Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20
ORGANIZED FOR
A FULL CENSUS
William Schaarmann to Serve
as Deputy Supervisor in
the City.
BUREAU OF INFORMATION
Blanks to be Left at Places Where
Occupants Are Not Found, and
Interpreters Provided.

The only way anyone will escape be-
ing counted in the present census
enumeration in the city of Rock Island
will be by going into permanent hid
ing during the period TO be devoted to
/ the canvass or by leaving the COM
munity The city literally is to be gone
over with fine tooth comb; not once,
but as often as it is necessary to gath
er in the stray names.
r. r. Wallace, district supervisor,
was in the city last evening for a final
school of instruction with the local
enumerators to make sure that they
are thoroughly informed in all of the
details of their duties. The precinct
| census takers met with Mr.. Wallace
at the New Harper, and he impressed
upon each the demand of the govern
ment for accuracy and completeness;
| how to overcome timidity on the part
/ of those unfamiliar with the purpose of
/ the enumeration, and the need for a
persistency in locating all of the res
| idents of the respective districts in
! the city.
Schanrmann Deputy Supervisor.
At the solicitation of the Rock Is
| land Industrial commission, the Rock
! Island Business Mems association, and
Postmaster H. A. J. Mcdonald, the city
is TO have a deputy supervisor of the
census IN the person of William Schaar-
mann, who is the enumerator for the
first precinct of the Fourth ward.
Printed matter has been provided by
supply has been placed in the Office
of Mr.. Schaarmann, NAY Second av-
enue, for distribution, the blanks to be
left at houses or rooms where occu-
pants are not found at home. On one
of. the printed slips is the following:
The United States census enumera-
tors have called at this number and
found no one at home, or the ones who
were found were unable to enumerate
for boarders or roomers. This card is
placed with you in order that every
member of your family. boarder, room
er, or any one else who make this city
their home will have their names given
to the census taker. It is vastly I'M
portant that the following questions
be answered. and where you cannot
answer all, answer as many as possible
and mail Immediately without post
age) to William Schaarmann, 17141k
Second avenue, city"
At each place several of the blanks
mentioned will be left. These blanks
Will also be available at the Office of
the Rock Island Industrial commission
230 Sixteenth street: the Rock Island .
Business Mems association headquar- /
ters. in the Peoples National bank
building. and at the Offices of The .
Argus and the Daily Union.
Bureau of Information.
Mr.. Schaarmann's office. which will
be a bureau of information for the
enumerators of the city. will be open
throughout each day of the census
taking period. Greek and Belgium in
terpreters are to be engaged also.
These are the only foreigners from
whom the enumerators are having diff
fculty in obtaining information; not
that the newcomers do not want to .
give it, but they can't make themselves .
understood. These interpreters will be .
available at all times by the precinct
enumerators.
MI w dilhtt. Sdlu tlldt WITH the lie"
arrangement. Rock Island has adopted 4,
the most effective means of guaran-
teeing the city against missing OF .
names that it was entitled to in the
compilation of its population. How
ever, there was an individual respon
sibility on each citizen, and that was
in giving personal aid to the enumera-
tor of his district to the end that the
latter secures the name of every resi-
dent of the district.
Secretaries Mayer Levi and
Charles Golf of the Rock Island In
dustrial commission and the Rock
Island Business Mems association re-
sPectively, got busy this morning put
ting into operation the new system
of assisting the enumeratOrs with
printed matter that has just been got
ten out. Mr.. Schaarmann, the assistant
supervisor of the census. also entered
enthusiastically upon his work.