The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-01-22
Supervisor Bennett Issues Call.


as census enumerators has been issued
by supervisor Of census. J. T. Bennett.
Of DeTour. He urges all persons in
this district desiring to serve to obtain
their application forms at once and to
file them with him before January 81.
when he must stop considering new ap-
plications in order to prepare for the
test of the previous applications on
February 5. After this he win examine
and rate the papers until February 20,
when he will forward his list of designa-
tions a. enumerators, with their test
papers to Census Director Durand. who
will carefully 60 over and rerate the
papers of the successful candidate be-
fore giving his consent to the issue of
commissions to them by the supervisor.
BY the middle or the latter part Of March
all the enumerators win have been com
missioned and in receipt Of detailed in
structions concerning their work.
To quiet any qualms relative to the
test" Of the qualifications Of applica-
tions, to be made February 5, the SUI
pervisor has obtained some information
from the Census Director concerning
the "test" Of Twelfth Census enumer-
ators. 1t has been officially stated that
the 1910 "test" will be very similar to
the one in the preceding census and will
consist in requiring applicants to fill
sample schedules from printed narra-
tives concerning census facts. As the
rural enumerators are to carry both the
population aud agricultural schedules,
they will be ''tested with samples of
both, but the city enumerators, who carry
the population schedule alone, will only
be required to prove their ability by fill
ing a sample of that schedule.
The test" population schedule mar
rative in 1900 was, in part as follows:
''The enumerator of the forty-fifth
enumeration district of the ninth super
visor's district of the state of Pennsyl-
vania in the village of Port Royal, Lon
donberry Township, Schuylkill County,
begins his enumeration June ], 1900, at
No. 201 Burton street.
This house is occupied by single
family, consisting of Patrick O'Leary,
his wife Margaret, and his son, James.
Patrick came to this county from
Ireland (where he was born of Irish
parents) in May of 1870, when he was
just twenty two years old. Three years
after his arrival he was married to an
Irish girl who had come over from his
native country year before. As soon
as possible he became naturalized. He
can read and write and speak English,
and owns good house, free of incum-
brance, which he has bought from his
earnings as teamster, in which occupa-
ton he has had steady work during the
past year.
Margaret, his wife is also of Irish
parentage, and was born in January,
and is nearly four years younger than
her husband. Shehas had two children
only one of whom is living. She can
read and speak English but has to make
her mark for her signature.
James was born in Harrisburg,
February. 1875. He has good COM
mon school education works At any sort
Of day labor, and secured nine months
steady work during the past year. He
il not married.
''In the next house 203 Burton street,
the enumerator found an English woman
by the name Of Mrs. Jane Parker, q
widow, occupying rented house with
her single daughter, Virginia, and her
married daughter. Nellie E.; and the
husband Of the latter, Albert Johnson.
''Mrs. Parker came to the country 81
years ago. has . good education, is q
dress maker by trade, and has constant
employment. She was SO years old last
April, and 10 Of Scottish birth on her
mothers side. She has had four children
three of whom are living and one Of
whom has died.
Virginia is Of English parentage,
has been through the local schools and
has been sales woman for eight months
Of the past year; she was born in Phila,
delphia in March, 1877.
s.Nellie E. was twenty eight years
old last January, and has but recently
married, She was born in Baltimore,
reads, writes and speaks English.
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