El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-07
CENSUS TAKING IS
To BEGIN IN
FEW DAYS
Supervisor Fitzpatrick and
His EnumeratOrs Get
Ready For Work.

j. B. Fitzpatrick, superintendent OF the
federal census for FL Paso and FL Pas(
county has established his headquarters
in the chamber Of commerce and is ar
/ ranging for the taking of the govern
ment census beginning April Is. Judge
John Llttler, enumerator for this dis
| trict has sent the necessary blanks and
! instructions for the enumerators and the
enumerators will, be instructed by su-
/ perintendent Fitzpatrick in the work to
be done by them.
The list of enumerators and the QueS-
lions they are to ask as required in
! the printed Instructions are as follows:
For the City
Precinct IN. w. Wilkerson, 1929
Epson avenue; William Garrett 915
East Missouri street
Precinct miss Jessie Wilson, 1913
, Texas street.
Precinct 3-Mrs. Emma Humphreys,
e15 West Olive street.
Precinct 4-P. ] Phelan, SCI North
Stanton street
Precinct 5-Harry A Davis, 7o1 Mum
dy avenue.
Precinct s-Henry A Donnelly, 1906
Missouri street
Precinct 7-Wiliford P. Burnham,
14O4 Olive street.
Precinct iS-H. r. Gamble. corner
Mesa and Wyoming.
Precinct e-James P. Sullivan, 1881
Ma Coffin avenue.
Precinct 10-Jose J. Perez. San Eli
carlo.
Precinct John n. Harris, FL
Paso.
Prencint 12-Albert H. Bethel, SI6
Copper street
Precinct 13-Elsie B. Tomlinson 414
North Campbell.
Precinct 14.-Sydney NJ. Shackelford,
625 Prospect avenue
Precinct 15-Mrs. Eta Tomlinson, 521
North Campbell
Precinct 16-John o. Sharp. 1905 Mesa
avenue
Precinct 17-Mrs. Coney n. Halford,
1920 Wyoming street
Precinct IS-N. Thomas Christopher,
Box 1114. Ell Paso.
Precinct 1s-Ely Martin, care Ell Paso
Times.
Precinct 20-James Allan. Ysleta.
Precinct 90. n. Mcbride, box 963,
FL Paso.
Precinct 22-AIrs. Maude E. Sampson.
40 South st. Vrain
Precinct 23-Henry L. Red, .11s West
Missouri street.
Precinct 24-J. B. Dubois. 110e Bou-
levard
For Outside the City.
w w Davis, Ysleta; W A Wuer-
schmidt, Ysleta; L. s. Kinnicott- Ysleta:
Glen !. Bell, 521 North Campbell; E.
A Hester, 1907 Magoffin avenue; W.
B. Morris, Kent; Lloyd n. Davis, so1
Rio Grande.
The Questions.
The census law with reference to
population, requires that the enumer-
ator's questions shall, for each inhabit-
ant, call for:
The name, relationship to head of
family, color. sex. age, conjugal condi-
ton, place of birth, place of birth of
parents, number Of years in the United
States citizenship, occupation, whether
ploye, whether or not employed at the |
date of enumeration april Is, 1910, |
and the number of months unemployed
during the preceding calendar year
Q9OS), whether or not engaged In agri-
culture, school attendance literacy. and
tenure of home, and whether or not a
survivor of the Union or Confederate
army or navy; and the name and address
Of each blind or deaf and dumb per-
son.
The Questions Regarding Agriculture
The same law. with reference to agri-
culture requires that the enumerator's
questions shall call for: 1.
The name, color, and country of
birth or occupant Of each farm. tenure. |
acreage OF farm, acreage of woodland
and character of timber thereon, value
OF farm and improvements, value of
farm implements, number and value of |
livestock on farms and ranges number |
and value of domestic animals not on |
farms and ranges and the acreage of !
crops planted and to be planted during
the year Of enumeration G910), and the |
acreage of crops and the quantity and |
value OF crops and other farm products |
Tor the year ending December 81, Q9Os) |
next preceding the enumeration"
Penalties for Refusing Information
If any adult person refuses or will !
fully neglects to answer an enumera- |
tors questions, or if any persons will |
fully gives answers that are false, he |
or she can be arrested, carried TO court |
and fined up TO 500. Any keeper of a |
hotel, boarding house, lodging house |
or tenement house refusing to assist |
the enumerators when 50 required can /
be fined $500