The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-05-20
Facts About
Oklahoma

nous possibilities OF Oklahoma From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and all
Of those. but Texas. win soon be over
come BY the grea. progressive strides
OF the new state. Oklahoma affords
more opportunity for diversified farm
ing than any other state in the Union
save Texas. and area considered, It
surpasses the Lone Star state II all
Of Oklahoma's acreage possible Of be.
ing utilized were under cultivation.
# would present the following for sta
tisticians:
More wheat lands than either Of
the Dakotas.
More fruit lands thaa California
Equals Illinois grand prairie in
corn lands.
Has more timber than 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 eompined
More marble than Nevada, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Is second n the production Of cot
ton from monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania: more copper than any
other state save Montana
It is tenth in barley; first. II acre
age were proportioned.
capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others in the amount Of
money deposited in is banks.
Oklahoma raises more saddle horses
than any other two states without com.
ment on Kentucky's fame.
It is the only state Of the union
where smallpox never leads to a pesti-
Iential crisis.
1t has the most equable climate.
save California, Of all the states.
Il is fourth in the value Of its stream
fish products.
II Is first In purchasing It's harvest
Ing machinery away from home
Population estimated. its people pur-
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all other states In the
union.
Producing sufficient foodstuffs to
supply any other three states of the
union. our people purchase more from
outsIdeIhe state. popuisticn consider
ed, than any other state.
1t surp asses any other state in
growth from 1907 to August 1, 1909
It has more miles Of possible good
dirt roads than any other state and
less Improvement on same than any
state west OF the Missouri river.
1t has the third best natural park
II the United States.
Second IN gypsum
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin
est fireproof 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 its
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 five years;
first in number Of systems started in
1909
Oklahoma is first in production or
peanuts.
Second In production Of cantaloupes.
Third In the production Of water
melons and seventh in musk melon
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1t Is first In tonnage Of alfalfa; third
In money value produced.
1t is fifth in vegetables, with less
than tenth Of the state trying to cul,
tiyate the garden products.
With an acreage Of fiftieth Okla.
homa is tenth in the production Of or
chard products.
Consuming more agricultural ma.
chinery than any state save three. ii4
manufactures less than any other state
west Of the Missouri and south OF the
Ohio rivers
It IS second in the manufacture o.
Portland cement.
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