The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-24
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA
Few people understond the enOr-
GUS possibilities Of oklahoma From
an agricultural and mineral standpoinl'
The state has but four supprors and
all Of those, but Texas. viii soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides Of the new gtate. Oklahoma al
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state in the
Union sa)y Texas aad area
considered 1t surDases tile lone star
II all Of Oklanoma's acreage 3osslbiq
OF being utilized were under culiiva
ton, It would present the following
for statlsticians
More Wheat lands than either Da'
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie IN cora
lands.
Has more timber tnan Wisconsin
Michigan aud Indiana combined.
Can cultivate as much rice land as
South Carolina.
More granite than Vermont New
Hampshire and Maine combined.
More petroleum thsn Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio combined.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire and Massachusetts
Is second In the production OF cotton
f'om monetary standpoint
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania: more copper than auy
other state save Montana
Second Ia gypsum
More than Europe produces in lig-
product
Fourth in developed kaolin, the I'm
est freproof material known 70 ser
ence
Second in cattle: third in money
products of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underlaid with coal, aud few OF It's
mines more than opened
More Magnesia aud dolomlte 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 ia
number of milos in past ave years
first in number Of systems started in
ie09.
It has the most oquabie climate,
save California. OF all he states.
Oklahoma is first IN productions OF
peanuts.
Second in production Of Cantelorpes
Third IN the production OF Water
melons aud seventh in muskmelon pro
duction.
III is FIRST IN TONNAGE of alfalfa: third
IN money value produced.
Il is ffth in vegetables with less
than tenth oi lhe state trying to cnl
tiyate the garden PRODUCES
With an acreage Of Hfieth Okla
homa Is tenth in the production Off
orchard products
Il is tenth IN barley. iirst II acreage
were proport.oned.
Capitalization considered oklahoma
leads all others in t1 amount OF mon.
ey deposited in rs banks.
II Is drst In purchasing its harvcs
ing machinery away from home.
4 surgasses any othe r state IN
growth from 1907 % august 1. 1909
II has more miles Of possible apod
less Improvement on same than any
state west Of Che Missouri liver
Population estimated It's people pur
chase more necessities from Uu's3s
the state than all other states u.
the Union.
Producing sufficient food siufis TO
supply any three states of tho Union
our people purchase more from oul
side the state population considered.
han any other state
Il has the third best natural park
in he United states.
Consuming more agricultural ma.
chinefy than any state save three. II
manufactures less than any other sta
west of the Missouri and north OF the
ohio rivers
Il is second in the manufacture o.
Portland cement,
II is next 10 Texas IN sliDolving ths
Galveston wharves with shipping.
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largest church membership than any
other state
L has the best equalization OF taxes
private and corporate IN the world.
Great as its cotton production Is
Oklahoma is twentieth IN the output
OF its spindles. with no record OF a
cotton mill failing to pay dividend
annually.
its corporations are more method
ically dealt with than any of The states
Oklahoma raises more saddle nors
es than than any other two states
without comment on kentuclsy's fame.
1t IL The only state Of the Uuion
where smallpox never leads to a pes
lllentia crisis
II has the best high school sys-
tenn In the United states.
Il has more cities which have
doubled in population since 1906 than
any other state or territory. within
the Unioa
It has the only rlgea IN The worl1
that il salty sor moro than 200 miles.
Il he's both The shallopsest and deep
est of well in the world.
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