Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-15

BEGIN CENSUS
GREAT WORK OF GATHERING
STATISTICS ALL OVER UNIT
ED STATES is ON.
All Figures VIII be Based on TOday's
Conditions.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Today
IS census day all over the United
States. Uncle Sam wants to know
low many subjects he has, how rich
be is, how prosperous he has be-
eome and a hundred other things,
and to this end he is prepared to
spend thirteen million dollars. DR..
3. Dana Durand is in charge of this
stupendous job. He expects that his
enumerators will be able to find be-
ween $4,000, 900 and 81, 900, 900 peo-
pie in the country, and each head
of the house will be required to tell
all about his age, color and past
and present condition of conjugal
servitude, as we'll as to answer a
host of other personal questions. Live
stock will also be enumerated, and
ali sorts. of wealth and when the JOB
IS done Uncle Sam will know, not
Dnly how many souls he is composed
bf, but also how many horses, cat
lie, pigs, sheep and other animals he
has, how many farms he owns, what
hey produce, how his manufacturing
9lants, mines and quarries are faring,
nd a lot of other interesting infor-
nation about himself.
In the matter of the population Of
titles, 1t is certain that New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia will retain
heir supremacy as the three largest
municipalities of the country. All are
Expected to show great gains, and
New York will take another big jump
toward overtaking London. Chicago
will certainly show a big percentage
BIZ gain, and Philadelphia a smaller
pne.
When 1t comes to the fourth city,
he staticians are uncertain, and the
discovery of that fourth city of the
ountry will be one of the most in
eresting developments of the census
BIT. Louis held fourth place ten years
go, with a population of approx
aately SIS, 900. Boston was fifth with
$4,000. Baltimore, Cleveland, Buff
bio, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Pitts
nrg and New Orleans followed in the
rider named.
While St. Louis has made big gains
stimates of its present population
angling from 100000 to S0O,OOOi
here is a possibility that it will BIZ
assed by Pittsburg, which has done
lot of annexing in the last decade
Dnservative estimates of the Smoky
ty's population put it at 775,O0O
lille the Pittsburg Chamber of Com
erce claims 1t will reach the mil
on mark. 1t is practically certain
lat the western Pennsylvania metro
bills, which was in eleventh place il
he last census, will push well up L
he front, and it may grab the covet
4 fourth place.
In the taking of the census all fig
res will be those OF today. Ever
the census taker doesn't ge
round for a week or two, a bah!
orn after today will not be counted
nfants who want to get in on tn,
punt will have to arrive before mid
ight. People who marry after to
ay will be counted as single. Thos
mo die after today, and before tn
numerator comes around, will b
Dunted as alive. People who get
ivorce after today win be number
4 among the married.
Folk will be enumerated at thei
usual place of abode" and this
ehned as where one sleeps, no
here one eats OF works.
Transient sleepers will not, how
yer. be enumerated as permanent
siding at the place Of passin
lumber. These transients includ
sitors. temporary-boarders. stu
ents, meal takers who sleep else
here. employers who sleep else
here, former family members VIII
ave become permanent inmates c
sylums, almshonses. homes, prisons
md other Institutions.