Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1900-04-27
Supervisor Richards of Butte Gives Out
the List of the Confirmed
Appointments.
5 FOR CARBON COUNTY
The Work of Enumeration Will Begin the
First Day Of June List
of Names.

Hon. j. E. Richards, supervisor of the
census for Montana "Wednesday gave out
a partial list Of those whom he has ap-
pointed as enumerators in the various
counties, and whose appointments have
been confirmed by the census director
at Washington. The list is incomplete
for the reason that some Of the appoint
ments made in the more populous
counties have not yet been passed upon.
The list in Carbon county, however, is
complete, the successful applicants being
Thomas w. Smith Of Joliet, c.. r. Seely
and Col. w. r. Crockett Of Roberts and
Louis p. Sichler and James o. Orr Of
Red Lodge. They will be assigned to
the various districts i'll time to enter
upon the discharge of their duties On
June !. Following Is the list Of appoint
ments for the other counties in eastern
Montana.
Dawson-Henry N. Dion, Ed p. Bald
win and Carroll Il. Rood.
Park Sylvester +. Wilson, Fred j.
Redfield and Lewis p. Glenn.
Yellowstone Edwin Il. Trenton,
Laurel; Pliny III. Hawkins, Columbus;
Robert Leavens and Uriah u. Frizelle.
Billings.
Gallatin Lester u. Pierstorf. John T.
| Wells, Rhesis Z. F'ransham, Edward NJ
Reynolds, Nosea I'll. Holloway, Edward
r. Martin and Ernest II. Schumacher
| Custer Chas. r. Hedges, r.. w. Shook
Charles w. Bailey and Robert G
Somers
| Sweet Grass Samuel Solberg, Harry
| T. Raft and John D. Orr.
4 Not long ago. eX-Gov. Richards an
nounced that he had great difficulty in
securing enumerators. The compcnsa-
tion provided by the government for the
work was not sufficient induce
ment in a state where labor an4
professional services receive top notch
prices. Ia his dilemma the supervisor
appealed TO the republican state ccntra
committee at a recent meeting in Helcna
asking the members of the committee tc
aid him in securing enumerators. Al
that time he said that he hoped to Sc
cure AN advance in the schedule of rates
in this state, and il he did, the compen-
sation would be adequate to the work.
EX-GOy Richards, who was in Helena
Il 1,,, 1n11c,, lpff, J,n ,%p41
land commissioners, said that he had Sc
cured a meterial advance in compensa-
ton for enumer7ltors who will work in
Butte and Helena. Instead of two cents
per capita, the department will allow
two and one half cents compensation, and
that rate, he believes, will also apply tc
Great Falls Anaconda, Missoula and
Bozeman, and perhaps other cities in the
state. The per diem rate in Dawson
| Custer and Yellowstone counties has
been raised from S. to 6, and now is the
same as in other districts where a per
diem will prevail.
! Thanks to the increase in the com
pcnsation of cnumcrators," said ex Gov
Richards, y now anticipate no trouble
in securing men for the work Ia fact
of 2OS enumerat tors who will be employed
in Montana, all but about thirty have
been selected. The commissions have
not been issued yet to any cnumerators
1Thc work will be commenced
promptly in every district June /, and
must be completed by July ! in every
district within the state In some dis
tricts the enumeration must be complet-
ed within two weeks.
s.The twelfth census should be com
pleted in a shorter time than any pre-
vious census added the supervisor
There will be fewer questions asked by
the enumerator and the work will be sc
systematized as to permit thorough
canvass Of the territory covered in the
shortest possible time.'