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H AMERICAN
Vol. IX
ROY, MORA COUNTY. NEW MEXICO. SATURDAY, APRIL 13. 1912.
No. 12
SPAMS
Auction at the
"Laguna Seca"
Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Russel gave the first party
of the spring season at their beau
tiful homo on "Laguna Seca"
two miles east of Hoy, in honor
of their daughter Miss Phoebe,
who is home from Las Vegas for
her spring vacation.
The invitations were very un
ique and somewhat puzzling, for
it was an auction, and each and
everyone was requested to bring
a parcel, the value not to exceed
the sum of "10c".
About fifty guests responded
to Mr. and Mrs. Russel's hospit
ality. W. Fred Ogden acted as
the efficient auctioneer. Everyone
knows Fred's ability as an auction
er, and the laughter and enjoy
ment derived thereof, made the
evening óneof the most enjoyable
in the history of Koy'g social
world.
At eleven o'clock the hostess
served a delicious two course
luncheon. After which several
piano solos were ably rendered
by some of the guests present.
The time so enjoyably spent
passed so quickly, that no one
realized the fust approach of the
"wee sma' hours".
With a pleasant good night the
guests departed declaring Mr.
and Mrs. Russel royal entertainers.
Breaks Jail at
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, N. M., April 8. J.
H. Carrol, being held on suspicion
ofbeing connected with the recent
robbery of the A. Didler store in
Helen last week, made his escape
Sunday morning by digging his
way out of the city jail. After
his escape, Mr. Didler arrived in
the city and identified a suit of
clothes sold by the man as one
that was stolen from his estab
lishment. Last night, John Ryan, charg
ed with burglary and awaiting
the action of the grand jury,
mudo his escape from the county
jail by cutting a hole in the roof.
Kyan, who had been ill, was al
lowed to sleep in a room on the
second floor. He made a dummy
of blankets and clothing and
covered it with a quilt, deceiving
the jailers. Neither mun has
been captured.
Double Execution
at Socorro
A Surprise Party.
Mrs. Etta Archuleta aná Mrs,
E. Archuleta gave surprise
party on Mrs. Etta's husband,
Carlos, last Thursday night. The
plans were arranged very clever
)y and Carlos was kept wholly in
the dark concerning it until the
imests becran to arrive. About
25 guests were present, consist
ing of Father Reed, John Reed,
L. Reed and wife, Mrs. Hickle
and family, M. Conner and wife,
J. Mackey and family, C. K. Hunt
and wife, and Messrs. Jennings,
Hutchinson, Hepburn, Hoskins
and others. The evening was
spent in singing, playing instru
mental music, and other pleas
ant entertainment. A midnight
lnnch was served and after sing
ing "God Be With You Till We
Meet Again" the guests retired
feeling that it was good to be
there and wishing the Archuletas
happiness and prosperity,
Enlarged Homestead Law.
In the case of Cornelius Seitx,
who August 1!), 190fi,made home
stead entry and September 20,
1909, made additional homestead
entry under the act of February
19, 1909, upon which final proof
was made on both entries Sep
tember 12, l'J'.l, and final certifi
cate issued by the local land of
fice, the Commissioner of the
General Land office, under dato
of April 2, 1912, rejected the final
Socorro, N. M., April H. Two
men convicted of lirst degree
munlerat the term of the dis
trict court now in session here
were condemned to expiate their
crimes on the gallows May 3.
Sentence was pronounced this
morning in open court by Judge
MerrittC. Mechem. The luck
less victims-to-be are Francisco
Granado and Irvin Frazer, alias
John W. Gates. Unless Gov. W.
C. McDonald should extend ex
ecutive clemency or grant a re
prieve, the men will be hanged
on the morning of May 3rd. It
will be the first hanging in So
corro county in several years, and
the first in the new state.
The crime for which Granado
is doomed to forfeit his life was
wanton killing of Manager Free
man and Bookkeeper Clark, of
the Mogollón Mercantile Com
pany at Mogollón late in Febru
ary, when the men were shot to
death during a hold-up by Gra
nado and another desperado of
their store there. The other
bandit was shot to death by a
posse which went in pursuit of
them soon after the tragedy, but
Granado, when he saw capture
was inevitable, surrendered.
Frazor was convicted of the
murder of Deputy Sheriffs Hall
and Sinithers in a pitched battle
with the officers on the V-Cross-T
ranch, when the posse of which
the dead officers were members,
suddenly came upon Gates and
two fellow outlaws, who were at-
Clayton Man
Dies Mysteriously
Clayton, N. M., April 8. A
coroner's jury held an inquest
Thursday afternoon on the body
of W. M. Mackey, who was sup
posedly killed by ahorse kicking
him on the head. The verdict
Miss McDonald
Weds Secretary
The culmination of a two years'
romance occurred last Saturday
afternoon at the Methodist par;
sonage at Alamogordo when the
Rev. Edward Lebreton united in
marriage T. A. Spencer and Miss
was that he to his death by blows; Frances McDonald. Both the
on the head cause unknawn. lyoung people are well known
Suspicious circumstances here. The bride is the accoin
point to his having been murder- plished and pretty daughter of
ed and the boy who was working
on his place has been put under
arrest. The storv told by this
boy does not correspond with
the story told by Mackey's wife
who is totally blind and helpless.
The large pool of blood on the
ground could not be accounted
for and Mrs. Mackey testified
their dog ran a jack-rabbit into
the house and caught it, of which
the boy knew nothing, though he
testified that the dog had part of
the carcass of a jack-rabbit in an
outbuilding on an old quilt. He
also testified that the horse
threw Mackey and he became
.tangled up in the harness and
was dragged some distance. The
body bore evidence of being drag
ged but not in the manner des
cribed by the boy.
The uffuir is a very sad ono as
the widow is blind and alone.
present chief executive, who by
the way whs appraised of the
momentous event by a telegram
after the ceremony. No friends
were present at the ceremony be
cause none knew of the event.
An Interesting
Bible Talk
(By Miss Vivia Griner.)
Some two years ago the main
officers of the different Bible
Schools in the vicinity of Roy,
met and decided upon having a
union meeting of all the schools
upon the 5th Sundays of the
year, for mutual benefit. This
organization became known as.
The Bible School Association,
and the purposes thereof were as
follows: To encourage one an
other in the Bible School work,
to discuss dilhculties which ariso
(for most difficultiesand trouble
are simplified, by discussing
proof as to the additional entry
for the reason that residen.ee tempting to escape to Mexico fí
ojon nd cultivation of the orfg-1 ter a sensational jail break at
inal entry maintained prior to the
date of the additional entry can
not be credited to the additional
entry. It is held that proof can
not be made on tho additional en
try until it is live years old. New
proof mny be made thereon when
it is not less than five years old,
upon the allowing that entryinan
has cultivated an amount equal to
one-eighth of the area of the ad
ditional entry, beginning with its
second year, and one-fourth of
the area beginning with its third
year, and continued as required
by Section 4, of tho act. This
cultivation may be of land cm
braced in either the original or
the additional entry, and resi
dence may be continued on either
entry.
Deining, when Gates' pals liber
ated him. One of the outlaws
was killed, and the other two es
caped. Gates, two weeks later,
was arrested at El Paso, Texas.
Lopez to Retain Seat
The House committee on Priv-
liges and Elections decided Wed
nesday afternoon that Honorable
Remegio Lopez Dem. from this
district, whose seat was contested
by Marcelino Martinez Rep.should
retain it. This will be good news
to Mr. Lopez's many friends of
Mora Co.
The ladies of the Primrose
Progressive Circle met at the
home oí Mrs. A. K. Davis, Wed
nesday afternoon. A very in
teresting meeting was held, after
whicn the ladies enjoyed a most
d' licious luncheon served by the
The dance at the Upton ranch
takes place tonight instead of the
30th, as stated in the last issue of
the Spanish American.
Sunday School Convention
The first 8. S. Convention for
1912 was held at Roy, Mar. 81
The program was carried out as
outlined by the executive commit
te C. E Hunt delivered the conven
tion address.The following officers
were elected for 1912: President
Mr. Pipkin; Vice President, C. E.
Hunt; Sec. and Treasurer. Mrs.
Geo. Lucas; Field Secretary, Mr
Johnson. The next convention will
be held at Mosquero the fifth Sun
day in June. N
E. J. H. Roy, A. S. Bushkevitz
and F. H- Foster were business
visitors in Clayton, Trinidad and
Denver this week. The gentle
men went from here to Clayton
in the Roy touring car and from
there took the train for Colorado,
Commencement Exercises
, Next Friday Night
On next Friday evening April
19th, at 8, o'clock at the I.O.O.F.
Hall will occur The First Annual
Commencement of the Kgy Pub
lic School
Twelve of the brightest pupils
of the Roy District will receive
their diplomes. Seven for the
eight Grade and five for the
ninth Grade.
The graduates are as follows
Edgar Floersheim, Mary S. Rus
sel, Zoé M. Cable, Loyd E.
Church, A. Earl Baum, Helen M.
Alldredge, Ralph E. James,
Anna K. Johnson, Joseph S.
Goodman, J. Uaymound Tower
Albert P. Branch, and Tell E.
Bradley. The admission will
be free and the class extends a
cordial Invitation to everybody to
be prasent.
Lon J. Sears of Abbott was
here Wednesday to receivo an
automobile which he shipped out
from his old home in Boomville,
Mo. Mr. Sears is a new arrival in
our community. lie intends to stay
here permanently and engage in
the stock raising business.
Solano News Notes
Prospects are good for a good
wheat crop this year, as the
wheat is now in a fine oondition,
and the ground is wet several
feet deep.
Mrs. Spencer is a graduate of them with others, who have had
the Wolfe Hall, a fashionable
school at Denver, is the popular
and charming ltaderof the young
er set and a general favorite in
Santa Fe. The bridegroom came
to New Mexico two years ago
from his home in Kansas' City
and has been engaged in an ex
ecutive capacity on t he McDonald
ranches near Carrizozo. His effi
ciency attracted not only the good
will of his employers but the
affection of his employer's daugh
ter and the inevitable happened.
Mr. Spencer is a graduate of
the Westport Mo., high school,
and has made many friends dur
ing his stay in New Mexico.
Tho two young people left Car
rizozo at noon Saturday for Ala
mogordo and returned that eve
ning with the knot safely tied.
They started for the Capital al
most immediately and are now
receiving their host of friends,
who.ftre -showering1" con2Tatu'a;
tions upon them, at the Executive
Mansion. They will be at home
to their friends for a few weeks
at Carrizozo. The wedding seems
to be quite as much of a surprise
to the principals as to their many
friends and it will be some time
before definite plans for a honey
moon journey will be made.
Santa
Fe Fireman
Injured
Fatally
F. M. Hughes, D. M. Talbot
and C. N. Skinner passed thru
here Tuesday in Mr. Hughes'
touring car enroute for Clayton.
There will be a larger area sow
ed in spring crops this year than
ever before, and condition point
to a very prosperous season.
R. H. Housour came in this
week from Raton to look after
his claim.
Dr. P. P. Cook made a trip to
Sante Fe to register with the
Medical Board, returning Mon
day.
Clarence Wright and Barney
Tyler made a business trip to the
La Cinta Canyon the first of the
week.
Rev. W. E. Down of the Bap
tist Church will preach at the
school house Sunday morning
and evening April 14th,. Ivery
body cordially Invited to attend.
Jim McMurdo was down from
Abbott this week transacting
business.
List your property witli the
Roy Real Estate ft Abstract Co.
They will find you a buyer.
J. R. Meltons merchant of near
Mills was a business visitor in the
City Tuesday.
H W. Hobbs, of the Hobbs
Hardware Co. of Raton was call
ing on local trade the first of the
week.
Wnnted- A good reliable farm
hand to do general farm work,
for three months or more. Apply
to E. W. Paxton 12 miles east of
Roy.
Las Vegas. N. M., April 8.
Frank Telfor, a Santa Fe fireman
with a run out of this city, was
fatally injured early this morn
ing at French station, near Raton
when he was struck by the iron
vork of a bridge. Telfor was
firing the second engine of a
double-header drawing passenger
train No. 8. For some reason he
projected his head out of the cab
window and was struck. He
was discovered by his engineer a
short time afterwards, lying on
the floor of the cab unconscious.
He was taken to Raton on the
same train, where tonight he lies
at the point of death.
F. M. Hughes returned Wed
nesday with his new Ford Auto
mibln. -
Severnl tracts have changed
hands lately at fair prices.
L B. Thornet is Taken Back
to the Coast for Trial
W. R Martin, the H. T. Cow.,
mau was business visitor in the
city the first of the week.
Joe Ballard was seen amongst
the boys in town this week from
his rancho near Albert.
Rnv Fox of Sanchez, N. M .
J. R. Trammel, of Oklahoma,
J. W. Ethridge of Texas, and
H. S Ward of Kansas 'filed on
homesteads befor U 8. Commiss
ioner Upton this week.
W. U. Hasting returned Thur
sday from Cimarron where he
has been at work, to put in his
crop.
Monroe Woodward, brother of
Charles Woodward, section fore
man here, was taken to the hos
pital at Tucnmcari. sufferinsr
from a severe attack of ery sepelas.
L. B. Thornet, the escaped fed
eral prisoner arrested Wednesday
at Mills' ranch in Mora county,
by U. S. Marshall James H.
Smith, was yesterday taken by
that officer to California to stand
trial. Thornet had been in jail
lere since Friday night, when he
and his captor arrived. Thornet
is charged with permitting a fed
eral prisoner to escape, while he
was acting as a guard. He had
been arrested once . 1 efore on a
charge, in Oregon, hut broke out
escaping with several other crim
inals. Albuquerque Journal.
L. A. Brown and wife of the
Kansas Valley were in the city
Wednesday on a shopping expedition.
similar difficulties): to inspire or
stimulate others to greater efforts
in the Bible School work; toestab
lish new schools in localities that
have become able to support &
school of their own; for the inter
change of thought on methods
an j means of improving the Bible
School in every way; how to in
terest the people of every com
munity in the Bible School work;
and last but not least to some
to get a good square meal at din
ner time; for a bountiful dinner
is always served on the grounds.
However it is the purpose of the
Committee to make the spiritual
feast for the inner man, far sup
erior to the feast for the physical
man; and so far, I think it has,
been agreed, that the association,
has been successful in this work.
With tho exception of our last
two meetings, when the weather
was such as to make a meeting
anioMt impossible the iittondance'
and the interest manifested have
been good; but we feel that they
can and should be made better.
While we realizo that tlrere are
many difficulties in the way of
good attendance at these conven
tions (one of them being poor
faculties in the way of travel, for
many of us live at a distance)
the main obstacle that bars the
way of perfect success, appears
to be indilterance of the people.
If this is a noble work, in a noble
cause and I think most people
are agreed on this question it
is self-evident that it deserves
tho interest and the aid of tho en
tire communities, which aie re
presented in our Bible School
Association.
The question under discussin
is what can we do to interest
the people in the work of this
Bible School Association?
Since the Bible School Associa
tion is but an out-growth of-or
rather a ijombination of the indiv
idual schools of the community
into one huge Bible School, it
seems to me that if we could s.
rouse the people of each com
munity, which furnishes us its
delegates, to feel the responsibil
ity which rests upon them person
ally, as far as the welfare of
their own schools, is concerned,
the question the Bible SchooL
Association work, comes near be
ing solved. This then, brings an
other question to the front nam
ly: How can we get people inter
ested in the Biblo School Work?
This is a question that has been
puzzling the minds of the Bible
School Workers in Roy, and
many other communities siso, for
Ho who solves this question.
will certainly be a benefactor to
the world, and may he he allow
ed to roam at large.
The Bible school stands for the
betterment of tne world and as
such should at least hold as im
portant a place in any community
as does its sister, the secular
school. (To be continued next week.)
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