The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-11-09
THE IMMIGRATION BUREAU.
Railway Entspflsa whieh u an I'm
psrt4nt rsstse d building %
the conntTy.

tema tt imposes ns conditions On
prospective Inhabitants for The areas
y has rel about hlling with people. 81.
cept that they must BE- Industrious. 70
thai ultimately they shall provide
freight for the road 20 transport IT.
arguments are chiefly addressed 20 that
great mass Of the American public
whose imagination il attracted by The
prospects of a substantial farm, an am.
pie family and three numfortabls meals
= day. immigration bureaus have 10
rrllelous preferences. 10 politlca. no
race prefudlcaa. ghey are simply ana
frankly lookine for business for their
roads IN 4 way thai Incidentally haa
done ereat things fer the sections oi
the country where they operate
The railway ayatems n0w composing
the old Granger roada are the most
picturesque and saeuemstul employers
n the Hnmigration scheme Theif
PUBLICATIONS are works of 20 mean ~.
srary aud pictorial Aaerit, their agents
are as polite and fall of knowledge as
bond runners ami ihey set results
DoalinE a. they a. with those who
praeiies the staple life who have old
( fashioned Ideas of thrift ard sobriety,
and believe In sturdy families reared 10
wholesome surroundings Il IL 20 wun-
Der lbat the Dakplhs kansas Mis-.
s1afi. TIE Texas Panhandle oklahoms
and even the Great American Desert
7 should BE- hliiue ~ fast with prosper.
ous c.aseBs of the hfai kind
IKE onf lorefafhsfs the pufitana
+ Fi'Efma aui Qnafsra lao best VI these
/ rI0ptFa asF men II sirnug aad simple
religious laifh ). by side yoa ind
.eaerfa 20 Meanonitca Dunkards
+ Baptist Brethren. Latherans and Cath
g.las And llss as De- The ed days 90
ths bread fsfma ~ NtN Eneiand onf
lFraa1 fathers aad granamoihers
fampsd amone it aud % sisters and
brothers IixlhE themselves % hfne up
o. faeif taFu sen ~ . dore@ chlldren.
81 b8H la the valleys ol Colorado 90
fhs ranches 81 Wyoming and mere or
less throughout The ienelh and breadth
q thls wonderful empire seat uf the
Mississippi there H efouing up trc.
mtnaQa ffuH oi young America This
means prosperity both present and fu-
I ture
Tbe asioHish.ng rapldlty sith which
the Wesi 81 fodaF gathers in settlers
And prosperity Is O. gaoa measure due
% the hssgling wholesale and eminent.
D Amefioau policy of the railroad i'm.
migrafion bureaus Fhla IS called 20
mind b e0uniiess instances forever
rmPHus ~ 60 Itefatare and ahserva.
ttaH tuf example gs small tgwna 10
thr Youne community of Oklahoma IN
lsea repCHca k4 hanks vtth deposits
of x8saf @H The yearly freight re-
celpH q ene road from a single Town
Increased in lseHIa9i from fga 90 20
fl5- H1s aHalhff iasr in 1850 returned
81 81 in 1859 SOS l6s snd 81 the
aturg pfoeeeas one railway company
issues boohie, about Oklahoma
Which makes your mouth water Wigh
the pauslblIli3er 81 wealth disclosed b.
iH na.auatins descriptions aHd gen
sfoua pictures fsoosins from the
street scenes af The b r. rTeteutious
fauna uhcfo foH Ray gaze past lfreg
uiar hriel tIocks ouf info the side
opan prairis uiih ,hc skyline showing
mIles bsgond % tAs tracts ~ oatton
ah3 shsat ulih the suuhufued lnhabl
tanu in TIE foreground working Ia
duaifuHsly yen begin 70 sake ~ b :
seass If be vaaineaa u The uauous
gardening
The immigration bureau = another
Ffeat sysiem edlm and publishes a
mouihY mara3ine which has attained
3 circulation uf sa.0o0 The farmers Of
tae great southwest are the subscribers
and faiu from BE columns q great seal
Of useful aud helpful Information Nith
regard q the conduct 81 their farms.
IRRIGATION aad - on similar nuhuca
tiaus are issued D several other roads
shop. shap shop ls shat writer's Ia
these magazines talk and the same Is
the subject ~ 81 the thoughts and
areams # tbelf actual and possible
readers
There 10 something em.nenily re-.
ffeahiuE 90 she inhahianf If an old
country lu this strenuous Industrial.
lsm G uroshes the spirit af youth and
hlsh hapes Two q she meat consplcu.
Gus railroads ~ she country f0r the
actyItY = thCIf immigration bureaus
sre tRo that the average traveller
vonld prehabis think 0f a. what might
81 called metropolitan a. distinguished
fwm rural systems Yet tracts II he
south have been settled By one of them
siih fafmera devoted 20 he prosperous
eailing Of market Tardsuiue while the
ether hss done 81 much iu the way Of
solonialhg South Dakota that tbe STATE
saihurities have come . regard h a.
: public advertising agency and have
elfen f ealetai recognition
The responsibility u = railroad i'm
ulsration bureau does not end with
the peupllaE ot its terfitsry The nert
and especially important lookout IL
That the nev settlers raise the right
product and obtain markets fof f. In
other words lie railroad. after giving
birth 70 8 community, must carefully
nurse lt This has been done Ia a nuo