Show cwi J NO with all of salt lake cites boasted boom agdens percentage of increase in population la more than three times that of our neighbor based on the federal census of 1900 and the school census of this year in 1900 ogden had a population of and salt lake 32 times as many or estimating the present population of the two ditlea by multiplying the school census by 55 ogden now has and salt lake city here are the figures for comparison ogden in 1905 ogden in 1900 agdens increase r percentage of increase salt lake in 1905 salt lake in 1900 lakes increase percentage of increase ac agdens increase of population is only less than that of the capital and while in 1900 salt lake had 32 times as many people as ogden the ratio is now cut down to 37 if the same ratio of increase Is kept up by the next federal census ogden will have nearly and salt lake not quite there are railroad changes in prospect that might make ogden a city of within tho next few years abad eventually ogden in first place salt lake it k true claims to havo to but tho school returns do not bear out those figures it that city has then ogden must be credited with but we do not nuke claim to more than and that is within 1100 of the figures estimated from the school census victoria H C dec 5 united states minister rockhill Rock hlll is engaged in urging the opening of manchuria by china but the chinese foreign board says it has not decided upon the program for the province chinese boffl dais are reported to be troubled over tho japanese attitude regarding manchuria japan having shown a deabre to monopolize the commercial and other rights in manchuria aa an initiatory iti atory stop in this reaped the japanese have sent many parties of experts to investigate the natural resources of the manchurian Manc hurlan provinces victoria B C dec 5 the boklo hochin says japan was consider ably aided in securing the withdrawal of foreign legations from korea by active assistance of the united states william J bryan is visiting korea |