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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (PENNSYLVANIA.) 



The city's charter commission, which consists of 

 33 members, representing the political and busi- 

 ness interests of Portland, will submit a charter 

 to a vote of the people in 1902. If ratified, it 

 will be presented to the Legislature of 1903 for 

 " approval or rejection, as a whole, without the 

 power of alteration or amendment." 



Trolley-lines now connect Portland with Oregon 

 City, 15 miles south, and with Vancouver, Wash., 

 7 miles away. 



State Monument. In honor of the 52 men 

 who organized the provisional Government of Ore- 

 gon, May 2, 1843, a monument erected by the 

 State was unveiled May 2, 1901, at Champoeg. 

 The monument is of polished Oregon granite, 7 

 feet high, including the pedestal. On its face it 

 bears the following inscription: "Erected on 

 Thursday, May 2, 1901, in honor of the first 

 American Government on the Pacific coast, organ- 

 ized here Tuesday, May 2, 1843, 52 persons voting 

 for, 50 against. 'The names of the former, as far 

 as obtainable, are hereon inscribed." 



Centennial. The official name of the exposi- 

 tion to be held at Portland in 1905, as decided 

 upon by the Oregon and Washington commission- 

 ers, is " The Lewis-and-Clark Centennial and 

 American-Pacific Exposition/' The legend chosen 

 to lead the title-pages of all the literature on the 

 subject is the familiar clause, " Where rolls the 

 Oregon," from Bryant's Thanatopsis. 



PENNSYLVANIA, a Middle State, one of 

 the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 Dec. 12, 1787; area, 45,215 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 434,373 in 1790; 602,365 in 1800; 810,091 in 

 1810; 1,047,507 in 1820; 1,348,233 in 1830; 1,724,- 

 033 in 1840; 2,311,786 in 1850; 2,906,215 in 1860; 

 3,521,951 in 1870; 4,282,891 in 1880; 5,258,014 in 

 1890; and 6,302,115 in 1900. Capital, Harrisburg. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1901: Governor, William A. Stone; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, J. P. S. Gobin; Secretary 

 of the Commonwealth, William W. Griest; Sec- 

 retary of Internal Affairs, James W. Latta ; Treas- 

 urer, James E. Barnett; Auditor-General, E. B. 

 Hardenbergh; Attorney-General, John P. Elkin; 

 Adjutant-General, Thomas J. Stewart; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, N. C. Schaeffer ; In- 

 surance Commissioner, Israel W. Durham; Com- 

 missioner of Banking, Frank Reeder; Secretary 

 of Agriculture, John Hamilton; Commissioner of 

 Forestry, J. H. Rothrock; Dairy and Food Com- 

 missioner, Jesse Cope; Zoologist, H. T. Fernald; 

 Factory Inspector, James Campbell; Veterinari- 

 an, Leonard Pierson; Librarian, George E. Reed; 

 Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, 

 T. L. Eyre; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 J. B. McCollum; Associate Justices, J. Hay 

 Brown, James T. Mitchell, William P. Potter, 

 John Dean, D. Newlin Fell, and S. L. Mestrezat; 

 Prothonotaries, Charles S. Greene, William Pear- 

 son, and George Pearson ; Justices of the Superior 

 Court, C. E. Rice, J. A. Beaver, William D. Porter, 

 George B. Orlady, P. P. Smith, William W. Porter, 

 and John I. Mitchell. N. C. Schaeffer and Judges 

 McCollum and Smith are Democrats; the others 

 are Republicans. 



The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Secre- 

 tary of Internal Affairs are elected in even-num- 

 bered years for a term of four years; the Treas- 

 urer in odd-numbered years for a term of two 

 years. The Secretary of the Commonwealth, the 

 Attorney-General, and the Adjutant-General are 

 appointed by the Governor at pleasure, and the 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction for four 

 years. The Legislature holds biennial sessions, 

 beginning in January of odd-numbered years. 



Senators are elected for four years, and Repre- 

 sentatives for two years. 



Finances. For 1901 the State revenues were 

 estimated by the Treasurer in March at $13,125,- 

 503.50, and the expenses at $12,684,871.50. In 

 items of expense the Treasurer included $6,000,000 

 for the public schools and $100,000 for purchase 

 of land for State forestry reservations. The esti- 

 mates contemplated the restoring of $500,000 de- 

 ducted from the school appropriation two years 

 before. The Treasurer's estimates did not in- 

 clude any expenditure for the State Capitol, for 

 which the Legislature had appropriated $4,000,000. 

 A large part of the increase in net receipts for 

 1900 came from delayed payments for 1899. The 

 net indebtedness of the State has been reduced 

 to less than $800,000. No State loans will fall 

 due till 1912. 



" On the whole," the Treasurer says, " the busi- 

 ness of the department has felt the prosperous 

 condition of the country in a marked degree, both 

 in the prompt payment of taxes and in the in- 

 creased receipts." 



Valuation and Taxation. As shown by the 

 latest report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs, 

 the value of all real estate is $3,069,371,624, an 

 excess over the figures of the preceding report of 

 $41,722,325. In Philadelphia County the year's 

 increase was from $985,682,064 to $1,003,899,449, 

 and in Allegheny County from $540,490,185 to- 

 $549,301,515. The value of real estate exempt 

 from taxation is stated at $302,541,939, against 

 $299,485,963 for the year previous. Of taxable 

 real estate, the total amount is given as $2,766,- 

 829,685, a gain over the year before of $38,666,349. 

 The total amount of taxes collected for all pur- 

 poses is reported at $57,649,889, against $55,808,- 

 585 the previous year. Of this the amount as- 

 sessed for State purposes is $2,900,536. The year 

 before it was $2,732,757. 



Education. The annual report of the Super- 

 intendent of Public Instruction for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1901, presents these facts concerning 

 the public schools: Number of school districts, 

 2,516; schools, 29,046; graded schools, 16,625; 

 male teachers, 9,194; female teachers, 20,850; 

 average salary of male teachers per month, 

 $44.14; average salary of female teachers per 

 month, $38.23; whole number of pupils, l',161,524; 

 average attendance, 847,445; teachers' wages, $11,- 

 355,334.47; cost of text-books, $766,987.10; cost 

 of other supplies, $433,597.76; fuel, contingencies,, 

 fees of collectors, and other expenses, $5,275,382.- 

 32; total expenditures, $22,813,395.14. 



The new compulsory education law, approved 

 July, 1901, went into effect in September. The 

 age limit includes all children between eight and 

 sixteen years, and provides that those between 

 thirteen and sixteen may be excused if they can 

 read and write the Englfsh language intelligently 

 and are regularly employed. 



Building and Loan Associations. The an- 

 nual report of the Banking Department furnishes 

 these figures upon building and loan associations : 

 Number chartered under the laws of-the State 

 reporting to the department, 1,155. Assets, total, 

 1900, $110.493,510.31; 1899, $112,120,436.61; de- 

 crease, $1,626,926.30. Liabilities, total, 1900, $110,- 

 493.510.31 ; 1899, $112,120,436.61 ; decrease, $1,626,- 

 926.30. Receipts, total, 1900, $55,565,030.19; 1899, 

 $53,137,355.77; increase, $2,427,674.42. Disburse- 

 ments, total, 1900, $55,565,030.19; 1899, $53,137,- 

 355.77: increase, $2,427,674.42. 



Banking. The Commissioner of Banking, in 

 the annual report of his department, returned the" 

 following corporations as under its supervision 

 Nov. 30, 1900: Banks, 101; trust companies, 111; 



