Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-11-29
WANT A BANK
Citizens Of the Promising Littis
Town Desire that Men Of Money
Settle With Them and Take
Advantage Of the Open.
ings offered.



ues or on the statehood question
this time, but / wish to talk about
NY home town. Now am well
aware Of the fact that Bluejackel
is q little "rawhide town" and il
would be preposterous to make any
loud claims for II in the way of it's
future prospects or present great
boom Of business, yet we do claim
TO have town that does a fair
amount Of business and to be
about as quiet and peaceable as
any town in the territory. 1t was
claimed last year by parties who
were in a position TO know that
Blueiacket shipped more corn than
any other station on the NJ, X. &
T. road; and as for this year we
can say that the corn crop will
about double last years crop, and
we have FIVE buyers COW, and the
price has not been below % cents
since the market opened, and this
is more than most other towns can
say. We have very good national
and white school combined but we
do not boast of this. The mill
company has been very unfortu-
nate the past two years on account
Of the wheat crop being short in
this part Of the. country. We do
boast Of one thing, and that is the
NJ. E. church building.
Our church will seat about as
many as the Methodist church in
Vinita and has been painted a rich
dove color Of late and is now a
building worth at least 81, 200.
| have been in this town ten
years and therefore am a charter
member and know al least a few
things the town needs and will now
proceed to tell il. We need men
OF capital. 1t has been our trouble
all along that those who settle in
our midst are all poor and seeking
employment instead Of those with
the ready money to 60 into busi-
ness.
There are now openings for sew.
eral lines Of business which in my
opinion would pay well. There il
a fine opening here for a genera
hardware, furniture and imple
ment stock. This is a line o
goods that will pay well beYonC
any thought. | carry a small line
of hardware as we'll as does thu
Wigwam store, but there is nj
general stock, and no furniture a
all. w. J. Gambill. OF Welcb
sent down to this place a part o
his implement stock last year ant
it was cleaned up almost e.tirely
We also need a small line Of un
dertaking goods.
A small bank would do a fsi
business at this place-beyond ques
ton. or course II would connec
notarial and insurance bushes
along with banking business.
has always been the trouble &
Bluejacket that those who engag
in business are too limited in car
ilal to force business, and any ma
will agree with me that il mo-
takes more capital to do busines
than ever before. If few me
would settle here with say $1,000
or $40, 900 capital they could fore
business and soon put a boom o
the town; as there is no better L
Gated town, or better counlr
around any of the towns in tn
: Cherokee nation than ours, and
! ! has a iine sandstone spring tw
: miles northwest which, With ga
$500 expenditure, could be pipe
3 into town as the elevation is sun
oient, and this would make a ma
ural flow day aud night right inl
: town and would practically tran
form the springs into basin an,
y where within the town limits.
There is one other thing alor
this line wish to speak Of al
that is the fine building stone ju
northwest of Biuejaoket.
Il. B. Frayser, j. b. Burcl
halter and others whom | ha'
. heard speak Of this stone say /.
the finest they ever saw, as II ca
be cut into most any shape or siz
have an eighty gallon hOr
4. trough which v, Ii. Grubb cut O.
OF this stone aud delivered at OF
Of my wells, and everyone wi
comes along says il beats anythiI
:, they ever saw.
+ Yes, Blufjacket has many ns
ural advantages that even Il
natives have not even thought q
aud all il needs Is enterprise al
capital and people who will palro
ize their own town and not NAL
3, their money hare and anend "A