Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-09
BUSINESS GOOD IN
LIVE TOWN ON
DAWSON BRANCH
ANOTHER NEW
ENTERPRISlNG PLACE
Roy Has Grown From a Wide
Place in the Road 10 a HuSt-
ling Commercial Center in a
Few YearS-GroWth of Sc
lana,
Especial Correspondence Morning Journal

Roy, n. NJ, Dec 1.-The growing
town of Roy, siXty-nine miles from
Tucumcari, on the Dawson branch OF
the Ell Paso and Southwestern, is one
of the coming towns of this part of
New Mexico. In fact, Roy Is not only
coming, but is already here. In a very
few years it has grown from a whist
ling post TO a big and very import
ant shipping center, with a popuia-
ton of 500 people and more coming
in on every train. For twelve miles
i'm every direction every quarter Sec
ton of land is taken up. Experiments
with different kinds of crops have all
proved successful and il has been
found that wheat will grow splendid
ly; to better advantage tfan almost
any other crop. although truck gar
dening is carried on with success.
Green and Wood own a good steam
pillow and have plowed up over 5000
acres for the neighboring farmers,
over 1000 acres being already in
wheat. +, b. Mcdaniel, of Iowa, is
coming in with another steam pillow
and well drill, which will be kept
busy.
There is a great deal Of building
going on, one Of the principal struc-
lures under way being the new stone
block 50X64 feet, erected by F., II.
Foster. Twenty houses have gone mp
since March and twenty more are con-
tracted for.
The largest store in Roy. ana one
Of the leading mercantile establish
ments of the territory, is that OF the
Florsheim Mercantile company. Whi-h
has an u%p-tO-date two-story building
5ON100 feet, modern IN every respect.
ana containing a $5O.0OO stock ut
goods. The COMPANY does a whole
- .a4 It'll A.rafnnna Col IHaV-
sheim, Of Springer, Is president. n
Goodman, manager; l.. r.. Aldridge,
bookkecper: +. &. Strong. warehouse
man. with Earl Strong as assistant
A. y. Stanton. A. Lopez and Max
Krause, clerks. Jacob Florsheim has
charge of the hardware and harness
department. W. Beadle is driver and
works six men. Some idea of the
company's wool business may be
gained from the fact that Il handles
from 10000 TO $4,000 lambs and two
million pounds of wool The COM
pany also has a large lumber yard
CARRYING $4,000 worth Of lumber. [
general merchandise store here and
stock interests besides. II. II. Branch
runs a first class restaurant and liv-
cry stable. Appel and company con-
duct "a general merchandise store
Baum Brothers own a tin shop.
AflNt u TIT NNilItA AaAA III AAAn - INV I
Roy sand and Livestock company,
owning the townsite. which consists of
goo acres. one half already having
been sold f6r lots.
The Roy Trust and Savings bank
will open for business in a few days.
comfortably housed in its own build
ing. The officers are Frank Roy. /
president. DR.. Evans. vice president;
Will G. Roy. cashier. j. ". Taylor
also has a lumber yard here.
There H. a n%ourishing school here, /
with 10 pupils under the supervision
of Miss Wood and Miss Mason.
Solana.
solana. ten miles from Roy. started
last February. now has a population
OF 200. Homeseekers are coming In
here rapidly and the country is set
tied up for many miles around. Milo
maize corn and kaffir corn grow well
In this locality Mr.. Talbot, OF this
has located us settlers this
Water can be found anywhere
between 10 and 100 feet deep.
The Solana Realty and Investment
company Is busy Locating people. buF
ing and selling real estat and PATENT
I'd lands and horses and cattle. The
officers Of the company are c l.
president: J. y. CARSON. sec
rotary. r. II. Carson. vice president
Miss Rose Cate runs a good hote'
owned by MI. Edwards. Miss
conducts q ladies' furnishing
store. aud Miss Talbot a millinery es-
Iishment. both OF these ladies' Oval
claims a Few miles outside Of
J. s Nicolay has a h~ourishing
general merchandise business he has
handled 10 carloads Of freight since
September J.. Of this year. = II.
also runs "a general mefchan-
disc business. as does l. r. Fry. J.
~. Church has just opened n similar
store. making furniture his specially