The San Francisco call., 1910-05-02
STORK DISRUPTS
FEDERAL CENSUS
Wise Old Bird Propounds Fine
Question for Uncle Sans
EnumeratOrs

1nf1amed with an intense and patri-
otic desire to swing the center of pop
ulation westward from the point six
miles southeast of Columbus, Ind. at
which place it was placed by the CEN
sus of 1900, Harry Webb Jr. of 1541
Steiner street has directed a burning
communication to Captain G. w. Bald
win, supervisor of the census, and by
so doing has disrupted and divided the
entire force of inspectors huddled in
sad eyed worriment in room 507. Chron-
icle building, headquarters for Uncle
Sans tabulators. Harry Webb Jr. has
submitted a problem such as no enum-
orator ever before encountered east OF
the coast of the high Barbary and west
of Twin peaks.
FRESH FROM THE CRADLE
Thus writes Webb Jr.:
April 2s, 1910.
G. w. Baldwin, Supervisor of Cen
sus-My Very Dear Sir: Owing. to
the unfavorable influence of Mr..
Halley's erratic comet my stork,
which was good stork, and well
intentioned, was unable to negotiate
San Francisco until 10 minutes past
arrived in time to have my name
enrolled as native son of my be-
lOVed city.
The following. is all the infor-
nation concerning myself am
NY name isl IS Harry Webb Jr;. &nd
my age is IL hours; I weigh
side at 1541 Steiner street with mys
parents. At present l have no oc-
cupation. My father was born in
Of these United States. Ny Ny mother
is a native daughter. Everybody 1
have met thus far declares that l
am the most beautiful native son
that ever happened, but we will let
that go. Probably my friends are
prejudiced. At that, however, 1 do
not dispute their word.
/ can not read nor write, and re-
gret to say that can not even speak
the English language. Nothwith-
standing this, / succeed admirably
OF this 1 am positive. Hoping to
meet an enumerator face 10 face,
cordially yours,
Inspectors George Regan and w. B.
Jenkins were among those who spent
the most time frowning over the prob
lem presented in the helated arrival
of young Webb Jr., and they became so
involved in q hot debate concerning
the merits of the case that they lost
track entirely of their own affairs.
GENEROUS STORK, THIS
Their surprise can not be expressed
when they returned home yesterday to
find that right in their own families
the same problem had arisen. They
had become the fathers of bouncing
boys.
Captain Baldwin finally was called
to pass on the cases of the young
Americans. and he blasted all their
hopes of getting enrolled in this census.
'They must wait until 1920" the su-
peryisor declared. THE stork should
have arrived by midnight, April 15, in
order to get in under the wire for this
enumeration"
Seventy five per cent of the enumer-
ations have been finished, but for some
days the work of picking up stragglers
will go on. The flying squad of 275
men sent out Saturday nosed In and out
of out of the way places all night, and
many were still crusading yesterday
morning About 5000 names, mostly
those of wine buns" and their ilk
were secured by this raiding band.
Captain Baldwin invites every one
not enumerated to send in their names
on the advance schedules at once, OF
notify his Office by telephone, letter OF
personal call He desires to give San
Francisco every citizen to which the
city is entitled.