The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-22
FACTS ABOUT okLAHoMA

FACTS ABOUT oktAHoMA
Few peopl. undersiond the enor
GUS possibilities of Oklahoma trnm
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors ana
all of those, but Texas. viii soon be
owe come by the great progressive
strides OF the new state. Oklahoma az
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
Union sa)ve Texas and area
considered II surpases the Lone star
II all OF Oklahoma's acreage possible
or being utilized were under cultiva
tlon, It would present the following
for statisticians
More Wheat lands tnan ether I,a
kota.
More fruit lands than California
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands.
Has more timber tnan Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined
Can cultivate as much rice innd 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 secand In the production OF cotton
from monetary standpoint
More iron than any other state save
Pennsvlvania: more copper than any
other state save Montana !,
Second In gypsum.
More than Europe produces In lis-
product
Fourth In developed ksolIn. the fin.
ast 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 tis
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
4 colorado
Is sixth IN the production OF pota
loes.
number OF miles in past i've years,
nrst In number OF systems started In
4 1909
II has the most equable climate.
save California. OF all the states
Oklahoma Is FIRST In production II
peanuts.
Second n production Of Canteoupea
Thitt n tae pa duction III Water
melons apd seventh IN muskInelon pre-,
ipclog
N q frs Ii tonnage OF iitaifa, tbifd
lip n9ney tsiue produced
4 il fifth. in vegetables. With Iess
= 'aan tenth Of the state trying 10 cnI
[eySe iie gardeh products
:, With az aefeaee - nf'ieth Okla
lhOma is truth Sc fba nrodBCinn on
/, 5nAard pFodpala
lt n tenth ii earles, ngal II aereavi
#rre ptnpoflione0
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
/ eads aii fhela III amonnt " mon
i ~ deposlted Ia its banks
/, lt Is hrsi In purchasing It's harves'
ing machinery away from home.
q II surpasses any othe state II
! rovth from 1907 to August I. 1903.
u has more miles OF possible goo'
) ess Improvement on same than an
I state west of the Missouri liver
Population estimated It's people pur
haze more necessities from outside
D the state than all other states Il
!. ne Union
], Producing sufficient food stuffs h
|, supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from 0ul
p side the state, population considered
. than any other state.
nj II has the third best natural par
n In she United states.
Consuming mnre agricultural m'
q ckinery than any state save three.
manufactures less than any other stat
ID west Of the Missouri aud north OF ta
Ohio rivers.
,e II Is second In the manufacture I
Portland; cement.
n II is next to Texas in supplying II
10 Galveston wbnryes with shipping.
T. ID has the best equalization OF tax,
private aud corporate In the world.
Great as its cotton production
90 Oklahoma is twentieth In the outpl
90 OF its spindles with no record OF
90 optton mill falling to pay diyider
90 Annually
00 II has ire best high school sy
90 lem In the United states.
DVl II has more cities which ha
Df- doubled In population since 1906 III
v. .Is,.s e4lss. -s..sa =. l<saAlols sssa
IA the Union.
la II has The only river In the wor
in that Ii salty for more thin 200 miis
III It has both the shalloweef ana .iGf