The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13
CENSUS APPLICATION FORMS.
Those for Enumerators Received by
the District Supervisor.

Census Supervisor w. G. Chubb,
whose Office is at Corning, iowa, has
| received from the Census Bureau a
| supply of blank applications for per-
sons applying for positions as census
| enumerators. These will be forward
ed to his list of applications as soon
as possible.
The applications, properly filled
out, must be returned to the Super
visor not later than January 81 the
Census Director having extended the
time for filing from January rs,
which was the date first set for clos
ing the consideration of applications.
The "test" will occur February 5, as
previously announced.
The instructions printed on the
application form state that definite
answer is required to each of the
questions, which are:
Are you a citizen of the United
States? If naturalized citizen, when
and where were you naturalized?
"Of what State or Territory are
you a legal resident? How long have
you been legal resident thereof?
OF what county and of what town or
city and ward are you resident?
How long have you been a resident
thereof?
What is your sex and color?
What was your age at last birthday?
Where were you born?
what is your education? (Give
the principal facts.)
What is your present occupation?
What is your professional or
business experience? (Give the prin-
cipal facts, and, if at present an
officeholder, name the Office you
hold.)
Have you ever been employed on
census work, either national or state?
If SO, in what capacity and for how
long period? If an enumerator,
for what territory or district? (De-
scribe as accurately as possible.)
Are you physically capable of
full discharge of the duties of cen
sus enumerator? Have you any de-
feet of either sight, hearing, speech,
or limb? If so, state nature of de-
feet.
sDo you speak English? Do you
understand and speak any language
other than English? If so, what
language? (Specify languages spok-
en-, as Bohemian, Chinese, Danish,
French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Mag
var, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese,
Russian, Slavic, Spanish, Yiddish,
etc.
Are you a member of political
committee of any party? (Answer
Yes or No, but do not indicate
what party.)
In view of the fact that you may
be required to take test before
postmaster, state what postoffice
would be most convenient to you for
this purpose. (This test is of a prac-
tical character, consisting chiefly or
wholly of the filling out of a sample
schedule of population from infor-
nation furnished regarding typical
families, and, in the case of enumer-
ators whose work will be in rural dis
tricts, the filling out of a sample
schedule of agriculture
Are the answers to each of the
| foregoing questions true to the best
of your knowledge and belief? Are
| they in your own handWriting?''
Endorsement of each application
| must be secured from two representa-
tive citizens of the community in
| which the applicant resides. They
A1ooI NC 1l ledoC a years Ol age anu
acquainted with the applicant not
less than one year. Endorsement will
| not be accepted from any person who
is in any way related to an applicant.
| The Endorsement certifies that the ap-
plicant "is a thoroughly trustworthy
and honest person, of good habits,
| and, in my opinion, is fully capable
of discharging the duties of census
enumerator, if appointed