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bituminous coal. She shipped since the 

 census was taken $5,000,000 worth of 

 dressed lumber, some of it even as far 

 east as New York city. Since the census 

 was taken in New Mexico we have built 

 1,200 miles of railroad and equipped it, 

 and it is in operation, a distance equal to 

 that between New York and Omaha. We 



vada, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, and 

 Wyoming. 



Our population is made up about as 

 follows : Three-fifths of it are people 

 from the states and their descendants, 

 making about 210,000 in number; the 

 other two-fifths of it are native American 

 citizens of New Mexico of Spanish de- 



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Twin Towers of the Cliff Dwellers in New Mexico 



added 170 new post-offices to our list 

 since the census was taken, and yet you 

 think we are not progressing and that we 

 are stagnant and all that sort of thing. 



The present population of the territory 

 of New Mexico is not less than 350,000 

 people; it has a larger population than 

 any territory ever admitted to the Union 

 as a state, and surpasses in population 

 the following eight states already in the 

 Union : Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Ne- 



scent, amounting to about 140,000 in 

 number. 



If New Mexico and Arizona are joined 

 together, the new state, in addition to be- 

 ing second in the Union in area, will, as 

 to population, in addition to the above, 

 equal or surpass the states of Colorado, 

 Florida, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode 

 Island, and Washington. 



It has been a state without a govern- 

 ment for 58 years. 



