Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-18
THE PAR0WAN CENSUS.
District Enumeration Gives His Opinion
That Ii is Belittled by Jealousy.


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In answer 20 the article which APP
peared In last evenings News from
it's Parowan correspondent. claiming a
discrepancy Of 2l7 between the govern
ment census aud an enumeration re-
i Gently taken by the Parowan city coun-
| cib supervisor Pratt submits the fol-
| lowing letter received from the local
enumerator:
Dear Sir-Your communication refer
ring TO the alleged discrepancy I'm the
enumeration Of the population Of Pato-
way city in this county, also the action
or the city council Of that city In taking
steps to have the alleged error rectifed.
reached me yesterday ! was not sur
prised at the information contained in
the recorders letter 10 you, as | had
recently read an account OF their action
In our local newspaper.
have to say, however that In my
Official labors as enumerator of that dis.
trlct during the taking Of the late ma
tional census, | used due diligence and
took every precautiOn 70 procure every
living inhabitant In that, as well az
every other district entrusted 10 my
care, and spent over half Of the time
allowed me TO enumerate that particu-
lar subdivision Of my territory, and In
50 doing | visited every dwelling house
IN the city. | will say, however. that
at That particular time some few of-fhe
FAMILIES residing In ParoWan had moved
from their permanent place Of abode 10
thelr summer ranches. located east of
their town and In many Instances were
out OF my district being as understood
attached 10 the enumeration district
east OF mine, and belonging TO Garfield
county, and In which considered had
no Jurisdiction, but considering these
particular cases there was not sufficient
population to nearly make up the mum.
per alleged TO have been omitted ao-
eordlng TO the recorders report Judging
from my personal knowledge of these
FAMILIES ! should hardly think there
would be a tenth Of two hundred or
more" missed.
! Will also add that had / have taken
the time to have hunted up these par
ticular families | could not have done
the work Of my district in the time al
lotted me, as well as running the risk
OF having them enumerated In both dis
trlcts. | viii say that the people Of my
alsttict, particularly In Parowan were,
% account Of retcence, quite hard on
the enumerator, particularly in re-
gard to the agricultural schedule
ana IN nearly every instance
1t took me from forty TO sixty minutes
10 procure the necessary information
This, together with their scattered con
dition, many of whom resided upon
their farms six and eight miles away
use up so much Of the time allotted
me TO make the enumeration OF that
particular district / am most GER
tainly at a loss to understand upon
what they base their information re-
garding the alleged error OF "two humid
red or more names, and shall maintain
my Official report to You and the de-
partment until they prove TO the con-
rary, with the exceptions heretofore
named.
You, Of course. understand that UNI
der the rules governing my compen-
satlon, II was TO my personal advantage
TO procure every living inhabitant dur
ing the time prescribed by law for the
enumeration, as my compensation was
regulated by the number enumerated.
so that a wilfu neglect would not only
crimlnate me, but would also be a dis.
advantage to me financially. have
kept no copy Of my returns, and don't
know whether the published statements
as to population OF that particular
town are correct, and as there Is
possibility Of errors, other than i'm
my labors as enumeration, shall !
await the results of thorough |
examination, and will conclude by say |
ing that l visited every residence in |
the town, and enumerated every per- |
son | could find who was eligible. / |
am also certain that none OF my popu- |
latlon schedules were lost or mislaid |
as the sheets and numbers tailed whom |
making up my final report to forward |
to your office at the close OF my iabors
! shall anXiously await some in4nrma-
ton from the results OF the demand |
made by the department upon the coun-
ty clerk of this county In requesting |
a careful and correct statement Of the
population Of the several precincts OF
the county, referred to In the recorders
letter" and as a matter OF justice 10
myself hope TO hear that my ennmera-
ton Of other precincts outside o, FARO
wan City shall not come so wide NJ the
mark considering their population, as
the alleged error OF Parowan's popula-
ton.
Trusting that this explanation. which
Is the very best ] can make, will be
satisfactory, ] will now close
by adding that | shall hold myself In
readiness to so before any tribunal and
state under oath my vigilance IN the
discharge OF my duties as enumerator
Of district No. 49,
Thinking YOU may possibly need the
recorders letter 10 you upon this sub
ieCt, | return the same. but have taken
.he liberty Of making a copy Of il, and
Nll close by saying, that dare ven-
ture am opinion. | would conclude the
whole proceeding arises through
ceiling Of jealousy that was manifested
By many over the fact that the num-
'rous applications from that town were
turned Down nv YOU. and that two citi-
,ens Of Cedar city were given the po-
'itions In the principal districts Of The
'ounty. n condition that I met quite
while making the enumera-
Ion. You, Of course. are at liberty
o use this letter as you may think
,est
with kindest regards. etc.
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