Show THE HE NEW STAR y President Roosevelt Roos yesterday signed the he proclamation admitting Oklahoma kl floma to o the union arid and adding a new star to the he American flag sister sisters is s the baby only in point of age She has a larger population and more tax taxable taxable taxable able wealth t a dozen states that hat might be mentioned states that have been n the union for many m ny years Oklahoma is 19 Indeed Ind ed the lustiest Infant that hat has ever been added to the the happy family of at your Uncle Samuel She should hould have belonged years ago but buthe the he injustice done in keeping her out outher Outher her long fight for admission are for forgotten forgotten forgotten gotten now in the Joy of being In Oklahoma comes in with more than square miles of ot territory and a population of 10 It is particularly rich in farming land having vast areas of corn and wheat fields and tremendous ous tracts of ot land admirably adapted to the growing of ot fruits of all kinds Then too the state has coal mines that produce hundreds of ot thousands of tons annually It has o oI 1 fields that have hardly been tapped and other resources too numerous for mention here Best of all aU Oklahoma has a population population population tion second to that of rio no other ether state staten In n intelligence public spirit and in patriotism It Is the first state If it our knowledge of at history is not at fault that has ever been admitted with a prohibition clause in its constitution From rom the time of ot its entrance Into the union Oklahoma will WUl be dry And in other respects Its constitution Secre Secretary Secretary tary ary Taft to the contrary notwithstanding n ing ng is a model mode True Oklahoma has had the advantage of a study of all the other constitutions but she has chosen from them wisely and well Nor in view vie of at the character of at the themen themen themen men who framed the constitution is 15 this fact surprising Oklahoma con contains contains contains within her borders representative men from most of the other states Es Especially Especially has she drawn from the east and south She has attracted with her ier wonderful resources strong capa capable ile ble men and women people who were not afraid to go into a new country and there establish for themselves and their families homes The best talent among the population was drawn drawn upon In the selection of at the framers of the constitution constitution I The Herald welcomes Oklahoma and predicts for her a high standing stan dIng In the I sisterhood |