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Show H UTAH'S POPULATION. H The latest census bulletin received at this office proves that H Utah has made favorable progress as compared with other states. H In 1900, this stated population was 27G.749, and ten years prior H thereto it was 210,779. This is an increase of 34.9 per cent for the H last ten years, as compared with 31.3 per cent for the first decade. H Utah had its greatest growth at a time when Idaho, Wyoming, H Montana and even Colorado were wholly undeveloped. The settling of H the valleys of this state was brought about by an almost unnatural H condition, namely, the zeal of a people devoted to a religion. And, B, as a result, having experienced at an early date a growth far beyond m that of its neighbors, the development of late years must of necessity M have been comparatively slow. Furthermore, with the opening of m Southern Idaho to irrigation, making available hundreds of thous- m ands of acres of rich, new soil obtainable at a very low fioiire, with M Utah farmers, as the most experienced water users, knowing the pos- M Bibilities of the Snake Valley reclamation, the expected happened M and Utah contributed thousands of families for the upbuilding of the i M state to the north of us. It is said that two-thirds of Hi- ram,, h state to vie north of us. It is said that two-thirds of the farming- H communities in many of Idaho's southern counties were drawn from H - Utah. H -- S Utahj its 96602 crease, did fairly well; still the state B BIffht ve shown greater improvement if there had basn a more har-, gdVionious effort to advance its best interests. H Even with the handicap which the state has suffered Utah nexf HB0 Colorado, ranks as the most populous state in the intermountai Kountry, with the exception of Montana, which has only 2,702 mo population than this state. . 1 Idaho is still 48,000 behind Utah, notwithstanding the Gfn VTState s 101.3 per cent increase in the past ten years. f |