The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-29
Enumerators Announced
for the Second Vermont
District To-day
RETURNS TO BE
MADE TO BARRBv
Enumerators Allowed
Weeks in Cities, tt 81,
Month in Farm Scts

81
Beginning next Fride = ,rning, Jan.
?, approximately 325 enu4nerators will
start out with pencil and portfolio to
take for the United States government
the census of Vermont. CoincidentIy,
enumerators will start out in every
state of the country, each bent on the
same mission of determining how many
inhabitants. there are in the United
States, and in addition, the statistics
as to agriculture throughout the nation.
This is the fourteenth decennial CEN
sus, and from the results of the work
will be determined the right of the
states to representation in Congress. as
well as compilation Of statistics
which will tell of the numerical prog
ress Of the nation and of the advance
ment in agriculture,
The information gathered by the emu
merators will be held in confidence by
them and submitted to the supervisor
Of their district and by him forwarded
70 the census bureau in Washington
for compilation. The cnumerators are
forbidden to diyulge any information,
either concerning the number of inhab-
ltants in their district or concerning
farm values, etc. 1t is expressly stated
by the government that the census of
agriculture is not taken for the purpose
Of taxation and the information will
not be used in assessing taxes.
The census is to be completed in the
cities and towns of $500 population
and more within two weeks and in the
farming districts within a month. The
enumerators in the cities and towns
receive -four cents name, which is
double the stipend Of 10 wears ago in
Vermont cities and towns. In the
farming districts the numerators get
four cents per person listed and. in
addition, 30 cents a farm. Livestock
in enclosures not on farms are to be
enumerated at the rate of 10 cents an
enclosure.
The Vermont Census Plans.
Here in Vermont it is expected that
the enumerators will have finished their
work well within the time stipulated
by the government, especially in the
cities and towns. Vermont is divided
into two sections, the 6rst being pre-
sided over by j. O. Durick of Fair Ha.
ven and the second by G. Herbert Pape
of Barre.
Supervisor Pape's office on Keith ave-
nue in Barre has been very busy place
during the last few weeks while the
task of securing competent enumera-
tors and then the sending ont of sup
plies has been going on. Supervisor
Pape announced to-day the names Of
the enumerators in lj4 districts, leaving
nine 10 be fixed definitely during the
next few days, 1t is probable that the
names of the enumerators in the re-
naming districts will be announced in
a short time,
Instructions have been sent to each
enumerator by means of a printed
statement from the government. and
these will probably be supplemented
by concise instructions by Supervisor
Pape before the work of census taking
actually starts. The enumerators must
make daily reports to Supervisor Pape
on specially prepared forms, and the
supervisor win make up his report for
the whole area under his jurisdiction
and send it in to Washington. The
enumerators, selected after examina
tion, are required to take oath before
p notary, and they are provided with a
certificate of their office so that there
may be no imposition by others. The
enumerators are provided with port
folios containing printed forms on
which they are to make their findings,
1t is urgently requested that the emu
merators be given prompt and COM
plete information not only as regards
the number of people but also as re-
CARDS the farm values, etc. Vermont
has been drained so heavily of its pop
ulation during the war period that there
is great need of every person being
counted, lest the population show de-
crease from 1910, when the total pop
ulation of the state of Vermont was
355 ,956, a gain of SO per cent over the
next preceding census, At the time of
the beginning of the world war in 1914
it was estimated that Nermont's pop
ulation was 36l POS, but in the years
intervening since then there have been
many losses which will tend to keep the
total figures down
The counties embraced in Supervisor
Pape's area are Caledonia, Essex,
Orange. Orleans. Washington, Windham
and Windsor All of those counties ex
cept Essex and Orange showed slight
rain in the last census. The list of
enumerators as announced to-day IN
Supervisor Pape's area is as follows;
Caledonia County.
Barnet--George A. Richardson Mar
garet Helen Gibson.
Burke Wilbur T. Hill.
Danville-Ashley j. Goss.
Groton-Burton l.. Blown.
Hardwick--J. B. Hooper, Harry a.
Shepard.
Kirby Mrs, William 4. Kelly
Lyndon Elisha Bigelow, John D,
Chase
Newark Courtney C. Batchelder
Peacham-W William w Crown.
Ryegate- Mrs. Ella S. Smith.
st. Johnsbury Town (outside village
- Mrs. Eliie f. Morrill,,
st. Johnsbury village William +.
Racette, Mphonse n, Asselin, Zenas
Charles jerks, Mrs. Ella f, Elliott.
Sheffield Herman p. Simpson.
Stannard and Wheelock-Charles A,
Welch.
sutton Uarman ~ Chapman