TINTIC AND IUAB ENTER THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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View of Eureka, looking east, ca. 1910. (Tintic Historical Society) his large h o r n was a receptacle for coins tossed by workers as the band marched by.31 Growth continued in the Tintic district. By 1912 Eureka's population was about 4,000; M a m m o t h had 1,700 inhabitants; and Silver City had 300. Eureka contained 112 businesses, M a m m o t h fifty-four, and Silver City eight. Merchants organized in attempts to boost their businesses. The Tintic Merchants'Association in 1908 had attempted to stop a "notorious dead beat" who secured credit but did not pay and then acquired credit at another establishment. By 1918, a Retail Merchants' Association existed, with William F. Shriver as manager. Credit problems continued, especially when men were out of work and increased credit was sought. 32 Growth spawned the need for new schools. In 1912 Eureka constructed a new high school, designed by the architectural firm of Irving and Goodfellow, designers of many Utah schools. At that time, the schools in Tintic were part of the Juab School District, which proved inconvenient because of the distance between the two areas, which in those days was a three-hour trip one way between Nephi
