The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-05
FACTS AsouT OKLAHOMA

FACTS ksOuT OKLAHOMA
Fc1 people unuelar1ud the en0f-|
GUS posaibilUea of oklahoma. From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
tho state has but four superlofs and
all OF those, bur Texas, vii! soon bo
overcome by the great progressive
strides OF The new state Oklahoma az
rorfs m0rs oppetlanity torsjyerslael
farming thau 5ay other state In the
Union save Texas and area
considered II surpases the Lone Star
Ii all OF Oklanoma's acreage possible
OF beiug utilized were under cullNa
ton, 1t would present the following
for stausticians
More Wheat lands tnan e4tLcr Da-
kota.
More fru; lands than california.
Equals Illinois grana prairie In corn
lands
Has more timber ,aat wisconsin
Michigan and Indiana combined.
Can cultivate as much rice land as
South Carolina
More granite than Vermont New
Hampshire and 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 a monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state sayt
Pennsylvania; more copper tAan any
other state save Montana. :,
Second in gypsum.
More than Europe produces In Ig
product
Fourth in developed kaolin, the fin
est hreproof material Known to scl
ance.
Second In cattle: third in none.
products Of same.
Seven thousand square miles OF LAM
underlaid with coal and few OF Il
mines more than opened
More Magnosla and d0lomlte roci
than all the rest Of the states.
More rivers with natural dranag
capacity thar any other state saw
Colorado
ls eighth in railway mileage first i
number Of milcs in past five years
hrsi in number Of systems started +
1909
Is sixth in the production OF pot.
tees
lt has me most eqaable elimnt
save California ol al tlle states
Population esiima cd lls people pu
] chase more necessities from oulsiI
The state than all other states /
The Union
Oklahoma is arst In production
peanuts.
aceoud ia production Of Cantel0upo
l' Ihird in the production Of Wate
melons and seventh in muskmelon pr
j. JucJlor
a. is drst in tonnage of alfalfa: THU
l. n money value produced
ii Is ffth 10 vege.sbles. with lea
~ man n tontn of tbe state tryiue to cu
u'afe tfe garden proauc,s
, With am acreage 0f dltieih 0kl
homa Is tenth in The production oi
y orchard producls
Il is tenth IN barley, nrst II acreaf
" were ll4upuiuoncV.
capitalization considered Okianon
. leads an others Ia .ho amount OF me
g ey deposited In It's banks.
It is first IN purchasing It's haryes
y Ing machinery away from home.
1t surpassos any othe r state
y growth from 1907 to August /. 1909.
II has more miles OF possible GOO
i . NJ he. na
state west Of the Missouri river.
Prnducing sufficient food stuffs
y supply any three states OF the Unio
u our people purchase more from OF
y side the state, population considere
than any other state.
d. 1t has the third best natural pa
In the United States.
Y, Consuming more agricultural m
chinery than any state save three
Il, manufactures less than any other sta
west of the Missouri and north of Il
k Ohio rivers.
1t is second In the manufacture
S. Portland cement.
1t Is next to Texas In supplying &
D. Galveston wharyes with shipping.
c. Population averaged. it has seco
largest church membership than a.
a, other state.
1t has the best equalization OF tar
e. private and corporate in the world.
W Great as its cotton production
h, Oklahoma is twentieth in the outp
OF its spindles; with no record of
1t cotton mill falling to pay a divide
annually
II, Oklahoma raises more saddle no
es than than any other two stat
"a, without comment on Kentuckys fan
Its corporations are more meth
'e, lcally dealt with than any OF the sta
It Is the only state Of the Uui
Ie, where smallpox never leads to a .
tilential crisis.
W, 1t has more cities which hi
te doubled In population since 1906 tn
TX any other state or territory witt
the Union.
IN. 1t has the best high school D.
n, tenn in the United states
tho r4ynr tl,o 80