Denver labor bulletin., 1917-07-21
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


The job scale committee of No. 40
held a conference with the employers
Thursday afternoon. Progress is re-
ported.
J. S. Wright and T. ]. McCluskey
"fivvered" up Boulder canon Saturday
night and Sunday succeeded in landing
a fine bunch of trout.
J. R. Baner of Smith Brooks, has
been confined to his home this week
with tonsilitis and swollen left jaw.
Joe Barker, caster man of the Times,
is spending two weeks at Deckers.
Louis Wenzel, who entered the Home
from No. 49 in May, is reported as
improving very rapidly. He has gained
twelve pounds.
G. A. Hoffman of Ell Paso, Texas,
is visiting old acquaintance in Denver
this week. In years past he worked
at Smith-Brooks and Robinson's, and
was at one time editor of the Elk's
Journal. He is now employed on the
Ell Paso Times and looks none the
worse for having changed climates.
He is president of the Ell Paso local
and its delegate to the Colorado
Springs convention.
Jim Conkle, formerly of the Post, is
serving as chairman of the Los An
geles Tribune.
R. w. Sperry, we'll known in Denver,
has been elected secretary of Canon
City Union No. 425, to succeed Harry
w. Carrothers, who has returned to
his old home town in Pennsylvania.
Fred Miller of the Victor M. Cox
Investment company is an old-time
union printer with paid-up card. His
interest in the affairs of the union
was evidenced Monday by his sending
check for S25 to the Ex-Delegates
Association to be added to its enter
tainment fund.
w. S. Dickson, after several months
with the Brock-Haffner machine chap
ell, has drawn his traveller and left
for Sterling, Colo, for the summer.
Mrs. Frank Branch, better half of
the popular member of the Post ad
room, gave a song recital at Estes
Park last week for the benefit of the
Red Cross. More than $50 was turned
into the fund as a result.
W. NJ. Nelson of the Post proof
room is again on duty after vacation
Bill" denies the report that he filed
on desert land homestead while rus
ticating among the dry farmers.
Galley G. Holmes of the Western
Newspaper Union chapel, Mrs. Holmes
and their daughter, Georgina; Mr.. and
Mrs. Q. A. Lewis and son of Limon,
Colo, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Beyard
of Fowler, Colo, are enjoying an au-
tomobile trip to Manzanola, Almy
Springs, Ordway and other points in
the Arkansas Valley.
President Ben Tamplin and Secre-
tary- Treasurer Carl Phillips of the
Post Relief Association, announce the
semi-occasional dividend of that flour
ishing society has been declared, pay
able Monday next. Ellis Gregg, Harry
Wander Perel and Heinie Wolters, take
notice.
F. R. Mccarthy, who subbed on Den
yer papers for several months recent
ly, left for Ell Paso, Texas, where he
landed "sit" on the Times.
J. w. (Tim) Foley has so far re-
covered his health that he has re-
turned to work, and now has a ma
chine situation on the Los Angeles !
Record.
Letters from Tacoma, Wash, report |
that Bert w. James, delegate from No. |
40 to the Frisco convention, is now
holding down a situation on an ad
machine on the Tribune of that city.
Joe L. Rodgers of the Times ad
room; George w. Hughes, photo-en-
graver of the Times; w. A. Carlin,
chauffeur for Fire Chief Healy, and
Emory Yates, retired cattleman of
Byers, comprise camping party that
left Monday for two weeks camp
ing trip to western Wyoming.
Charles NJ. Smythe and wife were
visitors to Troutdale-in-the-P Pines this
week.
Mrs. Olive Putnam of Sioux City,
Iowa, is visiting at the home of her
brother, Ben Tamplin, 1850 Bryant
street.
An example of the efficiency of a
well-drilled and disciplined daily news
paper force was given Tuesday on the
Post. The foreman, ad room foreman,
assistant ad foreman and the two
regular operators on the headletter
machines were all off duty. The edi-
tions were made on time, as usual.
Mrs. Stanley Graummer and baby
of Tucson, Ariz., have been visiting
the formers mother, Mrs. E. C. Les
lie of the Lewiston hotel. Mrs.
Graummer, as Miss Pearl Leslie, was
formerly copy holder on the Post.
Harry Smith is back at the old stand
on the Post, after a pleasant two
weeks vacation passed at various Col
orado resorts.
H. c. Kohl of the w. N. u; Hank
O'Day of Eames Bros, and Buck Bar
ker of the Post, drove to Colorado
Springs Sunday. The only accident
reported was one blowout.
Frank Mccormick, member of No.
49, writes Secretary Frank C. Bird
sail, that he is now stationed at Doug
las, AriZ., with the headquarters COM
nanu of tho Topfb TTnitaJ Cfotou fold
artillery. Between drilling, the /. w.
W and the deliphtfully warm weather