The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-14
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Few people uRderslolA size cnyr
GUS possibilities OF 0klahumH. From
sn Agricultural aud mineral atanSpalnt
Tho state haa but -FOUR suDerlurg atd
All If those, but Texan, VIII soon be
overcome BY tho great progressive
strides ~ the new plate Oklahoma AZ.
lords more opportunity for diversified
tarnlug 'hsh aDy other state N tho
union save rcxaB aud area
considered II surpases the Lone star
II an 0f OklahUmas acreage possible
Of being utilized we're under cultiya
lion, II would rrpsent the following
for atatistcians;
More Wheat lands tnan either pa'
kota.
More fruit lands than California,
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands.
Has more timber tnan Wisconsin
Michigan aud indiana conblned.
Can cultivate 40 much tMe land M
south Carolina.
More granite than Vermont New
Hampshire and Maine Combincd.
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 llg
product.
Fourth In developed kaolin, the flu
est 1rcproof 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 1t
mines more than opened.
More Magnosia 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 or pota
toes.
10 eighth In railway mileage ;nrst N
number OF miles In past Ave years,
first In number Of systems started II
1909.
1t has the most eauable climate
save California OF all the states.
Oklahoma is first IN production ol
peanuts
| Second 10 production OF Cantcloupes
Third in the production " Water
melons aud seventh In muskmclon pro
ductIen.
~ Ia first In tonnage OF alfalfa; thltt
lD money valuo produced
II Ia ffth In vegetables. with lcE'
than n tenth OF the state trying 20 cnl
tiyate tho garden products
with IN asI ,age Of 6fticth Okln
homa is tenth in the production of
orchard products.
II Ia tenth In barney. flrst II acreng'
were proportioned.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others In the amount OF mon
ey deposited In It's banks.
n II first ln purchasing its harvest
Ing machinery away from home.
II surpasses nny otho state II
growth from 1907 to August /, 1909.
IL has more miles Of possible goo'
lesH Improvement on same than An,
state west OF the Missouri river.
Population estimated lts people pun
chase more necessities from oulBid
the state than all other statos 4
the Union
Producing sufficient food utuffs /
supply any three states of the uuiou
our people purchase more from oul
side The state, population considered
than any other state.
II has the third best natural par
in the United States.
Consuming more agricultural mn
ctlnery than any state save three,
manufactures less than any other stat
west OF the Missouri and north OF th
Ohio rivers.
II Is second In the manufacture o
Portland cement
] II Is next to Texas In supplying TN
Galveston wharycs with shipping.
Population averaged. II has sccon'
largest church membership than an,
other state.
II has the best equalization OF take
private and corporate In the world.
Great rs It's cotton production 4
Oklahoma Is twentieth In the outpu
OF its spindleB: with no record OF |
cotton mill falling to pay diyIdenI
annually.
Oklahoma raises more saddle hors
es than than any other two state
without comment on KeDtucky's fame
lts corporations are more method
ioally dealt With than any os The state
Il is the only state Of the UuloI
where smallpox never leads TO o pes
tilental crisis.
1t has the best high school sys
TEN In the United states.
It. has more cities wbIch hay'
doubled In population since 1906 thai
any other state or territory within
! the Union.
It has the only river in the w0rll
that Is salty for more than 200 miles
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