Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-14
Goddard Has Perfected Organ
ixation Of which He 4 Proud
Must Have Accuracy In
Counting Population.
START WORK IN JANUARY
Farmers Will Be Asked CUES
lions Relating to Their
Farms - Other Valuable
Data to Be Gathered.

The fourteenth decennial census to
which President Wilson has called the
attention Of the nation. 10 to be the
biggest and most complete that has
been taken and will be started in idaho
in January. This announcement is
authorized by Edward F.. Goddard Of
Mountain Home. who has perfected
his organization. He is making his
state headquarters at Pocatello and
has charge of the second district. He
has perfected his organization. has en-
umerators ready to go to work and
expects the hearty cooperation Of the
public.
WANTS COOPERATION
In statement issued Saturday, Di-
rector Goddard said:
I'VE appeal to the public spirited
citizens Of the several communities to
assist in obtaining q true and accurate
account Of all questions pertaining to
the census of 1920 SO that our fair
state Of Idaho will get what she just
ly deserves when the statistics are
compiled and published and that our
eastern brothers will read with aston
ishment of the enormous increase Of
population and wealth that has been
made in the past ten years"
Mr.. Goddard desires to state that
| Sam L. Rogers, director Of the censuA
at Washington. d. c., has given him
every assistance possible to overcome
the difficulty of the unsettled condi-.
tions and Of the high wage in order to
| perfect this machine, which will be ac-
curate in its workings.
Director Rogers has announced that
everything is in readiness to begin the
canvassing campaign that. during the
month Of January, 1920. will cover ev-
cry mansion, every cottage and every
hut in the country. An army Of more
than $1,000 enumerators. under the d.
rection Of 372 supervisors, will be en-
gagged in making the count. Every per-
son in the land will be enumerated,
the names, ages, birthplace and occu
pations Of all of Uncle Sans nieces
and nephews will be set down and for
warded to Washington.
AFTER IMPORTANT DATA
/ Many other questions concerning
home tenure, citizenship marital sta
tus, literacy, sex, color and race are
contained in the population schedule
which the enumerators will fill out
from the answers given them.
Farmers also will be asked the
questions contained in the agricultural
schedule relating to their farms. These
questions cover farm tenure, farm
products, values of farm lands build
l luBS, lIHplcIuclLS anu improvements,
field crops, garden products, farm ex-
penses, livestock, poultry, bees, dairy
products, improved and unimproved
land, farm drainage and irrigation =
| in fact all phases of the farming in
dustry are covered.
1 Even the family Ford will be count
ed, a., in fact, will all automobiles and
tractors on farms. Questions as to
1 telephone, electric-li light gas and water
plants also are included in the group
| of inquiries, which. will fall under the
the purpose of the government in col
lecting information of this character
being to show the modern improve
ments installed on farms during the
4 past decade.
BASIS FOR TAXATION.
4 The census bureau desires to empha-
size the fact that the information
gathered in the census Is for general
statistical purposes only and that such
information cannot be used as a basis
for taxation. Nor can such informa
ton be used to harm any person in any
way. This is pointed out in the presi
dents proclamation.
AS a matter of fact the identity of
individuals is lost as soon as the filled
out schedules are received at Wash
ington. For upon reaching there the
information is transferred from the
sheets to cards. This is done by ma
chinery and names are discarded en-
tirely. Moreover every person con-
nected with the taking Of the census Is
prohibited by federal law from divulg-
ing any information given them in the
/ performance of their duties. VI
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