Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-08-30
SALEM'S SECOND CENSUS.
Details of the Enumeration
to Begin Next Monday,
NOW FOR A COMPLETE COUNTING.
Interview With Special Census
Agent Leland---His Impress
>iOnS of Our City.
now FOR A COMPLETE COUNTING.

Guy III OIeSOu. llille dlOue Ca0 TEL
whether he has given the matte
sufficient attention to secure thor
Ough work. Salem wants nothing
this time but the very best kind o
work.
HOW IT Is TO BE DONE.
The special agent met with the
enumerators selected this morning
and gave them some instructions Il,
to how to proceed with their work
They are to begin Monday morning
and take down the population as il
existed at that date. 1t will be Il
red-letter day for Salem, September
first 1890, will, as it will undoubtedly
5now our city to have % per cent
more population than was allowed
us by the census June 1st.,-that i,
If the work is carefully done. A
bed of red-hot iron thorns will be +
soft reclining place for the new
enumeratOrs compared to the re
ception they will meet with if they
slight their task. Since June 1sl
Salem has also gained in popuIa-
ton by births and in immigration
and all that will now go To the city's
credit and the credit of Oregon.
WHO is TO BE COUNTED.
"Every bona fide resident is to be
counted" said Mr.. Leland in hi
little talk to the boys. every per
son is to be taken where they sleep,
10 matter where they board. If Sa-
lem people are temporarily absent
from the city, at the seashore or
elsewhere they are to be enumerat-
ed as residents of Salem. This fact
must be impressed by you upon the
people of every house you visit, and
it is your duty to secure these names
Of temporary absentees."
The agent declares that the enum-
orators selected by Mr.. Boothby are
very fair lot Of men and he is
satisfied they are capable OF doing
the work well, and to tue advantage
Of the city.
Several of the original enumera-
tors were seen and Expressed the
hope that they would be found by
the new hands. They offered to
leave their addresses as specific in
formation, but are not going to force
any further information upon their
successors.
While the local enumerator will
to certain extent be officially re-
sponsible for the work done, the
enumerators will be doubly held re-
spOnsible that no one is missed this
time.
The local supervisor, w. +. Booth
by, has made the following appoint
ment Of enumerators:
Salem precinct-J. l.. Mitchell,
|. a. Manning.
East Salem-Wiley Moores, A. l..
Vain, f. j. Strayer, j. c. Thomp,
son, II. j. Savage, John O'Shea.
North Salem-O. G.. Savage, j. II.
Mccormick, J. S. Bridgford, J. A
Looney.
South Salem--W. +. Seaver w.
c. Burch, A. w. Drager, w. II.
Simpson, NJ. II. Moore.
IEstitutions--W. G. Westacott, l.. /
\. Thatcher, Ii. b. Vandelsol.
Mr.. Boothby also has authority to
adjust the claims for any overwork
that is done.
THE PAY
is fixed at $i.00 II day of ten hours
each and the census is to be closed
within week. but Mr.. Leland
thinks four days will suffice. The
men will be allowed to work over
time and will be paid extra for that
Although il may not appear so to
some, the JOURNAL hesiates to be-
licve that the city can be thoroughly
covered in -four or SIX days of ten
hours each. The cnumerators
should put In every moment possible,
INTERVIEW WITH MR, LEIEND.
81 have no reason to doubt that
your city will show quite n marked
increase over the former census. |
am very much pleased with Salem.
Your wide streets and shade trees
make favorable impression. am
charmed with y,ur climate, rs what
resident of New Orleans would not
be. Your cool nights are delicious
and even when days are warm in
Oregon, the clear mountain air i,
refreshing, Portland, this city and
your whole state has u great future
before IL.
THE COUNT on THE WHOLE STATE
Is no doubt sonAe short of the real
population but not 50 much as sus-
pected by some. In sparsely popu
lated districts enumeutors are paid
by the day aud have onlya limited
time 10 do the counting. some are
slow at their clerical work, aud be-
lore they know II their time is up
aud they have number Of people
Ia distant parts of their district Ia
see. Those people art nevera,l seen
and II they were seen they would
know of some Others. II is all the
fault OF the law and OF course per,
fectly qualified enunerators az,
hard 10 dad. am satisfied quite q
percentage OF your population in a.,
mountainous aud heavily timheret
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