Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-12-17
Thriving Town of Roy. Mora Coun-
ty, on the Dawson Road, Will Be
Year Old January /, l904---6reat
Sheep, Cattle, Wool. Fruit and
Chile Center---Marked Progress
Has Been Made During Past Year.
To celebrate it's first birthday ami

To celebrate it's first birthday ami
versary.
The thriving town of Roy, Mora
County, on the Dawson road, will on
January 1, 1904, have passed the first
milestone of it's existence, and the
year has marked steady and healthy
progress in the community. The first
building, the Roy Brothers general
store and the first well, driven by the
Ell Paso & Northeastern Railway Com.
pany, marked year ago what is to-
day the town of Roy, which now
boasts of so houses and upwards OF
200 inhabitants, and is the trading
center for the settlements of Buyeros,
Albert, Sanchez and the Arroyo Yutas
or Youth Creek.
Marks Of Progress.
There are now two general stores
at Roy, those of the Floersheim Mer-
camille Company and J. Appel & Com
pany, six saloons, two restaurants.
blacksmith shop, barber shop and a
fine hotel building that is about COM
pleted and ready for occupancy. Roy
| is also the meeting place for the
| trains on the Dawson road, the trains
from Dawson and Tucumcari meeting
there at noon A commodious frame
depot, freight depot and section houses
are the landmarks erected by the rail
road company.
| A temporary school house was con-
structed and opened month ago.
where so pupils are learning the rule
of three under competent teacher.
Bonds to the amount of $4,000, have
been sold for the construction of a
new school house which will be built
in the spring, which will admit of a
| larger attendance and an increase in
the force of teachers employed.
Three Thousand Lots in Town Site.
The townsite of Roy has been laid
out by the Roy Townsite Company,
composed of Frank Roy and William
A. Roy. There are 5000 lots in the
townsite, each lot, 25x1O0 feet or 25x
$50 feet, for which there has been and
continues to be steadily increasing
demand All of the settlers to date
have purchased lots in the townsite
and own their own homes.
In addition to the two trains daily,
which carry passengers, express and
mail in addition to freight, many
freight trains, loaded with coal from
the Dawson coal fields pass the town
daily and add to the scenes of general
activity.
Great Wool Center.
The town of Roy is great wool
center and the railroad company has
promised to erect wool house at the
depot so as to be better able to handle
the business. All Of the wool brought
here during the past season was pur-
chased by George W. Bond Brothers
Company of Wagon Mound, who ship
ped it to the Boston commission
houses direct.
It naturally follows that wool CEN
ter is also good cattle and sheep
raising section, and such is the case.
The sheep and cattle raisers in this
vicinity now have on hand about 100,
900 head of sheep and $4,000 head of
cattle This is the residue after ship
ping 100000 lambs and wethers during
the season just closed to the Kansas
City markets for consumption, and to
the Kansas farms for fattening into
mutton. The town was also the Mecca
for large number of sheep and cat
tie buyers during the season.