Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-07
Supervisor F. F. Towle to Obtain Valuable Point
 CTS in Denver
WILL ATTEND BIG
 CENSUS CONVENTION
Several Good Positions in Gila County Must Be
 Filled Soon

| SupetNisOT 1OWle or tHe SI'Aoiid leu- eral census bureau is now on his way to Denver, where he will attend national congress of census super visors The object of this gathering is to formulate plans leading to an ac- curate and complete census, and there will be general exchange of ideas and comprehensive mapping of the work to be done.
 | Mir. Towle has very good understand ing of the task confronting the super visOrs and enumerators and is entering lupon the work with commendable | showing of enthusiasm and patriotism. Mr. Towle is not only booster for Globe, Gila county and Arizona, but is positive that America is the greatest | country under the shining heavens and he is desirous of making the census re- port so thorough that there will be no question regarding our greatness in any part of the civilized world. He believes that the supervisors in the respective states and territories should appoint dep uties in each county and densely popu- lated district, who should be in charge of the enumerators, and, while working under the direction of recognized super visors, should have the same power of direction and secure from their subor- tdinates the best possible service. Mir. ! Towie believes that he should have at least one lieutenant in every county in Arizona, and he will make a plan for such an organization throughout the entire country. The idea is a good one and it's adoption is almost a f0regone conclusion.
 In Gila county it will require from l five to six enumeratOTs to cover the field. This means five or six good posi- tions for live, patriotic men, who have at least the same interest in their eOun- | try that they have in their personal affairs. As yet MT. Towle has had no applications for the position of enum- orator. Applications, which will be duly filed, will be followed by an ex- animation prescribed by the chief sup ervisor at Washington. This examina- ton will be held on February ,, and the real work of taking the census will start all over the country on February 15.
 ''The simple test which candidates for enumerators' places will undergo 1 February does not take away the sup ervisors right under the law 10 desig- nate suitable persons for such posi- tions," said Supervisor Towle, before leaving for Denver.
 "It is designed to aid the super viosrs in the exercise of that discretion and to enable the census director in teIigently to use the power of approv- al of the supervisors designations con ferred upon him by law.
 "It is very well understood that President Taft, Secretary Nagel and Census Director Durand all hold the supervisors responsible for the enum- eration. There is no doubt, therefore, that our first and most important duty is the selection of honest, capable and active persons to make the count.
 "The census will be taken, not by the census bureau officers, but by the enum- orators. They are the ones who come in contact with the people and get the facts. Unless every single enumerator does his whole and proper duty there cannot be correct census. There can not be anything of greater scientific value to this country than accurate statistics as the basis of study of the existing conditions regarding our population, agriculture, manufactures, and mines and quarries.
 "All persons, unless specifically dis, qualified ,are entitled to apply to take the test. Only those under IS years of age and over 70, and those who have not become citizens of the United States, are barred. Otherwise, all per sons, regardless of sex and political affiliations, are eligible. It is left 10 my judgment whether it is wise to ap- point women in my district. They can do the work, have no doubt, espec ially in certain parts of the district. There were good many employed all over the country in the Twelfth cen sus.
 "'The time for closing the consider ation of applications is January 25. Those received after that date will have to be ignored. Applications should be addressed to me at this office and not to the census director. 1 will send in quirers the necessary form and instrue- tions concerning it. Afterward I will send those on the list, prior to the test, a set of directions for filling out the test papers, This will enable every one to come well prepared. Nothing could be fairer or better calculated co insure satisfactory applicant passing the test.
 "The test itself need not deter any one. Any person with common sense and a common-school education can pass | it. All it consists of is giving the can ddates sample population and agricul- tural schedules, upon which are to be written in the proper columns the re- quired details, which are found in printed descriptions, in narrative form, of typical families and farms supposed to be in district.
 There will be some instances requir- ing the exercise of judgment to decide