Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-31

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by enumerators after the work begins,
sus the principal questions to be asked
are given below. This is done principal
" In order to allow people to find out
something about themselves that they;
might not be able to tell on the spur OF
the census takers call. The questions
as follows:
Name?
Relationship to head Of family1
Color or race?
Seq?
Date OF birth?
Age at last birthday?
y Single, married, : widowed or divorced?
Number Of years married?
Mother Of how many children?
Number OF these children living?
Place Of BIRTH
Place OF birth Of father?
Place OF birth Of mother?
Year OF immigration to United
States?
Naturalization?
81 Occupation. trade or profession?
Months not employed?
Attended school?
Can read. write and speak English?
Ownership of house?
eOwned or rented?
Unencumbered or mortgaged?
The above list does not include all,
but they are the principal ones, and a
great many people would be able to an
ever them or rapidly, without having
to hesitate. Others. however, might be-,
come confused at places of births Of dif-
ferent members OF the family, and in
order to save time such information
should be looked up before hand.
A rural enumerator also requested the
Times-Republican to urge upon the far
merit he necessity OF having the Informal
tton ready. How many acres farmer
owns, the yield per acre. kind OF grain
planted, number OF chickens and other
fowls and number OF eggs received from
same, value of farm machinery. etc.-in5
TACT. innumerable questions pertaining
+ 10 little things, that seem simple. yet,
when one attempts to answer them he
does not feel Just sure. and cure he must
be when his answers are given.
JUNE BABIES DON'T COUNT.
Officially the census begins June /.
and babies born after midnight tonight
are not In II for ten years. For instance,
II the enumerator arrives at your home
on the 9Th or 9Th OF June and finds that
you have an infant born on the Cd, the
baby Is non-existent SO far as the emu
merator cares. Ifyou were married on.
the Cd down you 80 as a bachelor, and
your wife q spinBter. residing with her
parents. The census takers do not rec
ognize your wedding at all, for / t oc-
CURED after June I. You may die on
the Sd. aud II the enumerator calls on
your family the day the funeral is be-
Ing held you are still alive with the
senumerator and sou help increase Mar
shalltowns population one. In fact.
nothing can happen to you between the
first and 18th, according to the way the
government fguresi it.
YOUR BUSINESS AFFAIRS.
The business affairs Of people are
what will probably cause the most
trouble to the enumerators, but the,
present census ID much better along
that line than previous ones, for emu
merators are under q penalty not to
divulge any OF the secrets SO ascer-.
tanned In their visits A man generally
considers his private affairs the BUSH
ness OF no one else. and details whereby
he makes his living he does not care to
make public. The government, how
ever. wants to know how you derive
your livelihood and whether or not
you have one or more occupations, and
~ % you will be listed under that from
which you receive the most income. II
you clerk in a bank In the day time
and usher in the theater at night, you
20 down as bank clerk. II you have
no occupation. and derive your income
from loaned money, stocks, bonds or
other securities, you will be classed as
q capitalist, and II you haven't any In
come It will 30 be stated In the little
book. n
MUST BE POLITE.
Besides being cautioned by the de-
part,nsnt mot to divhlge secreta. the
enumeratorB are warned to be patient
" polite In all cases. and when they call
You may discern them by their oficial,
schedules and badges furnished by the
government. Any report or warranted
proofs that may be furnished the gov
eminent regarding impoliteness OF emu
smerators will be Investigated and will
probably result unpleasantly for them.
Yetett tho same time Uncle Sam ex-s
poets the same courteous treatment at
the hands Of the people. and for the
good Of Marshalltown and Marshall
county everything possible. on the part;
6 the people. should bsS done for the
nersto tors y ordsr that they may