The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-01
The Census Men Commence Their
Rounds This Morning to
Ask Questions.
It La Desired That the Count Shall
be Complete and Satisfac-
tory.
Tho People Have Asked for This Count
500 to 1t that you are Enumer-
Ated.

The enumerators who haye been assigned
to their districts will start out this morn
ing to secure the names and other data re-
quired by the government. Mr.. Wood, the
governments representative, is very anx-
ious that the census shall be complete and
satisfactory to the people. The present
the citizens of Helena anu is not one that
has been forced upon the people. In order
that the work shall be carried out to sue
cessful conclusion Mr.. Wood expects that
he will meet with the hearty cooperation
of the citizens in the work. This will call
for some interest on the part Of the people.
When an numerator calls at house his la
bors will be greatly facilitated if the infor-
nation is promptly given. The names of
all the members of the family should be
given, this is intended to include servants,
also such as are temporarily absent.
The enumeration districts have all been
mapped out as published in yesterdays In
DEPENDENT and will probably not be modi-
fed any. There are about fifteen districts
which are as yet unassigned. Per;
as enumerators should call on Mr.:
A. J. Seligman, chairman of the citizens
committee. He will be in his Office at
Bach, Cory & Co.'s from nine o'clock this
morning until noon. It will be useless to
apply to Mr.. Wood in person, as he will not
accept any one unless recommended by the
citizens committee. The enumerators who
have been sworn in have been provided with
schedules with full instructions. Each
schedule is provided with space for the
signature of the enumerator, and each
schedule as soon as filled, must be signed
by the enumerator as his certificatlon that
the entries contained therein have been
prohibited by law from delegating to any
other person his authority to enter dwell
ings and lnterrogate their inhabitants. The
work of enumeration must be done by him
in person, and can not be performed by
proxy. The only exception to this which
can arise is in case the services of an inter-
prefer are necessary.
As soon as the census is completed in
each district and the schedules returned to
Mr.. Wood that fact will be announced and
anyone who believes that he has not been
enumerated should call at Woods Office in
the basement of the Power block, corner
OF sixth avenue and Main street. There the
schedules will be examined and if the name
is missing it will be entered. Mr.. Wood,
however, does not think that many will be
overlooked. Every house will be visited by
an enumerator. If the house is vacant and
1ts former tenants are temporarily out OF
the city the enumerator will endeavor to
get the names of the absent ones from
neighbors or the best source possible.
Mr.. Wood cannot say what the final fig
ures will be, in fact he has not bothered
himself by making estimates. He is only
here pursuant to instructions from the CEN
sus Office in Washington to ta..e complete
census of the city. He is not authorized to
make public the population of the city OBJ
tanned by the present count, but says he
would cheerfully do so if permitted. No
doubt if the proper steps are taken he will
be authorized to make the figures public.
It looks as if the census will not be taken
in the time first contemplated, two days.
tanning the right kind of men. A good
many have made applications, but the citi-
zens' committee has not seen fit to endorse
every one who asks for a position as an emu
merator.