The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-02
ANSWER The QUESTIONS
To-day The City viii Swarm With In
QuiSitVe Census EnumefatorS.
They Will Ask All Sorts of Questions
To Which,. the Law Says. You
Must Return Civil and
Truthful Replies.
BY the standards Special Wire.

by the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, June 1.-The Office Of the super
visor of census, w. o. Speer, was busy to-
day I'm making final preparations for the
taking Of the ensus which begins all
through Montana tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Speer was pleased this morning
at receiving In reply to urgen and
repeated solicitations ON his part a
telegram from headquarters at WASH
ington stating that his representations
had been needed and the request
for increased pay he had asked for enum-
orators i'm Montana hal been complied
with. As now liked through the untiring
efforts OF Mr.. Speer the compensation of
enumerators is as follows; The only per
capita districts are districts in which n
per capita compensation is made. They
are districts Nos. 3, II, "a, IS, 81, AZ, IS to 62
inclusive, 40 and III. In the per capita
districts the rate has been fixed Mt ~
cents. The rate fixed for Yellowstone,
Custer and Dawson counties is q salary
per day of So, while in districts not mem
toned in either the above classes the rate
per diem will be 50. This is a great con-
cessIon, as many of the districts where the
| compensation is to be Vi, were formerly
classed with the per capita districts, and
owing TO the scattered population enum-
orators could not have made expenses.
III " INT ltf Jpn ~ VI VIE
will prevail, the local enumerators will
begin work at & O'Clock in the morning
and il is desired hat all the assistance in
their power will be rendered by
the families on which they will
call. The census must he completed
in Butte in twelve working days. and con-
sequently the enumerators must work
rapidly, and will need ready assistance
in answering the questions. Ii Is desired
hat Butte h make a complete show
ing OF its population, and it is the earnest
wish of Mr.. Speer that the state OF Mon
tana shall show up creditably, this being
Montana's first census as a state. The
local enumerators are as follows: First
and Second wards-Joshua NJ. Kester;
Third and Fourth wards-John +. Firch;
Fifth and Sixth wards-W. b. Richards;
Seventh ward-Charles I. Tomas; Walk
erville-W. b. Murphy; West Centervillc
i. j. Fisher; East Centerville-Patrick
Fox; Meaderville-John Shields; Parrot
Bennett Benson; South Butte and VAL
ley-M. S. Green; Burlington and Silver
Bow-William L.. Soper; Melrose district
Oscar Wells.
1t will be seen that there are four emu
m%erators for Butte while Helena is to
nave seven. This is owing TO the fact that
Butte is included in n mile square while
Helena Is nine miles square. There has
been some curiosity as to what the emu
merators would do i'm the Chinese quar-
tNt'. ~ ih' ''''
by giving each enumerator a circular done
i'm the Chinese language and beautified
with the Chinese consuls seal. In II the
consul states the purpose OF the census,
explains that IL is nc scheme to get them
back out of the country, that il has
nothing to do with cheap labor and
calls on all Cinnamon TO answer
all questions promptly and correctly.
Ii is in fact n proclamation is
sued by the Chinese consul-general
at San Francisco. Enumerators will
carry the circular about with them when
IN the Chinese district. Families are TO be
counted by the census takers. The old
idea of the family is not respected by the
cnumcratcr, but to him every roof will De
u family. Black and white, Mongolian
and Caucasian, landlady and boarder
will all bc included in one family If they
are under the same roof. All questions
To he asked are Ia be considered as asked
on Junc II, so that the statistics may he
uniform for that day. IL may not be gen.
orally known that the giving of informa'
ton to census enumcrators is conpul-
sorry. Refusal to answer is IA mis-
dcmeanur, punishable 10y "a fine
of 500. Ii X not likely,
however. that information will bc often
refused. The enumerator is not required
To accept nswcrs which he believes to ID,
false. His duty is to report the actual
facts as nearly as he can ascertain then
and when false statements are made he il
at liberty to change the answers TIL,
enumeration, however. is himself subjcc,
to IA penalty of 500 il he shall reveal any
information given him by the people.
Ii should be borne In mind that thu
names and residences will not be used in
the printed reports, nor will any state
mcnt be made concerning the business ol
operations of individual establishments
The answers given to questions of G
private nature will therefore GO no further
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to reveal secrets.