The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-04-14
CENSUS BEGINS
ON TOMORROW
POPULATION COUNT WILL START
FRIDAY.
WILL CONTINUE TWO WEEKS
PEOPLE SHOULD RENDER EVERY
ASSISTANCE POSSIBLE.

Tomorrow morning the work Of TAX
ing the census of the United States
Will begin, and the work will take
about two weeks time. Every person
should render all possible aid to the
enumerators, as the time is short and
all should endeavor to have their com
munity make as good a showing as is
possible. We want every man, woman
and child in Bookings city and Brook
ings county counted and with the CO.
operation of the people the enumer-
ators can do it.
Following is the list Of enumerators
for Brookings county: Wayne Nc
knight, White; Burt l.. Pearson, Bush
nell; II. NJ. Palmer, White; Arson L..
Crawford, r. F. d. No. /. Brookings;
Claire c. Dyball, Volga; p. O. Peter
son, 1924 Sixth ST, B%rookings; p. f.
Brookens, Bookings; Halvor X. Hal
vorson, Bookings; John j. w. Hef,
%fernan, Elkton, Hans J. Hanson, Hen
bricks, Mimi; Olof Evenson, Volga;
Albert d. Coleman, Bruce; Olof NJ.
Olson, Bruce.
The enumerators for Bookings city
are p. O. Peterson for the First and
Second wards and p. f. Brookens for
the Third and Fourth wards. The lat
ter is a college student and received
his commission the last of the week.
The ensus law requires the follow
ing questions to be asked and they
must be correctly answered:
The name, relationship TO head OF
family, color, sex, age, conjugal con.
dition, place of birth, place of birth OF
parents, number of years in the United
States, citizenship, occupation, wheth'
er or not employer or employee, and
if employee, whether Dr. o employed
at the date of enumeration april Is
1870, and the number of months un
employed during the preceding calen
dar year G909), whether or not en-
gagged in agriculture, school attend
ance, l~iteracy, and tenure of home, anC
whether or not a survivor of the Union
or Confederate Army or Navy; and the
name and address Of each blind OF
deaf and dumb person"
The same law. with reference tC
agriculture, requires that the enum
orators question shall call for:
The name, color, and country o.
birth of occupant of each farm, ten
iure, acreage Of farm, acreage of weed
any hiiu thd ldtltl vi lIlDCl Nv "
value Of farm and improvements, value
Of farm implements, number and value
Of live stock on farms and ranges, ant
the acreage of crops planted and to be
planted during the year Of enumera
tiCn 0910) and the acreage of crops
and the quantity and value of crops
and other farm products for the yea
ending December thirty-irst 09G9l
next preceding the enumeration"
Census enumerators wearing badges
with "U. S. Census 1910 stamped OF
them, will go from house to house anC
farm to farm, beginning April -
They are not to be regarded as spies
detectives, policemen, constables, taH
assessors, or officers of any city
county. or state. They are employed
by the L. S. Bureau of Census. They
do not represent any other department
Of the United States Government, OF
any foreign nation.
No person shall hesitate, neglect. OF
refuse to answer all the enumerator'S
questions. He only asks those neces
sary to fill the schedules which are
required by law. Nothing that is tOlC
him can in any way be used TO the
detriment or damage of any person, ol
his family, or his property.