The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

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FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA
Few people understood the enor.
GUS possibilities 0f Oklahoma From
an agricultural and mineral standpcinl
the state has bui four superiors aud
all Of those, bur Texas. VII, soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides Of the new state, Oklahoma Al
forjs more opportunity fpr diyqlsilied
farming tlian any other state w tha
u nilon sa) We Texas and area
considered II surpases the Lane star
II All Of Oklanoma's acreage pqsslblo
~ being utilized we're under cult'ss
lion Il would present the following
Cor stniisticians
More Whesf lapds fnan ether pa.
kota. st
More fraii laAdA then f,slil0nlo
Equals Illinois grand pfairie IN corn
lands.
Has moFe tlmher inan WISCONSIN
Michiaan ana Indiana combined
Can cultivate as much rice fand as
South Cerpliua.
More granlte than Vermont New
Hampshire ana Meme combined
More petroleum thur Pennsylvania
West Virginia aud Ohio combined
More marble than Nevada New
hampshire and Maasachuselts
Is second IN the production Of cotton
ilofn q monetary staiidpoint
More iron than any other siatc save
prnnsylvnnia. more copper tben any
other stale save Montana. I.
Second In gypsum
More than Europe produces In iig-
product
Fourth IN developed kaolih The fin.
esi hrepfoof material Known 20 aci
|ence.
Second in cattie third IN money
pioduGtS Of same.
Seven thousand square miles ~ land
underlaid With coal and feg of ~
mines more Than opened
More Magnesia and iolomiie rock
than all the rest Of the states.
More rivers with natural drain ~
capacity than any other state save
Colorado.
Is sixth IN Inc production % pOta
Toes
II eighth in railway mileage firss IL
number OF miles IN nasi nve years
trst IN number ~ svsIems started II
1909 ..s
II has thc most eaaabie climsfe
save CALIFORNIA, of AZ tbe statea,
Oklahoma is frsi @ projnoiios q
peanuts M
Second Al DfpduetipH OF kanteiouppa
ThIgdl IL the production " Water
lneicns and sfVeois ~ piiskniflpu pro
auction ht
u is arst inicrpsge u ,iiaifs tnif.
iu money value produced
v Il is nfth In vegetables. With lesl
than u tenth OF the state trying to cul
tivnte the garden products,
+. With an acraags Of ,Affieth Okla
homa Is tenth IN the production of
orchard products
II is tenth In barley. Erst II acreag,
we're nropprtioned
capitalization consldered OklahomI
leads al otliefs 10 y, amount Of mon
ey Deposited In its banks.
II IL frst In purchasing tts haryesI
;uv machIpery away from home
II surpssses any otbe r state 4
larDwth from 1907 20 August 1909
Il has more NILES Of possible goo
less Improvement IN zsmt than An
Estate mest " ita shssoul' fvfr,
! Population esfi,rat'd ~ people IN,
eiase 1lofe, rPctssIsies from b1issa
ihe state than al other states !
Y lle Union
pfodueing sufficient food siuffs i
| supply my three states ~ the Union
four people polchase more from mi
\ SIDE the state. population couridered
,ban any other stste.
4 hab thq thIrd best naiura, par
gin the upitea Siatss
Y Consunnlg mow agricultural lns
ckineryl Than any state saYo three.
niannfaelnrss less Than any oiher stai
west OF Che, MISSOURI aud north ~ IN
ionic riFerA.
4 Y IL second "a the manufacture {
4 Portland cement.
II Is merit TO Texas In supplying u
} Galveston wharves with shipping.
Il bas TIE best equalization of taxt
slpfIv9ie and cotppgate n The world.
Il Great al ita cotton pfyduetion
! lCklahofia 81 twentieth la lhe pptp;
jioi iis salndies With no record of
I cotton mill failing 10 pas alyider
, Dla1maly.
d II has the best high school ~
tenn IN The United STATES.