Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-13
CENSUS TAKERS
READY TO BEGIN
Supervisor Wallace Has a Final
Conference With the City
Enumerators.
ACCURACY is DEMANDED
Each Block Must Be Completed Be-
by Assuring Against Misses.

R. r. Wallace, district supervisor of
the census, met with the census emu
merators of the city and the lower end
of the county this morning at the New
Harper A general discussion of the
government instructions was held and
all matters which we're not exactly
clear to everyone were explicitly ex-
planned There were 20 present, in
GLIDING IA from Rock Island The en-
tire district has not been arranged for
as yet. A few of the precincts are not
provided with enumerators, but this
will be remedied as soon as possible.
The fact that the one who is work
ing as an enumerator must stay within
the limits of the city block and finish
his work before commencing another,
was impressed upon the workers. If
one skips around, from one house to
another opposite in another block,
chances are that someone will be miss
ed. and as it is the intention of the
government to have the work abso-
lutely correct, the rule was made that
one block must be finished completely
before another is started.
Interpreter Needed.
AS yet no interpreters have been en-
gagged to translate for the foreigners
who are citizens in this city Interpre-
tiers Of Greek and Belgium are the
ones most needed, as there are several
hundreds of these countrymen in the
city, and IT will be impossible to gain
an accurate census from them without
the aid of interpreters.
No chances of passing a single per
son are to be taken. After the census
is completed by the enumerators, cou-
pons to be filed out will be published,
and anyone who has not been seen is
requested to fill the same out and re-
turn it TO the workers.
This morning Mr.. Wallace spoke to
the pupils of the high school. General
assembly was called at 9:15, and an
outline of the plans and purpose of
the census was given by Mr.. Wallace.
superintendent H. B. Hayden then
took him to Lincoln school and a talk
was given before the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades. All of the children
were told that it would be to the inter
est of the entire community if all
enumerators were answered as fully
and accurately as possible. Some peo-
pie may think that to answer these
questions will cost them something,
but such is not the case
Teachers TO Aid.
superintendent Hayden is sending
circulars to all teachers of the public
schools, with a list of instructions,
and the children are to be drilled in
them. The children will become inter
ested in this way and will in turn in
terest their parents, and the enumera-
tors will be greatly aided in complet-
ing their work in the allotted two
weeks. They will begin their work
next Friday morning.
Under seven general heads, as fol
Classification, name, relation, person
al description, nativity, occupation and
educatiOn-theTe are 50 questions to be
answered by each and every citizen
The enumerators have received special
instruction as to the information de-
sired under the head of nativity. The
first question to be asked is the place
of birth of this person If United
States is the birthplace, the state or
territory is wanted, not city. town or
county. If the person was born in a
foreign country, give exact location,
as Ireland England. Scotland or Wales
etc, and not simply Great Britain If
in Austria-Hungary, do not simply give |
general name, but distinguish between |
Austria and Hungary. If born in Fin |
land do not give Russia,
Mother Tongue Required.
In connection with the above, con- /
gress has passed an act requiring the |
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