The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-05-27
WAITING FOR the
CENSUS RETURNS

iShed their work, every community
in the country is holding it's breath,
figuratively speaking, and listening
with every muscle tense for the an
nouncement from Washington which
shall either confirm its hopes that il
has outgrown some rival community
or tell it that it's hopes are not We'll
founded And it may not accept The
verdict at all, for some of the grow
ing and ambitious cities have caus-
ed delay until they could prove thai
everyone within their borders had
been counted.
Two cities which were so thorough
ly satisfied the census enumerators
had skipped large number of their
citizens that they were not willing to
abide by the results are Galveston
and Houston. These cities decided
10 have an independent count made
by their own representatives. The
commercial organizations communi-
Gated with the Director of the Gen.
sEs and secured his consent to have
rhe local supervisor of the census IN
eDveston and Houston delay the
making of their returns until they
could che * up the lists with the
boards of trade. Not many cities
have gone so far, although it seems
that almost everywhere there have
seen complaints that everyone has
net ben counted, and the time for
closing the lists has frequently been
extended. Seattle and Portland are
among the cities which have not been
satisfied that the work was well
lsne. Sacramento, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, and in fact, many west
about the count In San Francisco
it was claimed that 5000 Chinese
who were engaged every year in the
Alaska fisheries should be credited
to San Francisco. Seattle also claims
some of these fishermen. 1t is al
legged that they work for about three
months in the north and then return
to their homes city for the remainder
Of the year. The census office is now
engaged in verifying these claims.
mo SCOOPS" THIS TIME.
In most cases. the returns from
the field-st9te and city-have nos
been received in. Washington at this
writing. 1t will be the policy of this
census Bureau to verify all figures
and data on receipts as far as pos,
Sible For instance. if a man says
that he was born January !, 1880,
and that he is IS years old, the
clerks will change the figure and
make him so years old. When all
possible correction have been made
the work Of tabulating will begin
and the results will be given out as
fast as possible, beginning with cities
and then giving states and counties
Last time Washington was the first
city to have it's population announc
ed 1t was almost month before
the figures could be given for an
ether uity Then they came alons
every two or three days, and theI
every day, and then the results were
made known more rapidly. The cen
sus bureau has taken every possible
precaution to prevent anyone from
getting exclusive information abou
the returns. There will be no big
scoops" if it can be avoided. Their
was a big scandal ten years ago be
cause some paper in New York go
the figures for that city in advanc
Of everyone else. If possible thi
will not be allowed to happen again
HUNTING FOR A MAN.
1t came. to pass few years ag
that there was need in the Burea
81 Plant Industry, Department 0
Agriculture, for man who was cap
able of taking up new line OF wor
which promised big results. In cas-
ing about for a man possessing Gre
alive, administrative, and anatytlcs
Qualities the chief pomologist, Wi
lia~ A. Taylor, found young ma
n the Delaware experiment static
who had made something Of RI
cord for himself as horticulture
and entomologist. This young ma
was G. Harold Powell who justine
ne confidence shown in him by tai
ing up some very important pro-
lens involved in the transportatio
storage, and marketing of fruits, e.
tAusing his assistants, inspiring the
with an esprit de corps and dedu
ing from the work he carried on co
causions which have proved of almo
ipestimable value to the fruit gro
ing interests.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY
Now the Bureau of Plant lndust
is not rigid military organizatlo
but a group of independent scle
tific investigators, whose Varlo
limos of worl, are grouped in rath