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Show I POPULATION OF OGDEN. j Mayor Francis says the census will ; j give Ogden a population of 32,700. The i j figure is not as large as some of us j j expected. Still a healthy growth is j displayed. The 1910 census gave Og-3 Og-3 den's population as 25,580. If Ihe i mayor's figures are correct Ogden has gained 7,120 persons in 10 years, the gain being nearly 2S per cent. The first official figures to he given J out by the census bureau at Washington' Washing-ton' gave Cincinnati's population as J01.15S, an Increase of 37,567, or 10.3 per cent over the 1910 figures'. Washington's population is given as ' 437,414. a gain of 10G.345, or 32.1 per i, cent over the previous census, j Incidentally the time taken by the j census bureau to begin giving out I reports on population discloses that j tho ten years elapsing since the last census has seen improvements in the processes of enumeration. ', Ten years ago the first announce-j announce-j ment came 60 days after enumeration i I was begun. This year the first an-j an-j nouncement came 51 days after enum-j enum-j d "oration was begunl i , In connection with Ogden's population, popula-tion, the mayor points out that the communities immediately adjoining I'he city limits contain Inhabitants en-j en-j cugh to bring Ogden's population to j 40,000. These communities really be- .long In Ogden and it will not be long ) ( before the limits will be extended to ' Include them. oo |