Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-28
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The above is the substance OF the
circular letter sent out by the Com
mercial association about the city to
assist the census enumerators in Sc
caring the full count of all OttumWd
residents "A full count must be had
and the Commercial association Is
bound to leave no stone unturned IN
The endeavor to make this possible.
1t is not usurping any of the superv1s-
or's rights in the premises, but is
working in harmony with the depart
ment and the force of enumerators,
that not only a full, but an accurate
count may be made, and no one over
looked or counted twice.
Some Results seen.
The efforts by the Commercial as
sociation have thus far borne excel-
lent results, and no less than fifty
names have been telephoned into the
supervisor Of the census since the 'let-
ter was sent out through the associa-
tion. Letters enclosing the names OF
the persons overlooked in the enum-
Grafton and numbers of the houses
not called at have been sent to
the enumerators by Supervisor
Asbury, and these persons will
be seen. 1t Is not to be construed that
the failure to see the persons missed
in the count is due to carelessness
of the enumerators. This is far from
true. The fact that in many cases per-
sons were away from home when the
enumerator called, made it impossible
to get the names. Also it has proven
true in large boarding houses where
o1x oxyo o1 ny1f
some of those who telephoned their
names into the Office had been enum-
Grated through the information being
supplied by others. 1t is desired, how
ever, by the department and the Com
mercial association, working with the
supervisor, that any one who has not
yet been seen personally by the enun-
orators or who knows of another not
yet enumerated send the information
to the department through the means
above stated.
May be $4,000.
The fact that the correct count for
Ottumwa means much in the rating Of
the city, has made 1t suff1c 1cient incen-
tive for the Commercial association
to show the active interest that it is
taking to secure this. It will be re-
called that the last census showed
Ottumwa a trifle less than 10000 souls
and no loyal Ottumwan feels that
there are less than $4,000 persons
calling Ottumwa their home at this
time. In fact most Ottumwans in
cline to the belief that 1000 more
than the last figure may be the num-
ber reached. Regardless of how
great the growth, for it is sure that
the increase has been handsome in
the past decade, the Commercial as
sociation has gone into the campaign
OF enumeration in cooperation with
Supervisor Asbury to obtain not only
a full count, but an accurate count of
all persons living in Ottumwa. II
Ottumwa fails to reach $4,000 it must
for the next ten years be rated
in the 10000 class. This will not be
the case If all are counted, and it is
up to OttHmwans to see that all are
counted.
- Time Will Be Extended.
While two weeks has been allotted
the enumerators in the cities of the
district for taking the census this is
merely an estimate Of the time that
It will take, and an extension will be
granted all enumerators who fail to
finish in the fifteen day period, for all
Ottumwans must be counted and no
80 shall be missed if all will be in