The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-10
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people understond the enor-
GUS possibilities Of Oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and
all OF those, but Texas. VIII soon be
overcome by The great progressive
strides Of the new state. Oklahoma az
fords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
Union save Texas. and area
considered II suruascs the Lone star
II all OF Oklanoma's acreage possible
OF heing utilized were under cnltiva
ton. IL would present the following
for statlsticians:
More Wheat lands tnan either pa
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 much rice land as
South Carolina.
More granite Than Vermont New
Hampshire ana Maine combined.
More petroleum than Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio combined
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Is second In the production Of cotton
from monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania: more copper tban any
other state save Montana. i.
Second In ypsnml
More than Europe produces Ia lle
product.
Fourth In developed ksolln, the Mn
est nreproof material know 10 sci
ence.
| Second In cattle: third In money
pI oducts of same.
| Seven thousand square miles OF lanc
underlnid with conl. and few Of III
mines more than opened.
More Magnesia and dolomite rocl
than all the rest OF the states.
More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than any other state save
Colorado.
| Is sixth In tue production Of pota
toes.
Is eighth IN railway mileage first II
number of miles In past five years
first in number Of systems started II
1909.
It has the most equable climate
save California, of all the states
i Oklahoma Is first In production o
peanuts.
Second in production OF Canteloupe'
Third In the production Of Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pre-
duction.
lit Is frst In tonnage Of alfalfa; thir
In money value produced.
; II Ia fifth In vegetables, with les
| than a tenth of the state trying to Gu
tisate the garden products
II Wta an acreage u fftietb Ckll
, huma Is fenih III the produe''on Of
! orchard pfoducts.
Il Is tenth In barley, fret II acreas
we're proportioned
capitalization considered Oklahom
leads all Others In tie amount Of moi
ey deposited In its hanks.
II is first In purchasing Its harvea
ing machinery away from home
/ II surnasses any otho state
growth from 1907 10 August 1903
II has more miles OF possible goo
less Improvement on same than an
state west OF the Missouri river.
Population estimated its people pu
chase more necessities from outsld
, the state than all other states
the Union.
Producing sufficient food stuffs
t, supply any three states of the Unio
! our people purchase more from ou
!, side the state, population c0nsidere
! Than any other state.
, II has the third best natural par
! In the United States.
Consuming more agricultural m
cLiuery than any state save three.
manufactures less than any other sta
west OF the Missouri aud north OF {,
Ohio rivers.
II is second In the manufacture
Portland cement.
II Is next to Texas In supplying II
Galveston wharyes with shipping.
! Population averaged. II has secnI
| largest church membership than ~
other state
II has the best equalization OF tar,
private and corporate In the world.
r Great as its cotton production
Oklahoma IL twentieth In tho nnfp
of rs spindles: with no record of
cotton mill falling to pay diyidel
annually.
It's corporations are more metho
ica,ly dealt with than any o. the stat
Oklahoma raises more saddle boz
es than than any other two stat
without comment on Kentucky's fam
It Is the only state OF the Uui,