Show THIS IS A BIG COUNTRY if you dont Ill believe elleve it listen to th this mates mans lRe marks few americans appreciate the vast extent of our national domain said col charles C boffert ert of denver deaver to the buffalo courier 1 I firmly believe that some day in the near future we ve 11 transportation between all points either up in the air or oth ej arise im bound bauml for new naw york and id save 12 hours travel if I 1 could travel in a si straight raight line front froni denver to new york arl tor for instance the air lib afee between chicago and new kew york is miles by rail itis miles front froni buffalo to new york miles in an air air lint line miles by rail why our country try is so great that the public lands here exceed in the number of s snare miles the whole of russia in euro europe e the state of texas is much larger thai austria germany or france new mexico is larger than england ireland scotland and wales combined montana tana is larger than Non norway vay missouri url js is larger than tur turkey key in E europe uro pe kentucky is larger than Vest vir ginia is abger larger than greece arizona is as large as italy IiIi aniana naAs i twice as large a switzerland pad and wyoming and oregon are as large as spain in th event of a successful war of conquest with great britain or by annexation if the united states should become pos poe st ased of canada it would add square miles of territory to the great gmt republic and our total area would then be 1 square miles we would still be one third smaller than the russian empire and one third larger than the chinese empire |