The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-28
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

WHt THNi0 H900s ONEHuOWA
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 Of the new state. Oklahoma af-
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state iu ths|
Union save Texas. ana area
considered 1t surpases the Lone StaE
II all OF Oklahoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiya
tlon, 1t would present the following
Tor statisticians:
More Wheat lands than either Da
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands.
nas more timber tnan Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate AZ 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 a 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 kaolin. the fin.
est nreproof material known to sci.
ence.
Second In cattle: third in money
products OF same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
lnderlaid with coal. and few Of II
mines more than opened.
More Magnesia and dolomite rock
han 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-
loes.
Is eighth In railway mileage; first in
lumber OF miles In past five years;
irst In number OF systems started In
1909.
1t has the most equable climate.
save California, OF all the states.
Oklahoma Is first Ia production Of
peanuts.
Second In production Of Canteloupes
Third In the production OF Water
melons and seventh IN muskmelon pro
iuction.
IT Is drst In tonnage OF alfalfa: third
IN money value produced.
II Is fifth In vegetables, with less
han tenth OF the state trying to cuI
tiyate the garden products.
With an acreage OK fftieth Okla
noma Is tenth in the production ofp
orchard products.
1t Is tenth in barley, first II acreage
we're proportioned.
Capiteiization considered Oklahoma
leads all oths In Ito amount Of mon
ey deposited In It's banks.
II Is nrsl in purchasing its harvest
ing machinery away from home.
1t suniasses any othe state In
srowth from 1907 TO August |, 1909.
Il hss more miles Of possible good
less Improvement on same than any
,late west OF the Missouri river.
Population estimated its people pur
chase more necessities from outside
he state than all other states In
the Union.
Producing suffcien, food stuffs to
supply any three states of the Union
our people purchase more from out
side the state, population considered
han any other state.
It has the third best natural parl
10 the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma
ctinery than any state save three, I
manufactures less than any other state
west of the Missouri and north OF the
Ohio rivers.
IL is second In the manufacture o.
Portland cement
II is next to Texas In supplying tn
Galveston wharves with shipping.
Population averaged. II has secont
largest church membership than an!
other state.
II has the best equalization OF taxe
private and corporate In the world.
Great as its cotton production 4
Oklahoma Is twentieth In the outpu
OF Its spindles with no record Of
cotton mill falling to pay a dividend
annually.
Oklahoma raises more saddle hors
es than than any other two state
without comment on Kentucky's fame
IT'S corporations are more method
Ically dealt with than any OF the state
It Is the only state Of the Uuio
where smallpox never leads to pei
tilential crisis.
II has more cities which hav
doubled In population since 1905 tina
any other state or territory withi
the Union,