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Not States, But- 



Oklahoma is not a State. Neither is Indian Territory. And yet, at the last census, their 

 population was almost as great as the combined population of Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, 

 Montana, Nevada and Wyoming. To-day it is greater. 



Their area is equal to the combined area of all the New England States, with Delaware 

 thrown in for good measure. 



The largest city in the Twin Territories is only fifteen years old, but it has a population 

 of nearly 35,000. There are eight other towns with a population of 5,000 or more, besides 

 innumerable smaller places of from 100 to 3,000. 



No section of the United States is growing more rapidly or building on a firmer 

 foundation. No section offers greater opportunities to the man who is looking for a new 

 location. This is as true of the professional man as it is of the farmer and merchant. 



Oklahoma and Indian Territories are gridironed by the lines of the Rock Island and its 

 sister system, the Frisco. Every town of importance is on one or the other of these railroads. 



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We have issued and will gladly mail to anyone who will ask for them, 

 two little books descriptive of the Southwest. One book is called "Men 

 Wanted." It contains a list of the business openings along the lines of the 

 Rock Island System. The other is entitled " Rock Island States Southwest. " 

 It describes at considerable length those portions of the Southwest which have 

 been thrown open for settlement by recent extensions of Rock Island lines. 



JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager, 

 Rock Island System, Chicago, 111. 



