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The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Snow Storm
Breaks Record

This has been an unusually
severe winter all thru. but the
storm of Saturday and Sunday,
February oath and 25th, will go
down in history as the worst in
this locality since 1889. Begin
ming Saturday evening and con-
tinuing for thirty hours the wind
blew a gale and the air was filled
with a mass of impalpable snow
dust that was suffocating, and
binding and drifted in at every
creyice until houses and other
buildings were filed full or kept
open only by constant effort.
When the storm abated the
prairies were covered with a foot
or more of snow and the streets
were drifted to the tops of the
buildings. Railway traffic was
suspended for two days until a
Rotary snow-plow could be SCI
cured to clear the tracks. This
took all day Tuesday and trains
ran on schedule time again We'd
nesday.
The loss of stock cannot be
estimated but it will be enor-
nous. The Floersheim Mercan-
tile Company reported 450 sheer
perished in their herds Wednes-
day and loss of sheep, cattle and
horses are reported from all
parts of the country. The storm
is reported east to the Atlantis
coast and seems to have beer
general and especially saSerc il
the southern states.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Woman May Vote at Nexl
School Election

Under the Constitution of the
New State women are qualified
electors at all school elections and
and may hold offices relating to
schools:
Unless a majority of the quail
fed voters of any school district
present a petition to the board of
County Commissioners, at least
thirty days before the date Of
school election, against women
suffrage the women of said
school districts shall be entitled
to vote. Women get busy! the
election for school director is
near at hand. We favor a woman
for the vacancy.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Deputy Sheriff Killed

Deputy Sheriff Elmo Garcia, of
Clayton, was shot five times and
killed on the night Of Feb. 10 at
the home of his former mother.in
law, who lives on a ranch So miles
southwest of Clayton. He was
killed while attempting to enter
the roomof the unmarried sister
of his dead wife. Five bullets
from a 45 calibre revolver were
fred into him through a thin
door. The young woman is sup
posed to have shot him in self de
fense. Both parties are members
of prominent families of Union
county.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Notice.

All able-bodied male persons
over 2l years of age are required
by law to pay an annual tax Of
$1.OO for the public schools of the
district.
Same is now due aud payable
without further notice to the un-
dersigned.
Delinquents are liable to suit in
in the Justice court after March
25th and pay costs in addition.
Old age does not exempt you
from Poll tax.
Persons claiming exemption
on account of disability must be
prepared to show that they are
unable to make their own living
and are dependent on others for
support.
II. GOODMAN,
Clerk School District No. 33
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Rebekah Social

The social given by Harmony
Rebelah Lodge last night was
well attended in spite of the cx-
tremely inclment weather, The
program introduced the best mu.
sical talent in town, and, we
pause here to state that there is
not another town of the size in
the land can surpass us in this
respect. The public schools
we're also drawn upon for their
best talent and we have often at
tended similar entertainments bY
professionals that were less cred.
liable. A close second to the pro.
gram was the pie supper which
followed. Pies Of all kinds were
served with delicious coffee and ID
jolly good timew was enjoyed by all
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Boost For Roy And Coronado County
John Joerns
Resigns

Santa Fe, N. NJ. Feb. 24-Gov-
ernor Mcdonald this morning
served notice upon Travelling
Auditor and Bank Examiner
John Joerns requiring that Off.
cial to show cause why he should
not be removed from office for in
competency. 1t is understood
that the governors action is the
result of complaints concerning
Mr.. Joerns' conduct of the ex-
animation of the Internatiol Bank
of Commerce at Tucumcari, which
recently closed its doors. Tu-
cumcari people are said to have
declared that the banks affairs
could not have gotten into such
a tangled condition had the bank
examiner been attentive to his
duties and made the proper ex.
aminations.
Another complaint against the
travelling auditor is said to have
come from Mora county, where it
is alleged, in petition to the
governor, school funds have been
diverted from their proper chan
mel and used for other county
purposes with the result that the
county school superintendent has
been obliged to order the closing
of the schools in the county be-
cause of lack of funds to pay the
teachers. 1t is held by the gov.
ernor that the diversion of the
funds could have been prevented
2 a proper supervision Of the
county affairs.
Latre:-
John Joerns, State Bank Ex-
aminer and travelling auditor has
sent in his resignation and has
been exonerated of any charges
preferred against him. Howell
Ernest of Clayton, N. Mex, has
been named as his successor.
Albu'que Journal.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Woman Jumps From Car
Window on "Polly"

A young woman giving her
name as Mrs. LID. Messer, of 223
Pine Street, Trinidad, Colorado,
jumped from the toilet room win
dow of the Polly train Thursday
morning between Medic and Ca.
beza. Missing her the conduct
or wired the dispatcher and the
freight train crews were directed
to search for her. They found
her sitting on a rock beside the
track screaming at the top of her
voice. She was picked up and
cared for by the train men and
conductor A E- 0ffaltar was -di,
rected to carry her to French
where an officer was waiting fol
her, Dr.. Self was called to the
car and found her unhurt but
suffering from mental alteration
She was well dressed, a pro.
nounced blonde, comely and 2G
years of age. She had nearly
$4,000 in money and, during her
lucid intervals talked freely and
intelligently
She said her object was suicide,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
II. GOODMAN,
Clerk School District No. 33

The loss of stock in the recent
snow storm demonstrates the
necessity for sheltering stock in
this country. The market price
of the stock which perished in
the storm Sunday would build
shelter for all the stock in the
county. 1t is not necessary to
tell this to eastern people and the
old timers are so set in their way
that nothing short of a miracle
can ever change them. When
farmers from the east get on to
the advantages of this country
and bring modern eastern meth
ods the better. This storm, has
made it plain that, while we have
$50 days in the year during which
stock can take care of themselves
on the prairie, still the other if
ten days is long enough to kill
them if un-shelterd and un,fed-
The northern states people are
used to such storms and prepare
for them.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
w. F. Buchanan Returns to
New Mexico

W. F. Buchanan, former Presi-
dent Of the international Bank OF
Commerce, of Tucumcari, N. M,
WHO WIS qgres,ed several davs
ago at Seattle, WASH, arrived in
Tucumcari this week. He was
brought back to New Mexico in
charge of Capt. Fornoff and
Sheriff Ward of Quay County to
face charges of embezzlement in
connection with the defunct bank
of which he was President short
ly before it closed it's doors.
Buchanan declares he is not
guilty of any wrong doing and
that his arrest is the result of
some mistake. He carried ten
thousand dollars in currency
when captured by the Seattle
officials.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

Supt. L. U. Morris, of this d.
vision of the E. P. & S. W. and
G. D. Beeth, Train Master, were
with the big rotary snow plow in
Mr.. Morris private car and visit
ed in Roy for short time, Mr..
Morris was approached concern
ing the new county and express.
ed a desire, born of some past
experiences in getting to Mora
and the kind of deal his road got
when they got there, that the
new county be established with O
county seat that could be reached
by civilized methods and a chance
for square deal for all.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Game Warden
Makes Report.

The various Deputy Game
Wardens of the new State have
been the recipients of the First
Report of Territorial Fish and
Game Warden Thos P. Gable,
covering the years, 1909, 1910 and
1911.
The volume is a handsomely
bound piece of work and thoroly
concise in every respect, touch
ing every salient point in matters
regarding Game in the New State
of New Mexico.
Much credit is due Mr.. Gable
for his efficient work and untir-
ing zeal in promulgating the nee
essity of protecting our fast dis
appearing species of birds and
other wild game.
Mr.. Gable has done more to
acquaint the people of the New
State, with what has been done,
than any of his predecessors and
we believe that no other man
could fill his place at the present
time, devoting his entire time to
the office, the kind of man we
need for Game and Fish Warden.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

to make terms with all of the
counties and interests concerned
so that all will be benefited and
the greatest good to all be secur.
ed.
To refuse us the new county
now would be to perpetuate con-
ditions which can no longer exist
without prejudice to the interests
Of the state at large.
Persons especially interested
and desiring specific information
write to Al 5. Hanson, Sec'y.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

Dr. Frank Brady came down
from Dawson Friday and went
to Solano to aid DR.. B. N. Cook
in a very delicate surgical opera
tion on Mr.. S. F. Moore for the
relief of a Cerebral Abscess Mr..
Moore received bullet wound in
the head years ago and the abs
cess isthe result.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

Minor Rudolph, of Mora, Dis.
trict Manager for the Capitol
Life Insurance Co. Of Colorado
was in Roy this week in the in.
terests of his company. He drove
with a team from down in the
canyons and was all day driving
from Solarp TO Roy, II miles.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

Granville Kitchell is getting
the business affairs connected
with his saw-mill shaped up so
that it is more than likely he will
be tearing up that big pile of logs
out in Pole Canyon as soon as the
weather is fit this spring.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

Eugenio Gallegos, Jr. and his
bride and mother-in-law, Mrs,
Pablita G. de Baca, drove across
from Wagon Mound Saturday in
the storm arriving here almost
frozen after dark and narrowly
escaping being lost on the prairie.
They left for Gallegos Tuesday.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

Anthony Patricks and W. Frank
Walkowiak had q runaway
Thursday morning. with their
"Sunsetn livery team. Both men
were thrown out and considerably
bruised up. Clarence Wright
caught the team uninjured but
the buggy is nearly a wreck.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

The Committees on the prelim-
mary work on the New County
will meet Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock at the hall. This is
an open meeting and all who arc
interested in the New County
movement should be present. A
committee from Mosquero will
be present for a joint conference.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
CORONADO COUNTY
Doings of the Boosters. All Working in Harmony Fo,
the New County

AS announced, the committees
and citizens of Roy and vicinity
met in mass meeting at the Odd
Fellows Hall Saturday to report
progress Of the committees and
discuss further plans for the New
County Campaign. In spite of
the storm and their anxiety to
get home many farmers remain
ed for the meeting and took an
active part in it.
The committee on statistics
thru their Chairman, "A. S. Bush
kevitz made an extended report
showing over Sl.400,0O0,00 of
taxable property within the limits
of the proposed new county and
more than necessary number of
Inhabitants, every one of them
boosters for the new county.
The lines proposed include por-
tions of San Miguel and Union
counties and forms a large and
shapely county with the E. p. &
S. W. Railway running the en-
tire length north and south and
including all of the Bell Ranch.
These lines form an ideal county
and will enable a conservative ad-
ministration to conduct it's busi-
ness at very small expense and
make the county seat easy of &C.
ttcess either hx- nr.t-ur-py- veuIn
from all parts of the new county.
A condition which does not exist
with any of the territory involved
at the present time. All of this
territory is from so to 125 miles
from the county seats.
The Publicity committee has
printed most attractive letter
heads and envelopes for the use
of those in charge of the cores
pondence and a continuous volley
of letters is being sent out to all
who are, or are likely to become
interested in the new county. In
addition to this the Spanish
American was ordered to mail
copies of each issue to all the
members of the Legislature and
other interested parties from now
until the close of the session at
, the expense of the Club and t.
keep constantly "on the job
/, with a weekly report of all the
progress of the movement.
The finance committe reported
satisfactory progress and have
: assurance of ample funds wher
, the necessary amount is indicat
ed.
Summing up the matter, al
are at work in earnest for thu
new county and all are working
prudently. 1t is the prevailing
opinion that it is a new county W,
want, not merely big court.
fight, and all are working to tina
). end and avoiding every falls
move and unnecessary effort
There will be no trouble in rails
ing the money necessary for ever,
practical need but the citizen
y will see to it that no money
IS spent foolishly or uselessly. W
( are already assured of a stronI
e lobby at Santa Fe composed 0
l. such men as II. B. Jones, of tn
e First National Bank, of Tucum
is carl, S. Floersheim, of the Floel
n sheim Mercantile Co., of Spring
IS or, I. Il. Mitchell, of Albert, Rev
IS j. S. Russell, Of Roy and We ar
lr led to believe the E. P. & S. "
L road will have representative 9
" Santa Fe to help us in the matter
d All this support added to ou
o. efficient representative in bot
n houses of the legislature shoul
re easily win us our county in Nh
"a face Of any reasonable oppositio
j. and we hope that we will be alb
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02


passed June 18th, 1910, provid-
ing for enlarged homestead, and
that as to entries under said sec
tions this act shall not in any
wise apply, except that the pro-
vision allowing a six months resi-
dence during any calendar year
shall apply to all homesteads.
Passed the senate February
II, 1912.
Attest; CHARLES. C. BENNETT,
Secretary. p
by H. M. ROSE,
Assistant Secretary
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02

" 't . ~ NAAN HN'S"S7S VI NhAo
measure. now before House Pub.
lie Lands Committee. Should
the act pass it would afford New
Mexico Homesteaders untold
benefits. Following is the Bill
which has already passed the
Senate.
AN ACT
To amend section twenty-five
hundred and nine-one and sec
tion twenty-five hundred and
ninety-seven of the Revised
Statutes of the United States
relating to homesteads.
Be it enacted, by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America in
congress assembled:
That section twenty-five hun
dred and ninety one and section
twenty-five hundred and ninety
seven of the Revised Statutes of
the United States be amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 2291. No certificate,
however, shall be given or patent
issued therefor until the expir-
alton of three years from the date
of such entry; and if at the ex-
piration of such time, or at any
time within two years thereafter,
the person making such entry, or
if he be dead, his widow, or in
case OF her death, his heirs or de,
tvIsee, OF IN case OF O WIDOW maH
ing such entry, her heirs or de-
visee, or in case of her death,
proves by two creditable wit
nesses that he, she, or they, have
resided upon or cultivated the
same for the term of three years
Immediately succeeding the time
of filing the affidavit, and makes
affidavit that no part of such land
has been alienated, except as
provided IN section twenty-five
hundred and eighty. eight, and
that he, She or they, will bear
true allegiance to the government
of the United States, then in such
case he, she, or they, if at any
time citizens of the United States,
shall be entitled to a patent, as in
other cases provided by law; pro
vided, that the absence of said
entryman or of his family from
the land for period not exceed
irg six months in any one calen'
dar year shall not be held or con
strued as interrupting the con.
tinuity of the three years resi-
dence required by this section
but in case of communication the
fourteen months actual resi-
dence as now required by law
must be shown.
"Sec. 2297. If, at any time
after the filing of the affidavit a;
required in section twenty-five
hundred and ninety and before
the expiration of the three year
mentioned in section twenty.tw,
hundred and ninety -one, it is
proved, after due notice to th,
settler, TO the satisfaction of th,
register of the land office that tn,
person having filed such affidavit
has actually changed his resi-
dence after establishing the same
or abandoned the land for NOR
J than six months at any timc,the
and in that event the land so en-
tered shall revert to the govern
ment; provided that the thre
years period of residence herei
fixed shall date from the time Q
establishing actual permaner
. residence upon the land.
"Sec. Q. That all existin
D pending entries shall be perfec
ed under and according to IL
e terms Of this act, except entri,
Q under section six Of an act pas
g ed and approved February 1876
1909, and section six of an a
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-02
Relief For
Homesteaders

Congressman Ferguson is
working for the passage of this
measure. now before House Pub.
lie Lands Committee. Should
the act pass it would afford New
Mexico Homesteaders untold
benefits. Following is the Bill
which has already passed the
Senate.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-31

father printed the letters OF the alpha
bet on brightly colored cards and
placed them around her nursery, Thus,
the first objects which confronted her
were not meaningless things, but those
fraught with educational value. So,
when she gazed at a big, red card the
father said "a" When she wondered
st another, the mother said "B," In
this manner instead of being taught to
babble meaningless things the child
learned the alphabet before it was able
to talk This done, objects with a
meaning, and particularly with an in.
words, and before learning any other
use of her fingers the child learned to
write on typewriter. Following this
beginning through its natural windings
the child absorbed construction and
syntax, spelling, and other rudimentary
steps, SO that at the inception of
knowledge in these things there was
understanding instead of parrot learn
ing supplemented later by insight. Such
is the contention Of the parents.
Mrs. Stoner was the daughter of a
talented Englishman and was educated
in England and Paris. She was espe-
eiallv fond Of literature, art and music,
Instead of repeating nursery rhymes
her baby to sleep with classical poetry
and compositions of the masters.
Child Taught Classical Poetry.
What was the result7 She believes
the child dreamed in faultless meter
difficult meter, and when she began to
talk hers were not the meaningless
nothings of chaotically impressed
mind, but rhythmic phrases, and, later,
rhythmic sentences and verse, she hav-
ing absorbed and assimilated the best
that already had been produced. From
the recesses of the wonder brain of the
child came matured sentiment. She
was fed upon it; it was her mental
pnbulum, contends her mother.
The child was born at Norfolk, Va.
on August 19, 1909, and is proud Of
being Virginian. She belongs to the
Equal Franchise Federation of Pennsyl-
vania, and also Of Virginia. She says
she became a suffragist after hearing
an ignorant old Savannah negro declare
that women folks did not amount to
ANYTHING because they could not vote.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-31
|5IlL OF |V|NE HAS
/ MARVELLOUS MIND
Bot the Parents of Winifred
stoner Deny She's a
Prodigy.
gEAKs MANY TONGUES
Writes Verses and in Spite of
All Is a Very Healthy
Child.
PEAKS MANY TONGUES

yrW YORK, March 30.-Winifred
e..lv;lle Stoner, Jr., nine years old
..ts writes and understands several
s.u,s0es SAYS the New York Times,
Z, has written and had published
,,,,s books-one of verse, one of prose
!, ana in Esperanto. She plays com
~ Sisons i'm Of the old masters on the
..n She whistles like a tomboy.
4. /, mischievous. She disobeys her
s.,her She leaves doors OPEN She is
rleudidly healthy.
4, rho same time she has opposed
.Illed III nlavers at chess, she speaks
Lam r,,sness verse, she scans Virgil cor
..,,lv and has mind and thought
..Tsstly attuned to rhythm and meter.
IN she never has attended a school
4 sny description.
A Prodigy or Not?
Knowing these facts. how would one
rmer the following question: is
Nriired sackville Stoner, Jr,, a pro.
TrT. or is she only the correctly de-
rsloped, normal natural child2
M. Winifred Sackville Stoner, Sr.,
,,d Dr.. James Buchanan Stoner, sur
,au in the United States navy, and
s,,d Of the United States Marine hos
itsl at Pittsburg, are her parents.
grs stoner asserts that her talented
1,uebtor is the result of natural care
l,d Instruction. Doctor Stoner revolts
| A tbe description and declares that his
,trN Is her ,"mother daughter. -
yash and both resent the word 'fprodi-
~ and the father AYERS that his
iuphter is not different from that
yhrh other children with the same
r,;herlv care would be,
Summing it all up. Mrs. Stoner be-
Ewes The mother shapes the child s
lIu,e. The result Of the application
n Mrs. Stoner's theory is Winlfred
sekvile Stoner, Jr. Her progress was
$ follows:
Ms l-she could walk. talk. rccite
ianyson's Crossing the Bar and scan
Age ,yshe could read in English and
Axe 3-she was able to write on the
tF4Erter, and began TO write original
ftym.s.
Ms o-iTEVeleu WITH TpT TDOtIleI 10
nr9us chautauqua assemblies in the
Liltd States and spoke In behalf of
ETtafto.
Ace e-Wrote rhymes for magazines
40 newspapers. and received a silver
sssal from ST. Nicholas Magazine for
tBsss
Ht T-Bccame a chess player and
faG.hed her first book, entitled "Jin-
ka s-Published her second book.
F1rino Anserino." or Mother Goose In
e5.rsnlo; was able to speak In eight
Isages and demonstrated remark
y. knowledge of history, Latin. liter
n;I, esography, physiology and rhetoric.
40 s-Published her third book,
leurneys With Fairy Christmas" and
srilten - Written two other books soon to be
How She Learned the Alphabet.
when she was old enough to take
@snRanee of material objects her
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-31
ASSESSM ENT NO, J.

Cedar Talisman Consolidated Mines
company; principal place OF business. All
D. F, Walker building Salt Lake City.
Utah; location OF mines. Beaver county
Notice is hereby given that at n meet
ing OF tho board of directors OF Cedar
Talisman Consolidated Mines company.
held on the 10th day of March. 1919. as
sessment No. 3 OF one-half % cent per
share was levied upon the capital stock
OF the corporation. issued and outstapd :
ing. payable Immediately to the sscre
tary at the office OF the company, Ait
y. F, Walker building. Salt Lake City.
Utah.
Amy stock upon which this assessment
may remain unpaid on Friday. the 2sth