The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-03
TOWEL. SUPPLY,
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

FNS > h0OO OhLAIf
Few people understond the enor.
ous possibilities OF Oklahoma. From
an Agricultural aud mineral standpoint
the state haA but four superi0rs ana
oil OF those, but Texas. will! soon be
overcome by tho great progressive
strides OF the new state Oklahoma az.
fords more opportunity for diversified
farming then any other state In tha
Union save Texas. and area
considered II surpases the Lone Star
II all Of Oklanoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiya
tion, It would present the following
for statisticians:
More Wheat lands tnsn either Da-
kota
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands. @6 -a&@A
Has more timber tnan wiscvnsin
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate as much rice lanc 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
rom a monetary standpoint.
More Iron than any other state save
Pennsylvaula. more copper than any
other state save Montana.
Second In gypsum
More than Europe produces In liz
product. v's' fnAs' =
Fourth in developed kaolin, the an.
est dreproof material known to sci.
ence. fn
Second In cattle: third in money
pioducts Of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
dnderlaid with coal. aud few Of its
mines more than opened
More. Magnesia and dolomlte rock
than all the rest OF the states.
More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than any other state cave
Colorado.
Is sixth In the production o, pota-
toes.
Is eighth In railway mileage first in
number OF miles in past five years;
lirst IN number Of systems started In
1909.
II has the most equaDie 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 musl<melon pro
ductien.
1T Is first In tonnage of alfalfa: third
In money value produced.
II is fifth In vegetables, with less
man a tenth OF the state trying 10 cul
ltlvate the garden products.
With an acreage OF 6ftieth Okla
homa Us tenth IN the production on
orchard products.
II Is tenth in barley, first II acreage
were proportiouod.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all otherslin he amount Of mon
ey deposited iu It's banks.
II is tlrst IN purchasing It's harvest
ing machlnery away ffom home.
| II nnrpasges any Othe state ID
growth from 1907 to Augnst !, 1909
II haa more miles 0f possible good
less Improvement on same than any
state west of the Missouri river.
| Population estimated its people pnr
chase more Necessities from outside
the state than all other states IN
the Union.
Producing sufficient food stuKfs "a
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from out
4 side the state, population considered
than any other state.
II has the third best natural parl
10 the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma
chinery than any state save three Il
manufactures less than any other state
west Of the. Missouri and north Of ths
Ohio rivers.
! It Is second in the manufacture o.
Portland cement.
II is next TO Texas in supplying tn
Galveston wharves with shipping.
Population averaged. II has secon,
largest church membership than an,
other state
| 1t has the best equalization OF take
private and corporate In the world.
Great as its cotton production 4
Oklahoma Ia twentieth in the outpu
OF Its spindles; with no record OF
cotton mill falling 10 pay a diylden'
a1nualy.
Itf corporations are more method
ieally dealt with than any OF the state
Qkiahoma raises more saddle horl
es than than any other two state
without comment on Kentucky's fam,
Il is the only state OF the Uuio
where smailpox never leads to pei
tilentIaI crisis
II has the best high school syi
tenn In the United states.
II has more cities which hay
doubled III population since 1906 tina
sny other state or territory With
he Ifuion.
II has the only river Ia the Norl
lilat Ii salty for more than 200 mile
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