The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-27
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA
Few people understood the enor-
GUS possibilities OF Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and
all Of those, but Texas. will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides Of the new state. Oklahoma af-
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
Uni on save Texas. and area
considered 1t surpases the Lone star
II all OF Oklanoma's acreage possible
or being utilized were under cultiva
tion, II would present the following
for statisticians:
More Wheat lands tnan either Da-
xota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands.
nas more timber tnaA Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined
Can cultivate as much rice land az
South Carolina.
hOiO 81 ahitV lndn NCi mOuL ANOW
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
f1om 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 lig-
product.
Fourth in developed kaolin, the I'm
est freproof material known to sci
ence
Second In cattle: third in money
products OF same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
nnderlaid with coal, and few of 1t
mines more than opened.
More Magnesia 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 In railway mileage first IN
lumber OF miles In past i've years !;
lrst In number OF systems started In
1909.
III has the most equable climate,
save California, OF all the states.
Oklahoma Is first In production OF
peanuts.
| Second in production Of Canteloupes
Third In the production of Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pro
,luction.
! u Is iirst In tonnage of alfalfa; third
IN money value produced.
Ii is fifth In vegetables, with less
han tenth of the state trying to cui
tiyate the garden products.
With an acreage OF fftieth Ola
noma is tenth in the production ufn
orchard products. a
1t Is tenth In barley, nrst II acreage
were proportioned.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others In tie amount Of mon
ey deposited In Its banks.
II Is nrst In purchasing It's harvest
ing machinery away from home.
1t surpaases any othe state In
growth trorn 1907 to August l, 1909.
II has more miles Of possible good
less Improvement on same than any
state west OF the Missouri river.
Population estimated its people pur.
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all other states In
the Union.
Producing sufhcien. food stuffs to
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from out
side the state, population considered
than any other state.
II has the third best natural park
in the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma
ctinery than any state save three. II
manufactures less than any other state
west of the Missouri and north Of the
Ohio rivers
1t Is second in the manufacture OF
Portland cement
1t Is next to Texas In supplying IN.
Galveston wharves with shipping.
Population averaged. 1t has second
largest church membership than AMI
other state.
1t has the best equalization OF taxes
private and corporate In the world.
Great as Its cotton production II
Oklahoma is twentieth in the outpu
OF Its spindles with no record OF
cotton mill failing to pay dividend
annually.
Oklahoma raises more saddle hors
es than than any other two state'
without compelt on Kentucky'D fame
Its cor yyorations are more method
ically dealt with than any OF the statel
It Is the only state Of the UuiQl
where smallpox never leads to pes
tilentiai crisis
II has more cities which hAy'
doubled In population since 1905 thai
any other state or territory withil
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