United labor bulletin., 1914-07-25
VOL. VIII
BREWERY WORKERS

The Beer Drivers picnic at Glacier
Lake July IL was a grand success in
every way; the treasury of the local
has been swellcd several hundred dol
lars and the lives of those who attend
ed have been heightened several years.
IL was genuine picnic, with plenty of
music, dancing and other sports, and
just enough wet goods to keep the crowd
from going dry. Those who attended
the picnic from Boulder, Longmont and
Berthoud said that they felt more like
live ones than at any time since they
lived in dry territory. Each one of the
committee tried to outdo the other in
being pleasant and in amusing the
crowd.
The fat mans race was won by Bro.
Joyce. with Bro. McClenden close Sec
oud The official time for the 100 yards
was 50 minutes 0 seconds. Bro. Theo.
Koch was the official starter He sue
cecdcd in starting the men all right,
but the women refused to move.
Bro. Rathert won the applause in the
hesitation waltz and would have won
the prize in the regular waltz had he
entered. Bro. Newell was so glad to see
the sun shinig when he got up Sunday
morning that he wouldn't do anything
all day but set on the top of the pa
Wilton and look at the sun through
smoked glasses. Bro. Hurley was the
most pleasant fellow in the bunch and
the most popular with the ladies'. Bro.
Gehrig was the hardest worker. Bro.
Tally ate SO many wieners that when
he got home his two dogs beat it from
the house and haven't been seen since.
1t was reported that they were seen
jumping from the Colfax bridge. Bro.
Willis was so busy selling chips for
soda water that he had no time to make
googoo eyes at the fair ones. Bro. Hall
wouldn't let anyone wait on the ladies
but himself; every time he saw one
coming he would holler out "Schlitz"i !
Bro. Lanzrein has n $40 reward up for
the arrest of the parties who stole two
bottles which he had hid away We're
nobody kin flint tenn"
Bro. Hagenloch did the meanest trick
of them all. He laid two boards across
the brake rods. then he bored a hole
through the bottom of the car into a
full barrel; then he inserted a hose, one
end into the barrel and the other in his
mouth. When he was discovered by the
committee a doctor was called, and it
was found necessary in order to save
his life an operation had to be per-
formed. After the doctor had extracted
the hose and he had Been rolled over a
barrel for an hour he was revived, and
at the present time is doing nicely but
il not entirely out of danger.
Bro. McAndrews and Bro. O'Connor
say they are glad that they are Dutch.
Bro. John Borke imagined that he dis
covered q mermaid in Boulder creek, and
in order to get to make love to her he
threw his Panama from the train and
then pulled the bell cord The conduc-
tor refused to stop the train and Bro
Borke is now wearing a 10-cent cap
which he had to buy two years ago La
Dor Day.
Bro. Rau was so jealous of his lady
friend that he got into row with the
secretary.
There was great disappointment
among the crowd when it was an
nounced that the wet goods was all
complained that some one had taken
their drum. After search by the en-
tire crowd for some time they discov-
cred Bro Lanzrein under the floor try
ing to bore hole in the drum. When
asked what he was doing he said ''You
can't fool me; 1 know beer keg ven
i see it,"
Bro. Mauff said he never had soda
water taste so good to him in all his
life. Bro. Nusbaum was the bravest
man in the crowd. He was chasing chip.
munks all day and imagined they were
young mountain lions. He was also
voted the champion warbler Bro Wal
ter Junghaene said: 'Ish gabibIe;
should worry. l got mine"
Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.-Adv