The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

ROCNtStcF. y. L. IS 4 SpteNulu type
of the modern manufacturing city, as
large as Buffalo with indications OF
every hand Of more vim and business
The streets are crowded. There are
many modern and attractive depart
ment stores and Office buildings. Sew
leral great industries have their homes
here, including the Eastman Kodak
and the Lawyers Cooperative Publish.
ing Co, the largest law hook concern
in the world.
We were dazzled by the street light
ing display. Miles of arches surmount
ed by crowns in various colors stretch
ed out in every direction. The electric
signs were also numerous and attrae,
tive, rivaling Broadway, New York
Inquiry revealed that much of this
was in honor of the Shriners who had
been recently entertained.
Leaving by East avenue the beauti
.fuI residence street We are soon on the
state road leading to Syracuse and
many interesting places en- route.
One cannot but exclaim, what a
beautiful farming country" The com
Portable roomy houses, each surround
ed by ample shade, lawn and flowers
and near by clean cultivated orchard
the large barns. fine stock and well
kept fields, pastures and meadows. in
small tracts and reaching in every
direction. give TO the observer an air
of comfort and prosperity truly ideal
Bounded by boulevards, trolley lines,
ample water supply, telephone, per.
feet drainage and sanitary conditions
why should not such a life be attrac.
tive? They have all the comforts, one
may say the ~luxuries, of a city life
and the beautiful surroundings and
independence of the farm.
The situation of his southwestern
brothers is not so delightful by any
means; yet that of the latter has its
compensations This is a finished
country. @They are the same their
fathers have been," agriculturally
speaking. They realize it, and the
younger blood cries out for an oppor.
tunity that only the great west can
give. To stop at one of these farm
houses and say to the younger ones
"Oklahoma" is to give the sign that
"Opens their hearts and kindles the
fire in their eyes.
It is true, much remains to be done
in the way of drainage, sanitation and
road building to make the southwest
valuable as a country of healthy, com
Portable homes. but the great pioneer
work that must and is preceding
that development will find its reward
in material prosperity, and it is to be
hoped, in the gratitude of those who
will come to enjoy in its fullness, the
blessing of the great southwest de
veloped." Again, too, the real reward
we reap is in having participated il
this great work and thus gratified that
great natural instinct in man, the cal
of which inspires so much interest ir
our country every where.
am DEPRESSING. Yesterday and thi:
morning we saw what havoc the wind
storm of Sunday had wrought II
every orchard the ground was liter
ally covered with green apples. In {
few places hogs had been turned in
but generally the whole family coulC
be seen picking them, and to attes
tee alertness of these people, an IN
nouncement was published in The
morning papers that several evaporat
ing plants would open at once. (TwC
months in advance of the usual time
TO receive apples blown of by the re
cent storm.
This is Indian country also Quite
few we have seen driving and work
ling along the road. At least by their
countenance and complexion we iudg
ed them to be such. The names oi
the counties, towns, lakes and rivers
remind one of the famous old tribes
of this part of the country, some oI
whom no yestage save the names re
main. others are grouped here and
there in small numbers. Where found
they are generally of full blood, marry
ling among themselves being the rule
We are now come to Canandaigus
Lake. some twenty miles southeast Of
Rochester. and one of a number. all
bearing Indian names. and all having
resorts. and surrounded by beautiful
summer homes.
The beautiful resort of Geneva al
the upper end of Seneca Lake is now
passed. This is in the country of the
once famous Seneca tribe, one small
remnant of which found its way tC
Oklahoma. Ferrying across Cayugs
Lake we enter very shortly Auburn, a
prosperous little city of $4,000. 1t was