Las Vegas optic., January 12, 1912, CITY EDITION, Page SEVEN, Image 7

About Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921

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Sixty per cent of the laborers in
Kansas mines are Europeans.
Street car conductors In Sequl, Ja
pan, make 35 cents a day.
In 1830 but one woman worked to
every ten men; now the ratio Is about
one to four.
Women reformers of Germany have
asked the Reichstag to wipe out the
barmaid evil.
About 120,000 women are employed
by the French government and the
number is growing constantly.
In England and Wales the average
weekly wage for skilled carpenters,
masons, plumbers, painters, pattern
makers and printers does not exceed
9 a week.
The opening of the first co-operative
hat store In this country, a pro
ductive enterprise founded alongi co
operative lines, was celebrated recent
ly by the Co-operative Leagues of
New York City.
Minneapolis electrical workers'
anions are making an effort to have
.hat city chosen as the 1913 meeting
place of the international organization.
The contest will be between Minne
apolis and Boston.
The committee on amusement re
sources of working girls of New York
City has been Incorporated recently to
Investigate and study and improve
the .-en oral amusements of working
girls and their vacation conditions.
Milwaukee cigarmakers' union has
proposed an amendment to the inter
national constitution providing that
on and after May 1, 1912, there shall
be no more open shops under the Jur
isdiction of the International Cigar
makers' union.
Scottish miners' representatives
have made a demand for an individ
ual district minimum wage to be paid
In all circumstances to all men work
ing at the coal face; that the wages
of all boys employed underground be
atandardized fh accordance with ue
scale proposed.
St. Paul and Minneapolis contract
ors will ask the union carpenters to
accepts 47 cents an hour, beginning
April 1 and continuing through the
summer until September 1, when the
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LABOR WORLD NOTES.
The Las Vegas
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for Las Vegas and
New Mexico
rate of pay is to be increased to 50
cents an hour, the rate the union car
penters of both cities struck for last
spring.
British postal workers have been for
some time now moving strongly in fa
vor of better conditions. Mass meet
ings are taking place from week to
week all over the country and the
seven or eight unions comprised In the
Postal Workers' federation are united
In strong support of their common de
mands. The Labor Co-partnership associa
tion now embraces 111 societies in
Great Britain. The aggregate capital
of these workmen's societies is ap
proximately $10,000,000 and their trade
amounts to nearly $22,000,000 a year,
the last return shows that ial,395
was divided among the workers as
their share of the profits.
It is expected that some time dur
ing the present month the employers'
liability commission will present its
final report to the two houses of con
gress. The report will embody a bill
providing a graduated scale of com
pensation through government instru
mentalities for injuries to etmployes
of railroads engaged in interstate com
merce whether due to negligence or
net.
MANUFACTURING CENTER
I Las A'egas has become known as n
j manufacturing center of the new
state. Sabino Lujan is a manufac
turer of fine filigree jewelry. He
will make special designs to order
although he has a large assortment
in stock. Prices are right. See Lujan,
Bridge street.
MAN CRUELLY TORTURED
Many a man is cruelly tortured by
painful corns, which make walking
unbearable and sleep at night an im
possibility. Penslar's Corn Care',
which is sold by O. G. Schaefer, the
druggist, affords speedy relief. If you
have a corn that is hurt'ng you buy
some Penslar's today.
When buying a cough medicine for
children bear in mind that Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy is most effectual
for colds, croup and whoplng cough
and that it contains no harmful drug.
For sale by all druggists.
See It in the
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LOCAL SCHOOLS GROWING
The High school and the Normal
I'niversity are both growing in en
lollment and efficiency. Nothing
helps to keep up the school spirit so
much as pennants and pillows with
school designs. M. M. Thompson is
selling High school and Normal pil
lows and leather pillows at reduced
prices. She is also making a reduc
tion of one-third on Mexican drawn
work.
NO CRANKING NECESSARY
To start one of our horses going and
"The Lion and the Mouse" Is Something Different
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Everybody Should
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no gasoline is necessary to keep them
going. Nobby, clean and up-to-date
!rl?s and good horses are what consti
tutes the best livery service. Remem
' her ycu can get us at any hour of
I the day or nsht by calling Main 15.
ML L. Cooley.
HOME MADE CANDIES
That's descriptive of the products of
the Pott r Candy Kitchen. They are
a home product and they are made
' by the most expert candy makers
money can obtain. Hence we lead all
competitors in this district. Try a
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box of our chocolates. We cover the
entire retail field. P. B. Potter.
NEW STYLES FOR OLD
The latest shapes and fashions in
hau, styles, new and up-todate, large
and small, trimmed and untrimmed.
Hats that make the old look young
and the young attractive- milliner j
that sets off the crowning charm of
fetnlnnity and gives the wearer an
Individuality that becomes a person
al asset All this and more is real
ised bv the patrons of Mrs. Wallls,
milliner, on Sjxth street.
Scenes from "The Lion and the
by a competent company. In these
Is of particular interest. It shows
corrupted courts and officials, was
Daily Optic
A MATTER OF TATE
Some people like Rye In preference
to Bourbon or Mend whiskeys, and
right here is where we want you to
sample our Sherwood Rye. It has
that smooth, deligntful flavor that
characterizes perfect whiskey, full
quart bottled in bond. All the stand
ard whiskeys, brandies, wines and
liquors at the Opera Bar. C T. Far
ley, Prop.
THERE'S NO EXCUSE
For sleeping on a poor bed For h
very reasonable investment you can
enjoy your sleeping hours as well as
Mouse," which will be played tomorrow evening at the Duncan opera house
days of high prices and high finance a play like "The Lion and the Mouse"
how the power of a money naron, who controlled and restricted trade an
brought to book by a frail, little woman.
Best Advertising: Fie
dium in Northern
New Mexico
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for Las Vegas and
New Mexico
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a millionaire. We are sell a me
popular brass beds cheaper that, ever
before. We have many styles in iho
bright and satin finish, fine mat
tresses, springs and pillows. J ..
Johnsen & Son
RED HOT STUFF
When you buy coal you want the
best quality that money will buy.
Well, that's Yankee coal, finest grade
for the furnace and the range. A
trial order will convince you that It
is the best what is. We deliver with
despatch rhone us Coors Lumber
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