The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-10

The population Of Utah shows N "a In
boz ten years Of 2f.g per cent. the count
ln 1900 having been 216.If9. The in
crease from 1890 to 1900 was $500. OF
1f.1 per cent
The increased population means that
Utah viii bc entitled to another con-
Ercssman. and 90 is likely that the sec
und. like the present representative.
will ne selected AZ large.
The present official census shows
some remarkable grOwfns In various
c"unties or the state. altnouE1 I'VE
-uunficz have shown am actual loss in
population.
Kane county has lost 15g In the past
ten years This DEL partially explained
hT the rcvcrEcs 90 the settlers through
failure 81 crops and the destruction Of
grcat dam near kanab. together with
che rather slow development of that
part OF the state. owing 20 the lack OF
railroad connection
riufc county. FOR reasons similar Co
those experienced iu Kane. has shown
county than ten years ago.
Rich county. also handicapped by Tie
lack ~ ruifrGads has lost 81. Accord
INK Co the latest count.
Loss In summit.
one Of the most surprising changes
brought about bv another census count
g. the loss % l.25e inhaeitents tn sum,
the beucficcut Influence 81 develop
mcut in farming. irrigation and similar
land enterprises like other counties OF
Wayne county. which has struggled
against the handicap ~ no railroad
n loss iu population ~ 1aA-
showing On San Juan.
san Juan county. the largest in the
state. in point uf area. and the least
accessible. shows Ca wonderful gain. The
advent ~ DE man with the pillow. the
miner and the seeker after OH marked
n new epoch FOR the county ~ great
natural wonders and marvellous seen
crf. Whhe the lev sett lsments arc
scat cred over great. arid stretch ot
desert. the towns are prosperous and
there ig just enough dry Farm and
other land under cultivation 20 attract
settlers. Tn 1900 San Juan boosted
population OF 1923. while this year
tho population Del $50. growth or
I.s'f lhi-. nF lne VIZ, is 'ne o 1,y
doubled its population ia ten wears.
While tnc highest percentage or
growth BEL iu san Juan county. ten
wears aro the smallest tn popui9fion.
fHr most remarkable evidence 20 UTAH
advancement is found In salt Lake
county. where the population In ten
wears bias jumped from ls.t2s Co 49,
f96 This growth ~ 53.1U1 is mostly
accounted Ter in salt Lake CITY. though
the rutiviuE districts 81 the county
haN.. forced Co the front and the de
vclonmcnt Of farms and various other
propositions has added TO the general
total
All the News All the Time.
frain from calling attention 60 the ac-
curncv Of census returns published IN
THE paper last June. months ahead Of
any other paper. as is usual I'm the
handling 81 live news stories.
Tn addition Co announcing the ac-
fuaf population Of salt Lake City exc
cfusiverv. though unofficially. The Her
n1d-Ecpuhfican broke the news 60 the
people that tho population or ogden
was ce.211. according 10 figures COM
piled In salt Lake I'm the office OF the
supervisor ~ census and subject TO
revision upon being forwarded to
Washington
Tho figures were not announced Of
ficialiv from Washington until veater-
DAY. end after alterations had been
made. not only tn the department At
Washington. but by special agent
who camo 20 ogden about week ago
90 check uu where there seemed to Dc
on error Boz the count The Herald
Republicans figure was 26.21G. and
the official count oT announced iu
Wash inetou. was $3.50. showing diff
ference % $50 and practically confirm
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