The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-16
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people unuerStOnu Ln6 euOT|
Gus possibilities OF Oklahoma From
~ agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superi0rs and
all Of those, but Texas. vii! soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides OF the new state. Oklahoma az
fords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
Union save Texas. and area
considered 1t surpases the Lone Star
II all Of Oklan0ma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiva
tlon, II would present the following
for statIsticians:
More Wheat lands tnan either Da
kota. &ffs 81
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,. s,fN8
Is second In the production OF cotton
from 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. ra
Fourth In developed kaolIn, the in-
est 6reproof material known to SCI
ence. ~
! Second in cattle: thru In money
products of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underlaid with coal, and few Of Its
mines more than opened.
More Magnesla 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
oes. lt
Is eighth In railway mileage; first In
lumber of miles In past five years;
hrst In number Of systems started In
1909.
1t has the most equabie climate.
ave 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-
,uctien.
1T is first In tonnage of alfalfa; third
money value produced.
1t is fifth In vegetables, with less
han tenth Of the state trying to cul
lvate the garden products
With an acreage OF fiftieth Okla
loma Is tenth In the production Off
richard products.
1t is tenth In barley. frst II acreage
we're proportioned.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
eads all others In he amount OF mon
~ deposited In It's banks.
It Is first In purchasing its harvest
ng machinery away from home.
II surpasses any othe r state In
;rowth from 1907 to August /. 1909.
It has more miles OF possible good
ess Improvement ON same than any
tate west OF the Missouri river.
Population estimated its people pur
'hase more necessities from outside
he state than all otaer states In
he Union.
Producing sufficient food stuffs to
upply any three states of the Union
ur people purchase more from out
lde the state, population considered
han any other state. .s.6.
1t has the third best natural park
q the United States. n,
Consuming more agricultural ma
tinery than any state save three II
manufactures less than any other state
vest OF the Missouri and north OF tht
,hio rivers.
| 1t, is second In the manufacture o,
'ortland cement.
It Is next to Texas In supplying tn
galveston wharves with shipping.
Population averaged. It has second
srgest church membership than any
,ther state.
1t has the best equalization OF taxef
'rivate and corporate In the world.
Great as Its cotton production Il
'klahoma is twentieth In the output
4 its spindles; with no record Of !
otton mill falling to pay q dividend
nnualy.
Its corporations are more method
cally dealt with than any os the states
Oklahoma raises more saddle hora
than than any other two statei
ithout comment on Kentucky's fame
II Is the only state OF the UuioI
here smallpox never leads to a pes
Iential crisis
1t has the best high school sys
IN In the United states.
II has more cities which have
oubled in population since 1906 tina,
ny other state or territory wlthli
he Union.
II has the only river In the w0rlt
hat Is salty for more than 200 miles
1t has both the shallowest and deep
st oil well ip the world.