Show our B gness bigness Is said to be a quality which appeals especially to ameri cans however that may be a purely scientific interest justifies the spread ing of information contained in a re cent bulletin of the united states geological survey about the size the united states the area of ali united states proper exclusive 0 alaska island dependencies and abe panama strip is gh en as 3 square miles the absence hitherto of an official standard resulted in a discrepancy between the computations of the census bureau and the general land office A conference was called between these departments and the geological buiey and the bulletin of the geological la the result |