Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-24
THE CENSUS TAKERS.
Meeting of supervisors Mt Des Moines
10 Recciye General Instrucfions

to Receive General Instructions.
Dies Moines, Feb. PA number of
census supervisors from different dis
tricts in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and
the Dakotas met in Dies Moines Friday
and received general instructions as to
the work of thecensus from Assistant
Director Fred II. Wines, of Washington.
The meeting was held at the Slavery ard
was prolonged during the day. MIR
Wines is travelling all over the country
meeting the SUPERVISORS and giving
them necessary instructions in regard to
the detail work of the taking of the CEN
sus before 1t is commenced. The work
of taking the census will be commenced
on June l. and it must be concluded
within thirty days thereafter. There are
many technical questions arising in re-
gard to the conduct of the work which
can not be fully explained even in the
voluminous printed instructions and
blanks furnished, and it has been found
necessary by the department TO have
the assistant director meet all of the
supervisors and perst nally explain ali
matters upon which any inquiry arises.
II am in a new state meeting the
4 supervisors nearly every day. said MIR.
Wines to a reporter. II have been all
thru the eouth and now am completing
my tour of the north The work of the
taking Of the census will be commenced
on June /, and by that date every SUI
pervisor must be prepared with all of
his enumerators to hurry the Work thru
to completion within thirty days. 1t is a
big job and requires q lot of looking af-
ter in order to see that it is done right.
The appointment of enumerators is now
I. NC
i They are required to pass a certain ex-
animation after they are appointed in
order TO prove their fitness for the work.
Everything is in readiness in Washing
ton for the work, and when the census is
under way there will be over 5000 clerks
steadily employed in handling it, Mr..
work of the census.
Samuel c. Smith, of Winterset, who
is the Seventh district SUPERVISOR was
one of those in attendance at the meet
ing. Il wiii haze Ii, eiiunerators at
work he said. One is appointed for
nearly every township and in some of
them two are required. Every county
seat town is regarded as a separate
enumerator's district and in Des Moines
there will be over fifty enumerators.
The pay of the enumerators runs from
2 to 3 cents for every person counted
and from 10 to 20 cents for every farm.
j am trying to get the maximum
amount for this district and it Will
make fair pay for the enumerators.
The questions to be asked by the emu
merators are grouped generally under
seven heads. namely: Name of head of
the household and relationship of other
members of the family, personal de-
scription. nativity. citizenship, occupa-
ton trade or profession. education,
and ownership of home. Under the per-
sonal description heading the enumer-
ator is to learn the color, sex. date of
birth, whether single. married, Wild
owed or divorced. II the person being
enumerated is married, the length OF
time he has been married must be
8 etatedy and in the case of a married
woman the enumerator must learn how
many children she is the mother of, and
how many of these are living.
The supervisors present at the meet
ing We're:
IOWA.
First Congressional District-John w
Rowley. keosauqa.
Fifth-Jacob w. Doxsee, Monticello.
Sixth-Albert III. Fortune. Bloomfield
Seyenth-Samuel C. Smith, Winterset
Eighth-Francis N. Kyle. Osceola.
Ninth-Frank F. Everest, Council
Bluffs
Tenth--John T. Drug, Stratford
Eleventh--willam Il. Hamilton, Ode.
bolt.
Rural Delivery In Jones County.
E0ol, IN
livery route will be established in thi.
vicinity. Postmaster Pond, of MONT
cello, has received authority from the
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