Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1905-12-08
CIT ES GRO w FAST.
POPULATION OF PACIFIC COAST
TOWNS INCREASING.
Los Angeles Jumping Into Fame at
" Rate Of 5000 a Year, While 9th
ers Show Same Tendency In
This Direction.

Washing Pacific coast cities are
growing rapidly, according to tba
latest compilation OF the census ONCE.
Possibly the Pacific coast cities VIII
take exception TO the fgnres The
population estimates are based on The
rate fof growth during the ten-year PEE
q Iiod from $50 to 1900.
Other reports from the west all inif-
n cate "a rapid rate OF growth, and tie
Unofieial claims are far in excess OF
these ofiicial estimates. Some author
tiles INSERT that the population Of many
Il OF the coast ties has actually doubled
n In the past five years
S M Los Angeles. u Is figured, is grow
Ing CT the rate OF 5000 people year.
The efficial count OF 1870 gave Los
a Angeles 102.479. This estimate puts
81 the population the following year at
:$s1 67 ,126 in 1892. at Ill. III: IN: 1903, at
;1i6. 429. and this year In June at
"a 25. aaO. J 5sf3
Wien this 1900 census count was
made, Portland, Ore. had 80 ,426 peo-
pie. The government experts estimate
the clty's growth during the next year
raised the total to SO. 1862 tkat the fot-
lowing year made 1t 95,yl2, and tina.
3sin 1903 the population was 9S. 655. Foi-
lowing the same rate of increase, the
{ government estimates the population
of Portland. lne 1905. at l04. l4l. 3.
The population Of Seattle Is supposed
= 10 be increasing at the rate OF 3, 7S3 =
q year, and on that basis the federal ex-
perts estimate the 1906 population az
1856.
u Tacoma. when counted Eve years ago
by the federal government. had 37.-
II ia. The unoffcial estimate OF ara-
3 comn's present population ia 55 .438
Spokane. which had a6.s4s. In 1900, is
q NOW estimated at 46,3l3.
M NJ Los Angeles has, according to this
volume 297 miles of paved streets.
n Portland, Ore 144 miles; Seattle. 49,
u miles; Tacoma. Eli miles; Spok aae, 8 3
q miles. NJ
According to the returns OF 1903, on
which the comparisons are based, dsas
Angeles had 1904 marriages In that
& year and 476 divorces For the sane
period Portland, Ore, had 1853 mar
& EtdEsSA dHu ~ 90 aNtVOiGts. IoSdGtIS sldtt
j. .SO5 marriages and 5lS divorces Ta-
coma had 1853 marriages and III di-
Y. vorces. Spokane. had l,0G4 marriages
and 225 divorces.
Los Angeles is found to expend an
\ nnalls.3 S1.347,S7a. OF which the largest
4 single item Is for municipal indus
tries, S559 $40. Nest comes public nigh
way, building. and sanitation, costing
S51SssGs. There Id an item OF $3.50 Tor
Portland, Ore, spends annually
Sl.5l 347. OF which municipal indus
dries take s.5,asss $50 4 highways. s7s2.8.@s
and public education. Sis, sS6.
Seattle spends annually Sites. 72a,
their largest item being for building
Highways. s9ls.96s, and the next larg-
est for municipal industries, Sa09 6iss.
i For public recreation Seattle Rpeads
S25. Sf2.
Tacoma spends annually S462.a04. OF
which the largest item Is for pNt'i!s
4 highways and sanitation. $2G2. S5s The
next largest for municipal industries
31z4s136. There 10 no public reerea-
iioE item.
Spokane spends annually $5s2 ,20a. OF
which the largest part is for public
highways, S2sOS and public edHca a:
dion, Libraries, etc. s16O,415:: mat
nicipal Industries take s1ls,207. anu
there is an item Of s5,2s4 for public
recreation. &