Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-06

The most important permits issued dur
ing the month were for manufacturing
plant. 100000. and like amount for
a new hotel building.
lation can be enacted during this session
without being first approved by the
seventeen Democrats and one boiling
Republican forming this remarkable
combination. Candish is from Leadvillc.
the home of Sam Nicholson. who was
forced by the c. +. g.. l. to step aside
for carlson after receiving large ms
jority In the Republican state conven-
ton as the Republican candidate for
governor. 1t is said sam has not been
in pleasant frame of mind since that
event. and the bolting of Candish may
be one Of his ways of paying off the
score.
When a labor editor gets 80 affluent
that he can eat chunks of 22-karat gold
and high-prieed porcelain as a part of
his evening dinner, the fact ought to be
properly recorded. And IL is no Joke.
either. for as he writes this the %. r.
Is confronted by an X-ray picture show
ing that the young Cre~son mine in his
stomach is almost ready for the sur
gton's exploring scalpel. which may hap
pen about the time this reaches the
readers eye. For the past six weeks the
o. +. has been having some of the fig-
est bridge construction work done that
dentist ever put in a human mouth.
Monday morning the third and longest
extension bridge was inserted temporar-
ily TO be tested for the day. Not hav-
ing been able to mastieate a beef-teak
siree the operation first began. and with
a full set OF grinders ON one side. il
war temptation not to be resisted. a
juicy Colorado-grown sirloin WAS consid-
erred the proper thing 10 try out the
new bridge and the beginning WAS all
that could BE- desired But in the zest
OF working the newly acquired maehin-
cry. the bridge. which had not bctn as
Yet firmly anchored. came off. 20; mixed
np with the sirioin and was swallowed
How it could happen so suddenly and
without lodging in the throat was a
mystery. ior the bridge was an inch and
a hall long and comprised three gold
crowns and two latest fashioned porce-
lain teeth. Two doctors worked the
pump for an hour and half without ne
sui. and caused the o. Z. to miss Ia
bor Night at the Dcnham thcater La
ter an X-ray was made and showed tho
bridge TO bc performing the function for
sbich il was created. though lower down
Ina the anatomy. extending across the
channel and snngly lodged against either
wall. In the picture IL looks 10 .he q.
7. about the shape and size Of the
hanging bridge in the Royal Gorge
though the doctors say il Il somewhat
smaller in dimensions. Perhaps in
later issue the @. r. may be able to tell
ot what success the surgeons had in
oIpruing up this new mine of mine and
recovering the lost treasure.
\ word Of cheer from back home al
ways does fellow heap Of good. even
when fortune places one in country
so favored by the Creator as Colorado
Luther II. Still. retiring president Of
Atlanta Typographical Union No. ~.
whom the O. p. had the honor Of Qblieat-
ing Ms union member, conducts a live
printers column in the Journal Of Labor
of that city, and In last weeks isxne
had the following kind reference to the
writer:
Clint c. Houston is editing a labor
paper in Denver. Colo Beyond ques-
ton Il is cpc of the hest edited labor
papers in the United States. Mr. Hous-
ton Is an ex-prcsident of No. 4s, and
was an active and influential worker
In the labor movement while residing
here. lie also represented Fulton county
in the Georgia Legislature. and was a
leader In all questions pertaining to the
industrial class. He introduced the first
child labor bill in this state that sub
seqnently became law along with
many other reforms that have resounded
TO the good of the toiling hosts. AIR.
Houston has thousands Of friends in
Georgia who wish him wcll.-