Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-02
THE P. TOOK A THREE DAYS

THE o. P. TOOK A THREE DAYS
vacation this week and visited Salida,
the Gem City of the Mountains, where
this years annual convention of the
State Federation of Labor is to be
held in August. Tuesday evening We
attended meeting and smoker of the
Salida Trades and Labor Assembly,
held in their own hall, which has an
affiliation of nine local unions. 1t was
most Interesting gathering and the
spirit of fraternity eXemplified there
is evidence of the good feeling which
encompasses the citizenship of the lit
tie city generally. Initial plans were
adopted for taking care of and enter
tanning the convention, an executive
committee being appointed to look
after the details Salida is an up-to-
date little city of 5000 inhabitants, an
important mountain railroad center,
with sufficient hotel and restaurant
accommodations to take care of dele
gates and visitors who will attend
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MINE HOST MILLER OF THE
Palace hotel lost his reputation as a
weather prophet while the o. P. was
in Salida. Tuesday was balmy
spring day and the beauties of Colo
RADIO mountain scenery were never
shown to better advantage as we
travelled thru the Royal Gorge and
then thru the broad valley between
the mountains. Farmers were in the
field plowing for the sowing of spring
crops and cattle were fattening them
selves for war service. In the hotel
lobby that evening Host Miller was
boasting of the Salida climate, saying
that while there was plenty of snow
on the surrounding mountain tops, it
rarely ever fell in the valley. In fact,
snow was rarity in Sallda except as
seen at a distance. Wednesday morn
ing at 6 o'clock snow flakes began to
fall in abundance, and within two
hours eight inches covered the ground
and continued thruout the day, to a
depth of about eighteen inches, the
heaviest snowfall there in several
years But it made everybody happy
because of the great benefit to the
farm lands in the Arkansas river val
ley. On the return trip thru the
mountain gorges the scenic wonders
were enhanced many fold by the
blanket of snow which extended from
base to summit, the river being al
most bridged in places by banks of
snow, with huge icicles hanging from
the overlapping precipices. 1t was
wonderful sight, one to inspire an
artist or a poet.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING WE AT
tended a meeting of the Pueblo Trades
and Labor Assembly, and notwith-
standing a blizzard which swept the
city, there was large attendance of
faithful delegates. Quite number
of miners attending the convention
there were present at the meeting,
addresses being made by John R. Law
son, E. L. Doyle and the o. p. 1t
was like old times meeting with the
Pueblo Assembly, in which body we
served as a delegate and secretary for
several years. The boys in Pueblo
have been successful, not only with
their Labor Temple, but in every con-
structive movement, because they are
united and pull together in the finest
organized labor team work displayed
by Western industrial community.
THE DEATH OF JAMES F. MAR
| key, or Jimmie" Markey, as he was
familiarly known by his thousands of
friends, during the past week, marked
the passing of one of Denver's most
popular politicians. Everybody knew
Jimmie, who for several years served
as city auditor and was member of
the city council during the old regime.
He was a fighter of the best Irish type
and had enemies as well as friends.
Perhaps no man in Denver was better
known nor leaves more friends to
mourn his passing. When he held
the office of auditor at the city hall,
it was a Mecca for more visitors than
any other Office in the building. Priests
and politicians, bankers, laborers,
union labor men of every craft, roust-
abouts and reporters felt equally at
ease in Jimmie Markey's inner office,
smoking one of his far-famed black
cigars. No matter who called, the lid
of that box was always open and one
felt it duty to smoke, even when
mindful of the after-effects. There
were lots of people who did not al
ways agree with Jimmie Markey, but
his personality was such as to make
them like him as a man. He retired
from politics about a wear ago on ac-