Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-05

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FIRE DEPARTMENT,
is men. stations.
ALTITUDE.
5o1 feet
95 Factories IN operation.
20 Wholesale aud jobbing houses
90 oil ad gas companies
Banks. with nearly five million dollars
! deposits.
Railroads, with nine outlets
| Electric street railway gystemg
! lnterurban line under construction.
2 Telegraph companies.
/ Telephone company
! Express companies
il Churches
Large public schools
Catholic schools
] Private school
] College (KendalD.
j Business college.
Hospitals
Daily newspapers
/ Public library
City parks, covering 100 acres.
OIL, GAS AND COAL.
Tulsa is located in the center Of the larg.
est OIL and gas field In the United States.
There is over $1,000 900 invested In the oil
and gas fields Of the Mid.Continent Belt Of
which Tulsa is the financial headquarters.
The city OF Tulsa bears the same relation Ia
t'N k"e hAu VII lHuuhlIY IN lue MID sNOutluNut
held that New York City does to the financial
world.
Some idea Of the magnitude Of this iadus.
try can be had from the result Of the recent
increase In price OF crude oil This increase
wh,lo only amounting to . cents per barrel
added over $4,000 per day to the incomes
In this city.
The. production Of oil is $4,000 barrel,
daily from l,S00 wells in Tulsa County with
room Tor many times this amount Tho coal
held OF 10000 acres hsures n permanent
supply Of fuel for the century. More than
s,ogo'OooooO cubic feet Of natural gas at q
to cents per 1000 feet gives us cheaper
power than any other point In the United
States while timber, stone and sand exist
IN abundance for building and manufacturing
purposes.
AGRICULTURAL
Tulsa County has an assessed valuation OF
nearly S35,OOO00O, The tax rate throughout
lne county, outside Of the city, Is l6l mills
par. u'u ~
Tho soil In Tulsa County Is dark loan.
with sandy and clay subsoll in tho timbef
ana brown soil Of good depth on tho prairIe
me average rainfall Is 85.5 inches annually.
thns insuring good crops.
Tulsa County is tied down TO no one eron
nor rs its agricultural prosperity dependent
upon IT'S farmers limiting their energies 10
even the three or four principal crops Of m,
state, M II would take something equal 70
complete failure Of all vegetable lie TO brins
havoc TO a Tulsa County farm.
The principal crops raised are wheat corn
cotton, Alfalfa tobacco, oats sorghum, kali
corn, cowpeas broom corn and potatooa
GARDEN TRUCK.
In gardening, Of the many Vegetable,
grown, potatoes are probably Tho most nroet'
nmole-tWo crops year being produced from
the same ground. netting the gardner tro,s
$500 TO $4,000 per acre. sweet no,atoc,
arc also. large producer and watermeions
radlhhes, tomatoes, caullnowcr beota iettpna
cabbage, oggplauts, peas beans, carrots mars,
nips and all garden truck paw
GOOD prices ca bo had AZ all times In N,
city Of Tulsa as the demand H. and win n,
for several years to come more than tSs
supply. ''" '"'
DAIRYING.
The dairying IN Tulsa County has bssr
neglected, and this would be a splendid on
portuniiy for the ANAL farmer Ia add III,
industry TO his line. MIL is selling the veal
s'DHnu DBt I,iCr az ~ cent, , gsr qua' cream 25 cent
All the farmer would need IL a GOOD dair,
STOCK as the feed. water, shade and market
Is At his door
Tho state Of Oklahoma alone las, ycm
bought over Slo000,000 worth Of dalry
products from other statcs
POULTRY.
This Us another business not gone Into ex,
tensivcy in Tulsa County, Eggs aud youna
chlekons always command good price Tn,
mild winters allow steady egg supply ths
year around, eggs selling from rs 10 40 cent,
per dozen and spring chickens from 10 "a
40 cotns per pound.
rRUrT.
Fruit Of all kinds can aud Ia being raised
In Tulsa County, Peaches, apples. cherries.
plums grapes strawberries, currants. goose.
berries ETC.. being the principal fruits.
FARM LANDS.
Land outside OF the city limits Of Tuis,
can be purchased from $4,000 to $4,000 fst
acre
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