Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-28 | Page 3 | Men Working in Ogden Forced to Leave Families Elsewhere Owing to Lack of Houses Here

MEN WORKING IN OGDEN FORCED Ij TO LEAVE FAMILIES ELSEWHERE OWING TO LACK OF HOUSES HERE Should the population of Ogden fall below expectations of its citizens when the final returns have been received re-ceived from Washington, the lack of I proper housing conditions and a ten ' dency towards race suicide may be ! looked upon as the "direct cause, according ac-cording to George Romney, Jr., head jof this district in the census enumeration. enumer-ation. It is reported that in the greater portion ot Ogden, the number in the family averages less than five to "a dwelling place Federal estimates have placed live persons to the dwelling as a fair average, but this condition, it jis alleged, does not hold true in Ogden, .Two and three persons to the dwelling place was much more common in this city than five or more to a home, the 1 enumerators say. j Enumerators stated that a number ;of laboring men and workers in this I city, in giving information for the census, cen-sus, stated that their families were living liv-ing In Salt Lake. In every instance, the enumerators report, this condition ! was due to lack of proper housing facilities fac-ilities in this city. Because of this condition, Ogden has lost hundreds of names in the census record, which un-,der un-,der ordinary conditions would1 havo jbeen accredited to her, it was slated. I Mr. Romney stated that while the 'districts of Ogden have been enumerated, enumer-ated, that the office has individual census slips for those who have not yet given the desired information. 1 1 These slips may bo obtained at the) I census office in the federal building j I during tle remainder of this week and I it is urged by Mr. Romney that per- -sons take this opportunity to increase I Ogden's total in population. ! Because of the inadequate housing facilities in Ogden, at least two Ogden teachers have given up their positions, 1 according to a statement by Superln-' tendent W. Karl Hopkins, He slated : that he is without a teacher in the English department of the High school 1 because of thi3 scarcity of houses and' that touchers are mighty scarce. Yesterday Yes-terday Mrs. M. A. Kamp, graduate ot the University of Nebraska, resigned-because resigned-because of her inability to find a suit-' ablo home for herself and children. ! Miss Nell Fargcrberg, another teacher, teach-er, loft Ogden because she was unable to find a place to live. She announced thai she would not live in such places as she was able lo find. Other teachers teach-ers have complained, according to, Supt. Hopkins, that they had difficulty In finding suitable places to board. Tn-othor Tn-othor teacher stated that the only heat furnished in the place where she lived liv-ed was from a kitchen range and that her room was always cold and uncom-1 fortable The superintendent inUmal-j ed that the beard would probably lake some action to find suitable qunrters' for the teachers. '