeoueSt.

A strange bequest was made by a
retired soap manufacturer recently.
He left the sum of little more than
eleven hundred dollars, to found a
home for homeless cats and dogs"
but stipulated that the money is not to
be touched until the year 2163, by
when the donor estimates it will have
increased to two hundred million dol
lars.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20

Junction only.
Train No. 33 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at 1888
a. m. except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 1929 D. m.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. 423 arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 700 p. m.
except Sunday.
Train No. 81 arrives from the east
at 5:55 p. NJ, except Sunday.
Train No. 40 Saturday and Sunday
only arrives from Milwaukee at 2:55
p. M. and goes no further.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 1850 p. N. daily
Train No 40 arrives from Madison
at sos a. NJ, except Sunday.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 10:C2 a. m. and goes
through to Madison, returning at $500
p. m.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20

Keep the pullets which mature
quickly and start laying first. Those
which start laying when less than 200
days old, or nearest that age, are the
best layers If they have had the best
care.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20

Saturday at the Classic Rosco Ar
buckle in Good Night Nurse" and
William Desmond in CLOSING In will
be the screen attractions.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20

Charles Ray will be seen in a good
picture at the Majestic Sunday. The
name of the star implies the merit of
the photoplay.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20
}. G. Draeger
Electrical Contractor
PHONE NO. SILL

We Take Care of Everything in the
Electrical Line-Repair all Kinds OF
Electric Apprenticeship and New
House Wiring-Prompt Service Ever.
Office n. THIRD ST-WatertOWn
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-20

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
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2O-27-4-11
New Britain herald., 1918-12-07
RAILROAD OWNERSHIP.

Railroad ownership is a. problem
minds of the public, a problem that
must be disposed of within the next
few months. The recommendations
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
edy for either government or private
ownership and have failed to arouse
the interest such a report would Gre
ate in normal times.
Although the railroads were con-
Quoted successfully by the govern
ment during the var, sentiment is
growing against a continuance OF fed
eral control as it is now exercised
amounting virtually to ownership.
Fxtrava gance and Wastage through
political administration of the lines
are possibilities that must not be
overlooked. Office holders usually
have little regard for public funds
and are apt to use them more freely
than they would their private
that utilities Immediately under con-
troll Of the government do not fur
nish the service commensurate with
the amount Of money invested and
red tape prevents the citizen from
receiving satisfaction when complaint
is made.
Private ownerRndp in the past has
developed many abuses which should
not be permitted to exist if the lines
are given back to their respective
companies. But private ownership
has the virtue of reasonable competi-
ton which under wise management,
makes for service. High salaries
should be forbidden and leakage Of
funds should be shut off Cut-throat
practices which made the shippers
and passengers pay heavily in the old
days SHOULD be eliminated.
An ideal medium would be private
own ersh1p under a stricter govern
ment control than in the past, a con-
troll that would prevent the recur-
renee of the evils of other years.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-07
ALONGER SCHOOL YEAR.

voted to this process, and the gear@
cannot be safely shifted to high"
until the fall term is Well under way
or perhaps even drawing to it's close.
Climatic conditions do not permit tho
even distribution of school and vaca-
ton periods SO long and so success
fully practiced in English schools.
But even if the climate does not favor.
such a plan there seems to be no valid
reason why the late summer. and
early fall weeks should not be more
intimately related to the intellectual
development and growth OF our
American youth. These are days when
conservation has the right OF way
and all that tends to loss and waste
must go to the discard w here bet
ter can we begin than in the training
of our boys and Sirls on whom WHY
fall the heavy responsibility Of meet
ing and solving the con- plicated prob
lens of reconstruction that will be
born out of the War?
In the belief that q plain duty con-
fronts it at this time, Phillips Acad-
envy has decided 20 take at least a.
step in the right direction and has
this year called its students together
week earlier than usual. And it IS
significant OF the temper Of the Amer
lean people that Scarcely a word 6f-
protest has been offered against this
step, while expressions Of approval
have been generous and pronounced.
We should go further, no doubt. But
it is at least gratifying to believe that
beginning has been made and that
what has alrt ady been done viii makcA
it easier FOR others to adopt Il policy
that so thoroughly comm ends itself
to thoughtful sChoOD21en.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-07

and active support as we'll, and the
public. could not invest it's money in
any other organization that would
guarantee such dividends
Primarily, the purpose Of the Visit
ing Nurse association is to build a
rugged childhood, which will mean a
vigorous manhood and womanhood,
thus ensuring the future New Britain
d physical citizenship sound in
body and mind. At present the as
ISOLATION is working under adverse
conditions Calls on the poc1etbook
have been mary. Appeals for invest
ments in Liberty Loans, War Savings
Stamps and war philanthr0pies have
distra cted our attention from doIneS-
tic requirements and local orgaNlza-
tions have suffered accordingly. This
p1ust no. continue and We must give
some attention to our Heath
Bonds, as represented In such socie-
ties as the Visiting Nurse associa-
ton.
In the annual report of the asso-
citation, New Britain is shown to have
at least eight hundred sub-normal
children. This is a condition that
must b. remedied and all should con-
slider themselves partners in the
cause A building erected on a foun-
dation Of quicksand will eventual
" fall healthy adult population
cannot be expected to result from
race Of weal1ing babies.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-07
NERO OF THE BLUE PEN GIL.

If President Wilson, through his
high voltage nerve center antennae,
Is capable of sensing the temper of
one hundred million people back here
in the United States. he will counter
mand any censorship commission
awarded to George Creel at Paris and
will see to it that Creel does not seize
any power in that direction.
The public has been officially as
sured that no attempt will be made
to hinder bona fide correspondents of
newspapers and press associations at
the peace conference. In discoursing
OF the seizure of the transoceanic
cables during his address in Congress
said: ST hope that the results will
justify my hope that the news of the
next few months may PASS with the
utmost freedom and with the least
possible delay from each side of the
sea to the other" That statement
itself was, in spirit, a promise to the
American people that there would be
no interference with news dispatches
Now comes the distressing Informal
ton that, because of the heavy traffic
ON the cables, news dispatches will be
"rationed' and no messages may be
sent except under the supervision Of
CreeI or those representing the Bu-
reau of Public Information in Paris.
Under the guisa of eXpediency this
is q fragrant violation of the Constitu-
tionaI guarantee of the freedom of
the press. President Wilson is said
to be unaware in nany cases of what
his subordinates are doing This is
the time for him to tell one Of his
subordinates to put his blue pencil in
his pocket and keep it there. We
want the news, the whole news. and
not merely what George CreeI thinks
we should have.
George ~treel calmly SHARPENING his
pencil while America burns for news
is not a pleasant picture.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-07
(From the Phillips Bulletin)

The excessive length of American
school and college vacations has for
years furnished a fruitful theme for
discussion wherever and whenever
those engaged in the profession OF
teaching have met to wrestle with
concern them. The fact that for ap-
proXimately One-third of each calen-
dar year the plants of our American
institUtions of learning lie conspicu-
ously idle has prompted frequent
and We believe, just criticism. Per-
haps the knowledge that the criticism
is just is what makes us particularly
sensitive about it. Anyway we have
neve refused to discuss the auction,
and often wit h some heat,--but we
have generally stopped there. We
have done nothing. And yet we are
clearly conscious that, in compari-
son with the practice of other c0un-
tries, the policy commonly pursued by
our own is one in which we can find
little cause for satisfaction and few
arguments to employ in it's defense.
For q number of years Phillips
Academy, by beginning its school
wear approximately in the middle Of
September. has secured a school year
at least week longer than that of
most schools. But this has proved
none too much.
The intellectual rust and moral
inertia accumulated by the average
pupil during the long summer Vaca-
ton cannot be rubbed off or over
come in a. day. Several precious
weeks of @the fall term must be de-
New Britain herald., 1918-12-07
TIGHTENING SCHOOL YEAR

Phillips Academy at Andover,
Mass, has taken the initiative in in
creasing the time required for at
tendance at classes, a, subject that
has caused as much discussion among
educators as any in recent years. In
adopting this course the authorities
at the academy realized that they
were proceeding in a direction to
which there has been considerable
objection from men Of substantial
minds. 1t is deserving Of notice.
however, that scarcely a word of
protest has been offered against this
step, while expressions of approval
have been generous and pronounccd",
d statement printed in the "Philljps
Bulletin
Thoughtless waste previous to the
war has been the bane of Am erica,
We have been profligate in the use
CT our resources and clocks existed for
the sole purpose of telling us when
TO go to bed. The war has taught US
q lesson of thrift and nowhere can
this lesson be better exemplified than
IN the action of the Andover academy
directors. Time is gold. A moment
lost can never be regained. This is
becoming recognized more and more
by educators, who realize that we
have not taken advantage of the OPP
portunities afforded by our wonder
full public school plant. The famous
school atop elm shaded Andover hill
has broken through the barrier of
custom and has set a pace that other
private schools and cur public schools
can follow with universal benefit.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-07
Our Miuionaires and Others.
Detroit Free Press

According to statistics just pub
lished by the statisticiaa Of the Bank
ers' Trust company of New York,
there are only 1875 millionaires in
the United States. The use of the
word "only" is not ours. 1t is used as
an expression of surprise by the New
York Commercial which appears to
have believed, previous to the publ
cation of the trust cOmpany's figure,
that the mum Der OF American million
aires was considerably larger.
The Bankers Trust company fig
ures have, no doubt. missed a few
men who although they undoubtedly
possess worldly goods of a greater
total value than $1,000 900. have not
an income OF at least $4,000 a year.
But even without these the total
yearly revenue of the Income mil
Honaires" is $2,78O, 235, 600, which
works out an average Of $4,000
each.
While these figures are tremen-
dous, their significance is to be found
in the fact that the rest Of the popu-
laton of the United States is also in
receipt of a still more remarkable
amount. The total income of the
whole population is more than $55,-
100000, 600, so that the amount
drawn by the millionaire class is less
than per cent. of the whole. Fur
ther subdivision shows that moro
than $4,000, 5000 of the grand
total is drawn by those in receipt of
between $1,000 and $4,000 a year.
In this wide distribution of the
total wealth of the country, through
income, is to be found the chief diff
terence between our social conditions
in this country and in conditions
abroad. The bane Of Great Britai In
has been the accumulation of q large
part of the total wealth of the coun-
try in the hands of a few people and
the enjoyment of the com paratively
beggarly remainder by the vast ma
jority of their fellow countrymen,
New Britain herald., 1918-12-07
The Vanishing Plover.
(Our Dumb Animals)

The upland plover, one of the most
beneficial birds of all the winged host
that once abounded in North America.
has been hunted and shot to the vergt
of determination. With the passing OF
the Pc ssenger pigeons, which even
now so many friends of all birds find
it hard to believe and Of which great
many are not convinced, the plovers
were marked for wholesale destruc
ton They were candidates for OBJ
livion along with more than a Scors
Of other useful and beautiful species
that could be i'll spared from our once
vast and valuable native farms.
There is a ray Of hope that these
birds may not be pursued to complete
annihilation The federal law for tho
protection of migratory birds makes
it possible for the plover species to
rehabilitate itself, provided the closed
season be fixed to continue throughout
the year. The upland plover is a mi
gratory bird and an insectivorous bird.
animal forms which are chiefly the
worst enemies to agriculture. The fed
era1 law fixes a closed season on mi
gratory insectivorous birds to continue
throughout the year with the eXCep
ton of the bobolink or ricebird but
a migratory game bird and so it's fata
is precarious. These birds should not
be shot