Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-16
Secretary Davidson Estimates
That Reduction In Popula-
ton Will Be Small
AS TO THE FEDERAL CENSUS
Many people Believe the 1909 censu.
Was Not Correct and That the Pop
puIation Was Padded In Idany Ca
ses-south Dakota Will Show an
Increase.
Special to Tl,nes-Republlcar..


son, secretary OF the executive council
Is OF the opinion that the census OF
Iowa will show a falling off OF not more
than about two thirds of / per cent
1t has been thought since consider
able part of the returns were in that
there would be a falling of and re-
Gently it has been known that this
falling off would be but 81 ght Mr.
Dawson has made some careful cal :
culations and believes that the loss is
less than per cent as compared with
the figures for the federal census OF
five years ago, and assuming that the
federal census was accurate.
But there are great many people
who, do not believe that the federal
census was accurate and that it show
ed more people than there were and
consequently II is quite likely that the
population of Iowa has increased dur
ing the last five years rather than fall
len Off Where there is an increase
shown over the federal census it is due
to the fact that the natural increase
has been so large that it has gone be-
yond the padded figures Of five years
ago.
AT that time the government paid a
certain sum for each person reported.
The names were recorded in book and
that was the end of the matter. The
oafk re <o1 t.xrr ~ Il. IL.
year has been one the very nature of
which is guarantee of accuracy, and
there, are few when they understand
the methods adopted will venture to
criticise the state census OIL that score.
The executive council adop led the best
method that could be devised after
consulting with those who have ma de
Il study of such matters. The name of
every person in the state is taken on g
card. The ellumerators ere paid by
the day and hence there is no incentive
to report fictitious persons or the
names of those not entitled to be enum-
Grated. The names are also recorded
in books which hold 1000 names each.
In these books the name and address
must each be given and TIN. number OF
cards reported must correspond to the
number or names in the books. This
gives system of checking and by
having the address of each person
enumerated, something that was done
for the first time in this state this
year, the returns can be verified and
hence there Ia another check to any
possible incentive to report false
names. {sf@ilsI
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h, Practically the same method used in
Iowa is being used in South Dakota
and it lis understood th;lt there are
reports from there that that state will
show a. small gain over the population
Of five years ago. AS that is younger
state 1t Is quite likely that the per
cent Of population is bigger and hence
has overcome any possible padding in
the census OF five Gears ago.
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Secretary John G. Simpson of the
state fair has given the use Of the gov
eminent Indian band to the Grand
Army for the ceremonies attending the
removal of the battle flags to the first
floor of. the state house. 1t is expected
that the ceremonies will consume
dUOul tOuS HULL Lie OAS ShAl6 lAhls
is causing more delay in preparing the
inches for the flags is the drying of the
plastering. There has be en- some dis
cussion of using artificial means of
drying the pastering, such as turning
electric fans into the inches. Taa
inches were square and in making
them over into air tight inches for the
flags steel work has been put in that
is a. half circle and plaste.ring put onto
this This plastering Will be painted
and the paint cannot be put on until
the plasteri,lg IL dry, since after the
flags are put into the inches 1t Is the
intention to close them up air tight
and not disturb them from that on as
they are old and torn and the fibre
Of the cloth has become so weak that
the slightest disturbance is liable to
injure the precious relics.
Past Commander r. r. st. John Of
the Iowa department G. A. R., is in
st. Mary's hospital in Rochester where
he underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis. He will not be able to attend
the state fair where he has charge Of
the horticulture exhibit and will not be
able to be present on Ole Soldiers day.
He hopes TO be able to be up imme-
diately after the state fair and be
present at the encampn ent at Denver
but his friends anticipate that this will
be too soon after the operation to al
low him to be up. The operation was
successful and there are all indications
that he will get along ricely.
The office Of the clerk Of the su.
preme court has some difficulty in get
ting lawyers over the state who have
supreme court practice to retain the
postal cards that are regularly mailed
to them. The postal cards contain
valuable Information bat the lawyers
seem to be able many times to COM
prehend this fact. Just before the OPP
ening of term of court large num-
Der of lawyers will pay out quite a
sum each to call up tie clerks office
by long distance to find out the last
filing day for abstracts or arguments
when postal cards have been mailed to
them giving them all he information
long before The clerks Office is glad
yers could save money by saving the
postal cards.
The September term of court opens
Septembe,. 49, For tn S term all con-
tinued cases are assig led for hearing,
all petitions for rehea ing filed fifteen
days before September 10, all certior-
ari and criminal cases filed thirty days
before September 10, all other cases
filed before March l.