The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people unaethtohu lus
ans nossibAuies OF Oklahoma. Fiohl
an agricultural ana mineral stahapoiht
ihe state has but four supeilofs anu
All of those. but Texas, vii. soon Do
overcome BY lhe great progressive
strides ot the new state Oklahoma al.
taras more opportunity for dlverslheu
farming than sny other state IN tno
Unfnn save Texas and area
considered il surpases the Lone Seal
IL an ~ Oklah9mas acreage posslDio
9r beinp utilized were under cuitiVa
lion II would present the following
,or statisueians
more wheat lands tnan either ps
Sota
nofe frun lands than California
Fopals Illinois grand prairie In corn
lsnds. -
Has more umher mar Wlscohs'u
ulrnlran ANA ludiano combined.
Can cultivate As much rico iand ~
south Carolina.
None granite than Vermont New
.4..n,nshfrs anJ Maine combined
More petroicum than Pennsyiyania
Nest virginia dh0 0Ai0 -,
More marble than Nevada Ne"
lnampsRtre and Massachusetts,
Is second In the production of cotton
lnam monetary standpoint.
More iron than any other state save
lppnnsytyania more copper tRan any
lther state save Montana. ),
Second In gypsum. ,u
More thaa Europe produces ID hb
product. .un ~ IN.
sst areproof material Known to SCI
ence. nov
Second In cattle third IN money
products Of same ,
Seven thousand square miles OF iana
uDderlaid with coal, and few OF u
mines more tnan opened.
More Magnesia and dolomite rock
than an the rest of the states.
More rivers with natural drainage
capacity than any other state save
Colorado. -
IL eighth in railway mileage;first IN
number OF miles in past lye years.
arst in number Of systems started ~
nos a,o
toes. -
# has the most equabie climate
save California, OF all the states
Formulation estimated its people pur-
chase mora necessities from outside
me state than I'LL other states 10
the Union
Oklahoma il first IN production OF
peanuts.
Second in production Of Canteloupes
Third hi the production of water
melons and seventh in muskmelon pro-
duction
III is frst In tonnage OF alIalIa; lhl'd u
IN money value produced
II il afth In vegetables, with less
than tenth Of the state trying TO cul
tlyate the garden products
With an acreage Of hfieth okIe
homa il tenth in the production oip
+ orchard products
Z II Is tenth in barley, 1rst II acreage
=, were proportioned.
Capitalization considered 0klahoma
J leads all others in Cta amount OF mon
t ey deposited ia It's banks
r It is first in purchasing its harvest
ing machinery away from home.
n gnrpasses any othe state u
! Growth from 1907 to August /, 1908
c II has more miles Of possible gooC
. less Improvement on same than an
state west of the Missouri river.
Z Producing sufficient food Suits U
\ supply any three states OF the Union
e onr people purchase more from out
4 side the state, population consldeieV
ihan any other state.
II has the third best natural par
n in the United states.
II Consuming more agricultural m'
r cLinery than any state save three,
manufactures less than any other stat
7. west Of the Missouri and north OF IN
p Ohio rivers.
rs II ia second In the manufacture
Portland cement.
II ia ncxt to Texas in supplying tn
y Galveston wharyes With shipping.
nj Population averaged, It has seeon
ii largest church membership than an
h. other state
- n has the best equalization OF taxt
~ private and corporate in the world.
tC Great az it's cotton production
to Oklahoma IS twentieth in the outpl
i of its spindles with no record OF
= cotton mill falling to pay diyider
annually
Oklahoma raises more saddle hol
ar es than than any other two stat
without comment on Kentucky's fam
~ Its corporations are more methd
MI ically dealt with than any o. the stat
OF It is The only state of the Uui'
IN where rmallpox never leads to p'
tilential crisis
'ss II has more cities which ha
he doubled in population since 1906 TN
bv any other state or territory With
the Union
It has the best high school ~
NY tenn in the United states.
Of 1t has the only river in the woi
re mat is salty for more than 200 mill