Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-24
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APPOINTMENTS MADE.
Enumerators Who Will Take the Cen.
sus of Wapello County.

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The enumerators who will collect
the data for the Forthcoming United
States census have been appointed,
with the possible exception of one or
two, and will begin'the work of asking
people about their private business
and life about June /. Twenty-seven
persons so far have been commissioned
to do the work in Wapello county,
among them being two women. Two
weeks time is allowed them to finish
the work in the city, while in the out
lying precincts thirty days will be Ia
ken. The enumerators when they get
thru with the work will know more
of the people of their wards, or parts
of wards as the case may be, than the
best gossip that ever lived, barring The
scandalous part, if any there be. But
the enumerator is a close-mouthed man
he has to be; he is sworn to impart
none of the information he has gained
in his official capacity, SO people may
trust him as they would brother,
because there is heavy penalty for
violating the confidence of the citizen.
Spinsters may tell their age to The
enumerator, likewise their past and
gone love affairs. The first item will
be jotted down in the book and pre-
served for future reference when COM
piling the statistics. To the item of
the love affair, the enumerator will
lend sympathetic ear, but take, no
tell-tale notes. The head of the family
will be required to answer lot Of
questions, amonr them being the num-
Der of children he possesses and the
value of his property, the last of which
will never reach the ears of r. G.Dun ,&
Co.'S agents, but it is strictly for gov
ernmental purposes. There are host
of questions to be answered, and when
the enumerator GETS thru the person
has pedigree that will be stored in
the archives of the government. Here
are the names of those who to date
who have been selected to visit Wapeilo
county homes, together with the dis
trict thew work in and the enumerat-
or's residence:
First ward, west of Ash street, Jo-
| seph Parks
First ward, east of Ash street, Jo-
seph w. Hedrick.
Second ward, south of Fourth street,
James NJ. Conlin.
| Second ward, north of Fourth street,
Charles w. Widger.
Third ward, south of Fifth street,
Charles M. Hedrick.
Third ward, north of Fifth street,
John p. Ullrich.
Fourth ward, south of Ottumwa
street, Conrad B. Moore.
Fourth ward, north of Ottumwa
| street, Laura j. Stroud.
Fifth ward Morris TT PYLE
| Sixth ward, south of Second street.
Alfred T. Hoddy.
Seventh ward, Charles S. Mitchell.
| Eldon.
Eldon, Elmer K. Daugherty. .,,,sss
| Townships.
Adams, George III. Smith, Blakes-
burg.
Agency, Wilbur F. Clements, Agen-
cy.
Cass, Alfred Peterson, Dudley.
Center, south of the river, George W.
Hatch, Ottumwa.
Center, north of the river, Joseph C..
Schsrtz, Dahlonega.
Columbia, Francis S. Thompson, Ed
dyville.
| COMPETING, lack Sylvester, Compe-
tine.
Dahlonega, William c. Hicks, Agency.
Green, William q. Dexter, Ottumwa.
Highland, Burton Beck, Highland
Center.
KeokulS, Ella Buchanan, Ottumwa.
| Pleasant, Joseph B. Carman, Yampa.
Polk, Alexander johnson, Munter-
vile.
Richland, Frank n. Whitney, kirk
vile.
Washington, John c. Rogers, Eldon.