Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-07-27
ReOptirnistic
Philosopher

under the law, is authorized to review
acts of the commission. Following
this decision an ordinance has been
proposed in the Denver city council
fixing telephone rates and this raises
new issue between the city and the
state public utilities commission, and
is an attempt to forestall the raise
in rates. Legal opinion is divided
on the question of the city's author
ity, many holding the state body is
the sole governing power in fixing
rates of public utilities. In the mean
time the telephone company is charg-
ing the new and higher rate, with a
pledge that in event the commissions
ruling is reversed by the state su-
preme court the excess over the old
rate will be refunded.
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WARREN GILBERT, NEWSPA-
per artist and commercial illustrator,
assumed his place at the Round Table
this week after vacation spent in
Idaho, Washington and Oregon, where
he came near being shanghaied for
reak work in the spruce industry.
Spruce is used in the making Of aero
planes. Any way, Gilbert escaped to
tell this story: "One day arrived
at Arcadia. It is located in the
Snake river valley, with mountain
precipices 1000 feet high all around.
The climate in Arcadia is almost trop-
ical, the natives subsisting on fruit.
What impressed me most there il. that
the women do all the work, or the lit
tie there is to be done. In the center
of Arcadia is a large spreading tree,
under which has been constructed
circle of seats, sufficient to accommo-
date the entire male population, and
here the men assemble each morning
at o'clock, go home to lunch at IL,
return at 2 and call it a day at 5
p. m. Their chief industry is talk
There are no newspapers published
IN Arcadia, no mayor, and not even
town marshal. Strangers are well
come to limited stay and are invited
to seat under the tree, and as COM
pensation for this courtesy are ex-
pected to tell all the latest war news,
this being the sole medium of outside
information" When Gilbert had
completed his story of Arcadia on
Snake river, Otto Thum and Omar
Garwood inquired the railroad fare,
as they expressed a purpose to go
just as soon as they could negotiate
the price of railroad ticket.
JOHN r. HEINZELMAN, AT
torney and counselor at law, this
week moved into larger and more
commodious quarters, now occupying
rooms 305-6-7 in the Foster build
ing. 1t will be pleasing news to
Johns host of friends in the labor
movement to learn that he is making
steady progress in the practice Of law
and widening his circle of clients as
uaII ~ bic c;vcIa ~ Fp;ord. uo;r-1o
man was formerly a member of the
Denver Office Workers Union and for
a time was connected with the adver-
Using department Of The Denver
Labor Bulletin, and always made good.
John has not forgotten the many
friendships acquired in the labor
movement and is never happier than
when some Of the boys drop in for
social chat.
FROM TIME TO TIME CERTAIN
criticism has been lodged against the
Colorado state council Of defense for
some of it's omissions and commissions.
However, the council has at last vim
Dictated itself and shown a reason for
its existence. 1t gives the o. P. ex-
ceeding pleasure to announce this fact
and to enable The Bulletin to be the
first newspaper to print preliminary
account Of the first great offensive
drive against predatory prairie dogs
on the open plains between Denver
and the Kansas state line. Under in
structions of the council Of defense
the state etomologist is conducting
an aggressive campaign against the
area of prairie dog pest districts to
the east and it is believed that Denver
is safe, at least for the present. Last
accounts from the front say that a
large quantity of rat poison has
reached the scene Of carnage and been
placed in the well defined paths Of the
marauders. Further, sayeth the Off
cial report at council headquarters
in the state house, pest districts COM
prising an area of 1,710,040 acres of
arid land have been well organized
and the state etomologist feels con-
fident his army will be able to sue
cessfully combat the prairie dogs,
who are known to be entrenched in
large numbers. Poisoned grain is be-
ing judiciously distributed about the
trenches and hillocks of the Offend
ers, and it is predicted that soon a
sufficient amount Of poison will be OBJ
of arid land. In this language the
official report from the front says:
"It is being demonstrated now that
poisoned oats will kill prairie dogs
as effectively in the good old summer
time as at any other season Of the
year" Hence it must follow that the
state council Of defense is at last do
ing its full duty in making the world
safe for democracy.