Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-31
CENSUS is A FARCE
Many of OregOns Important Industries
Are Not Named on Enumer-
alton Blanks.

Are Not Named on Enumer-
alton Blanks.
The blanks to be used in taking tn
state census have been sent out iron
the Secretary of States office to th
County Assessors in the various
counties Of Oregon, and the enumera
ton has already been commenced il
some portions of the state. Tw,
blanks will be used. One for th,
enumeration of inhabitants and mill
tary enrolment, and the other for an
enumeration of the Industrial pro
ducts of each county. The census
will be taken by election precincts.
The first blank contains spaces fol
enumeration as follows:
l. Name.
2. House number.
g. Street.
A. Color or race.
s. Age
6. Liable to military duty.
7. Married or unmarried.
8. Legal voter.
8. Males, 81 years and upwards
males, under 81 years and over 10
years males, under 10 years.
10. Females, 1Syears and upwards
females, under 18 years and over 10
years; females, under 10 years.
IL. Occupation, trade or profession
of each person 10 years of age or over.
12 Place of birth of each person.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.
The second blank pertains to in
dustrial products, and contains spaces
for enumeration and classification as
follows:
1. Name of person, firm, partner
ship or corporation.
2, Location of principal Office and
place of business.
8, Number of acres under cultiva-
ton.
4. Number of bushels of wheat
raised during preceding year.
5. Number of bushels of oats raised.
6. Number of bushels of barley
and rye.
7. Number of bushels of corn.
8. Number of bushels of potatoes.
8. Number of bushels of apples.
10. Number Of tons of hay.
IL. Number Of pounds of tobacco.
IL. Number of pounds of wool.
10. Number of pounds of butter and
cheese.
IA. Number of horses
Is. Number Of mules.
16. Number of cattle.
II. Number of sheep.
18. Number of hogs.
10. Number of ounces Of gold dust
20. Number of barrels of salmon.
81. Number of bushels of oysters.
%. Number of feet of lumber.
1t will be seen by an examination of
the foregoing list that no provision is
made for the enumeration of some of
Oregon's most important industries
and resources.
Where is the hop industry for
instance? With this important pro-
duct omitted, Polk, Marion and Yam
hill, Benton, Linn, Clackamas and
Lane, and other rich and prosperous
counties Of Western Oregon, will
make poor showing indeed.
1t may be important to know just
how many barrels of salmon are put
up down in Clatsop county, but that is
no reason why the blank should not
have been made a little larger and
space provided for the Angora goat
and mohair industry.
1t will be interesting to find out how
many baskets of oysters and pals Of
CLANS are produced by the coast count
les each each year, but the valley |
counties would haye raised no partic-
ular objections had some attention
been paid to italian prunes.
Tobacco is a good weed, and lots Of
people use it. But Oregon does not
pretend to be a tobacco-producing |
state, and a good many people will be
inc lined to the notion that this
necessary of life" could have been
omitted from the census blank in
order to make room for the poultry
industry. The busy hen does not add
quite as much to the wealth Of Oregon
each year as does the hop vine, but
she comes precious near it. The chick
en- industry is of more importance
than the tobacco industry at least,
and should not have been omitted from
the census enumeration.
The blank in its present form is
little better than failure, and a very
poor industrial showing will be made
by the Western Oregon counties if it is
used.