The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-12

Few people understood the onor-
ous possibilities OF oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
tho state has but four superiors and
all Of those, bur Texas. Will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides OF the new stale. Oklahoma 81.
lolds more opportunity Tor diverslled
farming than any other state IN the
union sal We Texas and area
considered II surpases The Lone star
II all of OklahOma's acreage possible
Of being utilized were under eulilVa
lion. II would present the following
for staiisticana;
More Wheat lands than either pa
kota.
! More fruit lands than California.
/ Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands.
+ Has more timber than Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate as much rice land AZ
Sonth 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 monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania; more copper than any
other state save Montana. :,
Second in gypsum.
More than Europe produces In llg
product.
Fourth IN developed kaolln the fin
est nreproof material known to sci
ence.
Second IN cattle: third In money
products OF same
Seven thousand square miles of land
undcrlald with coal, and few OF ii'
mines more than opened
More Magnesla and dolomiie rocl
than all the rest OF the states
More rivers with natural draInag'
canaclty than any other state save
Colorado.
Is sixth In the production OF pota
toes.
IS eighth IN railway mileagc;Ilrst 4
number OF miles in past five years
first in number OF systems started 4
! 1909.
Oklahoma Is first in production q
peanuts.
Second IN production Of Canteloupei
I Third in the production OF Waite
) melons and seventh In muskmelon pr'
I duction
1T is first in tonnage OF alfalfa; thir
In money value produced
) 1t Is 0flh In vegetables. with les
I than n tenth Of the state trying to ca
) tiyate the garden products.
I With an acreage OF ffiieth OklI
! boma Is tenth in the production OF
orchard products.
{ II Ia tenth In barley, first If acroag
were proportloned
I Capitalization considered Oklahom
! leads all Others in the amount Of mo
ey deposited In its banks.
y Oklahoma raises more saddle nor
Z es than than any other two state
3 without comment on Kenluekys fam
Z It rs the only state OF the UniC
IS where smallpox never leads to a pa
Z iileniial crisis
,j Il has the most eluahle clmat
q gave California. of All the states
IS 1t W fourth In the value OF !
II stream f8h products
s. u i8 fast IN purchasing its harve'
fl ing machinery away from home.
( Population estimated its people ~
chase more necessities from 0ntsll
( the state than AL other states
the Union
Producing sufficient food sluffe
) }gpply auv three states OF thc unio
onr people purchase more from oi
side the state, poDnlaiion conAidere
than aDy ether state
I II eurpasses any othe r stale
( jernwtll from 1907 70 August 1909
II has more miles of possible go
( dirt roads than any other state al
J less improvement on same than a
I sgefe west of tbe Missouri liver
5 II has The third best natural pa
n ihe United states
Consuming more agricultural n
cbinery than any state save three
manufactures lees than any other STA
'rest of ibe Missouri and north OF I
IS Ohio risers
II s second ~ the manufacture
5lPoflland cement