The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-13
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They Want To Know" +:
Some Facts Realty Men Should Send to
lnquirers About Oklahoma


Few people understood the cnus'
nus possibilities Ol oklahoma From
an agricultural ana mineral standpoint
The state has but four supcrors and
an Of those, but Texas. will soon be-
overcome by The great progressive
strides Of tho new state. Oklahoma pI
lords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other ptate in the
union SAP We Texas, and area
considered II snrpases The Lone Star
II all OF Oklahomas acreage possible
Of being utilized were under cultiya.
tion, II would present the following
for staiistlcians:
More Wheat lands than either Da'
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 as
South Carolina.
More granite than Vermont New
Hampshire aud Maine combined
More petroleum than Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio combined.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire aud Massachusetts,
III second IN the production OF cotton
ffom monetary standpoint
More iron than pny other state save
Pennsylvania; more copper than any
other state save Montana. !.
Second In gypsum.
More than Europe produces In lig'
product
Fourth In developed kaolln. the fin
est areproof material known to sci
ence.
Second IN cattle: third IN money
products of same
Seven thousand square miles Of land
underlald with coal and few OF i,s
mines more than opened
More Magnesla and dolomIe rock
than all the rest Of the states
More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than any other state save
I Colorado.
is sixth in the production OF pota
toes
/ Is eighth IN railway mileage first II
number OF miles In past five years,
first IN number Of systems started II
( 1909.
4 Oklahoma is first IN production d
peanuts,
Second in production Of Canteloupes
I Third In the production Of Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pro
ductlon,
II Is first In tonnage Of alfalfa thlvl
IN money yame produced.
I II is Gfth IN vegetables with les'
than a tenth Of the state trying to cul
tlynie the garden products.
With an acreage OF Gfileth Okla
homa Is tenth in the production Oh
orchard products.
II Is tenth IN barley. flFsl II acreag
were wOp0rtioned.
Capitalization considered Oklah0m
! leads all Others In the amount OF mon
eg deposited In IT'S banks
Oklahoma raises more saddle nor.
cs than than amy other two state
without comment on Kenluety's timc
II Is the only state nf the tjulol
where smallpox never leads to pes
I, tileniial crisis
II has the most e11a5le climate
save California, OF all the states
II Is fourth IN the value Of II
stream Gsh products.
II ia FIRST IN purchasing rs harvest
inc machinery away from home.
Population estimated It's people pur
chase more necessities from outsid
The state than an other states Il
The Union
Producing sufficient food stuffs Il
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from oui
! side the state population considered
than any other state.
It surpasses any othc state II
growth from 1907 TO August |. 1909
II has more miles OF possible gco'
dirt reads than any other state AM
less Improvements on same than an,
state west Of the Mlssour' liver.
It has the third best natural parl
IN the United states
Consuming more agricultural ma
chinery than any slate save three |
manufactures less than any other stat
west ofthe Missouri and north OF th'
Ohio rivers
L is second IN the manufacture 0