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Show In Eleven Years. ' The Cheyenne Leader, speaking of the growth of the fur W03t, yi: Eleven years aj;o what is now the state of Nebraska was a mere outlying province of the Unicn. There were, not more than 50,000 people within its bordere; Montana and Wyoming were not carved out, and Colorado and Utah had but a sparse population. To-day there are in Nebraska 300,000 souls; arid there are 100,000 in Utah, 40,000 in Wyoming and as many iu Montana; and the new state ol Colo rado has over 100,000, and from the centres of these growing commonwealths common-wealths development and prosperity radiate in every direction. The groat agenry nl thin progress has been th Union l'acifio enterprise; men prosperous pros-perous in ih is new country, aud wbo.B business bus tone on steadily expanding, owe their euccess largely to thin road. I |