The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-02
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FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

FHSlS hoOOI ONLAnOmA
Few people understood the enor.
GUS possibilities Of Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and
all OF those, but Texas. will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides or the new state. Oklahoma az.
fords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
Union save Texas. and area
considered II surpases the Lone Star
II all OF Oklanoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultivn
tion, II would present the following
for statisticians.
More Wheat lands tnan ether pa
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie IN corn
lands.
Has more timber tnan 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 combined.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Is second In the production OF cotton
tom 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 lig-
product.
Fourth IN developed kaolln, the fin
est hrcproof 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 iis
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.
ls eighth In railway mileage first In
number OF miles In past five years !,
tirst in number OF systems started In
1909.
II has the most equabIe climate,
save California, OF all the states.
Oklahoma Is first IN production Of
peanuts.
Second In production OF Canteloupes
Third In the production Of Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pro
ductIon.
III IL hrst In tonnage Of alfalfa; third
IN money value produced.
II is fifth In vegetables, with less
than tenth OF the state trying to cuI
tivate the garden products.
With an acreage OF fiftieth Okla
homa is tenth In the production of
orchard products.
II Is tenth In barley, nrst II acreage
we're proportIoned.
Capitalization considered Oklahoms
leads all others in ito amount OF NOR
ey deposited 10 It's banks.
II Is first In purchasing its harvest
Ing machinery away from home.
II surpasses any othe state In
growth from 1907 to August /, 1909.
II has more miles OF possible good
less Improvement on same than AM
state west OF the Missouri river.
Population estimated Its people pur
chase more necessities from outsidt
the state tnan all other states 10
| the Union.
Producing sufficient food stuffs tt
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from OUT
side the state, population considered
than any other state.
II has the third best natural parl
In the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma
ctlnery than any state save three II
manufactures less than any other state
west OF the Missouri and north Of ths
Ohio rivers.
II ls second In the manufacture Of
Portland cement.
II Is next to Texas In supplying tn.
Galveston wharves with shipping.
Population averaged, II mas secont
largest church membership than AM
other state.
II has the best equalization OF taxei
private and corporate in the world.
Great as It's cotton production II
Oklahoma Is twentieth in the ontpu
OF It's spindles: with no record Of |
cotton min falling to pay q dividend
annnaly,
Its corporations are more method
lically dealt with than any of the state
Oklahoma raises more saddle hors
es than than any other two state
without comment on Kentueky's fame
u Is the only state of the UnIo,
where smallpox never leads to pes
tleuiial crisis.
II has the best high school sys
tenn In the United states.
II has more cities which hav
doubled In population since 1909 thai
/ my other state or territory withil
The Union.
Il has the only river IN the Worl
that ID salty for more than 200 miles
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