The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-15
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

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Few people understood Jne rnor'
GUS possibilities Of Oklahoma. From
fin agricultural and mineral standpoint
Che state has bur four superiors ana
all OF those but Texas, vii! soon be-
overcome by The great progressive
strides or the nrw state. Oklahoma al.
lords more opportunity tor diversified
farming than 00y other state IN the
union save Texas and area
considered II surDases the Lone Star
II all OF Oklahoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cutya
lion, II would present the following
for statlsticians:
More Wheat lands tnan either ia.
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals lllinois' grand prairie In corn
lands.
Has more timber tnnn Wisconsin
Michigan aud ludiana combined.
Can cultivate AS much rice land NJ
South Carolina.
More granite than Vermont New
Hampshire aud Maine combined
More petroleum than Pennsylvania
West Virginia and ohio combined.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire aud Massachusetts.
Is second In the production Of cotton
f'um monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other giate save
P.nnsylsania: more copper than any
other state save Montana.
second In gypsum
More than Europe produces in ilg
product.
Fourth Ia developed ksoiin, the mn
est nrepfoof material known 10 sci
euce.
SECOND In cattle iniJd 10 money
pi oductE OF same.
Seven ihousand square miles OF land
hndeflald with coal and Few of ia
mines more than opened
More Magnesls and dolomite rock
than all the rest Of the states.
More flyers 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
hrst In number OF systems started ID
1909.
Il has the most equable climate,
save California, of all the states.
oklahoma is first IN production NJ
peanuts.
second in production OF Canteloupes
Third In the production OF Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pro
duction.
Ut Is first in tonnage Of alfalfa; third
in money value produced.
II Is fifth In vegetables, with less
Than tenth OF the state trying to cul
tiyate the garden products.
With an acreage OF hftieth Okla
homa Is tenth In the production OIL.
orchard products.
1t Ia tenth In barley, flrst II acreage
we're proporiioned.
capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others In lie amount OF mon
ey deposited In It's banks.
Il Is first In purchasing its harves
ing machinery away from home.
IL surpasses any Jthe state In
growth from 1907 to August |. 1909.
Il has more miles Of possible good
less Improvement on same than any
siate west OF the Missouri river.
Population estimated It's people pur
chase more necessities from outside
The state than all other states In
the Union.
Producing sufficient food stnffs to
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from out
side the state, population considered.
ihan any other state.
II has the third best natural park
In the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma
cLinery than any state save three II
manufactures less tlian any other state
west OF the Missouri aud north OF the
Ohio rivers.
II is second In the manufacture OF
Portland cement.
II Is nexl to Texas In supplying tn.
Galveston whnrves with shipping
Population averaged. II has second
largest church member ship than any
other state
II has the best equalization OF taxes
private and corporate IN the world.
Great as lts cotton production Ia
0klahoms Is fwentieih liz the output
Of It's splndles; with no record OF a
cotton mill failing to pay a dividend
ANNUALLY
It's corporations are more method
iGally dealt with than any ~ the slates
oklahoma raises more saddle bors
es than than any other two states