The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-13
ASSESSORS ASKING
T PEOPLE TO ASSIST
BY Having Answers to All cues
tions and Certain Four in Par
tieular Ready. You Can
Aid Official.
WORK ALREADY BEGUN
Gard System is Being Used, and In
formation is Required Of Every
Person-Penaity for Fail
ure to Answer.

sus has been started by S. III. john
| ston, assessor. and "A. Roberts, as
| sistant. The assessors this year are
using a card system On this card
are printed all of the data which
they will ask about. These cards are
filled in and are sent to the auditor
of the county and OF the state
There are four questions on these
cards which the assessor and his as
sistant are asking the people to be
especially prepared to answer. Al
ready, they say, they have run up
against the proposition Of one men,
Der of the family not being able to
answer these questions intelligibly-
| To that end they are asking through
the newspapers and personally, that
the answers to the following four
questions in particular. be left by
other members Of the family with the
one who probably will deal with the
assessors. There Is q penalty attach
able to persons who refuse to answer
the assessors questions.
These four special questions on
which they ask that everyone be pre-
pared to answer are the following:
/ Months in 1914, unemployed.
| Total earnings for 1914 from occu-
patton.
Fathers birthplace.
Mothers birthplace
| The work Of taking the census
started yesterday. Already the Off
Gals say they find these four Dues
tons are making them the most both
err. IT will aid them greatly. and save
time and possible trouble for the per-
son interrogate0 If answers to all OF
the questions, and especially these
four be ready for them when they
CALL
What He VIII Ask.
| The following information viii be
i,requirea Of every resident; why not
get out a pencil and paper this very
evening and put down the necessary
facts and figures? 1t may save
half-hour's work when the assessor
arrives.
Name. Every one, whether one
hour old or one hundred years old,
has a separate card. SO better name
that unnamed baby.
Age.
Occupation. Give number of months
employed in 1914. also total earnings
from occupation in 1914.
Education. Give length OF time
spent in common school, grammar
school, high school or college. This
applies to all years previous to 1915.
| Birthplace.
! Do you own your home or FARM
Is there incumbrance on your farm
or home. II so how much?
Give the value Of your farm or
home.
! Military service Was 1t civil, Mexi-
can or Spanish war, infantry. cav
airy, artillery or navy! Give company
and regiment
/, What church do you belong to?
Give birthplace Of father and
mother.
Are you married, widowed, single
or divorced?
| Can you read and write?
! Are you blind. deaf, insane or an
idiot?
! /, foreign born, are you naturalized
and how many years have you lived
/ in the United States! How many In
| Iowa?
| II you attended school in 1914 give
| the number Of months and state what
kind OF a school.
Remember that all this information
is required of every living person
The information is not made public
ana every person who handles the
cards is under bond to maintain the
/ secrecy.