The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-15
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA


an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and
all of those, but Texas, will 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 it surpases the Lone Star
II all OF Oklanomas acreage possible
of being utilized were under cultiva
tlon, 1t would present the following
for statisticians:
More iron than any other state save
Pennsylvania; more copper than any
other state save Montana. >,
Second In gypsum.
More Wheat lands tnan either Da
kota.
More than Europe produces in l1g
product.
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin.
est freproof material known to sci
ence.
Second Ia cattle: third in money
products OF same.
Seven thousand square miles Of land
underlaid with coal. aud 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 first in
number Of miles in past i've years;
Hrst In number Of systems started in
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 puT-
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all other states In
the Union.
Oklahoma is first in production OF
peanuts.
Second in production OF Cantel0upes
Third in the production Of Water
melons and seventh in muskmelon pro
ductiOn.
-iIt is first in tonnage of alfalfa; third
/ ID money Falue produced.
1t is fifth in vegetables, with less
than a tenth of the state trying to cul
tivate the garden products.
With an acreage of fiftieth Okla
homa is tenth in the production Off
orchard products.
1t is tenth in barley, first II acreage
were proportioned.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others IN the amount Of mon
ey deposited in its banks.
It is first in purchasing it's harvest
ing machinery away from home.
1t surpasses any othe state II
growth from 1907 to August /, 1909.
1t has more miles Of possible gooC
less Improvements on same han am
state west of the Missouri river
Producing sufficient food stuffs t
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 parl
in the United States
0OhohhiAhS htGAS d6l lNuAtuA aA Adu
chinery than any state save three
manufactures less than any other stat
west of the Missouri and north Of th'
Ohio rivers.
1t is second In the manufacture o
Portland cement.
1t Is next to Texas in supplying thi
Galveston Wharves with shipping.
1t has the best equalization OF taxe
private and corporate in the world.
Great as its cotton production 4
Oklahoma is twentieth in the outpu
OF its splndles with no record OF ;
cotton mill falling to pay dividend
annually
Oklahoma raises more saddle hors
es than than any other two state
without comment on Kentucky's fame
It's corporations are more method
ically dealt with than any OF the state
1t is the only state OF the Uulol
where smallpox never le, ds to a pes
tilential crisis.
1t has more cities which hav,
doubled In population since 1906 thaI
any other state or territory withil
the Union.
1t has the best high school sys
tenn in the United states.
Population averaged. it has seconl
largest church membership than an.
other state
More marble than Nevada Ney
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Is second in the production OF cottol
from a monetary standpoint.
More fruit lands than California.
1t has the only river in the worl
that is salty for more than 200 miies
Equals Illinois grand prairie in corr
lands.
Has more timber thar Wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate as much rice land a
South Carolina
More granite than Vermont Ney
Hampshire aud Maine combined
More petroleum than Pennsylvani
West Virginia and Ohio combined.
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