The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-26
Facts You Should Know
About Oklahoma

an agricultural and mineral standpoint
The state has but four superiors and all
Of those, Lut Texas. will soon be over;
come BY the great progressive strides
Of the new state. Oklahoma affords
more opportunity for diversified fariu.
Ing than any other state III the Union
save Texas. and area considered, III
surpasses the Lone Star state lf ali
Of Oklahona's acreage possible OF be.
ing utilized we're under cultivation,
II would present the following for sta
iisticans:
More wheat lands than either OH
the Dako.as
More fruit lands than California
Equals Illinois grind prairie lnl
corn lands
Has more timber than Wisconsin,
Michigan and indiana combined
Can cultivate as much rice land as
South Carolina
More granite than Vermont, New
Hampshire ana Maine combined
More petroleum than Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio compined.
More marble than Nevada. New
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Is second In the production OF cot
ton from a monetary standpoint
More iron than any other state save
PENNSYLVANIA; more copper than an.
other state save Montana
Second in gypsum
Fourth in developed kaolin, The fin-I
est fireproof material known TO sci
ence
Second in cattle; third IN mouey
products Of same
Seven thousand square miles Of land
with coal, and few Of lis
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 Of pota-
toes.
Is eighth in railway mileage; first in
number OF miles in past five years;
first IN number Of systems started in
1909.
Oklahoma is First in production Of
peanuts
Second III production Of cantaloupes,
Third III the production Of water
melons aud seventh in musk melon
production.
It is first in tonnage Of alfalfa; third
ln money value produced.
1t Is fifth in vegetables, with less
than tenth Of the State trying TO cul-
tiyate the garden products
With an acreage Of fiftieth Okla
homa is tenth in the productioa Of or
chard products
It is tenth in barley; first, il acre
age were proportioned
Capitalization considered, Oklahoma
leads all others in the amount Of
money deposited in its banks
Oklahoma raises more saddle horses
than any other two states without com
ment on Kentucky's fame.
II is the only state OF the union
where smallpox never leads to q pesti-
ential crisis
It has the most equable climate,
save California. Of all The states.
It is fourth In the value Of It's stream }
lish products
1t IS first ii purchasing its harvest
Ing machinery away from home.
Population estimated, its people pur-
chase more necessities from outside
he state than all other states in the
Inion.
Producing sufficient foodstuffs to
supply any other three states Of the
inion, our people purchase more from
outside the state, population consider
d, than any other state
II surpasses any 0ther state W
growth from 1907 to August ], 1909
1t has more miles Of possible good
lirt roads than any other state and
ess Improvement on same than any
tate west Of the Missouri river
It has the third best natural park
II the United States
Consuming more agricultural ma
.hmery than any state save three. II
less than any other state Z
vest of the Missouri and south OF The
)hio rivers.
II is second In the manufacture Of
'0rtland cement
It is next TO Texas IN supplying the
ialveston wharves with shipping.
It has the best equalization Of taxes.
'rifate and corporate. IN the world
Great as IT'S cotton production i
oklahoma is twentieth IN the output
i It's spindlesi With no record Of 4
otlon mill failing to pay dividend
nnually. !