The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-06
'ENUMERAToRs' TEST EASY.
Must be Filed With
Supervisors Before January %.


BY January 25 all applications for
the positions of enumerators in the
Thirteenth Decennial United States
Census must be filed with the super
visors of census for the supervisors
district in which the applicant re-
sides. Between that date and Feb
ruary the supervisors will send out
cards to applicants informing them
where they are to report for the
test" to be held in every one of the
$50 supervisors district on Feb
ruary 5 only
Census Director Durand emphat-
ically states that persons desiring to
hold such positions should not stand
in fear of the test" to be made. Any
person of average school education
who can write plainly and reason
ably fast will go through the test"
with "colors flying" In fact, the
test is intended simply to help the
| supervisors pick suitable persons
and to enable the Director of the
Census to exercise intelligently his
power of approval of those whom the
supervisors designate for appoint
ment.
1t will involve the filling in OF
! either sample population schedule,
by those who will make the count in
the cities, or of both sample popu-
lation and agricultural schedule, by
candidates who will enumerate the
country.
To prepare the way and to in
sure every applicant being given a
fair chance, the supervisors will send
in advance to each and every candi-
date set of printed instructions for
1 filling in these sample schedules.
eve consider that very import
ant point said acting census di-
rector Willoughby today, mot only
in treating these candidates fairly
and giving them a chance to answer
the questions properly, but also as a
means of education of the candi-
dates who are afterward to be ap-
pointed.
"They will study more thoroughly
the instructions for filling in these
schedules if they realize their chance
of appointment depends upon that
study than if they were appointed
first and had to do the studying
afterwards. You will see, there
fore, that this test is not an appalling
thing. 1t is not for the purpose of
keeping people out of the places. 1t
is applied simply to enable the Di-
rector to eliminate those who are
plainly incompetent. Any person of
good Judgment and common school
education, for the work requires
some little thinking power, can
easily pass the test"
Between February and February
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the test papers, satisfy themselves
as to the qualification of those who
have passed, and make their desig-
census director. The next step will
be the directors approval, and then
the supervisors will issue the COM
missions to the enumerators.
Director Durand expects to have
the army of $1,000 or more enumer-
ators picked, tested designated, and
commissioned by the middle or latter
part of March. From then on to
April Is the supervisors will send
the enumerators circulars and books
of instruction concerning the mean
ing of the schedule questions and the
way the enumerators should write
in the answers obtained from the
people of the country.
1t is very probable that census
special agents may be assigned to
certain supervisors districts for the
purpose of meeting the enumerators
personally and giving them addi-
tional information concerning the
character of their duties.
Application forms, with complete
direction concerning the method OF
preparing them, can be secured by
writing at once to the supervisor
named in the list appended whose
district embraces the place of resi-
dence of the applicant.
Iowa-First district, John w. Row
ley, Keosauqua, Van Buren, county;
Second district, Asa A. Hall, Will
liamsburg, Iowa county; Third dis
trict, Conrad B. Scherr, Dubuque
Dubuque county; Fourth district
Louis P. Barth, Cresco, Howard
county; Fifth district, Jeremiah Nor
rissey, Marshalltown, Marshall coun
ty; Sixth district, w. H. H. Asbury
Ottumwa, Wapello county; Seventh
district, Cambridge Culbertson
Knoxville, Marion county; Eighth
district, William G. Chubb, Corning
Adams county; Ninth district, Emf
A. Larson, Red Oak, Montgomery
county; Tenth district, Guy F. Ran
kin, Fort Dodge, Webster county
Eleventh district, Thomas McCulla
Cherokee. Cherokee county.
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