The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-03-25


all OF those, but Texas will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides OF the new state. Oklahoma
affords more opportunities for diyersi.
fed farming than any other state in
che Union. save Texas, and area con-
sldered it surpasses the Lone Star.
II all of oklahoma's acreage possible
Of being utilized were under cultiva-
tlon. it would present the following
for statisticans:
More wheat lands than either Da-
kota
More fruit land than California.
EQUALS Illinois grand prairie in corn
lands
Has more timber than Wisconsin,
Michigan and Indiana combined
Can cultivate as much rice land as
south Carolina.
More granite than Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maine combined.
More petroleum than Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and Ohio combined.
More marble than Nevada, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Is second in the production of cotton
from monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania; more copper than any
other state save Montana.
Second in gypsum.
More than Europe produces in light
products.
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin
est freproof material known to sci
ence.
Second in cattle; third in money
products Of same.
Seven thousand square miles Of land
underlaid with coal and few Of its
mines more than opened.
More Magnesla and dolomite rock
than all the rest OF the states.
More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than any other state save
Colorado
Is sixth in the production Of pota-
toes.
ls eighth Ia railroad mileage; first
in number of miles in past five years;
first in number of systems started In
! 1909.
Oklahoma is first in production Of
peanuts.
Second In production of canteloupes.
Third in the production Of water
melons and seventh in muskmelon pro-
duetion.
It is first in tonnage of alfalfa; third
in money value produced.
1t is fifth in vegetables, with less
than a tenth of the state trying to cul-
tlyate the garden products.
with an acreage Of fiftieth Okla
homa is tenth In the production of
orchard products.
It is tenth in barley first If acreage
we're proportioned.
Capitalization considered, Oklahoma
leads all others in the amount Of mon
ey deposited in its banks.
Oklahoma raises more saddle horses
l than any other two states without
i comment on Kentucly's fame.
II IA the only state in the Union
i where smallpox never leads to a pes
I tllential crisis.
1 It has the most equable climate
save California, of all the states.
u It Is fourth in the value OF Its
stream fish products.
N It Is first in purchasing It's harvest
ling machinery away from home.
NJ II surpasses any other state in the
n Agrowth from 1907 to Augustl, 1908
NJ It has more miles OF possible good
Improvement on same than any state
n west Of the Mississippi river,
VI Population estimated, It's people
dkurchase more necessities from out
lde the state than all other states II
z he Union
N Producing sufficient food stuffs t
mImpply any three states In the Union
toEour people purchase more from out
mIsIde the state. population considered
than any other state.
It has the third best natural pafl
h the United States
Consuming more agricultural mach
Ihery than any state save three
manufactures less than any other stat'
4 Hsest Of the Missouri and north Of tn
Ohio rivers.
It is second in the manufacture D
fe1 e1portland cement.
II Is next to Texas In supplying "
ldaIgalveston warves with shipping
wi II has the best equalization OF take
sIpriyate and corporate in the world.
thI Great as its cotton production u
oklahoma Is twentieth in the outpu
Il its splndles; with no record OF
th4 0tton mill failing TO pay diyldeh
e anuaIiy.