Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-19

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an equality Of right and duty, the
question OF priority can only be de-
termtned by lot Dr. drawing. 1t would
be possible to have 1857 separate
drawings---one for each group-Dut
since methods would vary and since
supervision and absolute insurance
against the charge OF fraudulent
manipulation could not be had in that
way. every consideration Of expedi-
ency and Justice urges one drawing in
Washington.
in each group, every registration
card has a red linked number written
or its face and these numbers u m
a single series from unity ~ to the
number corresponding to the greatest
number Of cards in the group. Nor
mally this is from unity Cd to about
5000.
Exact copies of the cards in each
the various state capitols. Lists
showing the name of each man III
group and the serial number of
his card have been posted in the Of
fee of the board, published in the
press. and one copy is on file IN
Washington. There is, therefore, no
chance Of any mans number being
changed without detection, or OF any
card being lost beyond replacement.
The Idea of the Central Drawing.
Suppose there were just 5000
names M numbers in every group.
1t Is at once apparent that it would
be q very simple thing to have aeon
trail drawing that would control the
order Of every name and number in
every group of the whole 100000
put 5000 numbers into a bowl
and draw them out one at a time. The
first number drawn out would place
the 1857 cards bearing that particu-
lar number at the head of every list
in the United States. The second num-
Der drawn would put the cards a
ing that number second on all the
lists, and so forth.
Now, the thing cannot be done in
precisely this way, because there are
not precisely 5000 numbers in every
group. But the same idea with a few
necessary notifications Is the idea or
which the present drawing is based.
The Drawing by Thousands.
ITO draw 10000 separate numbers
would take ten hours and would null
tiply the chance Of error. Moreover,
If the '9-thousands' the '~8-thousands'
the '7-thousands' and '8-thousands'
were scattered all over the master list
Unfortunately the cancellation by
boards having small groups would be
very tedious and would open the way
to numerous errors. All this Is easily
avoided.
Suppose we drew only 1000 mum
bers. We could then provide that the
drawing Of the number 878 would al
30 draw the numbers 1873, 2,878, 81
s7s, 4.s7s, 5,s7s, 6,s7s, 1878. s,s7s
and 1878.
"In that way only 1000 numbers
need be drawn, and by making our
each 1000 we could provide a master
list easily APPLICABLE to lists with only
5000 numbers. since such boards
could disregard all except the first
three sheets.
I'VE should do this but for the fact
hat this makes it certain that men In
the first thousand would be called
first, men in the second thousand next.
and men with the high serial numbers
last of all.
'since the assignment Of numbers
Is also done by chance, this does not
interfere very greatly with h even
chance Of all men, but it does inter-
fere to some extent. For this reason
it was decided to have n drawing to
determine the order in which the
sheets of 1000 each should appear on
the master list, instead of arbitrarily
assigning the sheets of 1000 in their
natural order. This reduces h whole
matter to an absolute equality Of
chance.
The Details of the Drawing.
zone group of numbers. from / to
1000 and a second group, from
naught to ten, have . carefully
imprinted on Opaque slips of paper,
hIo IL nv - r{1n 1,,nta or1 1haNk-
ed. These slips have been rolled up
and each put inside a gelatine capsule
with the black side out. To insure alb
solute accuracy of count the capsules
containing numbers from / to 1000
have been counted into ten glass jars
in groups of 100 each; the glass jars
have been sealed and kept in a safe,
awaiting the day of drawing.
1.-The contents Of the jars will be
from which the capsules car be q
lily drawn.
IA b~lind-folded man will stir the
capsules in the receptacle thoroughly
before any are drawn, n will keep
stirring them during the drawing.
"a blind-folded man will then draw
capsules out. one at a time. AS each
capsule Is drawn it will be handed to
an announcer, who will break the
Capsule anu AIlllOuilC0 I10 AuAaAoO
drawn. While he Is announcing the
number, q second capsule will be
drawn and handed to a second an
nouncer, who will break h capsule
and read the number. The drawing
will proceed in this way until all the
capsules are drawn.
Three tally sheets will be kept.
One keeper of a tally sheet will re-
peat each number as it is announced
and all three will write 1t down. In
case of disagreement between tally
sheets on any number. the sheets that
agree will control.
"Immediately before the drawing of
the numbers from ! to 1.e0o the
drawing Of the numbers from naught
to ten will take place to determine
the order in which the thousands
shall appear on the master lists"
EACH FARMER CAN
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