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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

merous documents and it did not take
long to establish his identity and
standing-and after his signature in
due legal form, he was handed a
check for 100000. It was all his to
do with as he saw fit. Poor Bill
Hackett, who would have ever
thought he could have accumulated
the sole heir What had I ever done
to be rewarded like this, altho I re-
call when we were both sticking type
back in the '70s had on a few occa-
sions slipped him couple of thou
sand, but here was 100000, and real
money, too. With the closing up of
few minor details, Tom was soon on
his way back home. 1t was long
ride and most exciting one for Tom.
What would he do with the money?
"Good morning, boys" growled Tom,
as he entered the composing room Of
the Bee. 1t was Saturday-pay day.
"Good morning, Mr.. Merrill" came
back from the force. Enjoy your
trip?"
That afternoon Tom Merrill sent
upstairs for the chairman, requesting
that individual to come to see him
at once. A spirit Of uneasiness pre-
vailed while the chairman was clos
eted with the "boss," and when he re-
turned to the floor a look of anxiety
was on his face.
"Boys, Mr.. Merrill is mad, clean
thru; looks like all hands are going
to be fired. Told me to send him
down priority list and l should call
chapel meeting right away and he
would be upstairs and hand something
out. He sure is sore"
At the close of the day Bob Horton
assembled the members of the chapel
together and formally announced the
call. 81 move, Mr.. Chairman, that Mr..
Merrill be sent for and state his kick
on the floor" came from two or three
men at once.
Mr.. Merrill was soon in the center
of the group and still maintained his
ruffled demeanor.
"Boys," he said, II have something
want to speak to you about and /
thought this would be the place to
say it. Now" he continued, "you all
know as well as l do that the Bee
has had a hard struggle during the
past year and it looked like closing
up. Things, however, are going to
undergo u change. had contemplated
firing the whole outfit, but on second
thought / realize that you have been
a pretty good lot Of men. In your en-
velope today you will find a little
slip which explains the future policy
of the Bee, and also your standing
in the Office. Priority rights have not
been interfered with, everybody has
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

There is only way make good on that promise
and that for every last OF put every minute
OF his working day where it does the most good.
And there just minutes but whole days lost every
time a changes his job. A has TO be found to
replace him. He loses time in moving. He takes time
to catch to the ways in the plant.
When manufacturer needs more men, his duty
the country a whole not to disturb plants that
engaged in essential work, but to get the Govern
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
been treated alike. Mr.. Chairman.

thank you"
And then Tom Merrill passed out
the pay envelopes, and behold, besides
the weekly salary was a crisp 81 900
bill-and an explanation Of how each
member Of the Bee force-and there
were an even dozen-was going to en-
joy two weeks vacation at the ex-
pense Of the "boss." The Bee was
to come forth in a new up-to-date
dress and the town Of Franklin would
sit up and take notice.
And then Tom Merrill went down to
the village inn and blew in another
bunch of money. Poor Bill Hackett,
he was a good old soul, and the
chesty printers on the Bee are all
wearing a smile and working like h.
Nine days have elapsed and Tom
Merrill is still entertaining the citf-
zens of Franklin. He is having the
time of his life handing out the $780,
900, and the Labor Bee Office is buzz
zing with tales of the good deed old
Bill Hackett gone and done.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

ments help in finding who can be taken from less
important work. This be done through the United
States Employment Service with 500 branch offices and
Public Service Reserve. There is no charge-and the
Service is now placing 100000 skilled and unskled
monthly.
Tell your labor needs the local Examiner-in- Charge
local agent of the United States Public Service Reserve
to the Director General at Washington.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
BOSTON BEANS REAcTIoNARY

The Massachusetts state constitu-
tional convention in session at Boston,
has just refused to reconsider its re-
lection of the following: "The labor
of a human being shall not be deemed
to be commodity or article of COM
merce. And the legislature shall not
pass law nor the courts construe any
law of the commonwealth contrary to
this declaration" The convention also
rejected resolution regulating the is
suance of injunctions in labor dis
putes. The committee on the bill Of
rights rejected a resolution ito pre-
vent the granting Of special privileges
and creating class distinctions among
the people Of the commonwealth"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03
MIN'IEsOTA'S. PECULIAR
-, Il CONSTITUTION

The people of Minnesota have to
thank brewery trickery for the ex-
IRENE difficulty Of putting a prohi-
bition amendment into the constitu-
tion
; Back in 1897, w. W. Dunn then as
now the attorney for the Hamm Brew
ing Company, was a member, of the
Legislature, and he manipulated
change in the method of amending the
Constitution Of the State by which
every person who votes at an election,
but fails to vote on an amendment is
counted as having. voted against the
amendment. 49,.
This phase of the subject is fully
discussed in the article by Senator
Jones in another column Read it
carefully. and pass the information on
- The Minnesota Dry Federation will
conduct such a campaign to reach
the uninterested voters as has never
before been attempted in any state.
F, None the less, there will be large
body of voters who will fail to know
that the election is on unless you talk.
It will reach the laboring men,. the
professional men, the reading public,
the women, the clubs, the farmers, the
young people-everybody. everyWhere:
yet there will be thousands who will
fail to know the facts in; the case un-
less. you: talk IN, 49, .z.z<5rs3 y =.
In spite of all: opposition the. drys
IN this state propose to put the pro
hibition amendment across in Novem-
Der. and make new record fer Mime
sofa, and a, Joke Of the sly trickery Of
": w. Dunn and the brewing. inter-
ests. =.ss !. y r. .. .. Z =.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03

20 machines and preferably. 100 will
be secured. in advance and suitable
music and speakers provided The
cavalcade will travel in three sections.
The first section will be musical
section. In addition to the machines
that will carry the musicians there.
will be a group of autos as an escort
which will add to the interest and
arouse the enthusiasm of the people.
They will give a 20 minutes program:
to be followed by a second group of
about the same size with music, pre-
ferably male quartet, and a speak
er. This group will add 20 minutes
to the program The third group will
carry a speaker only and he will close
the program with a 20 minute adj
Dress sy.5;s- |s:.s u. NJ +. H..
u The campaign in every county will
be complete within itself and wholly.
in the charge Of the local committees
and it is expected that there will 3be
held a total Of upwards Of 900 meet
ings on eaehS day In some of the.
larger counties>tw two cavaIcades will
necessarily be called into requisition.
The chairman Of the a1tomob bile meet
sings.. will SO arrange that if It storms
the same program can be carried out
successfully on the succeeding Sum
day. @ S@$ ..:z.3 sss sEs .sa
. Reach New Groups. .s
These Sunday meetings will reach
new groups that ere# NOT req cI,af1 IN
tbs week day rallies, whereas the
week day lies VII reach people
who could not be reached on Sunday
4 sl & the succession Of meetings
will add imme bly, to the cumn-
slatiVe interest, will keep the voters
alert and will IS cover every phaseaof
thought
he Final Il
The total numb 81 tompbile
meetings held under this plan NIL
aggregate q LITTLE over ,eoQ, ne
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03
VERDICT OF THE. JUDGES.

:8 Certainly no one knows more about. the
relation between drink and crime rhan
do district Judges a letter was recently
sent to the judges Of the District Courts
in Minnesota asking them to state~tha APP
proxinlate percentage if possible, of crimes
caused by the. liquer traffic, based on
their observation as judicial officers. Here
are the answers :: VS. ;4s Es
So 5.. Per- Cent
Judge Morrison of the Eighth District 10
Judge Olson of: New Ulm, perhaps 30 to As
Judge Cant Of Duluth 80 to- Is
Jud ge Hale Of Minnea polls I. :. IS. so
Judge Roeser Of S loud go
Judge Danser Of Duluth 50. s. q. 80
Judge Giddings AnoKa at lea st 80
Judge Snow of q Vinona, . at least ne. . 80
Judge Johnson, Of Ted Nv Ing, cons erva-
Judge Hughes of the Eleventh Dis is /; =
Judge slant 81 the FIFTEENTH Dis q
Judge Jelly Of Minneapo \, ! d;
sJudg Sc Andrew IIo Of th snpre::n
Court t!ls experleIlc
Judge Childress @of Fariba Il. 81 /. !. IS. 4. "a
Judge Kingsley 8. ... s. q
Judge Watts of sCr0okston 81. .!. !. 81 al
Judge Nelson of SlaYt oIlss. 81. .s.. Il.
StOlberg OF Harris vs.. s. rs so
Judge Dickinson OF a inneapoli lis 80 to 90
Judge Ensign of Dulu ...s SO
Judge MeGlenahan of Br tnerd s. Isl 90
Judge Grinde1and e so
per cent as the pereentage De s eri mes IN
Minnesota due It's TIL ii auor Stra The
adopt ion of the prohib ton anue .dment
will save pra ctica1ly t,t o-th birds tn
crime with the attenda mt ccsy sx G TT
penal and correctly Inst tutions
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03
MINNESOTA DRY fedora ton
PLANS BIG OPEN AIR CAMPAIGN
NEARLY 1000 MEETINGS SCHEDULE O-BG PROHIBITION AR
n. TILLERY TO BOMB ENEMY STR0NGHOLDS.
Prohibition State Committee in Charge Of The Greatest Out
~: Door Drive Ever Staged.

The biggest open-air smash In the
present unprecedented drive on
Booze's Beelzebub line is a big factor
in the battle plans of the Minnesota
Dry Federation. The Prohibition State
Committee, veterans of intensive out
door fighting, has been assigned to
the big artillery operation by the War
Council of the. Dry Federation Of
Minnesota. The drive will begin
July 22nd. and close October 18th,
and be followed by an intensive man
to man campaign. Rural picnics are
also to feature the offensive dem
onstration and add to it's effective
ness. = - II >.<F@7' :
To the Prohibition State m-nittee,
veterans in outdoor campaigning, has
been assigned the picnic and street
sector of the allied lines in the 1913
offensive against the Booze lines in
what is believed to be the final fight
for the humiliation of the brewery
autocracy in Minnesota. Last year
the Committee held over eighty pic
MICS, and there are now more than 100
scheduled for this year with plans TN
der way for total. of 800 The pur-
pose of these gatherings is primarily
to reach and arouse the farmers, who
are for the most part dry, to the
necessity of taking a vigorous, active
and aggressive part in the campaign
The need Of taking up this work is
especially apparent in the counties
that have gone dry. In many of these
instances the farmers and others feel
as though the fight is won and nothing
more needs to be done. The great
danger of the campaign for the ,consti-
tlltional amendment is that apathy
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03

and Indifference based upon the feel
ing that the fight is already over will
be our undoing. In every county the
first picnic scheduled is for the latter
part OF May and the last will be held
early in September The committee
has prepared separate maps of each
county in cOlOrs, and is booking the
strongest speakers for these big
events. Requests for picnics are CON-
ing from all parts of the state, and
warning is given that delays may
mean disappointment.
The Automobile Campaign. =
(See Black Circles.) 49,
In the most vigorous campaign that
the Prohibition Committee ever con-
Quoted On the streets 1913 towns were
reached in one year. This year they
plan to reach a total of 904 towns,
the major portion Of which will be
reached with four meetings, on: the
street. Street meetings, like picnics,
reach a group of voters who rarely
attend indoor gatherings. This is
particularly true of the street, where
the careless and Indifferent. are
caught in the crowd, their interest is
aroused and their friendship and CO.
operation is secured, whereas, other
wise they would be. hostile or indif-
ferent. r.T% Il. 81 i a:
=" Il Two. of these four meetings will be
addressed bv outstandinp sneakers
who will be giving their entire time
to this campaign These street adj
dresses will be particularly adapted
to the audiences for which they are
intended and will be short, snappy,
enthusiastic and appeal to- the highest
ideals of a citizenship that are newly
awakened to the necessity Of bending
all al to the one task Of winning this
war for demo crazy and hum anity
Five to Nine Meetings Day.
Each speaker will speak e. i've
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03

!. .s i. a. .a'itnber Of Spicnics held viii Be
about 800, making a total of about
1920 outdoor meetings, covering every
nook and corner Of the state and
reaching all classes OF voters, partic-
a.a11;!y appealing to those. who would
not ordinarily attend Indoor gather.
ings. - - .#2
~ Other Campaign Enterprises. W.
While. the Dry Federation. has. a
thorough and. complete plan Of cam
paigll' covering every activity and
every character of effort, Including a
mp-ehencive and effective campaign
for reaching the laboring people, a lit
'eratu~e campaign, a thorough organi-
zation of the church forces. and OF the
woman of the state, a young peoples
depa! tment that will reach * every
branch of effort of the young people
both in the church and out of it, "a
campaign for reaching all lodges and
business and commercial organiza.
tions, yet we dare to- say that there
is no effort that will reach larger
numlsar OF that group of voters that
are ordinarily neglected than the cam
paigr that has been assigned to the
Prohi oit!on. Committee. r~s' ,s@-s
Moreover, the expense OF this cam
paign Will be stupendous and at the
same time there will oe email opror-
tunity for the raising of funds in the
yIoseGution OF it. Therefore, if this
work is to be carried ou1. with eff
cheney and effectiveness, if these here
tofore unreached masses are to be en-.
listed as allies in our cause, the he
roes who have fought SO long for the
winning Of this fight must provide
The necessary sin ews of war for the
Of that purpose.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03

5' Campaign Manager Of the Minnesota
Dry Federation.
Senator Jones is the young est mem
Der OF Of the Minnesota Senate a na-.i
tlo 10 "a leader Of union labor His bril-
liant liant generalsh lip was largely respon--5
sible for the dry Victorie s in Duluth
an and AZ later in St. Louis county and on
the Rang # rs :#55 .Sss.*
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03

to nine time a day, the average run
ming about six times daily Each will
carry special music for interesting
and attracting the crowd The sehe7
Idule for the entire campaign has
been thoroughly worked out, the dis
tance and the character of the, roads
taken into consid eration, and while
storms and accidents to the machines
may make it impossible for the sche-
dule to be kept in all cases, the ma
chimes will usually arrive on the day
and at the shour named in the sche.
dule. Il 81, 5ss + III -s s# / s.5F
The Drive to Open July 22nd.
s. The outdoor automobile drive will
hegin on Monday, = July. 22nd. ~ The
st55sto Will be divided into four dis
tricts. and each machine will cover
its district in six weeks time. The
speakers will then shift and six more
weeks will be- given to covering the
same district the second time timer
aries will be so arranged that on the
second trip the towns will be- visited
at different time of the day, and Of
course, different speaker will be
heard on. the second occasion.
These machines will rest on Sun
day, and will, therefore, reach the
farmers, business men and others who
can be reached on the street on
week days. %. f<-iJ .L....#> -.
The County cavalcade. :. :
On Sunday, September 22nd, and
on Sunday, October 18th, the automo-
bile chairman of each county will ar
range for cnvalcade or procession of
machines that will cover every point
Of Importance in: the county with a
program consisting of prohibition
songs, and speeches.. Not. less than
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03
JOHN BARLEYC0RN
TAKING the COUNT
4, We. McEWen. j.. :.f...,s
(Former Labor Commissioner, in Du.
luth Labor World. I,.% = !; Z,

+. John Barleycorn is fast climbing on
the, water wagon with the rest of US
old tanks, by compulsion if not. from
choice. He was handed several se-
we're wal1ops this week and in places
on his wasted carcass where he little
expected it. 81. :. ~ .5Z
:, Old John has gotten more out of the
traffic than any Of us who played the
game with him. When we lost he
Won. Now he is losing and the whole
nation is rejoicing in, his DOWNFALL.
He has few sympathizers outside of
his hackers, seconds and time keep
jers, and even they will turn against
him when he takes the final count and
they discover how much more salts
factory it is to ply their energies in
life-giving rather than in death-dealing
avocations. -. =
Barleycorn is versatile old roost-
er. He has written comedies and
/ tragedies, .burlesques and melodra-
mas, all at the same time and with
the same pen dipped. in the same con-
.SoSG4OAA LIZ "Ac1o{E PIOUuSCu = uOA-
ologue artists than all other agencies
|: on earth, their incoherent rambling
sol1loquies res0unding through prison
cells and insane wards Of every cline.
He has made buns out of bankers,
merchants and professional men, He
has taken top-notch factory workers
from their machines, mechanics from
their benches, laborers from fields,
and clerks from their desks and sent
Z them emaciated in body and crushed
in spirit to the gates of he'll and
gloated over their ruin. He has turned
palaces into novels as If by magic.
He has ansformed happy cottages
into miserable huts with the u mere
waving Of his poisono us wand Jeal-
GUS Of the bloom and beauty Of youth
he has fendishly plucked the bios.
SONS before their time, and looked on
unconcerned while the human plants
wasted and dice. ike the man with
the withered arm, he has stood nm
moved at the widows and orphans he
hi made. He has drowned cheers
with: tears, turned Joys into sorrows,
brought suffering 81 where IA pspinesss
and prosperity dwe1t, and cheated life.
of its sweetness and ragrance.
This monster hom men defend, a. &.
some ON do his living ototypes across
the Rhine, IS now being called before
the bar Of jud gment to. answer for
his his null e mes. The Soutl II has tried
and convict ted 8s i'm The tsyTy..t 9, /, ~
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03
fare Or upbuilding Of the race. It
entire product is waste. &

- - y a upOullulliS5 -tue It's
entire product is waste. z.9:
The g 1nno!onstrous waste OF. food stuffs
z and n fuel, in making beer, when the
food is needed by our. allies and the
fuel 'a: needed to move our shipping, is
interfering with the winning Of the
war =. .s3.$y.. I nj Ia, .ss5=.@
. The fight against the. liquor traffic
is is a patriotic movement. It is a fight
for conservation of manhood, the
protectionlof the home, the defense Of
the nation, the per1nanency. of peace
and the triumph of DEMOCRACY. ;. .S.
/ The MINNESOTA DRY FEDORA.
TON invites all good citizens to unite
and drive the autocratic, selfish and
wasteful liquor traffic from our state.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-22
RECEIPTS OF CARD GAMES
ADDED TO YARN FUND

The net results of the series of
card games inaugurated for the pur-
pose of raising money for the Red
Cross yarn fund have been very
gratifying and the Red Cross ladies
of Nenana, who had worked hard t.
make a success of it, are to be con-
graduated on the results obtained.
The first games of the series
brought in $121; the second $3.50;
the third s42.75; and the last $3.50
The use of the building was donated
by Mrs. C. w. Adams, and the ex-
penses so far as is known for print
ing and refreshments have been
$20.95; there may be a small amount
still due for refreshments, the &C
count for which has not yet been
rendered.
Mrs. J. C. Kellum was in charge
of the series of games and was very
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-22

Advisor Sir William Brunyate, by
the development of the Red Sea oil
fields and the adaptation of ma
chinery to produce gas distilled from
vegetable refuse.
The report declared that an "ade-
quate supply of oil for all purposes
should shortly be available. The
Hurghdada oilfield, for example, al
though only discovered in 1914, is
now yielding $4,000 tons a month.
The production of gas from vege-
table refuse, which is now being
pushed on a large scale, was due
to the researches of DR.. j. A. Wells,
former inspector-general of the
mines department of the Egyption
government.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-22
STEAMER YUKON
OUTWARD BOUND
LEFT YESTERDAY
A. Y. N. Co. Steamer Arrives From
Fairbanks and Sailed With
Passengers for Dawson.

The American Yukon Navigation
company's liner Yukon arrived in
Nenana at an early hour yesterday
morning with the mail and passen-
gers for Nenana, most of the pass
engers who got off here being mem
bers of the Fairbanks baseball team.
She sailed for Dawson and way ports
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
The passengers for Nenana were
Louis Hansen, Mrs. G. w. Ryan, G.
w. Ryan, Geo. A. Gamble, Joe
Fisher, E. E. Durgin, Chas. Fowler,
Jess Myers, John Bidwell, Pegues,
Smith, Black, Wallace Cathcart, j.
E. Buckley, Chas. L. Thompson, Nor
man Koon, Mrs. Norman Koon, Mrs.
Joe Fisher and Mrs. E. G. Zwicker.
She had the following passengers
on board in transit:
For Seattle-Roy Canning, Chas.
Verkest, Mrs. Chas. Verkest, W. Yer
kest, Peter Prokapus.
For Skagway-E. E. Gellerman.
For Circle-Chas. Renish.
The following passengers Joined
the steamer at Nenana:
For Seattle-James Poe, Harry
G. Abercrombie, C. C. Johns.
For Tanana-Wm. Keffer and
James Walker.
For Ruby-Don T. Hill.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-22
RAILROAD WORK
BEYOND CROSSING
MOVING RAPIDLY
Recent Arrivals From :. Beyond
Nenana Crossing Bring News
of Work Done.

Late reports received from the
recent arrivals from the section of
the right of way lying beyond the
Nenana Crossing at 43-mile and the
Ignite coal fields, indicate that all
of the contractors working on the
grade are forging ahead rapidly.
Dave Patterson and his partner
Thomas Cox finished that part of
their contract calling for the grad
ing of small portion of the right
of way in the neighb, rhood of camp
Is, and they moved across the river
at 43-mile on July -, and immedi-
ately commenced operations on their
part of the right of way from the
river towards Ignite.
The Nenana river is reported to
be cutting in on the right of way
a little beyond the Ignite road
house and doing some damage. Knute
koland's contract lies on the section
of the road affected by the river
and he may have to suspend opera
tons temporarily.
George Palmer and Ivory St. Clair,
who have a contract to grade a sec
ton of the right of way lying be-
tween the Nenana Crossing and Lig-
mite are going ahead fast and ex-
pect to be through in thirty days.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-22

The court party expects to get
into Ruby today. They will hold
court there for few days only, as
there are not many cases on the
Fairbanks after the session at Ruby
fairbanks after the session at Ruby
is closed.