The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-11
FACTS ABOUT okLAHoMA

FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA
Few people understood the enor-
GUS possibilities OF Oklahoma Froul
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
The state has but four supcriors and
all OF those, hut Texas. VIII soon be
overcome by tho great progressive
strides or the acw state. Oklahoma af.
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
Union save Texas. and area
considered Ii slrDases The Lone star
II all Of Oklanona's acreage possible
Of being utilized were under cnltiva
tlon, II would present the following
for statieucians:
More Wheat lands than either Da.
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
from 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 kaoIin. the m.
est hreproof material known 10 sci
snce.
Second in cattle: third In money
products of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
upderldid with coal. and few OF It's
mines more than opened.
More Magnesia and dolomite rock
lban all The rcst Of Tho states.
More rlvcrs with natural draInqge
capacity than any other state save
Colorado.
Is sixth In the production OF pota
toca.
Is eighth in railway milesge ilrst IN
number of miles In pasl hv. years
nrsi In number Of systems started In
1909.
It has The most cauebIe climate,
save California. of al The states.
Oklahoma is frnt in production ~
peanuts
Second IN production Of Cant cloupes
Third IN the production OF Water
melons and seventh IN muskmclou pro.
ducton.
Ut Ia frsl In tonnage Of alfalfa: third
In money value produced
II Ia 6fih In vegetables. with lraa
than tenth OF the state trying to cul
t'ssie The garden PRODUCES
With an acreage Of Gliicth Okla,
homa Ia tenth In the production Off
orchard products.
II IL tenth In barley. frst II acreage
we're proporiioned.
capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others in liza amount OF mon
ey deposited In Its hanks.
Y Is FIRST in purchasing its harvest
ing machinery away from home.
II surpasses any 0the state In
growth from 1907 10 August |. 1909.
u has more miles Of possible good
less Improvement on same than any
state west OF the Missouri river.
Population estimated It's people pur.
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all other states In
tho Union.
Producing sufficient food stuffs Il
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase moro 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
chinery than any state save three Il
manufactures less than any other state
west OF the Missouri and north OF the
Ohio rivers
Il Is second In the manufacture Of
/ Portland cement.
II Is next TO Texas IN supplying tn
Galveston wharyes with shipping.
Population averaged. II has seconC
largest church membership than AM
other state
II has the best equalization OF taxei
private and corporate In the world.
Great as lia cotton production II
! Oklahoma l. twentieth In the ontpu
oi It's Hpndles. with no record OF |
cotton mill failing 10 pay diyIden'
annually.
lts corporations arc more method
ically dealt with than any OF the state
j Oklahoma rstses more saddle bor'
es than than any other two state
without continent on Kentucky's fame
II il The only state OF the Julio
where gruaIlpox never loads to pei
tilcnlial crisis
u has The best high school sys
TEN IN the United states.
II has more cities which has
doubled In population since 1906 tba
any other state or territory With
The Union.
II has the only river In the worl
that Is salty for more than 200 mile
II has both the shaIlowest and dee
nst oil well In the world
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