The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-19
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

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ovetcome by lhe great progressive
ssfiisn Of the new state, Oklahoma AZ
f9tslAhih0i'F opportunity foc diyersiiicd
farming tinn any other state III the
U Hiua salre TGxas and area
considered Il Gurpases ihu I1ua Star
III ail ei Oklahoma's acreage Spossbie
ni balns ullll2cd we're nnder cultlNa
Zion 4 would present tbe following
tor EallstldiAnss
Mofc Whrut lands tnehi ether ila-
kota.
More fruit lands than California
EQUALS Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands
Has more timber tnan Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate an ninch rice iand as
South Carolina
Moro granite than Vermont New
Hampshire and Maine combined
More petroleum than PENNSYLVANIA
West Virginia and Ohio combined. 4
More marble than Nevada New
flampshlre and Massachusetts
Il second IN The production Of cotton
EflDn Il monetary standpoint
More iron than any other state sayH
pennsvlvanla more copper than any
other state save Montana 4,
Second In gypsum
More than Europe produces In lie
product s- .ss
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin.
est nreproof material known to sci
ence. s.f}ts
Second In cattle: third In money
.of samc.s
Seven thousand square miles of lana
undeflald with coal, and few OF its
mines moro than opened.
More AIagnesia and dQlomIte rock
than all the rest of The. states. s@A'
3s More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than aeays ether staIer save
Is sixth in the production of,,pota-
toes. s
Is eighth In railway mileage trst in
number OF miles In past iive years.
tirsl In number OF systems started In
1909. W
II has the most equable climate.
save California OF all the states.
otylahoula Is irst IN production of
pesnuta,
Second In production Of Canteloupes
Third in the production Of Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pro
duction
.ltis lrst "a tonnageiof Alfalfa !, third
IT. money value produced 'Sfh 4
II is hfth NJ vageiabiesl WITH. lsas
! than 4 ientiiot the state trying 10 chi
tlyhte tbe gardan producfs,
With an ncreage ofiflicth Okla
homa Is tcntli IN the pfolnolioE of
orchard prodnctr
II is tenili 10 barley, iirsi II aoieage
were propoFii0ned
Capitalization considered oklahoma
leads Al others Il. lto amount OF mon
~ deposited In ita hanks.
OKLAHOMA raises more saddle nors
oa than than any other hw0 state.
without continent on KentuclSys fame
II la the only state of the pulQl
where tninlipox never leads 70 O pcs
ltilential crifis
Il Is FIRST N pnroAaelne its harvest
illg machinery swaY from home
Il surpasses any ulhe state Il
/ growth from. 1907 10 August ! 1903
4 X has more lnilef 0f possible Ecc'
LESS mprovemeni on same lbnn anl
Estate west OF nc M.ssouTI river.
+ Population eatlmatad lis people puE
chose more necessities FROM outsidl
tie atate than all other slAlas Il
4 the Union alsgDaI
! Producing Gurhnentisfo0d stuffs 4
supply any three states Of the Union
our people purchase more from Oul
side the state, population considered
1 han any other state.
! II has the third best natural par
IN the United states
:, Consuming more agricultural mf
chinery than any state save three.
manufactures less than any e'her stat
west OF the Missouri and n r, OF IN
4 Ohio rivers.
Il Ia second In the manufacture 3
|, Portland cement.
II Is next TO Texas In supplying III
galveston wharyes with shipping.
i II has the best equalization OF take
'1privato and corporate In the world.
4 Great az its cotton production
|, Oklahoma is twentieth 10 the outpt
|. Eof IT'S spindles: with no record OF
pFcotton mill faiTng to pay a dIyIden
faDnualy. Al.1 hs8 9Gl
a It has the best high. school syI
TEN In the United states.
81 II has more cities which hay
doubled In population Since 1906 tina
!. . any other state or territory With
The Union.
n 1t has the only river In the worl
!, that Is salty for more than 200 mile
II has both the shallowest and dee
cst oil well In the world.