The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-01-05
The IERRITORY'S
GOLDEN FUTURE
Great Opportunities offered
for Everyone.

Indian Territory IS lustuow on the
verge Of an epoch the epoch Of SET
Element aud evolution The door %
Il Is at last open TIE rush into q
dian Territory probably viii ~ q
that into Oklahoma.
: The time has at last come when the
~hiIe man can secare lands IN the
fesFitors Up 10 the present time
immigration has been light, AZ land
could not be brought from Tho Indians
The enslre Indian Territory vas held
"a commln by the i've civili1ed tfissss,
shickasa~'s, Choctaws, Nhcrokees,
Greeks and Semneles, and only b..
cause the triaaal government permit.
ted the leasing Of tracts ol lands 90
whites Tor agricultural and grazing
parposes was il p,,ssIhle for aus of tha
latter to enter therv and earn q II
hood.
Ia la02 tlie United - + gcA II
aAent took the hstste ard .n
ING the Territory % iiers and
ihese steps eliminated 81 asr aarT
af this year ln an agreement witl.
fsibca which permits the outright
sale oi lands. under certain prelimi-
nary restrictions imposed fog the pro
fectlcn Of the Indian and ia noWlse
Affecting the validity Of the title given.
The bars have thus been lowered
2nd a new field 81 untold agricultural
and mineral wealth has been opened
r. the advance Of civilized pfogress
The pilgrimage has already started
toward this land OF promise, and the
sslgrlms are discovering that !, isa
land og promise, indeed.
eicn n COAL, TIMBER All on
The Territory i region Of s.oad,
'sring. fertile prairies. aboundlng ia
&c middle and southern portion Ia
large forests pf iine timber II Is a.
sell watered ~ any sectien In the
Shifted States. having ovef q doSen
fivers, each with scores OF tributaries.
Irrigation Is unnecessary and a severe
brought has never beeh experienced,
seE has there ever been a total crop
nilure. There arc t0o0eoo acres of
enc timber, including walngf. oak.
sine, sycamore and gum. Tie cual
@ines ARE estimated at so9e0 arnss,
and IA lDas 2.5is 3ss tens of tie high.
sst grades of hltumiuous coal Of Tie
value Of s., Isa. 49, we're mined The
development Of the coal mining IA
sasl y las hpt last eomaeneed 4
The Territory gives proiatse of he.
lng the greatest uil field yet undesel
sped. During the past tvo yean It
zas been found that more than 2.00
- acres are uuderlald with oil aid
Kzs The Oh belt ranges from the
Kansas line on the north q the Ar.
kansas river, and IN this region hun.
sFcds uf gushurs aru flowing MiliIoHs
save already been Invested il the de-
selopment OF lhe oll, which brings
hlgheF price than that 81 0hio of IN
slana Rich deposits "a lead ElHe
ron. asphalt ard quicksilver. and esea
fold and silver IL paving quantities.
exist Immense bodies q iron oge
containing IRON ~ e 20 peg esRt 81
blaek hematite have leen discovered
-Four slffhs Of tie soil may ~ y pnflt-
ably fannrd Twoalfhs have never
aeen touched Is the plou
Tho price q land ranges from sl2 -
80 per acre, and the land is al a ausI.
II that brings IL other localities from
80 to sfo
The population of tie Tegfigoft IS
aser l0o.0W less than = per cent.
aFe Indians. and these Indians are
among the TeFrltory's best citizens
prosperous educated. refined and ID.
dastrious There is not a blanket
Indian IL the Territory. and tie
uhltes and Indians I've together II
harmony. the admixtHfe 81 the tNe
races having heen - long continued
- 70 have eradicated II manY tlioss
auds Of tie indian citizens racial dis.
tlnctlons. Together they have lahofea
building colleges. schools. churches
Stiles towns, railroads aud great n.
dustrial institutions that surpass il
many instances similar institutions II