The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-20
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people understood the enuf-
I0us possibilities 0i nklahOma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has liui four shpeaiogs and
Lam Of those. but 1eSas. Will soon be
overcome by Tie great progressive
lstrldes Of the new state Oklahoma az
lords niufs opportunity FOR diversified
farming than any other state In the
\ union sal Texas and area
considered Il SURPRISES the Lone star
4 II all Of Oklahoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiva
lion, Il would present The following
lfor statlstlclans.
More Wheat lands tnsn ether Da-
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands.
Has more timber tnan Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined
Can cultivate As r,,fch rlce land AS
South Carolina. Aae
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,
4 Is secald In the production of cotton
\ ON a monetary standpoint
\ More iron than any other state SAW
kppnnsvlvania murr conner Than any
other state snge Montana, /,
Second IN gypsum
More than Europe produces 10 Iig
product.
Ponrih IN developed kaolin me On
eat hreproof materiei known 10 set
nnce
Second IN cattle: tilird IN money
Eploducts OF same
4 seven thousand square miles Of laud
underlaid with coal, and few OF lls
fpllnes more fhnu openeu,
n More MsspesIa, ana tsolomlie rock
H5hup 0ll The rect of Ihesates
More 'iyels visa nalAtl lirninase
EeitsSlty than any Other state sayo
fCof0iNdo
+ ls4rixth IN the ptodDction of potA,
lloee,
I rs eighth IN railway miieaee;tlrst ~
hnmbcr Of miles Ia past Eve years
hrst ~ number OF syslems started ~
1909.
I Il has the most equaOIe climate.
save California. OF al tha siatos
Oklahoma IL nrat ~ production of
pepnIts
4 SECOND In production OF Canteloupes
"a Thlrd In the production OF Water
melons and seventh IN mnskmelon pro.
lhuctior
" Is hrsf 10 tonnage ofalfalfaf thlrl
lir ni1lley Yalne produced cT ~,
II Is fifth 10 yraetabes ssfff ihss
than tsnli of fbe state ffylpg 10 so.
ltHeie the sarG8n brolucis 800
with nn ar@sed of hnietf Okias
Ihoma II teni' 10 the production on
lOrchasd iroducts af
4 IfAsi6niIi III marley. nfat II anrcgga
we're prop9lilouea.
capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others ~ ,fo amount ot mon.
ey deposited 81 SIS baDkA s
! Oklahoma raises raore saddle h0rs-
es than tiIan any other lwo states
without comment on Knntuchy's fame
4 u IL lhe ouly st4te AZ The tinion
iwhere7rmallpox never leads tara pas
\ ltilenlial crisis i'
/ II is nrst In purchasing its harvest
Ing machinery awny from home
4 II surpaases. any oihc atate In
1 growth from 1907 to1Anehm 1905.
N ms more milfa of 'pogSlbio gnnd
/ less Improvement sou same tban any
state west of the Missouri liver.
Population estimated It's people pur-
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all other states In
the Union. f1 sf
Producing sufficient food stuffs to
supply any three states8o tho Union
our people purchase more from out.
side the state, population considered,
han any other state.
u has the third best natural park
In the United states.
Consuming more agricultural ma
chlnery than any state save three. II
manufactures less than any other state
west Of the Missouri and north OF the
Ohio rivers
Itis second In the manufacture OF
Portland cement.
II Ia next to Texas in supplying the
4 Galveston wharves with shipping.
II has the best equalization OF taxes
private and oipornte In the world
Great as its cotton production Ia
Oklahoma Is twentieth In the output
OF its spindIes; with no record OF 0
cotton mill falling to pay dividend
annually.
II has the best high school sys-
tenn In the United states
II has more cities which have
doubled In population since 1906 thar
any other state or territory within
the Union
II has the only river In the world
that is salty for more than 200 miles
Il has both the shaIIowest and deep
est oil we'll In the world
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