The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-20
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Estate GeOlogist.l
The cry OF agricultural journals has
always been diversity crcps.' This.
Is good advise and the farmer does
wen who needs Il. it must be al.
mitted. however that under the pres.
ent conditions there Is not much In.
centive toward diversity OF crops In
OKlahom. The farmer must raise
Whist he can sell 10 advantage. and
urf er the present conditions he can
sell only such staples as corn, wheat,
cotton hogs ana cattle. which can
be transported long distances. A
farmer who raises s~eat corn, veget.
ables. berries. fruits, melons, and the
like cannot dispose OF them Conse.
quentlg he must fall back on the
staple:
What Oklahoma needs more than
anything else Is a nome market. The
best way to build up a home market
Is to start manufacturing industries.
This Oklahoma should be aole to do,
because no other state In the Union
has so large a variety Of valuable
minerals. At the present time, how
ever, practically alt these minerals
are undevelOped.
The chief reason for this is tnat
few people know where the minerals
are located The Oklahoma geologi-
cal survey has had q number OF part
les at work the past summer locating
the minerals Reports are to be pub
lishei the coming winter setting
forth the occurrence of the minerals.
Until the mineral resources are uti.
llzed AMI market developed. the
farmers of Oklahoma must continue
to raise the things they have always
raised corn, wheat and cotton. hogs,
and cattle and ship them outside the
state to market.
There Is enough water power going
to waste In the Arbuckle mountains
to run all the mills, factories and
trolly lines which will ever be located
within a huLl rel miles CT tne noun
| tainS Such streams as Honey, Pen.
nington, OIL Mill. and Blue, pre swift
flowing mountain streams with i'm
mense power going TO waste. Okla.
homa has plenty of coal and gas, but
water power is cheaper even than gas,
ttAAN ~ nNR- 90 ~ ~ lAiiAHttA ~ Atul
| impetus Will he given to manufacture
ing Industries I'm the state The legis-
/ lature should devise some plan looking
7 toward the development OF tnis water
/ power Professor Could director OF
the Oklahoma geological survey. is
al work preparing q bin to be pre-
pairing bin to be presented at the
next legislature providing that the
state shall assume control of the water
power and develope and use It for the
benefit OF all the people of ih9 state
Every year nsw discoveries OF min
erals are ping male in Oklahoma. II
Is now known tnat such products as
| gypsum. asphalt. coal. salt, zinc. lead
oil and gas. and others are all present
! In large amounts. There are also {,
number OF rather rare minerals. ali
OF which will in time become sources
OF considerable income. Novaculite
or razor hone rock. which equals that
best Turkish hone occurs in tne
kiamichi mountains IN the southeast
ern pa.t OF the state. Tripoii used
for filters and polishing powder occur,
\ In the northeastern corner near tbs
| Missouri line. In the Wichita noun
| talns occur uranium eartn aud other
/ rare substances, Volcanic ash Is found
IN large quantities In western Okla.
homa. SO far very little has been
done TO develope the greater part OF
these products, but as soon as their
| p.esences becomes better known. they
will form the basis OF hourishing in
dustries. The Oklahoma geological
survey Is now harl at work trying to
locate the deposits OF various kinis
As soon as the reports are published
showing where the minerals are 10
Gated the manufacturing Industries
will be greatly Increased
Thosr who have been over the
ground e., us that there are In west
ern Oklahoma vast deposits OF gypslte
| or dirt gypsum. All that Is necessary
| TO manufacture this gypsite int
plaster Is to dump it into a kettl,
and cook 1t for an hous or two. Gyp
| sum plaster. stuccO, plaster of Paris
stan and otter gypsum products are
being used more and more each year
and in the near future a considerable
part OF the supply for the Unitae
States Will come from Oklahoma A.
soon as some one inyents a methoC
fo- making a kind OF gypsum stucce
that will Withstand weather this ma
| torial will take the place OF wood and
Portland cement in outside work. Tho
Oklahoma geological survey Is going
TO con1uct some experiments he com
ing winter, trying to solve this proO