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PENNSYLVANIA

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1919 the State had a total railway mileage of 3,214, besides 72*2 miles of electric railway track. The principal lines are the Oregon- Washington Railroad and Navigation Company and the Southern Pacific and the so-called ' Hill lines.'

In November, 1920, there were 284 banks in the State, with total de- posits of 2S1, 420,908 dollars; of this amount 61,293,491 dollars was in tarings deposits, including; postal savings accounts : demand deposits amounted to 195,606,807 dollars; time deposits, 24,520,610 dollars.

British Consul at Portland. — Harry Leslie Sherwood. There is a vice- consul at Astoria.

Books of Reference.

Oregon Blue Book. Issued by the Secretary of State. The Keports ot the various Executive Departments.

British (Consular Reports on i »repon, Washington, and Idaho. Annual, London. Bancroft (H. II.). History of Oregon. San Francisco, 1886. Clarke (S. A.), Pioneer Days in Oregon History. 2 vols. Portland. Ore.. 1906. Gilbert (J. H.), Trade and Currency in Early Oregon (Columbia University .Studies in Economics. Vol. xxvi. No. 1). New York. 1907.

Horner, (3. B.) Oregon : Her History, Great Men, and Literature. Corvallis, Ore., 1919.

Johnson (s.), s| l( >rt History of Oregon. Chicago, 1904.

£v»»ai»(H S.), History of Oregon. 4 vols. New York, 1902.

Putnam (G. P.), In the Oregon Country. N'ew York and Ixmdon. 1915.

Schajtr (Joseph), History of the Pacific Northwest. New York, 1917.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Government. — Pennsylvania is one of the thirteen original States in the Union. The General Assembly consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. Every citizen 21 years of age, resident in the State for one year, and in the election district for two months preceding the election, is entitled to vote, provided that he has paid a State or County tax within two years and at least one month before the election. The Senate consists of 50 members chosen for four years, 25 Senators being elected at each General Assembly election bi-annually. The House of Representatives consists of 207 members chosen for two years.

The State is represented in Congress by two Senators and 36 Representa- tives.

Governor.— Wm. C. Sproul, 1919-1923 (10,000 dollars). Secretary of tht Commonwealth. — Cyrus E. Woods (8,000 dollars).

For local administration the State is organised in counties, cities, boroughs, and townships. On a population basis, cities are divided into three classes and townships into two classes. There are 67 counties. The State Capital is Harrisburg.

Area, Population, Instruction. — Area, 45,126 square miles, of which

294 square miles is water area (excluding 891 square miles of Lake Erie).

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Population

Years

Population

Total Per sq. in.

Total Per sq. m.

1860 1900

2,906,215 64 6 6,302,115 | 140*6

1910 1920

7,665,111

8,720,150

171-0 193-2