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WEEKLY WATERTOWN LEADER.
VOLUME XLIX
hlpon vs. Northwestern
After a few moment*, of preliminary
practice, the teams lined up and N.
W. kicked the ball in Ripon’a hands,
the man being tackled and brought to
the ground on the spot. After the
first down, Kipon was penalized 15
yards on account of hurdling and Rip
en found itself compelled to punt and
by fast maneuvering succeeded in re
covering the ball.
Ripon’s star full back was pushed
forward for several consecutive downs
landing the ball over the goal line in
4i minutes of play they converted
this into a goal leaving the score 6
to U. Then first did N. W. wake up
to the realization that Ripon was
rushing them off the field. The spec
tators became disgusted and expected
a score of one hundred to nothing but
N. W. showed them that when fully
awake they were able to hold their
own.
Kipon kicked off into E. Berg’s
hands who returned it 15 yards. A
successful forward pass executed by L.
Zeisler moved the ball 15 yards furth
er. Kipon kicked off to N. W.’s full
back, E. Berg who returned it 15
yards. Two forward passes to right
end Zeisler, carried th ball 15 yards
further. The third forward pass
grounded and N. W. was penalized 15
yards. Koch made a quarter back run
but fared to gain the required dis
tance and in. W. was forced to punt.
Hass, left guard, recovered it and M.
W. tried another forward pass to
Hoffmann who made first down. The
ball passed to Kioon on downs on the
20 yard line. On a long na run they
made 15 yards. Ripon punted into
Kock’s hands who returned it a few
yards. Again Ripon got the ball in
the middle of the field and were pen
alized on a foul run by the quarter
back. Ripon was pushed back and
forced to punt. N. W. secured the
ball in the middle of tbe field and on
a forward pass male 15 yards. A
forward pass from O. Koch to A.
Borg, gained 30 yards for N. W.
Kipon got the ball on downs and
punted. N. W. punted back and the
ball rolled behind the goal line where
a Riponite picked it up and was
tackle by A. Berg making a touth
back. Hipun punted from the 25 yard
line. N. W. punted and Kipon got
the ball. The first half ended with
the ball in N. W.’s possession.
N. W. outplayed Ripon throughout
the latter part of tbe half, the ball
being constantly in Ripons’ territory,
but the first 4 minutes of play were
disastrous to N. W. who seemed to be
dreaming that Ripon was as easy as
the second sauad. The forward passes
uf N. W. were a puzzle to Kipon and
only failed once, in spite of being
constantly used. Another fault that
perhaps lost the game, was Koch's
inexperience.
In the second half, Kipon again
kicked off into H. Zsisler’s hands who
returned it 15 yards. After two downs
N. W. punted. Kipon received a
penalty ot 15 yards for being off side
and saw itself compelled to punt.
Dahlmann received it. A. Berg
ploughed thro’ for a gain, but was
forced to punt on downs. Ripon re
ceived it and executed a fine forward
pass between Swetland and the left
end gaining 30 yards thereby. The ball
was on N. W.’s 20 yard line when
Ripon attempted a goal but failed.
N. W. punted but Ripon man blocked
the ball and it rebounded back of the
goal line where E. Hoffmann dropped
on it scoring a safety making the
score 8 to 0. N. W, kicked from the
25 yard line. Ripon tried another
forward pass, but Koch intercepted
and returned the ball 20 yards before
being brought to the gronud. Ripon
again got the ball on N. W.’s punt
but back to N. W. Kipon was penal
ized for off side. L. Zeisler made 20
yards on a forward pass, but lost the
ball to Ripon on the next forward
pass again but were thwarted by A.
Berg, who got the bail. A forward
pass to L. Zeisler failed. Zeisler
touched the ball but did not succeed
in recovering it on the fumble and N.
W. lost 15 yards tor penalty. Ripon
began using the forward pass but
tailed generally in getting the ball.
Ripon punted to Koch who ran down
the field for a3O yard gain. The sec
ond half ended with the ball in tbe
middle of the field in N. W.’s posses
sion leaving the score with 8 points
for Ripon and none for N. W.
Exceptional playing was done by
the two ends, L. Zeisler and Hoffmann,
by quarter back Koch and A. Berg,
fullback. The greater share of the
game was played in Ripon’s territory.
After the first few minutes of play,
Ripon only succeeded twice in getting
near N. W.’s goal line, otherwise the
game was played constantly danger
ously near Ripon’s goal. Ripons line
was better [than N. W.’s and some
what heavier. Tbe back line was
about 20 pounds heavier than N. W.’s
and it was mainly due to this that
Ripon succeeded in scoring in the first
4 minutes of play, Swetland being
used excluoively during this while.
For Ripon, Oapt. Swetland and right
half Butler, played the star game.
Coach Luehring of Ripon, gave Koch
special praise, saying that he was N.
W.’s best player. Tbe right and left
ends, Hoffmann and Zeisler, did good
work on forward pasaea and recover
ing punta. N. W. caught over two
pants on the average to Ripon’s one.
The game was interesting and no one
had cause to regret being present.
Following was the lineup:
RiFON NORTHWESTERN
Swetland fb A. Berg
Butler rh H. Zeisler
Reed Ih Dablmann
Bassett le Hoffman
Roberts It Probst
Utgard, Friuth Ig Hass
Roark, Lewis White c Schroeder
Kingsbury rg Reinemann
Finnegan rt E. Breg
Davis re L. Zeisler
Ralligan qb Koch
At the mass meeting on Tuesday at
N. W. U. t S. Probst was elected base
ball manager for the next season; H.
Kirchner, assistant manager.
\N EXCELLENT EXHIBIT.
The Exhibit of the Watertown Stu
dents of the International Cor
respondence Schools. Is Attract
ing Much Attention.
The Watertown students of the I.
C. S. are receiving many compliments
pertaining to their excellent work
that is now on exhibit at Howell’s,
105 Main street. The work has been
done by students who enrolled and
began home study about one year ago.
Anyone who sees this exhibit will
never question the benefits to be de
rived from the correspondence system
ot education. Moat all the students
are employed at their regular em
ployment and have accomplished these
excellent results by devoting their
leisure hours to systematic study.
Some of the local students have re
cently entered the University of Wis
consin and have received credit for
their work dene at home thus reducing
their time at the university. The ex
hibit will be continued till Saturday
and all are invited to call and see the
work. There are no admission fees,
the purpose of the exhibit being to
give every citizen a chance to see the
work of young men and young women
that are devoting their evenings to
self-improving, qualifying themselves
to fill better positions and earn larger
salaries. Messrs. Jens and Granger
are in charge of the exhibit and will
gladly explain JJthe work on exhibit
and supply all with a free catalog of
any of the 208 courses of study that
these schools teach.
Taft and Sherman Club,
Pursuant to a call of the Republican
city committee, a meeting was held
Monday evening at the Men’s club
room in the Public Library building
for the purpose of organizing a Taft
and Sherman Clubj and was called to
order ny W. F. Gruetzmacher, chair
man of i he city committee and Sidney
Eberle elected temporary secretary.
It was moved and carried that a
Taft and Sherman Club be organized
and that the officers consist of a presi
dent, recording secretary, correspond
ing secretary, treasurer and an ex
ecutive committee.
The Club was then organized by the
election of the following officers:
President—J. f. Prentiss,
Vice Pres.—W. F. Gruetzmacher,
Recording Secy.—P. H. Swift, •
Corresponding Secy. —E'red F. Wit
ten wyler,
Treasurer—Chaties A. Skinner,
Executive Committee -Dr. W. F.
Whyte. W. H. Woodard, H. Wert
heimer, Charles Kohn, Dr. A. H.
Hartwig, Will Wdmeyer, Frana
Eaton and E. j. McAdams.
It was moved and carried that the
subsequent meetings of the Club be
on call of the President ofj the same.
It was moved and carried that the
matter of securing a headquarters fur
th p Club, be left with the Executive
committee.
It was moved and carried that H.
T. Eberle be authorized to raise
money for the national campaign fund
and have the endorsement ot the Club.
Being no further business, the club
adjourned subject to order of the
President.
Visit Old Scenes Again.
Dr. and Mrs. William Dafter of
Marshfield, were visitors in the city
Wednesday, guests uf Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Prentiss. Ur. Dafter was rec
tor of St. Paul’s church forty years
ago, being one of its first rectors and
labored here several years end did
much to lay the foundation for the
success of the church in Watertown.
But few here remember him and as he
sadly remarked upon returning from
Oak Hill cemetery where his loved
ones are resting, that those who he
knew and loved in days long past
when living and laboring here, are
sleeping in the “silent city.” The
Doctor nd his good w ; fe came Tues
day evening and started on their
return home Thursday morning.
They Are Blacklisted.
Officer Bruegger was busy Wednes
day posting up notices warning the
saloon men and others not to sell liquor
to the men blacklisted by the common
council and whose names appeared in
the notice. It might be a good idea
to “post” the names of those who
sell to the blacklisted individuals.
SUCCESSOR TO THE WATERTOWN REPUBLICAN.
BUT DO THE CLOTHES FIT HIM?
m
Now York Globe.
The president has tried to bequeath certain reforms to the Republican candidate, but I am the next
of blood in the reform business, and they come to m’e.—William Jennings Bryan.
" SOCIALISM AND M. 0.
Socialists Regard Municipal Ownership
as a Step In the Right Direction,
At the recent labor conference at
Hull, England, a resolution was adopt
ed to the effect that “socialism is the
definite object of the Labor party.”
This party has steadily favored mu
nicipal ownership, but until this year
has been unwilling to take the next
and logical step of Indorsing social
ism. This action just taken Is helpful
to a clearer understanding of the rela
tion between the two movements. So
cialism stands for the collective own
ership of all the means of production;
municipal ownership stands for the
collective ownership of a part of the
means of production. The difference is
one of degree, not of kind, and In
Great Britain no logical line of demar
cation between tbe two has been
found.
In this country, too. the Socialist Is
making full use of municipal owner
ship. He well knows that many peo
ple will take tickets for a short ride
who would be frightened away If urged
to buy a through ticket. The main
point is to get them started toward his
ultimate goal. After a man has been
enlisted in favor of municipal owner
salp It Is comparatively easy to get
him to accept the principle of public
ownership of railroads, telegraphs and
coal mines, although he may still not
be ready to accept the whole Socialist
programme, collective ownership of all
the means of production, for the sim
ple reason that he Is apt to be an
owner or part owner of some “means
of production” himself—e. g., a shop or
a store or a share or two of stock in a
manufacturing plant. That Is why the
national platform of the Socialist par
ty Is discreetly silent on some of the
cardinal doctrines of socialism. The
real purpose of collective ownership of
all the means of production Is there
fore toned down to a demand for—
“ The collective ownership of rail
roads, telegraphs, telephones, steam
ship lines and all other means of
transportation and communication and
all land.
“The collective ownership of all in
dustries which are organized on a na
tional scale and In which competition
has virtually ceased to exist.
“The extension of the public domain
to Include mines, quarries, oil wells,
forests and water power.”
The platform Is silent about munic
ipal ownership of lighting plants and
waterworks because M. O. people are
attending to that part of tbe Socialist
programme, leaving the thoroughgoing
Socialist free to concentrate his efforts
on the second part of the programme
as outlined above. It may look entic
ing, but remember that socialism
doesn't Intend to stop with public utili
ties and big corporations nor until It
has swallowed up in the great state
machine every vestige of private own
ership of everything except what a
man wears on his back or needs to
furnish his home.
HITS DETROIT CITY PLANT.
Alderman Points Out Weak Place In
Municipal Management.
“If the truth were known.” said Al
derman R. M. Watson of Detroit while
In Milwaukee, “we are navisg more for
WATERTOWN. JEFFERSON COUNTY. WIS. OCT. 9. 1908.
electric light In Detroit a? tfi’e munici
pal plant than we could get It for from
a private corporation. Our plant is ob
solete.”
The delegation of Detroit aldermen
told Commissioner Jansen of the city's
experience with munclpal heating.
When the Detroit city hall was half
Its present size it cost the city SIO,OOO
a year to heat it by a municipal plant
In the building. Tbe Detroit Central
Heating company now heats the en
larged building for $3,000 a year.
The visitors said Detroit was confus
ed as to what to do about the street
railway system when (he franchises
expire In two years. visitors said
the city government of Detroit lost
money on the three cent fare because
the three cent fare roads do not have to
maintain the pavement between the
tracks, while the four cent roads do.
Alderman Watson says that the board
of estimate In Detroit has persistently
refused to appropriate money to keep
the municipal electric lighting plant up
to date and that as a result the time
will soon come when the entire expense
of replacing the plant will have to be
met In one year instead of gradually
from year to year, and tbe cost of elec
tric light will rise proportionately.—
Milwaukee Journal.
A City Free From Debt.
On May 15, lUOB, the city of Kokomo.
Ind., paid the last dollar of Its indebt
edness. Its mayor, Hon. Will 11. Ar
nett, contributes an article on the sub
ject to the June Issue of the City Hall,
from which the following quotation Is
taken:
“Whatever may be said of the merits
of municipal ownership elsewhere, the
city of Kokomo is a signal example of
what may be done with private corpo
rations when dealt with by men of Judg
ment and integrity. Her contracts are
fair and reasonable, and her rates are
not burdensome. Perhaps no stronger
argument against municipal ownership
could be offered than the present con
dition of the city of Kokomo In rela
tion to its public service corporations.”
Avoiding Class Government.
We are trying to steer a safe middle
course which alone can save us from
a plutocratic class government on the
one hand or a socialistic class govern
ment on the other, either of which
would be fraught with disaster to our
free Institutions, state and national.
We are trying to avoid alike the evils
which would flow from the govern
ment ownership of the public utilities
by which interstate commerce Is car
ried on and the evils which flow from
the riot and chaos of unrestricted indi
vidualism.—President Roosevelt.
Clearly Stated.
The advocates of municipal owner
ship usually forget to Include as an
Item of expense when making a show
ing in regard to the profits of such in
stitutions the taxes the city loses be
cause of Its ownership of the plant.
When a city does not own a public
utilities plant, that property pays taxes
to the city. As soon as a city buys
such a plant this source of income is
cut off. The loss of taxes is therefore
very properly chargeable to the plant
as a city expense. How often is this
done?—Davenport (la.) Times.
TWO SORTS OF DISCONTENT.
One Upbuilds, While the Other Retards
Civilization and Progress.
Intelligent discontent is one of the
prime factors of progress. It goads
men and nations to new attainments.
It asks for and secures a Magna
Charta in one century, a bill of
rights In another. It is the mother of
invention and the guardian of liberty.
It lays its finger upon an economic
wrong and rights it. It fixes Its eye
upon a distant goal and does not stop
until It reaches it. It does not follow
will o’ the wisps to death in the
morasses of political charlatanry, noi
does it waste its time in hunting for
pots of gold at the foot of economic
rainbows.
Unintelligent discontent strikes with
Its eyes shut and wounds friend and
foe indiscriminately. It is the terror of
the true statesman, whose plans for
economic progress it defeats through
its very impatience, but it is tbe de
light of the demagogue, who fattens on
Its fickleness. Like the dog In the fa
ble, It is ready to drop the meat in Its
mouth for the shadow piece in the
pool. It strives to kill the goose that
lays the golden eggs in order that it
may acquire a larger share of wealth
that is yet to be created.
We are all rightly discontented with
some of the results of corporate con
trol of Industry and of public utilities.
The intelligent seek relief through pub
licity and regulation, conserving the
individual enterprise that has wrought
our civilization. The unintelligent
snatch at the quack cures of public
ownership and socialism.
A DEFINITE DIAGNOSIS,
Co-operation Baiting a Direct Cause
of Business Stagnation.
In accepting the Democratic nomina
tion for the governorship of Georgia
Joseph M. Brown, after describing the
manner in which business and industry
had passed from boom to stagnation in
Georgia in one short year, said;
“What was the cause of this paraly
sis of business? Agitation—agitation
which denounced the corporation, but
Ignored the fact that the corporation
was but the union of individual citi
zens who singly were too weak to ac
complish the purposes of development
which with aggregated capital could
build and was building up the state,
giving co-ordinately employment to
thousands of the worthiest of our fel
low citizens. This agitation declared
that 5 per cent net was a fair return
for those of our fellow citizens who
Invested their money in stocks of com
mon carrier corporations, but granted
to those who owned stock In other cor
porations the right to earn from 20 to
100 per cent net. It manifestly took
no account of the fact that if the of
ficers of public uility corporations were
handling the affairs of these corpora
tions In such a manner as was detri
mental to the public interest the just
method of correcting such abuses was
to dea’ with such officers, but not to
Inflict a penalty, through serious cur
tailment of income on their investment,
upon innocent stockholders of proper
ties which pay one-eighth of the taxes
of Georgia.”-
BEFOHE A.JD AFTER.
Rosy Pictures of Profits Prove to Be a
Pipe Dream.
Those who complain that the city al
ready has debts enough should bear in
mind that tbe water plant debt is not
a debt but an asset. At least that Is
what we were told a few years ago,
when we were in the hysterical process
of acquiring a woruout plant, which
today needs tw • or three hundred thou
sand dollars in the way of repairs and
Improvements.
But the people are finding out the
difference now. They are paying just
as much for water us they did under
the old system, and at the same time
they are being taxed to pay interest on
the plant and for repairs. The city
used to receive taxes on the plant.
Now it does not receive anything ex
cept free water for the city hall and a
few other city institutions. There are
also several thousand people who are
helping to pay interest and repairs and
purchase price on a plant from which
they do not receive any benefits at all
since the water is not brought to them.
They used to tell us in large letters
that the plant was not only able to pay
for itself out of its earnings, but the
surplus could be used to build city
halls and bridges and beautify the city
until it should resemble a modern para
dise.
All these dreams are now jokes. We
are up against the real facts, and the
management of the water plant has
not been such as to make any of them
realizations as yet, and there is no
promise that they will be realized In
the future. But these things should
not discourage us. We should regard
the water plant debt as an asset, not a
debt. Let us stick to that and be as
happy as we can.—Cedar Rapids (la.)
Republican.
DECEITFUL APPEARANCES.
Municipal Mismanagement Masquer
ades as Municipal Munificence.
Speaking of robbery, there is a point
of municipal ethics that has hitherto
been ignored, but is now being given
some attention In England and the
United States. When the rates charged
by municipal plants are too low to cover
the cost of operation, maintenance and
investment the deficiency must be
made up by taxation, a part (and fre
quently a large part) of which falls on
those who derive no benefit from the
plant. Their money Is taken from
them arbitrarily to enable some of
their fellow citizens to get their elec
tricity, gas or water below cost.
This is manifestly unfair, but it Is
no more unfair than the reverse proc
ess, which is more common in Eng
land than in this country. There they
rob the depreciation and reserve funds
of the municipal plants to “relieve the
rates” —1. e., decrease the tax levy—or
accomplish the same result by raising
the price of gas or electricity, thus
compelling the users of these commodi
ties to bear more than their share of
the city’s expenses.
These methods of municipal dishou
esty, contrary though they are in their
effect upon the consumer, are alike in
that they make it appear that the city
is doing more for its citizens than a
private company wmuld do. But it is
only another case where appearances
are deceitful.
Fearful of Competition.
The water supplied by the municipal
waterworks of Toronto, Canada, is not
above suspicion. Up to a short time ago
official analyses were made of the wa
ter and published so that the people
might use their own discretion as to
using it without boiling. Tbe publica
tion of analyses has been stopped by
the authorities lest, according to the
Toronto Star, the analyses should be
used as a means of frightening people
and possiblj' of inducing them to buy
bottled drinking water from a private
company. This action caused the Star
to exclaim:
“This is paternalism gone mad. The
people have a right to know' the quality
of the water they are drinking and
with this knowledge in their possession
to act upon their own judgment.”
Comment cannot emphasize the force
of these statements. —Public Service.
Spoken From Experience.
A private company can get better re
sults than can lie obtained out of a
municipal plant. It Is not bound down
by any such restrictions as the eight
hour law; the officials of the company
see to it that there is no waste or loaf
ing, because it Is a commercial project
there is more efficiency, and as a result
any of the lighting companies of this
city can sell us light cheaper than we
can make it. There is proof In my own
office here that it costs the city more
to do its business than If it were a pri
vate concern. If the finance depart
ment was a commercial house, as It
really ought to be, and was under the
system which prevails In large finan
cial houses the department would cost
the city just about half what It costs
now.—Comptroller Metz of New York.
Cost Far Above Estimate.
If the advocates of municipal owner
ship are as far off in their promises
of cheaper lights as they were In the
estimation of the cost of the plant and
the time of Its Installation, the people
of Ligonier will pay dearly for their
fun. We were told that $15,000 would
pay the bills, but the lowest bid that is
being considered by the council Is
within a few dollars of $25,000. We
were promised that the plant would
be put In at once. It is now seven
months, and still nothing is being done,
and the city is In darkness.—Editorial
in Ligonier (Ind.) Banner.
An increase of 25 per cent in the
rates has just been put into effect by
the commissioners of the municipal
waterworks of Lockport, N. Y.
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