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The panísh-Americaa, Roy. Harding Corf&ty, Nw Mexico, Saturday May 13, 1922. Personal Mention M. R. James is a new reader of the S A. this week. Floyd Pritz of Pasemonte, was in fown on business Wednesday. S. B. Jones of Mills was at tending to business ; in Roy Thursday. W. C Wickham, of Mosquero, was in town on business last Wednesday. C. E Hobson and wife spent Monday evening with Mr. Hob son's father near Pasamonte. Every body, including' Pa and Ma and all the kids are going to the Gentry Brothers show which will be in Roy Saturday "May 20. Mr. T. E. Mitchell of Albert, N. M. has gone to Alpine. Tex as, to which point he is ship ping a fine bunch of registered Ik'ieford cattle. -. ' R. C. Grunig. has moved his saw mill and outfit to the can yons near the Dan Lumbach place where he expects to cut several hundred thousand feet of luiabfr. Gentry Brothers show which will be in Roy Saturday May 20, has 16 long cars of animals and paraphanalia. Also two indepen dent bands Be sure and make this day a holiday. Watch for the big street parade. A nicf rain visited .the mesa last Sunday, but we still need considerable more. On some parts of the mesa the rain wás much heavier than on other pf.rts- Probably the average was about one half inch. Mr. W. E. Carter, prominent farmer of north of Mills, was a Roy visitor Thursday attend ing to business matters. Well ! are you getting ready for that base-ball game Sunday, if not you should, for the boys promise to make it interesting for all of us fans. Come out and shout them to victory. I ; - r- NOTICE All members of the Roy Post No. 33 American Legion. are requested to be present at tne next regular meeting' Tuesday night May 16th as very impor tant business is to come before the Post in regards to memorial exercises. Rifles will be here. Homer Holmes, Post Commander. LOADING 100 CARS OF COAL EVERY DAY AT DAWSON E. E. Rivers returned Sat urday evening from a tour of watch inspection on the Dawson branch. He left Monday for the south end of the Southwestern and expects to return Friday. Mr. Rivers says over a hundred cars of coal a day are being loaded at Dawson. WORK ON SALVAGE SCHOOL . BUILDING STARTED The graduation'exercises which were to be held at the St. Geor ges School last Monday were postponed indefinately on' ac count of sickness and in as much as school closed and several of thft pupils live far distant from Roy the,, program will not be yen'hefore the opening of school next fall. . A., A., Kidd prominent ranch man of southwest, of Roy suf fered an attack of paralysis last Friday night nd is in a very serious condition at the home of his son Oscar. Mr, Kidd had a lisht stroke a few weeks ago while riding horseback, but paid little attention to it, but the stroke Friday was very severe causing complete loss of use of the right side of the body. As we go to press Mr. Kidd is do ji;sr nicely and hopes are held out for his complete recovery. , Contractor T. A. Brown arriv ed in Roy Sunday and got busy with a large force of men Mon day salvaging the burned school building. There will be several thousand dollars salvage in the ruins and it is the intention to get the place cleaned up and be ready to start the school building ns sooh as the insurance money is collected. A settlement has been effected, with four com panies and a. settlement with the other company is . expected in a few days. The building will probably be re-erected just ex actly like the one burned to the ground. The debris frou'i the old building is being used to pike the road just west of the . f crushed tile being placed in the. road and this will be covered with a layer of cinders making it as good as a regular pike road. MILLS AND VICINITY Just one more week of school. Mrs. S. T Ansley accompanied The Sunshine Sunday School Class on a picnicing excursion. o the canyons last Saturday, and had a jolly good time in spite of the fact that they got wet coming home T. E. Michell's hired man of near Albert was. in - Mills One day last week and bought mater ial for a wind mill tower. M. C. Speaks is visiting friends in Mills on his road home from Joplin, Missouri. He will leave soon to establish a residence on his 640 acre homestead near Stanley, N. M. We tried to report last week that J. W: Cartero? Abbott was milking 14 cows but the corres pondent got 'stailed to making- fours, and could not ston. Mr. Carteí- Vas much amazed $hen he read in the S A; that he "war milking 144 cows. Dr. S. A. Bright of Albuquer que, district superintendent or the Methodist Church will be in Mills on the 23rd inst., and hold services in the evening A. D. Hurford is drilling oats for Miss Virginia McClure. , ; Rev. James Fletcher organized a band of Boy Scouts last Wed nesday. The executive com mittees are Dr. O. B'. Moon, C: S. Jones, W. H. McMinn, H. L. Boyd and C. E. Holcomb. Rev. Fletcher is Scout Moster and Elton Porter assistant. The. different grades in the school are busily practicing on an entertainment of some kind which they intend to give at the close of the term. : The play given by Solano Tuesday night was very poorly attended on account of the high wind. The people in the coun try would not venture out and face the dust. If it's Clean Pure Milk you want, here is the place. . Twelve quarts for one dollar. And remember our cows are tuberculosis tested. Golden West Dairy. Jesse M. Johnson, prominent farmer of north of Roy, was tra nsacting business in the city Thursday. Micky Floersheim, Wm. G. Johnson and Neis Benson have been busy this week setting out some shade trees on their lots north of towi. Dont forget the base-ball boys dánce at the community hall Saturday night May 13th, a good time is assured everyone. - At The Roy Theatre ' Saturday Night, The 13th -i Chas Ray With Bessie Barríscale . . In - ' The Hick Also The Jungle Flashlight A Wild Animal Drama. Coming "No Woman Knows" Watch for the date. Universal Special. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION NOTICE FOR BIDS Department of the Interior U. S. LAND OFFICE AT Clay ton, New Mexico. NOTICE is hereby given that David M. Valdez, of Albert, Hard ing Co., New Mexico, who on January, 6th, 1921. made Addl. Homestead Entry, No. . 027 313, for Lot 1, NEi4NWW Sec. 18, Twp. 21 N. R. 29 E. EI2N EV4, Section 13, Township 21 N. Range 28 E., N. M. P. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Three Year Proof, Noticp is hprphv triven thaV'to establish claim to tne lana a- sealed bids will be received by bovédescribed, before F. H. Fos Mr. Albert Bacharach, one of our prosperous merchants, has moved his stock of groceries, dry goods, shoes etc into the build ing vacated by the S. E Paxton Grocery Co., and now has one of the up-to-date stores in town. He is adding new goods daily and is selling them at prices that are right. Mr Bacharach is to be congratulated on his change and the improvements he has made in his store, the past few weeks. Annette Delano and her trou pe of young lady riders, her re markable earner pigeons and the scores of renowned Gentry am-. mal actors, human circus stars .J an'd unusual novelty features will be seen when Gentry Bros. ' Shows and Wild Animal Arena come to Roy on Saturday May 1 20th, to exhibit afternoon and ! . 1 : - i i .i . At. i nigm ana 10 paraae tne principal streets that morning with a mile of pageantry and open air review of great beauty and colorful at tractiveness, including open and closed cages, camel tandem tea ms, mounted bands, 200 ponies, beautiful horses, elephants, dro medaries, clowns, tableau wag ons and Mother goose floats fil led with tíie most beautiful and most intelligent performing dogs in the world. the Board of Education of Roy Independent School District No. 3, -Roy, Harding County, New Mexico, up to 8 o'clock. P. ;M. Monday: Junev 5th 1922,i- foi truck drivers of the sjx "school routes for said district. 4 The bidders for said routes are to furnish their own trucks, also gas and . oil etc., and said bid must state specif ioaly- which route bid is for and what kind of conveyance will be used in ser ving the route. Bids will be by the calender month commencing the first Monday in September. The routes to be bid on are: Pleasant View, Wagner, Monto ya Pocket.Rock Springs, the Bi:; by route northwest from town and the Mahoney route north of town. The general description of these routes, length of same and other information can be secured from the acting secre tary of said board. All bids should be sealed and marked on envelope just which route bid is on and should re addressed to Board of Education, Dist.. No. 3, Roy New Mexico. The Board of Education re serves the right to reject any and all bids. C. L. Justice, President of the Board of Education, District No. 8, Roy, New Mexico. : Attest: - William G. Johnson, Acting Clerk ' J1-.- M 13-20-27-3 ter, U, S. Commissioner, at his office at Roy, New Mexico, on the 25th., day of May, 1922 Claimant names as witnesses: Alerino Dellerrera, Ed. Sandoval of Albert, New Mexicd and W. P. Carter, and D. R. Gallegos of Kephart, New Mexico. -H. H. Errett, ' ' Register. RARE BARGAIN IN PIANO .We have a high grade piano in our possession near Roy. For quick disposal we will greatly sacrifice the price. 1 erms to re sponsible party. Write at once if interested to the Denver Mus ic Co., Denver, Colo. $10.00 REWARD LOST Two Elk teeth in gold mounting, finder please return to E. J. Floersheim and receive reward. YES, CHEAPER THAN EVER The sale is over, but we are still selling groceries cheaper than you can buy them at wholesale. Make us prove it. un Saturday May 13th we will sell all groceries at 10 less than marked price and give the party making. , the largest cash purchase a 50 lb sack of Diamond M flour absolutely free. Sure we handle ice, and make daily deliveries. Also Fruits; Notions, Oils etc. We want your business. Produce taken same as cash. THE CITY MEAT MARKET OSCAR KIDD Prop. ROY, N. M. EFFECIENT AUTO v REPAIRING Is truly an art Our workmen are real mechanics who have gone thru the school of experience. ... SERVtCEGÁRÁGE .. . -.. r- - t RAYMOND PENDETON, MGR. James S. Christman Driller and Contractor Deep Holes a Specialty Custom Plowing, Large Tracts ROY. NEW MEXICO- TEE MONEY! MONEY!: TO LO STRAIGHT AN PER CENT chultz & John ROY, son ; NEW MEXICO. For the best Service, Qualit3rand Price Trade with- S.E. PAXTON GROCERY COMPANY . Fresh Vegtables every Saturday