The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-11
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people unders.ond the en0r-
MS possibilities OF Oklahoma. Fran
IA agricultural aud mineral standpOiht
tie state has bu four superlors and
III Of thuse. but rexas vii! soon DO
,yefenme hy The great progressive
rrid.s Of tuc aeN state Oklahoma az
,ras more opportunity fol diversified
arming than sny other state in the
tntOn save Texas and area
considered Il surDases the Lone star
n all Of Oklahnmats acreage possible
n being utilized were llpder eultiya
ion. 1t would present the following
or statisticians artst.ss
More iron than any other state save
pennsyivana: more copper than any
ther state save Montana. ,,
Second IN gypsum
More Wheat lands tnan elther Da
kota.
More than Europe produces In ilg-
product.
Fourth in developed kaolin, the nn-
est hreproof material Known to sci
enee.
Second in cattle: third in money
Jioauots OF same.
Seven thousand square miles OF land
uDderlaid with coal, and few OF II
mines more than opened.
More Magnesla and dolomite rock
han all the rest OF the states.
More rivers with natural drainage
'apactv than any other state save
Colorado.
Is eighth in railway mileage; first In
a1mber OF miles In past Ave years;
irst In number OF systems started In
1909.
Is sixth In the production OF pota.
toes.
It has the most equabie 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 Is first in production OF
peanuts
Second in production OF Canteloupes
Third in the production OF Water
melons and seventh IN muskmelon pro-
luetion
Ut is frst In tonnage Of alfalfa; third
u money value produced.
| Il is fifth in vegetables, with less
than tenth Of the state trying to cul
tlvate the garden products.
With an acreage OF fiftieth Okla
homa is tenth In the production ofp
orchard products.
1t is tenth in barley, flrSt IL acreage
were proportioned.
capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others ia eL1 amount oi noA-
y deposited In its banks.
It Is FIRST IN purchasing its harvest.
ing machinery away from home.
1t surpasses any othe state in
growth from 1907 to August /, 1903.
II has more miles OF possible good
less improvement on same than any
state west Of the Missouri river.
Producing sufhcien, food stuffs to
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 park
In the United States.
Consuming more agricultural ma
chinery than any state save three, IL
manufactures less than any other state
west OF the Missouri and north Of the
Ohio rivers.
1t is second In the manufacture OF
Portland cement.
1t is next to Texas In supplying the
Galveston wharves with shipping.
1t has the best equalization OF taxes
private and corporate In the world.
Great as its cotton production ia
Oklahoma IS twentieth in the output
OF Its spindles; with no record OF .
cotton mill falling to pay dividend
annually.
Oklahoma raises more saddle horA-
es than than any other two states
without comment on Kentucky's fame
Its corporations are more method
ically dealt with than any OF the states
It is the only state OF the Uui0n
where smallpox never leads to pes
tilential crisis
It has more cities which have
doubled In population since 1906 than
any other state or territory within
the Union.
It has the best high school sys-
tenn In the United states.
Population averaged. It has second
largest church membership than any
other state.
More marble than Nevada New
Hampshire and Massachusetts,
Is second In the production OF cotton
from a monetary standpoint.
More fruit lands than California.
II has the only river In the world
that Is salty for more than 200 miles