The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-18
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA


the state has but four superlors and
all OF those, bat Texas, will soon bo
overcome by the great progressive
strides OF the new state. Oklahoma ar
fords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state in the
Union save Texas and area
it surpases the Lone star
II all OF Oklahomas acreage possible 1
OF being utilized were under cnltiya I
lion, it would present the following
for stadsticians
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania: more copper than any
other state save Montana.
Second in gypsum.
More Wheat lands tnan either pa
kota.
More than Europe produces in ng-
product
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin
est hreproof material known TO sct
ence.
Second in cattle: third in money
products OF same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
underlaid with coal. and few Of II
mines more than opened.
More Magnesia and dolomlte rock
than all the rest Of the states
More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than any other state save
Colorado.
Is eighth In railway mileage tirst in
number OF miles in past five years;
In, haF. .,F 90
1909.
Is sixth in the production OF pota-
toes.
1t has the most equable climate.
save California, OF all the states.
Population estimated its people pur
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all otAer states In
the Union.
Oklahoma is first in production OF
peanuts
/ Second in production OF Canteloupes
Third in the production Of Water
melons and seventh In muskmelon pro
ductl0n.
KIT is first In tonnage Of alfalfa third
! ip money value produced.
II is flfth In vegetables. with less
/ than tenth of the state trying to cul
tlvate the garden products.
With an acreage OF fftieth Okla
homa is tenth in the production off
orchard products
1t is tenth In barley, flrst II acreage
were proportioned
capitalization considered OklahomS
leads all others in The amount Of mon
ey deposited In its banks.
It is first in purchasing its harvest
lag machinery away from home.
1t surpasses any othe state II
growth from 1907 to August /, 1909.
1t has more miles Of possible gooI
less improvement on same than an!
state west Of the Missouri river.
Producing sufficient food stuffs (,
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from out
side the state. population considered
than any other state.
1t has the third best natural par
in the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ms
chinery than any state save three,
manufactures less than any other stat
west of the Missouri and north OF tn
Ohio rivers.
1t is second In the manufacture G
Portland cement.
1t Is next to Texas In supplying tn
Galveston wharves with shipping.
1t has the best equalization OF taxe
private and corporate In the world.
Great as its cotton production
Oklahoma is twentieth in the outpu
OF its spindles; with no record of
2 cotton mill falling to pay dividen
e annually.
Oklahoma raises more saddle nor
es than than any other two state
: without comment On Kentucky's fam
It's corporations are more metho
iCally dealt with than any Of the state
/ 1t Is the only state of the Uuio
where smallpox never leads to pc
! tilential crisis.
: 1t has more cities which hay
doubled In population since 1906 thS
: any other state or territory with
: the Union.
!, 1t has the best high school By
tenn In the United states.
Population averaged. II has secol
70 largest church membership than al
IN other state.
o More marble than Nevada Ne
4 Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Is second in the production of colt
. from monetary standpoint.
More fruit lands than California.
~ II has the only river in the wol
IN that is salty for more than 200 mil
70 Equals Illinois grand prairie in CO
u lands.
Has more timber thar Wisconi
: Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate as much rice land
~ South Carolina
NJ, More granite than Vermont N
ar Hampshire and Maine combined
mo More petroleum than PennsyIva
West Virginia and Ohio combined.
Impure blood runs you down--mal
you an easy victim for organic disc
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