| Show THIS IS A BIG COUNTRY if yon dont believe it listen to mans Ilc marka few americans appreciate the vas extent of our national domain said col charles C boffert ert of denver to the buffalo courier 1 I firmly believe that some day in the near future we ll 11 lines of transportation beaw een all points either up in the air or otherwise im bound for new yoi i and id have 12 hours travel if in a straight line from denver to ne york for instance the air line between chicago and new york is miles by rail it is miles from buffalo to new york it is miles in an air line miles by rail why our country is BO great that the public lands here exceed in the number of sequan miles the whole of russia in europe the state of texas is much larger than austria germany or france new mexico is larger than england ireland scotland and wales combined montana is larger than norway missouri is larger than turkey in europe kentucky is larger than Portugal West virginia is larger than greece arizona is as large as italy indiana is twice as large as switzerland and wyoming and oregon are as large as spain in th thi i event of a successful war of conquest with great britain or by annexation if the united states should become possessed of canada it would add square miles of territory to the great republic and our total area would then be square miles we would still be anc smaller than the russian empire and one third larger than the chinese empire |
