The Rocky Weekly Advance (Rocky, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ROCKY WEEKLY ADVANCE
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THE TKIJ3E OF JACOB,
And Ho\y It Came T° Rocky.
Up in Dakota during boom
lays, a fellow advertised that
^iiis town had doubled; its popu-
lation in tw enty four Imps.
The facts w ere'there was only
himself and his wife in the town
hut the latter had presented him
twins the night before.
When Uncle Jake Taylor and
his tribes gotbff the Frisch train
•at Rocky last February , they did
:not double the population' of the
town hut they went a long ways
toward it, for there were twenty
'one of them, ' •’ ‘
Then)’ was Undo Jake and
Aunt Martha Taylor odd their
daughter, Mrs.ChaS D Johnston
'and Charley himself and Ever-
ett and Opal and Floyd and Olive
‘their children. 1 1 !
There was also their son, Wil
kin H Taylor and his vyjfe Mary
that was a Gorgas,- and the little
Taylors, Grace and Lawrenci and
Ellen and Geneva.
There was also Mrs M E Gor-
gas, the mother of Mrs Wilkin
Taylor and MissC E Gorgas.
Beside these, but not related,
were Mr and Mrs Frank Englert
and two children.
These, with Charles F Hart a
nephew of J F Taylor by whom
he was raised and who had come
ten days'before with two cars ot
goods, made twenty one new ar-
\ivals in Rocky in one day,
While all these people were
from Tabdrville, Missouri, they
were by no means strangers in
Rocky,
Some 12 years ago they came
from north* Missouri and took up
claims and for several years Mr
V H Taylor had a big prairie
store over west of East Elk.
And Uncle Jake and the rest
of them had homesteads around
here long before there was such
a place as Rocky.
ElReno, 100 miles away, with
the treacherous South Canadian
lying between, was the nearest
railroad point for many years.
Then the Choctaw road was
built to Weatherford, 65 miles
away and in 1903 the Frisco built
in here.
When it had built as far as
Cordell, Uncle Jake had sold out
and m it the train at Cordell, on
bis way with the whole tribe foi
Missouri,
They hankered after the flesh
pots of old Missouri, but as it
often happens, when they got
l here they found they had great-
ly over-estimated the flesii pots
and began to yearn for the beans
and porridge of Old Washita
County,
When they arrived they found
that Charley Hait had made
provision for them, and it was
,ait long before they were settled
down in liocky, which had
grown from nothing in the three
or four years they were gone.
After getting settled the next
tiling was to begin building the
new Mercantile Block. Rocky’s
first permenant business block.
They purchased two lots or.
the west side of Main Street
north of Third,and began build
ing a double front stone block
and bought lots for residences in
tne south part of town.
From all of these investments
it is clear that they came back to
Rocky to stay and moreover,
that they had plenty of nioiuu
and were not afraid to lay it out
in permanent improvements in
Rocky.
In fact, the four years
which they had spent elsewhere
h id served to convince them
that Rocky and the country a-
roujid it was the best place yet.
With the opening of spring
work was begun on the Meiclitm-
tile Block,the contract for which
was let f , Mr McNair. As it is p
physical1 Impossibility for Char
ley Johnston andChafley Hart to
remain idle, they went to work
for Mr McNair, Frank Englert
works for the mere fun of work-
ing so he got a job too. Uncle
Jake kept busy at something or
other all the tipie too. lie is a
first class carpenter and did
most of the vyood work, Thpy all
say Wilkin can stand more rest
than any one else in the outfit
but it seemed to us he was busy
at something all the while too,
It was on this job that we
caught Tu :k Dilkerson eitbei
working dr ols'e giving a very
clever imitation of a man doing
carpenter work.v *
The old “Orange Blossom”
school house which had stood on
the corner of 3rd and Main street
was moved to west end of lots to
make room for the new Mercan-
tile Block,and was used for stor-
ing the goods which had begun
to arive for the new store,and a>-
there was a small corner of this-
building unoccupied we wore al-
lowed to set up our printing of-
fice in it, because there was no
other place to be had. And so il
happened that these changes
made it possible for Rocky to gel
a paper at the time it did.
And right here is a good place
to mention the fact that the\
did not charge us a cent for rein
notwithstanding we were ver\
much in the way all the time,
They could have used the room
to good advantage,hut they are a
broad-guage liberal lot of fellows
and nobody could be more clevei
than they have been to the Ad-
vance, We shall always remem-
ber them gratefully.
The enterprise and progressive-
uessof the Taylor outfit, as web
as there confidence in the future
of Rocky as a qusiness point is
seen in the way they have in-
vested money in permanent ana
enduring improvements, In
building the Mercantile Block
chey have not figured for only i.
ycaroi two. llor simply built as
well as the other buildings oi
the placa,
Possessing ample means, they
have not hesitated to plant i.
goodly share in a building which
would do credit to a town tei
times as big as Rocky, because
they were wise enough to set
that with such a country am.
with such a class of farmers tc
back it, Rocky is bound to grow
and that the way to do business
is to prepare yourself for it.
As we have said the Mercantile
Block would be a credit to ail)
town oi 2500 people.
it is substantially built of the
best Kiowa stone and while bui
one story at present, the wall:
ire suffidontle heavy to cam
two more storyics whenever
they may he needed.
While not built particularly foi
show,hut rather lor use1, enougl
attention has been given to ap-
peal ance to make a struefurt
very pleasing to the sight and
the complete effect is to impre
the observer with sense of arcti-
tectural strength combined
with gracefull proportion anei
attractive ontlino,In other words
strength with beauty.
Tin interior c ) nsists of two
splendid and well lighted store
rooms beautifully finished and
provided with all the latest and
best furniture and appliances,
and above all, the largest and
most up to date stock of goods
ever brought to Rocky.
The South side is occupied ns
at Gutllrie who recently visited
Rocky,give$ hi- impression ol
our town in the State Capita! ol j
a Grocery and Hardware store :
by the Rocky Grocery and j
Hardware Coin pan v comprised j
of W H.Tayb>r and C,F.Hart. I
Everbody has one tooth that!
hankers for something a little
better to eat than everday grub j June 22 as follows,
and Taylor and Hart carry the
finest line of fancy groceries
ever brought to Washita County Town Is Considering A Ckar.gt
In the*'North room The Rocky | Of Name
“The town of Roekv should
of J.F.Taylqr and C.D.JoRnston !.hal)Kojts ]iai)lo< Jn(1't,d thm
carry a complete line of clothing {ire pIaus plVf(M)t to that end for
anb Boots and hhoes j the name slanders the town,
1 bese goods were' bought.on J Tllere is n„ petti(.r totf n,site in
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AS OTHERS REE UR | 1),E.Burrow olio of the solj.l - The Junior Band consisting of
The traveling re pres- ntative and simulant uul fanners of this, young folks* of nil c#n»vh<.-s meets
of t.i 1 Oklahoma State Capital {community,this week orders the j at t-h* B ipthto’i i-.Ob uvorv 3 m-
AdvaiicP sent to his brrttheriiilaw j da y at 3 P, M.
Mr W J Mimierly.of Emm Dm-j The .off it‘usd re Joshua Lee.
ton Co,Texas, j Prekidpnt,Miss.Nora West.‘.toe.
Mr Minnerly wjio lias a Jarge & Tries, and Mis*. Cjllio lying-
ROCKY A MNNGMER
Town
the theory, that nothing in to
good for Roekv, and as a matter
of fact there is probably no berfeer
assortment in Washita County.
Here tq the Tribe of Jacob may
they live long and prosper,
MT ZION1TEMS
Well Mr Editor, As the month
of July is here I will just chat
with you a while, We are glad
to see the 4th come again so we
can celebrate otir freedom.
I thjnk we ought to celebrate
more freely than ever,as we were
so fortunate as to gain statehood.
Times are pretty quiet now as
most of the men are-cut with
the machines.
Mr Sam Mopre returned from
Mexico Saturday he'expects to
go back this fall and make that
his future hom6.
We understand that Mr A C.
Banders is wanting to sell his
farm, Will some ont) send him a
buyer,
Mr 0 C Hammons was r.
pleasant caller at N B Massey’s
Sunday eve, Look out Fioyd.
W D Sanders and wife spent
3atqr Jay night and Sunday with
his father A C Sanders,
The bible says pity the-sick
and the afflicted go we ought to
pity the boy with the boy with
the split shin.
N B Massey is building a nice
addition to his house, H W
Williams is assisting him in the
work.
J G Hill and wife went down
to eat ice cream with Joe Sher-
man the other night,and became
frightened at a cloud, went honn
and missed their cream,Ah Joe!
That wont do.
Well Mr Editor, If you will come
nit this way,we will treat yon
much nicer than those PKasant
View folks,Snap bear s and spuds
three times daily.
(We’llbe there.—Ed.)
* * *
C E Houston of Cordell was
here for an over Sunday visitor
the guest of his friend S T Hud-
dleston, for whom ho worked
several yeais.
S T Huddleston goes to Texas
this week for a visit with old
friends and neighbors.
Postmaster Carder made a
visit to his father and other
friends af Norman last week,
During his absence Mrs Cardei
was assisted 1.)' Miss Jettio (Iill
is-piehi the postoffice.
Good judges say that the
scenery of the office was much
improved by Charley’s absence.
* # *
I want to buy a thousand
young and old chickens and tur-
keys. R J Hill. ti.
FAST THRESHING
Mr II Gieslust Saturday after-
noon threshed 1100 bushels < •
oats in two hours and a hall
made three stops waiting L r
oats.
* * *
Next issue will he a building
and property change numbdr.
VN ut h for it,
Oklahoma than that which it
occup;es,and it lies ill the heart
of a rich farming country. And
again, thetbwn isn't “rocky’’in
any other sense- The people ii
the town and in jhat townshij
have never felt the need of eithei
a constable or a justipe of tin
peace, hs it has been a nlimbei
of years since they elected one.
They have no officers of tin
peace and they need pone,Of tin
new names so far proposed thai
>f Richland is apparently tin
most popular,
Enjoys Good Grpwth
The to\Vn of Ruckv i:; oxperien
ring a steady growth. 'New
business houses that would <<
eredst to any town are being ei -
acted, 1
T h o We ;k 1 y Ad vance,
now in its ninth week, is tl i
first newspaper to be pubRshti
in Rocky, Its editor believes ii
giving to the world the go< <
news of splendid crops and < i
prosperity in the country and ii
.hetown. The Advance has t<
its home a small building tha
enjoys a unique distinction.
This building was the firsi
ichool house in the town.It wi
the first church, and now it i
the first printing office,
♦ * *
Mr D W Means is another mai
haff concluded that he needs th
Advance to make hL happines
complete.
That reminds us that Grant,
ma Means is one of the lies
butter makers in Oklahoma,
We have eaten of her butt<
at the Lee Hotel, and it is i
puzzle to us how any body ca
make so fine an article witho
ice in thjs country, But her sm
ess proves the possibilities <
this country as a dairy region.
* i# * •
Tuck Wilkinson has been tab
ing a good deal about suing th
editor of the Aevanoo for lilt
lecause we said he had bee.
caught in the act of worth {
and the day the sheriff took u
to Co‘dell quite a few of on
friends thought Tuck had bega
suit,
Tuck says he has lived he <
fifteen years and t an bring an
of the old settlers to prove th;
he never worked whiel tin
knew him.
Moreover he declares the
unless we take it Lack lie had ;
mind to lick us, but as tin ■
would be too much like work 1
proposes to let the job to sonn
ooly else.
Now we dent propose to retrea
oeforo fire and we therefore n
peat the charge and are willin:
to testify under oath that on .
certain day we saw the said Tin
VVilkefsou actually peifonnin,
physical labor,anil if necessai
wo will summons Uncle J;il:<
raylor as a witness to the fact.
Born, July 3rd. to Mr and Mr.
A E Ralston, a cute little girl—
Looks just like her daddy.
Next!!!!!!!
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fruit oi -hard in Ktum; and a
larger firm some ten miles west
is already <,uite interested in
] ltoekv and t lie country around it
Mr Walt; Fiiiley being also a
brotberinhiw'Of ids, Ho ought to
come up and make a visit, He
liasljvedin Texas about 35 years
and that js about long enough
for one state.
# * *
Arizona has been frequently
mentioned lately in Connection
with statehood and the other day
in talking with Mr C’ C Lanter-
nan’the jolly farmer northeast.
>f Rocky,lip gave us a few nun
miscences of that country.
Mr Lanterman drove a gover-
licut team with officers supplies
n 1863 and was' in the second
rain that got into Tort Whipplt
now Prescott, the Uapital of
Arizona,and escorted Gov.Good-
win on his first trip to the Fort.
Mr Lanterman lias a big fund
>f incidents of the trip, speh ns
etting the wagons down the
uountaihs with ropes, and one
iccident inade Quite an impres-
.ion on his mind,It was thetimt
le had to lick tig1 wagpn boss at
tattle Snake Gulch.
Some how p feller wil] remem-
ier little incidents like that a
ongwhije'
The wagon boss probably
lasn’t forgotten it either.
Ki >!t *
■f **
A Mjxed Pickle.—R F Blassir -
,ume says he is a South Carol!
in by birth a G eprgian by gdop-
ion,a Texan by hard luck, and
ii Oklahoman by happen-so.
After having lived in theothu
fates 1 e got hack into the Unit
: l States along with Rie rest ol
is the other day.
>K *
Mrs J E Denison gqd baby
have returned from a visit to Mrs
4’s parents, Mr and Mrs! D H
,Vynne of Mountain Park anu
Id is looking pjeasant again.
* >|! il<
Ira Hill returned from his tril
o Greer county last Saturday.
His sister, JVL’J Lala Lanu
;ame back with him for a visit
with her parents.
* * m
F II Wynne of Mt Park came
tp for a Sunday visit with hu
aster, Mrs J E Denison.
* * *
Mrs L L McIntosh carried the
mil oil R ante 1 last Saturd ay.
'here was a free lunch in town
lira of course Le.ii couldn’t at-
ord to miss it.
ford, Moderator.
All the children
attend.
invited to
* * +
i'hc L'ren nan Grain Co wants
our Wheat and Oats. Satisfac
nry Dealing Guaranteed.
*. * *
Uncle Jake Taylor has rente;!
L0 acres of his Elk bottom farm
> E N Wiley. The latter is to
ut it in alfalfa and give Unek
ake half of the crops each yeai
slong as they both live.
* + >it
Joe Wines says the only time
to got enough chicken was when
.is wife cooked dinner lor thiev
reuchers and they didn't come.
* * *
The free hnu li people whose
id appeared in tins Advance sold
seven of those Wick Blue Flam
stoves and Mr Denison has pros-
pects for twenty more.
It pays to advertise in the Ad-
vance.
There must be something do
cidedly wrong about the Okln
hoinu road law orits enfocenient
whoh it beconu'snecssary for pvi
■vate patties to put up the money
for ludking a big’ phhfic bridge
safe to travel mi: Mr.McARe the
otheb dav paid illjum 312,to fix
up the bridge op East Elk.
* j-< *
The ed itor had 0 pleasant 4th
Part of the day he was jmtri’-
oticaljy wi>rki 11g in' the jiriirt dioj■
and part he was patriotically eat
ing turkey with Mr iy. F,.Davis
and his family or enjoying
the fine music provided by hid
talented daughters, who are both
excellent musicians, both vocal*
and mi the piano. "
* i(i
i.. i#
Mr R N Wiley, JJ'.e tip tq^
farmer from the tip ton farm,
two miles porth of Rocky this
week sends the Advancp to three
outside friends. *'
Ope copy gci.jB tp E L Hutch,
inson of ,Dexter City Ohio Mi,
Hutchinson is a prominent hard
ware man of Eastern Ohio' and
is also heavily interested in hi
the oil fields of southeastern
Ohio, and Yjrest Virginia, For
recreation he hunts rabbits,
Another copy goes to Llo_ cj
Parrish of Saxroa Ohio, Mr
Parrish is a lireaaer qnd shipper
of pure bred thickens, The
Plymouth Rock is his loading
variety and lje has soma of th*
icst; birds in the country,
The other copy gjcs tq M 1
.Viiey’s daughter lliv B.raicc
Bmith, who with her hut band,
is living at Wauhillaw,I.T,
We hope these people will all
pnjoy the Advance and enjoy
life as well as our jolly fplkny
Buckeye E N Wiley does,
* * *
Last Saturday wai poach day
at the Advance office.
We had begun to think that
perhaps wo would have to take
naclt every thing we have been
laying about tne peach crop
because mine liad got vvLiu.i
reaching distance but we are
now convinced that wo havenl
mid half enough
In the morning Mr R b Alien
living a mile west and a mi.o
south brought us a basket < f
fine Alexanders and Elborw .
i'he latter were fully two inches
iu diameter bub it takes a bigger
peach than that to scareu inn.-
gry newspaper man.
Mr Allen informs us that the
tree:; were planted five years
ago on ground that had been
broken the year before and had
grown a crop of sod kaffir com.
They have grown well an 1
born regularly, the peaches were
delicious flavor and left a de-
cidedly “tnore-iuh’ * ta .te iu the
mouth.
Mr Allen is a Texas man and
has a farm near East E4k and is
one of our most progressive
young farmers.
In the afternoon Mr E N.Wi’ey
who lives on peril tp; the highest
swell of prairie iu tiio oontry.tw o
miles north of town, showed up
with about a peek of Elbert; s
and apricots.
These were also grown on trees
planted within a year
(Concluded on page 9.)
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