Denver labor bulletin., 1916-12-02


- this week to appear as counsel
in case before the United
- States supreme court, Governor
| elect julius c. Gunter announced his
personal office staff, the first appoint
ments to be made by him. No other ap-
pointments are to be announced until
Judge Gunter returns to Denver about
the goth of December. Wendell Steph
ems will be the governors private sec
retary. For the past three years he
has served as an assistant in the attor-
new generals office. Mr.. Stephens is a
native of Missouri and a graduate of
the University of Colorado. He served
one term as a state representative in
the legislature from Denver county. Mrs.
Anna L. Ames was named as the gov
ernor's private stenographer. She has
filled a similar position m Mr.. Gunters
law office during the past eight years.
Mrs. Bette B. Green was appointed
chief clerk in the governors office, pc-
sition she has occupied since Governor
Shafroth's first administration. o. T.
jackson will serve as messenger under
Governor Gunter. Jackson is the most
popular negro in Colorado, having filled
that position under Governors Shafroth
and Ammons, but was dismissed when
Carlson came into office. That Jackson
will be on the job again is especially
pleasing to the newspaper fraternity. be-
cause he always opens up the way for
good news story.
North Denver has been all "het up"
this week over the larks of a score or
more girl students of the North Denver
high school who made a sensational dis
play of odd sox'' last Friday. This
aroused the indignation of Principal
Brown and he suspended the girls pend
ing an apology from the miscreants and
an assurance from their parents that
the dignity of North Denver high would
never again be given such a rude shock.
The irate principal declared that Short
skirts was an abomnation and common;
the acts OF the students in emphasizing
the abbreviated dress with stockings of
rainbow hue was carrying the thing to
an extreme. IF it was intended as a
Joke the girls certainly overshot the
mark Tuesday morning peace was re-
stored when the girls made formal apol
ogy. chuckling, however, over the sue
cess OF their lark.
In the old barroom of the American
House at Sixteenth and Blake, once the
scene of Denver's idea of high life, was
this week established a testing station
under the new liquor ordinance for all
booze brought into Denver. DIR. F. T.
Graves. former chief of the licensing de.
partment of the city under commission
rule. has been appointed by Mayor Speer
as chief inspector. He is being assisted
by T. L. IT. Fribourg of the sanitary
inspection bureau and men designated
by the pure food department. Mayor
Speer issued a proclamation this week
acquainting the public with the neces-
sity for a rigid inspection of liquors
The main purpose of the ordinance Is
to suppress the bootlegging traffic and
the operation of blind tigers Should
this means prove ineffective. declares
the mayor, harsher methods win be in.
augurated and perhaps n law enacted by
the legislature prohibiting the importa-
tion of intoxicating liquors under the
Webb-Cannon law, as Idaho has done
Mayor Speer. City Attorney Marsh and
Chief Of Police Armstrong declared that
Illegal traffic in booze in Denver must
cease.
In his last sermon or talk delivered at
the Peoples Tabernacle Sunday night.
DR. Allan A. Tanner gave an interesting
resume of his work there during the
past nine month";. He has resigned his
pastorate at the First Congregational
church and the Tabernacle and. begin.
ming next year win devote his time and
exceptional abilities in uplift work.
freed from restrict IONS of the organized
church. DR.. Tanner feels that the
church of today is not working in har-
mony with the teachings of the lowly