Show EMPLOYEES ARE entertained contractor hogan has solved part of the labor question by making himself popular with workmen J W hogan made for himself a name among his workmen last week he has been carrying on the work of enlarging the sevier valley canal and has had a great many men employed during the past arinter his hia work for this season is 13 nearly completed and before closing up the work he was anxious to treat his men to some little entertainment the appearance of 0 the georgia harper company at the local opera house last week cek gave the eunity and for two days mr hogan secured the entire center section of reserved seats and gave the tickets to his employees and their wives and sweethearts not content with that he secured a large number of scats scabs for the performance on oil saturday afternoon and gave the tickets to the three bishops who distributed them to the old people of the city who attended the matinee as the guests of mr hogan mr hogan says sas that he has been in the contracting business since he be was waa 17 years of age and he has always found that better work can be secured from employees if they are shown some come consideration and he deeb not r gard the expenditure of money as a loss when given for the entertainment of his men as they give him better service which more than repays him for his outlay As to the entertainment of the old people he says he is simply carrying out a custom of his deceased wife who made it a practice to entertain the old people once a year during her lifetime Any anyway wiy mr air hogan will be ren limbered for his kind deed and when he returns in the fall to complete his contract he will find many willing workers who will ill become his em ploy plo joea |