Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-20
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growth greater than that of Okla
homa, for they lIudian Teritory)
nave the railroads
Indian Territory is about the size
of Indiana, and only one-seyenth Of
the lands will be subject to the %
years restrictions Think Of six
,cycnths of the state Of Indiana sud
denly thrown open to land buyers,
and here is a better climate, a richer
soil, and vastly superior mineral
wealth awaiting development
In anticipation Of this opening,
three hundred towusltes have been
obtained from the government and
villages, towns aud cities have been
built on them along our two thous-
and, four hundred miles of railroad,
and two hundred and sixty-two banks !
have been organize d to do business /
created, largely by the people get
Ting ready for the opening business,
when the restrictions shall be remov-
ed.. Town were built at first by faith !
before the builders could get a legal
title even to a town lot
The population of Indian Terri
tory is larger than the population of
either Colorado, Florida, Maine, New
Hampshire, Oregon, or Vermont, as
given by the census Of 1900, largely
in the towns along our 2,40O miles of
railways, here to get ready for the
removal Of restrictions, for the sale
of lands and mineral deposits, and
the business which that will create.
And these town builders, these "soon
/ ers building and waiting in these 300
villages and towns along our railways
are the brightest people from the
east and demand as much sermon
preparation aS they do in the east
For example; Indian Territory
has more Associated Press papers
than either Maryland, Idaho, Mis-
sissippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Ne wAlrxico, North and
South Dakota, or our twin sister, Ok
IahOma. And what has been the
ground of these great eXpectations2
Indian Territory to be thrown open
as many acres as there are in Yer
mont, Delaware, New Jersey, Connec-
ticut and Massachusetts added togeth
en- containing vast fields of bitumin-
Gus coal. The largest continuous oil
and gas field of any state in the un-
ion, millions of acres o forests, con-
tanning hard woods and pine, contain
ing lead, zinc, iron, fire clay, shale,
cement and aspbaltum; and rich
soil for corn, wheat, oats, rye, flax,
cotton aud the crops and all fruits
Of the Temperate zone, under an abun
dant rainfall and a superior climate.
Soon 100000 acres of coal land will
be sold for the benefit of the Choc-
taw and Chckasaw nations. The oil
fields around Tulsa here, one year
ago, was Is miles wide and 30 miles
long and it is more widely developed
now, A vein of asphaltum fifteen
feet thick lies seven hundred feet un-
der the basement of this church. Gas
wells ranging as high as 100000
cubic feet are an abundance of brick
shalc are near here. Immense quar-
ries of cement rock are within two
miles of where we are now sitting.
And the yield of cotton per acre is
more in this territory than in any
southern state
Well, that is why the "Sooncrs"
are here and built villages, towns and
cities along our more than 2,4OO miles
of railroads to get ready for the re-
moval Of restrictions ON the sale of
lands and mineral deposits, And
they know what they are about, And
the church needs to be getting ready
also, One year from date will not
be soon enough and two years from
/ date may have MS in the rear of the
swift procession. What we do we
mus, do quickly
Muskogee District
Sccpauah was supplied by NJ. 7.
Long, uf the Colorado conference,
during the latter part of the year, Tee
. interior of the church building has
been improved and furnished with
pcwS and tie debt paid on the
church lots