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Show UTAH HAS HIGH LITERARY RANK t'tah stands ninth in the list of sUites In which the illiteracy percentage percent-age is low, according to S table pub-llshed pub-llshed by the Journal of the National Education association and prepared by A. G Matheson, in charge of Utah .alien registration, for distribution to ; Si hool officials. However, this state Is elmlnatlnt; Illiteracy having hud a percenta- In 1SH0, of 2.6, compared with 1.9 p.-r cent In lf'20 It also trioleates the high percentages of Illiteracy in some of elhe southern states, particularly! those in which there Is a Inge popo- ' lion of nego .. Mexican popuatlon ' The tabe: State per cent. i9w 1.1 Nebraska j . l Idaho . f, Oregon i.'g Kansas J6 $OUth Dakota j.; Washington ; .Minnesota & LUth ; i,g , Nort h Oakota 9. 1 . Wyoming 2. l , Indiana . 2.2 Montana 2 , Wisconsin 2 A 1 Idstrlct of Columbia . . , 2.1 Ohio t 28 M (chigan 3 a Missouri . 30 Vermont 30 Colorado 3,2 f 'a II fornla 3,3 Maine 3 3 I lllnols 34 1 Oklahoma,. ... .t . . - 3.8 New 1 farnpshire 4.J Pc nnsytvahla 4.6 New Jersey q 5.1 New York 61 .Maryland , ... 56' Delaware 5.3 Nevada . 5 9 Connecticut 8 ' West Virginia 8.4 1 Kflode Island 6.6 Texas ; 8.3 j Kentucky 5.4 : A 1 kansas 9. t ! Florida .r, I Tennessee 10.3 j Virginia 11.2 North Carolina 18-1 I Arizona 15.3 I I Georgia 1 6.3 ! New Mexico 15.6 : Alabama 161 Mississippi 17.2 Louisiana 21.9 |