The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-02
COUNTING and QUERYING
The High Tide Of Inquiry Which viii
Flood Montana This Month.
Specimens Of the Delights OF q
Querist's Role and Reminis-
censes OF Bad Quar-
ter Hours.

inings ha'e en"use" ~ az
wneh MOAN laiiucu NE hheo"ke''." "'
summit OF Mount Ararat anu prooieins III
statistics are becoming more more
complicated each year. Any lapse Of
men,orv on the par, OF Noah, as TO the
na.son..r liz, ~ ,bc ark or It's freight.
"..IJ -. - Ill, ,.r;0oi hv co,n,'
cou'u ~ ~
ing tne people on nis hhgers a"a cnerh
ing oil the animals as thcy walked ue-
~corously down the gang plank, n with a
p~leasant IA tn to their late travelling coin-
p~auious. strolled down the side of the
,,,,,a;, aud folI,u,.l IN. reccding flood
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over aRnin "ere uh'o'creu' eays wv
ftoheer Press. nut human nature theni as
now came in job lots of assorted sizes and
il is a sad bu, nevertheless historical fact
,ba, Noah onpn,d thcc cage door and lei the
an;ma,. follow ,hoir own sweet will. while
La..."a.,I.d 90 n,aL, ,L, ,,is,,Lo ,h,, :,
he W " .ii'' ~
many OF MS aescehuau's are c~oh''"uaii!
making when they overcsiimate Their
ability 10 bear "A burden of bug juice.
You will remember that the three SONS
of the great navigator driftcd of IN differ
cnt directions soon after the disgrace of
their father and began Ia stock the earth
with our ancestors. The first authentic
account that we have OF an effort to get
accurate Information concerning the pco-
ple of any nation and the W. and means
by which they existed, is in the history of
Rome, where il is designated, as one of
the functions of the censor. 10 furnish thc
data, that afterward became known from
his primary connection with the work as
a census. II was the day Of our national
birth that arrangements were made 10
find out how many there were OF us at
that TING. and also M pcriods of ten wears
during the future. An article was incor.
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calling for n census 10 he taken within
three months so that an cuuitable diyj-
sion Of the REPRESENTATIVES, in congress
could he made. All students of the history
Of the United States will remember that.
when first set i'm motion. there WAS
a considerable amount of friction
about the executive machine. and
that il required the best efforts of thcsbril-
liant coteric of statesmen wbo formed the
first cabinet Ia keep things running
smoothly. One of the first occasions for
murmuring was when the census was
taken. The colouists were feeling nretty
big i'm those DAYS. and when the census
takcr finished his work and showed that
there were only about half as many
people in the new nation as cycrybody
supposed, there was a prolonged kick III.
rccted al the census bureau, thereby cs-
tablishing a precedent that is still fol-
lowed by nearly all cities, towns and vii
lagos.
The work of taking the eleventh census
means a great deal more than would an
pear from a cursory examination. IL will
give employment Ia an army of iDmD
men, who are To do the work 81 umc
ton, under the direction of Us supcryis-
ors. In addition To this force
there will bc a large uumb,r
Of spccial agents of The census
bureau and a small host of employees at
the Washington Office 10 canvass and
compile the returns. The pxpensc of the
census will bc about Si,UD.UOO. hut IL will
be by all odds the most complete thing of
the kind that has ever been undertaken,
combining. as il does. not only the nctuni
count, but also the cumpilatiou of n vast
amount Of information about the peonIc
of this country and their b,isi.
ness affairs. The work of nm ON.
ploye Of the census bureau among neo.
ile where n~pwspaprrs are read will bc
easy enough. but imagine am cnumerator
travelling through some Of tbc isoint.I
districts and cxnlainiup thc game M nnch
house.
Enumerators should rcm.mbcr liza, IN.
first obstacle Ia overcome will Inc tbc i'm.
pression tina, Won are /, hook ny,nt ,r.,
neddlcr or lightning rod iI,nI' After
proving Yourself ruthless ,f any az ,hcsa
chnrc"s, begin The numnin" onara,ino
ycntIv by ASKING III. hush,n1,s a.. an,i
I'M desperate case. a. a matter nf nnr'
soual safety. il will nr,bnbly In. cnus,i.
cred Unsuitable n yo, .timn, The agc ~
The feminine members ~ Tho LnusnhoIJ
For ali practical purnosos The ,,c,ar,i
rule that a man il i,Ist ms old as 10 f,cis
and a woman AS old as sh, looks viii nm.
swer. althourh thr rouir,mcnts ~ ~.
supervise cIuunt hc fully moi .xcnut hv
facts. Their, /. nunthcr min, unnn uhicL,
enumerators canno, Inc loo cnr.f,I anil
that is 10 arrange tho thirty ouns,,n,,s sn
HAT Tho Jisnvrse,bl, ones viii cnn,o 10
ward th, lnst az The interyicw. Enr i'm.
stance. Won will find IN a gnnI nI,, -,
Mn the fourth uu,s,i,n on Tho H., ~,
yoIi have Finished ali the other, wI.",
YOU have secured yn,r infnrun,I ,n' ,Di,p,
the ,>c,n,inn ~ ,iis .,.s,;n, s,Li 49,,
your books and nan,',s. mann, x,,,r h,rsnn
and having disturbed your bronro's rev.