The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-28
CENSUS
FIGURES
COMPARED
HOW OKLAHOMA STACKS
UP WITH CONVENTIONS
ESTIMATE

The only comparison lncIc y w
Oklahoma IN a census way is between
the official counts taken N 1907 and
1910. The 1907 count was ordered
for the purpose OF testing out conf
pant made by the opponents of the
constitution then about TO Je submits
ted to the people for ratification that
the constitutional convention had dis
fegarde the number Of people IN
forming their legislative and judicial
districts. Figures made public by the
goyernmeit following the enumera-
ton. proved that the convention, while
largely guessing on population. was
not far wrong. at least mol suiilcl-
entity to justify nullificauon OF the
conventions work
Oklahoma county, including Okla
homa City. was accorded with the
largest gain IN people between 1900
and 1907 The county ranked one IN
the state It's phenominal growth
during the three years Of statehood
kept Il in first place after the 1910
enumeration.
Muskogee county. which was fourth
In 1907, went TO second, Pittsburg
county remaining third and Pottawat-
omie county. which gained 253 people
in the three wears. went from second
TO fourth in the total population stand
lag. Liicoln county vas the filth larg-
EST IN 1907. but the loss of 2.5l4 peo-
ple daring the three years pat Il back
to eighth Comanche went from sixth
to fifth. Caddo from eighth to sixth
Tulsa from twentyfirst 10 seventh and
Garfield remains the ninth in total
IL suiation. as IL was in 1907.
Logan county went from seve,.h 20
tenth. Brown went from fifteen to
eleventh. Bryan Dropped from tenth
~ Meil1h. N,,h Le + ere thirteenth
as Il was In 1907 Kiowa now The
fourteenth county. was nneteerth IN
1907. Kay dropped from twelfth Place
to fifteenth. Garrin went from sew.
enteenth 20 sixteenth and Creek coun-
ey took spurt mat ran II Gom twen-
ty-seyen h TO seventeenth pace. Car
ter was eleventh but is now eigh'
tee Y. Wnshings advanced frcm
twen., first To nineteenth, Seuuayan
dropped two places. from e.sa.eenth
10 twei iieih. Greer conniy. after the
most recent ope alton. ont If which
grew the new county OI Harmon. drop
ped from fourteenth to twenty-first,
P1ntotoc from sixteenth to twenty-sac
ord and PAYNE dropped from twent
eth TO thenty-third
In point of gai.s Oklahoma counts
ands first with 2931i Mnskose,
second with l5.z6I. Tulsa third with
1892. Pittsburg fourth with 1915
and Co1anche fifth with 9.15l The
other counties making Ha.ge gain:
we're in oldcr as follows. Creek, Nc
Curtain, Grady. Okmulgee Jackson
1illman. Cadso. K,owa. Seminole
Washingtc.. Ossge. Custer. Garfield
Choctaw, Seminole. Ckfuskee an,
Hughes
The counties losing since 1907 and
tie number according to the last
census we're as follows. Cimarron
g74; Ilnsfcri 1888; U)Il S6S;
Marshall. 1925. Texas. 2,l99. Carter
I.044: Lincoln. 2.5iI. Roger NILS 37s
lJyading the state by a line easI
X through the center. placing
Oklahamo county and Oklahoma Citl
49,. .naanDgt tJun,y ana MusKOgee
city in the north half. the counties
above the liae gained In population
i42.0s, and lost 6.456. or net gain OF
1885. In counties II the southern
half ncne OF which made NOR ethan
what might be regarded as moral gain
tAere was nincrease Of ll2.fI0. and
a loss OF 1915. or a net gain OF l01 .095
showing that the north half OF the
state ga.ne1 over the south half go
81 people. OF about what l. account
ed for in the Abnormal growth OF
Muskogee. Oklahoma City AID Tulsa.
Divided b. the old line between the
territories. the east half OF the state,
which included Usage county gained
14S,S34 and lost 6,4ly people. making
a net gain OF l42.4l5 The west side,
which Is OF less area IN numbers of
counties, gained i0i 05s and lost g.
4Gj, making net gain of - .594 peo-
pie. or a gal Of 1881 in favor of old
indian Territory or the largest coun
~ gaibs the east side gets second.
tbiBl fourth, sixth and seventh places
and the west side first fifth, eighth
and tenth While the Indian Terri
tory shows FIVE counties that loss in
population the west side shows but
four. yet those four lost 4o more peo-
pie that did the Indian Territory coun-
lies. On the east side the individual
county gains were more nearly unl-
torn The smallest gain Of any coun-
q In the state was Harper-100-
Greer county shows a loss of 7,175
but when considered with Harmon
county, which was created out OF the
former which CroutyoS.In .Intogshrdlucfy
former. The Greer ecHa4s gain would
be 4.i53 had the knife not been in
serted
i had been trouble With constipa.
tion for two years and tried all OF
the best physicians in Bristol. Tenn,
and they could do nothing for me,
writes Thos. L. Williams. Middeboro