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i INTHESOUTHWEST Qklahoma, Indian Territory, and Texas, Are Lands of Fatness Prodigally Blessed in Climate and Soil. HAP1D GROWTH OF THIS MOST FAVORED SECTION Twenty-Five Years Ago It Con sisted Mainly of PrairieNow It Is Thickly Dotted With Thriv ing Cities. BY HERBERT VAKDKRHOOF. Special Correspondence. OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok., Aug. 23, 1905. [t is difficult to realize, sitting here in this handsome and well provided, modern, city, hat twenty years ago It was a thing less ian dreamed of that the beautiful young iriipire over which it sits enthroned was a tradlse primitive, almost untrodden. The prush of this part of the Southwest from inely silence to populous thrift has had no arallel anywhere else in the story of the vorld, not even In the magical growth of )Ur mighty West. Oklahoma, the Indian territory, and the djoining parts of Texas constitute the Very .enderloln of the continent, in all that goes o. make for ideal conditio'ns in living and alior and homely luxury. The soil is fat, _irid the elements are so kindly that wheat, he distinctive product of the North, grows tide by side with cotton, the staple of the Joutfc. Forty bushels of wheat to the acre 8 no uncommon yield, and cotton at a bale rtid a half is usual. Anything that grows, anywhere else grows lere, and grows easily. "It takes a lively man to plant cucumbers l0wn our way," said one complacent coun ryman to another in the lobby of the hotel. "Why?" asked the other. "'Because when you stick the seed in the Aund if you don't run like a scared wolf ai'e vines'll get you all tangled up before du can hit the fence." The other man continued without flinch Qg: "Cucumbers do grow fast down your way, 6* I've heard. Yes, indeed. But we've got du skinned to death on early potatoes out -Ur way." "Many to the hill?" "Nope. Size. One of our potatoes would 11 a peck measure, and three or four would lake a square meal." Wealth for Farmers. Even metaphor sprouts fluently on this oil and in this climate. That is because very one is care free. There's no brood lg over the weather. The seasons are Imost continuous. Four crops of alfalfa ay are taken in the year, and after the mrth, in the so called winter, cattle are lrned in to fatten on the stubble. Snow aldom flies, and never lies long, frost is ifrequent, and the heats of summer are ?mpered by nights invariably cool. On lde stretches of prairie, underlaid by pul srian limestone, flourishes the same blue *ass that made Kentucky famous as a le stock country. """""AH life is at home here at its best, and le farmer can do most of his work sitting and driving, with a sunshade over m, while he rides. It is the finest and ost varied farm country under the sky, id it is farmed to the nines by the best odern methods and with the latest im nve.d machinery. The population is the most active and ert to be found anywhere in the Union, zer 90 per cent are native born Ameri ns under 50 years old, which fact is sig ficant of their enterprise and vigor, lere are no poor people in the sense we derstand it in the North. A* you view country from your window in the Pull in car you see none but good houses and sy people, and the folk that gather at the ations are well clad, well set up, healthy look at, and there for a purpose. Shlf t- "*-isness is a human trait, and some of it iy exist among them, but absolute pov ty is a thing unknown, and a born vaga nd would never stay here, because noth around him would suit his tastes. Fatness, Fall Barns, and Ease. iVherever you look, whether your train crossing valley or prairie, or upland, i prospect is the same. It spells fat as, full barns, and ease. The J~~"irses are many and clear the shadwater not at, but sufficient, the houses are com table and often very handsome, the vns are frequent, and in most of them best buildings are schools and irches. To live here "methinks were "adise enow." ill this is on the surface and visible, more lies deeper. Nature has been icifully prodigal in the land and below Much of the country is highly miner zed, not in precious metals, but in coal 1 oil. The anticlinal of Kansas extends ith across northern Oklahoma into the :ian territory, and the oil fields of the ige nation are coming into rich pro ition. The great anticlinal of Texas ietrates northwesterly Into Oklahoma. oil won here is equal to the best of Chanute and Beaumont fields, and some in. the Osage wells are giving si heavy flow the very highest quality known west of Mississippi. Cement and flee brick 73 are common, and in the last five years been freely opened and worked, urries of superior granite are furnish the stone for the finer new buildings .he towns, and in the north and west of ahoma there are a few profitable cop mines in active work. the northeast of Indian territory lies extension of the zinc and lead fields of tsas, Missouri, and Arkansas, and a Stable industry in the winning of these 5 has been made possible by the branches to them by the Frisco and Roek nd r-allroad systems. HlcheS Below the Ground. dd the ground furnishes the people with ie coal. This most important because t necessary mineral is being worked en. ale that Is steadily increasing, so that ywhere along the hundreds of miles of way steel that criss-crosses the territo in every direction coal is cheap, ancl ufacture is simplified by its use for the sration of power. And so the wheat Is Hid in local mills, and the cotton ginned ome. Much of the wheat, that is. The 1 Is too large to be so handled, but _e Is little and lessening need for bring flour here out of the North. Whole rglbn is good for all lines of aesB, because it is ideally good for the ler. The axiom that all wealth comes i the soil is made good in this case, 1 comprehensively. In a country where VE YOU A HOME OKLAHOMA, and of plenty, the richest soil Jn the woria, aradls of the farmer, the opportunity of stime to secure A HOME for yourself and family at a price within the reach of all. and HEALTHY CLIMATE. Northern Churches and schools. I am well posted Is section, and it will cost you nothing to erdescrlbe It to you. Address LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, l,WfBTf KLAHOMA FOR 10c OME NOW O SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA A BEST PLACE ON EARTH for HEALTH, WEALTH, and f^ECTS THE GREAT WICHITA MOUNTAIN-RED RIVER LEY COMANCHE COUNTY with its famous CapitaT City, ^ON MEDIUM Latitude, Longitude, and Altitude. ABUN- AtNFALL. The rich dark soil produces Corn, Wheat, Oats, Broom Corn, Cane, in fact the grains, fruits, and grasses of v* want South and West. Land prices, $5 to $30 per acre. ^DloitoOKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY latest -taed COLORED MAP. Also free booklet, information, farm lttL etc AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE We give spe allwly ratelr Show land in our RAMBLER Touring Auto tl and CarrlageV -Cut this out and SEND NOW. RS LAND & LOAN CO,, .lATfYTp^ JJpmanche Co., Oklahoma. a farmer can pay for his land with the proceeds of a singlei year's crops (this has been done in mapy cases), there is a lot of money going round, and buying is free, frqm pitchforks to pianos. The result Is growth and trade, and more growth and mpre trade frqm yeaf to year, so that.the generalstb^e of a country town 6t one yearis liabLe'to.be a wholesale'Job bing house in a cily of electric lights and tram cars and water works theor not because1 next year, the dealer wanted intended to become a merchant, but because he had to, or get lost and left behind. The hamlet of two or three years ago has become a city of today, and other hamlets that have come into being near and far buy from it to supply their own thriving neigh borhoods. This goes on to such an extent that no one can safely say he kno.ws the country unless he lives and travels h.ere, or comes to look it oter at pretty frequent intervals. Dr. Dyer and His Prophecy. In Chicago they used to tell about Dr. Dyer, who was in perihelion there during the '50s. Dr. Dyer justly prided himself upon his expert handling' of the long bow, and he used to emit highly fictional prophecy concerning growth and real estate values every evening, to find next morning that his weirdest figments had been over passed by facts. This happened so regularly for so long that he stopped and declared himself: "I'm done. I quit. A Well intentioned liar stands no show in such a place as this." There are many places on the Frisco and Rock Island lines that would have served him so. Tulsa, for instance, in the Indian territory, about a hundred miles east from Oklahoma City. Less than five years ago Tulsa was a brief scattering of wooden shacks, that happened because the people around there needed a handy place where they could buy some things quick. Now it is a city in the genuine sense, and no mean city at that. It has electric lights, substan tial buildings, several stories high, banks, schools, churches, and pretty -much every convenience that could be rushed up above ground but it has grown so fast and has been so busy that it hasn't had time or a chance yet to put in a water or a drainage system, nor lay a foot of pavement. These will come in tinieabout any time nowbe cause the Tulsa people can't get on without them very much longer. But It is a fact that they have not come yet, because the town grew so fast and was so occupied with building and trafficking it hadn't a chance to attend to some of its own personal needs. It is an instance only in that respect. Rapid Growth the Rule. The same story is true of many other places. The history of Oklahoma City and Lawton and Guthrie and Chickasha and South McAlester and Muskogee and several other places was very much the same. Cus ter City in Oklahoma is a thriving town to dayit will be a big city, an industrial cen ter, tomorrow. A quarter of a century is a very short time in the life of a state or a nation. But only that little while ago wild grasses waved free in the breezes, and the soli tudes were undisturbed, where now these beautiful and bustling cities stand. Cow men rode the ranges here and there, and "the Strip" and "No Man's land" were grounds of contention among the herders, but the rest was trodden by few other than Indians. The nations in the Indian terri tory had arrived at well developed civil ization, and were prosperous in their way, but Oklahoma was an opulent vacancy, virgin, and waiting. Then came "the opening," the rush, a boom, that for a little while looked over done and dangerous then came the rail roads, and a swift settling down to perma nent and solid conditions followed, from which has been evolved a prosperity such as no other region of the country has known or knows, not even in rich Iowa or the great central plain of Kansas. The Indian, the cowman, and the boomer have lived their day and passed out. The trails are overgrown and forgotten. Hun dreds and hundreds of miles of rail, many more hundreds of miles of well made wagon road, and thousands of miles of fence cover the country, and serve a great popu lation, where in the '80s the winds blew free across an emptiness. It is a wonderful story. The purpose I now have in view is td tell that story in detail in this and other issues to followto carry it over the borders of Oklahoma and Indian territory into Texas and to let the farmers and the merchants of the rest of the country know what superb opportunities lie here, awaiting their hands. Some government, lands still remain open to settlement in Oklahoma, but not in any great acreage. On the other hand, farm lands can be bought at acre prices that, compared with those asked in Illinois or Iowa or Wisconsin, are very low consider ing relative productivity, profits per acre, and absolute certainty of crops and weath er year in and year out. Rainfall here Is ample, though no part of the year is what could be called wet. The subsoils or substrata hold the moisture and yield it to the roots of growing things. It does not run off nor evaporate-to dryness. No Consumption In Southwest. Cattle, hogs, sheep, and-goats thrive in perfection and need little or no shelter in the winter. The land grows anything that grows anywhere else between the British Northwest and the subtropics, and the air is so pure that not a single case of tuber culosis trouble is known to have originated in it. Life hefe is worth living. Nothing is wanting, either to rural or urban perfec tion. This Oklahoma City, for example, is quite as complete in equipment as any city in the Union, and for a place of its size and in its degree, better built better paved, better watered-, and better lighted than Chicago. Changes In Indian Territory.. Until quite recently no lands could be owned by white men in the Indian terri tory, but since the tribal holdings Were allotted to individual Indians and their freedmen that condition has somewhat changed A freedtnan can sell.part of his land upon givingfjroper notice, and an In dian can lease out some of his holdings un der regulations prescribed by the govern ment. As a rule, both sales price and rentals are reasonable, if-not low, and the leases can be made practically perpetual. Thus a homeseeker may settle himself in a new country without having to face any of the privations and dangers that the prairla pioneers could not escape. Such a one would simply change his old surroundings for new ones at least as good to begin with, and certain to be better later on, and without losing touch with complete civilization. Pioneer life doesn't look as romantic, perhaps, but it is alot more com fortable when you go to It on a railway, and live it to the accompaniment of the tele phone, the telegraph, and a bank account. WHAT LAWTON, 0KLA., OFFERS TO MEN OF NORTH Cfity Which Sprang: Up Full Grown in Night Is Now Substantial Metrop olis. BY W. U. HORNADAY. Special Correspondence. LAWTON, Okla., Aug. 29.Lawton was built, ae Rome was destroyedIn a. day. Men gathered from every corner of this great republic, drove the herds of cat tle and Indian ponies from the designated town site and built a city. Lawton is uniquewas born full grown and was never anything but a city. There was never any thing Just like it, and history will record but the one example. The citizenship of Lawton and Comanche county is of a high order. It required nerve and energy to leave comforts and break the home ties and set BtakeB for a future home amid these peculiar environments, beyond the border line of civilization. Out side of Fort Sill, four miles away, there was riot a roofed house within a day's journey water was secured from streams and springs until wells could be made. There were no schools Or churches, and Sunday under tents or in the open air. The first night In Lawton found the in habitants wrapped in blankets with the earth for a couch and the starry canopy for a shelter. The minister used his Bible for a pil low, the banker rested his head on hia money grip, the lawyer on his green bag, and the dpctor on his pill box. But this cosmopolitan aggregation was orderly and lawlessness waB entirely absent. Every body was deeply occupied with moat stren UOUB..efforts to lay the foundation for a future occupation and a new home. Thus it was that the firm and lasting foundation was laid for a beautiful, thriv ing, industrious city, numbering ten thou sand people. A city with graded streets, with side walks, with wide streets and handsome parkways, with fine, commodious resi dences, good buildings for every religious denomination,- the finest schoolhouses in Oklahoma, wHh substantialbrick and stone business houses occupied by energetic merchants, with fine city hall, courthouse, a chamber of commerce equal to any city of four times its population. Lawton has in operation the best system of water works in Oklahoma, and has both sanitary and storm sewer systems of the most ap proved character. In fact, there is more life and thrift in Lawton than in most old cities of many times her size. Lawton is the seat of government for a county larger than some of the New Eng land states. The beautiful Cache runs along he? eastern borders, skirted with fine old elms equal to the one planted by General Lafayette at the corner of Yale campus. The rapidly running Wolf creek lies on the west, while just north the famous and historic Medicine creek courses among the foothills of the picturesque Wichltas and crosses the Fort Sill reserva tion. Not only do the beauties of nature everywhere abound, but the city is sur rounded by fine farms of the richest black soils, luxuriant grasses, .and crops which cannot be equaled in the East by the appli cation of soil fertilizers. WICHITA'S ONLY RIVAL IS OKLAHOMA CITY Keen Congest for Trade In the Great Southwest Is Bringing? Fortune to Former City. Special Correspondence. WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 29.Wichita is pre-eminently the first city in the state, looking at it from a commercial and manu facturing standpoint. This statement can be readily verified by referring to clear ing-house statements^nd the general sta tistics of the state. This condition pre vails largely because of her geograph ical location, and because of the incom parable gchness of the agricultural dis trict surrounding her. But two cities contest' for her trade Kansas City, two hundred miles to the northeast, and Oklahoma City, her rival, one hundred and seventy-five miles to the south. Wichita is at present distinctively a job bing city, while manufacturing indus tries are growing to be a close second. This condition results from the fact of her geographic location and excellent railroad facilities. In the matter of freight service this city is from twelve to fourteen hours nearer the great developing Southwest than any of the Missouri river towns, and has thirty-six hours the advantage of St. Louis. In these days of small stocks, quick turns and small profits, a country merchant will purchase his goods where he can get quick est service, all things else being equal. Texas and Indian and Oklahoma territo^ ries are the gateway, as it were, to allthls great and growing country, and Wichita is therefore an ideal location for certain classes of manufactories and the Jobbing interests. The present population of the city is ap proximately 35,000, and her age since In corporation, thirty-five years, which shows a flattering development of a town located in an agricultural district. Within a radius of 100 miles of the city there is already sustained1 a population of 710,000 people. The railroad development! within the same district is 4,378 miles. It produced last year 48,775,580 bushels of wheat, 51,928,324 bushels of corn, and 12,- 144,813 bushels of oats. One of the most urgent needs of this city is a development of her manufacturing pos sibilities to keep pace with her jobbers. Many articles of general consumption in the- great- agricultural Southwest can be manufactured in Wichita and distributed from there at a greater profit than from any other city. The Wichita Commercial club is an insti tution ever alert to the interests of the city, and H. L. Resing, Its secretary, Is always ready to give visitors all information pos sible. THRIFT OF THE ENGLISH. Points on Economy That "We Might Learn From Our Neighbors. "I hink," said the woman who lives in a studio, as she emptied the tea leaves to save them for the scrub lady to clean the rug'with, "that I am a very economical person. My living in this studio costs me very little. I have .my breakfast about 10 o'clock, then I don't want any dinner till 6." "But1 you forget," interrupted the other woman, "how much your dinners cost your friends. No, New Yorkers are not thrifty. They know next to nothing of economy. They need to learn from the English, and I mean the middle class and well to do Eng lish. My dear, when I was in England my eyes were opened to the thrift of the Eng lish people. "You talk of saving your tea leaves for the rug. Do you know what they do with their old tea leaves there? The cook dries them and sells them to some small grocer, who in turn sells them to the poor people who are his patrons. "It is the same with the coals* A man comes around to the cook regularly, sifts the ashes, and pays her for the half burned coals. The cook doesn't receive the pay, either. She hands it, if you please, to the mistress. This happened again and again while I was visiting a prosperous family, able to keep four servants. '"This was how prosperous they were In front of their home, in the suburbs of London, there was a large grass plot. You can imagine from that what the home cost. Well, let me tell you about this grass plot and the lea,vea that fell from the trees on it in the. fall. "One day a man came along and asked the hostess if he could have her leaves. She walked down to the gate and bargained with him awhile. Then she canre back and sat down on the veranda, and presently the man began to rake up the leaves. '"When he had quite finished, the maid went out to him with a silver waiter. He lai4 the money for the leave on this silver waiter, and the maid brought it in to her mistress. "Now in Boston, you know, we have to pay a man to rake up the dead leaves and cart them off. We have to pay him well. This Is a fair sample of the difference in the matter of economy In the two nations*" New York Sun. Made Himself So. NeerbyeI called to see Braasey last evening, but he wasn't at home,* SubbubsOh, yeB, he was. NeerbyeI tell you-he wasn't. SubbubsBut I tell you he wasvery much at home. He monopolized the ham mock on our porch all evening.Philadel phia Press. Possible Explanation. "Tills train is moving awfully slow, con- ductor,** *sald the nervous passenger. "What 1B the cause of it?" "We have a new baggage master on to- day," replied the ticket puncher, "and he has probably checked it by mistake.''^-,. Cincinnati Enquirer. $^ JTXfc.i^.?r*i THEUNO SO UNO OFap AND ITSrFUTURE Business and Investment Oppor tunities in the Great Southwest That Are Attracting Thousands of People There. LANDS ARE CHEAP AND REWARDS ARE CERTAIN How the Homeseeker's Efforts Are Assisted by the Trained Ex perts of the Great Rock Island System's Information Bureau. More than five thousand people a month are pouring into the great Southwest from every quarter of the United States. The story of their ventures and successes is wonderful. But more wonderful is the story of the opportunities that are passed by in the eager rush for prosperity. Thou sands are reaping fortunes from the oppor tunities neglected or overlooked by the first comers. It is a fact that the influx of population hag created more and better opportunities than existed in' the early days. For example, thousands of mechanics, tradesmen, and farmers have gone into Oklahoma in the past two years. More farmers means more blacksmiths, .more merchants, more saddlers, more tailors, more manufacturersprosperity begets prosperity, and the needs of the communi ties are widening and multiplying. A New Country Needs Yon. It is a fact that almoBt any man of grit and ordinary intelligence can make a bet ter living in the smaller towns of the South west than in cities where hundreds of thou sands of his fellow men are struggling In ruthless competition. The sagacious men who see these conditions and take advan tage of them are sure of a rich reward. The natural increase in values, with but little effort on their part, will insure their success. The man who is seeking to escape the fierce competition of sections that have reached the dead level of de velopment, in which further progress is difficult, will make a 'great mistake if he overlooks the Southwest. Thousands who were wise enough to see. the possibilities of Ohio, Illinois, or Iowa thirty years ago, or of Kansas within the past decade, are today the wealthy, influential men of these states. The development of natural re sources and the increase in land values have made them rich. Land Values Increasing- Rapidly. The Increase in values i much more rapid in the Southwest now than was deemed possible years ago when land was plenty and immigration "email. There will be more development in the next ten years in the Southwest than has taken place in any twenty years in any other sectionat any time. Say that 25,000,000 acres of land increases an average of $25 per acre in the next ten years (a conservative estimate) this means $623,000,000 Increase in value, and the ensuing prosperity of the region is easily understood. There are scores of towns In the South west that are seeking enterprise or capital to fill a vacant or partially occupied field, and a thorough study of the whole section should be made by eVdrenergy,who ing anr individual,'teiaided, to: man is seek- .outIe for his talents, or capital.' It' is difficult, however,offor The products of the vast Southwest are so varied you can select just the occupa tion desired. In some sections cotton is a leading and profitable product. Other sec tions possess some of the finest fruit lands in the world. Corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, and all the grains, vegetables, and grasses of the temperate zone grow luxuriantly. Poultry, stock, and dairying bring big re turns. Small manufactories and Indus tries of various kinds are in demand. The Rock Island System, with its thou sands of miles of track, keeps you within forty-eight hours qf the world's greatest markets, business and manufacturing cen ters. How Can We Help You? The Rock Island maintains a fiureau of Information. Traveling investigators visit each town on its lines and tabulate infor mation concerning the manufacturing and retail business, resources, and the quan tity of raw material, markets, fuel, crops, and a multitude of other facts having a bearing on the prosperity of the town, to gether with a list of the unoccupied open ings for investors or business men. As soon as an opening is filled the file is closed. The company has no land to sell and no interest to serve other than the building up of prosperous communities in the ter ritory along its lines. It is anxious to help people Jo locations where they can found permanent homes and become sub stantial citizens. It is a larger business than that of selling you a ticket. It strives to put you where you can make money enough to buy many tickets, and what is more, where you will raise produce enough to need its services as a common carrier. Every person located on the line meanB more produce to be hauled out and more" manufactured goods'to be hauled in. This steady patronage, year after year, is very lmpbrtant to the railway Company, and to foster it is the purpose for which the special department is maintained. The officials in charge of the bureau have an intimate and accurate knowledge of con ditions and resources of all the territory at their command and are able to fit the needs of each inquirer as easily as tha switchboard operator in the telephone of fice connects wires for a call. If 3,000 Swiss herdsmen and dairymen want to establish a cheese making colony in Oklahoma the Rock Island will attend to the details, placing the settlers where they are most needed. If a Harvard graduate wantB to go West and*grow up with the country the Rock Island will help him find a promising, town, either short of lawyers or one where there is an abundance of attorneys who neglect business and a scarc ity of capable ones. The Rock Island does not claim to be able to decide for you, but it oan help you .to save time and money in investigation. The SCOTTJONES REAL ESTATE CO. Gin AND FARM PROPERTIES OKLAHOMA & INDIAN TERRITORIES Can locate you In profitable maroantlle business. All Inquiries promptly answered. CHICKASHA, IND. TER. TEXAS LAND S FO SALE. Why Not Come South and Live? I have lands for sale In southwestern, central, and northwestern Texas: can sell you land that can be irrigated from artesian wells In southern Texas can sell you stock farms, both in central and northwestern Texas lands where vou can grow most anything that is produced from the soil why not own a farm In Texas, where within a few years your investment will more than double in value lands can be purchased at rea sonable prices and onrgood terms. Write for prices and description. W. A. PATRICK. i^fei&rt. Immigration Ajrenr ftr 'Frisco System Ban Antonio andAranaas Pass. Texas. SEPTEMBER 1, 1905. the keep-trac a tithe of the openings that'a#$^currln monthly and almost weeklk'^u a Carefully "organ ized system.of locating the opportunities fitted to the varying needs of the individual is of inestimable value. What Can Be Raised. 1 service is entirely free. If the particular Information you need is not at hand, the officials of the bureau will get it for you without charge. Open Door for Wide Awake Men. Whatever your occupation or,profession there Is a place for you in the active, pro gressive Southwest. There are substan tial towns and cities,with schools, churches, railways, good roads, and other modern im provements. There is no pioneering. That has already been done. The climate Is mild and healthful, and the range of crops, as well as the number of crops that can be raised annually, is greater than in the East or North. The Rock Island In formation Bureau will tell you where the openings are, the amount of capital needed, price of farm lands, location of free home steads, best crops raised, and about the very low railroad rates in effect to enablet you to investigate and satisfy yourself that the conditions' are all that they are claimed to be. If you are of a mind to cast your lot In the great and growing Southwest, or to invest some money in industrial enter prises there, and would like further infor mation to arrive at the very best possible move to make, write TODAY to John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago, stating first how much, money you have second, what line of business you wish to engage in third, what locality you prefer. A prompt reply will be forthcoming, which will con tain Information of inestimable value to you. It is of prime importance that you ACT AT ONCE, for people are seizing upon Southwestern opportunities DAILY, and an opportunity passed is GONE, never to return. CUSTER C1 TU CENTER TRADE OF RICH VALLEY FLOWS TO THIS OKLAHOMA TOWN Wealth of Opportunities Here for Merchants And Manufacturers of All Kinds. Special Correspondence. CUSTER CITY, Ok., Aug. 29, 1905.Be- cause this thrifty little town is located in almost the exact geographical center of Custer county and because it is rapidly fall ing heir to all of the country trade in the great fertile valley which lies between the Canadian river on the north and the Washita river on the south, your corre spondent today sought out Mr. J. D. Chal fant, president of a hustling organization known as the Custer City Commercial club. "How many towns contribute to the trade of Custer City?" I asked. "Fifteen inland towns to the north and west of Custer City lie within a radius of fifty nriles," replied Mr. Chalfant. "They are located on good roads which center of this point, and for that reason Ouster City actually could not stop growing if It tried. It would be a physical impossibility. Transportation Is Excellent. "We are located on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, whdeh the world knows as the Frisco, and another big railroad is now building through here, which will be In operation by Jan. 1, 1906. There is no railroad to the west of us at the present time, and the lay of the country is such that there will be none for several yearB. "More than 5,000 people a month are pour ing into this Southwest oountry from every quarter of the United States, and more won derful than the story of their ventures and successes is the story of the opportunities that are being passed over by them in their eager rush for prosperity." Thus are reaped fortunes from the great chances which were neglected or overlooked by the first comers. A Wealth of Opportunities. "Custer City is full of such opportunities as these. As a location for wholesale and Jobbing houses and retail establishments this city presents such a chance as was rarely, if ever, equaled. It is a fact not to be overlooked that the influx of population has created more and better opportunities than existed in our earlier days. "For example, thousands of farmers have come into Custer county and the territory tributary to Custer City in the last two years. More farmers mean a need for more, blaoksmiths, more merchants, more sad dlers.^more tailors, more bakers, and more And the need is a crying manufacturers, one Demand for Business Enterprises. "Prosperity begets prosperity, and the needs of Custer City and the territory tributary to this town have been widening and multiplying until today there is not only room for, but an absolute demand for, business enterprises and manufacturers to' meet the requirements of the growing coun try and town trade." Mr. Chalfant, or the organization of which he is the head, has been able to assist in the locating of many retail commercial houses at Custer City recently. The town, was a village less than a year ago. It will be a hustling, big city in twelve months' time. THE GREAT MONEY GETTER. Some of Mr. Rockefeller's Sources o* Income Besides Standard Oil. The Rockefeller Interests get $40,000,000 to $60,000,000 year i dividendStand- from A aaan i every company.n But the ard is by tto means the only source of th#ir revenue. The own the biggest bank in New York, besides a chain of something like 100 other banks located in business centers throughout the United States. They own private oar lines, tank cars, and a large part of the 210,000 miles of American rail roads. They own the controlling interest in the United States Steel trust, and in all the copper mines of the world. They have faatened their clutches on the coal and iron mines of the country, and on the street car business, the telephones, and gas and elec tric light works in New York and In many other principal cities, and their boats and ships on the Ohio, on the Mississippi, in the. canals, on the great lakes, and on the sea are more numerous and more valuable than the American navy. Nobody, in fact, but themselves knows how varied are the interests and how enor mous are .the profits of this daring, talent ed, and wonderfully successful band of speculators and financiers. There is. per haps, not a man, woman, or child in_the United States who does not pay trlbuH to them in some form or other each year. Since the days of Solomon there has never MUSKOGEE, I. T. We Will furnish you a Classification Map of the Croek and Seminole Nation, giving* the approxi mate classification of all lands in the Creek and Seminole Nations, showing the location and the number of acres of Agricultural lands, Rocky Prairie lands. Hilly and Rocky lands, and Moun tainous lands. We will also furnish you a complete abstract of the treaties and acts of Congress, designating the Recording. Districts of the Indian. Territory, ana revised rules and regulations governing *he sale and leasing of lands In the Creek Nation, Indian Territory (revised to March 20, 1905). This Map and the Information furnished is in dispensable to Home Seekers and Investors in the Growing IndianTerrltory, as it Bhows you at ?ion glance Just where you can find the exact loca of the kind of land that.you are Interested in. Sent postpaid on receipt of price, $1.00. Address all orders to CREEK INFORMATIOl* BUREAU, Muskogee. I. T. COME TO TULSA. WB CAN MAKE YOU MONET. We will guarantee to persons who invest through us a profit of 20 to 20 per cent the first year. We can sell you some property that will cer tainly double in one year. All of it will double in four years. We buy and sell our own property, consisting of town property, both business and resldenceMn Tulsa, the coming city of the Southwest. We have good farm lands, oil lands, gas lands, coal lands, timber lands. Write us for Information regarding Indian ter ritory and Tulsa. Reference: First National Bank. Tulsa, X. T. ERS^F* &$& MUSKOGEE THE METROPOLIS OF INDIAN TERRITORY A Village of 3,500 People in 1900- Now a City of 20,000 and De clared to Have a Population of 50,000 by 1910. Tils marvelous growth is due to the up-to-date progressive policy and pub lic spirit of'its business men, coupled with the many natural advantages, such as fertile soil, best of climate, pure water, river navigation to" the gulf, immense oil, gaa, and coal fields, also unlimited quantities of brick, shale, building stone, granite, and marble. Muskogee is noted for its railroads, fine schools and churches, its metro politan business blocks, and one of the finest hotels in the Southwest. A twenty-five mile electric street rail way affords transportation to all parts of the city and suburban parks. Many important improvements are under way, prominent among which is a twenty thousand horse water power planet. This city affords more possibilities for profitable investment than any other city in the Southwest, and we are in a position to secure for you the very finest investments in farm any city property, which will more than double ia value within the next three years. We are one of the old est real estate firms in the Territory, and have a line on all desirable in vestments. If you are interested in our fine country and splendid oppor tunities, write us for any information you may desire and we shall be glad to enlighten you and offer any other as sistance within our power. Watch this Space for the next twelve weeks. We have many interesting and im portant things to tell you. Fi ee Trip to Oklabonna! The Frisco Townitfte Company of Enid, Oklahoma, are to-wn builders, and offer special inducements for purchasers of lots. We need twenty-five first-class salesmen. We are now offering nine Oklahoma towns for sale. All Railroad Towns. Full Particulars sent upon request. Address, W FRISCO TOWNSITE COMPANY, Room 25 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, MO. I IMPORTANT INFORMATION. C. M. Bradley, president International Land Co. Bradley Realty Bank and Trust Co. of Muskogee, statistical Information pertaining- to the Indian Territory, also rules and reguratTons"for the~ga!i of lands, historical data, and the treaties with the Ave civilized tribes. This valuable book con- taining- information that will save you many times its cost, will be sent you with a classified1 of the Creek and Seminole nations for $1.00 In stamps or currency. Cut out the attached coupon now and send same with $1.00 In stamps or currency and the book and map will be sent Voubr return mall. Write us about lands and investments in Indian Territory. Numerous openings for splendid investments. Lands $1.00 to $25.00 per acre. International Land Compfiiy, Mukojee,1. T. rnfiUPONY International Land Co.. Muskogee. I. T.: InclOsed.flnd $1.00. Send m* V.wWWr WI1J Manual and Map by return mall. S. A. DOUGL AS REALTY COMPANY, MUSKOGEE, I. T. Reference: Commerolal National Bank. been such a gigantic combination of wealth as that'owned by the Standard people, and it is practically all under the control of one man. What John D. Rockefeller says "goes" with stockholders in all the com panies he has organized or now manages. He Is aggressive and all competent, and appears to be remorseless and insatiable ia his pursuit of the almighty dollar* In the accumulation of his fortune he has vio lated and defied the spirit, if hot the letter, of the laws, yet the law as It stands guar antees him security in the possession of every dollar of property he owns. So In the midst of all the clamor he has excited, per haps John D. Rockefeller feels safe.Kan sas City Journal. SELLING A WORLD'S FAIR. What Becomes of All the Gaud and Tinsel When All Is Over. On a bid of $45,000 a Chicago company has bought, and is removing, buildings, the ma terial and construction of which cost $14,- 000,000. This includes all "the physical property of the exposition company except the intramural cars and street railway equipment, which were sold to the St. Louis Car company for $150,000 the Palace of Liberal Arts, which Is to be permanent, and a few minor structures. Thus the company has come into posses sion of 100,000,000 square feet of good build ing lumber, 200,000 square feet of sash lum ber, 10,000 doors, 1,500,000 square feet of glass skylights, 3,000,000 square feet of Iron and felt roofing, 4,000,000 square feet of burlap for wall covering, 500,000 incandes cent lights, and copper wire which cost $650,000. Among its assets are two hos pitals, complete in all modern equipments three greenhouses ready for utilization anywhere, each 300 feet long, with many sorts Of plants and flowers a fire depart ment big enough for a city of 50,000 inhab itants, comprising nine engines and 100,000 feet of rubber hose thousands of chairs of all sorts miles of iron picket and woven wire fences hundreds of desks wagons, dump cars, and steam rollers enough to fit up a dozen good roads societies, and many other sorts of paraphernalia. Out of the structures, equipments, and furnishings of the Louisiana Purchase ex position a good sized city could be built. The debris would construct half a dozen fairs like that at Buffalo in 1901, or that which is being helt in Portland, Ore.' World's Work. X'v (capital and surplus $150,000). alto president I. T., has compiled a 105 page manual of tio of Muskogee, Ind. Ter.t a $2,500,000 corporation, will, upon application, send you incontestable evidence that an in vestment in the stock of this company recently placed on the market and liberally subscribed to by local investors, will net as high as 100 per cent This is a bona fide proposition, indorsed by the bankers and other leading business men of Muskogee, who are backing it with their mohey and brains. The stock is sold at $23 per share, payable In cash or monthly Install ments. Interest at 8 per cent is guaranteed, payable annually. This is an investment op portunity that you cannot afford to ignore. You owe it to yourself to investigate and get at the facts. Thousands have failed to gain wealth by neglecting or refusing to investigate meritorious investments and opportunities that have come to their very doors like this op portunity now comes to yours. All we ask is that you give us a hearing and we leave your further actions to your judgment, but do not sit in judgment until ythi have seen the evidence and investigated into its merits. One judicious investment is worth a lifetime of toll. Over 90 per cent of the increase in Wealth from Ohio west in the last twenty years has been made in the increased value of real estate. Millions of dollars have been made in Okla homa lands in the last few years, and mil lions will be made in the next few years in Indian Territory lands. We will tell you all about the conditions existing in Indian Terri tory, the restrictions which will be taken off the Indian lands in 1907, and how money in the lands of a strong company like the Terri torial Land, Loan and Investment Company can be used now to buy freedman land, and secure large holdings of Indian land thaty^ill/ in crease many fold in value within a short time. This is a certainty. The money secured on subscriptions for shares in the Territorial Land, Loan and Investment Company will be placed in land investments by officers of the company, Who have lived in the territory fdr years, and who know every foot of the coun try. The stockholders will have the best se curity obtainablenamely, lands there is no better security. Send one or both of attached coupons to us today and take the first step, which is the all important one. For $1 in stamps, money, or money order we will send government classification maps of the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee nations, showing equality of land as classified by the government appraisers, and Indian Territory recording district map, and Indian Territory manual, giving government appraisement, in teresting data, laws, treaties with Indians, and valuable information for homeseekers, land buyers, business seekers, investors, and speculators, how to get land and get leases for farming, gracing, oil, gas, and mineral pur poses. Now is the time. Big opportunities^ and good things do not last always. fc Live agents wanted in each town and county,, Write for particulars. Reference, any Muskogee bank. _i The Territorial Land, Loan and Investment Company, MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. COUPONSend me literature explaining investment proposition. COUPONInclosed find $1 for maps, man ual, and valuable information. READ THIS. This space is all that was left when I araUea I have lived in Oklahoma. Have been all over it It is not all Rood land. The best land wtU advance most. Can tell you where it Is. Can show Idle capital where to Invest to make 16% interest while land is advancls*. I go personally with home seekers and nide them and guars them in their purchases. I look after the titles. (ret easy payments, conditions, etc. Will loaa you money on the farm and jcive you advice as to best crops, etc. Will get your car fare returned if vou buy. You can Join my excursion, no mat ter where you live. 1 am the Eastern repreem ative of Rock Island and 'Frisco systems. A*. dress G. M. NABER. care Farmers and Mer chants' National ban*, Wabash. Ind. ..Oklahoma Beats Them AllI and Beaver Creeks. Not cheap land, but Kood land cheap. $3.50 to $15 per acre. Special prices on large tracts for ranch orcoloniralton purposes. This Is Your Opportunity to Own a Home. Also improved farms alohar the line of theBocli Island from $15 to $50 perjcre. For further particulars call on or aaaress F. DRO THE A CARD For Space on This Page Address Manager Land Advertising, The Inter Ocean, ,'?-'.-.-Chicago.'-:.-. #ri -'%r, ma THE TERRITORIAL LAND, LOAN & INVESTMENT COMPANY i V*. I & CO., V. BRANDON! MONCRIEF, COOK & CO. Immigration Agents, 105 Brand Aie. Oklahoma City, 0. T. Helped survey the new country and ar6 leadlns- real estate and Abrtractera at Lawton. give you full and reliable information about any piece of land in Comanchejounty. and would ha Slir.ij vn,ir Inquiries They area permanent fixture, owners of tlfe_flne Mountain pleased to answer you View Addition to Lawton. and are thoroughly reliable. A Hard Schooling. "Popley Is quite an entertainer. I beard him last night at an evening party." "Yes, he developed that talent in thi nursery." "Gracious! That young?" "Oh! you misunderstand me I meanhli children's nursery. He's had so many to entertain there."Philadelphia Press. They eaa