| Show iron county le leads da state in number I 1 old age pensions according to an article in the salt lake tribune c of if july there is only one person in iron county over 65 years of age who is not receiving old age abs assistance istance tb she article was the third of a 2 pies eves prepared by the tribune to til plain in detail the operation of old age assistance A tabulation was given showing the number of people in each county over 65 years vears of age the number receiving assistance and the percentage iron county was the highest in the state with a percentage of giving the number of aged in the county as with of them receiving assistance the tabulation as to the number of people in the county of that age however was based on the 1930 census and the is undoubtedly considerably below the present number however after allowing for a reasonable increase the percentage would still be very high the average in the entire state st s ate I 1 r n per cent which is almost viila alu of iron countes Coun tys per ent deschesne Ous Dus chesne county with of of its old people receiving assistance is second with a percentage of per cent while washington county with of old people benefiting for a percentage of per cent is third the lowest in the state is summit county with only of on the rolls for a percentage of utah leads the nation with an average of per cent as compared with a national average of only 2134 per cent with utah leading the nation and iron county leading the state it seems that the old people of this county are being very well taken care of |
