The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-04
PATIENTS
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people understond the enor
ous possibilities Of Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superlors and
all OF those, but Texas. will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides Of the lew state. Oklahoma af.
ards more opportunity foi diversified
farming than any other state In the
Union save Texas and area
considered II suroases the Lone Star
III al OF Oklahoma's acreage possible
OF being Utilized were under cultiya
tlon, 1t would present the following
Tor statisticians -'esi
More wheat lands thar ther pa
kota.
More fruit lands than California
Equals Illinois, grand prairie in corn
lands.
Has more timber tnaD Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate as ,pnch rice aud as
South Carolina.
More granite than Vermont New
hampshire and Maine comb'1ed
More petroleum than Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio combined
More marble than Nevada New
| Hampshire and Massachusetts
ls seccnd IN the production Of cotton
| foYa moraIars standpoint
More iron than any other state save
Pennsyiyania; mnrs cornsr than any
other Stale save. Montana
Second IN gspsuin.
More thaG Europe produces ln lig'
product.
Fourth in developed kaolin, the nm
est freproof material known 70 sci
euce
Second in cattle. third IN mono,
lploducts of same.
Seven thousand square miles Of land
underlaid with coal and few OF its
mines more than opened.
More Magnesia and dolomite roci
Than all the rest OF the states
More rivers With natural dralnag,
capacity than any other state saw,
colorado
Is sixth In the production Of pots
toes.
IL eighth in railway mileage first II
number of miles In past FIVE years
tlrst In number of systems started n
1909.
II has the most equabie climate
save California, OF all the states.
4 Oklahoma Is first IN production o
peanuts.
Second In production OF CanteIoupes
Third in the production OF Water
melons aud seventh In mnskmelon pre-
duction.
III Is first in tonnage OF alfalfa; thir
In money value produced.
II is ffth In vegetables. with les
than a tenth OF the state trying TO Ct
tiyate the garden products.
With an acreage OF ff!eth Okli
homa Is tenth In the proaac.ion OF
orchard products.
II Ia tenth In barley, FIRST II acreag
. we're proportioned.
Capitalization considered Oklahom
leads all others In tie amount OF moi
ey deposited In It's banks.
II Is first In purchasing its haryos
Ing machinery away from home.
II surpasses any othe r state
growth from 1907 to August !, 1909.
II has more miles OF possible goo
less Improvement on same than an
state west Of the Missouri river.
Population estimated its people pu
chase more necessities from outsId
the state than all other states
the Union.
Producing sufficient food stuffs
supply any three states Of the Unio
our people purchase more from ou
side the state, population considere
han any other state.
II has the third best natural par
in the United States.
Consuming more agricultural m
cbinery than any state save three
manufactures less than any other sta
west OF the Missouri and north Of II
Ohio rivers.
II is second In the manufacture
Portland cement.
II Is next TO Texas In supplying u
Galveston wharves with shipping.
, Population averaged. 1t mas secor
! largest church membership than ar
lother state
II has the best equalization OF tax
private and corporate In the world.
Great as It's cotton production
Oklahoma is twentieth III the outp
Of It's spindles: with no record Of
cotton mill falling to pay divideI
annually.
Its corporations are more metbc
ically dealt with than any OF the stat
Oklahoma raises more saddle hol
es than than any other two stat
without comment on Kentucky's fan
II Ia the only state Of the Jul
where fmallpox never leads TO q d
tiIential crisis
It has the best high school o
tcm In the United states.
II has more cities which ha
doubled In population since 1906 IN
lsry c'tcr statc " territory I'LL
'he Union.
II has The only river Ia thv VOL
that IA shity for more than 200 mil
II has both the shaIloHeat and de-