Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-10
TEXAS SOON GROVE; -
NOW IN FIFTH PLACE

the ChicagoRecord-H Herald
FORT WORTH, Tex.-Before "
go any farther into Texas there ar
good many things you ought t
know. Texas Is a big state In man
respects. and is growing bigger ever
day. 1t is now the fifth state In poi
ulation. having run ahead of Missouri
during the last ten years. In 1888
Texas had 1919 people: by tn
census of 1900 is had almost doubl
that number and returned 3,04S,710
while on tne first of January. 1905. &C
cording to local enumerations and es
Inmates. there were 100000 person
living on its soil. OF these in 1901
the census showed 62O,722 negroes
an Increase of 220, 400 in twenty years
| Texas has an area OF $685. $50 sQuar,
miles. The longest distance from
north to south is 740 miles; from cas-
TO west, S25 miles. as far as from
Philadelphia TO Chicago.
Although Texas is solid Demo
cratic state, not more than half the
voters go to the polls According tc
the census of 1900, there were 1877,
I6s men of voting age. but in Novem
Der of that year only 39S,073 ballots
were cast. s- -
Texas has a greater railway mile
age than any other state. having
passed Illinois during the last two
years. The total mainline mileage
reported to the railway commission
Jan. 1 was 11,517.59. while Illinois
had 11.229.5 so miles and Pennsylvania
1929 miles.
Texas has the largest school fund
OF any state in the Union, amounting
to s39, 533.323 OF this $4,000, 900 is
invested in Understanding bonds,
nearly sls.O00O00 in land notes, and
school lands of the appraised value of
SlO,O0O.000 are now leased to farm
ers at an average price of 81 an acre
In addition to this there are 100000
acres of desert lands, which at pres
ent have no value. but sometime will
be worth large sum of money, as
The greater part of them can be irri-
gated.
In addition to this. several counties
nave separate school funds and school
lands, amounting altogether in value
to $6.S67 .293. which. added to the
STATE funds, makes total endowment
for the education of the people of Tex
as s46.40O,Gl6, the richest heritage of
any state
+ Texas has more schools and better
schools. and pays more for education
tnan any other southern state-an av-
erage of $50 per capita for the
school population and $l2.75 per cap
TIA for the average attendance.
Texas produces more than one-third
The cotton crop OF the United States
Galveston is the third in the list of
exporting cities. During the last ifs
cal year her exports amounted TO
Sl49,437 .544. New York and New Or.
leans alone surpass ner, and she Is
lar ahead OF Boston, Philadelphia or
Baltimore.
The value of the taxable farm prop
.erty of Texas this year is $940, 900 900.
The income of the cattlemen OF the
state last year was more than $780,
400 900 from that source alone.
In 1870 there were only four nation.
al banks in Texas, and tneir combined
individual deposits were 3617,00O. To-
day Texas has 1892 national banks,
with individual deposits amounting to
$92 ,G54, 900. ~. ri.
The number of children In Texas is
larger in proportion to the population
han in any other state. The average
family. numbers 81 person, which OK.
ceeds that of any other state in tne
Union. North Carolina. Virginia,
West Virginia. Minnesota, South Car.
DINA and Tennessee follow in order
BY the census of 1900 there were 49,
IA children in Texas under Ave years
of age. Missouri, with $4,000 more
population than Texas, had 8s,40s
less children. and Ohio, witn 35 per
cent more population, had 2O.636 less
children. nE
The natural increase of population
mot including immigration--for the
entire United States during the ten
wears ending with the last census was
III per cent. The increase for that
period in Texas was 30.1 per cent.
During the ten years named Tex
as mad 5+4,s72 more births than
deaths. while New York had only
234.93l more births than deaths.
Although Texas is considered a new
state a larger per cent of her popu-
lntinn wa rr uyit lvpItp AN