Entered at the postoffice at Ogden. Utah, as second class matter according to Act of Congress Marcb 8, 1879. Member of The Associated Press, United Press NBA Service and ABO. Subscription price, 1.25 per month; 15.00 per year. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1949 Know Your Utah by Reading Some Recent Facts, Figures Let us bring our knowledge of Utah up to date by perusing the article dealing with Utah in a newly published, reference work, Britannica Book of the Year (1949) reviewing events of 1948. Utahs estimated population July 1, 1948, was 655,000. Salt Lake City is given a population of 210,000, Ogden 63,000, Provo 28,208, Logan 16,000. On December 31, 1947, the Mormon church gave its membership total as 1,016,170, of which 484,890 resided in Utah, 175,367 in Salt Lake City. The presidential vote in 1948 was 149,151 for Truman and 124,402 for Dewey. The state went Democratic with one exception. J. Bracken Lee was elected governor. There were 149,720 children of school age, but the average daily attendance at school was only 132,571. Total cost of education was 30,390,172.25. In 1947 the total obligations incurred for public assistance amounted to 10,740,695, exclusive of administration. In 1948 there were 29,611 miles of roads maintained. State highway department was responsible for 5303 miles, counties 15,359 miles, cities and towns 2619 and federal agencies on federal lands 6330 miles. In the 56 banks on October 11, 1948, deposits amounted to $553,425,991.79. For the year ended June 30,1948, the state government receipts amounted to 72,782,544. Expenditures were 71,668,282.54. The state government is out of debt. Farmers in 1947 had an income of 51,719,000 for crops and 103,723,000 for livestock. Principal agricultural crops are wheat, hay, potatoes, sugar beets, celery, tomatoes, onions and peas. Annual manufacturing payrolls in 1944, 1945 and 1946 ranged between 42,000,000 and 51,000,000,000. In 1947 the payroll rose to more than 68,000,000. Value of copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver produced in 1948 was 150,194,918. Coal production in 1948 was 1,693,364 tons, coke 1,058,448 tons, salt 113,285 tons. Production of gilsonite reached 67,165 tons and was valued at more than 1,250,000. Something new doubtless will be added to the statistics in the next year book the first figures on Utah petroleum production to unfold another chapter in the continued story about the development of Utahs many resources.