Denver labor bulletin., 1915-07-10

'e"i uhtii the road work is compieted.
A unique Liberty Bell day souvenir
program in form OF a book cover. printed
in gold, was gotten out by the Bayley-
underhill overall factory. 1t was de-
signed by James Phelan Cuddy, a we'll
known Denver newspaper man.
approximately 100000 acres OF gov
ernment land were talSei, up h, home-
steaders in the Denver land district our
ing the last year, according to the report
being made up by w. A. Maxwell. United
States receiver of public moneys.
Regular meeting of tn. Trades and
Labor Assembly tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock in Painters Union hall. Eigh-
teenth and Champa streets. Nomination
OF candidates will be made for the semi
annual election of officers at the next
meeting, Sunday, July 25.
Earl r. Hoage. former president of the
Trades and Labor Assembly. was the
victim of a pickpocket at the races
Monday. Earl had been betting heavily
and the thief only made a draft OF So |
His mistake was in making the touch
so late in the day
the salary OF George d. Kimball, general
manager of the Rugby Fuel company,
who was recently appointed auditor of |
the state industrial commission. at 1
$1,000. 1t also fixed the salaries of three /
stenographers for the commission at /
800 month each.
Trying to locate leak in gas tank |
with lighted taper of paper. Frederick |
Detmering, foreman for the american
Coal Refining company. was killed al
most Instantly Sunday morning in a
terrific explosion that followed at the
comp8ny's plant at Seventeenth ard We /.
watta streets.
George McIachlan. chief clerk OF the
West side district court, is confined TO
his home at 1870 Knlamath street from
a badly wrenched arm. suffered Monday
when he was thrown out of a buggy ha
attempted to turn on road near Col I
den. He was one of a party who had ]
spent the day in the country. In turn I
ing the vehicle it went into ditch
grown over with weeds.
Bank clearings of Denver for the week
ending on saturday last aggregated
81 ! .23i 900. an increase over the same
week of last wear of SOP per cent This /
was in spite of the fact that no large
financial transaction of any kind was
recorded during the period. and is there /
fore Indicative OF a healthy gain in the
volume of trade done in the city and its /
tributary territory.
Governor Henry C. Stuart of Virginia,
accompanied by his staff and his escort
OF the famous colonial organization. the I
Richmond Light Infantry Blues bat
talon. with 100 in line, were entertained 1
by Denver and Colorado during their few /
hours stay here Monday en- route to the |
Pacific coast.
Denver people are getting cleaner. This I
can be deduced from the report of the /
commissioner of supplies the city I
bath house. which shows tina. in I0l |
I from January to June inclusive. .S.fr)G !
bathed at the city bath hous.. while |
during the same period this year ss.fi0 |
took advantage OF the big municipal
plunge.
! A record breaking take of trout eggs
is being completed by the spawning
crews which were sent out in early June
by w. b. Fraser. state game and fish
] commissioner. When the count il com
/ pleted. Fraser estimated that from eigh-
| teen to nineteen million eggs will have
been placed in hatcheries in all parts Of
the state, an increase OF about J.0OO,0Oo
over last year.
Cigarette Bill" Rowland expelled
member of the Legislature who lied TO
/ the grand Jury while that body was in
vestigatng his receipt of a package OF
bribe money on the floor Of the house,
! - in, b..
side court. Judge Perry nstructing the
| jury to return a verdict Of not guilty on
a technicality.
Thomas Annear, superintendent of the
Denver mint, reports that the gold de-
posits at the mint for the fiscal year
ending June 30 was S43000O,o0O an in
crease of about Is per cent over 1914.
The bulk of this inpour to the mint has
been coming from greater pumber OF
mining camps than ever before, graft
fying indication Of the growth Cf gold
mining. During the year the Denver
mint shipped east sl2b,000,000 in gold
coin and bars.
Denver's thunderstorm Friday night OF
last week executed some freak stunts.
The flag pole in the center of the capi-
tol grounds was struck by heavy bolt
and split from top to bottom. -Four
brass name plates, in memory OF Colo
RADIO Spanish war volunteers, were torn
from the side of the flagstaff and were
later found 100 feet from the base of
the pole. The rigging Of ,he pole was so
badly twisted that the flag which had
been left up during the night. could not
be lowered. The flag was unharmed by
the lightning stroke.