The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-10
II .fSHISGTOA EMS


orders have been issued by the post
offiee department affecting tile postal
scsice If Montana:
Discontinue Diamond City postofffcc
an october II and Central Park office
on October 30. Discontinue imme-
diatcly the exchange OF brass lock mail
pouches between Ekaiaka and Miles
City. Reduce mail messenger service
at siiverstar. Madison county. t. six
times !. week
In all the principal cities of tho
country and this includes those in
Montana, such a. Billings. fpzeman,
Butte, Great Fails. Helena. kalispen,
Miles City and Mlssoula. the civil
service commission will. on November
3, conduct an examination to secure.
UPWARDS Of l,s1h special agents for the
collection of the thirteenth census sta
tistics of manufactures, mines aud
aGarrtes. Applications, which may he
obtained from the civil service COM
mission here, must be filled in and
filed with the commission on or before
October u.
Citizens of the United States between
20 and 80 years of age are eligible tn
take the examination. including
women but 1t is stated that the OPP
portunity for their appointment is
slight, and but few of them will he
appointed. The appointments will be
made the first of the year. The census
bureau wants those who have had col
lage ar university courses in economies
ar 81 nI .SFfth
in manufacturing and business ac-
counting work
The work of the agents will he to
obtain I'm person from manufacturing
establishments and mines and quar-
ries, statistics covering their invest
mert, quantity and value of products
aid raw materials used, number ri
employees and their wages. the eharar-
ter and quantity of power. etc. They
will be divided into two ciassns-chief
special agents. who will gather statis-
tics and supervise the work of assis-
tant special agents within territory
ar district: assistant special agents,
who viii collect statistics under the
direction nj special agents. Chief sre-
rial agents will receive si5n to SO a
day. including intervening sundays.
and assistants from 81 tn 81 n day.
including Sundays. In some Instance .
they may he employed on piece work.
The chief SPECIAL agents will he EN-
played from 6 to Ii months, and the
assistants from three To six months.
Those making 70 percentage in the ex-
animation. which will consist of filiing
out blanks, etc. will he eligible for APP
pointmpnt 'Fbusp who have had Slffs-
factory experience in the collection
of statistics in census work will not
BE- subjected IL the practical test. Us
will also those who have passed the
civil service examination for special
agent or examiner for the bureaus Of
corporations and labor. Appointments
viii be made solely with reference Ia
equipment and availability. and there
Will Ia no geographical apportionmnnt.
Figures show that in 1906. the latest
year. for which statistics are available.
there were fae,.32 Sunday schools i'm
the United states with 174s.n16 off
GERS AMI teachers and 1a.saI. Sill
scholars. The Methsdis.s lead in the
number If schools. a5.22.. and also in
scholars. 4.lI2.a3l, The Raptists fol-
low with 2.sas.sll scholars in 4i.i6a
schools: the Presbyterian third. with
i3,04S schools ard l.5ii.f75 scholars. fol-
lowed by the Catholics with s.ias
schools and l.4sl.asa scholars. The rep
resentatian Of tho othe.' denominations
is given as follows: Adgentista. -.o7S