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 598 UNITED STATES : — OREGON '

1920 on 2,765,000 acres amounted to 1,300,000 bales, valued at 68,250,000 dollars. Flax is also widely grown. The western part is devoted to stock- raising. On January 1, 1921, the stock comprised 549,000 milch cows, and 1,118,000 other cattle; 836,000 hogs, 110,000 sheep, 667,000 horses, and 292,000 mules. Wool clip yielded 526,000 lbs. m 1919.

Oklahoma has become an important mineral State in the last few years principally because of the increase in the production of petroleum, which followed the discovery of oil in 1904. Natural gas is also obtained. Coal, lead and zinc are also worked.

There are few manufacturing industries, flour and grist-milling, cotton ginning, the manufacture of cotton-seed oil and oil cake being the more important-. In 1910 the State had a total of 2,310 industrial establishments, employing 13,143 wage-earners, with a total capital of 38,873,000 dollars, the cost of material being 34,153,000 dollars, and the value of the output 53,682,000 dollars. Statistics of leading industries are given in The States- man's Year-Book for 1916, p. 593.

In 1917 Oklahoma had 6,502 miles of steam railway besides 331 miles of electric railway (1919). The principal lines are the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ; the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific ; the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf ; and the St. Louis and San Francisco ; the Missouri, Kansns and Texas ; the St. Louis and San Francisco ; and the Santa ¥6 Pacific Railways.

Books of Reference.

Oklahoma ' Red Book.

Reports of the various administrative authorities of Oklahoma.

Statistics and Information concerning the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Strip, Ac. St. Louis, 1893.

OREGON.

Government. — Oregon was admitted into the Union on February 14, 1859. The Legislative Assembly consists of a Senate of 30 members, chosen for four years (half their number retiring every two years), and a House of 60 Representatives, elected for two years.

The Constitution was amended in 1902, under the terms of which amend- ment the people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws and amend- ments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde- pendent of the Legislative Assembly, and also reserve the power at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any Act of the Legislative Assembly. This is known as the initiative and referendum. Not more than eight per cent, of the legal voters are required to propose any measure to be voted upon by the people at the next ensuing general election. Measures thus initiated are enacted or rejected at the polls independently of the Legislative As- sembly. Under the referendum, any Bill passed by the Legislative Assembly, except such as are for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, may, by petition signed by five per cent, of the legal voters, be referred to the

f people to be voted on for approval or rejection at the next ensuing general ection.

At the General Election held November, 1912, suffrage was extended to women and "every citizen of the United States of the age of 21 years and upwards who shall have resided in the State during the 6 months immediately preceding such election shall be entitled to vote."

The State is represented in Congress by two Senators and three Represen- tatives.