Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
NATIONAL

week of printing center shot letter
from a soldier in France. We have
read many of these interesting letters,
but none compare to the one from
Lieutenant Fred Girton, a Denver
printer, published on the first page
of The Bulletin this week. Lieutenant
Girton is an unusual soldier and has
already gained distinction in France.
We had a story few weeks ago tell
ing of his being the first Hospital
ace" of the American expeditionary
forces, that is, while aeroplane aces
are becoming more or less common,
Lieutenant Girton was the first Ameri-
can soldier of record to occupy five
different hospitals since arriving in
France. When war was declared Cir
ton entered an officers training camp
in Florida, composed of college grad
yates. Girton believed that a union
printer could compete successfully
with college bred men. And so he
did, receiving his commission as sec
ond lieutenant, and was among the
first of the national army officers to
be sent overseas.
THAT READING THE DENVER
Labor Bulletin assists materially in
generating brain power is evidenced
by letter received this week from
Frank H. Rice, advertising manager
of The Commercial, official paper of
the Denver Civic and Commercial As
sociation. The letter is SO good that
we give it space in this enlightening
column, and reads as follows:
Denver, Colo, Aug. 10, 1918.
Mr.. Clint C. Houston, Editor Denver
Labor Bulletin.
Dear Sir: Attached is check for
$1.50 for one years subscription to
The Denver Labor Bulletin. I really
feel ashamed of myself for not having
subscribed to your good and useful
paper sooner. Every man living in
this Rocky Mountain region who de-
sires to be well informed on what labor
is doing to help win the war and what
your publication is doing for labor
and the upbuilding and uplifting of
this section of the country, should
read your paper every week, and since
my speciality is "Growing Brains" l
cannot get along without it. 1t seems
to me that any business or profes-
sional man in Colorado who does not
read The Bulletin regularly is missing
a great deal of information that would
not only be helpful to him, but also
profitable to him.
'00fF FRANK .a1ly H. RICE.
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THAT PERENNIAL MOUNTAIN
park enthusiast, Otto F. Thum of the
Typographical Union, pulled off a
new and unique stunt last Sunday. He
planned days outing in Denver's
mountain parks, embracing trip en-
tirely on foot. About a dozen agreed
to go and seven actually showed up
at a. M, the others thinking more
of their ease than of action. The per-
sonnel was as follows: E. W. Robin
son of the Robinson Lumber Company,
a real mountain pioneer; Warren Gil
bert, artist; John E. Collett, C. R.
Breidenstein, Frank Birdsall, Bert
Warfel and Thum of the Topographic
cal Union. The particular part of the
Western hemisphere that these jour-
to Beaver Brook by rail. Here the
party entered the mountain park
property and followed footpaths and
trails along the brow and summit of
Clear Creek Canon, trip which af-
ford outlooks and views quite inde-
scribable and ever-changing in beauty
and charm, prompting Secretary Bird
sail to quote from President Garfield:
'The mountains are more restless than
the sea-" The enthusiastic footmen
proceeded over hill and dale-thru
fields and woods to Colorow Point
and Lookout Mountain. Then the
party completed a perfect day by
walking down the main highway to
Golden, where the return to Denver
was made by trolley. Various esti-
mates are made by members fo the
party on the total distance covered
on foot, some being ready to prove
that 871s miles as about right, but
these no doubt are fishermen and are
in the habit of placing verbal esti-
mates on the size of minnows. The
actual distance is about sixteen miles.
The trip in question is destined to be-
come quite popular with walkers when
more thoroly known.
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IN THE DEATH .OF WILLIAM
R. Owen, president and general
manager of the Denver Dry. Goods
Company, this community has lost one
of its most enterprising and progress
sive citizens. Mr.. Owen was really
the father of The Denver, which, un-
der his able management during a
quarter of a century, grew from a
little bankrupt shop to one of the larg-
est and most successful department
stores between Chicago and the Pa
cific coast. The deceased was as pop
ular with his hundreds of employees