The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-23
FACTS Asour OKLAHOMA

Gus possibilities OF Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and
al Of those. but Texas. Will soon be
overcome by the great pr0gressivu
strides of the new state. Oklahoma af.
lords more opportunity for dIyersihedI
farming than any other state In the
Union save Texas. aud area
considered 1t surpases the Lone star
II all OF 0klanoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cuitiva |
tion. IL would present the following
for stntisticians:
More Wheat lands tnsn e.ther Da'
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
| Equals Illinois grand prairie IN corn
lands.
/ Has more timber tnan Wisconsin,
Michigan aud Indiana combined.
Can cultivate az much rice land asI
South Carolina.
More granite than Vermont New
Hampshire and Maine combined
More petroleum than Pennsylvania
West Virginia aud Ohio combined.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
II second In the production Of cotton
from monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania: more copper than any
other state save Montana, !,
y Second In gypsum.
r More than Europe produces In iig
! product
Fourth In developed ksolin. the nn-
est hreproof material known to sci
ence.
4 Second in cattle: third in money
q products OF same
y Seven thousand square miles OF land
n ,inderlaid with coal. and few Of III
4 mines more than opened.
!" More Magnesia and dolornits rock
= than all the rest Of the states.
u More rivers with natural drainage
. capacity than any other state save
), Colorado.
= = Is sixth In the production Of pota.
toes.
y y 10 eighth In railway mileage first In
y y number OF miles 10 past ive years;
y y first In number Of sysiems started ln
y 1909.
III II uHH tut uVrt tQuuuIU b tlluntGs
= save California. OF all the states
u Oklahoma Is hrst In production oi
peanuts
T. second In production OF Canteloupes
Third In the production OF Water
melons and e,enth In muskmelon pro
q duction.
" III ls first In tonnage of alfalfa: third
p IN money value produced.
y II Is fifth In vegetables, with Iesa
D. than a tenth OF the state trying to cul
tivate the garden products.
81 With an acreage OF nftieth Okla
boma Is tenth In the production of
3, orchard products.
II Is tenth In barley. nrst II acreage
we're proportioned.
'e Capitalization considered Oklahoma
"a leads all others In tie amount OF mon
q, ey deposited In its banks.
j. II is hrst In purchasing It's harvest
Ing machinery away from home.
ID II surpasses any othe state II
n growth from 1907 to August |. 1909.
" II has more miles OF possible goot
q less Improvement on same than AM
=. state west OF the Missouri river. q
Population estimated It's people pur
chase more necessities from ouisId.
NJ the state than al other states II
T. the Union.
D, Producing sufficient food stuffs Il
j supply any three 81 ates OF the Union
our people purchase more from out
p side the state, population considered
- than any other state.
IN II has the third best natural parl
Do In the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ms
ed chinery than any state save three. I
manufactures less than any other stat
I'd west Of the Missouri and north Of th
Ohio rivers
ge II is second In the manufacture Q
Portland cement.
ch II Is next 10 Texas In supplying II
TO Galveston wharves with shipping.
a. Ii has the best equalization Of taxe
private and corporate In the world.
Great a. It's cotton production
100 Oklahoma Is twentieth in the outpl
100 of its spindIes: with NO record Of
'oo cotton mill falling to pay dividsn
100 annually.
'oO II has The best high achool 81
100 TEN In the United states.
100 II has more cities which has
Of. doubled 10 population since 1903 ths
on any other state or territory With
INT the Union.
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