Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-31
EVERY PERSON IN CITY
MUST BE COUNTED
BEFORE FEB. IS
APPEAL FOR HELP
SUPERVISOR CALLS UPON PEG
PIE TO LEND HAND AND DO
ALL WITHIN THEIR POWE r
TO LESSEN WORK THRUST UP.
ON TAKERS.

Friday morning bright and early,
armed with proper authority ard
with instructions to count every nose.
scores of caumcrators Will start forth
in La Sale county to do their bit -
ward the monumental task OF comll
ing data for the governments dcron-
nial census. Completion OF i've I'm.
dertaking is expected by February -,
when the results o. the census is
compiled here will be tabulatei and
forwarded to the national bureau at
Washington as soon as completed,
Whole-hearied cooperation Oi OF
taWa citizens, and those residing in
surrounding townships, is asked 10
aid the enumeratorS in their work by
Miss Anna Mcnamara of La Sale. stl-
pervisor for the Fourth census dis.
triCt. of which La Sale county is a
part 1t is necessary so that the
compilation be as authentic as posi-
Bile that every assistance be givcr'the
counters during their calls from house
to house Officials in charge Of the
work are hopeful there will be no
need Of inhicting the penalty clause
with relation to those persons who re-
fuse to give information asked by the
enumerators.
Call on Foreign Born.
Those of the city's foreign born res
idents are ASKED to have their natural
ization papers ready tor the enumcra-
tors when they call Those o, the
aliens who have not completed their
naturalization requirements are also
called upon 10 have all the data ready
to give the census takers a. sogc aS
they appear at the doors of their
homes.
Persons who expect to be away
from their homes during tn" taking of
the census, and those who are missed
by any means or another are urged
tn notify the bureau at La Sale and
enumerators viii be sent out To take
what facts are needed to make the
count complete
That 1910 Botch.
In l9ld Ottawa was treated to one
of the biggest census hotchoS ever
perpetrated upon an American com
muntiy. A whole ward was Iot' out
of the count with the result that tiG
ures were sent to Washington indt
eating the city had shown "A decided
ernment on the strength Of this min
CompOopish affair heraldcd to the
world that this city was one Oc the
few in the L, s. A. which had fallen
off in residents, when the truth ut the
matter was Ottawa had grown and
shown a substantial gain over the
1900 census The figures were $3.50,
when in the same year a state census,
taken under the same conditions.
showed ottawa to be approximately
10000 in population
II is up to the people to see that
there is no more such diScrCdli
heaped upon their city. II is impera-
tive that everyone who has been ne
elected In visit from the enumrra
tors call up the proper authorities and
state their case. If no one else viii
handle the matter the Free Trad ~.
Journal will be glad to report an%
names to Miss Mcnamara, or the
Postmaster, where cnumorators have
failed to call and gather the facts.
and see that everybody Is coltcn in
on the count Of noses.
Must Get Everybody.
Miss Mcnamara has instructed her
IOcdl workers 10 ger "NcfNDO0N ana
she has enlisted good working
force to obtain that desired end With
the cooperation Of the people the
enumerators should find their task
easy and in this manner gather an
accurate and perfectly trustworthy
report on Ottawa. The following are
the cnumeralors who have been ap.
pointed by Miss Mcnamara Cor the
Ottawa district,
Ottawa-first ward, Thomas Lavan
Second ward 'l'esse y. James.
Third ward Mary j Dineen
Fourth ward Marion Meaghcr.
Fifth ward-Viola Boyle.
Sixth ward--Mrs. Jennie Doughcrty
Seventh ward-Pa'rick NJ Gordon.
Townships
South Ottawa Erwin J. Norem
Earlvillc Ann c. tngelskirchcn.
Farm Ridge Chester l.. Olson.
Frecdom--Thomas p. Classon.
Ottawa--Ole, Twait.
Rutland Lyle j. Glasson.
Serena lanes j. Duffy,
Mendoza William Fennessey.
Ophir and Meridan-John l.. Bar.
nett