Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
To Take the Census.

According to the plans being prepar'
ed by Census Supervisor Frank f.
Everest about $50 enumerators will be
needed to take the Federal census in
this congressional district next June.
DR. Everest has already received over
$50 applications for the appointments
and requests for the positions are com.
ing into his office in the U. S. building
at the rate of six or eight day. The
enumerators are appointed by the di-
rector of the census, Hon. VIM. r.
Merriam, former governor of Minnesota
on the recommendation of the census
supervisors and Mr.. Everest expects tc
forward his recommendation to Wash
ington about March l.
The census district over which Mr.
Everest has supervision is identically
with the Ninth congressional district.
The supervisor district is divided into
enumerator's districts to facilitate the
gathering of the necessary statistics.
An expert in the census bureau at
Washington has prepared = plan of
this division and submitted it to the
supervisor for his revision and approx
al. Mr.. Everest received his plan some
time ago and has been busy for nearly
a month gathering information for the
lettering of the enumerator divisions.
The plan as prepared at Washington
would give this district 143 enumerat-
ors but Supervisor Everest says that
$50 enumerators will be necessary to
complete the taking of the census with
in the time given. He expects that the
director will increase the allotment for
this district to at least 100 enumerators.
The taking of the census will com
mence June | and the work of the emu
merators must be completed by the
end of the month. In cities of 5000
population and over special provision
is made that the enumeratons must be
finished within two weeks from the
first of June. Council Bluffs is the
only city within Supervisor Everest's
district that has over 5000 population
and to complete the count inside of the
14-day limit Council Bluffs will have
about II enumerators assigned to its
territory.
All the applicants will have to pass
an examination in order to be eligible
for appointment as enumeration. This
examination will be nSucted by the
super visors and will be held by mail.
1t will consist principally of filling
out dummy census schedules and the
neatness and accurcy with which this
is done will determine the fitness of
the candidate for appointment. Near
ly all the applications in the hands of
Supervisor Everest are from people of
more than ordinary education and
many of them are from college stu
dents who will be home in June for
their summer vacation. Thus there
will be no difficulty in securing people
well qualified for the positions.
The minimum pay for the enumera-
tors is two cents for each name record
ed and Is cents for each farm visited
and the maximum is cents for each
name and 20 cents for each farm. SUI
pervisor Everest will recommend that
the maximum compensation apply in
this district. The country districts
for each enumerator under Supervisor
Everest will contain from l 800 to ], 800
people and the town districts will have
from 1900 to 1000. The largest dis
trict allowed any one enumeration by
tie census act cannot contain more
than 1000 people. Some enumerators
may be able to record $50 names day
but the average will be about 100.
This congressional district is allowed
four appointments to clerkship in the
census Office at Washington. Congress
man Mcpherson, it is said, has already
determined upon the appointees for
these positions.
Supervisor Everest expects to have
his work fully completed so as to be
able to close up his office by the last OF
July. In fact, he has been allowed
clerk hire for only that length of time.
At present his Office force consists OF
one stenographer, but it may be in
creased during June, the month OF
enumeration. Then all the enumera-
tors are required to make daily reports
to the supervisor and these reports
have to be summarized and forwarded
to Washington. Practically all the
tabulation of the census schedules is to
be made in the office al Washington,