Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 12

THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE:AND WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW é H : FH H é k Ata one PAGE TWELVE GACANIZED LABOR IN WYOMING ENJOYS ENVIABLE RECORD IN MAINTAIRING INDUSTRIAL GOOD WL State First in Per Cent of Laboring Men Who | Are Organized By ED. 8. MOORE toward or rkera of Wyo- coal efforts © wage f Labor, which at led the Industries of strial organtza- ave way to the a, the form now last died out com the joint agreement in 1 or state strikes, the both sides gather erence table and set- fen in a sane, sen stead of first: engag: . which en- gendered olving as ft agreement be tors and the mt to at a confer. State Body Organized 1909. ed Mine Workers of n Butte, Mont., in Ap at the first steps were ize the Wyoming State tion of Labor, and res a charter by the Am ‘member of the Cumberland Workers, and now editor of the Wyo- $ ming Lebor Journal, published at & Chey held the office for two ‘oy of the Mine Workers, who in n Was succeeded by Harry W. Fox but who at ho still helis the presidency of the tion. n, gsecretary-treasurer of the Un Mine « trer at the first convention of the 5 organization. At the second convention of ginte organization Presiden to the need o } labor commissioner, which @orset, and after seven yer trugele the office was created by th on of the state legislature in 1917, At the same convention a resolution fndorsing the public playgrounds for children, which movement, backed by the efforts of organized labor, has meceeded to much an extent that and town of any conse- Wyoming has in some way nis for their Many other es providing for the mafety end the wage worker, indorsed nized Iahor, has been duly en- into and are a part of the laws oming. and Labor As- with delegates unions: Broth- ood of Carpenters and Joiners No. 1664, Journeymen Barbers local No. o04 of Painters local No. Union No, 878 and Par 838. Assembly Formed. Davis of the carpenters’ as first president Davis is now a Casper. E. G. @ painting con- the first secretary. At term of 0 served @ 1s now an elec m was elected to suc. t Griffith. Mr. Slack for himself ters was the n punt Jan. 1, 19 ture Operators, i J I Prd of the Carpenters, recording s: President, The presi Mc 1s and was succeeded by W. W.| rs of | New Home of Casper Labor Unions, Built by Casper Building Tradaatina Affiliated Locals, Completed November, 1921. retary, and Charles B. Howard of the|an asset to t! Bakers, secretary-treasurer. they are loca‘ about 2,200. Wyoming has the greatest per cent of organized laboring men of any, the unfon. During the past , or since the organizing of te Federation of Labor, few s have occurred, and these were minor {mportance and of short luration. In all cases the disputes around the conference e free from violence and m amount of loss on proximately $200,000. to mainta! were se table ha ' 4 tandards means cheaper men, bust. either side. Labor Temple Built. In recent years many labor tem. renship—d The next convention of the Wyo- | bodies of V ability of the labor unions, but are| definitely decided on yet. (GROWTH BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT PROGRESSES AT RAPID RATE Sheridan and Cheyenne have organ- ized first class cout councils, and have employed experts to direct the activities of their troops. Funds for the promotion of scout- ing in these cities are raised by pop- ular subscription in the communities organized. In each city the council takes the responsibility for conduct- council of the Boy Scouts of Amer- | !9& & summer camp for members of : the troops and encourages and as- j 1c& made a redistribution of the va- | sists individual troops’ to particrpate rious states of the country among | in hiking and camping activities. the various districts then organized ‘The citizenship at large, watching to take care of the extension work | the development of the scout organ: of the national organization. ization in thelr respective communt- hi © the question arose as | ties, is completely convinced of the ther the state of Wyoming | efficacy of the scout movement As be encluded in the western | a°character building and citizenship In Two Years Organization Makes Unparalled Strides in State. BY HARRY BLACK. Boy Scout Executive, Casper. Just two years ago the national communities in which The cities of Rock 8 rior, Casper, Cheyenne ‘The organized crafts of Casper have| Springs, Superior, at the at ent time a membership of | “nd Greybull boast of labor temples, the aggregate cost of which is ap- The population of Casper is at east 90 per cent American, and the wage scale of labor {s of the Amer- can standard and the business of the eity 1s conducted on the Amorican tandard—without failures. Organized labor of Casper has always struggled these standards and will ntinue to do so, for they recognize | he fact that to break down these ailures, a lower standard of citi- les have deen built by central labor| ming State Federation of Labor will ming, all of which not] be held in Casper some time in May only reflect credit on the business} or June, 1922. The date has not. been istrict among Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho and Utah, or wheth- er it should be assigned to District No. 8, comprised of Missouri, Ne braska, North Dakota, South Da- kota, Iowa, Kansas and Colorado. As it was finally decided that Boy Scouts ming should be asigned to Dis- 8, one of the national officials made the concluding comment, “It really doesn't make much differ- ence, anyway. It will be several ‘8 before Wyoming will develop sufficient scouting activity to de- mand much time of the district of- in the course of two years since the above remark was made, scout- made unparalleled strides the state of Wyoming. call awaiting the region- upon his return from to assist in ¢ preliminary work for nm of a first class coun- 3 anizstion of the Casper ° was fostered and the Casper cham- Within ‘a short 20 preliminary work was com- and March 24, 1920, a formal presenta- for the of Boy both training program, a real program for making real men out of real Ddoys; and {t is the ambition of scout- ing officials throughout the country to bring all communities to the point where they expect to support the work of scouting in the same man- on “Hike” ner which they expect to support thelr schools. In addition to the three first class councils organized in the state of Wyoming, there aro man; towns and villages in the state in which one or more troops of scouts are organized, and are carrying out the same program on a smaller acale. Douglas, Riverton, Lander, Laramie, Dubois, Powell, Frannie, Torrington, Wheatland and Lusk are among the umaller communities of the state"in which scouting has found @ foothold and which are or- ganized. one or more troops which function directly under the super- vision of national headquarters. ‘Tho hearty support which Wyo- ming has given to the scout movo- ; Ment has brought forth, in. several instances, favorable comment from national and district headquarters. Regional Scout Executive John H. Piper, of Kansas City, who assisted in the organization work of the Casper council, declares ‘the record of Casper in raising its first year's budget of almost $8,000.00 in two hours of actual solicitation to be un: paralleled in the history of scout: ing in America, Casper’s Leading Department Store year period. That is the history in brief of the development of the Golden Rule stores, - fo William J. Lindsay, proprietor and manager of the Golden Rule store in Casper, and financially interested in all of the other eleven Golden Rulé stores, must go much of the credit for this unusual growth. In 1909 Mr. Lindsay opened his first store in Casper. It was located on the site of the present Odd Fellows building. The stock was not large enough, in the proprietor’s opinion, to handle the trade of the Casper of that day, a town of less than 2,500 population. Growing as fast as the town grew, adding new stock and enlarged floor space, the Golden Rule store remained in that lo- cation until 1919. In that year Mr. Lindsay purchased the build- ing he has since used, with some suspicion of having on his hands too large a proposition. Three years later, at the present, he finds himself in the predicament of having to build, move or go out of business. He has chosen to build by adding two stories to the present two-story building. In the meantime thebranch stores have been started from time to time in other towns. While their growth has not been as phenomenal as that of the parent store, they have all profited. At present Golden Rule stores are the center of merchandising in Lovell, Greybull, Worland, Thermopolis, Riverton, Torring- ton, and Newcastle in Wyoming; Forsythe and Hardin, Mont., and Edgemont and Belle Fourche, S. D. The two-stury addition on the Casper store will make it the largest store in actual floor space in Wyoming and fully equip- ped and stocked vd handle the trade in Casper, the fastest growing community in the northwest. Not only should it be the shop-* ping center of the city but of the surrounding communities as well. Among the modern conveniences which will be installed in the course of improvements will be wide stairways connecting all floors and a modern five-foot passenger elevator. W. J LINDSAY, Proprietor. The entire basement, with a total of 4,000 square feet, will be devoted as an extension to the present try goode departmént. All domestics and staple wash goods will be cargied in this de- -partment. This department has always been overcrowded in the past and through this ggrangement much needed space will be available. over entirely on the one side to. furnishings, while on the other Wa most complete line of silk and children’s knit underwear, no- or will contain a total of 5,000 the men’s clothing, side of the house woolen dress goo tions and furnish; departmentin x s. The privacy of this de- partment ed by women shoe buyers. A new shoes will be added to this department which will be announced later to the public. Even on 4,000 square feet of space devoted entirely to ladies’ and children’s shoes. + - a ORIGINAL STORE IN 1909, The second floor will be given over entirely to a ladies’ and chil- dren’s ready-towear department, most complete in every ‘tail. In addition to this there will be an in- fants’ department which will carry infants’ wearing apparel, and’ will be so arranged so as to please the. ~ most particular purchaser, A department seldom found ex- cept in larger cities will be situated ‘on the third floor level. A com- THE GOLDEN RULE STORE LINDSAY & CO. plete line of floor coverings, draper- ies, house furnishings, crockery and toys will be carried on this floor. Here, the housewife ‘will find real pleasure in shopping, for the stock merchandise is to be most complete and of a wide variety, : The Policy of the cece Rule tore, Buying and Selling for Cash for Lower Prices, Will - Continue to Be the Bate of the Metheds of the Store. 125 EAST SECOND ST. carried in each of these lines of —