The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-11
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

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, will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides Of the new state. Oklahoma af-
lords more opportunity for diversified
EARNING than any other state In the
Union sa) We Texas and area
considered 1t surpases the Lone Star
II all OF Oklanoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiva
ton, 1t would present the following
for statisticians:
More Wheat lands than either Da
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands.
Has more timber tnaH 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
from a monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania: more copper thar any
other state save Montana. :,
Second in gypsum.
More than Europe produces In lig-
product.
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin
est freproof material known to sci
ence.
Second in cattle: third in money
products Of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underlaid with coal, and few Of It
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;
drst in number of systems started in
1909.
1t 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
duction.
III IS first ir tonnage OF alfalfa; third
IN money value produced
II Is fifth In vegetables, with less
than a tenth of the state trying to cul
tiyate the garden products.
With an acreage OF fiftieth Okla
homa is tenth In the production of.
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 Its banks.
It Is first In purchasing its harvest
Ing machinery away from home.
II surpasses any othe state In
growth from 1907 to August l, 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 sufdclen. 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.
II has the third best natural park
in the United States
Consuming more agricultural ma
ohinery than any state save three. II
less than any other state
west of the Missouri and north OF the
Ohio rivers.
1t is second In the manufacture or
Portland cement.
It Is next to Texas IN supplying ths
Galveston wharres with shipping.
Population averaged. 1t has second
largest chtlrch membership than any
Dther state. zE
II has the best equalization oftaxes
private and corporate In the world.
Great as its cotton production Isl
Is twentieth In the output
Of Its spindlcs; with no record OF q
cotton mill falling to pay dividend
annually.
Oklahoma raises more saddle hors
es than than any other two states
without comment on keHtuekys lame.
Its corporations are more method
ically dealt with than any Of the states
II Is the only state Of the Uuion|
where smallpox never leads to pes
lilential crisis.
II has more cities which have
doubled I'm ponnlaflon since 1906 than