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The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Frank Lukasek is back from
Dawson and on his claim again.
Frank is taking no chances with
his homestead and it takes little
imagination to see that claim the
home of a prosperous farmer and
his family a few years hence.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24


Charles F. Mathewsonand wife
of Mills, (The latter is better
known here as Miss Hope Dent.
They were married here quite re
cently,) were in Roy Tuesday
having their Ford repaired by
the 'Fliver Fixer." Mrs. Math-
ewson visited with Miss Bruce at
this office. They are a fine young
couple and it is pleasure to wit
ness their congenial marital re-
lations.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24
Mar. Is,


Mrs. John Shamblin caused
some excitement Wednesday
when in town. She came out Of
the Goodman Store where she
was shopping and visiting with
friends and sudden illness caused
her to fall in the street. Mr..
Shamblin and friends were near
by and carried her into the store
and DR.. Self was called. She was
taken to the Dr's. residence and
soon recovered.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Edgar Floersheim is having his
Ford over hauled after a steady
years service on the mail route.
This is the first time he has had
the engine out and it is a pretty
good record when you figure that
the route was less than half the
driving he has done with this
car. He is using the !. G.
Floersheim Hup while his car il
in the hospisal.s. NJ
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Miss Helen Russell returned
Tuesday from Mayfeld, Ken
lucky, where she has been the
guest Of Mrs. Bert Ray for sever
al weeks. She had a fine time
but is, glad to get back home.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Mrs. F. A. Roy returned Tues
day from Frankfort, Kansas,
where she has been for several
weeks visiting her mother who
has been seriously i'll. Mrs. Nc
Minimy is better and Mrs. Roy is
looking and feeling fine.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24
Christian Endeavor
Lesson Subject (The Saloon
the Foe Of Society,"
PROGRAM

Hymn.
Prayer.
Lesson Scripture lisa SO: 1-8
Solo-Mr. Newman.
Reading Of Short Verses.
Hymn.
Plea for Abstinence Mrs. Defrees
The Foe Of the Home, Church
and Law.
Quartette.
Statistics on Progress of Pro-
hibition Mr.. Newman
The Amendment that is to. make
New Mexico Dry Rev. Hearn
Hymn.
Business Session.
Mispah,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Spanish h-American:-
Enclosed please find check for
$l.50 for my paper.
| notice about the big dust
storms there. We haven't had
the ground dry enough here to
plow but two days in four months
We would like,to exchange some
of our rain for some of your dry
weather.
1t takes two good mules topull
an empty wagon along the roads
now.
Frank B Pugh.
McGhee Tenn.
Nov TX
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24
Gets in Bad

Andres Ebel was arrested Sat-
urday on a charge preferred by
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Pacheco,
that he had committed rape on
the person of her little daughter,
Bernadita Pacheco, 13 years Of
age. He was arraigned in Judge
Fosters Court and the trial set
for Monday. In the meantime
District Attorney Chester Hun
ker, of Las Vegas, phoned to
have the trial postponed until his
arrival, and it was set for 10
0, clock Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Hunker arrived Monday
evening and Investigated the
case and took considerable evil
dence. At the trial the prisoner
waived examination and his bond
was set at $40, 100000. He failed
to secure such a bond here and
was taken to Wagon Mound
where his friends hoped to secure
bond for him. Unless bond is
secured he will be held at Mora
until the Grand Jury meets in
April.
Ebel has led a rather strenuous
life for the past year and has
made for himself an unenviable
reputation for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. The stunt
he pulled a year ago when he
fred several shots at Miss josie
Pacheco and endangered the lives
of the Branch family and, others
by shooting through their house
and for which the only punish
ment meted out to him was toal-
low him to marry the girl under
circumstanced which still bring a
shudder to some Of her friends.
A number of stories of out
,lawries committed by him have
been told and it is intimated that
there are other cases similar to
this which have been suppressed
because Of fear of him and he
was in court only recently on a
grave charge which however was
not sufficiently substantiated to
return to the Grand Jury.
1t would appear from the fore
going that we have been a very
patient community to tolerate
his conduct thus long.
Judging from popular express
sions on the street it will not
take many more stunts like this
last to arouse public sentiment
to a point of desperate retalia-
ton.
On the evening before the trial
Ebel is said to have attempted to
to commit suicide by slashing his
throal with knife. The, attempt.
was fizzle and resulted in only
slight injury.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Hon, Ben Brown was up from
Mosquero Wednesday taking in
the sights Of the city, Ben has
been living in rural village so
long that he is positively tim.d
when he gets on a crowded thoro
fare. He declined to stay in this
shop and see the wheels go round.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24
Mrs. Lexba Dead

Mrs. Pablo Branch was called
to Tucumcari Tuesday by the
derth of her sister, Mrs. Matilda
Leyba, of Logan, who died from
Dropsy at the hospital at Tucum-
carl. Her parents, Juan Jose
Rodriguez and wife, hrve been
with her for some time.
Many friends of the deceased
here join in sorrow at her un-
timely death.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Rev, G, B. Hall and daughters
Leora and Irma, went to Spring
er, Wednesday in their For d
car. They went early and re-
turned the same day.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

L. "A. Cannon is back from
Graham, Texas, and will go out
to his farm near Liberty to live
again. We are certainly glad to
welcome him back and hope he
is here to stay this time.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24
New Land Law
New Law for Sales Of State
Lands Now in effect,

New Law for Sales Of State
Lands Now in effect,
Santa Fe, N, M. March 19:-The
State Land Office has issued a
summary of the new Deferred
Payment Plan" law for the sale
of State lands, enacted by the re-
cent Legislature, which will be
of very general interest to the
people of New Mexico.
Under the old law the purchas-
er of state lands paid ten percent
of the purchase price at the time
of sale and the balance in thirty
annual installmeDts, the deferred
payments bearing interest at a
percent per annum. The buyer
paid taxes only on his equity and
improvements.
Under the new law the success
full bidder at a sale of state land
pays in cash five (5) percent of
the purchase price. The remain
ing ninety-fve percent may be
paid at any time within thirty
years the only qualification being
that such payment must be made
on an interest paying date and
may not be for less than one-thir
tieth of the original unpaid balance
Interest charged upon the un-
paid balance is 4 per cent, pay
able annually in advance. the
buyer upon payment of 5 percent
of the purchase price, and the
interest for the year in advance
comes into unrestricted possess
sion Of the land and remains in
such possession without any fur
ther payments except the annual
interest, for thirty years, or if
desired the purchaser may COM
plete payment of the purchase
price on any interest paying date
within the thirty year period.
Section 3 Of the new law pED-
Tvides that the purchaser shall
become responsible for the taxes
on the land from date of pdT9
chase.
Thus bringing all state land
sold onto the tax rolls immediate
ly instead of by the small equity
increases from year to year ag
as under the old law,
While the tax item is relative
ly unimportant to the buyer it
will be Of very great Importance
to the state in increased taxes.
Section 4 of the new law pro-
vides that all existing contracts
to purchase state land may be
cancelled and new contracts
issued in conformity with the
new law, at the option of the
holder and on his application, on
payment of a fee of four dollars,
for each contract of one section
or less, and ten cents for each
additional section or fraction
thereof. The lands selected for
the account of the Santa Fe and
Grant county railroad bond fund
are excepted from the provisions
of the new law. Allother state
lands come under its provisions,
subject to the provisions of the
Public Land Code.
The new law carries the emer-
gency clause and became effective
on it's approval by Governor Lind
sey. The first sale under its pro
visions was made last week at
Taos when George A. Davidson
of Roswell bought 2O,716 acres
of land in the Red River district
of northern Taos county for col
onization purposes at $4.60 per
acre.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

F. A. Roy, received a letter
from Attorney General, Harry
Patton directing that Roy School
District must elect five Directors
for the School District this year.
as per the notice above it was ex
pected that two of our School
Board would hold over but such
is not the case. It is important
that we elect the right ones to
this important tho unpaid duty
of looking after our schools.
They are the biggist thing we
have from every standpoint.
and we must make the most Of
them.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

C. P. Smith, of the Wilson Co.
Mills came down Wednesday and
took DR., Plumlee home with hin
to minister to his baby which
was III. He hit the read in q
manner to indicate desire, to- get
there.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

A party at the home of Mrs.
Ethel Harper, in Mills last Thurs
day evening celebrated the birth
day of Miss Dan Jenkins, of Roy
Twentyguests were present and
progressive 500 was the game.
Dainty refreshments followed
and the guests were delighted
with the affair,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Mrs. r. C. Grunig entertained
the Christian Ladies Aid Wed
nesday afternoon. All lwho were
present report a splendid time,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Cipriano LuJan, oneof the best
Democrats in San Miguel county
was up from Sabinoso Wednes-
day on business. He likes to get
up to the metropolis of the mesa
sometimes and has many friends
there who are always glad to see
Him. h
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

w, L. Brockman was in town
Wednesday and called on us on
an errand, His son. Harry, !, is
home from Belin where he has
been teaching foesene tire. n n
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Miss Phoebe Russell went TO
Tucumcari Saturday and is VISIT
ing there for several days. She
has nearly recovered from her
resent illness.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Levinus DE Srnet, of Tayle
Springs was down in his car
Tuesday, calling on friends and
on business, Ranching is going
fine with;hitn this winter. z
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

C. O. Wenholz, Garage man at
Mills was in Roy Tuesday on bus
ineas, AS usual he hurried
home. sxs.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24
S. S. Rally
Dear Friends:

You are iaUited to
attend the Sunday School Rally
at either on all Of the tolIol0iRg
places and either or all Services.
At Soldno March 26 All Day.
At Roy March 27 All Day
At Mills March 2S AU Day
Each family Is requested to
bring a filled basket If you intend
to stay for dinner, as there lCill
be a Basket Dinner at each place.
The speakers are men Of note
and abiIity-vis,
Mr.. E. D. RaIey, of Phoenir
Arizona, Secretary of Inter-de-
nominGtionaL S. S. Work Of Arr
zond and NeaO Me1ico.
Mr.. C. w. Dean Of Denver Col.
Mission Sec. Of the Rocky Noun.
tain Dist, cftke Christian Church
Rev. C. B. Moore ofLOs Angeles
California. You can't afford to
miss these aseetimgs-it is doubtful
1you aCiN ever haze such an op-
portunity again. Please invite
yo4r friends of sOkGtever belief.
FrGtermally, ED. BAR1MESS.
Sapt. of S. S. Of the mesa.
Hon. F. A. Roy, mayor of Roy
will deliver the address of well
come at the S. S. Convention
Tuesday morning,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24

Adam Sczwatzyk made appli-
cation for Final Proof on his
homestead this week.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-24
School Money

Apportion ment Of School Funds
of Mora County, March, 18th
1917. Certified by
MILNOR RUDOLPH,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
new MEASURE GIVES
BRITISH WOMEN VOTE
Government Favors Franch Sc
for Females Over so.

LONDON, ENG. = Walter H. Long
secretary of state for the colonies, in
troduced in the house of commons tht
franchise bill which embodies the re
commentator of the special elector.
al reform conference. The bill pro
vides for the enfranchisement of WON
en-, which now depends upon the vote
of the two houses of parliament
Mr.. Long explained that the gov
eminent adhered rigidly to the recon-
mendations of the conference and pro-
posed to fix the age at which women
would be qualified to vote at thirty.
He said the government would do it's
best to bring about the adoption Of
this reform, but that it and the ques.
ton of proportional representation
would be left to the house.
Under the bill the qualifications for
men are simplified. Provision is made
for giving the vote to soldiers, sailors
and absentees and all elections are to
be held on the same day. The speak
er will be chairman of the boundary
commission for redistribution of seats
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
KAISER Offers RUSS
new TERMS or PEACE
They VIII Be Easy, Bethmann-
HoIlweg Declares.

AMSTERDAM German chan
cellor Won Hollweg, during
the course of his speech, virtually
made an offer of peace to Russia by
declaring that if Russia renowned all
aims of conquest, Germany would not
prevent permanent friendship by
making impossible terms.
The German chancellor declared
that he would not nail down the Ger
man Empire in all directions by one
sided formula which renounced the
successes won by the German troops
and left all other matters in suspense.
Both the conservatives and social
lists presented interpretations in re-
gard to Germany's war aims, and un-
til recently the chancellor was ex-
pected to make a definite declaration
The socialists have been carrying on
a determined movement IN the hope
of bringing peace nearer, with declar.
atiOns against war indemnity and
acquisition of territory as their prin-
cipal proposals.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
What Thrift Means.

Thrift is positively essential to suc-
cess, and every American wants to be
successful. A man should put his own
name on his list Of creditors. He
should cut down his expenditures 10
per cent and pay that amount to him
self Any business should pay 10 per
cent, and a man should consider him
self business proposition which
should pay dividends. When he begins
to see this he will become thrifty. 1t
has been estimated that if man who
begins to work at the age of twenty on
a salary of $50 month and receives
an increase Of SIS each year for forty
years will save 10 per cent of his sal
airy and invest it wisely or put it in
savings bank at compound interest, at
the end of that time he will be finan-
cially independent and can retire with
a comfortable income.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
Paw Up Now.

If you have So or more or less for
which you have llo pressing need go
and pay a debt with it. That is the
best use you can make of money, un-
less you are naked or starving. Now
is the time to obey the Bible injunc-
ton, "Owe no man anything" That
is In the Bible, but from the way some
debtors spend money they don't seem
to know it or care for it. If they have
dollar extra it goes for pleasure
or a convenience. The duty to pay
some one they owe never occurs to
them Nor does it occur to them that
every unsettled debt is drag on a
community. Everybody has to pay in
terest on it.
People have to pay more for their
sugar and coffee because other people
owe the grocer and won't pay. 1t Is
one of the items in the high cost OF
living. And then there is whole
some public policy in scattering the
money around. 1t will help find work
for some poor man and help some 9th
er debtor pay his debt. So pay up now.
-OhiO State Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
Canvas Water Bags For Foresters.

A canvas water bag that can be car
ried conveniently on pack horse is
used by members Of the United States
forest service when it Is necessary to
transport water to places remote from
a regular supply for drinking and cook
ing purposes. 1t can also be used to
quench incipient fires by means of a
small hand pump carried along with
it. The container is made of heavy
cotton fabric without seams or patches,
rendered water tight by treatment with
a mixture Of paraffin and turpentine.
Each bag has a capacity of ten and
three quarters gallons Of water and
weighs when filled about ninety eight
pounds Thus pack load of two bags
weighs nearly 200 pounds, exclusive OF
packsaddle and blanket.-Popular Me-
chanics.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
What Kent Her Younu.

/ know a little lady, slim, bent, but
unlined by the years, who sits absorb
edly through all of the fashion open
ings Of the great shops and watches
breathlessly as the models in their mar.
velous gowns file past her chair. She
particularly loves the tulle- and be-
spangled evening frocks that the young
girls wear, and she tells us gloWingly
of the wonderful color, my dear, and
the way it was nader She couldn't
possibly wear the gowns that she adj
mires So She couldn't afford them If
they were suitable, but she loves them
just the same.
"It's time" / once heard a neighbor
woman say rather sniffingly, that she
got over such vanity. She's old enough
to stop thinking about clothes"
The neighbor didn't stop to reason
out that it was the love Of clothes that
kept a spark of youth in the heart Of
the little old lady-a divine spark of
youth that kept her from being color
less and tired and wan. = Christian
Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
DIVER PERIL is SERIOUS ONE
Senator McCumber Thinks Board
Should Investigate All Inventions.

WASHINGTON D. C.-The German
submarine campaign was discussed in
the senate during consideration of the
bill to increase the navy's personnel
to 100000 men and the marine corps
to 10000, and raising pay of both to
conform with the army increases.
Senator .McCumber declared the
country had not wakened to the ser
iousness of the submarine situation
and proposed to create board to in
vestigate all inventions to check sub
marines Unless the inventive genius
of the country be utilized in devising
protection to merchant shipping, he
declared, there was danger of the al.
lies being starved before an American
army could be sent to Europe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
RUSS GENERALS
RESIGN PLACES
BrussiIOft, Who Led Great 1916
Drive, Quits.
Cen. GURKO ALSO STEPS OUT
Russian Delegates of Workingmen
and Soldiers Reconsider and Vote to
Join Coalition Government-Lead
ers Plead for United Front.


Join Coalition Government-Lead
ers Plead for United Front.
PETROGRAD. RUS. = 1t became
known here that just before the resig
nation of the provisional minister of
war, General Guchkoff, was an.
nounced Monday, General Alexis Brus-
siloff, commander in chief of the Rus.
sian armies On the southwestern front.
and General Gurko, the commander
on the Russian western front, asked
to be relieved of their commands.
The designations of these two army
officers will be considered after the
successor of General Guchkoff has
been appointed.
Agitators Begin to Weaken.
PETROGRAD - With free Rus
STA crumbling away in the blaze of a
too fervid fame of democracy, the
executive committee of the soldiers
and workmen's delegates began to see
the peril of the situation.
TIL committee reconsidered its vote
Of last week when coalition in govern
ment with the duma members was re-
jected. The vote of % to % was held
indecisive, and it was announced a
meeting of the entire delegation will
be held, when the same question will
be passed upon by all 1000 represen
tativse of the soldiers and workmen
now here.
hn CO. TUho ic n q
provisional ministry will meet at the
home of Prince Lvoff, premier, to dis
cuss some form of coalition which may
save Russia from disintegration.
Pleads for United Front.
Meanwhile the provisional leaders
as another last resort measure to oh
tain unity of action among the con-
f1icting elements, dispatched Foreign
Minister Milyoukov to the battlefront.
His mission is to meet with the SOL
diers, to plead with them to show a
united front to the enemy and to stand
firm for responsible, united govern
mental administration at home.
These steps show the seriousness Of
the situation and the courage and zeal
with which the duma leaders, now
fully awaye to the peril, are fighting
to avert disaster.
Vote for Coalition.
The executive committee of the
council of workmen's and soldiers
delegates decided after discussion Of
the Internal situation in Russia to ia
vor the participation by socialists in
the provisional government. The vote
was Al to 10.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
3 BILLION WAR BILL VOTED
All Former Appropriations by Con-
dress EciipSed.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The appro-
priations committee Of the senate re-
ported out the most gigantic war
budget ever proposed in this or any
other country 1t carries the enormous
total of 1880, 946,3S1.22 This is an in
crease of $563,392 500 over the bill as
passed by the house.
Huge increases have been granted
the army and navy over the original
appropriations passed by the house.
There is also an authorization of
$750,000.000 for the longed for mer-
chant marine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
Eifty.Fifty.

my son." said the father impressive
ly, ''you are leading an absolutely use
less life. For the last ten years you
have done nothing but squander time
and money"
That's all right, dad" replied the
unrepentant son. cit isn't as if I was
asking you to bear the whole burden.
You just furnish the money and I'll try
to find the time."-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
DRY LEGISLATION BOBS UP
Senators Preparing Bill to- Halt Grain
Use in Liquor.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Undismayed
by the senate's elimination of the
Cummins prohibition amendment from
the espionage bill, senators advocat-
ing dry legislation during the war
planned to renew their fight.
A group including Cummins and
Kenyon of Iowa, Gore of Oklahoma,
Curtis of Kansas, Gronna of North Da-
kota and other senators is working on
carefully worded bill for presenta-
ton either as separate measure or
as an amendment to the first food
conservation bill brought up.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18

WASHINGTON. D. c. = Roland S.
Morris of Philadelphia virtually has
been decided upon by President viii
son for ambassador to Japan to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
George w. Guthrie of Pittsburgh. 1t
was said the appointment probably
would be made within few days.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-18
Used the Log.

I'VE were three days from port when
the engineer reported that there was
no more coal in the bunkers"
What did they do then?"
THE captain ordered them to split
up the ships log to keep the fires 60
ing.''-Exchange.