Show ANENT THE POPULATION POPULATION OF OP SALT LAKE LAIa as shown by the th United UnU d States cen THE j mos atis w and that estimated by the publishers of the city directory are ire e far flit ft V V V V nn wide apart The estimate of or the directory people is The federal fedee I canvassers er credit the city with only onty inhabitants Discrepancies V clOg cies ei of DC ort are arc re not unusual though Jn in n this instance the V difference Is rath rather p greater than would be expected e In a city of this size The usual cry after a n federal ft ral census Is that th t the tho government figures are too low 10 In cases where a recount has been taken tak n it generally turns out that tb t while some may have bave been ben overlooked the federal figures n were were by long odds odds nearer right than any of ot estimates There Thor is one strong point made mad by the city directory people which it will willbe willbe be for the federal census takers to account for and maintain the accuracy of or their figures Every year ear the board of education enumerates enumerates the number of children between hveen b the ages of 6 and 18 years ears who are attending the public schools show that In the last decade there has been a n again again gain of more than CS 3 por z I cent in Salt Like while the census figures show that the entire population has ha made m a gain of or only 20 per cent Unless the board of f educations are wildly Inaccurate Ina curate and anI there is no reason why hy they the should be it is i han ban more Doe than there Is something wrong with the census ceneus figures res If Jf there has leen a gain of or 63 per cent In the number of school chIldren during durIn ten years the population would surely V show more than a 20 te er cent ceni Inc ase V |