The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-30
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people understond the enof
Gus possibilities of Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
The state has but four superiors and
all Of those. bur Texas. VII! soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides OF the new state. Oklahoma af-
fords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
union save Texas. and area
considered 1t surpases the Lone Star
II all of 0klanoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiya
ton, II would present the following
for statlsticians:
More Wheat lands tnan either Da-
kota.
More fruit lands than California.
Equals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lands
Has more timber tnan Wisconsin
Michigan and lndlana combined.
Can cultivate as much rice land as
South Carolina.
More granite than Vermont New
Hampshire and Maine combined
More petrolenm than Pennsylvania
West Virginia ana Ohio combined.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire and Massachusetts,.
Ii second In the production OF cotton
ftom o monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
pennsylyania more copper than any
other state save Montana. :,
Second IN gypsum.
More than Europe produces In lig
product
Fourth In developed kaolIn. the I'm
est freproof material known 20 SCI
ence.
Second In cattle: third in none,
products Of same
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underlaid With coal. and few Of III
mines more than opened
More Magnesia and dolomlte rocl
than al the rest OF the states.
More rivers With natural drainage
capacity than any other state saw,
Colorado.
Is sixth In the production OF pota
toes.
Is eighth in railway mileage first IA
number Of miles In past FIVE years
lflrst IN number OF syslems started IL
1909.
II has the most enuabie climate
save California. OF all the states.
Oklahoma Is firs' In production O
peanuts.
Second in production Of Canteloupes
| Third in the production Of Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pro
ductlon.
1t Is frst in tonnage Of alfalfa; thir,
in money yalne produced.
! It Is fifth In vegetables, with les
than a tenth OF the state trying TO cuI
tiyate the garden products.
With an acreage OF iftfeth Okla
homa Is tenth in the production of
orchard products
Il ls tenth In barley. first II acreag.
were proportloned
capitalization considered OkIahomi
leads Ill Others In Ito amount Of mon
ey deposited In Its banks.
II IL FIRST In purchasing It's harvest
Ing machinery away from home.
II surpasses any othe state II
growth from 1907 to August ], 1909.
Il has more niles of possible goot
less improvement on same than AM
state west of the Missouri river
Population estimated It's people pnr
chase more necessities from outsld'
tho state than all other states II
! the Union
/ Producing sufficient food stuffs 4
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from oul
side the state, population considered
than any other state.
! II has the third best natural par
In the United states
Consuming more agricultural ms
eftih@f than any siat. save tnrcp.
manufactures .rss than any other stat
vest or The Missouri aud north OF III
Ohio rigera
Il Ii second In the manufacture Q
Portland cement.
i It is next 10 Texas IN supplying III
Galveston wbarYes with shipping.
l Population esefagetL Ii has see0n
isrssrg' shrgcf mn t'gsllr tn ~
lotlicr state.
Il has tllc best equalization of taxc
private and corporate To the world.
| Great Dir itp cotton production |
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