Denver labor bulletin., 1917-03-03
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL

program worth while at meetings of
Denver printers and those members
who fail to attend invariably miss a
rare treat. Having held two meet
ings, the job scale committee will
make preliminary report tomorrow.
meeting of the Ex-Delegates as
sociation will be held at the union
rooms Wednesday, March 7, at p. m,
for the purpose of discussing the pro-
gram for the entertainment of dele
gates to the /. T. U. convention at
Colorado Springs next August. A full
attendance is desired, both of members
and those interested in the coming
will be joyfully welcomed
Jake Wander Perel Of the Post
chapel is just a bit peeved when ne
runs across the word telegram" in
his copy. Last week Mrs. Wander
Perel received letter from the old
home in Grand Rapids, Mich, stating
that two of her nieces had met with
serious accident Hence there was
some anxiety Monday night when
telegraph messenger boy rang the
doorbell at Jake's suburban residence.
Hustling out of bed in his pajamas,
Jake opened the door to admit the bow
and signed for the message which was
marked collect" Fortunately for the
boy he was upon his return trip to
the city when the Telegram was read,
saying: You must hurry. Ship
ments to Colorado are liable to be
cut off any day. Wire US your order
at once" 1t was signed by a Chey-
enne mail order booze Institution. 1t
IS only fair to say that neither Ed.
Davis nor August Koester furnished
The Bulletin with this near-scandalous
news item.
j. D. Hurd, a former Denver typo
who has been operating a linotype in
st. Joe, Mo-, for the past four years,
writes that he has purchase an inter
est in a garage and auto business and
will quit printing.
Samuel Green, emploTei on the
Denver Express for some time left
this week for Wrinkler, Texas, where
his son is publishing a paper.
John Q. Neal, who comes to Denver
from Fort Dodge, Iowa, accepted the
position of assistant maChinist on the
Post made vacant last week when
Tom McAndries left for San Fran
cisco. Neal is a bright young chap
who learned the trade in Oklahoma
City, later working in Chicago, Dallas
and FL Paso. This is his first visit to
, Denver.
!, Mike Collins, the job printer and
cigar dealer, is disconsolate and re-
J fuses to cheer up. A thief stole his
prize English bull terrier Dixie" and
rigid search of the entire city during
the past week has proven fruitless to
! recover the lost pet of the family.
The Denver Express swapped fore
men again this week. L D. Morgan.
who, after holding the job for a short
time, resigned and went TO Texas
few weeks ago, has returned and took
charge of the composing room Thurs
day morning. William shley returns
. to the proof desk.
Z. G. Speakman Of the Times ad
room is expanding his chest to larger
dimensions since an important event
which gave additional zest to the eel
ebration of Washington's birthday in
the Speakman family. On this aus
picious date there arrived a grand
> daughter. born to Mr. and Mrs Ray
Speakman, residing in Pueblo. E G.
. is to be congratulated. not alone upon
this new acquisition, but for the fact
that he has reared a fine outstanding
family, credit to the city, the state
and the nation.
!. sail this week from Bakersfield, Cal,
requesting that his travelling, card be
forwarded. as he expected to go to
San Francisco and look for work.
George d. Henderson, well known
in Denver and Pueblo, who has been
operating n ranch near Forder, Lin
coin County, Colorado, for the past
two years, was a visitor here this
week. George has taken on much
avoirdupois and looks steer healthy.
He called at The Bulletin office to
renew old friendships with the editor
and was much impressed with our up
to-date plant.
The job scale committee is getting
busy and expects soon 70 have draft
of the wage scale ready for consider
alton by the union. This committee
! consists of S. S. Summers, chairman.
Kistler chapel; E. G. Dean, Brock
Haffner's; Thomas J. Duffy. Hoeck-
! els; Charles Ferris, Haffner's;
Leo Cuthbertson, Carson-Harper's,
and President F. L. Pferdesteller.
j. L. Lowe, monotype keyboard op-
! orator at Kistler's for some time past,
left this week for the East.
, Harry Steinberg f the Times
, chapel is arranging % move to the
feity, from the rural precincts of
Berkeley.
. C. C. ("Sid") Adair. now in charge
of the linotype batter on the Gree
: ley Tribune Republican, came down
to the city last Saturday and Sunday
to look over The Bulle'in ms new model
10 machine, with a view of purchas-
ing one for the Greeley plant Sid is
doing well and looks prosperous. Says
/ Greeley is just the right kind of town
I for a young man who wants to de-
! velop.
John Coe of the Wiser linotype chap
! el has purchased n now model Ford.
; Says it is cheaper than paying street
car fare.
Fred G. Phillips, monotype operator
: at the Smith Brooks plant. left this