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The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Mrs. T. M. Ogden, of Liberty writes
urging us to warn people against
taking chances with the Flu. She
says-"I am just as afraid of it as I
am of prairie fires. We have isolated
ourselves all winter from any pleasure
or society to avoid it and have talked
to those around us about the danger
but they wouldn't Listen and have
reaped bitter harvest. When VIC
see these mothers and useful citizens
taken from their families we feel that
some one ought to do something to
stop it."
The following rules would help if
followed:
"Keep your hands clean. Don't
shake hands. Sneeze or cough into
your handkerchief. Spend your even
;ngs at home, not in crowds. Clothe
your body warmly. Get all the fresh
air and sunshine you can. Keep your
feet warm, and above all, keep your
head. Fear and worry will devitalize
you and make you an easy prey to
the Flu"
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
AreYouAssessed

The Taxpayers Association urges
that all who have not. made returns to
the assessor do SO at once in order
that a complete and equitable assess
ment be made. 1t is further to be
urged that you do this and avoid
the certainty Of a rs per cent penalty
added to a high assessment if the
assessor has to guess at your prop
erty. It's bad enough that the big
corporations who have no souls to
lose dodge taxes till we get up cour-
age enough to compel them to come
across without private individuals
trying to renig on their duty as citi-
zens. The fact that much of the mon
ey is wasted, grated, and misused is
no excuse for you, as citizen not
doing your part. Your duty does not
end with assessing and paying your
taxes. 1t is as much your duty to
see that the money is used for legiti-
mate purposes after you pay it and
to see that public Office is public SER
vice, not merely an opportunity to
graft.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

The death of ]. N. Nutter, was a
shock to the community. The fam
lily had been called home from several
states on account of the serious ill-
ness of his youngest son, Johnny, who
is now on the road to recovery. The
father contracted pneumonia and died
after an illness of only two days. An
other son, Steen, and daughter, Miss
Mira, were stricken, but are conva>
lescing at the Plumlee Hospital. The
funeral was held privately at the Roy
Cemetery Saturday. only relatives and
a few friends attending under quar-
antine regulations. He was GO years
of age.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

The Santa Fe New Mexican de-
votes half a page of its art supple
ment to an illustrated "Obituary" Of
Bryan Boru Dunno "The only one of
his kind" who has written most OF
the copy for that paper for the past
ten years and is character unique
in newspaper annals and, frankly, a
freak, in many ways. Mr.. Dunno has
quit the N. M. and sailed for Papeete,
Tahita, Society Islands in the South
Pacific Ocean. Its clever story,
frankly written as only his best friend
would dare to write it or cs he might
have written it himself and is worth
reading even if you don't know him
personally.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

We are flooded with "Pershing for
President" literature from his head
quarters at Lincoln, Nebraska. The
strong points of the argument offered
thus far is that he "kisses all the
babies" and flatters the ex-soldiers.
The fact that he was strong for shoot
ing all who slept on duty under any
conditions and that President Wilson
saved many lives by pardons whom he
condemned to death for violating
rules Of the Military Aristocracy, may
influence the soldiers to vote for
him land it may not. SO far as we
know he should have the votes of
all the babies he kisses.
BY the way, he might get some
pointers on kissing from hero Of
the Spanish-American war, still liv-
NICHOLSON.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

c. A. Green, late 81 Mills, but who
went to Albuquerque recently writes
for the last three copies Of the S-A.
and insisted on having them. While
we are straining every facility till it
cracks to get an outfit so we can
print real newspaper our friends
still seem to want what there is OF
Il at present and we feel flattered
by Il but we can do better and we in
tend to,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, that the
Mora Abstract Company, has chang
ed ownership, all business communis
cations must be addressed to the Mora
Abstract Company direct and not to
any individual. Mr.. Tom ]. Taylor
Jr., is no longer connected with the
above company or in the abstract
work, except to finish some work on
hand before this date.
BY PHILIP N. SANCHEZ,
Secretary Mora Abstract Co.
February 10th, 1920
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

The Mills Developer had break
down with their press last week and
we shared the discomforts Of our half
finished press room with the editor,
Claude Brashears, who was having a
lesson in the technique of composition,
makeup and press work. while his
efficient side-kick, Ernest Cochrane,
who has been doing the hard work, and
Claude the "Headwork" was indulg-
ing in hard case of Flu contracted
while out nursing the sick in his COM
munity. We. are little selfish in our
pleasure in helping the boys out. We
shall expect them to remember it
when they get nearer the high-noon
of their journalistic career and we are
over the top and on the down grade.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
Personal Mention
Homer Holmes went to Tucumca
Tuesday for a two days business tr

Homer Holmes went to Tucumcari
Tuesday for two days business trip
Mrs. Mary E. Gimson of Cim-
arron sends a check which she de-
clares she has tilched from the "Beans
and Bacon fund" to pay for the old
S-A. We doubt her sincerity in that
statement.
H. R. Johnson, Of Solano is another
who says he can't be without the old
S-A. bad as it is, and sends the reason
for sending it on another year.
The Floersheim Co. is building sew
eral tenant houses out of the mater
ial from the big warehouse they havs
torn down this winter.
Nels. Benson and family are all able
to be out again and are grateful for
the care given them and happy that
they are all spared from the fate that
has robbed us of so many of our peo-
pie.
The death list of Roy and vicinity
from Flu now numbers Is.
! Jack Mahoney and family are all
able to be out again but Jack is ready
to sit down every time he sees chair
yet. That Flu sure takes it out of
them all, even the most strenuous.
Mr.. Bagwell fired up at the we'll
drill Tuesday morning and tried to
"Buck the line" again. His weaken
ed condition soon compelled him to
sit down and substitute head-work for
the hard work planned to do.
Mrs. Gibbons who has been at the
Plumlee Hospital for several weeks,
was able to return to her home near
Mofax Monday. She is improving
slowly but surely.
Lafe Deubler has opened up his
Photo Gallery again. He closed it
during the epidemic and devoted his
whole time to aiding in the Red Cross
work of relief, doing some most siren
uous work and some lives saved are
mostly due to his help at the right
time.
Jee Ballard was in town Tuesday
in his Ford Truck which "Gets him
here and get him nome again the
same day the past three years where
it used to take him three days to
cernaswith a team and get back.
L. A. Nugen, of Harper, Kansas,
returned recently and now lives in
Roy. We made a painter of him last
week long enough to start the paint
ing of our new Office. He is now car
pentering with John Hornbaker.
Tom Smith is home again and driv-
the dray line for his father. T. A.
Smith, whose time is now taken up
with the Job Of Village Marshal.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
VeoetabIe Leather.

The Japanese grow plant which
furnishes a sort of vegetable leather.
1t is pretty shrub called the "mitsu-
mata," and its inner bark, after going
through certain processes, is convert
ed into a substance as tough as French
kid, so transparent that one can al
most see through it. and as smooth
and soft as calfskin.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Mr.. ]. c. Kufer and fis son, of
Chicqgo, are coming out to develop
their land in.the Mitchell Pasture this
sYr,ac. Mr.. Kufer writes us that he
ta5 lur recovered from Flu after
five weeks and his wife died of i5there
in Chicago Al
W. H. Franzen writes from Chicago
daring us to stop his S-A. We're not
going to do it. We shall continue
to remind him that he "Fell among
thieves" the last time he was out
here.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Ellis Abernathy went to Amarillo
Sunday to take the four-days' course
in Tractorneering offered free by the
j. |. Case Co, He has learned by ex-
perience that more detailed knowledge
of his machine will save days of lost
time in operating it and make him
better farmer under the new order
which DEGREES the tractor is the COM
ing-no the present--farm power and
you must know how TO run one to be
in the game.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

We are directed by the Roy Base
Rail Team by the bunch to advise
Mills that Roy intends to play ball
on the diamond next summer, and
Mills is right in winning all the news
paper games she can before the sea-
son opens. Pickins for them are 60
ING to be slim thereafter.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
NOT UNDERSTOOD

Not understood. We move along
asuAder;
Our paths grow wider as the sea-
sons creep
Along the years; we marvel and we
wonder,
Why life is life, and then we fall
asleep
Not understood.
Not understood. We gather false i'm
pressions
And hug them closer as the years
go by,
Till virtues often seem to us trans
gressions;
And thus men rise and fall and live
and die
Not understood.
Not understood. Poor souls with
stunted vision
Oft measure giants by the narrow
gauge,
The poisoned shafts of falsehood and
derision
Are oft lmpelled 'gainst those who
mold the age
Not understood.
Not understood. The secret springs
Of action
Which lie beneath the surface and
the show
Are disregarded. With self-satisfac-
ton
We judge our neighbors, and they
often 60
Not understood.
Not understood. How trifles often
change us.
The thoughtless sentence or the
fancied slight
Destroy long years of friendship and
estrange us
And on our lives there falls last
ing blight
Not understood.
Not understood. How many breasts
are aching
For lack Of sympathy. All. day by
day,
How many cheerless, lonely hearts
are breaking!
How many noble spirits pass away
Not understood.
O God that men would Nsee a little
clearer,
Or judge less harshly when they
cannot see!
0 God! that men would draw a little
nearer
To one another!-tney'd be nearer
Thee,
And understood.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
Odd Fellows

The I.O.O.F. Lodge will cele-
brate its 9th anniversary next
Wednesday evening by initiating
seven candidates and and receiv-
ing a new member by transfer.
A big feed goes with it and Joe
Beck and Harry Redd are on the
committee. If you're not in on
it you lose.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
CARD OF THANKS

The people Of the Brand Com
wish to express publicly thru the
columns Of the S-A. their deed
appreciation Of the timely aid
them by the organized
Red Cross workers during the re
cent scourge Of Inflenza which
devastated the neighborhood.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

The Roberts & Oliver Co. has erect
ed huge sign board, 85 feet long and
five feet high on top of their big lum-
Der shed to "Tell the World" they sell
lumber and hardware. 1t is an eff
cient as we'll as expensive advertise
ment. Jim Pritchard, the carpenter,
built it.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

If you have profteers in the big
brownstone buildings, you will have
hold-up men in the streets.
If you have "to hell with the Peo.
pie" spirit in your higher Offices, you
are going to have "to hell with the
Government" spirit in the lower Sec
tions of your eities-rand don't you
forget it! What's sauce for the capi-
talistic gander is sauce for the labor
istic goose.
1t is not too much to say that the
whole impetus of this present plague
Of lawlessness came from the top. Its
whole reason for being comes from
what we so wrongfully call the 'up-
per classes" These more favored
classes were lawless first. And their
lawlessness is coming back upon them
with redoubed retribution, for the
very fact that it is they who are now
pleading for law and order is the rea-
son why the plea is laughed at. Yes,
law that the people may be kept in
order, but no order so strict as that
the privileged ones shall have to obey
the lawl-that is the mocking answer.
When they are trying the criminals
of the Great War, they ought not to
overlook the prdfitesrs.
What you find at one extreme Of
society, you will find at the other. If
you have profteers in the big brown
stone buildings, you will have hold-up
men in the streets. Vt is not only the
"Reds" who are destroying society
it is also the men who destroy the
peoples confidence in the possibility
of right intentions being followed out.
What we need is not revolution in So
ciety, but regeneration in human ma.
ture. We are ready to lay the fault
anywhere but where it belongs m
human nature. Humanity constitutes
society; if you would mend society you
must improve humanity.-Henry Ford
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

j. F. Young, of Nevinville, Iowa,
arrived with car of his stock and
household goods last week to find that
the Nutter family were i'll and unable
to give possession of the farm he pur-
chased from them last fall. He rent
ed the Rev. Russell place at Laguna
SEGA, and moved in there temporarily.
His family arrived Sunday and will
visit his sister, Mrs. q. A. Strawn,
and camp at their temporary home
until they can go to their new home.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

T. R. Pint went to Oklahoma last
week and returned Sunday with his
son, who has been visiting there, and
a new Dodge car which they drove
through in two days. Mr.. Pint has
given up his trip to Iowa this winter
and will remain and build a new house
on his farm here. We are sorry they
had to give up their visit but glad
they are to be months ahead in their
plans here because Of it.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

The epidemic of flu has subsidized
in Roy, and the cases where it has
broken out in outlying districts are
less numerous and less severe than
at first.
The quarantine was raised in town
Monday and the schools opened Tues
day morning after the entire building
had been thoroughly disinfOcted and
ventilated. The attendance was light
this week but School was organized
so that all will be normal by next
week
New cases reported were the chill
dren Of Mr.. Bowman, near Pleasant
View, and Ben Stuart, wife and two
eldest sons near Liberty. They are
reported doing well.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

John A. Rudolph, Deputy Collector
Of Internal Revenue, will be in Roy
on March 5, to assist in making out
INCOME TAX SCHEDULES. M.
Rudolph will be at the Floersheim
Mercantile Co. store from 9 a. M, to
5 p. m. on this date and if you want
information regarding your income
tax schedule see him on this date.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

S. R. Grouse of Mills, lost the two
middle fingers Of his right hand in a
eornsheller Saturday He was brot
to the PlumIee Hospital in Roy and
his wound dressed and he is getting
along as we'll as could be expected.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
ARE YOU ENUMERATED?

The Census work for the first dis
trict of New Mexico IS nearing COM
7letion. The enumerators in sNaiea
Of the work were instructed to do their
best to enumerate all the people with
in this district, but few might have
been missed. If you are one of these
fill out the blank and mail it to Juan
J. Duran, Census Supervisor, Clayton,
New Mexico:
Name .........................
Precinct or Ward within which you
reside
Your relation to the Head Of the fam
lily
Do you own or rent your house.
If owned, is it free or mortgaged..
Sex---..--.--..---.-......- Color or race........
Age.--..........., Single, married or di-
vorced
Are you citizen of the U.S.................
Natural born or naturalized. d...............
Year of immigration to the U.s..
Year Of naturalization, if naturalized
Have you attended school since Sept.
1, 1919. ........................................
Can you read ...............................
Can you write
In what state or country were you
born
Your father
Your mother .............................
Mother tongue of father.
VI MOJner
Do you speak English ...........................
What is your profession
Where are you employed ................
Are you an employer, work for wages
or own account .............................
We trust you shall endeavor to en-
swer these questions to the best of
your knowledge and in this way CO.
operate with this office in giving our
state what it is coming to her in a
fair and square count Of her people
and resources.
If any members of your family or
your neighbors family were missed
by the enumerators follow the above
in giving their names. If an owner
of land or live stock write to this Of
fee for a blank schedule we will be
glad to furnish one or send the num-
orator after the information. Remem-
ber that all information given this
office will be kept strictly confidential
People connected with taxation will
have no access whatever to the infor-
nation given this office.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

$5,O00,O0000 in free scholarships in
divers colleges is the size, in money,
of the offer the Y. M. G. A. is making
to ex-soldiers. If you want college
course or special training in any line
of work, write the Interstate Y. at FL
Paso.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank all the kind
friends who came to our assist
ance during the illness and at the
death and burial of our beloved
wife and mother. Especially to
the Red Cross workers to whose
efficient and untiring care we owe
so much.
Oscar Bunk and Children.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

NJ. X. Harmon, of Cottonwood Falls,
Kansas, who has beer a reader of the
S-A. since long before we began to
edit it, sends US the price to keep it
coming and says don't want to
be dropped, l like the Spanish-Ameri-
can"
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
Oscar Bunk and Children.

Paul Anderson's new house is at
last being built. we never under
stood why it should have been de-
layed so long when he has been SO
anxious for its completion but maybe
we will be shown the reason now that
its leap-year.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

The Beck Motor Co. got in a car,
load Of Fords this week. All but two
were contracted for weeks ago and
these two were sold before the car
was unloaded. Another carload is
coming also a car of Fordsons.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

j. M. Beck, Of Sedgewick, Colorado,
brother of j. W. and Roy Beck, Of
the Beck Motor Co., has been here vis-
iting them and seeing how the new
company is starting off. He admits
this is better town than he thought
it was.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Mr.. Strong of Guthrie, Okla, who
was called here by the illness of his
nephew, Sam Strong, returned home
Tuesday.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Mrs. Nels Wetterhus and children
have recovered from the Flu and were
able to go back out to the farm last
week. The children are back in school
this week.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Jess Davenport writes from Gran
by. Missouri for last weeks S-A
which he failed to get. Now, we
wonder if it was the continued story
or the local news he wants?
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

L. c. Kingsbury, Manager of the
Pioneer Garage at Mosquero, was in
Roy Saturday and ordered some more
stationery from the S-A job depart
ment. He is selling those pretty lit
tie Maxwell cars.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Steen Nutter returned Tuesday to
Willard N. NJ, where he is manager
of the Chas. Ilfeld Co. stores. He is
only partly recovered from the flu.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Mike Mcclure is the name Of
the new man at the Beck Motor
Co. garage. He is an old-timer
who has seen much of the world
and a lodge man to whom frater-
nifty is a living principle and
practice, not an academic theory,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

DR.. c. F. Edwards, of Omaha, sends
the necessary to keep his S-A. coming.
All well with him.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Mrs. Elby Bowman died at her
home in Hutchison, Kansas last
week and Elby has also been at
deaths door but is better.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Lieut.. Bowen and wife are back
from their vacation trip east, and he
is at his old place in the Roy Trading
Co. Market.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28
LONGEST ore Dock.

Duluth has an ore dock 2,43S feet
long the longest in the world.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

The Liberty Garage has been dis
tributing that last car Of Chevrolets
about the country this week and arc
ready for another car load The big
truck is an attractive machine.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Frank Heimann called on his way
home from Ration Saturday and or
dered the S-A sent him at Albert, in
the future.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

DIR. o. A. Sale, indicates that he in
tends to read the S-A another year
at Neosho, Mo.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Born;-to Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Grunig, Thursday morning, a fine
boy. Bob and Grandpa Kitchell
are both pretty chesty today.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

The National Wool Growers Assn
will meet at Roswell, March 9Th and
9th. A program of education and en-
tertainment is planned.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Washihgton's Birthday was cele-
brated very quietly in Roy. The p O..
and Bank closed Monday, but all else
went on as usual.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Tom Smith is home again and driv-
the dray line for his father. T. A.
Smith, whose time is now taken up
with the Job of Village Marshal.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

L. A. Nugen, of Harper, Kansas,
returned recently and now lives in
Roy. We made a painter of him last
week long enough to start the paint
ing of our new Office. He is now car
pentering with John Hornbaker.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-02-28

Jee Ballard was in town Tuesday
in his Ford Truck which "Gets him
here and get him nome again the
same day the past three years where
it used to take him three days to
ceTnaSwith a team and get back.