The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-18
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA


.an Agricultural Nnd mineral standpoint
'iie state hap baf lour supetors and
al of gAcee, but Texas. ~ill soon be
overcome BY lhe great progressive
strides ai the ncw state, Oklahoma az
toris mOge opportunity for diversified
farming tiIan aay Other state IN me
union su)ye rexas. and area
considered II surpases the Lone Stuf
II all Of Oklahomas acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiya
tlon, 1t would present the following
for statisticlans; "
More Wheat lands than ether Da
kotA.
More fruit lands than California
Ea,lala illinois, grand pralYIe 70 corn
lands.
Has more timhpr tnln Wisconsin
Michigan ana Indiana combined
p Can cultivate ~ nnlrh flcr Iap.l as
South Carolina.
More granite lhan Vermont New
Hampshire AMI Maine combined.
More petroleum than Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio combined.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire aud Massachusetts,
Is second 70 the production OF cotton
rom monetary STANDPOINT
more iron than any other state save
pennsvlvauia mnre conner than any
other state save Montana ;,
Second in gypsum
More than Europe produces In liz
produot 1 M i7
ponr,b ~ asyalonaa baolIn mo Al.
est arenroof material known to sc,.
anne
., u.,4 .,..,
K, olaa,u n',',', - !" a oaa.'O' ''tu - oio'
hs''''f' = 7'"'N
q SeFnn thYpSahd square miles OI lahd
macriald wlth coal, and lew OF lla
pines more than opened
More Magnesia and dolomite rock
tban all the rest Of the states
5More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than any other state save
Colorado.
Is sixth In the production OF pota.
ioes
e eighth IN railway mileage first in
number OF miles In past hve years:
iirsl In number OF systems started IN
1909.
4 has the most equable climate.
save California, of all the states
Oklahoma II FIRST IN production nf
peanuts.
Seeond In production OF CantcIoupes
Third IN the production Of Water
melons and seventh Ia ipuslfmelon pto-.
Gnctlon. ~ TSp ~
II il ftsi Ia tonnage OF alfalfa; lhlYd
in money value produced
II In nfth In vegetables, with less
iban a tenth OF the state trying to cul
tivale the garden producls
With an acreage NJ fifileth Okla.
homa IS tonih Ia the production ON
orchard products
II Is tenth In barley, first II acreage
were proportioned.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others IL ,i.o amount " mon.
v deposited In Its banks
Oklahoma raises more saddle bora
es than than any other two states
without comment on Kentucky's fame.
II Is the only state of the uulon
where fmallpox never leads TO a pes
tilentiaI crisis
II Ii first In purchasing It's harvest
ipe Dnchincry away from home
u siirpasses any othe state In
growth from 1907 to August !. 1909.
Il has more miles Of possible good
less Improvement on same than any
state west Of the Mlsssuli flYcrs. a.
Population estimated It's peopluYpnr.
chase more necessities from outside
The state than all other states 10
The Union
Producing sufficient food stuffs TO
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from olf'
side the state, population considered,
than any other state.
II has The third best natural park
~ Inc limited Stllca.
CONSUMING moro agricultural ma
cpinely than any state save three, "
lnaiiniaclares less than any other state
wesl OF me Missouri and north OF the
omo rivers.
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