Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-04-21 | Page 4 | What Weber County Must Have

H WHAT WEBER COUNTY MUST HAVE. ' H The figures -which we presented on Wcdnesiluy, giving ' llc" H tail the census of "Weber county, have proved :i surprise in thnl H they disclosed the fact thut tho county districts of thi.s'c-ounty have M remained almost stationary, as regards population, during the past H twenty years. H Plain City, in one of the most fertile valleys of the state, has H 50 less people than Vivcnty years ago. Ihmtsvillo. in a beaut ifnl de- H pression in the "Wasatch range, has 252 loss population than in 1S90 H and 116 less than ten ycarB ago." Eden had a population of ."521 in H 1890 and now has only 423. . H There arc two or thxco bright spots in the county. They are H along the Davis & "Weber Counties canal. For instance. Roy has H increased, from 183 in 1900, to 447 this year. H Does not tills point unmistakably to the lack of something' H "What ails the fanning districts of this county? We have an answer. H Tho county is in need of more water for irrigation purposes. The H county's growth for twenty years has been circumscribed by the H ,-watcr supply. Give this county the bonefit of the South Fork rcs- H crvoir and tho transformation will be magical.