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Show DECREASE i THE COUNTY CENSUS A decrease In the .school census of Weber county outsido Ogden, Is indicated indi-cated by tho incomplete returns from fifteen precincts. There are now but six districts to report and unless they .show a big Increase the number of children attending tho county schools this year will be far below that of last season. L. H. Froerer, clerk of tho county board, attributes the apparent decrease de-crease to the gradual migration into tho big centers, and to the fact that tho fruit business has failed In several sev-eral of the smaller towns thus taking away the solo means of llvelihobd and necessitating a change of residence. The town of Pleasant View has shown tho greatest decrease, having dlmln- ished every year for the last three. I oo |