Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-01-07

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III is very we'll understood that Pres
ident Taft, Secretary Nagel an" census
| Director Durand all ho.d the superiiS'
ors responsible for the enumeration
There is no dodDt, therefore, that oui
first and most important duty Is the Sc
lection of honest. capable ana active
persons to make the count.
The census will re taken not 10y 'he
census bureau officials or SUPERVISORS
but by the enumerators. They are the
ones who come in contact with the peO-
pie and get the facts. Unless ever!
enumeration Il - hj, wupic Ini prup''
duty there cauuOt be a correct census
There cannot be anything OF greater
scientific value to this country than nc
| curate statistics as the hIsis of 4 study
Of the existing conditions regarding our
population. agriculture. m"Inutacture
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 20 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. 1t Is lett to
my Judgment whether il j. wise to APP
point women in my district. They can
10 the work. ! have no doubt. espec-
tally in certain parts of the district.
There were a good "a employed all
over the country in tn" twelfth cen
,uS.
The time for closing the conSidcra-
ton of application, il January p.
Those received after thai date will have
to be ignored. Applications shout be
made to me at this Office and not To tine
| census director. | will send in4 .e.s
the necessary form AMI instructions r''
! gtrding it. Aftcrward | will send
those ON The list, prior to the test, a
set Of directions for filling IA the test
papers. This will enable everyone Ia
come well prepared Nothing could he
faircr or better calculated To insure a
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 1t consists of i giving the
candidates sample population and agri
cultural schedules, upon which are to
be written in the proper columns the
required details, which are found in
printed descriptions, i'll narrative form,
of typical families and farms supposed
| To- br in the district. There will De-
spme instance, requiring the exercise
I vi Judgment To- decide whether u gwen
entry should In 1;,ie under one head
ing or another. Nuu can ~" how sim
| pie and elementary it i.
The test will b. held all over the
country and IN every supervisors dis
trict February ,. There will he several
! places in each district for taking
1t. One place would not be sufficient.
It would not hold all the candidates.
A. supervisor shall have the direction
of all. and the test examination at Zach,
no matter under what official agency it
j., held. will b" that sole and simple one
prescribed hv the census director.
Il am given until February - to rate
the paper, in "A very simple way, and Ia
gain IN idea Of the qualifications of
those rated a. having passed. Next
will forward the papers Of the success.
full candidates, with my rcCommenda-
tionsi Or designations. to the Census
Director. He will. if satisfied that
suitable persons have beer selected,
give his consent To their appointment.
and they will he commissioned. The
middle or latter Of March should see
everything settled, and the selected and
commissioned cnumcratorS will be sent
more circulars and books Of instructions
relative TO the Interpretation or mean.
ing of the questions on the two
schedules.
April II the Census Army will NOV,
forward in the enumeration.
Certainly the Federal Census taking
is as necessary and as honorable as Jury
duty, and. as all good and useful
citizens do not hesitate to respond to
10 the call for such duty.I therefore ask
the same high-gradc citizenship to come
forward and help me have the ccnsu,
taken accurately and expcditiously.
AS President Taft has said the pay
is not large hut the work is worth doing
we'll, and some day We shall all feel
proud in the consciousness that we had
- part. however humble. in taking thi.
| Census.