Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-09
Printing Trades
rYpocRApHIcAL.

TYPOGRAPHICAL.
Sundays regular monthly meeting Of
D. T. u. No. 40 was rather Istless, mos&
of the members present evidently con-
serving all their energies to participate
in the great Labor Day parade. The
union voted to comply with the Labor
Temple Associations request for a dele
gate meeting of all Denver labor bodies,
and elected August Koester to be pres
ent at the conference, Sunday, September
! II. in Painters Union hall, $50 Eigh-
| teenth street.
Applications for old age pensions were
approved for F. w. Bradley and 9. c.
Wetmore.
Delegates Robert F. Jones and Frank
]. Pulver, not having returned from the
!. T. U. convention held in Baltimore,
no reports were forthcoming. The dele
gates have been visiting relatives, friends
and points of interest in the East since
the convention adjourned.
Reports covering the proceedings of
the State Federation of Labor convention
and the Intermountain typographical
Conference were submitted by Delegate
Clint c. Houston.
Sam W. Boyd of the Smith Brooks
chapel was elected o member of the
Board of Trustees to fill a vacancy
caused when Ed. S. Close drew his card
and removed to Pueblo.
| Charles S. Semper, No. 4e's pioneer
member, is now confined in St An
thongs hospital, in a very low state of
health, due to old age. He recently dis
posed of his ranch at Semper, Colo,
about fifteen miles north of Denver.
Mrs. Semper and a niece are at present
in California
/
Charles A Cheney writes from Laramie,
Wyo.: THE Bulletin is always a hum
mer. and your Labor Day edition is the
best ever, both editorially and typo
graphically
R. Fl. Chase of the Kistler chapel has
purchased a home and chicken ranch at
i525 Tennyson street, and is now on the
road to afflnence.
w w. CBarney) Slack, who worked in
Denver during the hand pegging days on
the News and Republican with such pio-
neers as Frank Birdsall, w. II. Neighbor,
Pete Mcintyre and others, is now en-
gagged in the pleasing task Off meeting
the payroIl" of the Casper Daily Press
OF which paper he is editor and manager
Governor George A. Carlson is circu-
lating vast amount of printed itera>
ture without the union label It's a
sorry looking specimen and bears all the
marks of having been produced in the
shop Of his non-union commissioner OF
printing, Rollie W. Bradford.
Delegate Frank ]. Pulver writes from
Des Moines, Iowa, that he marched with
the printers there in the Labor Day pa
rade. He is visiting his old home town
en- route back to Denver from the l. T.
u. convention.
Printers who enjoy typographical ef-
feet as well as substantial contents OF
newspaper, are pointing to The Bulletins
Labor Day edition as fine e1ample Of
the -art preventative" and pronounced
credit to the craft. 1t certainly was
some great paper.
Slim Hutter, No. 49's longest mem
Der left last wee kfor that dear Colfax.
Iowa. for visit with the home folks.
Colfax is in the center of the Iowa grain
belt, which appeals to Slim during these
days of threatening labor troubles and
the increasing cost of grub.
Foreman Anderson of the Times is
hack from his Estes park vacation. He
went up Sunday morning and back Mon
day morning, his flivver not baking
once.
The I. T. U. convention, at its recent
session. passed a proposition to increase
the salaries of the president and secre.
tary-trcasurer to 5000 year, which, of
course, will be either approved or disap-
proved by the referendum.
As the manufacturers of Wngley's
chewing gum persist in having their
printing done by nonunionists, the l. II.
II. convention concluded that it is unfit
for the use of members of organized la
Dor.
w. H. Bowey, a former Denver printer,
/ ,..1o e1f% xrhor ha dr,Dny,ad
off at Riverton. Wyo., about year ago.
He started the Chronicle at that place on
a shocstring. which might mean any sum
up to 500. He is now sole owner of the
PAPER. the plant and an Overland car,
and is well pleased with his performanc-
es. Riverton is growing rapidly. has
good supporting country surrounding it
and presents good future for those who
came early.
Wyoming is said to be growing rapid
", and the demand for printers, esPc-
cially operators who can care for the
machine, is increasing.
Sidney Eastwood, long time active
member of No. 40, is making q vigorous
campaign for the Republican nomination
as a candidate for congressman in the
u primaries next Tuesday. He ought to
receive the votes Of all union men who
vote the Republican ticket.
Delegates Frank J. Pulver and Robert
F. Jones returned to Denver Thursday,
after attending the I. T. u. convention
and going on various sightseeing tours
thruout the East. Both report the time
Of their lives and agree to Submit some
thing for publication" later.
MAILERS.
f. Reimcr, a KANSAS City Post mailer,