Arizona republican., 1911-04-13
REPORT IN
 IRRIGATION Data Compiled By Census
 Bureau WIDE TERRITORY COVERED Result of Investigation Soon to be Published Govern ment Statistics Will Show Extent of Irrigation With Number of Users.
WIDE TERRITORY COVERED

James B. Kitch, chief special agent of the department of commerce and la bor of the United States government, who has spent the last seven months in gathering a complete report On Irriga- tion statistics of the territory of Ari- Zona in cooperation with r. T.. Fuller of the department of agriculture, states tEat his report is ready for the Wash ington office In order to complete tho report Mr. Kitch has employed three special agents in the territory who hase followed every creek and have covered every valley in gathering data. No figures or facts resulting from the investigation will be given out for pub lication at the present time, but Mir. Kitch states that copies of the reports will be ready for distribution shortly. and will prove of interest to the people living in the agricultural portions of the territory.
 In securing the data for the report cr agricultural conditions of the ter ritory the agents of the government have been given the cooperation and assistance of every person from whom it was necessary to secure information, and in an interview with Mir Kitch yesterday regarding the completion Of his report, he stated to representative of The Republican that he has been very much pleased with the assistance and help rendered him by the farmers and water users of the territory.
 Reports have recently been com pleted under the direction of MT Kitch on the manufacturing and mining in dustries of the territory which will be Of assistance in determining their coin parative standing with other states and territories, and the extent of their re- sources. whether. commercial. mineral, or agricultural, together with their population. Similar reports have been taken in every state and territory of the United States, and will be pub lished and distributed by the various departments, for which the investiga- tions rere made.
 The extent of the data compiled by the census bureau is not confined to the population satisfies, but under the direction of this bureau statistics have been gathered during the last eight years on marriage and divorce condi- tiOns, street railways and electric light ing companies, county finance, fish cries, cotton ginning industry. agricul- tural and live stock reports. -ital sta tiStics, population census, manufactur- ing industries. mines and quarries. and the irrigation report which is being made all over the country.
 Referring to the work of the census bureau in preparing the various re- ports undertaken by the departments, MT Kitch said:
 Tt is difficult to appreciate the vast amount of enterprise necessary to sue cessfully carry on these investiga- tiOns, and compile the data obtained. Only by a visit to the offices of the department in Washington could an adequate idea be gained of the enormi- ty of the task, and of the skilful man agement required in the directors of the bureau to successfully prepare their reports. One section receives the re- ports from the special agents, another sorts according to the respective To- cations. a third seceiton edits, and they are tabulated by a fourth. In order to handle the immense amount of data which is sent to the department by the different agents the bureau is divided
 into several divisions, each with it's own work and method of preparing the data for publication. The electrical tabulating machines and the advanced system of card tabulatiOn in use at the offices interest and astOnish thou sands of sightseers in the capital. and would be a revelation to the officers of any large companies whose work would be of sufficient scope to justify the use of such cOntrivances."
 MT. Kitch will leave in a few days for the southern states of the east, where he will be employed in work for his department. The expresses ex- treme qualification for the aid which has been given him by his agents in the territory. Alfrey L. Hawley of Mesa. Frank Goodman of Phoenix. and Harry F. Blake of Casa Grande have been employed under his direction in gathering data for the department re- port, their commissions with the gov ernment expiring with the termination of their service. The investigations of the bureau have necessitated a person al canvass of every irrigated section of Arizona. and the securing of reports from every individual and company using water in the territory, which statements give some idea of the effort required from the agents