The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-15

Total population 1,47o,4o5, in 1900 AS
/ sessed value Of real estate $224 905, ,237.
James Fl. Harvey was Il gallant sol
| der, twice governor of I<GnCas and
senator of the United States. His
worth was solid or those who have
passed away the brilliant John J. IN
gals and the widely esteemed Preston
e. Plumb were truly national men. Da-
vid j. Brewer, Of the supreme court,
! and the hero General Fred Funston,
! the cupturer of AEuiraIdo, are the best
known Of the living Kansas worthless.
NEBRASKA.
Nebraska was organized as a terri
tory in 1864 and admitted rs Il state
in 1867. Its gross area Is 17,5l0 square
/ miles. Its population in 1909, i,G66,3Go,
of which 6".9 per cent. are males. Only
% OF the inhabitants are illItorate. The
| population in 1860 was only 2S,S4l.
I OGcaha contains 102,555 people and is
thirtT-iifth in census rank In 1915,
Father Marquette explored and partly
! mapped out this part Of ancient Louisi-
! ana.
III their outw2rd trip Lewis and
! Clark enCanped many nights within
! the limits of Nebraska, while making
their extraordinary journey Of 4,13G
miles. An expedition in 1912, under
John c. Fremont, passed alonE the
Platte valley, The Mormors, while
moving 10 Utah, early rraverscd this
wild region. The Territory OF Nebraska
was blessed, or possibly distracted, with
six governors in seven years. Eut AL
| viE Saunders. o. Iowa. sent out by
President Lincoln, remained in Office
| for six years. The first state governor,
Daniel Butler, was removed by I'M
parchment. The first state constitu-
ton framed, in 1871, was rejected by a
vote of the people, Messrs Bryan,
Thurston, Henderson and Morton have
appeared mfluentially on the brond field
of national politics.
COLORADO.
The measrreless wealth of the mines
and the unsurpassable beauty of nature
in Colorado were absolutely unknown
i'm 1903, In 1907, Lieutenant Pike after
exploring the head water of the princi-
pal rivers, was taken prisoner With has
party OF twenty, by a much larger
force of Spaniurds. The Long exploring
expedition of lS19-20, brought back Il
careful account of the South Platte
region and the mountains, especially
Longs Peak, justly named i'm honor of
that accomplished officer of the regu-
lar army.
IN 1859 the rush began for the Pixies
Peak gold, the Gregory and the Jack
son mines. Sixty thousand eager men
soon followed in the wake of the pio-
neers, The years from 1861, when a ter
ritorlal government was organized to
1876, when Colorado was admitted as Il
state, mortals seemed to be working
miracles in u thousand ways. stern
men with empires in their brains" be-
San Ito pitch new states as Old World
men pitched tents" From 1850 to 1890
there was 5lS per cent. of increase in
capital invested i'm manufacturing and
mechanical industries. The value of
the products of these industries reached
SlO2, $50 1877 in 1900, The assessed value
of real estate now exceeds $l75, 0O0, 0OO
with present population of 100000 and
an area of 103,925 square miles. Colo
RADIO is destined TO become the empire
state OF the great Northwest
NORTH DAKOTA
Was admitted as state in the
Union, November 2, 1883, with an area
of 7O.795 square miles. North Dakota
had been organized as a separate ter
ritory, March 2, 1861. The state had
population i'm 1890 of 1s2,7l9. 1t had in
creased in 1900 to 319,l46 The value of