Arizona republican., 1904-12-26
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higher educational institutions, 45,S02 students and 4,446 teachers. The to- tai figures of the number of teachers and attendance. of scholars for schools and educational institutions in the fourteen states formed from the Louis jana purchase show: Teachers in 1890. 95, ,365; in 1902, 21,253; attendance in 1890, 2.67O.541; in 1902 3,617,699.
 The number of newspapers and pe- riodicals published in this area in 1890 was 4,759, and in 1903 the number was 5,741; the number of postohices in 1890 was 13.474, and in 1908 it was 16,437; the miles of railway in operation in 1890 numbered 51.S23, and in 1902 there were 62, ,403 miles being operat- ed, or nearly S1 per cent of the total railway mileage of the country.
 The population of the three states formed from the original Oregon ter ritory was in 1890, 747,524, and in 1900, 1.09S,411. Their production of wheat in 1890 was 223O6, 900 bushels, valued at S16,S ,S02, and in 1903, 37,553, ,159- bushels, valued at $27.214,465. The value of the hay crop was in 1894, $15,- 655,S and in 1903. S24.129,35 The wool produced was in 1894, 31,297,2 pounds, and in 1903. 37,06O,0O0 pounds. The value of cattle on farms and ranches was in 1890. $34l316,64S, and on Jan. 1, 1904 S32, ,3S9,S ,S3S; of sheep, in 1890. SS,239,S75. and on Jan. 1, 1904, $16, ,3S0,14 and of all farm animals on Jan. 1, 1904, $S4, 137 003. The gold pro duced in 1902 was valued at $3, ,56S, 300, and of silver, $S,490,795 (coining val ue). The number of pupils in public schools was, in 1890, 133 1929, and in 1902, 2S3 400, and the expenditure for public schools was, in 1890. $1.933, ,11O, and in 1902, $5,297,31S. The number of
 post1tsices was, in 1890, 1,516, and in
 1903, 2.316. The banking resources
 were, in 1890, 59,2sS, GOO, and in 1908,
 SIS, 400, ,0OO.
 The territory added by the Mexican
 cession had a population of 165.524 at
 the census of 1850, the first enumera-
 ton after the purchase. n 1890 it was 1.675,009. and in 1900, 2,122,37S. This
 does not include any part of the state of Colorado, of which about one-third falls within the Mexican cession, but does include all of New Mexico. which is formed in part from territory which was claimed by Texas. The wheat production of the five states and ter ritories now representing the Mexican l cession was, in 1890, 33, ,066. 900 bush els; in 1903, 6,3SS,92 bushels The
 barley crop of 1903 was 32,O15. SC 3 bushels valued at S19,644567, and the hay crop alone in 1903 was valued at $29, ,434023, or twice as much as the
 sum paid to Mexico (exclusive of the agreement to settle the claims of American citizens, amounting to $3,- l 250, 0,000) for the entire territory The l states and territories in question pro duced in 1903 more than one-sixth of "a in he their total wool production being in 1903. 49. 332, ,250 pounds, out of a total in the United States Of 2S7,45O. .OOO 1 pounds. The total value of the pro- duction of wheat, corn, oats, rye, bar | ley, hay and potatoes in these five states and territories in 1903 was SEA- SS7, ,194, or practically five times the
 sum paid for their purchase. The
 number of horses and mules in 1908 was S56,SS3, and their value, $42657.- 965. The number of cattle on Jan. i. 1904, was 3,96S,S73, valued at S77,1O9. = SIP, against s57,713, ,266 in 1S9O The
 number of sheep in 1904 was 1O.491. = 452. against 1O,5S3,146 in 1890, and
 their value in 1904 $23.731, TO, against S19,039, 162 in 1890. The total value of
 farm animals in the five states and territories formed from this purchase
 was. in 1904, $147, ,S55. .933, or more than eight times it's original cost. The sil- i yer production in 1902 was SPA, 53S, ,5O5 1 (coining value); and the gold produce
 tion in 1902. S27 1925, 300, against $17,- S3O.OO0 in 1890.
 The growth in educational facilities
 during the decade in the states and territories in question is shown by the fact tElat the pupils enrolled in public schools numbered in 1890, 292, ,626. anG in 1902, 419,247; the number of teach CTS in public schools increased during
 that period from 7,0S1 to 11,151; the total expenditure for public schools from $6,o10,242 to $9,S4O,29O, and the