Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-13

OhldlOild mas more lndenCSld ana dOlUllc rock Idl
all the rest Of the states put together.
Oklahoma has more natural drainage capacity than
amy other state except Colorado.
IN the production Of potatoes, thc state ranks fifth
The state ranks about seventh in the number of rail
INay mileage first in the number OF miles Of new track III
Ithc last few years well in the number Of system,
'|,aItcd
4 Oklahoma is first in the production Of potatoes
I IN the production OF cntaoupc this state is second.
in the union.
i II is third in the production Of watelmelons and
seventh in the production Of muskneons.
In tonnage Of alfalfa, Oklahoma is first and in the
Moncl received from this crop, tie state is third
II WIN less thaG oe-tenh oI the state trying to grow
ya.ctahics Oklahoma is rauHing fifth.
Will suitable acreage surpassed by but one state, Ok
ahol9a IS tenth IN the gloV ing q orchard products.
WITH billions Of tons Of suitable material Oklahoma IS
far down the scale in the manufacture Of Portland &c
Imcut.
In supplying the Galveston whaycs with shipping. Ok
aLoma Is next TO the state Of Texas
In the equalization of taxes both private and corporate
1t has the best system in the world.
with no record Of a cotton mill failing TO annually pay
Ia DIVIDEND and great the production of this staple
s each year Oklahoma is the twentieth state in the union
in the output Of its sindcS.
II has the best high school system in the United States
1T has more cities and towns that have doubled in popu
Ion within the last iUe years than amy county Of equal
ISZc IN the known world.
II has more money invested in Alaska than any other
ttScd where the opportunity lies right at home less than
|MadagascaI.
II has the only river in the world that is salty fora
||crgth exceeding two hundred miles.
u has both the shaloWcst and the deepest oil wells i'm
tbe world, the two combined in one field
Population averaged it has the second largest church
I'm mht lShip Of amy state i'm the union
Oklahoma is first in the production Of broom corn
Ard 50 ON without end. But do YOU know of any good
/ why Oklahoma can't be, or why Oklahoma won't
DE, right up among the first states in:
DalN'ng, alfalfa cotton, winter wheat corn oats, cat
tc horses mules, hCgS, salt coal granite building stone
clay products, marble, fruits vegetables and poultry?
DO You know that in Oklahoma there is room for 20O0O0
farmers. And that these farmers are coming?
DO You know why Oklahoma with 50 many acres that
could be devoted to dayng is yearly purchasing ten mil
lion dollars worth Of dairy products from other states?
Do you know that the greatest possibilities in agIicu
turc and horticulture in the world are in Oklahoma?
mat tAcc are more acres that be devoted to diver
SlIcd farming than in any other community in the world
That here are cheaper fuel products than in any other
community in the word with abundance of water and
at the same time less manufactures than in other COM
munitcs less favored in this respect?
That Oklahoma has climate suited to work outdoors all
the year?
That there $50 days of sunshine each year. and that
the rainfall is more than 80 inches year?
That living in the midst Of all of these wonderful things
we don pay amy attention to them similar to the man of
health who must become sick before he appreciates what
It means to be healthy
That Tulsa county has been more favored in the fore
gong respects than any other one county in the state?
That here is the oil, and the gas, and the water?
That here is 10000 acres of splendid coal lands!
That here is enough cement rock to run the world for
an age?
That here is an abundance of fire clay and brick clay?
That here the best agricultural lands to be found in /
the southwest?
That these lands may yet be purchased at price rum
inc from $40 to SO an acre?
lhat the Tulsa county ta1ncrl has the most metropolitan
ity in the state in which to trade?
That he may give his children colcgcrducation with
'u having them leave the county? Or commercial edl-
alton or the best High School education to be had any
where? Il
That Tulsa and Tulsa county Oklahoma. t. s. A.. was sIc
he most favored spot in all respects when God Almighty
nodded the earth and turned tovcr into thc hands of man