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Will Require the Labor of $4,000
People.
POLICY OF THE BUREAU
FITNESS ALONE WILL GOVERN
THE APPOINTMENTS.
Denial of the Charge That the Bureau
viii Be Political Machine, Com
posed of Incompetent Favorites-
Three Hundred Supervisors and
10000 Enumerators Needed.

Washington, March 1.-THE policy
that will govern the task of taking the
census of 1000 was outlined in an Off
cial statement made to the Associated
Press today by Director Merriam and
Assistant Director Wines. Director
Merriam starts for Minnesota this af-
ternoon, leaving Assistant Director
Vines in charge. On Governor MeT-
RAMS return, Mr.. Wines will go home
to settle his private affairs. Meantime
there will be no consideration of APP
pointments. 1t viii be at least thirty
days yet before selection of a staff
officer is made, with the exception of
Professor Henry Gannett of this city
as geographer. This is in accordance
with a decision of the director today,
that in his absence there must be no
promises of office nor assurances or
encouragement for any given. Several
of the officials selected Thursday night
have qualified, and the active prelimin-
ary work will begin at once. The state
ment of policy is as follows:
AS to prospective appointments to
office, the services of no more staff Off
GERS can be utilized at present, and
there will be no others selected within
certainly thirty days Professor Harry
Gannett, the we'll known geographer of
the geological survey, who was the po-
litical and statistical geographer of the
last census, has been asked to take
charge of the same work for the COM
ing census, and if the geological survey
is willing to spare him sufficiently to
undertake this work, he will be entrust-
ed with il and given absolutely free
hand. Until tine schedules come to the
office of the enumerators in July, 1900,
there will be no clerks wanted, save
such "a small skeleton. force as will be
necessary to take care of the CORE
spondence and office work preliminary
to the taking of the census. When the
schedules come back there will be a
large force of employees appointed All
applications for office will receive con-
sideration and a large number already
have been received and placed on file.
MEN MUST BE COMPETENT.
while the impression has gone
abroad that the census is to be refuge
for incompeGency, the truth and the
actual facts are that all applicants will
be subjected to examination before APP
pointment. which will be as rigid as the
examinations before the civil service
commission. No political influence will
be sufficient to put an employee on the
census payrolls, of whose competency
to do the work to be assigned him, the
director is not satisfied in advance
And, Furthermore. if any employee is
found to be incompetent on trial. such
employee will be discharged regardless
of his or her political backing. The eX-
aminations of employees will be direct
ed not so much for the testing of their
general information and capacity, as it
would be to their fitness for the work to
be done, as, for example, no copyist
who cannot write or spell satisfactorily
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Millions GTer AWAY

It is certainly gratifying 10 the pub
lie tu krow of one concern in the ranI
WHO sre not afraid 70 be generous to
tbe needy and suffering. Tho prn..r:
etnrS ii Dr.. Kings New Dis, nvery for
Co,.s,I1oI ton. Coughs AMI Colds have
eiver sway over 10000, 90 trial bottles
cf this great medicine, and have the
satisfaction of knowing it has abso-
Iu+e1v cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the Throat,
chest and Lungs are surely cured by
it. Call on z. c. NJ. 1. drug depart
ment and get a free trial byttle Reg
ular size so cents and S1.00. Every bot
tie guaranteed, or price refunded.
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Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, of which Mr..
John Oliver of Philadelphia was the
subject, is narrated by him, as fol-
lows: II was in a most dreadful con-
dition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain continu-
ally in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, friend advised trying
Electric Bitters, and to my great joy
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided Improvement [ continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
a we'll man. l know they saved my
life and robbed the grave of another
victim No one should fail to try
them. Only 80 cents a bottle, at T. C.
NJ. I. drug department.
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Mrs. E. j. Jolly will sing. Evening SER
vice at 40, sermon by Prof Joseph
Faith in the Evolution of Life Sunday
school, 1870: Junior E,ndeavOr. 4:15: Young
Peoples meeting, 6:15; prayer meeting
Wednesday. p. m.
Church of Christ, Scientist.-The first
organized and Incorporated Christian Sci
ence church in Salt Lake City holds SER
South. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Church
service at IL a. m, subject, Matter.
Sunday evening service discontinued;
are invited to these meetings.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Our Savior.-On Fourth East.
between Fourth and Fifth South streets,
Rev. q. Skabo. pastor. Service today at
Il q m; Sunday school at 1880 p. m.
of the Bible lessons series The Ladies'
Sewing society is invited to meet Thurs
day afternoon at Mrs. Bentlichs. Mayor
avenue. near State and Eleventh South.
Saturday school at 1850 p. m.
Central Christian.-At the corner OF
Third Fest and Fourth South streets.
Rev. W. H. Bagby. pastor. Sunday school
at 9:t5 a.. m. Christian Endeavor society
! at 6:45 p. m. Preaching services at II a.
m. and 10 p m. Morning subject The
Name Mr. Thomas Ashworth will sing.
Hear Us. Oh. Father" at the morning
service. and there viii be some special
music by the choir in the evening. Seats
\ all free. and a cordial welcome to the
public.
Westminster Presbyterian Church.-19O
South Fourth West. Rev. George Bailey.
/ pastor. Morning service at II a. m; sub
/ ject. waiting for Jesus Sunday school.
12:15; mission school. $40 West North Tenn
! pie. at $3.50 p m. Christian Bndeavor
meetings: Juniors. intermediate, 4:30:
| Young Peoples. 6.15 p. m. Evening service
\ at T:30. Subject: christianity the Uni
versaI Religion Topic for Wednesday
prayer meeting, Vacant Places" Sam.
NIX: %.
| First Unitarian Church.-Jewish syna-
gogue, Fourth East. between Second and
| Third South. Service at II a. m. Sermon
\ by Rev r. A Maynard. The Funda-
mental Principle of Unitarianism.' Mrs.
| p. n. Cook will sing at this service. Fear
/ Not Ye o Israeli (Buck). Sunday school
! at 1890 Unity circle will meet Wednes-
! day at p. m. at the church parlors.
| Unity club. Shakespeare section Monday
at s p. m. at synagogue Evolution sec
| ton Thursday. at p. m. at residence Of
II. P. Mason. 1928 East Sixth South.
st. Marks CathedraI-225 East First
South street. The Rt Rev. Abiel Leonard.
/ S. T. D.. bishop: the Rev. j. B. Halsey,
/ dean Services today Fourth Sunday in
Lent: Holy communion, 1870 a. m;
| Sunday school. 3 p. M; evening prayer
| and address, 4; Bible class 1870 D. m;
I daily morning prayer. 9; daily evening
| prayer and reading Except Friday. $50:
! holy communion, Thursday, 7:30 a. M:
] evening prayer and address. Friday 7:30;
/ confirmation classes. Thursday. I:SO p. m;
| boys class. Monday. 4:3O p. m; st. Mark 3
| guild Tuesday. 2 p. m; altar chapter
| Tuesday. 2:90 p m; mothers meeting.
| Wednesday. 2 o. M: Sunday school teach
ers' meeting. Wednesday, 1880 p. m
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E. A. eastman. Superintendent o.

T. a eastman, superintendent of
Schools, Decatur, Ills:
am altogether willing to go on rec
ord and to be quoted on the question
that YOU ask. For the thirtv-seven
years that ] have been superintendent
in this city I have fought that position
with more or less vigor. What are the
schools maintained for? Certainly not
TO afford a chance for anybody to make
money. The education of the children.
as ] understand it, the only reason for
maintaining a system OF public free
schools. So far as l know, all educators
agree that the supreme want of any
school is good teacher Everything
else IS SubserVient to that one thing.
Surely the best is none too good for the
children. Now. if these things are true.
why should we place a geogra nhical
limit on the selection of teachers? Is
1t not reasonable to secure the best
teacher wherever she can be found il
You have money necessary to pay the
salary 10 get her? 1t certainly makes
no difference where she lives. nor where
she was educated, provided she has
the required scholarship and has the
ability to teach. l would not go quite
so far as some and say that no teach
erS should be employed Who lived in
districts where she was to teach. If
good teachers can be found at home.
/ would say take them. Of course: but
it is sometimes true, even in that case.
teachers Will rely upon political. church
or personal friendship rather than upon
good solid work for their success. In
my experience the demand for the en-
ployment Of home talent comes from
one or the other of two classes of peo-
pie in the community. First, those who
wish to use the schools for their own
individual benefit by putting in work
ers and relatives, and having them sup
ported at public expense; and. second.
the class of sentimental, gushing phil
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The q. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all Others.
PRESIDENTIAL Amendments.

Washington, March 1.-THE presi-
dent today made the following appoint
ments:
To be chief justice, court of nrivate
land claims, Joseph R. Reid of Iowa; to
be associate justice of court of private
land claims, Wilbur +. Tone of Colo
RADIO; Henry C. Lush of Kansas, Will
liam NJ. Murray of Tennessee, Thomas
c. Fuller of North Carolina.
Erastus K. Harper of Ohio, to be spe-
cia1 agent to allot lands in severalty to
Indians
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Incubator For Twins.

New Albany, Ind. March n.-Twin
girls born today prematurely, owing to
accident to the mother, Mrs. Frank
Miller. will be reared in an incubator,
Attending physicians say that both Of
the infants will live if placed in an in
cubator. Mr.. Miller purchased an in
cubator today and the scientific ex-
pertinent will be closely watched with
interest
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Burlington Chapel.-Corner Indiana ave-
nue. and Navajo streets. Sunday school
at 3:15 p. m. Preaching at 1880 p. m. FRI
day evening service at 1880.
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Holy Trinity English Lutheran Church
1856 South Fourth East street. Rev. A. C.
Sweinsberg. pastor. Service at IL a.. m.
Subject: '.Forsaken." Sunday school at
10 :. m.
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Theosophy.-The TheosophicaI society
meets at room 40S Progress building. at
II o'clock a. m. Subject: Immortality"
Study class, Thursday evening at
S o'clock. lnquirers are welcome.
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First Baptist Church.-Corner Second
South and Second West. Rev H. B. Steel
man, pastor. Services at IL a. m. and 7:3C
p. m. Sunday school at 12:15. 3. Y. p u.
at $3.50 p. m. Wednesday evening service
at 1880. a welcome TO all.
st. Marks Hospital Chapel.-Fourth
Sunday in Lent. Holy communion at 7:3G
d. m. Evening prayer and sermon at 1890
Daily evening prayer at 6:15; Friday even
ing prayer and address, Z. Sunday school
dn st. Peters chapel, at p. m. Rev D.
Douglas Wallace, vicar.
Y. NJ. C. A.-Corner of Main and First
South streets. Young mems meeting to-
day at p. m. addressed by Prof. Bry-
son. Mems Bible class at p. m. con-
Quoted by Rev. Richard Wake. These
services are brim full of interest to men,
and all men are invited.
Universal Brotherhood Theosophcal So
ciety in America Che International Broth
erhood League. lodge No. 81, room 524
Dolly block. Meeting at 7:30 p. m. SUBJ
of the ]. B. L. on Wednesday at 7:30 p.
m The library open during the week
from to D. m. All are welcome.
Divine Services at st. Marys Cathedral.
First mass at o'clock: second mass at
o'clock; Sunday school, $3.50; high mass
and sermon at II o'clock a. M; vespers
and benediction. 1880 p. m; week morning
mass at s o'clock a. m Mass and SER
mon at St Patrick's church at 10 o'clock
a. m.
East Side Baptist Church.-Corner Third
South and Seventh East. Rev. T. L. Gran
dali. pastor. Sermon, topic: The Feet
Washing" instruction. IL a. m. Sab
bath school, 1915. Junior Christian En-
deavor $780, also there will be d mission
airy concert by the Junior Christian En-
deaVor at 7:30 D. m. Strangers and friends
cordially welcome to all services.
First Methodist Episcopal Church.-3s
East Third South street. between State
and Main streets. Alfred H. Henry.
pastor Preaching services at II a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Morning subject: The Stones
of the Temple" Evening subject: Secret
Faults" Sunday school and assembly
at 9:45 a. m. Devotional meeting of Ep-
worth league. $50 p. m. All seats free.
Strangers cordially welcomed at all SER
vices.
First Presbyterian Church.-Corner of
Second South and Second East streets.
service at II o'clock; Sunday school at
1870; intermediate Endeavor meeting at
4:30; Young Peoples meeting at Gas: even
ing service at AS. In the evening the
pastor will preach the fourth sermon in
the series on Practical Lessons from Old
Testament History" Seats are free and
the public cordially invited to all these
services.
First Congregational Church.-Corner of
First South and Fourth East streets. Rev.
Clarence T. Brown. pastor. Public wOr-
ship at IL a. m. and sermon by the pastor.
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Swedish Lutheran lions Chureh.-Cor-
ner of Second South and. Fourth East
streets Service today a. 1880 p. m. Ser
vice at Ogdens Swedish Lutheran Films
church at II a. NJ. 2. e. Aslev, pastor.
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German Lutheran Church.-Service in
South and Fourth East streets. at II "a
m. Sunday school, 10 d. m: school. Satur-
day, $3.50 a. m. Rev. H. Hoffman, 156
Fourth East
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Charles w. Eliot, President Harvard
University:

1t is a natural and almost inevitable
thing that the majority of teachers in
given state or city should be taken
from the population of that
state or CITY. but it is a
great misfortune that any
school system should be limited to the
people of the locality in the selection
of its teachers. A place as large and
we'll off as Salt Lake City, can always
draw into its service well proved men
and women from other cities and towns,
and it would be a great advantage to
Salt Lake City to do so. massachusetts,
towns and cities are constantly on the
lookout to get successful teachers from
outside their own limits. In selecting
principals or sUperintendents they pay
much more attention to the places of
their education than they do to the
places of their birth, or most recent
residence, and that is. as l believe, the
only wise way. Exactly the some prin-
ciple applies in universities. 1t would
be a calamity to Harvard university
if it should adopt a policy of employ
ing its professors only its own gradu-
ates. or only residents of Massachusetts,
or New England. A university gets the
best teachers it can without reference
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whatever to the place of birth. Out of
the first thirty names of the Use of eff
GERS of instruction and administration
of Harvard university, l find twelve
who were not educated in Harvard uni
versity, and ten who were born outside
of Massachusetts,. Certainly the high
est places in any educational staff,
whether of school. college or university,
should always be absolutely free from
any local restriction. The lower places
will ordinarily take care of themselves
by q wholly natural process, without
any need of any restrictive law or rule.
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will be appointed nor caicu;ators who
cannot calculate.
First of all, after the general admin
istrative officers are selected, there
must be 800 supervisors appointed, and
in their selection, consultation will be
had with senators and representatives
in the respective states. 1t may be an
nounced also that senators and repre-
sentatives who do not belong to the
Republican party will receive the same
fair treatment and consideration along
this line that is given Republicans.
These supervisors will be appointed by
the president and confirmed by the
senate. None of these, as now con-
templated, are to be recess appoint
ments. but the list viii be ready for
submission to the senate at the open
ing of the next session. The supervi-
sors in turn will appoint 10000 emu
merators to do the actual work
throughout the country, but the list
of appointments of enumerators first
must have the approval of the director
of the census. After approval they will
be Immediately furnished the necessary
blanks and instructions.
MANY BLANKS NEEDED.
This will be no small task. Assuming
the population of the United States at
this time to be- in round numbers, 3d.
600, 600 people, there must be 100000
sheets issued for the population sched-
ules alone. Adding to these the other
schedules, there will have to be in the
aggregate not less than a half-million
such sheets in printed form issued. All
this mass of paper will have to be
manufactured and printed without de-
lay. In counting the population, every
individual will be represented by a sep
arate card, and there will have to be
manufactured and printed not less than
100, 600 600 of these cards. The proba-
bility is that system of machine cal
culating, which admits of counting fig
ures in combination. and which worked
so we'll in the last census, will be
adopted for that of 1900. The Office
will have to select from the various
devices the one most satisfactory, and
a sufficient number to do the work
must then be manufactured. The work
will be pushed with all possible speed
consistent with accuracy, and every eff
fort made to avoid dragging the work
along unnecessarily.
Taken all in all, the complete num-
Der of appointments that will be made
in the course of the census will be over
45, 900. These include eighteen or TWEEN
ty staff officers, 300 supervisors, 10000
enumerators and about 5000 clerks and
other emnlOVePS here -
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Church SERVICES,
Notices inserted In This Column
Free, If Handed In Before Satur-
day Noon.

Rio Grande Chapel-Second South. be-
tween Ninth and Tenth West. Sunday
school at $3.50 p. m.
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Nathan c. schaeffer. superintende,

Nathan c. Schaeffer, superintendent
Of Public instruction, Pennsylvania:
To select the teachers from the resi-
dents of the city, and never from the
outside. is a policy that cannot be con-
demned too severely. 1t is like the pro-
cess of in-breeding on the farm and
leads to degeneracy. Teachers should
be selected on the basis of merit-sex,
creed, nationality are of secondary i'm
portance. The best schools are found
in cities which employ teachers by rea-
son of their skill and efficiency, and
regardless of the fact that they may
have a residence elsewhere at the time
Of their election.
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The children and the community are
sntltled 10 the best, wherever they may
De found. Even when this principle is
granted, the practical limitations upon
us application are such that the major
lty OF the teachers in any large city
are certain to be residents of If bu-
by any act or policy TO attempt to con-
llne the selection of teachers to such res
ioents would be q step in the direction
OIL obscureantisIn, that no progressive
community can afford TO take
Frances W. Parker, Principal Chicago
Normal School:
The schools are for the children. and
We should do at all times for the chill
oren Just what we do in everything OF
business or professional nature. We
get the best for the money 1t does
not make any difference to us who
makes our shoes, clothes, tools, proyid-
ing they are the best. The plan of TAX
ing those teachers only who are resi-
dents of city is unwise, impolitic and
wrong in every way. The children, the
hope of the future, should have the
very best that it is possible to give
them. Ii seems to me that there should
De no question in regard to this matter
IN the mind Of any intelligent person.
Whenever a candidate as teacher. resi-
dent of a city, shows ability to do the
outside, 1 should choose the resident,
but only in such cases. 1t is a very
dl11erent matter, indeed, to get efficient
teachers. Many are called. but few
are chosen" There are thousands Of
candidates, and out of them it is ex-
ceedingly difficult to get the competent
teacher. The school board of city
should throw open its schools for The
candidacy Of all efficient teachers in
any part OF the country, or the world
Excellent schools mean the drawing
OF the best people to city. 1t means
the raising of the price of real estate:
1t means the requirement of both spir-
itual and material wealth. I am aware
that you have in Salt Lake City an eX-
cellent school system; confine the choice
OF teachers to your residents only. and
that system will decline, must newt
ably. / can only repeat that which no
one viii deny: that your little children
should be taught by educated, refined,
cultured, trained teachers, and the
question Of locality or where the teach
ers were born or trained, does not enter
into account
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anthropists who would like to see all
the poor girls in the community taken
care of by the public schools, 1t can
not be too often repeated that the pub
lie schools are not charitable institu-
ton. No one but the children deserves
any attention from school officers. 1t
requires considerable backbone to stand
up against the pressure. but woe to the
man or woman who hasn't a good sup
ply of that necessary article; he had
better resign and go into other bust
ness. where the interests at stake are
not such vital ones to the welfare of
the community
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First Baptist Church.-Corner Second
South and Second West. Rev. II. B. Steel
man, pastor. Services at II a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Sunday school at 12:15. 3. Y. p. u.
at $3.50 p. m. Wednesday evening service
at 1880. a welcome to all.
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B. H. Hinsdale, University of Michi-



/ beg leave to answer this question
distinctly and emphatically in the neg
alive So far am l from thinking that
the schools of a city should be taught
exclusively by teachers educated in
that city or in the neighborhood. that
it is my opinion it is most desirable to
draw into such schools teachers from
different sections of the country, edu
Gated in different schools. No doubt, q
certain amount of unity and homogen-
ity is desirable in q system of schools,
but it is easy to overdo in that direc
ton. The result of OVERRIDING is too
much uniformity. routine and educa
tional mechanism Good education
means life, and life is developed from
diverse, and. to a certain extent, con-
aicting elements in my opinion. no
educational policy could be more mis-
taken to draw the teachers of a system
of schools, especially a large system
of schools, exclusively or to a largely
preponderating degree from the locality
where the schools are situated.