The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-31
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA
Few people understood the enoi
GUS possibilities OF Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoinl
the state has but four superiors ano
all Of those, but Texas. will soon b,
overcome by the great progressiv,
strides OF the new state. Oklahoma af
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
nion save Texas. and arei
considered 1t surpases the Lone star
II all OF Oklahoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiva
tlon, It would present the following
Tor statisticians:
More Wheat lands tnan either Ds
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corr
landH. al
Has more timber tnan 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 Pennsyivani.
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
pan N n n rv.nr thon
,ther state save Montana. ;,
Second In gypsum.
More than Europe produces in liz
product.
Fourth in developed kaolin, the I'm.
est hreproof material known to sci
.nce.
Second In cattle: third in money
pr roducts of same. a.e
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underlald with coal. and few Of 1t
mines more than opened.
More Magnesia and dolomite rock
han 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;
irst In number Of systems started In
l909
It has the most equable climate,
save California, Of all the states.
Oklahoma Is first In production OF
peanuts.
Second In production OF Canteloupef
Third in the production Of Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pro
duction.
1t Is first in tonnage Of alfalfa; third
in money value produced.
1t Is Nth in vegetables, with less
than a tenth OF the state trying to cul
tiyate the garden products.
With an acreage OF flftieth Okla
homa Is tenth In the production ofp
orchard products.
II is tenth In barley, frst II acreage
we're proportioned.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all othsIs In The amount Of mon
ey deposited in Its banks.
IT Ia Brst In purchasing It's harvest
Ing machinery away from home.
II surpasscs any othe r state In
growth from 1907 to August /. 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 sufficient food stuffs tt
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 parl
In the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma
ctlnery than any state save three, 1
manufactures less than any other stat,
west Of the Missouri and north OF tbs
Ohio rivers.
1t is second In the manufacture O
Portland cement.
II is next to Texas In supplying tn
Galveston wharves with shipping, 4e
Population averaged. Il has secont
largest church membership than an,
other state.
X has the best equalization OF take
private and corporate In the world.
Great as its cotton production l
Oklahoma is twentieth In the outpu
OF Its spindles: with no record Of
cotton mill falling to pay dividen'
annually.
Oklahoma raises more saddle nors
es than than any other two state
without comment on Kentucky's fame
Its corporations are more method
ically dealt with than any OF the state
II 10 the only state of the Uuio
where smallpox never leads to pei
tilential crisis
II has more cities which hav
doubled In population aince 1906 tina
ANY other Slate or territory vital
the Uuion,