The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-15
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

I Few people understood the enor
GUS possibilities OF Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoin,
the state has but four superiors and
all OF those, but Texas. Will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides Of the new state. Oklahoma az
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
Y n Ion sa) We Texas and area
considered 1t surpases the Lone star
IL all OF Oklanoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiva
ton, Il would present the following
for statisticians:
More Wheat lands than either Da-
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie III corn
lands.
Has more timber tnaA Wisconsin
Michigan aud 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 combined.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Is second in the production OF cotton
nom monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
pennsylvania; more Gopher tRan any
other state save Montana. ),
Second in gypsum.
More than Europe produces In lig.
product.
Fourth in developed kaoIin, the fin
est Greproof material known to sci
ence.
Second ia 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 Eve years
hrst 10 number OF systems started in
1909.
L has the most eqnabie climate.
save California Of an The sfates
Population estimated It's people pur.
chase more necessities from outside
The state than all other states in
the Union.
Oklahoma is first in production Of
/ peanuts.
Second in production OF Canteloupes
Third in the production OF Water
melons and seventh in muskmelon pro
ducti@n.
~ Is hrst In tonnage OF alfalfa: third
in money value produced.
1t is fifth in vegetables. with less
than a tenth OF the state trying to cul
tisate the garden products.
With an acreage OF lftleth Okla
homa is tenth in the production otp
/ orchard products
II Is tenth in barley, first II acreage
were proportioned.
i Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others ln lie amount OF mon
ey deposited In its banks.
Il is FIRST in purchasing its harvest
ing machinery away from home.
1t surpasses any othe state In
growth from 1907 to August /, 1909.
Il has more miles Of possible GOOD
less Improvements on same than any
state west of the Missouri river.
/ Producing suffcien; food stuffs t.
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from ou;
side the state, population considered
than any other state
I IL has the third best natural parb
10 the United States
Consuming more agricultural ma
ohinery than any state save three. II
manufactures less than any other state
west Of the Missouri and north OF the
Ohio rivera
Il is second In the manufacture OF
Portland cement.
II Is next to Texas in supplying TIL
Galveston wharyes with shipping.
Population averaged. It has second
largest church membership than any
other stata.
II has the best equalization or taxes
private and corporate In the world.
srreai as It's cotton production is
Oklahoma Is twentieth in the output
NJ rs spindles; with no record OF a
cotton MIL falling to pay a dividend
sn7uaiv
Oklahoma raises more saddle hors-
81 than than any other two states
without comment on Kenfucky's fame.