The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-21
OKLAHOMA
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school. state ns-;nh schools AMI col
hofed A. and M co,ie.se aro,3.H nrayi,,
enlbwed by kraqtsl Of puDfic lands |
frofh the federal 50 yernmcnl. Tn, |
Agricultural college also participates
in the money endowment provided IN
der the Morrill,, Adams and Hatch
bills No other state in the Union
has made such provisions for the
teaching Of agriculture as has teel
provided by the constitution and laws
OF Oklahoma. Under these provisions
the elements of agriculture must bt
taught in the conimcr schools, and
by an act of the First legislatur, pro
vision was made for the establishment
OF what are known as secondary akri
cultural colleges In each Of the fiyf
judicial districts of the state. Two
OF these have already been located
ami one OF them, the MUIR " schoo
at Tishomingo, opened its doors OF
October 3. to a splendid attenGance
from that section of the state former
ly embraced IN the ChOctaw nation.
All the normal schools and the uni
verslty have provided a chair Of agfi.
culture. and teachers must be equip
ped to teach this science by 1903, or
fail to secure q Gel .ihcate.
IN addition to what Is being done by
the state In educational matters, sec
ia ian colleges nave been established
Dy practically all the Christian de
nominations, and some of these insti-
tutcns are taking high rank witt
Eiinired organizations in other states
IN other fields of development, Ok
lahcma Is setting the pace for all the
A.
sanizations are progressive. and the
rellOets show that the new state ranks
very high in the attention given to the
religious education and development
of he- people.
In material matters such as bank
ing. manufacturing and the establish
ment OF wholesale enterprises, the
/ records snow t. Oklahoma is living
fully up to her opportunity.
In natural resources, in addition to
I those of soil and climate already
enumerated, Oklahoma has the
| greatest gas and oil deposits in the
world. On this point Grams Refer.
! ence Atlas of the Wo-ld" says:
'OIL AND GAS.--In the matter OF
/ oil production the infant district OF
( Oklahoma has already made a truly
remarkable record as it now leads the
world. Poraaps no better iIlustra
ton of the states wonderful st.ldes
can be had than this. II Is hard foi
the outsider to so revise his ideas as
TO substitute the 'Sorld's foremost oi
center for the unsettled wilderness OF
hut few years ago. Its development.
has occurred within the past five
years, and last year IL made the worlu
record as a producing field the pipe
line runs amounting to 4,205 ,301 bar
-els for the year. The Glenpool dis
trict. surrounding the town of Glen
pool. particularly is cited as the rich
est producer OF petroleum in the
world this famous district. lying
south of Tulsa between Red Fork and
Mounds has between $50 and 500 pro
lucing oil wells with total capacty
Of more than 100000 barrels a day
The first oil well was sunk in Decem
bep. 1905, and the second in Marcl
1906, so It may be seen how quickly
has the development progressed Pre-
vious to 1906 it was confidently as.
serted that the mid-continent fiefa
could not sustain a heavy and contlnu
ous demand upon its resources. but
the proof came with the Introduction
Of the pipe lines that year, and last
year fou. great pipe lines were in
operation. OIL operations are more ac-
tive inthls state tnan ANYWHERE else,
and the field Is constantly being en-
larged AMI the production increased.
Expert oil men now assert that
the mid-continent field is yet in the
infancy of its development and pre-
dict that productive wells will in fn-
iuIe be founl operating throughout
the create. portion of what was once
designated as Indian Territory. In
Oklahoma this oil field follows tae
9Gth meridian from the Kansas line OF
the southern part of the territory. AMI
the heavy producing belt Is from three
o eight miles wide.
Natural gas is also being produced
In vast quantities from this field. and
before the end of the present year
will be pipeI to many of the principal
cities OF the state. Already gas Is
neing delive.ed by pipe line from
Sapnlpa TO Oklahoma City II is as.
serted that the quantity Is sufficient to
supply the entire state for 200 years.
A provision of the constitution forbids
tho piping of gas to points outside
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Shawnee and other cities are all sup
piled with natural gas.
"COAL-Eastern Oklahoma produ-
ces upwards OF 100000 tons of coal
year for NAich its mines receive
about $6.000.000 There IRE about $50
mines Ia the state and they employ
| something like 10000 operatives"
The other mineral resources Of Ok
lahoma are yet In an undeyeloped
state. but the geological surveys al
ready made shows that they are abun-
d6nt and valuable
Oklahoma is rapidly developing in
to one of the great fruit arl vegetable
! producing sections OF the Union.
Millions OF reach ami apple trees have
been put out in the past few years.
and the fruit produced in every sec
tion of the state. is unrlvaled in flavor
and quality
From this brief enumeration OF OK,
lahoma's advantages. 1t can be readily
seen that the new state is indeed. the
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