Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-18
SPEAKING BY GOVERNOR
GUNTER AND INTERNA-
TIONAL OFFICIALS.
Great Throng Assemblies On
Home Grounds Wednesday to
Commemorate Founding of
Union Labor's Best Con-
tribution to Humanity.
(stan Correspondent.)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. To-
While farm hands were busy threshing
oats yielding sixty bushels to the acre
on the Union Printers Home farm,
more than 1000 enthusiastic printers,
delegates, wives, sweethearts and
friends, celebrated the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the founding of the
Home yesterday afternoon. The sill
yer jubilee, as it was designated
with pride. was held in and about the
magnificent main building under cir
cumstances even more auspicious than
those which attended the dedication of
the noble institution twenty-five years
ago. Just before the formal exercises
began, the official picture of the con-
vention was taken.
Honored by the presence of the gov
ernor of the state and participated in
by the highest officers and leading
members of the International Typo
graphical Union, the observance of
Home Day was an event to be prom
inently recorded in the annals of the
organization.
Grounds Are Beautiful.
The spacious grounds surrounding
the Home were never more beautiful
than when the tremendous crowd
dresses which marked the formal cele-
bration of the anniversary. John W.
Hays, secretary treasurer, presided at
the meeting, the speakers platform
being improvised under the west We
randa of the main building. The ros-
trum was decorated with the inter-
twined flags of the United States and
| Canada, while the stone structure
above was decorated with multi-col-
al u. L
later, illuminated the building in bril-
liant fashion.
The addresses were interspersed
with vocal music by Lambs quartet
and patriotic selections by the Colo
RADIO Midland band
Governor Gunter Speaks.
Governor Gunter was introduced by
Secretary Hays, master of ceremonies,
as the first speaker and he was given
a rousing welcome. The chief execu-
tive's address was a splendid encom-
Jun, to the printers and the institution
which il honored in the celebration,
and he pledged the cooperation of the
state in its maintenance as a monu-
ment to the humanitarian impulses of
its founders.
Mayor Charles E. Thomas made his
second address of the week to the
delegates, good natured effusion in
which the audience was kept in the
highest good humor He closed with
an effective restatement of the pride
in which the Union Printers Home is
held by the municipality and declared
that Colorado Springs counted it one
of its foremost blessings to have been
selected as the seat for such magni-
ficent institution. His address was
frequently interrupted by cheers.
Judge Lunt's Address.
The selection of Judge Horace G..
Lunt to represent the Chamber of
Commerce was happy one, inasmuch
as he performed a similar service a
quarter of century ago when the in
stitution was dedicated.
You have before you today" he
said. "a realization of what the hand
of man can do in reclaiming the des-
ert. Will you let your memory revert
twenty-five years? Will you imagine
this beautiful spot as bare and as
bleak as those plains out to the west
of us-not tree, no shrubbery, no
verdure, no flowers but the wild ones
Nature had strewn on the bleak hill
side. Out to the west of us lay the
then small city of Colorado Springs,
and if you could have stood here and
looked to the west you would have seen
u little procession Winning ltS way
from the city out over the unbroken
ground and over the street that existed
only upon the map which included this
land. Governor Routt was the honored
guest of the day and came to lend the
dignity of the state to the occasion,
as today Governor Gunter has honored
you with his presence and brings you
the congratulations of Colorado. From
the little stand unprotected from the
strong wind which played over us,
we felicitated each other upon the
happy occasion.
Some Misgivings Then.
Can you not believe that there was
some misgivings as to the ultimate
outcome of the scheme so broad and
far reaching in its object? But twen-
ty-tive years have passed since that
day, twenty-five years filled with great
actions, catastrophes. hopes, joys and
pleasures. Peace and prosperity pre-
vailed twenty-five years ago, but to-
day, while the sky is just as blue, the
sun shines just as bright and the
mountains are as grand as then, nev-
ertheless the mantle of despair has
spread itself over the world and men
have fallen to the destruction of each
other in most appalling degree. Now,
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