Arizona republican., 1910-02-06
SEVENTY FOUR TOOK
 EXAM. FOR CENSUS
THEY ALL WANT TO BE
 ENUMERAToRs
Some Funny Questions the Census Man
 Will Ask You.

Seventy-four young men and women
 took the special examination at the
 capitol yesterday for positions as cen-
 sus enumerators in Arizona. There
 were two sessions held; one at 9 in
 the morning and the other at 2 in
 the afternoon. The examination occu-
 pied about four hours for most of the applicants. though there were a few. who were the envy of all the rest, who seemed to be so thoroughly familiar for the intricate business that they
 finished mp their papers in a short while and departed The examiners were Clarence R Craig and Malcom Gillette
 The examination was in two parts. one dealing with the problems that the enumerator will have to face in talk ing the census in cities and towns. and the other dealing with agricultural statistics. Some of those present confined themselves to the first part only. but most of them took both ex- aminations.
 The questions were not quite so hard as How old is Ann?' but some of them rather closely approached that time honored problem. Regular census blanks were provided each applicant and then were placed before him a tumble of details about mythical peo- pie who lived on mythical streets in dream villages. and whose ancestors came from fairyland and whose de- scendants had not yet been born-and from this the would-be enumerator lr,. relate it in the little blank spaces left for the purpose. Those who had not taken any particular pains to famili- arize themselves with the advance sheets sent out by the bureau. thor oughly understood the business of talk ing the census by the time they had read through all the instructions. ans wered all the questions and completed the three weary hours of work.
 Some of the questions that the enum- orators will be required to ask the vic tins would apparently require some small measure of diplomacy. But the enumerators in Arizona are to be se- lected with great care and 1t is safe to say that the bright young men and women whom Census Supervisor Towle will send out will be able to draw an obvious conclusion or two. For in- stance. some of the questions that stage idiot might ask are as follows: Are you deaf and dumb?" Are you blind in both eyes?" "Is your house mortgaged?" Can you read but not write?" Can you write and not read?" Are you black. white or mulatto?" What is your sex?"
 All this sort of information must be and there are a few ques- tions that must be asked. but a little tact and just ordinary plain horse sense will naturally supply answers to many questions that might be somewhat ban al when asked face to face. It is quite possible to learn whether a man or woman is deaf and dumb without ask ing.
 The second part of the examination dealt with agriculture. The enumerat- ors who are to go out into the farm districts will be required to get infor- nation in regard to the crops on ev- cry piece of land they visit. They will find out how many hogs a farmer has. how many cows. chickens. geese or peacocks. They will want to know how much milk the cows give and how much money the farmer got for the sale of pork last year.
 Some of the questions may appear a bit foolish to the farmer. The will want to know whether a heifer was born before January 1. 1910 and the birthday of a mule. But all of these things go to make up the great big volume of cesus statistics