Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-19
N|LLSH|N '[NOURS|l[
New and Thorough Census Of the
City Being Taken by Volun-
teer Enumerators.
Postmaster Saint Supervising
the Work and II Will Be
Correct.
Figures Expected to Reach IS. 900
will Be Completed Monday
1.-The System.

Marshalltown is to have new census.
In fact the work is in progress at pres
ent and will be completed by Monday.
1T is hoped. The census is to be complete
and from present Indications, based on
the figures 80 far secured. the city will
show a substantial increase.
Postmaster ]. @. Saint, Mr. 3. n.
Foreman and others who urged the
Marshalltown Commercial Club to take
the matter up. but whose suggestions
pose to allow this discouragenen to de-
portance of securing the figures for
|of the city, to gay nothing of
how many the government enumera :
tors missed. Plans were evolved for an
inexpensive, complete and correct ceIl-
sus of the city. az we'll as of the Sol
dierS Home and the populous territory
adjoining the city limits on the south
and west.
Owing to the illness of Mr.. Foreman,
Mr.. Saint has had most of the revising
work we'll in hand. Under the system
arranged only a few days time g re-
quired to complete the work. The entire
carrier and clerical force of the post of
ffce volunteered TO assist, and IN the
neighborhood Of 100 other volunteers are
at work. The plan is simple and easily
understood. Each of the four wards
was divided into districts-four in the
First and Second and five / n the Third
and Fourth-and supervisor was Sc
lected for each district Then territory
WAS mapped out for each of the assist
! ants to the supervisors, a map of the
territory being furnished. Each Of the
assistants was given from one to foul
blocks and was supplied with blanks
4 In each instance the name of the head
of the family, the number of members
Including domestics and roomers OF
boarGers. was taken. with the number
of the house and the street In this
way confusion is avoided and every
block in the city is covered. There is
little danger of duplication and little
chance to miss any one, because this
various districts are being covered al
practically the same time. The super
4 vlsors in the wards are:
ttrst-Pearl Hawley, j. NJ. Whitaker
L. y. Jones and Charles Henry.
Second-Will Osman, Max Kruskopf
F.. S. Kaufman and c. H. Smith.
Third. F. Foreman, e. S. clifford
II. g. Weatherly, George A. Turner ant
II. w. Iseman.
Fourth-A. w Head, John Presnall
n. $. Ketchum. A. n. Gruwell and Nj
w. Hovey.
Postmaster Saint hopes to have thu
A reports ready for submission to thu
i 5Commercial Club at its meeting 10 b,
& held in the west court room next Mon
day night. and therefore requests thai
Il all the canvassfrs send in their lists b,
1 noon Monday 50 he can compile In,
I, figures. II is also requested that if an,
Il one is missed they send in their name.
4 to the postmaster.
The Soldiers Home ard suburban dig
J, tricts Will not be figured in with ths
!, city's population. The south side Il
showing the greatest Increase SO far
and II the new figures do not SHOW
( greater population than the census O
Waterloo and Fort Dodge whicf
Ecountsd everything in sight in thei
government census. gave them, Their
VIII be general disappointment.