Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-30
TAXING or THE n S
Work VIII Begin in Every District OF the
Country on June lst-Questions TO
Re Asked,

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The count Of the people in tho United
States will begin in all parts OF the country
June 1st and end in the cities two weeks
later and in the rest OF the country before
the close OF the month. The people are TO
be counted at their places OF residence, but
as many persons and families will be away
from their homes during June there is
some danger that such persons will not be
counted. II they are not counted, the 10.
cality 10 which they live will be misrepre.
scented to that extent, and in tome cases
this misrepresentation may be enough to
affect the representation in Congress Of the
state from which they came. Local pride
and state pride, therefore, should influence
all such absentees TO take reasonable pre-
cautions against being omitted from enum-
Grafton in their places OF residence. Such
omissions are most likely TO occur In the
large cities where families close their homes
and go elsewhere for the summer. The oc.
currence OF the Paris exposition this year
is likely to increase the number absent
from the country.
In all cases OF contemplated absence the
head OF the family is requested by the CEN
sus Office to communicate with the super
visor OF the district in which he lives. He
is also requested to leave information re-
garding his answers to the questions which
are to be asked, with some responsible
neighbor who will agree to see that il
reaches the enumerator on his rounds
Such information might better be left as a
memorandum in writing, as in that case it
is less likely to be overlooked. The ques.
tions TO which answers are desired apply
primarily to the population, but also to
all farms and manufacturing establish
ments. They are being published from
time to time in the press OF the country.
BY taking this trouble the absent citizen
will do justice to his locality and his state
and materially aid the census Office in the
performances OF its duties.
The questions that the census IN
tors will ask will be numerous, but they
will not include some OF those which were
considered most Objectionable in 1890.
These are abolished not because the peo.
pie objected to answering them, but be.
cause they proved to be utterly worthless
as a basis for statistics on chronic disease,
for which they were designed. The ques-
tions this year will be:
]. Surname. Christian name, initial.
2. Residence, street number OF house.
3. Relationship OF each member to the
head OF the family.
4. Color or race.
8. Sex.
8. Age at last birthday.
I. Dag, month and year when born,
s. Are you single, married, widow, wild.
ower or divorced?
8. Number OF years married.
10. How many children?
IL. Number OF children living.
IL. Sex OF these children.
10. Where were you born? II in the
United States. give state or territory; il OF
foreign birth give name Of country only.
H. NutTe Wds yOur ldtbsT b'Eh6 iOuF
mother? Same conditions as the iorego-
ing.)
10. II OF foreign birth. when did you
come to the United States?
16. How many years have you resided in
the United States?
II. Have You been naturalized? How
many years since you became "a citizen?
Is. What is your occupation, trade or
professionf This question applies to per-
sons ten years OF age or over.)
10. How many months during the year
are you employed?
20. Ho many months have you attend
ed SCHOOL,
81. Can you read?
90. Can you write?
23. Give the main facts concerning your
education.
81. Do you own the house in which you
live
20. Do you rent the house in which you
live?
&c. II you W the house is it free or
mortgaged. (The same questions apply to
FARM