Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-08

tablished by treaty with Great
Britain the following year; and the
cession from Mexico In 1848, at the
close of the Mexican war, brought
In the California country and all the
region east TO Texas. In all, the
fOrties added to the United States
map more than 100000 square
miles of territory-an area larger
than 20 Floridas.
Taking In Texas.
The Texas addition was unique.
Texas had existed for nearly ten
years as an independent republic.
with diplomatic representatives In
Washington and at European courts
and with foreign ministers In Its
W capital. A separate nation en-
tered the Union, the only case of
the sort In United States history.
More than 388,000 square miles of
territory were added by the Texas
accession.
There vas rejoicing when the Ore
gon matter vas settled, even
though the "Fifty-four-forty or
fight" slogan vas not lived up to.
Here was a shining mile-post in the
history of the United States. In
10 years from the Declaration of In
dependence the new nation had
pushed across nearly 5000 miles of
virgin territory, had brought almost
half of 1t into statehood, and had
marked the other half for future set
Element.
Balboa's hazy e had become the
incontrovertible Pacific, and In that
mighty ocean the United States had
now taken the first step to estab-
its vital interest.
After the California country Tin
Guiding the present Arizona, New
Mexico. Nevada. Utah, and part OF
Colorado became United States ter
ritory. in 1848, the developments
that mean map changes came TO the
Far West with dizzy speed. One of
the worlds greatest gold rushes
started In 40. By 1850 SO many
people had poured in that California
was made a state.
BY 1850 railway trains were puff
ing back and forth from Massachu-
sets to Georgia, and eve west of
the Alleghenies; yet California still
was farther out of travel reach with
the seat of government than even
the remotest Of the thirteen original
states had been In the days of
Thomas Jefferson.
Nearly All 10 Bought.
In almost every important addi-
ton to Its territory which the
United States has made, save Ore
gon territory, a money payment has
played a part.
The Louisiana Purchase cost $685.
213,567.73; Florida cost s6.674.-
057.47, including interest; Texas
and Its creditors were paid $685.
447.77 to relinquish claim to lands
outside the present state bound
aries; Mexico was given $16,295,-
1889 for Its cession of territory In
184S.
In 1854 the final addition was
made to Continental United States
as II now exists, when the Gadsden
Purchase was made OF 29.670
square miles south of the ella river
In Arizona. For this tract $1,000
600 was paid to Mexico.
These five accessions to. the
United States proper cost s7f,679.-
212.S6. N IS
A circle with q radius of only
1000 feet drawn around the bu4
ness center Of Washington, d. Csn
closes land assessed for almost 4
actly the amount paid for I
spreading empire. yJ
Territory outside the boz
continental United States
since 1854 was more costly.
STA was paid s7,200.00o for i
In 1867; the Hawaiian ma
debt of 100000 was asSuA1o4
when the islands were annexed In
1898; Spain was given $20.100.0O0
for islands annexed after the Span
ish-American a
The ten-mIle strip OF the Canal
zone In Panama has cost the United
States so far s15.000.000 paid to Pan
anna and s25,000.000 paid to Colon
bia. In addition the United States
paid SAC. 100000 to the New Panama
Canal company of France. And Pan
continues to receive $250.00
annually.
The latest territorial purchase By
the United States was the Virgin
Islands For the 1873 square miles
of these Caribbean islands Denmark
received s25.0O0,O00 In 1916. That
works out approximately 1904 m
a~cre-7.350 times the acre price
paid for the Louisiana Purchase.
The total payments for outlying
territory made since 1854 amount
ed TO s138,300.OO0.