Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-13


road contracting business
Deputy State Labor Commissioner
Axel Swanson opened branch of the
state free employment bureau in the
Denham building, Eighteenth and Cali
fornia streets, Tuesday morning Sew
eral hundred applicants have registered
there during the week
A meeting of the Labor Day Commit
tee will be held tomorrow Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Building
Trades club. 1t is understood organiza-
tion will be perfected by electing off
GERS and plans outlined for necessary
preliminary work
The Victor American Fuel company, of
which John c. Osgood is president, has
effected working agreement with the
Routt County Fuel company, under
which the former concern will operate
the mines of the latter near Oak Creek
and market the product. the arrange
ment becoming effective on or about
April L.
Superintendent w. C. Williamson of
the municipal free employment bureau
at 1907 Larimer street, is prepared to
furnish both male and female help to
employers. He has a large registration
of competent workers to fill any desired
class of work. Phone Main ll55F,
branch IS.
Papers of incorporation for the $780,
O00 Colorado Agriculture, Fair and Rae
ing association, which is to stage racing
events at Overland park and at state
fairs in Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico. have been filed with the secre
tary of state The company is a closed
corporation, the stock being held by a
group of local horse fanciers and bust
ness men.
State Senator George Lewis of Victor
will deliver an address on labor legisla
tion at the regular meeting of the Den
yer Trades and Labor Assembly tomor-
row afternoon. Meetings are held in
Painters Union hall, Eighteenth and
Champa- These meetings are open TO
all members of organized labor and the
public
James johnson, who in the course of
his eighteen years service at the bu-
reau of information at the Tramway
loop directed thousands of people, died
at his home, 500 Cherokee, from dropsy.
johnson was perhaps as well known as
any resident of Denver and his familiar
face will be missed from the little house
at the central loop
Commissioner OF Property Otto +.
Thum received word this week that his
son. Ernest E. Thum, has been appointed
professor of metsllurgy in the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati. Young Thum is a
graduate of the Colorado School of
Mines at Golden. and many friends will
be pleased to learn OF his new honors.
The Denver postoffice will be turned
over by Postmaster Harrison April to
the newly appointed postmaster, Benja-
min +. Staplcton. Harrison left this
week for San Francisco on fSwo weeks
vacation. He will return in tsue for
the transfer Of office. Following the
official filing by Stapleton of his SlSa,-
600 bond, postoffice inspectors will goS
through the books of the office and
check over the stock on hand before the
change Of office is officially acknowl-
edged.
Wholesale condemnation of food
strffs in Denver resulted from the work
of the health department during Fcbru-
ary. The inspectors condemned 23,600
pounds of canned goods, 1870 pounds of
candy. 10000 pounds of fruit, forty
cases of frozen eggs, fifty pounds Of
dried fruits, seventy five pounds of
crackers and two pounds of oil Of cedar.
In the meat division there were con-
demned Arcasses of six cattle. seventeen
hogs, four calves and twenty EIGHT sheep.
besides several thousand pounds Of
meats and poultry. There were also
condemned lS2 gallons Of oysters and
l,s6s pounds Of butter.