, 1870-07-16
The following il table Of the Territories
they are now thought to be-:

New Mexico. co.,,.................... T,568, 81
Dakotah.. 9s,596, Il
Colorado. ................. B6,6s0W
Mo4laHA'....s ........-.............4 81, Ok, u
aIlSoA'-..-----. 906. n
NseiSus: .::: ss,sss q e 5t &
Aiasra
IuGail over ohe billion acres.
The population Of the whole, in 1865, va
3Go, 600. plus Alaska with 10000. This doe
not include Indians. The area is about $40.
tOo square miles, or about ITS, 900 square mile
greater than tho area Of all the admitted
States.
The agricultural Territory is Dakota. Th
mineral and grazing Territories arc Now Me1i
co, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
Utah, and Arizona. The mineral, agricultural
aud Alaska.
Let us nov take them up in detail:
| WASHINGTON
| Territory has an area OF G9, 994 Square miles
or a 79S, 160 acres, thus divided by c1pe1i
enced people:
!1mbeF lands. +2O, ,Ol0 0D
flalile lanas.. ....-........ IN, OK, ,0Qt
covered oy water 1,50G,0 ,00t
Coal Of excellent quality il found in WASHING. @
ton, and also gold. The Territory contains
several tracts Of valuable land, and many un-
/ opened mines and undeycloped fisheries, and
gives almost every possible kind OF wealth
aud employment for human industry, yet un.
sanguine people do not believe that Washing
| ton has any speedy great future. No State III
The Union, and, peIhaps, no country in the
world, Of the same extent, possesses 10 many
excellent hatbors aud extensive facilities fof
commerce.
Tn many places in Washington arc immense
saw mills. They manufacture annually
10 900, ,o00 feet Of lumber. Vast quantities OF
lumber are annually exported, besides wheat
n TY,HSn a7$1S
here.
This Territory, the buttresa Of Oregon and
Washington, has an arcs OF 86, ,294 square
miles, equal to 81, 22S, 160 acres.
lts climate is e1actly adapted to sheep grow
ing, herding Of cattle, the manufactnrs Of
dairy products, and tho r1ising Of superior
breeds of horses, Is well as tie culture Of
northern varieties Of fruits, such aH apples.
rGes1s, pldms. cherries, peaches, grapes, and
Ill the ordinary cereals and vegetables:
mines Of gold and silver, md nd vast 1t
beds OF salt found upon analysis to be almost
pure. It possesses, alsn. iron ORG and coal
lho number Of quartz mills recently in opera
ton was s., having about 400 stamps, and
thsJ eost over million dollars, and have
united caracity Of 500 horse power.
The abundance Ut water, wood, coal and
iron, near the gold md silver minea Of Idaho
makes them much more valuable.
1he following table is beloved to be nearly
Agricultural lands Of Idaho. .ae5 600 acres
Gfaztpg aands- ds-................... 100000 acres
Surface OF lakes. 575,000 acres
'lI''s eiI T., taaa aria Whieo can De reclaim ,,,
NSunt5,n ien1is ~ ao dSo ac.es
Embracing 7.5o0. .ooo acres Of i;mber. ~" and
Ths annual ,alue Of a.ricuitnrot mn,
vi ausis usi an silver mines 6M S 90 90
,,d ~ ,;a Snae %. ~, lo1oo y aito8etaaf UNIQUE
~; ~ ~ ~ - ~ ASts." e1e11 ~ tn1 e"t4u
~ ~ 40 no9s AllzonA upon me Colo1a99. an loa-
the names Of some Of the leading towns:
Hoise City, 1000 Lewiston. 900; Idaho City,
5sooo pioneer City 2,000 Silver City, 1000.
mere y Attle cm'eFatioh 10 thls 1eE11tory, and
III destiny WILL pfobaly DC long suspended
uTAH.
~, etah, me pioneer american territory, and
oa.7te sqnnfe miest or u ,V63, ,o!5 acree, and ls
e!haa IN easenI 20 ne whole OF he~ England
~ snstens :s aathoIy slses m9 tne 1ouow1ns
s0''1AAto "a -" oe'eiopo" cooolon:
wool,cn mills eap''at tngx'xa, .aSa ~
CnttnM ps -
Lumher rTasie. ''''''''' '''''''''' t%," toaS1 ~
FIGURING mills. ..........,,.. ,,......".' 7Soom
Leather. - n0GnO
Alcohol.-... $1,000
The estimated value OF rea1 and personal
property ~ Utah is $4,000 600. The Nor
mons would pronounce this too low until the
tax collector came by. The number Of cities
and towns in Utah is 1877. eight OF which have
population Of more than 5000 each, and sew
cral others have more than LOCO each. The
aggregate value Of raw material annually pro-
dnced n e. dd from agriculture, mining, &c., is
Added By chemical and mechanical pro-
cessts. .s7e0, 900
T{hut {rfF jrGt1 Io p1'on
T5ans,x,ta1t, &Si q; ,o;,ooa; 9S" 1o9"
Compensatlon of clerks sacs.,.,..,.s....: a7o'ooS
Layers, doctors, and preachers, cost. 6oooo
Servants. :......; 1900
Ihe crop OF cereals average over million
bushels per annum, and from fifty to sixty
bushels ot wheat an acre ia a frequent crop.
There il one instance Of ninety-three and
half bnshels, which Was raised on one acre
Barley, oats, re, buckwheat, flax, and hemp
succeed az we'll as wheat, aud are extensively
grown in Utah.
The emigration to Utah il not go ercat Az IL
has been generally, and the recent moyonent
to ptootnolygamy by Law Is likely to stop tho
the Saints. Yet, with q population Of an
Eighth ct a million. Utah ig we'll Gual,fia5 nhvs.
1ca1Iy to become State. and thu fIegire ri bor
few pullic men to see her made "a IN constant
~ expressed here. Utah il now in tha nnsi-
tiun ~ Nanitoho ,rith t,ro ;-a,ono;fah1o
tics, and coyernmont which, has no armnathr
with tie BODY Of tho pcopIe. Brirhn1n 9rnnr
ia tho aged Tiel OF ttis rerinn. fhe fn5;.ns
have been we'll manaced pY tha SIor1nons' and
dwelling on tllo lrink nf tbe cnnntrv NJ .hs
Apaches. The Saints vet seam n flnnr;a1, Ito
the csrlv fhnstiana in tha Vanao;aa +.1,a-a
80 say thar fnr tbe1a ;s ,,ent na,n,art5 ,a5s.
ronparisnns. shaffar +ba 22:orar,nr 49, -
from IIiinois. and hc i fiena1,i Rn,iarss as 40
Iicht. DoS''A w
WYOMING.
Wyoming Ter1itory has A., aroa os o. aaa
square miles. or d fi5 ion ncres r - II,
roeition aud form annthc- iowa h,t;a o.r,ictl ~,
is mountainous region. WITH a paneTa1 snr.
face several Thousand feet aboEs eea IeTei
Lands in the valleys and along tba hases ~
1pountains are yery nrof1nctiTc Rere Int ia
prohibited TO ciyilizat;on. 4 1,rra nnrtin,,
Of Wyomine nro5fnccs tine cTess 6non ssh;oi.
catt1e feed and f,ttan hoth IN .,,1,,,or .s5
wiuter. Mr. Cu]lom. Chairman of tha Co-s.
m1ttee on Territories savs that tha cl,nsta 70
mild and healthy tIa ~ md v.tar n.,-a e -
springs abundant. n Wycminp almost ayerr- .,-.s
where in the monntain rer;onse annsrjor vnay-
6les. .pranites limeetoness dc ~ fonnd ~
;mmsnae Quantities. The mi, rnoa. ~ ran,4tshia Ia
part OF tlia territory is ;he T,sT,m;a pis;ns
which have an area n 80 ft1] sonnre ,,,;1as ' rn
derIaia with coal. In the surrounding 1nonn-
tains deposits of iron ora Of ereat ibiclness
arc found. >0o
Valuable mines OF copper lead. and p,nsnm
exist in Wvonino anG fGnTa IL I;t,ia do69;S r. ~.
that in manv eerfions thcro ia aoid .nd a;irar a'
This vnnnf, feTr;torr th,onSS,, rhnso sa,,th
ern brcadfh tho tra;5a ~ ~ nn;o1' pen;s, 1en
Railway nm ia in dsnr.r ~ oytinc+;o,s T ~
reason of The ndian%a % .ye eioagns bae@ a5attog