Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
1neOptirnistic
Philosopher

ing in off the lake today and 1 can
imagine what this will mean in the
coming winter months. You can send
The Bulletin with a-couple of back
numbers to my present address here.
On cool nights l will sit by the fire,
having good friend wife and The Bull
letin for companions, and read and
dream of good old Colorado. Every
shop in Erie is doing government
work, running day and night. At pres
ent the flu is doing disastrous work
here, tho / do not suppose it has
reached Colorado yet. While in Bal
timore, l showed copies of The Bulle-
tin to some of the fellows at the shop
and called attention to an ad from a
meat market giving prices that sure
looked good to us. In Baltimore we
paid from As to 55 cents per pound
for steaks, 62 cents for bacon and
60 cents for ham, other provisions in
proportion. So you see even with high
wages the men make no more than
when they are getting normal wages
in normal times. Several of my shop
mates said, Me for Denver just as
soon as this war is over and we are
free to travel at will In Erie, the
wages are higher and living expenses
wee bit lower than in Philadelphia
and Baltimore. When you see Bill
Young or any of the Pueblo boys i
know tell them hello, and that l am
feeling fit as fiddle"
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FROM DOWN ALONG THE ST.
Johns river in Florida, where he is
stationed in the quartermaster' de-
partment, Clarence j. Moorhouse sends
an editorial clipped from the Jackson
vile Times-Union telling what a won
derful privilege it is to live in that
tropic state at this season of the year.
The o. P. has been in Florida and
lives in Colorado by choice. We can
not let the challenge pass. Colorado's
bracing October climate is the real es-
sence of delight and the man who has
not enjoyed a period of our beautiful
autumn has missed one of Gods
greatest blessings. Colorado's climate
really does not get into its best work
ing order until October. 1t is likely
to miss fire in July and August when
an unusual rainy season sets in to
compel the meedful apology for an
off day or an exceptional rain storm.
This always holds good when we take
visiting friends for trip over Den
ver's wonderful mountain park sys-
TEN. But no apologies are ever neces-
sary for Colorado's wonderful autumn
weather. September usually intro
duces four matchless months-Septem-
Der, October, November and Decem-
Der. Away up in the hills the first
tinge of yellow begins to creep into
the quaking aspens. The frost king
is beginning operations at the alti-
tudes and is extending his sorties
nightly from his all-the-year-round
haunt above timberline. The yellow
line creeps further and further down
the slopes. A hint of its coming is
morning. There is teasing tingle
in the air that the old residents recog-
nize 1t is the champagne-like touch
that sets the visitor writing home
about how good he feels, and how
every morning he is inspired to toss
off a full days work before lunch
time. Out on the plains the farmer
feels it as he garners the crops and
the cowboys in the hills who are gath
ering cattle for the first fall shipment
fill the air with their ki-yis of delight
when their broncos pitch for pure
joy of living. And as their bronco
quiets down, the cow puncher throws
one leg over the saddle, lights Gig
aret and gaZes at surrounding land
scape in which Dame Nature exercised
her most wonderful skill. In the spell
of Colorado's autumn magic, toll loses
its fearsome aspect and becomes a
thing to worship. The easy-going,
frivolously-inclined young man of Aq
gust becomes demon of energy at
the office desk or shop bench. The
rainy yesterdays are forgotten and
one sees only a procession of crisp,
invigorating tomorrows. The coun-
try of mountain and plain is taking a
brace-and all because that frost-made
streak of yellow is creeping down from
the hills where their scintillations are
put into the finest, most invigorating
atmosphere in the world.