The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-27
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people understond the enor-
GUS possibilities OF Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and
all Of those. but Texas. vii! soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides of the new state. Oklahoma az
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state in the
Union SAP We Texas. and area
considered II surDases the Lone star
II all Of Oklanoma's acreage possible
ton, II would present the following
for statisticians:
More Wheat lands tnan 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
f'om 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 Iig-
product.
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin.
est hreproof material known to sci.
ence.
Second In cattle: third in money
products OF same
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underaid 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 or pota
toes.
Is eighth In railway mileage first In
number of miles in past five years;
hrst in number OF systems started in
1909.
II has the most equable 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
ducton.
III 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
tivate the garden products
With an acreage Of fftieth Okla
homa Is tenth in the production ofp
orchard products
II is tenth in barley, first II acreage
were proportioned
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others In The amount OF mon.
ey deposited In it's banks.
It is first In purchasing its harvest
ing machinery away from home.
1t surpasses any othe state in
growth from 1907 to August /, 1909
II has more miles Of possible good
less Improvement on same than any
state west of the Missouri river.
Population estimated its people pur-
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all other states In
the Union.
Producing sufficient food stuffs to
supply any three states of the Union
our people purchase more from out.
side the state, population considered,
than any other state,
Il has the third best natural park
In the United states.
Consuming more agricultural ma.
cf'nery than any state saYe three. Il
manufactures less than any other state
west OF the Missouri and north of the
Ohio rivers.
i is second In the manufacture or
Portland cement.
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