Denver labor bulletin., 1917-02-17
president WILSON has signed


disposition of the property and
ground of East Denver high school.
This removes the last obstacle in the
way of the sale and brings nearer the
time when a new and modern high
school building will be erected to take
its place. AS has been previously sug-
gesled in this column, Grasshopper
hill is the logical location for a new
high school building to accommodate
students of East Denver. We do not
know who owns the property, but it
commands a splendid view of the
mountains, is near City park and is
surrounded by an atmosphere condu-
Give to education of youth. The pres
ent property, bounded by Stout, Cali
fornia, Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets, was given to Denver by the
government for school purposes many
years ago and is now almost in the
heart of the downtown business dis
rtict. Its sale should bring a sufficient
sum to cover the cost of the Grasshop-
per hill site and erect several magni-
ficent buildings thereon. Congress-
Hilliard is to be commended for his
persistence in getting this bill thru
congress. AS memento of the occa-
sion President Wilson presented him
with the pen used in signing the bill
and it will become an historic souvenir
in connection with the school life of
Denver.
REPRESENTATIVE AGNES RID
n DIE of jefferson county declared
on the floor of the house the other
day that she cor sidered healthy wom-
en- and children more valuable asset
to the state of Colorado than canned
peaches or sugar beets. Said she:
"There are too many men now sitting
around wearing out the seats of their
trousers while women and children
work" The house was considering two
measures, one amending the women's
eight-hour law so that its provisions
could be waived in cases of "emer-
gency" and the other prohibiting en-
pIoyment of children under fourteen
years of age in the sugar beet fields
of northern Colorado. Agnes is some
orator and when fairly under way on
a subject affecting women and chill
dren, she makes every member of the
house sit up and take particular notice.
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John E. COLLETT, official art critic
i on The Bulletin staff, has placed
his o. K. upon the expansion and
improvements made by this once thru
the inauguration of job printing de-
partment His formal inspection was
made last Sunday morning under
guidance of Business Manager Hines.
After viewing the arrangements in
the sanctum where every convenience
is made for the staff and visitors, John
was taken on a tour thru the mechan-
ical departments. Being man of
long and varied experience in the
printing industry, having devoted most
of his years reading proof, John emi-
nently qualities as a critic in all
branches of printing, particularly the
job end as his life work has been
wholly confined to newspaper employ
ment Thus having received the ap-
probation of our art critic, The Bulle-
tin feels that our progress can in no
way be retarded.
THERE is a nice little battle going
on in the legislature between the
house and the senate over which
shall have the honor of writing new
law regulating the use of liquor under
the state prohibition constitutional
amendment. In the house Representa-
tive Horton, chairman of the temper
ance committee, has succeeded in hav-