The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-04-15
TO BEGIN TAKING
CENSUS FRIDAY
10000 lnterrogaters Will This Week
Start Chasing Individual Mem
bers Of Uncle Sans Family
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, April II. - With the
break of day on next Friday, the 18th
instant, a host OF 10000 interrogaters
men and women, white and colored
will be turned loose in pursuit of the
people OF the United States. On that
day Uncle Sam will begin the number
ing Of his children in preparation for
the 18th census. He estimates that
he has family Of about 90,000,000 men
women and children, and he already
has employed and will then put to
work body of enumerators consider.
ably greater than the standing army.
The law provides that the enumera.
tors shall begin on the 18th, but 1t is
not so peremptory about the commenc-
ing time as about the closing time, and
already intimations have been receiv-
ed that in some instances the work
may be postponed until Saturday This
is due to the fact that the 18th falls
on Friday, and among the 10000 name
takers there are some who are super
stitious as to this day Of the week.
The enumeration win cover all Of
the 40 states and two territories of
the union proper and also Hawaii and
Porto Rico, Alaska, the Philippine
TsIondo apd Hua n, mill NOD - 4.,at,,aaA
as especial arrangements are made for
numbering the people Of those depend.
encies
Under the statutes governing the
work, the entire enumeration must be
completed within month, and in the
cities the work is limited to fifteen
days. II is expected that some of the
returns from the cities will 3a re-
ceived as early as the first week In
June, but the exact population OF the
entire country will not be determined
before sometime in September. The
census officials will, however, know
within a few thousand Of the number
long before the close OF the summer
months. They will be able TO reach a |
substantially accurate conclusion by
their pay rolls but this Will be more
or Jess speculative, and the figures
will not be given out.
-~h9rector ~ Dana Durand. Is count.
ing upon roll of not fewer than 90.-
100000 names This estimate is based
upon calculations Of his experts. and
makes allowance for an increase nc.
sording TO the tendencies shown in the
asst three previous eensuses. Between
1870 and 1880 the increase in the pop.
ilation was 30 per cent; between 1889
iAd 1890, % per cent; between 1890
md 1900, n per cent. If the decrease
hould continue at the same ratio there {
would be falling off this year of the
ate Of gain to II per cent The i'm
ligration figures for the past decade /
ave been greater, however. than for I
ny Of the previous ten-year periods.
taking allowance for this augmenta- Z
on from outside It is calculated that Z
ne increase for the past ten years /
III be about is per cent, and as, in {
iund numbers the figure for 1900 was q
100000, It is now calculated that {
ere prove to have been an addition y
about 100000 souls
Much interest is felt as to the show. {
g regarding the purely native In. C
ease The enumerations between L
20 and 1900 show a startling tend
cy towards race suicide" and II IS S
. Durands fond hope that the re- q
rts of his 10000 subordinates may
able to check this apparent decline,
n Of figures that he is, he does not y
Eever, permit his optimism to shade n
facts, and until the actual returns ri
w something better he will hold I,
:. lis ninety-million estimate. Il
here will be some innovations in y,
lnext census, and they are expected "
improve the reports For instance, IL
country farmer IS to be afforded h,
opportunity to consider in advance Ia
statements he shall make as to the Il
il'ions prevailing with reference to D,
holdings, and the same advantage III
be given heads of families IN er
IS as to the enumeration OF their 81
ieholds. In both cases sheets are nc
passed around before the official
Of the enumerators In the hope w
both ruralist and urbanite win su
lore complete in their returns than 81
rwise they might be, There also an
be unsual care IN the supervision lor
ie work of the enumerators. In m
titles supervisors will camp on the IN
5. Of the men with the pencils dur. m
be first day Of their work and in ce
ountry districts the sheets will be IN
tally scrutinized. to
inquiry viii comprise three prin- l.,
branches; population, agriculture. IL
Mining and Manufacturing The sti