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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-02-24
High Prices.

ne constant increase IN the
price of everything we eat drink
and wear, would be generally sat
isfactory to the wage Garner if
his wages would increase in like
proportion. But unfortunately
for him such is not the rule.
On the contrary, the problem
of living is becoming every day
more and more intense for the
man who receives a stated salary.
The purchasing power of money
is constantly becoming less. The
dollar will not go as far today as
it did a few years ago, and the
dollars are just as difficult to OBJ
tain as ever.
There must be an end some
time to this constant increase in
the prices charged for the nee
esSaries of life. Either the cost
must bear some relation to the
purchasers ability to pay or else
the latter must do without the
desired article. As the situation
now stands, the rise in prices is
arbitrary, fixed by some un-
Known and unreachable author
ity, and has no apparent founda-
ton. Every time the housewife
nowadays visits the meat shop
or grocery store she is confron-
ted by another increase in the
cost of things. EXpostulation
and protest are of no avail, She
must meet the alternative of
paying the price or going with
out. Flour. butter, eggs, canned
goods even vegetables are all
costing more now than they did
a year ago. In this constant
advance, the head of the family
is helpless. The eXtortion must
be met, even though it means
deprivation of the little comforts
and pleasures which formerly
the surplus of the salary provi-
ded.
1t is an important question,
however, to know when the era
of high prices will end. 1t can
not go on indefinitely. Their
will come a time when the bur-
den will be greater than the peo-
pie can bear, and they will bring
about a reckoning. If the in
creased cost of living is due 10
monopolies or trusts, some way
will be found to break down their
power Of controlling the OUTPUT
of the necessaries Of life. If it
is due to the fact that high tariff
excludes competition, then the
tariff will be lowered and we
will consume imported articles
in self defense. If the individual
is made to suffer because some
capitalists can buy M and store
all the eggs in the market. as
is said to be the case in Chicago,
then some legislation ought to
be devised which would place
such wholesale robbery of the
people in the catalogue of major
crimes.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-02-24
Observation-Disclosures
I Church Directory
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

METHODIST Preaching services every Sunda,
at II a. m. and y, m. Sunday school at 10 a
m.' Junior League at p. M. Epworth I,eagu,
at ! p. M. Prayer meeting "Wednesday evening
at Socloek n, f. BRAGG Pastor.
Presbyterian Preaching at II a. m, and 7;9D
Sabbath School 10 a. m. Junior Christian Endea.
vor at y. m. Prayer meeting "Wednesday nj 7.p
p M THEODORE HoPPiNG. Pastor
ST. LuKE's EPISCOPAL. Services first and
second Sunday in each month"; Sunday School a,
10 u m. every Sunday.
j. II DARLING, Pastor.
Baptist Church. Preaching in Odd Fellow,
Hall the 9Th Sunday in each month.
J. a. ARMSTRONG, Pastor.
lGLEsIA METoDlSTA EPISCOPAL
Eseuela Dominica cada Domingo a las TO- Pre-.
dicacion a las ii a, m. y a las Z p. m. Liga I'm.
worth las de Ia tarle Cultos de oracion la.
Juevez. Sc extendc invtaciun a todos.
DloNlcIo CoSTAIEs Pastor.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-02-24

Place to buy
diamonds is where they keep
them. We do not keep the
diamonds usually found in a
jewelers. Store, but we keep
"BLACK DIAMONDS" and
when you order a ton we
give them a weigh. When il
comes to a question Of fuel,
there
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-02-24
...Omcial Directory.
COUNTY


Seaman Field, Chairman: J. W. Hannl
Clark; I. II. Carr and l.. n. Brown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-27

IN the recitaT or MS chances ana gen
erous in his estimate OF his opponents
skill
OF the American entries the Atlantic
and the Endymion were to be expect
ell in the contest. They are essential
~ racers. built with that object in
view Both have given ample evidence
OF their capability. The Hildegarde
too, IS Il racer Of tested strength. while
Commodore Tod, with the Thistle. has
long been ocean racing's foremost eX-
ponent While the Fleur- Iys has
some racing experience, IT IS surprising
that so small Il craft should contest the
race.
The Ailsa, too. while primarily Il
racer, is untitled In rig to this sort of
a competition. Nevertheless no owner
is more serious In his purpose to gain
the cup than Mr.. Redmond. and none
believes he has better chance. In
a gale she Is likely TO be decidedly I'M
comfortable, but Lem Miller believes
he can handle her in her heavy rig
and that he will be close by when the
leader finishes.
The Apache and Utowana, while
cruisers OF repute and speedy, are not
essentially racers. They are entered
TO foster the project and incidentally
TO win. Allison V. Armour. the ITO
wanas owner. has had large share
in the responsibility OF the races ar
rangement He was in Germany when
the prOffer was made and was consult
ed by the kaiser as to the conditions.
He was later aDDointPd on the Ameri-
can committee TO arrange Its details.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-27

struggle for millions. Still. one can
never tell. Gage T. Tarbell has .
strange habit OF lighting on his feet.
Picturesque Career.
Mr.. Tarbells career is picturesque.
Born in ChenanGo county. y. Y. in
1856, he helped pay his way through
school by soliciting life insurance.
Then he went into the jewelry bust
ness at the little town of Marathon.
Then he studied law Waiting for eli
ents was not to the liking OF his active
mind. so he began again soliciting In
surance Then the western fever took
him. and he went TO Madison. Wis.
bought out an Equitable agency and
began TO develop his wonderful pow
ers as an insurance agent. So we'll did
he succeed that he was not satisfied
with his $1,000 salary and asked to be
placed on a commission basis. he
dreamed of 100000 policies The
smaller ones he took as filters. 1t was
for the big ones that he planned. Then
came along the iron mine excitement.
and be embarked in this. As a pro-
moter he had the same success as he
had as an insurance solicitor. The
mine bubble burst after a time. but
Tarbell got out with 4 good stake.
About this time he went TO Milwaukee.
There was a great furniture company
that failed. and Tarbell in some way
was in as having been assigned some
OF the claims. There We're assertions
OF irreSularity in connection with this
assignment. and the case went To the
courts Tarbell won as usual Then
back into the insurance business. More
success than ever. Given the state OF
Wisconsin. then transferred 10 Chicago
and given several other states. II was
here that an incident occurred which
probably explained the reason Tarbeli
was made the third vice president OF
the company at the age Of thirty
Let him tell this in his own language.
Here Is his account:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-27

him charge of al the agents in the
United States ana Canada. with a sal
airy OF $4,000 per year and with very
well defined hopes. IL is said, OF one
day being president OF the company
And that is why the battle was fought
At least that is the charge made by
Henry H. Knowles. n former Equita-
ble employee. who asserted that the
plan OF the Alexander Tarbell faction
was tn ottst First Vice President James
Hazen Hyde. then in few years Pres
ident Alexander. who is growing old.
would retire after which Tarbell
would naturally go 10 the head
The career OF Mr.. Tarbell is OF the
most intense interest as revelation
OF the business methods OF the age. 1t
exemplifies ia an extreme degree the
virtues and the faults developed In the
modern struggle for wealth and place.
Tarbell is the very incarnation of en-
ergy. self confidence and personal am
bition Strength, pluck, perseverance.
are written in the lines OF his face. are
revealed by his words. are shown by
his career
Keynote Of Tarbeas Life.
Often a man by one remark gives n
glimpse Of his whole character. Here
Is one OF Tarbens made ia an address
10 a group OF agents. He explained
that II was his habit To rise early and
walk out in the morning air One
morning Mrs Tarbel Joined him
why. Gage she exclaimed. isn't il
perfectly lovely after you are once
ups' In a fash he responded: ut is,
yes II Is so all the way through life
1t is perfectly lovely after you once get
mp"
After you once get up. That is the
keynote 10 the mans whole life. That
Is the refrain running through the adj
vice 70 his agents. Get up. get Up.
young man, Don't be n drudge. Don't
be afraid. Make money. Go 10 the
top. The world IS beautiful after you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-27

get there Have confidence in your
self. Push, drive, do things. Results
count Get up.
Evidently he has followed his own
advice He has got up From a poor
boy TO the second vice presidency OF
one Of the great insurance companies
OF the world A company spanning
two continents. \ salary greater than
that received by the president of the
United States. Plans we'll laid for an
other step higher. He has driven for
this, schemed for il. worked night and
day for il, stirred UP his agents for il.
given rebates TO write more business
for IL. kept his eye on the main chance
for IL. written more policies than any
other agent in the United States for il.
and it has come. 1T is perfectly love
~ after you once get up"
Told by His Enemies.
Tarbell has enemies strewn all along
the way. One cannot drive and crowd
and mount over other men without
making enemies.
These enemies say rather uncompli-
meEtaTy things. Enemies generally
do. They say that Tarbell IS so ambi-
tious that he is selfish. that he thinks
only OF Tarbell. that he makes great
schemes, and If the schemes collapse
he gets from under and leaves others
20 be buried in the debris They say
that in the old days he organized min
ing schemes in the state of Wisconsin,
that he sold large amounts OF stock.
among others some to his former
neighbors in New York. and that most
everybody lost by these deals except
ing Tarbell He made good They also
say that to write his immense amounts
Of insurance he gives rebates. a thing
opposed TO the principles of all insur
ance companies and even unlawful in
many of the states. They likewise as
sert that he has even continued this
policy since reaching his present pc
sition; that he is reckless in expen-
ditures IA trying TO achieve results.
Again. they aver. as before stated,
that he organized this whole great
Equitable fight so that he might sue
coed to the presidency Of the company.
a very proud position. by the way.
paying 100000 per year. And. lastly,
they say that the board of directors
have got wise" to this and that they
are unanimously Of the opinion that
Tarbell must be forced out. This Is
the latest development OF the immense
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-27
OCEAN YACHT RACE.
What 1t Means tO Yachting Interests
ana HOW IL CaEne About.

ana How IL Came About.
The Importance OF the international
yacht race across the Atlantic ocean
for the ka!SPrSs cup ia its effects upon
yachting in .5dneral cannot be overeSti-
mated, says the New York Times.
While il will prove nothing conclusive
as 10 the value Of models and rigs. it
VIII affect the future of naval archi-
tectdre not a little. Its most salutary
influence, however, will he the estab-
Hshment of an even more cordial feel
Ing between American and foreign
yachtsmen. which. it is hoped, will re
suit in many more international con
tests of a similar nature.
To Commodore Robert l.. Tod of the
Atlantic Yacht club more than TO any
other one man does it owe its incep-
ton II was he who induced Sir Them
Is Upton 10 offer a cup for an ocean
race. When the kaiser signified his de
sire 10 give suitable trophy for the
same purpose. at the suggestion of the
Earl of Lousdale. Sir Thomas graceful
ly Withdrew his offer and the kaisers
pToder was made.
The presence of the Earl OF Craw
ford and Lord Brassey in the race,
notably the latter evinces the highest
sportsmanffke spirit. THESE yachtsmen
have made the trip more to encourage
the sport they love than with thought
of the capture of the trophy. The Val
halia. to be sure. has an excellent
chance 10 win, given favorable condi-
lions, but the Sunbeam has none
The German entry was to be expect
ed. Judged on past performances and
on appearance, she IS a most formula
be contestant Herr Tietjin. who
manages her. is a veteran in races ON
the other side. He met the Ingomar
on her visit abroad last year and ad-
mired her handling Immensely. He is
q sportsman of the old school, modest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-27
GAGE E.
TARBELL
The Real Man Behind the
Sensational Equita-
bic Fight.
OF BOundless Personal Ambi.
ton, He Wanted to Go
TO the Head.
Starting a Country Agent, lie Became
Chief Factor In the insurance World.
A Master OF Men. Spectacular,
lnimitable In Methods, lie
Spared Nothing to
Reach Results.
An Incarnation Of Business Drive, Courage and
EDergy-Early In Life Law Student, Jew
eler and Mining Promoter Motto
to Agents, ''Gef Up"-Fiis Secre-
taTy the Highest SaIaried
Woman 10 the United
States.

During the opening days OF titanic
struggle in the Equitable Life Assur-
ance association. which shook the bust
ness world and whose end is not yet,
little was seen by the public OF the real
man who caused the conflict and who
expected TO benefit by it if the word
OF his enemies is 10 he credited.
This man is Gage r. Tarbell. the see
ond vice president
Tarbell worked his way up from a
country agent 10 a place that gives
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-27
A Disastrous Calamity.

1t is a disastrous calamity, when you
lose your health, because indigestion
and constipation have Slapped it away.
Prompt relief can be had in DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They build up your
digestive organs, and cure headache
dizziness, collie, constipation, etc. Guar
anteed Gt Hartz e Ullemeyer's drus
store; % cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-27
His SIz.eO0 Secretary.

ms $iE,00V Secretary.
This is strik fngly shown in the atti-
tude of his secretary, Miss Anna L
Amendt. Who. by the way is the high
est salaried woman ia the United
States.
Miss Amendt's personality is almost
as interesting as that of her chief. She
worked her way up from a poor Ohio
schoolteacher. 1t was then. she said,
she used TO pray not to awake in the
morning. she hated the work so. She
went to Chicago. studied stenography,
went into the local Office of the Equita-
bic in a minor position. and her tact
and capacity for business have done
the rest Now she receives a salary Of
$4,000 per year, besides almost as
much more made by writing insurance
outside OF the Office. Her motto Is.
''AIolasses goes great deal farther
than vinegar" Her chief fad is a
horse. Black Secret, and the proudest
hour OF her life perhaps was when this
apple of her eye took ribbon in the
New York horse show.
Why Not CaesaT2
The man who fights harder after be-
ing Knocked down than before is the
one who usually wins out. Tarbell has
been knocked down often. as who has
not! In two of these Instances the blows
were delivered by the Chicago and Ma
tional Underwriters associations In
both cases he was a candidate for pres
ident. in both he was declared beaten,
and in both he challenged the vote. and
rather serious alterations ensued
There have been all sorts OF Napo-
leOns-of finance and what not! Why
not a few Caesars? II there Is such
a thing as a Caesar OF insurance,
that describes Gage L. Tarbell. 1t will
be remembered. by the way. that the
first Caesar was slain for his ambi-
ton. and If TarbeiI Is slain ia the
battle he is now wagIng il viii be for
that This fact remains-that he IS the
most forcefuI character IN the fight
courageous. spectacular. inimitable Ia
methods. energetic, resourceful and a
master OF men.
J. A. EDGERTON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07

the Blue Ridge, and was several hundred miles
below Mason and Dixon's Line before anything out
of the usual happened. My observation showed
that in most parts the auto less familiar
but got well down into the pine belt where the
settlements were few and far between and life was
elementary my appearance caused women to drop
their pans, and men to rub their eyes to they
could believe their sight and even dogs to swallow
their growls in genuine and delightful CONSERVATION.
Once two boys driving ox-cart fled precipitately
into the woods, and had hard time getting them
back and convincing them that my machine
not thing with wings that had taken its flight from
another world.
Again l had trouble in getting shelter for the
night, because the doubtful farmer declared:
"Haow do know the blamed thing won't
bust an blow us inter kingdom come" We had
to compromise by putting the machine in old
ramshaclle shed quarter of mile away from the
log hut in which the family slept-and, by the way,
all slept in the the same rough
floor and when l got up in the morning had more
peaks and crevices in my anatomy than mountain
map.
Early in the afternoon of the following day l
was going carefully along excuse for road
through a wilderness of wonderful charm and
beauty. | became anxious about the wear upon
the tires and stopped to see how they were faring
AS | dsmounted, | caught sight of a young in
the thick growth along the edge of the way
''Hello!" | said.
Hello yourself, he replied. WHO be you after?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
By Chester Peake

up the river along which the fam
lily plantation extended for several miles. Some of
the slaves working by moonlight when they
heard the steamboats, whistle and the appa-
rition of flame and smoke Not moment did they
lose in making for the house at their topmost speed
and the faster they the vivid became their
fears. Big Sam who exhorter and had
imagination than his fellows led the pro-
cession and almost fell in the DOORWAY As soon as
he could catch his breath he exclaimed between
gasps:
"Hades am broke loose, an de debi1 am a-swir-
min up de r1ber chawin' snnahs an spittin out
fab an brimStonel
When the first railroad was opened in one of the
Western States, farmer, coming suddenly upon
the line, stood on the track and tried to stop
the engine by holding out his hands, and the en-
gineer was unable to prevent tragedy
The terror that a falling balloon causes in remote
sections of the country sometimes is just as great
it in the early days of aerial experiments
Those who live III the crowded centers of popula-
ton practically have lost the feeling of establishments
they prepared for anything sensational in trans
portation and locomotion; but there parts of
the land where the wonders of invention
unknown, and where the people startled by such
things as horseess vehicles
Still, | wholly believed Tamison's story
about the negro bush-neetng in the South until
had had an experience of my own. Jamison
touring in the backwoods when he came upon a
negro camp-meeting-a bush-meeting, it called,
because it was an assembage without tents, a
coming together of the negroes of the vicinity for
revival services in the afternoon.
When Jamison hove in sight with his touring-car
the sounds of exhortat and shouting instantly
ceased; then there mighty cry; then relapse
into nameless fear-and ot a single negro would
approach him his devil wagon.
Janlison tells the story with the necessary
details. The explanation that just before he
came upon the the preacher had been
vociferating "Yed bettah git ready, snnahs
ye'd bettah git ready right heah an now, fer de
chariot a-comin', de chariot am a-comn
wild ole Gabriel tootin' de horn" and
just then amison appeared the scene. -
1t pleasant to think that one GaI
might meet adventures in ar
age when wonders have be-
prosaic, and | de-
Cided to take my usual trip --.{xnr-
to Florida by easy stages 80
and roundabout ways in my k-KfSTaASF
touring-car. | knew | should -F fAlr
find many difficult roads, and IN
there would be numerous So -~---Ss<sss+zs
commissary hardships; but | ~ =
not pushed for time and
the prospect of novelty
inviting.
| veered well to the west,
to strike the inter
esting life of the foothills of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07


Suddenly They Began o Raise Their Guns
No one; l merely on my way south"
What kind of an engine pronounced enge-ine)
is that"
An automobile
Runs itself, chr
Il don't pull it, I answered
He came out to look at it. He had good face,
one of those bue-eyed, 1rm-mouthed, solid coun-
tenances that indicate fearlessness and meet any
situation, however unfamiliar
Coin fur?'
I've got three or four hundred miles to make
yet"
How much before sundown?"
1t will depend upon the roads. Forty miles |
should say a guess
| was bending down doing some patching on the
front wheel and not particularly caring for the in
qu1st1veness of my new acquaintance, and so when
he said, so longl Good luck!" l thanked him
without looking up from my work, and dismissed
the incident.
In few minutes | got under way again and gave
my thoughts to the widness through which l was
passing. | broke into hearty laugh at the antics
of rabbit, whose enormous ears shot up straight
and whose eyes seemed to be bulging out of his
head and later slowed down to watch two squirrels
that stopped their play to gaze at the wondrous
thing that had invaded their forest. l had
gone several miles when the road came to an
opening, and hundred yards distant | beheld
three men-a tall patriarch with long whskers
and two younger persons, who may have been his
They halted though frozen in their tracks and
by some impulse which / did not understand l
slowed down. Suddenly they began to raise their
guns.
Hold on there" exclaimed I'm stranger
down here, and don't want to be used as
target"
There a minute of suspense-and they
laughed, rather smirled though they felt
sheepish; but l was glad to the SMILE for it
meant safety.
Il do eternally dec1ar'!" said the old
man, rubbing his head and then pulling his
beard, "ye knocked us clean plum outl
What in blazes is that there thing any,
haow?'
l tried to explain; but their wonder grew,
until they had to accept it all without
Outstanding it. "Well say, mister, we've
got ther mule skinned ter DEATH amt ye?"
he finally said.
What you hunting to-day?" l
asked. Rabbits?"
"Yeh-a two-1egged rabbit. Didn't hap
pen to see him as ye come along, did ye?
Smooth-faced young feler?"
What has he done?"
More'n plenty" the grim reply.
But you don't mean you re going to shoot him,
do your" I asked incredulously.
They laughed. wall, don't calculate on a
funeral all at once, but we may pepper him up some
if he don't behave right"
| did not intend to become party to the per-
Torrance, and so l told them that l had seen no
Continued page ~
Arizona republican., 1905-11-01

next month will represent about thirty evangelical denominations. and most of these bodies will be further represented by addresses made by their leading clergynen and Iaymen. Just what wiI result from the conference cannot be positively foTetold, but it is expected here that the delegates win take action in favor of a permanent organization. This cannot be completely effected at the coming meeting, as the matter will have to be recommended by the several delegations back to the denomiralional bodies which appointed them. Some Of these bodies do not meet in convention for several years. which will defer per cided upon. The coming conference can, however. provide for tentative organization, pending action by the de nominational bodies. and th.s is likely to be done.
 An impression prevails that the com ing meeting is one of the National Federation of Churches. This is not so, as the relation of that organization to the InrerchUrch Conference on Fed eratiOn is merely that at the request of one of the larger denominations. 1t issued the call for the conference. ask ing the evangelical bodies. those held to be in accord on the fundamental basis for Christian work, to name dele gates to a conference at which methods in which these bodies might act in con cert on lines held by them iE common. might be considered