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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29
BODY OF wATCHMAN IN TANK
Lay in Oil Reservoir for Three weeks
KILLED for Money

Stems, n. NJ. April 20-Doc Dono.
van, for many years Waterman for the
Southern Pacific at the rock quarry
near Stems was killed by unidentified
persons last week. When he failed to
appear for his mail for several days
at the postoffice here, investigation was
made by party which went out to the
quarry. Sam Olney found traces OF dis.
order at the shack where Donovan
lived and on peering into a large oil
tank. saw human face. When the
body was lifted out. 1t was found TO
have three bullet holes. IL had been
In the tank more than week. 1t Is
thought the motive was to obtain the
$40 which Donovan had cashed In
Stems as his pay check about that
time.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29
Death Of w. W. Bowers

A sai incident Of the recent Wood
men convention was the death OF W.
W. Bowers, OF Albuquerque. He was
one of the delegates from that place
and would have been here but was
stricken down with pneumonia day
or 10 before he had arranged 10 start
here. On the last day OF the eonven-
ton telegram was read announcing
his death. We get the following no
tice from an Albuquerque exchange:
wv. W. Bowers, proprietor Of the
Bowers Monument company Of this
city, and his brother, G. @. Bowers.
manager OF the Silver City branch
office OF the company, died within
few hours OF each other last night at
the Bowers home at 1908 Forester
avenue The cause OF the deaths was
pneumonia.
w. w. Bowers was taken sick sew
eral days ago. and his brother came
here to manage the monument bust
ness. Within a few days the brother
was also stricken. c. G. Bowers leaves
no family, while W. w. Bowers Is sur
vived by his widow and one daughter,
Mrs Stewart, Of las Cruces"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29

Somewhere in France, March rs, 1918.
Dear Father and mother viii try
and write you letter this evening. |
got mammals letter yesterday, dated
the 10th of March and also one from
Viola today dated the 18th. Was sur
prised to hear you were all over the
laGrippe and feeling well again. Say,
| had surprise the other morning
when | came In on guard. Just as I
stepped In the barrack yankee grab
bed my hand and said, Hello. Bud,
how is the old boyy"
II was Robert. He has been with me
three days. l was sure glad TO see
him. My sergeant excused me from
duty While me was here 50 we have been
running around having a good time.
We went TO Decize one day. He looks
well and In good health He could Just
get three day pass so he started back
10 his company this evening. 1t took
him just day and night to come here
from where he is staying.
II seemed strange to see the boy so
far away from home and he looked tai
Ter and bigger than when he left. He
said he didn't know whether he would
get to 90 home before June or July.
don't hardly know when / will get
To come home, but we think now that
we will he relieved some time In April.
Mamma, you asked me IL we were still
guarding prisoners. Yes, have been
doing steady guard duty for the last
three months.
Robert told me he was In headquar-
ters now. Well. papa, guess you and
mamma are getting anxious for us TO
get back home. and am anxious to get
back, too, hut I guess win just have to
wait patiently until our time comes.
] guess the boys are going home pretty
fast now.
Well, papa. | am glad you and Earl
got the pump In good running condi-
ton and can start II without so much
trouble. Viola said in her letter that
the engine was running pretty good.
II you had some Of this rair you could
give the old engine rest. and / think
We could spare some. II has been rain
ing steady this week. Have TO wear
our rain coats all the time while out
side.
Am glad you got the alfalfa start
ed. The grass is green all over this
country now.
Well, you said you got sixty sacks Of
beans which is pretty good. When you
write 10 Leonard. tell him hello for me.
sure hope he finds a place where he
win have better health. 1t Is getting
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29

II woman is nervous or has dizzy
spells, suffers from awful pains at regular
or irregular intervals she should turn TO a
tonic made up Of herbs, and without al
cohol, which makes weak women strong
and sick women well. 1t is DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. Druggists sell it in
liquid OF tablets. Send 10 cents to the
lnvaids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, for trial
package. Then, for the liver and bowels
nothing is so good as DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. These are little, sugar-coated
pills, composed Of Mayapple, leaves Of
aloe, root Of ialap-things that Mature
grows in the ground.
San Antonio, Teras-"1 write TO say when I first
began using DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription l
was in expectancy. During this time ] always was
30 nervous that couldn't stand the door TO be
slammed nor the noise of the children. IL would
almost make me crazy. But can truly say Favor
lite Prescription helped wonderfully ! certain
~ thank God that my husband got me tho Pre-
scrption'. in tablet form. have found by personal
experience that II is q woman's friend."-Mrs.
Ida Lot, BOZ Henry 81.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29
HORRORS OF THE BIG WAR
Surerings nj the Front-A Page from
the Grim Book Of Actual
Experience
The Boys Paid With Their Own Blood
Pay Your Part In Money
With Interest
tBy Marie Barnett)

TO with me. II you will, TO Fort
Sum Houston. San Antonio, and visit
the base hospital there, where men who
have served I'm France and Flanders
during the great war just passed, are
being reconstructed"
That Is. where one man is having a
gless eye put into n socket followed
by piece of shrapnel; where another
is receiving a bit of cork and metal
hinge to replace a leg; where still an
other. suffering from shell shock
crawls aud lopes across the floor like
an infant or animal. and looks uncom'
pretending at you through narrow
nervous eyes.
You feel no sympathy for those boys
save, perhaps the one whose bright
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29

mind is shattered by the horrors he en-
dmred, and he, II he knew, would be
indignant that you pitied him. For all
Of them, permanently crippled in one
way or another, impress you, not with
their misery, bu; their bravery.
They don't whine, they don't com
plain. they don't feel sorry for them
selves. They just make their way
about llmplng or on crutches with a
joke aud smile, until you somehow
catch the spirit OF the thing. And You
go away from them, thinking only that
u big part Of the Victory Liberty Loan
will 20 TO completing this work Of re-
CONSTRUCTION" and that bonds You
help buy to help finish the job they so
splendidly began will be but small re
turn TO our wounded heroes.
They don't like to talk about the war,
those boys who know its wretchedness.
1T brings Il all back" they say, and
shudder. I'VE want 10 forget. Or
maybe some mother would hear how
her boy died and was buried-and oh,
we wouldn't hurt the mothers
But listen to Sergeant Benjamin Fra.
sier. Texas boy OF the Hist Infantry,
36th division. tell. reluctantly, Of the
battle which cost his leg.
"It was last October In the Cham
payne drive. We were advancing. Be
fore us the earth was pulverized from
heavy shells. The enemy's machine
fguns were trained upon us. Here,
there. the boys-the boys we knew
were dropping down. It's awful to
see your pals die that way.
"''rhe wOundedy am coming to the
wounded. Yes. they are worse than
the dead. They don't cry ont No
voice could he heard above the artil-
lery roar. They just look nj you. And
that look. with its agony. its pleading
Sometimes they lay on the fields for
hours. for DAYS The thing they want
most is water. But we don't stop. our
orders are to march ON. Assistance for
the wounded comes from the rear. uu-
less held back by enemy barrage.
1--WE step over the fallen II we can,
for we feel. A soldier is never too
hard to feel We hate 10 stumble ON
q suffering body.
I'VE advanced to a certain point and
all dropped TO the gromd-that is, all
hut me. | looked around for my lien.
tenant and couldn't find him.
thought he had been killed and I was
next in command | SHOULD have sent
a runner TO receive orders for me. but
didn't want to waste tho lime or risk
mistakes So | went myself Just he.
fore | reached him | was hit by n one.
FOUNDER. No. | didn't stop It. II kept
ON going. Thought was dead. As
fell | cried ont TO my brother who
was In the ranks. lie didn't hear me-
but he saw me fall
He didn't come to me The orders
again were to advance. He had to 60
on and leave me.
What did think, as lay there with
the dead and dying; It's strange how
clearly ones mind works under such
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29
Major NJ. b. Mercer Dead

Maj. NJ, Barlow Mercer, for 20 years
In the War Department. and former
chief clerk Of the War College, died
last week at the government hospital
at Fort Bayard. He was one Of the
first commissioned in the adJutant gen.
erals section in the great war He
served at Governors Island. New
York and Camp Cody. Major Mercer
was born In Clayton county. Georgia
and was 30 years old. His widow
with her daughter and three children
by his first wife survive him.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29

late, so | will close for this time with
love to all from your son,
Clarence T.. Slpe.
=. Sam glad you got my picture.
win send You one had taken last
week. This leaves me well and hope
you all the same. &. u. y.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29
PERUNA
and MANALIN Cured Me
Mrs. f. nj. Harris, r. r.
No. 3, Ashland, Wis.,, sends
a message of cheer to the
oiek.

After following your advice
and using Peruna and Mannlin,
WIS cured of cntnrrh OF the nose.
throat and stomach, from which
] had suffered for several years.
when ! commenced taking Pc.
runa ! could not make my bed
without stopping ~ rest. Now /
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29

II. II. Jacobs. successful rancher
who lives Eve miles west on the Dor
derland route. was here Friday. He
says the outlook for crops this year Is
fine Is trying some wheat this year
II is now in fun head He fears he has
made = mistake by failing 10 pasture
Il. But II there are no heavy frosts II
win be all right.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29
GraphIc advertIsers are reIIable.
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE STATE
OF NEW MEXICO. IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF LUNA

In the Matter OF the Estate Of Charles f.
Hicks Deceased.
Notice l. hereby given that there Is now on
file In the office Of the county clerk OF Luna
county. n. NJ. the final report and accounting
Of the undersigned administrative Of said es.
tate, and that hearing on said final report
and accounting win h. had at the regular
July term Of said court on the It'll day Of
Mexico.
EFFIE NJ. HICKS,
Adminisirairir Of the Estate Of Charles n.
Hicks Deceased
BY Fred sherman. Her Attorney.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29
Casarrh of the
Nose, Throat
and Stomach.

do all my work and am In good
health. I recommends this vaiu-
able remedy 20 NIL suffering. from
any disease OF the stomach
PeranA Il sold Every wka
Liquid or Tablet Form
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-04-29
LUNA COUNTY BOYS SEND
LETTERS FROM FRANCE
Brothers Visit Each Other and Have q
Good Time Together

With the A. +. r., verneuIl. France,
March 2s, 1919.
Dear Mother and homefolks IL am
here at yerneuil for few days with
Edd. Have been hearing from him for
about month and after l found out
where he was I put In for a pass. We
are only about 100 kIlometers apart.
Guess II Is two hundred or more by the
railroad. Took me about n day and
night TO come down here. The sol
dlers ride forlIttle or nothing. Lots Of
times they don't have ticket at all.
have been here since day before yes
terday. Guess win have TO start back
tomorrow morning. Was sure glad to
see Edd, and you folks needn't worry
any about his or my health. Edd is
80 fat didn't hardly know him.
Weighs about hundred and eighty
pounds. l weighed little more than
he did when we came TO the army, but
he has sure gone OF and left me now.
| weigh about 100 pounds.
Ne have been having quite a time.
He was on ever since / have been
here until this morning. Yesterday we
went to Decize. town about s kilos
from here. Stayed there nearly all
day. Went through the old Chapelle
Castle that was supposed to have been
built before Christ.
This is quite camp here at Yer
nenll. They sure have bunch Of
prisoners here. They Use them In the
shops to help repair stuff.
Well. Mamma, Edd got your letter
yesterday that was written the 10th.
just took II seventeen days TO come.
Was glad TO hear you were all well.
Hope Leonard feels better down where
he IL now. l wrote you once about
hearing from Lawrence. Ii has been
about a month ago now. He was
AT Bordeaux and was 10 leave for home
in two or three days after he wrote.
Guess probably he is in the states now.
Edd was showing me the pictures Of
Earl and Gene that you sent him quite
awhile ago. Guess Gene Is nearly as
large as Earl now. Edd had some
more pictures taken. just got them
yesterday. They are good. / sent
some home several weeks ago, hut win
send another in case you didn't get
them.
am in the "Y' now writing. They
have the biggest and best "Y" here
that have seen In France. And some
OF the best mess halls. In the large
mess hall they can feed ten thousand
every hour. They have steam cookers
and steam bakery and everything is
fixed up fine.
Wen. | guess | will close for this
time. Hope you are all still well.
Love and best wishes to all. From
Robert.
Pvt Robt. o. Sipe, A. =. o.. 100. II.
X. Co, III inf, 4. u. f., France.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16
NEW SAPPHIRE BED
Man Declares That He Has Found
One In Montana.

One In Montana.
B. T. Dickinson declares that he has
found a sapphire bed near Billings
Mont. He Is keeping the location
secret. He says II is within half a mile
of the Billings courthouse. He ex'
hibits a handful OF gems 10 prove the
truth Of his statement
Dickinson says he found the sap
phires while prospecting for agate. he
said nothing about his discovery unt'l
he had had the gems cut and polished
in Denver, ST. Louis and Cincinnati
n man who cut the last batch
thought one of the stones so beautiful
he bought II for himself.
Montana sapphires after being cut
make brilliant jewels. The demand
for them has greatly increased since
the war. They command good prices
and II Dickinson's mine turns U a.
ych as he describes he has q fortune
in sight.
sit is easy to tell rough sapphires
when you find them" said Dickinson
They are white. covered with a thin
coating of a substance that looks ike
lime. When you look through them
against sunlight you catch blue
flashes and something seems TO move
inside OF them. You r apt to nno
them on high land or In the pottom u
little coulees."
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

an enjoyable afternoon TO the mem
bers of the Wednesday Sewing C1nt
at its last meeting.
The Misses Bluma and Bernice
Bergman. who are attending Saint
Mary's Academy in Salt Lake. spent
the weekend with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Bergman of Ruth,
the arrival of a baby sister proving
the chief attraction of their visit
Mr.. Sam bergman of Salt Lake ac-
~companied the Misses Bergman to
Ruth. MIR. S. II. Disner and sons
of Detroit are also guests a. the
Bergman home.
Mrs. J. Z. Reese of Central Ely
will entertain the Methodist Aid So
ciety and their friends at a Silver
Tea Wednesday afternoon Novem-
Der 10th.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

Health authorities Of Saranac Lake,
n. T., say this probably Ia the hrst
flyless town. Health Ohicer Trembley
reports. despite unusually hot weather
in June and July, that there are hard
~ any more flies here than most places
in January. II cost $1,000, and wal
accomplished by requiring manure to
be screened and frequently removed.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

WANTED-Laborers and team
sters for camp, by Lincoln Construc-
ton Co. Apply at Office of company,
Ed Millard & Son, High street.
9-27-tf
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

their earnings. officials say the coun-
II IL 80 plagued with men liable for
prosecution under the law that q
roundup will soon start. One case
cited here was q husband who rode
around the reservation In an automo-
bile while the wife drove a hayrack
Tor q lnborer's wages.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

Gas masks are in great demand by
farmers near Valparaiso, Ind. for
threshing and shipping wheat infected
with Australian ''takeall." The grain
is so saturated with f~ormaldehyde
that the workers cannot stand the
fumes.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

Mrs. Frank Z. swartz Afforded
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

Mrs. James s. Bennett is enter
tanning with an evening of cards IN
honor of Miss Harriet Grier on Wed
nesday, when the Spoon Club VIII
include the personnel OF the occa-
sion.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16
Army Buys soo, 1000 Yards of Ribbon.

An order by the government for 9OO.-
600 yards of ribbon for military deco
rations Is one of the factors that has
led trade to expect an active ribbon
season, according to the annual report
of the Silk Association of America.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16
,.x nuabands REFUNDED Up.

roundup of '1asy husbands
.,.sstened at Yakima, Wash. BY local
ne.c,sls. washington state has Q law
mich puts lazy husbands at worE
sad rves ~ faHillsa q En @s'
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

The Misses Ellis Burnett, FIora NC
Donald, Esther Mclaughlin and VII
letta Alderman assisted the hostes
during the afternoon.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

New and Secondhand Furniture,
AT a closing ont sale of the Ely Fur
niture Co. 512 Aultman 81. LIST
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16
Society Circles
Continued from Page Four
given in honor of Mrs. Josephine
Pearl next Saturday afternoon.

given in honor of Mrs. Josephine
Pearl next Saturday afternoon.
A happily planned evenings en-
tertainment of the week Was given
By Mrs. John Weber at her home
Wednesday evening. when the pu-
pills Of her Sunday school class with
a number of other guests enjoyed
an evening OF games and social d.
version, after which refreshments
concluded the evenings pastime in
which about twenty guests p%artici-
pated.
Mrs. Pros Goumond Will enter
tain at cards during the week, when
Mrs. Ray Belding, a niece of Mrs.
Goumond, who has recently arrived
in Ely TO make her home, and Mrs
Josephine Pearl, whose wedding will
take place in the near future, viii
be guests of honor.
Miss Dorothy Nebergall. who is at
present in Florence, Italy, was re-
Gently complimented with the offer
OF a position with the American en-
bassy In Italy. but has declined the
honor with the determination to re-
turn 10 America in the near future.
The Woman's Club added an en-
ioyable affair to the social pleasure
of the week when they entertained
with a tea at the home of Mrs. car
ence G. Barron Saturday afternoon,
10 when the following musical pro-
gram was a delightful acquisition:
Vocal solo Mrs. A. Van Der Horst
Piano solo. Mrs. j. ID. Wallace
Violin solo Miss Dorothy Meyers
Vocal solo. DIR. j. H. Burnett
Piano solo. $500. Mrs. Edwin e
Vocal solo Miss Reynolds
Saxaphone solo. Mr.. Clyde lhrig
Vocal solo. ....... Mrs. A. Jurich
Piano solo. Miss Alderman
The Misses Ellis Burnett. Flora NC
Donald. Esther Mclaughlin and VII
letta Alderman assisted the hostess
during the afternoon.
Mrs. James s. Bennett is enter
tanning with an evening of cards In
honor Of Miss Harriet Grier on wed
nesday, when the Spoon Club VIII
include the personnel OF the occa-
sion.
Mrs. Frank Z. Swartz an0rdeo
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

Buy our mince meat and plum
pudding at ST. Bartholomew bazaar.
11-S-2t
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

FOR SALE-Two Chandler closed
up cars. running jitney between Ely
and McGill. Joe Harris and Sam
Bassham. Ely, New. 10-12-tf
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

Typewriter and ~Phonoghaph re-
pairs and supplies. Schiller's Music
Store. 10-12-tf
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

TO RENT-Three-room furnished
house. W. F. Allard. East Ely.
12-9-tf
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

See the pretty little school dresses
at st. Bartholomew bazaar.
I1-Q-9t
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-12-23

what the results will apparently be if i'm
mediate action is not taken.
"A vital fact to keep in mind" the an
peal says, SIS that these proceedings have
occurred under the constitution which
says that petroleum belongs to the ma
ton. 1t says more namely, that the ma
tons ownership is unalienable and impre-
scriptible. Hence, no decree of statute
could give more than temporary license,
once the constitution is applied and up
held. And foreign companies could not
obtain even thatlmuch, they are expressly
outlawed by the same constitution. The
situation, therefore, is that the companies
are forcibly prevented from taking oil
firm their proprties, and the government
is asserting simultaneously that the oil
belongs to the Internationally and
prescriptibly.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-12-23
MEXICO MENACING U. S. SHIPPING,
BY STOPPING OIL PRODUCTION

Chairman John Barton Payne of the
United States Shipping Board has sub
mitted memorandum to Congress show
ing the disastrous effect of the action of
Carranza government of Mexico in using
force to stop the drilling Of new oil wells
in Mexico. The result of recent measures
taken by the Mexican authorities, the
memorandum says, has been a curtail-
ment of fuel supplies winch threatens to
interfere seriously with the operation of
the American merchant marine at time
when there is a serious shortage OF bitum-
inous coal because of the coal strike,
In addition to Mr.. Payne's protest
twenty-one American oil companies have
appealed to- Congress, as well as to the
state department, for protection against
what they consider an attempt by the
Carranza government to force them to re-
linquish their legally required properties
in the Tampico and Panuco districts in
the eastcoast of Mexico by force of arms.
The following extracts from their appeal
show what the real grievances are and
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-12-23
CHAOTIC PRICE CONDITIONS

The difficulties of regulating trade OPP
erations and economic laws when the
regulation is applied to only one branch
Of an industry or one phase of its opera
lions are Illustrated by the chaotic con-
ditions that characterize the sugar mar
ket at the present time.
If sales are to.be made, as is the theory
under the present scheme of regulation,
not at the prices which buyers are willing
to pay lbut on the basis of profit limited
to what the Department of Justice consid-
ers reasonable, we logically should have
almost as many prices as there are indi-
vidual producers.
Consider the cases of three competing
manufacturers in trying to do business
under present conditions.
One of them by ordering months ago
supplied his requirements at nine cents
pound. AEother is forced by reason of
liability to obtain delivery from refiners
to pay Is cents for imported white sugar.
The third being outside the zone to which
deliveries from the Atlantic seaboard are
restricted, finally buys at % IL cents