The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-09
MAY CUT A FIGURE
IN NATIONAL CONTEST
Especially Should Roosevelt
Refuse TO Issue State.
hood Proclamation

All rIhdNlHS udu all AOiO oi ulSDfck
bills introduced in congress at differ
ent times asking that state be Great,
ed out of Oklahoma It would seem
that the place had been advertized
sutaicientlv TOR everyone to know all
about It, But they don't.
Oklahoma is a big state. It's north
era border stretches from southern
Missouri due west to New Mexico, and
from Miami to Kenton It is f6S miles
due west, and both are in Oklahoma
North and south the state is 256 miles
along its eastern border. Look at the
map and one will be surprised to
know that New York and Pennsylva-
MIA and Ohio are small states com
pared with Oklahoma, and that there
Is not a state c9"t of the Mississippi
river so large, lille FIVE New Eng
land states might be placed together
and Oklahoma would more than cover
twice the area. Oklahoma boasts of
43.000iOCO acres, SO per cent OF them
good productive land.
Oklahoma is north of the frost line,
south of the blizzard; east OF the hot
wsnds and west of the rainy belt The
result Is that 1t grows cotton, corn
and wheat side by side in the same
fields and makes a full crop of them
all, with two crops of potatoes and
FIVE OF alfalfa whenever they are cul-
tvated The western part of Oklaho-
ma is 1000 feet above the sea level
gradually dropping until the Arkansas
and Grand rivers are reached on the
east side to 600 feet The extreme
eastern part again rises in elevation
on account of the Ozarks in the Chero-
kee nation and the Kiamachis in the
Choctaw nation to 1000 feet
No state has ever beeli admitted to
the union with population or deyel-
opmeat similar to Oklahoma. This
is because st has not been the west
ern fringe Of civilization, but has
been surrounded by It. and the peo-
pie have come in from four sides.
There are now 100000 people IN the
state and there are SO cities with a
population over loco No other state
west of the Mississippi river has ever
had one-half that many people when
admitted. and few of those east OF the
river.
This Is an agricultural common
wealth This industry takes rank over
all others, and surprising is the rank
that Oklahoma takes with other states
in the number of acres in cultivation,
bushels and bales produced and live
stock on it's farms. It will always be
distinctly an agricultural state. but at
the same time II ear produce more
OH and more coal than any other state
In the union when these resources are
fully developed.
Cotton. corn and wheat are the
three leading crops, but at the same
time Oklahoma produces more broom
corn and more kaffir corn than any
state in the Union. Two tremendous
crops of potatoes are grown on the
same soil in the same season, and al
falfa will produce FIVE crops on the
same field in one season. In eastern
Oklahoma is found corn and cotton
and potatoes. In the southern part
cotton Is the big crop, while In the
western part there is wheat, corn,
broom corn, kaffr corn and alfalfa.
And every acre produces a fun crop.
Oklahoma this year is producing
more oil than any other oil field In the
world except the Baku field in Rus
sia. and there win be very little diff
terence between these two great pro-
ducers. Oil Is the second industry in
the state. This year 27.050,lO0 bar
rels of crude petroleum have been
produced. This Is 3.2S1 263 barrels
per month which means 40575,l l44
barrels for the year at the present
rate OF production This oil is selling
for AZ cents per barrel direct from the
we'll And 50 far the extent OF the
oil districts have not been determined
Wfld-cattiag Is In progress all over
the state and new wells In entirely
new territory are being brought In.
Following the Ninety-sixth meridian
which runs north and south between
the OsagS and Cherokee nations there
are wells nearly clear across the
state. And where they do not fad
OH they hhd gas
Oklahoma has been breaking oil
records with frequency for the last
two years. II has the biggest wells
IN the country il has the highest
grade OF oil ever found west Of the
Mississippi, 1t has more different
pools This field has gone from NTH
rank in the United States 10 the first
IN the production Of oil II now out