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Show thousand were clasaed as Illiterate, The number of school buildings In the state of Utah In 1897. outside of the five largest cities Salt Lake. Ogden. Provo. Logan and Murray was 700. The number of enrolled pupils in the public schools of Utah, outside of the five cities above named, in 1897 was 44.-203. 44.-203. The enrollment In theae schools today Is ovsr 46.000. j The number of teachers employed, outside out-side of the five largeet cities, In 18t7 wss 417: In 111. 17tt. In 1197 there teas not a public school library In ths state Today every school has a public library. The value of the school property In 1112 outside of the five cities named, is 18.000.000. The number of teachers employed In the public schools of Salt Lake City In 1897 was 246: the number of teachers employed em-ployed In Salt Lake City January 1. 1913. 198. jt The value of public school property in -st' Salt Lake the year of 1197 was 1979. ooo. tea -on January 1, 1013, fl.OOO.ooo. The number of enrolled pupils In Salt Lake City In 1197. 11.311: in ltll. lt.tis. The proportion of state revenue for educational edu-cational purposes Is If per cent of the totsl state revenue. TELEGRAPH OFFICIAL AIDS PUBLICITY WORK U. O. Life, district commercial superintendent su-perintendent for the Western Union Telegraph company, who is a member of the CommereisJ club committee on conventions, haa collected gome very interesting information with reference to schools and education in Utah, whieh has been arranged in the form of a letter. 3000 copies of which are being mailed today to prospective visitors to 8alt Lake during tha N. K. A. convention. conven-tion. Mr. Life is handling this matter individually in addition to other publicity pub-licity matters in connection with his work aa a member of the committee on conventions. For the further information of prospective pros-pective visitors during the convention he is inclosing with the above letter another letter offering special wire fa rilities at headquarters, 'hgjd special messenger service for the benettt of delegates snd their friends. His letter follows: Growth In Educational T ills. The early settlers. In the midst of their colonlas'lon labors, found time to establish estab-lish a school for the education of their children. As early as October, 1147, three months aftsr the advent of the ploneera, a school was opened in a small tent on the west side of the south sx tension of ths old stockade, which Is now known ss Pioneer park. The teacher was Miss Mary Jaae till worth, sere 17. and we are reliably Informed that there were seven pupils enrolled on the flrat day. Mlea DMworth was undoubtedly the pioneer school teacher in the state of L'tah. She afterward became the wife of F. A. Hammond, Ham-mond, president of the San Juan stske of Zion. The equipment of the schoolroom school-room consisted of a camp table for a desk and pieces of logs for seeTle. February 28. IfSe. the legislature chartered the University of the State of Daseret. designating Great Salt Lake City as the location of the Institution and vesting Its control and conduct In a chancellor chan-cellor and a board of twelve regents The first chancellor of the university was Orson Spencer. The population of rtah In 1910. according accord-ing to the I'nlted states census, waa 373.-361. 373.-361. and lesa than three sot of each |