The Spanish American, 1922-12-30

VUt XIX No. 50 ROAD FOR MORA AND ' ' - HARDING COUNTIES Representative-elect Stanley , A. Foutz of Mora County and Representative-elect A. W. . Drake, of Harding County, will the Legislature, a joint Road Bill that if passed and completed will be of the greatest benefit to both' Mora and Harding Counties. The Bill -will provide for the completion ' of a State Highway commencfng . at the Clayton-Nara Visa High Highway - way Highway east of Rosebud, thence to Rosebud, thence to David thence '' to Mosquero, thence to Roy, thence to Red River, thence to Wagon Mound, thence to Ocate, thence to Halls Peaks, thenCe to connect with the Cimarron Cimarron-Taos - Taos Cimarron-Taos Highway. The opening and completion of this road will mean that some'of , the finest farming land in both , Harding and Mora Counties will be brought to the attention of tourists and home seeKers. .ara "ino- fend Mora Counties are known to be the best dry farm ing Counties of the State of JNew Mexico and the opening of a State Highway as proposed by this Bill will mean, the bringing In of -eastern people to invest and settle on the land. Mew Mexico needs more peo ple and more-capital, and the way to get more people ana cap capital - ital capital is not only newspaper adver advertisement, - tisement, advertisement, but good roads. Tour Tour-, - , Tour-, ists notice the country they pass through and if favorably impres impres-eA - eA impres-eA thev make it known where- ever thev eo. The cost of this road will more than pay inter interest - est interest on the investment to Hard Harding - ing Harding and Mora Counties and the State of New Mexico, in the ad ad-' - ' ad-' vertisement this section will re re-ii7A - ii7A re-ii7A from tourists, and will tnean increase of business for the - business :men k along the uroposed highway. It is hoped that the people of both Harding and Mora Counties will back up . Representatives .libóte and Drakedhelp them put throught .thisjpiece of legis legis-, - , legis-, Cation.- ..; ; - y.0-yy,: ; The putting , through of this A trill hA fnllowihsr the prin- ' giple of what is knowrt as the "Babcock System oi ttignways, that of connecting . the. county . RoaU of the various counties in -the State. It .,will mean a con nection of Clayton, Nara Visa, Tucflmcari; Mosquero,' Mora laos, Las Vegas, -: Santa Fe and Eaton. --;:' ..' ; y . . ' This road is an absolute neces necessity - sity necessity to Harding and Mora Coun Coun-- - - Coun-- ties and must be put through. PROMINENT MINISTER ' DROPS DE AD IN PULPIT. Rev. J. II. Messer Dies While . Delivering , Sermon Near , Tucumcari. News has been received in Roy that Rev. J.- JL Messer presiding Elder of this district lor tne - Methodist ;. Episcopal Church i South dropped dead, in the pul pulpit - pit pulpit while deliv)erineg a sermon at (he Plaza Largo. school house ' east of Tucumcari last Tuesday ' evening. '- ' Rev. -Messer has been presid presiding - ing presiding Elder for many years of the Clayton District and was well known throut this section of the state and loved by all who knew him. On December 9 and 10 he presided at ' .Quarterly Confer Conference - ence Conference at Roy and preached at the local church here on Sunday the 10th. - Rev. Messer was pastor of the church at Tucumcari for a number of years but , recently moved to East Las Vegas where he might be more centrally lo located - cated located in his district. , : The funeral took place at Tu Tucumcari - cumcari Tucumcari last Thursday and buri buri-, - , buri-, al followd in, the local cemetry. i Rev. Messer was one of the oldest workers in the conference and was known and loved by a large number of people of Roy and vicinity who will mourn his sudden death, i V. . : Elton Bazzill who is attending the Normal School at Las Vegas is spending the week with his parents Sup't., Bazzill and wife.

PROMINENT SCHOOL TEA- CHER BECOMES CHRIST CHRISTMAS - MAS CHRISTMAS BRIDE Saturday evening, ' December 23rd, at 5 o'clock at the home pf Mr and Mrs.'Ray B. Carr, occu occu-red - red occu-red the marriage of Miss Anna May Osmond and Willarj Z. Lyons. The. wedding was a very quiet affair and only ...intimate friends of the bridé were present at the nuptials.. , : The ceremony was. performed by Rev J. A. Foster, pastor of the M. E. Church South of this place. Mr John Whiting and Miss Missouri Gray were the attend attending - ing attending witnesses. Immediately af after - ter after the ceremony a , wedding lunch was served by Mrs Carr. "The bride is one of Roy's pop popular - ular popular High School . teachers and has charge of the Spanish course in the schools here. She came to Roy from Las Vegas where she was a teacher in the Normal there. Previously she had tau taught - ght taught in Albuquerque and other cities'. Mrs. Lyons old home was in Pennsylvania but she went to Porto Rico in 1910 and was teach er in the Island schools for sev several - eral several years and came to New Mex Mexico - ico Mexico in 1918. She holds a life cer certificate - tificate certificate in New Mexico and will receive her A. B. degree s next summer. She is an accomplish accomplished - ed accomplished lady and indeedworthyof the gentleman who-has chosen r for his life partner. : ; Mr. Lyons the groom " came from Nashville, 111., -to New Mex Mexico - ico Mexico in 1913 and has been in the employment of the' El 'Paso & Southwestern R. R., with the bridge department for several years. He has a fine farm near El Paso and which, will no doubt be their future home, altho both the bride and groom will resunié their presnt employment . f of a while al; least; ! Mrs; Lyons ill remain at Roy and Mr. , Lyons will , be with the E. P. & S. Wt with his home at .this place. i . - ine spamsn : American - ex tends congratulations to the hap happy - py happy couple and wishes them- 11 th joys that "go, to make'a feg and happy wedded- life. ' :. A REAL CIIRISTMAS - ! v-7. ' . PRESENT Mr and Mrs. F. M. Woodard are rejoicing over the ; at rival of a little girl which I; came to their home Christmas eve.' Dr.. Self reports all concerned doing nice nicely. - ly. nicely. This makes a family of five children Jn, the Woodard home and all are as hearty and heal healthy - thy healthy as ' can be and Mont is a proud dad. " : Prof. W. J. Klopp," "Supt of schools at Capitán has been spen spen-ding - ding spen-ding the holidays in Roy andxaJ andxaJ-ling - ling andxaJ-ling on dear .friends here.

The various programs- in Roy were well attended Sunday,- in Rov Dracticalv every place wh0re a program was given, the build ing was crowded. The Baptist and Methodist people gave their program toge together - ther together at the Baptist Church. A good program was given during the evening and a fine Christ Christmas - mas Christmas tree decorated the church; Santa arrived at the proper time well laden with toys and tried to remember everybody, altho the large church' was crowded even to standing room. The program was exceptionally fitting for the occasion and was well rendered by those having a part in it. ; The Union Church gave a ve very - ry very interesting program jand here too the church was beautifully decorated and a large Christmas tree laden with toys awaited the youngsters at the close of the program. The Drosram was i .u j j i i j cu icuuexeu turn omweu pewna- taking Jwork by those who had the matter in hand and everyone present spoke very highly of it. To be sure Old Santa arrived just at the proper time and fil filled - led filled the old as well as the young with Christmas mirth, for why can't every one be young at Yul Yul-tide - tide Yul-tide time. The Union Church was filled to overflowing,' some not being able to get in the building. The ' Catholic Church" gave their Christmas' tree and pro program - gram program Sunday afternoon and it was well attended and at fine ti time - me time reported by the many pre present. - sent. present. They had a beautiful tree for the children. Both were mu much - ch much appreciated by the large cro crowd - wd crowd present ? . : We believe Roy celebrated one of the best Christmases that has been our pleasure to experience, Practically everyone in town was remembered and the true Christ Christmas - mas Christmas Ipiri't prevailed' thruout the town' and community. . '. ' . A cool nap struck this comm community - unity community Monday night but modera moderated - ted moderated considerable by Tuesday ev ening. Mr and Mrs J.- E. Busey and son James of Sedan are spending several days at the home of their son Mr and Mrs Ray Busey of this place. -; ,; ' Mr Pete Gibson of the Roy Tin Shop has purchased a fine gaso gasoline - line gasoline pump and will install same in front of his jstore within the next week jand' after Jan 1st, will handle gasoline and oils in connection with his present line of hardware and tinware, pumps etc. Mr Gibson has a good loca location - tion location and no doubt will have a good trade in his new line.

FIRE DESTROYS STORE OF ABBOTT MERCANTILE CO A fire which was caused by a defective flue, completely des destroyed - troyed destroyed the Abbott Mercantile Company store at Abbott, twen twenty - ty twenty miles north of Roy, at half past five o'clock Thursday even evening. - ing. evening. Smoke was first discovered pouring from the attic of the building and before help could be summoned, the entire store was a mass of flames and it was impossible to save anything. The post office which was lo located - cated located in the store was completly destroyed, as well as such fec fec-ords - ords fec-ords and stamps that were not in thq safe at the time jof the fire. The safe had not cooled enough to allow its being opened at the time the S. A. goes to press and Mr. McKee, the post postmaster, - master, postmaster, could not recall just how many of the books were in the safe at the time of the fire. The store was owned by J. R. McKee of Abbott and the Floer Floer-sheim - sheim Floer-sheim Mercantile Company. Mr. McKee was the active manager of the store as well as being the postmaster at that place. The loss will probabljamount to about four thousand dollars for the stock of merchandise and the value Of the building, about fifteen hundred tiollars. The los8 is only partially covered by in insurance. - surance. insurance. WEATHER FORCAST FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY January 1st to 26th, very plea pleasant; - sant; pleasant; only temporay squalls of wind; 27th to 81st, cloudy with frosty or foggy mornings and with ifttlé ór no moisture. ' February 1st to March 1st, will be ideal New Mex. weather and that good old sunshine. However th ere may be tempo temporary - rary temporary squalls during the first weelr but they will not amount to much. Very little moisture can.be expected during the first sixty days' of 1923. , 7 ,. ; -. , --- ; T. IL Pclaski, Forecaster. ' MiB ew'MeiricA.; vé Mr and Mrs J. W. Mackey gave a big urkcy dinner on Christ Christmas - mas Christmas day at their j; Ranch home near Solano. All of the relative and friends were ' present. The home was tastefully, decorated and arranged and a large Christ- i mas tree stood in the corner of the library, the boughs were la laden - den laden with Xmas gifts of every description for every one present. A big dinner was served along with the. turkey and every one feasted to their hearts content. Mrs. E. J. Mills Young from Tu Tucumcari - cumcari Tucumcari was among those pre present - sent present -

.SATURDAY, DEC. 30TH. 1922 MRS. MARY E. SPEARS PASSES AWAY AT HER HOME IN MILLS - ' Mi3. Ivíary E. Spears, wife of JNathan bpears passed' away at her home in Mills Thursday mor morning - ning morning at ,7o'clock after an illness of six weeks with a complication of -diseases. The funeral was held at Mils .Thursday evening at 2 P. M. Rev. Fletcher having charge of the funeral: Burial followed late Thursday evening in tne Roy Cemetery. - ' OBITUARY Mrs. Spears was born in Jef Jefferson - ferson Jefferson Co. III. Feb.' 18th, 1858 and was married to James M. Wright in Illinois about 20 years later. In 1900 she and her hus husband - band husband moved to Cement, Oklaho Oklahoma, - ma, Oklahoma, where he passed . away in 1908, and in 1909 she with her children moved to Roy, N. M. settling on á claim northeast of Roy in the Brand neighborhood and she went thru all the hard hardships - ships hardships that the earlier settlers en endured..; - dured..; endured..; :i In 1909 she was married to Nathan Spears and for severa years they lived in ; Oklahoma and in 1915 returned to the mesa and has made her home , here since that time. ' - . Mrs. Spears was a member Of the Christian Church and lived a true Christian life. She was loved by all who knew her and was a friend to evéryone. She was of a kind disposition and al always - ways always had a kind word to speak. It can be said that her life was a pure Christian life. She leaves to mourn her death besides her sorrowing husband, nine children, ..nineteen grand grandchildren - children grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. O -; . ; Three children having prece preceded - ded preceded her to the Great Beyond. Two having died in infancy and Mrs Ernestine, Bowman wholpa wholpa-ssed - ssed wholpa-ssed away in 1920.Í . ; ',.-.. x . vThe children surviving are Joe Benjamin P.. ahji Wm; A. Wright of Route A'and Char Charles - les Charles T. Wright of MilléMrs; Eliza Day and Mrs. Luanda Lard; of Regina New Mexico, Rachel Wri- ghtof Route "A" Mrs. Florence Shafer, Postmaster of Mills and Mrs. Elsie Hegarty of Mills. ; The Spanish American exten extends - ds extends sympathy to the bereaved in their hours of sorrow, v . CARD OF THANKS We wish Jo" thank the relatives and friends who were so.kind to us during the sickness,; death and burial of our: dear mother and wife. May God's richest bles blessings - sings blessings be with each of you. Nathan Spears '' .,. and the Wright Children. !

CONTRACT LET FOR REMODELING COUNTY COURT HOUSE The County Commissioners let the contract ' Tuesday even evening - ing evening for the remodeling of the County Court House at Mosque Mosquero. - ro. Mosquero. G. Funk of Tucumcari was the lucky bidder and the cost of the remodeling will be $21,222. $21,222.-00 - 00 $21,222.-00 which does not include plumb plumbing, - ing, plumbing, wiring or heating. , The bids opened in the morn morning - ing morning were all too high ranging from $24,000 to $39,000 mi as the bonds were for only $25,000 and a portion jof this was used by the architect it became nec necessary - essary necessary to make some alterations and leave out the heating plant, ' the bidders were given anoth another - er another chance to bid with the result that Mr. Funk was given the contract. The old building will be squar squared - ed squared up and another story added to the building and a basement dug under the building.. Jail cells will be placted in the base basement - ment basement for use until a jail is built. Ample room will be provided for all count;y officers, and a .nice District Court .room and Pro Probate - bate Probate court room, will be provided besides numerous other rooms, such as grand jury room, wit witness - ness witness room etc. : The , plans were drawn by Architect Rapp Of Trinidad and . are well gotten up and the build building - ing building when completed will be a credit to Harding County, y , The contractor will . begin, work qjt the" building during January and the county officers will be housed in the Kress build ing while the remodeling is be being - ing being done.' ,. O.-E. S. INSTALLS OFFICERS ?

.. Mizpah Chapter is growing- stesadily andwill soon be among the stronger chapters of the sta state - te state and is one of the leading fra fra-treaties - treaties fra-treaties of Roy. Several from Roy attended th Cliristmas dance at Springer Mo Monday - nday Monday evening and all' -report a nice time even if Leitter did have to walk a. few miles otíJacooTtot of car trouble. - 'Z'- A FINE CHRISTMAS Tree AND ENTERTAINMENT One of the finest;. Country Christmas Tree programs helsd! rm thn mesa waa held; at Pleas ant View by, the Pleasant View Union Sunday School last Satur day evening. The . Community huildinc was crowded! and ia fine program rendered. The Christ mas tree was . loaded with pre presents - sents presents and á fine treat was given all present. . ; ; : The Pleasant View, Community is to be concratulated on their nrocrressive SDiritJ for they have done much the past year to un't the community, having purlnas purlnas-rA - rA purlnas-rA the oM Pleasant View school building, established a" Union Sunday school and Church andt many other useful thmgs. The committee which had the program and tree , in charga wish to thank the public for the aid given them md invites yon out to their Sunday School any time it convenient to be pre?. sent, ..; 'Z-.:-i'i&-:- u

1 The Mizpah Chapter No." 47, Q. E. Si. held their annual instal installation - lation installation of officers on Thursday -evening December 21st. The fol following - lowing following officers Were installed for the year of 1923.' - Mrs. BcHe.Kilmurry, Worthy '"- Matron y--,:..r;. v, Z Richard Kilmurry, .Worthy Patron ' " : S "' -n. -. i . - Mrs. E. F. Henry; ."'ASsótíat Matron ; ' ; ' . ; iMrs.'T.F. Self, & Conductress . ; Sirs. E. P.. Browji,' Associate ' Conductress ; , Miss Dollié Brown, Treasurer