El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-09
ELEVATOR BEING
BUILT At ROY.
Big FIGURING MIL Being
Erected at Mills in Rich
Wheat Section.

Roy, N ", Oct s.-An evidence of
I the promising future Of the mesa coun-
( try around Roy, as q grain belt. is the
( entrance into this territory of the Will
] son company. a $3.50, 600 corporation.
operating extensively throughout the
/ state Of Kansas This company is at
1 present building a grain elevator at
/ Roy which will nave a capacitv Of
| ABOUT 5000 bushels, has just completed
similar elevators at MOsQuero. Alb
! bot and is now constructing at Mills.
( n NJ, II miles north OF Roy a flour
lshing mill and elevator with guar
4 anteed production Of 100 barrels daily
and a storage capacity of 1000 bush
els.
Roy is the center of a farming terri
tory about 80 by 60 miles in extent in
winch reside about 1900 families. with
an approximate population of 5000 peo-
PIE who do their trading for the most
part with Roy's four large mercantile
sJores-the Floersheim Mercantile Co
maintaining a branch house at
Springer, y. NJ. the Goodman Mercan-
TIE company, a $4,000 corporation;
the Sherman-Cosner company, success
sors to A P Davis Mere. Co, and J.
Apple & Co.'S general store.
Location of Roy.
In the eastern part of Nora county,
- miles north OF Tucumcari, and upon
what is known as the TeQuezauite me
sa. is situated the new town of Roy,
with population Of 500. a little more
than eight years ago. the E P &. s. ".
railroad designated this town as flag
stop on its Tucumcarf-Dawson line vet,
today the citizens have a confirmation
from the travelling auditor that the
freight received and dispatched from
Roy is. at present, greater than that
OF any other local station on the line.
During the year 1914, there were /
shipped from Roy los cars Of wheat
s cars Of corn, IS cars Of beans, 10 cars
Of milo maize, u cars OF wool, 81 cars
OF cattle and about $40 worth of I
dairy products. This year the wheat
shipments will probably aggregate 125 {
cars, the bean shipments about 50 cars, 7
and the shipments of other products /
as great or greater than for 1914. /
Already there is planted an acreage OF /
wheat for the year 1916 that would /
justify the prediction that the 1915 pro- /
duction OF this grain viii be fully three 4
or four times greater than that OF 1915. !
business Is Active.
business change OF decided impor-
lance to this community was made re-
Gently, when Charles HELD. a whole
saler Of Las Vegas and Albuquerque.
after looking over the situation, pur-
chased a large block Of the stock OF !
the Golden Mercantile company.
Roy has a bank, a drug store a hos
pital with two attending physicians
a weekly newspaper The Spanish
American. large machine shop, and sew
eral restaurants, small shops and Off
ces Of the kind usually found in a town I
Of its size. Roy, however, is lacking !
in hotel facilities
Schools and Churches
Its people are maintaining an excel
lent public school Of 200 enrolment
eight teachers. comfortably
housed in a new twO-story concrete
block building just completed at a cost
II $4,000. On sunday, September 26,
new Christian church was cleared OF
lebt and dedicated The Catholics have
house for their worship, and the Bap-
lists viii soon commence the construc-
lon Of their new church home
Mills Il Developing.
Mills. n. NJ, a town OF only one and I
half years, is situated in the heart / {
4 the grain belt Gust II miles north I I
4 Roy, at which point is located the
0O-barrel Touring min. and 5000
ushel grain elevator Of The Wilson Z
ompany, is rapidly developing as a !
rading center and shipping point
Mills prides itself upon its five NAM
moth springs Of pure living water. as
uring an abundant and perpetual sup
ly. Aside from the springs as q water :
upply, several wells recently dug TO
varying depth OF from so TO 100 feet. :
ave penetrated water stratas Of con-
iderable abundance
With new station facilities. 1000 feet :
Z railroad siding, several mercantile
torres. a large lumber yard, and with q
everal new residences, shops and Of :
ices in course Of construction. the :
tranger cannot but be impressed with ;
he future outlook {