The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-04-30
Travelling Passenger Agents and
General Passenger Agents Of the

cure this passenger and furnis
him with all the information
may want.
Our low rate excursion from th
North on the first and third Tues
days OF each month, for prospec
i've home seekers and land buye
have been means of induciD
thousands Of people to visit tn
! Indian Territory, either to locat
permanently or to leok over th
ground. 1t is utterly impossibl
to say or TO give in figures th
number of passengers availinl
themselves Of these rates and pro
portion of these excursionists wht
have located in the Indian Terri
tory, but we do know that ths
population 10 increasing rapidly;
that the stations along the line ol
the n. X. & T. By, are growing
and the country continues being
developed all the time. This cam.
paign Of education and induce.
ment has ment no little work and
expense on the part OF the NJ, X.
q /. Ky. Company, but We feel
that the results OF the future will
justly the effort.
The work OF which we have
spoken has been the individual
work of the M. X. 4 T. System.
Besides this, the NJ. X. & +.
Railway System is one OF the FIVE
members of the Southwestern
Agency, the prime object Of which
is to advertise the Great South
west. The preliminary work be-
gan in November, 1902, but it was
not taken up and actively pushed
until January Of this year, the first
step being the issuing OF month
ly paper entitled Farming in the
Great South west. The circula-
tion is already 100000 and 1t is
growing rapidly, because every |
line OF railway is vitality interest.
ed and endeavoring to procure the
names and addresses of anyone
living in the states east OF the
Mississippi River, who is inter.
ested in the great southwest. Far
mers, their wives and daughters,
school teachers, doctors, clergy
men, merchants la the smaller
towns, anyone who has something
to say are invited TO write letters
and longer articles about the par
ticular locality in which they live.
For the best letters premiums are
being offered as an inducemeDt to
The writer, and the articles are
by the editor and pub.
ished in this paper.
Another individual feature is the
Industrial department Of the M.
<. & I. Ry., in charge of compe- ,
ent men, the object Of which is to
ooate along the line, industries of
III kinds beneficial to the com. .
nunity in which they are located. 4
The field is naturally one with a =
'ery large scope, and inquiries
each u from every state and Ter a
tory in the Union. Eacn inquiry e
! given careful attention, and per. : :
onal letters are written, visits a
nade where il is possible, per- Z
onal trips arranged, and in every 7 Z
5s'ance inducements are held out 4
nd offered for the location of per- g
lanent industries conductive ito y
be growth and development of 5,
be locality in particular and the NJ
'rritory in general.
Il has been our constant aim to
golve ways to reach and put be =
re the people of this broad land y
le opportunities and advantages W
ltre are in the Indian Territory, in
I'd we feel that in this work we -
i'll have the aid aud CO operation va
every editor in the Indian Ter eS
tory This is subject in which :,
3 are so very much Interested, liz
At We trust you will pardon the on
eming intrusion We sincerely s
'pe the present meeting will be an
'ry successful one in every par WI
,ular, aud that much good viii up