The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-02
EAcrs ABOUT oKLAAoMA

Few people understond the enog
GUS possibilities OF Oklahoma. From
an agricultural aud mineral standp0in,
the state has but four superi0rs ana
all OF those, but Texas. viii soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides OF the new state Oklahoma af
lords more opportunity for diyersiird
farming than any other stale in lbn
| Union sa)ve Texas. aud AREA
considered II aurmaes HE Lone star
I II All of Oklan0ma's acreage possible
of being utilized were llder ciiltiva
lion, u wnnld present lss following
ffbr AAHaiirialrsN 's
Mofs Wheat lands lnau either Ia
k0ts
More ffuft lands tnsu Caiifdinn
Equals Illinois grand pIaiTis ia corn
lands
Hss more timber tnas Wisconsin
Michigan aud Indiana combined
Can cultivate as much nee tsnd a.
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 ana Massachusetts
IL second In the production " cotton
from O monetary standpoint
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania. more copper than any
other state save Montana. !.
Second In rypnum
More than Europe produces IN ~
product.
Fourth in developed kaoiin. the fin.
est hreproof material known TO sci
ence.
Second In cattle: third Ia money
products of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underlaid with coal, and few OF rs
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-
tees,
Is eighth In railway mileage first IN
number of miles In past five years,
hrst In number OF systems started In
1909.
II has the most equable climate.
save California, OF all the states.
Oklahoma IL first In production Of
peanuts.
Second In production OF Canteloupes
: Third In the production OF Water
m uI la, II. a. IN
ductlon.
III 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
tlvate the garden prodncls
With an acreage OF fftieth Okla
y homa IL tenth In the production OF,
y orchard products.
y 1t Is tenth In barley. iirst II acreag,
y were proportioned
Capitalization considered Oklahom:
y leads all others In he amount OF mon
y ley deposited In lts banks.
Il As 6rst In purchasing Its harvest
u ing machinery away from home.
j II surpasses any othe state Il
I growth from 1907 to August. 1. 1909
II II has more miles OF possible goo,
j less Improvement on same than I'M.
~ tbtate west OF the Missouri liver.
Population estimated is people puI
\ chase more necessities from Ontsid
u the state than all 0iher states I
r The Union
'e Producing suffeIeut food sinffs /
% supply any tpfee states OF The tlnioi
~ our people purchase more ffon ou
u side the state. population considered
d han any other state,
10 II has the third beat natural par
Ia the United sltates
"a Consuming more agricultural mi
c1inery than any state save three.
10 manufactures less than any other stat
10 west OF the Missouri and north Of tn
10 Ohio rivers.
~ II IL SECOND In the manufacture Q
" Portland cement.
ID Ia next Ia Texas In supplying IA
c' Galveston wharyes with shipping.
W Population averaged. II has seeon
'n largest church membership than an
Ut other state.
II has the best equalization OF tare
." pliNdle anu cOIpoih'e III w" WoIiu
AZ Great as It's cotton production
Oklahoma IN twentieth 10 the outpl
e. OF It's spindles with no record OF
cotton mill failing to pay dividen
annually
he IIa corporations are more melho
%, cally dealt with than any os .he stat,
w Oklahoma raises more saddle nor
~ es Than than any other two stat,
al without comment on Kentncliy's fam
~ II Is the only state OF the uuit
ny where smallpox never leads TO a pc
10 tilentlal crisis.
ny It has the best high school sy
tenn In the United states
II has more cities which ha'
ss doubled in population since 1906 this
is' any other state or territory with
I'd the Union.
II has the only river In the wor
rst that Is salty for more than 200 mile
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