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Show : SCHOOL CENSUS OP THIS CSTY j r There Are 7.156 Children of School Age, a Gain of 382 Over a Year Ago Big Gains in First, Third and Fourth Wards-Increases Wards-Increases School Money. I j According to the report of the 1 rhool census enumerators of this j my, Ogden'a school population dur- ng the last twelve months has In- 1 7 eased 362, the greatest increase be j ng in the first, fourth and fifth wards. It is FBld by the school men that j Ju reason Ihij second and third l lards have not increased proportion- i itch Is that in the second ward the improvements have been largely in a .'niDicrclal way and it Is a railroa 1 jiistrict. It is virtually the headquarters headquar-ters for the wholesale business of the city, necessarily forcing the family residences toward other sections of ! the city. The third ward is consid- j tied the farming section of Ogden, . most of the people owning their own bomes and consequently precluding any great change in the school popu-! popu-! iatlon. ; The board of education I wed pleased with the work of the enumer j ators. as It Is safe to say that every' fhlld of school ag,? has been enrolled. i There was a little delay in getting the census, duo to the illness of one of the cniimeriitons and an accident in I the family of another The work was I completed last evening, however, and I the books were checked up this mori;-ing. mori;-ing. The enumeration fivas turned over to the principals of the schools and Mrs Alice Collins this year. be. cause they were the most "efficient enumerators knowu to the board. Trr count in the schools of the city means considerable in dollars and cents. The per capita appropriation of school funds to Ogden Is about $s io and the increase or population of means an increase In the school fund for this .near of $3.fi7. Following is n table showing the school population of last year, that of this jear and the gain:' This Last Year. Year. Gain. First Ward 15SG M2rt r.o Second Ward ... nno nn jrt Thir l Ward 11 SO 1177 12 Fourth Ward . ...175R ir.24 131 Filth Ward 1663 1 -,97 ,-,r, Tof 71f.fi 6774 32 |