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Show I HAS OGDEN 30,000 POPULATION One of the principals of our schools,! i who is acting as enumerator In his district, says Ogden Is growing, and, here are his figures When school closed in May. this j year, there were an average of twalT more children In each of the large buildings, ihan at the snrae time a year ago That Indicates an increase in school attendance of approximated i 160, and o school population 200. During the census year 1910. whenj Ogden was credited with a population! of the school attendance was! 198:? Maintaining the same ratio. Og-1 den s population har- increa.ed 770 in j the last twelve months. Tha question follows From what source is this growth: in population derived? There are as many, )f not more, railroad men employed in Ogden The wholesale houses have larger payrolls and a greater number of traveling trav-eling men. The business houses employ as many, if not more, clerks. The moving picture houses, a growth of the last few years, employ 4" people i The overall factory has 130 work- I I ere- This industry has been built up j almost within a year Wyoming. Nevada and Idaho peo ple continue to move to Ogden to re-j re-j side. These new residents are near-' near-' ly all prosperous livestock and ranch owners, attracted by the educational facilities and other advantage, offered of-fered their children There is more building in Ogden than at any time In ten years. Skilled workmen are drawn here from the outside b the enlarged field of em-plovment. em-plovment. The canning industries arc employ I Ing more people than three years ago The canning of pork and beans and the bottling of catsup has increased 'o large proportions The demand for the Ogden pork and beans Is greater than thp capacity of the factory The packing plant in the west part of Ogden is rapidly expanding, making mak-ing possible new homes in this city Here and there are to be found new-sources new-sources of employment which. In the aggregate, account for Ogden s forward for-ward march, notwithstanding that the wave of reform which swept over this city two year ago hss driven out at least 2000 persons, directly and indirectly in-directly supported by pamb'.lng and other vices. Going back (o the school census, we find that In May. this year, the i city public school attendance was ! 6562. That Is an increase of 579. This increase does not include Wtber acad-; acad-; emy or Sacred Heart, both of which institutions, as religious schools, have gained In enrollment In the past three j years It is fair to estimate the ac-! ac-! ual Increase In school attendance within the city ai TOO With 579 Increase, In-crease, based on the figures of 1810, Ogden has a population of 28,552; with 700, the population would be but slightly under 30.000 |