United labor bulletin., 1914-07-11
OPTIMISTIC
PIIIL0SOPFIE

Tonight there WIN - . grand dress re.
hearsal ON the downtown atreets Of the
brilliant electric lighting effects and
scenic marvels ARRANGED for the Golden
Jubilee reunion Of de Elks to be sstaGed
in Denver all next week. From The
Union depot to the STATE Capitol, ex-
Thirteenth, there viii be blaze Of
lights, with purple and white 1.-THE Elks'
eolors) predominating. A Court Of
Honor has been censtructed ON Champa
street frem thirteenth to Eighteenth,
with . Cosorldo sunrise worked out in
color lights at Thirteenth street and .
massive elk at Eighteenth. Scores Of
workmen have been working day and
night to have everything in readiness
to surprise the Hello Bilr' boys and
their friends when they arrive Sunday
and Monday. Flags and bunting In
great profusion and riot of colors have
been used to decorate the business
houses and public buildines. Reserva-
ticns made At hotels indicate an i'm.
mensc crowd, coming from every section
trains from EASTERN points are scheduled
70 arrive before Monday noon. Sunday
night . public reception will be rendered
the Grand Lodge officers At the Audi
torium, when special musical. program
h TO be rendered. Two great street
paEades are scheduled for the week, one
on Wednesday confined to state hodges,
known 20 the Colorado industrial
pageant, and on Thursday the annual
klks parade, paftieipated in by At least
$4,000 Visiting busks.
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Pioneen in the printing business here
were grieved this week 20 read In the
daily Press Of the death of Robert d.
blair, wAo 4led At st. Joscph's hospital,
sged 81 ysars. Beok in the 'oos he Wa
On astive usmber Of Denver Typograph-
ical Unfuu, working on the Tribune and
Republican. He Was known a. little
Bob" IN Standardization with "Hig
Bob" Blair. then foreman Of the Trib-
une, a brother, who is now located some.
where in the Northwest country. Lit
tie Bob" was what the boys termed a
good scout" and gained great popular
ity among the Newspaper gang. Later
he went to Idaho Springs and established
the Mining Gazette, and Afterwards
published the Georgetown Miner, which
he conducted until about five years ago
He then returned to Idaho Springs,
where he published another mining pa
per up to a year ago, when his health
failed and he retired from active work
Little Bob" came to Denver in 1877
and had been resident of Colorado fos
81 years.
Indications are that the "wets' are
going to have . stiff fight this fall re-
tanning Colorado in the liquid column.
Of statewide prohibition, making the
ninth. In the sisterhood Of DRY states
Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi,
North CArolina, NoTth Dakota, Okla.
honA and TenDeeoes are The other arid
domains. In addition TO thsss nine dry
states must be added . nolfssnse area
created BY local option, amounting 10
2,l32,746 square mfles, or, according TO
Statistical experts, more than 20 per
cent Of the total area of the United
States. It is estimated 5000 900 peo.
| pie, or about 5Olper cent Of the popula.
tion, dwell In this desert land. Secre.
tary Daniels recently issued an order
making the navy dry aboard ship, and
In Colombo Springs the other night
1000 people rose to their feet in Billy
Sundays tabernacle and pledged them
selves to fight for the prohibition
amendment in this state. This baseball
evangelist will conduct . series OF
meetings in Denver this fall, and no one
denies he will exert q powerful influ-
ence on the votes in determining this
| question. II the liquor people expect to
| Keep Colorado in the "wet" list they have
| got to put ON more steam than Is now
| IN evidence, for there has been great
| change Of sentiment since the question
was last voted on in this state.
A few evenings ago a young man sat
across the table from the o. P. in a
Curtis street restaurant. This was not
unusual, but the difficulty which the
young man had TO get food to his mouth
was q situation not met with every din
raised by his predicament and the o. p.
tried to keep his optics directed another
way. Yet the youth was so nervous
that We were on the point o< extending
some cheerup tonic, such As stick to It,
old boy, and shovel in the feed; it's the
best brscer, as we can testify by past
experience, and you will soon come
| through all right; take Turkish bath
| tonight and in the morning you will
forget all about this getting over proc.
ess." He seemed to read my thoughts
and spoke up: Eyes, l know you think
am trying to get over q protracted
spree, but once again appearances are
deeciving. Three weeks ago was run
over by an automobile in Los Angeles
and only regained consciousness few
days ago, when boarded q train for
Denver. The accident injured my spine,
which causes this nervousness; but the
doctor told me the climate here in Den.
yer would fetch me through all right
| I have not taken a drop of liquor in
seven years" And ever since the o. p.
has been puzzled whether the young fei.
low was stringing him or telling the
truth. At any rate, We gave him the
heuafit Of the doubt, expreaaed axmna.