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Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20

to feel dimly something OF their
charm.
John Daily was everywhere. looking
at this, lending a hand at that, shout
ing some good-natured instruction
eagle eye each minute detail Of the
work.
One of the new owners first impress
sions was that in this man he had an
object of great value. He was just
thinking this when there came one
long blast from the donkey over the
ridge and the men dropped their tools
in their tracks. the two on the spring
boards jumped down. leaving the saw
just where the call had caught 1t. far
out on one side. and the foreman came
up to him.
Dinner time, Mr.. Sandry," he said,
smiling. II 'spect you're pretty hun
gry."
"What?" cried Sandry. why,
hadn't thought of 1t! Is 1t possible
we've been here five hours?"
Sure. Time goes fast in the hills. y
They began to climb the trail. the
men struggling out ahead and behind
the youngest forging forward in the
eagerness of youth and healthy appe-
tites. the older characters, all OF them
hardened woodsmen. taking 1t more
leisurely.
Before they were half way up. how.
ever, Sandry was breathing heavily.
Might I ask" said Daily, some
thing about the change in the COM
pany?"
Certainly. There has simply been
an outright sale Of the interests. all OF
which, or nearly all. bought from
Dillingworth & Frazer. A fifth. I be-
ljeve. is still owned by Mr.. Rakeham,
who is somewhere in South America
/ have come out to take absolute
charge and learn the timber business ''
II see. And you've had no expert
ence?"
None" said Sandry a little shortly.
"Maryanna Humphrey!-butm my feet
is tender!" complained a voice behind.
Sandry glanced quickly back. Three
lumberjacks we're plodding up the
slope, their scanned and weathered
faces set intently on dinner. On one.
q red-headed chap of some thirty six
or eight, powerful and rugged, he set
his sharp eyes.
But I'm acquiring It," he finished
rapidly. Discharge that man."
Daily did not turn.
81 can't" he said. "he's just quit"
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20

vered her white haIr exquisItely ano
brought out softly the thousand kindly
creases on her ruddy face.
On tho end of the bench drawn up
to the stand Siletz was sitting. weav
ing mat of long grasses. and her
fingers were deft as an Indians.
Behind her on the bench lay Coos
nah. head on paws. eyes blinking
sleepily.
Come in. Mr.. Sandry." said the old
lady In her rich voice. Draw up q
chair. We're restin'."
He sat down and bent a smile as
brilliant as his blue eyes on this hardy
old mother of the wilderness From
the first he had felt her personality
though he had no time to pay moro
than passing attention to It.
II should think you'd need It," he
said. How do you manage to keep
up the stroke?"
Law bless you'll" she laughed eas.
lily. 81 ben trained to it. I've cooked
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
Expert Would Slash Phone Capital.

In testimony before the State Pub.
lie Utilities Commission during it's in
vestigation of the rates and service
of the Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company, Fred W.
Herbert, statistician for the commits.
sion, said he believed the figures ON
the unit costs of reproduction of the
company's Colorado plant, as present
ed by the company, to be correct.
But he declared that $115,765.4S
should be disallowed from \the claim
of working capital made by the cor
poration. This amount, he testified.
covers unpaid vouchers for wages and
accounts payable to the American
Telegraph Company and the Bell
Telephone Company.
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
Gamble Greeted, Chase saIuted.

Adj. Gen. Harry P. Gamble, new
head of the Colorado National Guard.
was greeted, and Adj. Gen. John
Chase. who recently retired. saluted
for the last time by officers OF the
guard in banquet in Denver. Nearly
all of the fifty-five officers present
spoke briefly on the past. present and
future of the guard. Gen. Chase, in
vigorous speech, declared that he
had no regrets for the past and was
optimistic of the future. In a short
address Adj. Gen. Gamble thanked
the officers for their promise OF II.
delity
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20

in camp. young man. for forty-two
year straight ahead"
Then you've seen the growth of the
country, the coming of railroads. the
making of towns"
Right from the bottom up. Seen
'em grow from three cabins an GOV.
cred wagon"
you've witnessed the inroads of
the world on this fine timber. too"
"Yes. an 1t hain't teched yet. I've
seen 1t cut up over the Range an
down this side. an they's double
stumpage for every acre that's ben
cut, between herein the coast"
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
To Hold Civil Service Examination.

May 2, 3, and United States civil
service examinations will be held for
applicants for laboratory aid in chem
istry and physics at salaries ranging
from 5000 to 5000 u year. for asso
ciate engineer physicist (male). $2.
900 to $4,000 year: for grazing as
sistant (male), $1,000 year: for
laboratorian qualified in electrical sci.
ence (male), $500 per day; for blact
smith and horseshoer (maleJ, s72O a
ear, and for mechanical superin,
tendent (male), $4,000 year.
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
CHAPTER ~.

Old Reins In New Hands.
The East and the West had met. II
was apparent in every essential that
had to do with Sandry and his men
in common.
1t showed when he sat among them
at the head of the long table. In the
way he used his hands. his knife and
his food. It glared when he spoke. It
paraded in his clothes. and most Of all
1t stood forth pitilessly when he sat
by himself at night in the plain little
room under the dripping caves. They
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
Arapahoe County Pays state $500.

The sum of $500, paid into the
state treasury by former commission
ers of Arapahoe county to satisfy the
claims Of the state against the Walsh
estate, was distributed among the
various institutions of the state on
the basis of their mill levies.
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
Mrs. whitmore Named on Board.

Governor Carlson appointed Mrs.
James d. Whitmore member OF the
board OF control of the State Indus
trial School for Girls. She will serve
five years. Mrs. Whitmore succeeds
Mrs. George w. Gano, who resigned
a month before the expiration of her
term, May 5.
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
More Money for Income Tax.

Mark A. Skinner. United States col
lector Of internal revenue, estimates
that Colorado individuals and corpor-
atoms will pay $949,O09 in income
taxes by the end of the fiscal year. as
compared with $626,814 for the same
period Of last year. n gain of ap
proximately so per cent.
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
SYNOPSIS.

silets Of Daily's lumber camp directs
z stranger to the camp. Walter Sandry
introduces himself to John Daily. fore
man. as THE Diiiingworth Lumber Co.
or most of It." He makes acquaivtance
with the camp and the work he haA come
successful
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20

copys,sis 6y Dodd. Mead and Company
Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20

Toledo Oregon.
Dear Dad: Excelsior! fancy I'm on
top Of the world! Wish you could step In
here for an hours chat. The country
would amaze you as II has me with Its
mighty bigness. You feel like an atom
crawling on the seas hoor-too small to
count. The hills are like our beloved
Catskills. only they are their wild cousins
from the wilderness. unkempt and savage.
There In wealth here. Dad, untold
wealth and I intend to get a handful OF
away to the Siletz reservation on the
north-and on beyond. These Indians
come into camp once in awhile with
baskets, q timid sort OF people. n.hers.
not fighters. The stumpage is magnin-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
ORGANIZE AND
RAISE WAGES

BOSTON. - "Organize and raise
wages" was the advice officers of the
International Ladies Garment Work
ers' Union gave to several hundred
workers in the waist and dress indus
try at a mass meeting in this city.
President Schlesinger predicted that
wages would Immediately increase If
strong organization was perfected.
Other speakers declared that wages
in this industry averaged but 500 a
year for about as per cent. of the
workers, while the others received
less than 81 a day. Miss Rose Schnei-
derman said that shirt waists are sold
in Boston which cost only IA cents for
labor, and that many of these articles
which retail for IS and upwards, often
represent but 25 cents in paid labor
power.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
WORKMEN ON BOARDS

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-The Kansas
City Post, published by Frank P.
Walsh, agrees with President Com
pers' suggestion to President Wilson
that workingmen should be placed on
various government boards.
"If workers were appointed" says
the Post they might be able to give
new insight to many problems which
now are managed in a one-sided way.
"The clash of ideas between diff
ferent interests in any body of men
clothed with power is the first step
toward curing and ending disagree
ments. There are but few men not
susceptible to the power of truthful
argument. The world has been try
ing for centuries to bring peace be-
tween widely separated factions
through a plan of each meeting by
itself and cementing it's opinions all
the tighter.
"a healthful brush between men
of varying opinions would result in
mutual recognition of the rights of
all concerned"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
MISSIONARY WORK
NECESSARY

DENVER.-In an open letter to Col,
orado organized workers, President
McLennan, of the state federation of
labor. calls on every union man and
woman to act as a self-appointed, en-,
ergetic organizer
The story of unionism and its bene-
ficiary results should not be told so
much in the union halls and at the
union meetings" he says. The tell
ing is needed much more in the streets
and in the factories, workshops, mines
and on the jobs-where it can reach
the ear of the non-union man who at
tends no meeting. The union gather
ing will take care of itself None but
union men and union women are
fhore. They are already converted
The missionary work must be done or
the outside"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
TO TEST EMERGENCY LAW

BOISE, Idaho-The state supreme
court is asked to test the legality of
the emergency law, which provides
that county commissioners must fur
nish work to those who demand same.
This county's commissioners are de-
PENDANTS in the suit, and it is stated
that they will plead that there are no
funds available for the employment
of laborers, that the county has no
work, and that efficient work re-
quires machinery, tools and supplies,
with which the county is not equip
ped in a manner to make emergency
employment profitable or beneficial.
Supporters of the law will deny the
right of commissioners to pass judg-
ment on the act, and will insist that
they must obey it just as they must
obey other laws upon the statute
books, and that it is up to them to
provide the ways and means for car
rying out the plain mandate of the
law-making power of the state.
Because of the unusual provisions
of this law, and the fact that it is the
first of it's kind by any state, the de-
cision will be watched with interest.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
OPPOSE STATE COSSACKS

NEWARK, N. 1.-THE executive
board of the state federation of labor
has called on all affiliated unions to
renew their fight against a state con
stabulary, favored by New Jersey
manufacturers. At the last session of
the legislature efforts were made to
import the pennsylvania idea" but
organized workers succeeded in de-
feat'ng the project Big employers
are hopeful for better success at the
next legislature.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
A FREE SPEECH VICTORY

PHILADELPHIA'-T trustees of
the University Of Pennsylvania have
ruled that henceforth no professor
or assistant professor shall be re-
moved until after a conference be
tween a committee consisting of one
representative from each of the facul-
ties in the university and a committee
of equal number from the board of
srustees Assistant professors are to
be appointed for three years, instead
of one year, and reappointments shall
be for five years. Compared with
the trustees action in the case of
Prof. Nearing, this latest rule is most
drastic. One local newspaper, com
menting on the change since Prof.
hearings dismissal, says Its vital
effect is that it marks an advance by
the university toward higher ideals
and wider usefulness"
Friends Of the university declare
the adoption of democratic principles
of management establishes a new era
in that institution, and that the fight
Of Prof Nearing and others for the
right of free speech has not been in
vain.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
The Labor Department
and the Unemployed

The annual report to congress of
Secretary of Labor William B. Will
son, presents suggestions of extreme
importance. Secretary Wilson and
his aids seem to have worked out
practical solution of the unemploy-
ment problem, which congress can
put into effect and will provided
there is majority earnestly interest
ed in that subject
The department has established a
system of labor exchanges, by means
of which it has found men for all
vacant positions of which it was no.
titled. The trouble was that for ev-
three applicants. SO the Secretary
wisely concludes that 'it will not be
enough to hunt manless jobs for job
less men, Any efficient public en-
ployment service of a national char
acter must go beyond that" So he
draws the attention of congress to
the possibilities of opening jobs to
the unemployed on the unused lands.
He suggests that the government re-
tain title for this purpose to the pub
lie lands it still holds. He further
suggests that the government grad
ually acquire the extensive areas of
unused, privately owned farming
lands in most or all of the states. He
would allow use of these lands on
terms to assure to the worker all that
his labor produces, but adjust his
tenure so "as to prevent initiation of
land values" The secretary shows
the necessity of this precaution He
says:
Wherever initiation of land values
might enter in, the proposed method
of promoting labor distribution would
be obstructed."
Secretary Wilson would not sim
ply rest with placing laborers on the
land. He would have the depart
ments of agriculture and of the inter-
ior cooperate with the department of
labor to instruct settlers in farming
and marketing, and to make possible
establishment of rotary fund from
which loans could be made.
This plan, the Secretary holds,
would develop in country and city
an economically Independent and So
cially progressive population" His
conclusion seems reasonable The
plan should, moreover, be seconded
by action of the states to prevent
land speculation and to force unused
lands into use.
What Secretary Wilson proposes is
more important than any other bust
ness before congress. 1t should have
first attention.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
WOrkmen's Compensation
Laws of 1914 and 1915

satiOn act are provided for. In Lou
isiana the law is administered by the
courts.
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS
The prevention of accidents, as
we'll as compensation, is provided for
in a number of the new laws. Thus
the industrial commission of Colora-
do is charged not only with the adj
ministration of the compensation act,
but also with the duty Of factory and
mine inspection, the enforcement of
women and child labor laws, and
safety laws generally. corresponding
provisions are found also in the laws
of Indiana and Montana.
The Bulletin contains a compare
tive analysis of existing wOrkmen's
compensation laws in the form of a
large folding chart. notwithstanding
the efforts which have been made to
bring about uniformity in compensa-
ton legislation, a comparison of the
laws Of the 81 states which nave thus
far enacted compensation laws shows
the widest diversity in the methods
and amounts of compensation pay
ments and the scope of the various
laws. Amending legislation is in gen
eral of a liberalizing character, either
including new disabilities, as occupa-
tonal diseases, or increasing the dis
ability allowances, or introducing 9th
er details.
Promise of future progress in COM
pensation legislation is found in the
provision of a commission in Utah for
the purpose of drafting compensa-
ton bill and in the amendments to
the constitutions of two or three
states, the purpose of which is to
permit the enactment of more inclu-
sive and effective laws than is be-
lieved possible under the present
laws of the states.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
LIBERTY!
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON

They tell me, Liberty, that in thy
may not plead for all the human race,
That some born to bondage and disgrace
Some to heritage of and shame
And some t. power supreme, and glorious fame;
With my whole soul spurn the doctrine base
And as an equal brotherhood, embrace
All people, and for all fair freedom claim.
Know this, oh man! what thy earthly fate
God never made a tyrant slave;
Vice. then, to those dare to desecrate
His glorious image-for to all He gave
Eternal rights which may violate
And by a mighty hand the oppressed He shall save
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
TRADES
COUNCIL
N E w S

With snow and ice under foot out
doors. and glowing fireplaces or com
forting Cunion-made p stoves within,
a number of delegates to the Trades
Council forgot to attend the meeting
Wednesday evening But the old
faithfuls" were there, as usual, rain,
hail or shine. So the regular business
of the Council was carried on in due
course and proper expedition.
Upon request of the Building Trades
Council Olaf Nelson, painter, was or
dered placed on the unfair list Con
trariwise, the name Of A. D. McAdams
was ordered removed from the list.
And Rudolph Hartman, and his
building on Colby Ave, between goth
and DIST, will also adorn the list of
worthless who are opposed to the Drin-
ciple of fair play for organized labor.
Brother Robert Mills reported for
the Timberworkers that his organiza-
ton would hereafter work under the
old plan and name Of Shingleweavers'
Union, this change being made in com
pliance with ruling of the A. F. of
L. He reported further that some of
the shingle mills of Snohomish coun-
~ are organized 100 per cent and
that there is renewed activity in or
ganization work in the Gray's Har-
Dor country
Brothers william Smith and Robert
Mills viii represent the Trades Coun-
ell at the Yakima Convention. The
Council voted unanimously TO extend
cordial invitation to the State Fed
GRAFTON to hold its next convention
in the City Of Smokestacks.
The erer-actlve Transfers reported
two mutations and two reinstate-
ments. Are there any left morgan
lied?
Brother Edward Francois was nam
ed as official news correspondent to
the Publicity Bureau Of the Industrial
Relations Committee Washington, D
c.
Jan. Is will be observed through
out the United States as Industrial
Relations Day The achievements and
purposes of the Committee viii oe the
theme of many orators on that iay
and many thousands of little pamph-
lets summarizing the main facts re-
yealed by the Industrial Relations
Committee report to congress win be
distributed, gratis. A committee was
appointed to look into the matter Of
holding a meeting on January IS in
this city
Write to your representatives in
Washington urging them to vote in
favor of the publication by congress
OF 100000 copies Of the Walsh Report
on Industrial Conditions.
Sister Stauffer, advertising man
ager Of the Labor Journal reported
that she had accepted s22 worth Of
Princess-Star-Grand theatre tickets in
payment for advertising. Buy your
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

tickets from her or from Brother
Mills, at the Labor Temple and help
convert them into cash.
The Council was addressed by
President Ernest Marsh on the urg-
ent necessity for re-registration early
this year, so that unionists and their
friends win be able to sign several
initiative measures that will be re
ferred to the people for their suffrage
this fall
REGISTER NOW!
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

Doctor Heard of Vancouver, B. c.
who speaks at the First Christian
Church next Sunday, is one of the
greatest, as we'll as one of the most
fearless, speakers in the Dominion Of
Canada today. AS this talk, Cheese
in Satins Mousetrap," is certainly the
topic of the hour-it will be especially
interesting to all wage earners to
hear the speaker exposes schemes
and workings that has been blind
ing the people for ages, and is still
doing so today. The lecture is free
to all.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
UNIONS RAISE WAGES

SPRINGFIELD, O.-Secretary Crea-
ger, of the Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,, states that in 1915 over 1000 or
ganized workers in this city secured
wage increases that average more
than 81 a week.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
TEACHERS POORLY PAID

CHARLESTON, w. Va.-The aver
age salary of school teachers in West
Virginia is $344 a year, according to
statistics compiled by the state de-
partment of free schools. The high
est average is $63 a month, and the
lowest $40. OF the 1O,OS4 teachers,
ABB are men,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

Furnished Room to Rent - Large
front room, well lighted and furnished
IN private house Address 2619 Wet.
more Ave.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

Leather Goods and Repairing at
Everett Trunk Factory, 2s15 Rookie
Teller.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

Anyway, those trenches should give
Europe a wonderful subway system
after the war-Columbia State.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-08-04

wheat in three days proved too great
temptation to be withstood by ma
iority of the bulls, even though the
latest upturns had been based on eX-
pliCit damage reports from one of the
best known experts in the trade.
Whether or not the facts had been
stretched as to the harm wrought in
Canadian wheat fields, many specua-
tors here seemed to have adopted the
view late in the session that the crop
damage as a market influence had
been sufficiently discounted at least
for the time being In this connec-
tion it was pointed out that export
sales in all positions today We're only
500, 900 Corn swayed with wheat.
Oats developed Independent strength
owing mainly TO unfavorable crop re-
ports from the northwest.
Buying to fill relief orders for Bel
gium gave the provision market a lift.
Lower quotations on hogs were ig-
nored
Closing prices:
Wheat - Sept, t1.297s; Dec,
$685. W1.34; May, S.39.
Corn -- Sept. 1873 a re. Dec,
GSAc May. NC.
Oats-Sept, 42%c; Dec, 45ls a
Nc; May 47%c.
Pork-sept. $2476
Lard-Sept, $1272, oct, $12.7O,
Ribs-Sept, $13.42; oct, $18.lj.