Show Davis Has H Excess Bachelor Supply Would Would-be brides sit up and take note Davis County has a surplus of eligible bachelors on hand land Details of or the supply over-supply are arc contained in a report just released re re- leased eased by the U. U S. S Census Bureau Bur Bur- eau It is based on the latest marital statistics gathered in conjunction with last years year's population count Numerically not counti n g widowed or divorced people there here arc are single men and boys locally and only single men and boys locally and only single women and girls making the county a good place lace for a manhunt That it is such a good place has las already been discovered by bythe bythe the he fair sex The figures show that hat they have been making appropriate appropriate appropriate ap ap- ap- ap use of the romantic opportunities The overall picture in Davis County bounty taking into account both men and women of marriageable marriageable mar mar- I age reveals that per cent of the total are now married I That is a relatively large proportion Elsewhere in the the United States the Census Bureau Bureau Bur Bur- eau shows th the is per cent In the State of Utah it IS is per cent Yet there remains a preponderance preponderance preponderance pre pre- of bachelors local- local ly y The chief reason for it according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the report is that men wait much longer than women before getting married As a result men in the Unit Unit- ed cd States are approximately I two and one half years older than women when they first marry At the present time the median median med med- median ian age is 2218 years for men and 2013 years for women Back in 1900 it was for men and for women The figures have been getting getting get get- ting lower and lower in line with changing social and economic eco eco- economic conditions that have been making it possible for young people to marry earlier A principal one is the increased tendency of girls to continue I working after marriage at least for a year or two Where a person lives also seems to have an effect on his marital status One of the striking striking striking ing facts brought out by the census is that a considerably larger proportion of farm men compared with urban men stay single At Among ong farm women however the reverse is true Reported also for each community com corn is the number of ex- ex married residents The Davis County figures show for men I widowed and divorced and for women widowed and divorced |