The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-16

solo ieEateo uf Oklahoma territory.
AZ such, 10 inherited both the as
sets and liabilities OF old territorial
government The total assets
amounted 10 $4,000. while tho u.
abilities were ti22S.O0u. which by
the terms or the statehood bill the
new state assumed and bound Itself
~ pay Tho unpaid interest on this
dobt amounted 90 10000 The tlrst
legislature provided for u bond issue
amounting to t1.46Q.g00. u was
necessary 90 bmld several institu-
tious cf learning. penal ana
olomoaynary institutions, ana TO
meet other requirements Of rap
Idly growing new state.
Contains 7O.O37 squire Mites.
Oklahoma contains 7U.0j1 squire
miles. Tho population of the state
watu idmittcd 10 the anton. lgr7,
creased TO Approximately 22j0,-
creased 20 Approximately 2.220O,-
600. Tho value Of taxable property
I'm Oklahoma territory returned b;
Tho assessors tu 1903 was $4,000
600 The assogsed value for taxation
OF personal and real property IN
oklahoma for Tho fiscal year 1927
wac 8f.73gS35.0OS. Of course .uch
of our taxes comes from gross pro-
ductiun
The United states Geological sur
veg has estimated that there are 10.
600. 100000 tons Of coal " Okla
bona. of which 5000 ,00Us00 tons
are available at present under cur.
rcu' mining conditions. The short
ton production IN 1920 was j.0iR-
500. valued at sg0.O7i.2OO. and for
1921 there was i,i5l500, valued at
y1E.7Tl.75O.
Gns production ~ oklahoma for
/ 1920 wus 10000 100000 cubic feet.
valued nt tlO6O0.G00; IN 1927 thero
were 10000 600 600 cubic feet. val
ucd at si1toO.0o0.
On production IN 1920 was l03.-
! OS7.42O barrels valued at S1i7 3b5,-
us. In 1921 there was 1859, ,5I6
/ barrels valued nt SiSO,23a.5S2.
There are approximately 10000
/ square miles. or sections Of land. To
| January. 1922. 7tsS % these Soc
/ tious, or about one-tenth OF the
stu'c. had been explored Tor oil and
Ets Approximately four-sevcuths
, W the explored area. or little more
/ than oue-twcntieth %! the area OF
| the state. has produced oil or gas
Tho state has enormous supplies
| OF asphalt. shalc. clay glass sand.
] UNlltItk NtlUs sIbNfls HAllhNANllf
granite. gabbro. limestone, marble.
portland cement rock. gypsum, salt.
/ small deposits or iron, manganese.
! tripoli. uovaculite, volcanic ash and
i some OF the rarer metals
There were 100.io2 farmers IN
/ Oklahoma N 1907. and i91.9SS iu
| 1920. The per cent of farms owned
| In 1907 was i5.2. and In 1920 there
I was 4s.G per cent. The value OF all
crops In 1907 was Si33,i5Ii05. and
Z In 1919 the value reached the high
/ point OF s6O4.797,O00.
The number OF all livestock IN
| 1907 was 4.sSf,40i. and in 1920 the
number was 4.609.i7i.
The value OF all farm property
In 1907 has been fixed at t9lS,i9S,-
$50. and for 1920 AZ 1850. i23, ,5++.
The average wheat production
In the United States for the years
l9i4-i920 was 5S7,l59.143 bushels
OF winter wheat, 2i6,26t.I14 bush.
els OF spring wheat, OF which
amount Oklahoma produced on an
average about i0,iIs.429 bushels OF
winter wheat, or about 6. per cent
! of the national winter wheat pro-
ductlon. There has been good
: yield OF onts. barley. rye, buck
wheat and other products OF the
| farm.
According 70 figures lust an