The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-21
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people pR0ersrnnd the enoF
ous possibilities OF Oklahoma From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superlors and
all Of those. but Texas, viii soon be-
overcome by the great progressive
strides of the new state Oklahoma af-
tords more opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state In the
q lon S al We Texas. aud area
considered 1t surpases the Lone star
II all OF Oklanoma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiya
ton, 1t would present the following
for statisticians
More than Europe produces In ug.
product,
More Magnesla and dolomite rock
than all the rest OF the states
More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than any other state save
Colorado.
Is eignth in railway mileage FIRST IN
number OF miles In past i've years.
drst in number Of systems started in
1909.
Ia sixth In the production or pots.
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 other states In
the Union
Oklahoma iu nrst IN production o.
peanuts.
Second In production OF Canteloupes
Third ia tho production ot Water
melons and aeyenth In muskmelon pro
ductlon.
III is drst ia tonnage OF alfalfa. third
II money value produced
1t ia fifth In vegetables. with less
than tenth Of the state trying to chi
tivate the garden producIs
with an acreage of hftieth Okla
homa Is tenth IN the production olp
orchard products
Ii is tenth In barley, rlrEt II acreage
we're proportioned
Il la first In purchasing ia harvest
Ing machinery away from home.
Capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all othsfs Ia The amount Of mon
ey deposited In Its banks.
II Burpasses any utne slate ia
growth from 1907 10 August l. 1903
Il has more miles Of possible good
less improvement on same taan any
state west of the Missouri liver,
Producing suficien' food atufts u
supply any three states Of the upIon
our people purchase more from ont
side the state, population cr 'defed
than any other state.
II has she tAlrd best natural park
In the United states
Consuming more agricultural ma
chinery Than any state save three, II
manufactures less than any other stats
west OF the Missouri and north Of ths
Ohio rivers
Ii Is second In the maHufacture oi
Portland cement
/ Population averaged. II has SECOND
largest church membership than anj
other state.
| II ia next To Texas In supplying ths
Galveston whayes with shipping.
/ Great az its cotton production II
/ Oklahoma Ia twentieth 10 the outpu
of its splndles. with no record OK /
cotton mill failing 70 pay dlvldent
annually.
II kae the best equalization of taxei
| private and corporate Ia the world.
Oklahoma raises more saddle nofs
ga thaa than any other two state
without comment ou Keniaekgs Tame
Its corporations aic more method
lcaily dealt with than any Ok The state
II Is the onIy state Of the Unl0i
where smallpox never leads To a pee
tilentiai crisis.
1t has more cities which bar
doubled III population since 1905 tuai
any other atate or territory vital
TIE Union.
IL has The best high scha0l sys
TEN In the United states
More marble tilnn ssNakanA Me-
Hampshire aud MasgaafUgatts
II secORa III the production VI cOttO
from a nUuelafy standpoint
More fruit lands tnan GaliforniA.
More iron than any other state s&V
PsnHsylyaals. m0Fe copper taan Att
other slase save Montana !
II hss the only river n the woFl
that Ii salty Tor more tnau 200 mllai
Equals Illinois grand prairie ID cor
llands.
EecoHd In gypsum
HAs more timber tnar Wisc8nsi
Michigan and In3Iauas combined
Can cultivate az much rice land q
South Carolina
More granite than Vermont Mei