Show SMALL TOWNS IN UTAH SHOW SLOW GROWTH preliminary unofficial reports of the decennial census have a decided bearing on the small towns of the western states already indications point to the fact that while the small town has been constantly drained in favor of the larger cities those on the main highways of tourist auto travel have almost invariably shown a growth the experience in utah shows that unless the agricultural communities around the small towns have developed the towns themselves have either lost in population or have remained at a standstill so far as the count goes one of the chief reasons tor the constant drain on the small town in utah and in other western states Is that the boys and girls leave tor occupations or careers elsewhere as soon as they feel themselves fit to step out into the world for example the universities of utah have drawn upon the small towns until their student bodies have contained a representative number from the smaller communities each year this number is said to grow and the record shows that nearly all of those who graduate enter the professions fes in the larger cities and do not return to the old nest it Is said however that the hegira of youth from the small towns on transcontinental highways all over the west Is offset by the new residents who come in the wake of the motor the census is expected to show interesting sociological results in the small towns of the 11 western states the trend of the population may be traced to modern changes in life and the aggregate growth of the western states analyzed to show just where the new growth becomes permanent glen hyatt former sago young man sustained injuries which were near fatal when he was crushed by a coal car at castle gate last week hyatte hyatts nose was broken and severe lacerations were received about the head one cut necessitating 36 stitches to close although no xray X ray pictures have freen taken it Is believed he sustained no fractures he suffered greatly from loss of blood and shock jay raleigh a state road engineer who la located on federal aid road work at thompsons Thomp sons was a visitor in moab saturday the guest of mr and mrs H J nielsen mr raleigh was located at moab a number of years ago when the federal aid road was constructed through this district and he renewed many old friendships while here |