United labor bulletin., 1914-06-06
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER

One hundred and seven thousand Dem
Yer people enjoyed outings on Decora-
tion day, according to count of the daily
newspapers. All worry over the troubles
that beset the state were forgotten in
the JOY of a vacation free from work.
Practically every place of business and
factory closed on Friday evening until
Monday morL.ng. Forty thousand
turned out to see the teil-mile marathon
race from Littleton court house to the
News office at Seventeenth and Welton
streets Thirty thousand visited the va
rious public parks, many basket picnics
being in evidence on the fragrant, green
lawns. Twelve thousand attended the
free racing matinee at Overland park,
which introduced the many improve
ments OF that rejuvenated resort to the
public. Eight Thousand fans vocifer-
ated extended lung power through
double-header baseball game at Broad
| way park. Opening OF Lakeside and
Elitchs gardens each claimed 5000 joy
Gus patrons for the day and the turn
stiles at the Union depot disclosed that
800 city people went out OF town, most
OF them to nearby fishing streams
Eddie Burk, the genial red-headed
in the Times composing room, has been
| carrying roll OF $500 in his pocket so
| long that it is becoming mouldy from
disuse. Frank Stewart and Eek Nal
colin, expert stereotypers on the Express,
are charged with the same offensc. This
accounts in some measure for a short
ness in the local money market. And
| it all came to pass by reason of re-
port circulated during the erection in
| Denver some months ago OF the Ford
assembling plant that when completed
| hour sales OF buzz wagons would be held
| from time to time when the joysters
| could be secured at he bargain price OF
the aforementioned $500. Patiently has
this trio waited, money in hand, Tor the
signal of such II knockdown sale, but in
vain. Last week, when Horace Spanogle,
makeup on the Express, begged off at
2:l5 p. IN. and appeared next morning
at the office with a new Ford he was
charged with double-erossing Burk,
Stewart and Malcolm in not putting
them wise to the bargain hour. Span
oglc asserts he paid in full, but this ere
ated suspicion in the minds OF the trio
and committee TO investigate has
been demanded.
Commissioner OF Property Otto +.
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voted by the local Bartenders' Union a.
the champion arbitrator OF the state,
and he should be given an opportunity
to settle the coal strike. In a dispute
between the union and Lakeside man
agement as to wages to be paid at the
81 100000 summer resort this season IL
| was sagreed the matter should be arbl-
trated. Frank kirchhof, chairman OF
the board OF directors, represented the
Lakeside Amusement Company and Bus
mess Agent Fred Vessel the Bartenders'
| Union. Krchhof contended the minim-
uui wage of downtown bars should pre-
| vail, while Vessel insisted for nothing
| less than the 81 per day extra demand
ed by the union for work at summer re-
| sorts. With this issue to be determined
Commissioner Thum was agreed upon as
| the final arbiter, whose decision would
be accepted. Thum decided in favor of
the Bartenders' Union and the Lakeside
management gracefully accepted the re-
suit, signing three months contract
| on the union terms, which calls for -
per day for regular bartenders and So
| for extra men.
| Denver music lovers-and everybody in
Denver loves music-are in for season
of soul-strring melody. Frederick Hall
Innes, famous all over the world n
bandmaster, will open the summer series
of concerts at City park, Sunday. june
| IA. Fifty of the best union musicians,
in addition to a number of star solosts,
will form this organization, which is to
be known as the Denver Municipal Band.
| A new bandstand is nearing completion
under direct supervision OF lines, pat
| termed after the best in the country 1t
| is built out over the lake and in ''sheli'
| shape, to give the auditors in front the
! full benefit of every technique in the
harmony produced. The new bandmaster
| declares it will be the equal OF any in
this country, which is none too good
for the people OF Denver. Next winter
Innes and his band will give concerts
in the Auditorium Sunday afternoons
and evenings.
Members of the bigh-toned Ladies
| Law and Ladel League are having a
| great deal to say about the Asiatics and
unregenerated foreigners who make up a
| goodly portion OF the striking coal min
ers AS a matter OF fact all these ''law
ladies'" or at least their ancestors. came
originally from Asia where the human
race first saw the light, and only
reached their present enlightened state
| of Capitol Hill civilization after wander
| ing and fighting for several thousand
years through Europe. The dear ladies
and preachers" might do well to stop
and reflect that the Ignorant foreign
| crsv they now refer to SO sneeringly are
merely passing through a state of evo-
luton that their forefathers acquired by
many, many years OF European travel
on their route from Asia to America.
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Colonel Lockett, in charge of the