The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-25
Facts You Should Know
About Oklahoma

an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and an
Of those. hut Texas. will soon be over,
come BY lie great progressive strides
Of the new state Oklahoma affords
more opportunity for diversified farm
ing than any other state in the Union
save Texas, and area considered Il
surpasses the Lone Star state II ali
OF Oklahoma's acreage possible OF be-
ing utilized were under cultivation,
II would present the following for sta
tisticians;
More wheat lands than either OF
the Dakotas.
More fruit lands than California
Equals Illinois grand prairie ii
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 compined.
More marble than Nevada, New
Hampshire ana Massachusetts.
Is second in the production Of cot
ton from monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania more copper than, any
other state save Montana
Second in gypsum
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin
est fireproof material known to sci
encc
Second in cattle; third in money
products Of same
Seven thousand square miles Of land
underlaid with coal, and few OF it,
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.
is eighth in railway 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 ih production Of cantaloupcs,
Third in the production Of water
melons and seventh in nlus1 melon
production,
It IS first in tonnage Of alfalfa; third
lin money value produced
1t is fifth in vegetables, with less
than tenth Of the state trying to cul
tiyate the garden products
With an acreage OF fiftieth Okla
homa is tenth in the production OF or
chard products.
1t IS tenth in barley; first, If acre
age We're proportioned
Capitalization considered, Oklahoma
leads all others in the amount Of
money deposited in its banks.
Oklahoma raises more saddle horses
than any other two states without com
ment on Kentuckys fame
II is the only state Of the union
where smallpox never leads to q pcsti-
lential crisis.
It has the most equable climate
save California, Of all the states
It is fourth in The value Of its stream
fish products,
II IS first in purchasing its harvest
ing machinery away from home,
Population estimated. its pcoplc pur-
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all other states III the
union
Producing sufficient loodstuffs to-
supply any other three states of The
union, our people purchase more from
outside the state. population consider
ed, than any other state.
It surpasses any other state IN
growth from 1897 to August /, 1903
1t has more miles Of possible good
dirt roads than any other state and
less Improvement on same than any
state west Of the Missouri river
II has the third best natural park
in the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma
chinery than any state save three. "
manufactures less than any other state
west OF the Missouri and south or The
Ohio rivers
It IS second in the manufacture Of
Portland cement
It is next TO Texas IN supplying thc
Galveston wharyes with shipping
II has the best equalization Of taxes
private and corporate IN the world
Great as It's cotton production IS
Oklahoma IS twentieth III the output
Of its spindles with no record Of ~
cotton mill falling to pay dividend
annually
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