The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-10-08
MANY WITNESS OKLAHOMA'S
GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT
Hundreds Daily Ask to Be Directed TO the New
States Display at Illinois State FOir--Exhibh
Occupies Space of 500 Square Feet-MOre
Than 100000 People Have Seen the
Wonderful Collection Illinois Farmer
AstOunded at Variety OfProducts.

Oklahoma is the best advertised
state at the Illinois State Fair beyond
any doubt. Thousands and tens Of
thousands crowd around our state ex-
hibit every day. All other state OK.
hibits have paled into Il Significance
in comparison with the splendid ex.
hihit Of eastern Oklahoma
Our exhibit occupies 500 square
feet of floor space in the Dome build.
ing. the main industrial exhibit hall
of the fair The exhibit has been
tastlly arranged and finely displayed
by Messrs G. g, Roberts Of Vinita
and +. Avery OF Pryor Creek, the
gentlemen who have had charge Of
the exhibit from the start
AS the thousands crowd through the
exhibit hall you can hear scores and
hundreds ask TO be directed to the
Oklahoma exhibit surging around
the display Of products of the new
state. expressions Of surprise can be
heard on all sides In regard to the
wonderful resources Of Oklahoma.
An old Illinois farmer, who has a
fine exhibit Of shorthorn cattle at the
fair, studied the Oklahoma exhibit
for an hour, then said in the presence
of the throng: IF all them things
are produced in that country, the state
could live independently OF any state
or nation on earth" The old gentle
man was not quite sure that Okla
homans hadn't been on a rummage
quest from other states, from which
gatherings, the Oklahoma exhibit was
made up. There was a tinge OF doubt
in his statements as to where we got
all the products of mine, field, garden
and forest on exhibit, under the ban.
ner labeled. "Oklahoma Products"
Look at that exhibit made up OF
the natural resources OF the state and
you win exclaim Build wall
around Oklahoma so high that none
can enter from the outside and our
citizens viii suffer no inconvenience
after IFS resources are thoroughly de-.
veoped"
This exhibit which represents only
the resources of eastern Oklahoma
shows wheat, corn. barley. broom corn
oats. kafflr corn. milo maize. COW
peas, millet, sugar cane, timothy, Jap
anese clover, alfalfa, garden products
OF every description, fruits of all
kinds nuts in endless variety and
cotton Of the finest quality
Then comes the display OF the
mines IN the shape of coal, silver
gold, lead. zinc, marble Of all grades
and colors. salt, glass sand. iron. as.
phalt. cement, lime shale, tripoli. gran.
ties Of all grades and eolors. tile
shales and brick shales Of all qualities
The oil and it's by-products simply
amaze the visitor. Bartleaville. Tulsa
Chelsea, Muskogee and Dewey. all
sent products of this kind In large
variety. The oil fields surrounding
the above towns are the greatest In
the United States The output Of
these districts is inexhaustible and
the samples on exhibit showed to a
good advantage
Yes, Oklahoma Is great in All that
makes state or nation great and
prosperous. and the exhibit sent by
Eastern Oklahoma to the Illinois
State Fair has proven this beyond the
shadow Of doubt to over 250, 600 peo.
pie who have gazed on the few speci.
mems OF the resources 81 the baby
state of the Union
We can build our homes with brick
and marble. and lumber produced In
Oklahoma. We can pave our streets
with home made brick or asphalt pro.
duced within the confines OF our state
We have sufficient iron in our hills to
glrder the state with a dozen trunk
lines of railroads and sufficient of that
product. 70 make every article Of com.
merce used In all the various trades
and mechanism Of our numerous IN.
dustries. besides
Our soil will produce sufficient pro
duets to sustain the inhabitants Of
ten states with a population equal to
oklahoma Our production Of gold,
silver and copper would give rs plen.
" Of basis money for our demands,
but OF course our deposit guaranty
law. no matter how high we would
build our Chinese wall, would cause
millions Of dollars TO be tiphoned into
Oklahoma from other states for safe
lty
After 5uf car reached Kansas City
Saturday night, some ten or twelve
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