The Greeley tribune., 1910-01-06
OF CENSUS
GIVES OUT MANY FACTS

me simple test which candidates
,or ehumerators' places will undergo
repruary b does not take away tue
SUPERVISORS right under the census
Jaw 10 designate suitable persons for
such position" said Supervisor OF
census A. McGaffey at his Office
today.
1T is designed to aid the SUPER
visors In the exercise of that discre-
tioh and to enable the census direc-
tor intelligently to use the power I.
approval OF the supervisors desig-
nations conferred upon him by law.
it is very we.l understood that
president Taft, Secretary Nagel, and
Census Director Durand all hold the
supervisors responsible for the emu
Lheratlon. mere is no doubt, there
iore. that our first and most impor-
tant duty is the selection of honest,
capable and active persons to make
the count.
The census will be taken, not by
the census bureau officers or the
supervisors. but by the enumerators.
They are the ones who come in n
tact with the people and get the facts.
Unless every single enumerator does
his whole and proper duty there
cannot be correct census. There
can not be anything of greater sci
entific value to this country than
accurate statistics as the basis of
study of the existing conditions re-
garding our population, agriculture,
manufactures, and mines and quar-
ries.
IAN persons, unless specifically
disqualified, are entitled to apply to
take the test. Only those under IS
years of age and over 20, and those
who have not become citizens of the
United States, are barred Other
wise. all persons, regardless of sex
and political affiliations, are eligi-
Bile. 1t is left to my Judgment wheth-
er it is wise to appoint women in my
district. They can do the work. I
have no doubt, especially in certain
parts of the district There were a
good many employed all over the
country in the twelfth census.
THE time for closing the consider
alton of applications is January 25.
Those received after that date will
have to be ignored. Applications
should be addressed in writing to me
at this office and not to the census
director. | will send inquirers the
necessary form and instructions con-
cerning it. Afterward l will send
those on the list, prior to the test,
a set of directions for filling out the
test papers. This will enable every
one to come well prepared. Nothing
could be fairer or better calculated
tn inc CT onnlino nf
passing the test.
THE test itself need not deter any
one. Any person with common
school education can pass it. All 1t
consists of is giving the candidates
sample population and agricultural
schedules. upon which are to be writ
ten in the proper columns the re-
quired details. which are found In
printed descriptions. in narrative
form. OF typical families and farms
supposed to be in r. district. There
WILL he some instances requiring th
exercise of Judgment to decide wheth
er a given entry should be made un
der one column heading or another
! You can see how simple and elemen
tary it is.
"The test will he held all over thu
country and in every supervisors dis
trict February 5. There will be sew
eral places in each district for taking
it. One place would be insufficient
1t would not hold all the candidates
! As supervisor. ! shall have the direc
ton of all, and the test examination
at each. no matter under what oni
cial agency it is held. will be tina
sole and simple one prescribed by tn
census director.
81 am given until February % t.
rate the papers in very simple way
and to gain an idea of the qualifica
tions of those rated as having passed
Next, | will forward the papers
the successful candidates, with m
recommendation or designations. T.
the census director. He will, if sat
istied that suitable persons have Deei
selected, give his consent to their ap
pointment. and they will be commis
stoned. The middle or latter part o
March should see everything settled
and the selected and commisslone'
enumerators will be sent more cir
culars and books of instructions rel
ative to the Interpretation or mean
ing of the questions on the two schea
ules.
april Is the census army WI
move forward in the enumeration.
certainly the federal census-tak
ing is as necessary and as honorabl
as jury duty, and. as all good am
useful citizens do not hesitate u
respond to the call for such du's
| therefore ask the same hish-sraa
citizenship to come forward ana ntll
men have the census taken accurate
ly and expeditiously.
"As President Taft has SAID, 'n
nav is not large but the work !
worth doing we'll, and some day '"
shall all feel proud in the conscious
ness that we had a part, howeVe
humble. in taking this census.
Medical Association Meets
The Weld County Medical assoeia
ton met Monday evening In the GU,