The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27

the taking of the twelfth census of
Utah and on next Friday. June 1. un-
der the direction of Superintendent Ar
thur Pratt. an army of 215 enumera-
tors will be spread out over the state
inquiring into the most minute details
of the peoples private business. Mr..
Pratt says that everything is now in
readiness for the commencement of the
work IN Salt Lake there viii be fifty
five men and women at work and they
are expected to complete every detail
in two weeks. In the country districts,
thirty days are allowed for the work
In the large cities the enumeratOrS
viii be paid so much per head. In rural
districts they viii be paid by the day,
from S. to Sc according to conditions.
Much OF the work in Salt Lake, ogden,
Logan, Provo Park City and num-
Der of the other larger places of the
state in regard to the various indus
tries, viii be taken out of the hands
of the enumerators and turned over to
special agents of the census office sent
direct from Washington.
The work of taking the census is di-
vided under four separate heads and
special schedules are provided for each
class of work These branches are pop
ulatiOn. agriculture, manufacture and
mortality. The questions asked are not
so many this year is in previous cen
suS years. but they are numerous
enough yet to cause kicking galore.
The government holds that he enum-
orator has the right to Tnter every
house. institution and establishment to
secure information. The following are
the questions that must be answered
under the head of population:
Questions to Be Asked.
2-Residence, street number of house.
3-Relationship of each member to
head of family.
Color or race.
Sex
6-Age last birthday.
Day month and year when born
S-Single, married. widow, widower
or divorced.
9-Number Of years married.
10-Number of children.
u-SeX OF these children
12-Placa of birth; if 8 the United
States, give sta5e OF territory; If OF /
foreign birth, give country
14-Where was your father b0Fn2 (
Same conditions as foregoing)
15-f of foreign birth when did you
come 10 the United States2
16-HOW many years have you re- /
sided in the United States?
17-Have you been naturalized? How I
many years since YOU became citizen2 /
1S-Wha is your occupation. trade or /
profession? (This applies to persons 10 +
years of age or OVer0
I9-HOW many months during the +
year are you employed?
20-HOw many months have you at 4
tended school?
21-Can you read?
22-Can you write?
2S-Give the facts concerning your
education
24-Do you own the house in which
you live?
25-Do you rent the house in which .
you live?
Eff you own the house, is it free
or mortgaged? (Similar questions ap-
ply to farms)
Three More Schedules.
The above are the questions under
one schedule ana there are four
schedules. Under the mortality
schedule all the facts must be ascer-
tanned as to every person who died in
the year from June 1. 1899. to May 81
1900 Every person alive on the first
day of June next will be counted in the
coming census; he viii be counted even !
though he die on the second day of
the month. But d child not born until
the 2nd Of June viii be ignored and
must wait for ten years to get himself
death of every person during the year
just preceding the LIST of June must be
RECORDED, the place of BIRTH the resi-
denCe, the occupation, the cause of the
death, the date, the name of the at
tending physician and all other infor-
nation bearing on the case.
Agriculture and manufacture are
gone into in the most minute detail,
there being a sufficient number of ques-
lions on one schedule to fill a small
volume. E II. Callister Of Salt Yake
has been appointed special census
agent for the government to look after
tie cattle interests of the state and he
IS now at work on that branch of the
business. His special work is to
enumerate all the sheep and cattle of
Utah and to furnish all the required in
formation about them. This of course
is an important branch Of the work
here in Utah because of the growing
importance Of the sheep industry
Work of Enumerators.
Each enumerator who has been ap-
pointed to the position upon the re-
Cs0mmendatiOn of superintendent Pratt
Is required to undergo a certain amount
Of schooling before starting out. A
book of instructions of over sixty pages
Is furnished to each, containing de-
tailed information on every point tbat /
Is liable to come up, and if any Of Jhe
enumeratOrs is embarrassed in his
work il win be because he has not !
taken the trouble to read up.
Mr.. Pratt is not inclined to speculate
very much as to what the census !
figures viii show as to the population
Of this city and state. The population
Of the state in 1880 was 143, 963; in 1890
It had increased to 207. sos; in 1895 ac-
cording to the census taken by the
state, Utah had 247,324 people OF
these 126,S03 were males and 120.521
were females. There were 81 col0red
and 75S Chinese in the state at that :
time Even by the percentage of in
crease shown in the above figures. Mr..
Pratt expects the census now 10 run
Dver 1000 He really expects Utah
20 be entitled TO two congressman }
under the next aDportiOnment 2
The population of Salt Lake City was =
approximately 1920 in 1890. and under Z
the special state census of 1895 it was C
shown to be 1905 The superintendent 8
win be surprised. he says. if the popu- a
lation of the city now viii reach so. COO L
He will know exactly he says on the c
18th day Of June. because on that day p
the work Of enumerating in the city
viii be complete and the totals viii be 5
known five minutes after the last name
Is turned in. T
The POINTS Of chief interest to the