The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
Time Is at Hand for Persons to
Make Applications as
EnumeratOrS.
DIRECTOR GIVEN RANGE
IN MATTER OF PAYMENT
Excellent Wages May BE Made
by Energetic Persons Who
Work Faithfully.

A'Adl Elloulu St!ib III NllFlI
These should be addressed to Hugh y.
McMillin. census supervisor for Utah,
roonl sos Dooly building. where Mr.. Nc
MiIlin has fitted up comfortable ana con-
venient quarters.
Monday Mr.. McMillin received from Di-
rector Durand an item for publication
in regard TO applicants for census Gnu
nIerstorS. The directors information is
contained in The following:
Any person Of good judgment. who
has received an ordinary common school
education. can readily and easily pass
the 'est til nc given applicants for cen
sus enumeratore places Saturday. Feb
ruarv .. the date jnally set hy United
states Census Director DUranJ. accord
bureau. This VIII hc n comforting as
Sarancc to the several hundred thousand
who are believed 10 be contemplating ap-
rlicston fer the places.
Test Practical One.
II was empbaticsIly stated at the
nently reasonable and practical one. SIM
liar to that applied to applies ntS. at the
twelfth census II will consist of flllmg
out 81 sample schedule OF population from
description. in nara live form, of typi
cal families and. In the case OF emu
merstors whose work will be in the ru-
10 hll out an additional sample schedule
of agriculture. from Information fun
nished by rhe census bureau.
All persons. whether women or men,
)nerstors must be citizens OF the United
States. residents of the supervisors ois-
frict Tor which they wish 10 be ap-
pointed must be not less than Is nor
more than 30 years Of age. must he
physically able To do the work: must
be trustworthy. honest and OF good
education. and must be able 20 write
plainly and with reasonable rapIdity.'
Many Enumerators Needed.
Those who can comply with these re-
oulremsnts are invited to put Ill their
spplics rionS. as there viii be at least
the middle of March in preparation for
the enumeration beginning April 10.
Application forms with full instruc-
'ions for filling in. and complete infor-
nation concerning the test aud the
method of appointment. can be secured
by writing 10 the supervisor Of census
for the supervisors district in which the
applicant lives. All applications, prop
ccly filled In. must b. Med with the su-
pervisors not later than January %. as
any received after that date cannot be
considered.
Pay Of Enumerators,
Naturally. the foremost question In the
minds OF those vino propose To make ap-
pication Is: How much does the job
pay?
The law organizing tho thirteenth cen
sus provides that the director shall have
no little latitude in the matter OF COM
pensation. The pay for enumcrato
ranges from a minimum OF cents 10
I cents for each name, For farms ii
TangeS from 90 70 50 cents for manu-
factories, such. for example. AS a candy
factory. 50 cents: fo- barns and enclos-
Ures where livestock is kept and not on
farms. 90 cents.
The records show that. in the census
Of 1900. slXty-two enumerstors in Salt
Lake city earned an average or S3.sl
day; fifty-four an average OF little
more than 81. and eighteen moro than
SO. The latter group operated in the
outside districts. where. perhaps q horse
and vehicle were necessary. The general
basis In The city for each name was -
cents.
Distances Are Long.
The census enumerators in the city
viii have fourteen DAYS in which TO COM
rlste their work, and those In tho other
iStrictS four weeks.
from the director IN arrangement for
The districts IN the state. These he cor
Iectcd TO meet local conditions and Tor
Dardcd them again tn the bureau He
has received word that his corrections
have been accepted and Incorporated in
The official maps, and that these arc now
in the hands Of ting printer -
city will provide for an enumerttor ol
each election district. In the country
there VIII be one for each election pre-
CIftEl- i-D1'l I''6N'l
county. for example. would have three
orumcrators. following the precinct
lines. The precincts are sometimes COM
bincd but thcy are always contiguous
Grand county has three divisions also.
In ti1c more populous sections, of course,
this arrangement is somewhat modified.
Magnificent Distances.
Speaking of Grand county. Mr.. Nc
Alillin has discovered something new
with respect to the land OF magnificent
.IF. hat fhf fli moo
from Thompson's. on the Rio Grandc.
the nearest railroad station 10 Bluff, IN
san Juan county. Is greater than the
distance from any point 10 the nearest
railroad station In any state OF the
unIon--as the crow flcs or otherwise.
When one looks at the map, one is
from Thompsons 10 Bluff truly is some
ways.
This IL pertinent because all of that
vast stretch. and others pretty much
like it.. viii have 10 he Travelled by the
census enumoraiors. even though it be
only 10 round mp n prospcctor in the
hills; or sheep herder on the range.
Mr.. McMlllIn II OF the opinion that the
schcdule.-schcdules are really applica-
tion blanks To be Oiled out by the would
b., enumerator--will he somewhat de-
that has been and is being made neces-
saiy in connection with the thirteenth
census. This fact. however. does not
prevent an applicant from sending. in
Mr.. McAIilin'e office viii receive such
notices and return an Acknowledgement
of their receipt. They will oe kept on
file and when the blank schedules ar
rive ihey viii be forwarded TO the per-
son applying
Approver BY Bureau.
Mr. McMillin will. when he receives
the schedules properly filled out. forward
them 10 tho bureau at Washington.
rhc7e they will be passed upon aud re-
turned with the approval of tho director
"a tho supervisor. who Will then make
his selections from the approved lists.
There Is no limit To the number OF ap-
plicatlons that may be made. but, of
course. only stated number can be ap-
pointed. Thus. there may bc twenty
applications from Beaver county, where
iIIere arc only three places 10 be filed.
Anv number Of applications may come
in however and they will be considered
by the bureau and from. them Mr: Nc
AiiIin will make his selections. IN ali
cases where il is practicable. enumcr-
atorg will be selected who arc residents
OF tho district in which tho enumeration
is 10 b. made.
Mr. McMilIin does not expect that his
appointments Will be made within Il
month and a half, at the least Mean
t1,. ft7,f Tod In. lar