The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-03-24


schedules gre framed by the Directos
of the Census in conformity with that
act. They apply to all persons living 10
the United States on April rs, next, the
Census Day" The same questions
are asked about each person. All
persons must answer all the questions
The census law, with reference -
population, requires that the enumerat-
or's questions shall, for each inhabi-
tant, call for:
"The name, relationship to head Of
family, color, sex, age, conjugal condi-
tion, place Of birth, place Of birth of par
ents, number of years in the United
States, citizenship, occupation, whether
or not employer or employee, and, il
employees, whether or not employed at
the date of enumeration (Aril -5, 1910),
and the number Of months unemployed
during the preceding calendar year
(l9Q9l, whether or not engaged in agri-
culture, school attendance, literacy, end
tenure of home, and whether or not
survivor Of the Union or Confederate
Army or Navy and the names and ad-
dresses of each blind or deaf and dumb
person"
The same law, with reference to agri.
culture, requires that the enunerator's
questions shall call for
"Tbe name, color, and country Of oc.
cupant of each farm, tenure, acreage UI
farm, acreage of woodland and clsarac-
ter OF timber thereon value OF farm and
improvements, value Of farm imple
ments, number and value of live stocl
on farms and ranges number and valut
of domestic animals not ON farms anc
ranges, and the acreage of crops PLAN
ed and to be planted during tn,
year of enumeration Q@0), anc
the acreage of crops and the quantit,
and talue of crops and other farm prod
nets for the year ending Decembei
thirty-frst l190e) next preceding th'
enumeration"
Census enumerators wearing Dadge
with "U. g. Census 1S10'' stamped OF
them, will 60 from house to house, ant
farm to farms beginning April Is. The,
are not to be regarded as spies, detee
tives, policemen, constables, tan asses
sors. or officers of any city, county. 0
state. They are employed by the U. :
Bureau of the Census. They do no
represent any other part Of the Unite'
States Government, or ary foreign ma
tion
No person should hesitate. neglect, 0
-efuse to answer all the enumetator'
II. questions He only asks those neces
sary to fill the schedules which are re
. quired by law Nothing that is toll
him can in any way be used to the de.
!, fiment or damage Of any p,rson, or hi
family, or his property.
4 Replies to enumerators ares ana mus
!, be, held by the Census Bureau In strit
n zad absolute confidence
/ All the IT, s. Census officihls, supel
vlsors, supervisors clerks, enumerator'
J.. and interpreters, befire entering upo
+ tlr.ir duties, are obliged "a take l. so
!. Tenn oath not TO disc ose any informs
tion they may JhtRin, except to the Ger
= sus Bnread, and violation cf tn
q United States law In regard 70 this bat
: nfeans $1,000 fine, or imprisonmer
!, for two years, OF both, in the diseretio
q" of the Court.
~ ii any adult perscfI refusee of willfull
J. neglCcts to answer an cndmeratnr
p ques tiots, OF, 1t any pefsofi. willfrll
gives answers that are false, he or st
can be arrested carried 10 court, an
fined up to 400 Keepers of hotel
h apartment houses, boarding or lodgin
n houses, tenements or other building
in which Persons make theft home
3 must help the ent,merator when a-ke'
= or they will be liable to arrest ard pun
t ishmefft BY fine DIP TO 5000
f. Dana Durand, Directo
: AFPRovKDs Charles Nagel,
Secretary, Deuartmer
~ OF Commerce and La 10