The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-29
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA


Few people understood the cnor
Gus possibilities Of Oklahoma. From
All agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has hut four supoifors ant
all Of those, but Texas. vii! soon bt
overcome by The great progressy,
strides OF The new state. Oklahoma al
fords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
union save Texas and ares
considered II SURPRISES the Lone Stal
II all Of Oklahoma's acreage POSSIBLE
OF being utilized we're under cultiyn
tlon. 1t would prcsent the following
for staIlsticians:
More Wheat lands than ether Da
kota.
More fruit lands than Calfoi G.a
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corr
lands
Has more timber tnan Wisconsll
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate as much rice land ai
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 cottor
Tom monetary standpoint
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania: more copper than any
other state save Montana. !. ef
Second In gypsum.
More than Europe produces In iig
product
Fourth in developed kaolin, the I'm
est 6reproof material known to sci
enco.
Second In cattle: third In none,
producta of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
.iussrlaid with coal. and few Of III
mines more than opened
Mose Magnesia and dolomite rocl
Than all the rest of the states.
More rivers with natural draInag,
capacity than any other state say,
Colorado. aft
. Is sixth in the production OF pota
toes
Is eighth In railway mileage hrst il
number OF miles In past FIVE years
nFst In number OF systems started II
1909.
1t bas the most eQuabie climate
save California, of all the states.
Oklahoma IL FIRST In production O
peanuts.
second IN production OF cantcloupes
Third IN the production of Water
melons and seventh In muskmclon pro
duciion.
III y 0rst IN tonnage OF alfalfa thir,
IN money value Produced
II is NTH In vegetables, with les
han a tenth Of the state trying to cul
tyate the garden producta.
With an acreage of 0flieth Okla
homa Is tenth 10 The production OIL
orchard products
y Is tenth ln barley, first II acreag,
we're propnrllonod.
capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads All others IN 10 amOnnt OF mon
ey deposited IN It's banke.
L y first IN purchasing rs harvest
ing machinery away from home.
II sufpaages any othe state fl
growth from 1907 % August ], 1909.
! has more miles OF possible goos
less Improvement on same than AM
state west Of the Missouri river.
Population estimated rs people pur
chase more necessities from outaidl
the state than all other states ii
the Union,
Producing sufficient food stuffs :
supply any three states Of the Unlor
our people purchase more from oul
Is'de the state, population considerct
than any other state.
II has tle third bess natural par
In the United States.
Consuming more agricultural mi
ehinery than any state save three
manufactures less than any other stat
lwest Of the Missouri aud north Of tb
OHIO rivers.
Il lsAee#d tt tEle inaoufsrlure d
| pofsiand cement.
! II Il pt5i II 'T'esae ii supplying ~
| ti8t e3Eon issnFe Hlth nllirr,nx
tvpu,ation assfsgedsalt mas nccun
largest church membership than an
other state
II has the best equalization OF taxe
private aud corporate In the world.
| Great as ifa cotton production l
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