The Spanish American. [volume], September 09, 1922, Image 1

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-AMERICAN
(FOREMOST PAPER IN HARDING COUNTY.)
"With Malice toward None, w ith Charity for All, and with F irmness in the Right."
VOL. XIX No. 34
KOY. HARDING COUNTY.NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY SEPT. 9TH, 1922.
SUBSCRIPTION $ 2. 00 PER YEAR.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ,
. .PURCHASE MOSQUERO
SCHOOL BUILDING FOR
- COURT HOUSE
At a special meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners
of Harding county, held at Mos
quero last Saturday, that body
purchased the old school building
at Mosquero and it will be re
modeled and used as í Court
house. The building is of rock
construction and is well built.
It is about fifty feet square and
one story in height; it will be
divided into a number of rooms
to accomodate the various coun
ty offices. It is probable that a
nother story will be added later,
which will make a court house
that will meet the needs of Har
ding county for many years to
come. ,
The building was placed for
sale at auction by the county
Board of Education several mon
ths ago, but as a satisfactory
bid was not received at that time
the bids were left open and the
sale left to the new municipal
Board of Education of Mosquero
Inasmuch as the election to vote
lxnds for a new court house and
jail was called off for the present
time, it was decided by the Co.
commissioners to make a bid on
the building. The price paid
Avas only $500.00, and while the
building was easily worth five
thousand dollars or more, the
people of Mosquero and com
munity felt that Harding county
should have a decent court house
and were consequently willing to'
let the county have the building
at a sacrifice.
The commissioners took poss
ession of the building Tuesday
and have moved the records and
other paraphanalia into the new
court house. The old court
house (The Cress Building) will
be used by the Mosquero schools
until their fine new building is
completed, which should not be
later than sixty days.
NOTICE TO THE
PEOPLE OF ROY
On Monday and Tuesday Sep
tember 25th and 26th the Texas
New Mexico Highway Associa
tion will hold' a two days meet at
Roy. Few people of the town
realize the importance of this
meeting and what it means not
only to Roy but to the .whole of
Harding County to have an im
portant Highway thiu their
town and county.
Several public meetings have
been held in making .the neces
sary arrangements of this con-,
vention but. the interest shown
by a majority of the business
men has been negligent indeed
and the bulk of the work has
been thrown on the Arrange
ment Committee; This Commit
tee has worked hard to make the.
meeting a success but they feel
that they must have a greater
and more united support from
the business men and the resi
dents of the to wn to pull the con
vention over in a way that it
will be a real credit to the town.
Now what are you going to do
about it Mr business man, put
the Convention over with a great
success or just put it over in any
old fashjon,. It is up to you to
get interested at once and get
behind the arrangement commit
tee right now for they need your
support and are going to expect
you' to be present at the Commu
nity Hall Saturday night Sept
ember 9th at 8 o'clock P.Mj We
want every business man and
eveiy resident of Roy out to this
meeting so we can make final
plans for the entertainment of
the Association. Don't disap
point us, for we are looking for
you.
W.G. Johnson,
Chairman of the arrangement
Committee .
Ran Woods and Walter Mc Fa
rland, of the David neighbor
hood were business visitors in
Roy the first of the week, while
here they visited the S.A. office
;and Ran had his sub read 1923.
Mrs. F. E. Ivcy of the east
part of town, entertained the
Cftthólfc Iiadie3 Aid Society last
Thursday. Those I'Twent nwint
having i' V'?r Csr n?4 er -
ROY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OPENED TUESDAY WITH
GOOD ATTENDANCE
The Roy Public Schools opened
Tuesday morning for the 1922
1923 term with an enrollment of
about 200 on the opeinng day
and new enrollments have been
made daily all week. The grades
show an enrollment of about 170
and the hign school has about 40
It is expected that the grades
will increasa to about 250 and the
high school to 60 or 70. A num
ber of pupils have notified Sup't
Bazzill that they will enroll in
the high school next Monday.
The graduation class of the 12th
grade has 3 students and will pro
bably have two or three more
which speaks-well for a high sch
ool which was startei only two
years ago.
The six truck routes were all
in good going order and all haa
their pupils at school in plenty of
time. Some of the trucks were
fairly well loaded, especially the
Pleasant View and Wagner rou
tes. These routes will be heavy
when all the pupils get started
and the other four will have prac
tically all they can haul.
It behooves every parent to
try and get their children started
to school at once, and not wait
until they are a month or two be
hind and cannot make their gra
de. If you have not yet started
your children to school, make up
your mind to have them enrolled
Monday. The school needs them
and tney need the schooling-.
The Domestic Science and Agr
icultural Classes are attracting
considerable attention and we
shall expect to see some expert
cooks and seamstresses as well
as a few expert wood workmen
and blacksmiths when school
school closes next May.
The following is the list of the
teachers of the Rov Schools:
Superintendent, Cameron Bazzill
Hi crh School:
l&JJ.'J'&ZÍ LatÍÍ! ÍTlt
vd vvngni, luay usmonu.
Grades: '
Mrs Eula Pendleton. Vivian
Dunn. Lena Williams. Lena Lusk
Mrs. E.D. Choate, Nellie Taylor
Etna Floersheim, Mrs Lora Carr
and Miss Lillian Pierson.
The Rov Ilie-h School is an ac-
credited school and children
from the Roy schools will be ac-
cented in anv school of the state
Institutions.
Now that we have our school
started and in good working the evening assuring their hos
condition, lets all get behind it tess that they had enjoyed one
and make it the best in norths of those pleasant days which
east New Mexico. We can do it helps so much to make life worth
if we will all work with the tea-1 while, when one knows they are
chers and pupils and all pull to-! doing something that is making
gether. The Spanish American i the whole community better and
will devote much time and space greater by friendships ties.
To let us 'know your wanst and we will get
them to you when you want them.
Wc are headquarters for your school supplies, such as books,
tablets, pencils, stationery etc. llave your book list ready when
you come in so we can wait on you promptly.
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EON. A. a. jones
Renominated for United States Senator
to the sch0o this winter and the
,n h fmmA fiirhtinB. for
i better and greater schools, not
only in Roy but in the whole of
TTaHino- Hnnntv at all
times
Here gops for a great
year in Harding County,
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school
LADIES UNION AID
SPENDS PLEASANT DAY
! The Ladies' Aid of the Union
! Church spent a very pleasant
o.ju. x hawu. , muico
the number of about twenty five
brought their lunch (we mean
dinner) with them and came ear-
ly in the morning and spent the
day piecing quilts which they
I will offer at the:r autumn bazaar
which will be held later in the
year. At noon the lunch was
spread and which they enjoyed ,
very mucn. in tne aiternoon tne
business session was held and
then more quilting work was do-1
ne. The ladies departed late in
-Don't forget
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B. F. BROWN RETURNS
FROM CALIFORNIA
Mayor B.F. Erown and son
Alfred of Mosquero and nephew
George Goltzinger were in Roy
Wednesday evening enroute ho
me from Los Angeles where Mr
Brown had been oh business con
nected with some fine oil land
that he owns near that place. He
eports a great cil Loom on in the
vicinity in which he owns some
valuable land and that a gusher
has been brought in within, two
miles of his holdings. Mr Brown
was- offered a substantial amo
unt for his holdings but declined
all offers until further develop
ments were produced. They ma
de the trip by auto and report
fine roads on the whole route
with the exception of a stretch
between Las Vegas and Santa Fe
He reports a pleasant visit with
Ailred Kress and lamiiy at ban
Diego while in the west and tells
ui auíw ih !l,
play ing the exchange in that hus
tling city.
We are glad to see Mr Brown
back in the County Seat for it
means a nice lineup of county
seat news each week, which have
been missed so much by our rea
ders the past several weeks .
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your tickets--
HARDING COUNTY DEMO
CRATIC CONVENTION TO
BE HELD FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY SEPT. 22-23
Roy chosen as meeting place for
Convention.
. The Harding County Democra
tic Convention which will name
the nominees for the County
Ticket will be held in Roy on
Friday and Saturday, September
22nd and 23rd. This action wS
decided upon by the County Cen
tral Committee at a special mee
ting held in Roy Tuesday after
noon which was attended by pra
ctically all members of the committee.-
The call was issued Thursday
by the chairman of the Central
Committee Jake Floersheim and
it is printed elsewhere in thi"
paper. The convention will be
composed of 92 delegates and a
complete delegation is expected
from each precinct in the county.
The convention will be called
at 10.30 A.M. Friday and a num
ber of matters will be taken up
during the first day and it is
thought that nominations will be
reached by 3 o'clock this day, the
nominations will be made the fi
rst evening and on the following
morning, the afternoon of the
second day to be used in making
plans for the crorpn:.
This will be the tirst county
convention held in Harding Co
unty for the purpose of naming
county crjididates and it is ex
pected that a large crowd will be
in town these two days, the Re
publican convention will be held
latter but the dates and place has
not yet been named by the Cen
tral Committee. County Chair
man E.J.H. Roy stated to a S.A.
representative that a meeting of
the Republican Central Commit
tee would be called within a few
days and the date and place cho
sen at .this meeting.
Roy will also, make a bid for
this convention, for the town is
better prepared to handle a lar
ger crowd than any of the other
towns in the county.
The Democratic Convention
will be held in the old I.O.O.F
Hall and arrangements will be
made to handle the large crowd
which, will be present at the con
vention. The hall will seat about
400 or more people.
On account of the numerous
candidates for some of the va
rious offices several spirited con
tests are expected, but with the
large list to choose from, there is
every reason to believe that both
parties will put strong tickets in
the field and many will be the
voters who will vote for the best
man and forget politics when it
comes to naming our county of
ficers in November.
Co.
RAYMOND HUTCHINSON
PASSES AWAY
News has been received in Roy
by the friends of the George
Hutchinson family that their
oldest son, Raymond had died
'near Latham, Mo., about the mi
ddle of August .
j Raymond was a young man
about 25 years of age and besi
des his parents, sister and bro
thers, he leaves a young wife
and child to mourn the loss of an
affectionate husband and father.
I Raymond come to New Mexico
with his parents in 1909 and '
they homesteaded on the piaue
now owned by Peter Wagner
southeast of town where Fred
, Young and family now reside ;
A few years later the family
proved up on the -farm and mo
ved back to their old home town
in Mo. where they have since re
sided. Raymond was a student in the
Roy schools for several years du
ring the Principalship of W.G.
Johnson; he was a bright pupil
and one of the leaders of his
class. In fact he received most
of his education in the Roy sch
ools and he has many friends "in
and near this place who will mou
ra the loss of an intimate friend
and fellow student.
I The cause of the death was a
severe attack of erysipelas and
he suffered terribly before death
relieved his sufferings.
The funeral was held at La
tham, Lio, and it io Bala v. as the
largest attended funeral ever
held from that place, showing
the high esteem in which Ray
mond was held by his fellow men
The Spanish American exten
ds sympathy to the bereaved wi
fe and child, also parents, bro
thers and sisters of the deceased.
RE3EKAHS ENTERTAIN
I STATE PRESIDENT
The local Rebekah Lodge en
tertained their state President
:Mrs. Jar.-.es of Albuquerque Wed-
nesaay evening and also he'd an
important business session.
Mrs. James, the State Presi
dent of the Rebekah Assembly
is visiting the different Lodges
of the State and making inspec
tions of them. This was her first
, visit to Roy and she stated that
she was highly pleased with the
work being done by the order
here. Mrs James addressed the
Lodge during the. evening, and
the degree team put on their de
gree work in her honor. Roy has
one "of the best Rebekah degree
teams in the state and the work
done by the team here compares
j very favorably with the larger
lodges in the state.
After the business session was
over a fine, lunch was served to
those present by the Lodge and
to which all present did just dues
The Local Rebekah Lodge at
this place is growing nicely and
ia one of the strong fraternities
of the mesa.
Miss Shirley Nutter returned
thÍ3 week from a few weeks out
ing and vacation trip to many
pjints of interest in the North
west. Miss Nutter visited the
cities of Vancouver, B. C, Port
land, Oregon, Seattle, Washing
ton and Salt Lake City, litan as
well as other cities enroute. All
expenses of this trip were paid
for by the Insurance company
for whom this young lady works
in recognition of the good work
she has accomplished by writing
more insurance than any other
agent in the state of New Mex.
.Prof. J.E. Russell and Mr.
Thos C. Holloway of Amarillo,
Texas, arrived in Roy Thursday
evening and will spend a few
days on the mesa. Mr. Russell
tells us that the mesa is not one
half as hard hit by the drought
as the country around Clarenden
Texas, his home town. He states
that it is impossible to get enou
gh cars to hantile the shipment
of cattle from that country as
the grass is gone and the eatUe
must be removed to other parts
of the state.
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