Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-05-13
FOR MORE ACCURATE CENSUS.
Board Of Trade Requests All Persons Not
Enumerated to Notify seeretsry-Use
OF Existing Schedules.

Has the census enumerator called on
you yet? This is the question which the
board Of trade wishes the people Of Brat
tleboro to answer in the interest Of get
ting accurate figures OF the pop
ulation OF the town. The board Of trade
had reason to believe that the census
taken during the last two weeks in April
was not as complete and accurate as it
might have been, and in the interest Of
the town the board took steps to secure
the names OF persons not taken By the
enumerators In response to the notices
In the Brattleboro papers last week, ask
ing that all people whose names had not
been taken to report TO the board Of trade
a number Of letters and personal reports
were sent in to the secretary, George E,
FOX These reports came from all sec
tons Of the town and many Of them could
be explained easily by the Young men
who served as euumerators. The expla-
nations do not alter the fact that Brat
ueboro would not have received credit
for as many people as actually live in the
town II the returns of the enurnera tors
had been accepted as final.
The question was taken up by the di-
rectors of the board OF trade in their
meeting Tuesday evening and it was de-
o.ded to make a determined effort to make
q better showing for the town. President
Dennison Cowles te,ephoned TO Lynn NJ
supervisor
the census, asking that the lists turned in
by the enumerators be given TO the board
Of trade SO as enable the board to make
such additions as seemed right. Mr.
Hays telegra phed to the department OF
commerce and labor at Washington for
permission TO turn over the lists but this
request was refused. The actual lists
would have been very convenient as a ba-
sis 20 work upon, but as they were not
. a No. D. E. f4a.l cd -
next best thing a campaign Of publicity
20 induce the people 20 send in their
names II they had not been enumerated.
Mr.. Hays has extended the time for the
completion q the census Of Brattleboro
until May 20, in order 10 make IL pos
Siole TO add 90 the lists such names as
are turned in 20 the board Of trade The
letter from Mr.. HAYS to Mr.. Cowles ex-
plains the situation well II is as fol-
lows.
LAS a result Of request made the d.!
rector Of the census this morning asking
for authority for enumerators in Brattle-
boro 10 confer with the board OF trade
regarding the enumeration there the fol-
lowing telegram was received:
Cannot allow board OF trade OF
other private persons TO examine
schedules of enumerators. II not al
ready done you should advertise in
/ Brattleboro papers advising any per-
son believing himself not enumerated
10 report 70 you or enumerators.
! Enunerators should investigate all
+ persons so reported or reported By the
board Of trade as not enumerated and
include names il proper"
/ Under this ruling the only way I car
/ see out of this matter is for you 70 turn
over to NE the names OF persons report
ing 10 YOU that they have not been emu
merated and also for the Brattleboro pa
pers % do the same. stating in each case
( in whose enumeration district the persons
reside and l viii see that they are emu
. merated.
TO take care Of these persons not emu
! merated, or reported not enumerated,
viii extend the time for the completion
. Of Brattieboro village TO May %, 1910"