Denver labor bulletin., 1918-11-30
Cigormakers
BY j. w. SANFORD.

Again the "hu" epidemic has inter-
fered with our business and we were
obliged to postpone our meeting this
week in compliance with the wishes
of our members who believe in the
safety first" slogan on occasions of
this kind, thus delegating to the Off
GERS the responsibility of conducting
the business of the union.
General Organizer Sol Sontheimer
has been with US for the past couple
of weeks in the interest of the blue
label of our craft and at the same
time not forgetting the rights of all
others. Several meetings have been
visited during this time and a prompt
and cordial reception has been ex-
tended him by all but one young or
ganization who, thru an oversight, no
doubt, kept him waiting to deliver his
message for two hours, thus prevent
ing him from visiting other meetings
on that evening. This is hardly fair,
for the time spent in ante rooms is
practically lost. If unions find that
they have too much business to trans
act to admit visitors they should SO
| inform them and allow them to go ad-
dress meetings who are not so busy
Mr.. Sontheimer is a good talker and
well informed on labor subjects and
we feel sure that the rank and file of
organized labor as well as the officers
can profit by listening to him for a
( few minutes. A short suspension Of
/ the regular business on occasions of
| this kind would in our estimation be
| beneficial to all concerned
We regret the passing from active
service in the labor movement of our
old friend and editor of The Bulletin,
Clint c. Houston, in his retirement
/ from The Bulletin. But with the clos
/ ing of the war many changes may be
expected and we hope all will be for
the better and in the interest of all.
/ We wish Mr.. Houston every possible
/ success in his new undertaking and
hope that we may have the continued
I privilege Of his acquaintance and as
l sistauce in the labor movement as in
| the past We at the same time con-
gratulate his successor, Mr.. Moser, and
wish him the same degree of success
as his predecessor enjoyed and merited.
We regret 70 announce the death
/ Of an old-time member of No. 129 and
/ a hard worker in the interest of the
\ international union for the past six
teen years, Mr.. Paul L. Hoefie, on
/ the nth inst. Mr.. Hoefie had suf
fered for several years from stomach
and other troubles which he was un-
able to overcome. He leaves a wife
and two children in Brillion, Wis. His
mother, two sisters and a brother, re-
siding in this city. survive him. Re-
mains were, at his request, cremated
| in this city, the funeral being in
1 charge of the family here. assisted by
the officers of this union.
John Stch. for several years in
charge of the stock department at the
Dry Climate factory in this city, met
with a serious accident last Thursday
on his way home after work by being
run down by an automobile, suffering
the dislocation of one of his should
ers and otherwise injured. Latest re-
ports are that he is getting along very
well, but will be confined to the house
for some time. II other complications
do not set in he has chance of re-
turning to work in a few weeks.
Card from our old friend, F. A.
Mangini, who is with the X. of c.
service in France, says that our let
ter which he had just received brought
him much cheer and news. Fred is
operating Henry Ford truck close
to the front. serving our boys in their
good work of Americanizing the Huns.
He tells us to watch for his picture
in the papers in the act of distribut-
ing cigarets to the soldiers. He has
sent two German helmets to relatives
here and promises the next one he
gets hold of will be for our Office.
L. II. Lozer has been on the sick
list for couple of weeks as a result
of an encounter with an oil derrick
up in Wyoming recently. Red says
that in some manner he was caught
in the rope and hauled to the top and
let loose to find his way back to earth
the best he could, with the result
that he got a severe wrench of the
back and arms. He has got the grit
and says he is going back next week
and try it over again.
We have just issued new card
advertising our label on the one side
with list of all the fair manufacturers
in this locality on the reverse side, so
any one in doubt as to who is fair and
who is not. reference to this card
will soon convince them. There are
still three small non-union machine,
cheap labor factories in the city, but
their names do not appear on our
card. so you will know from that
that we do not recommend their goods.
Look for the blue label on the box
when purchasing cigars. If it is not
there we are not responsible for the
contents of il and you will have only
yourself to blame If you do not get
your moneys worth.
We are in receipt of a beautiful post
card folder of San Francisco, the
compliments of our old friend, the
"Duke of Buckingham" E. ]. McTag-
gart. Many of the beauty spots and
buildings are shown which is certainly
n credit to Frisco, in view of the fact
that only twelve years have passed
since their great disaster. when all
was heap of ruins. Mack is en-
ployed now by the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company as timekeeper at
the Oakland pier