Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-01-03
CENSUS ENUMERATORS FOR
IRON COUNTY ANNOUNCED
The Work of Taking the Fourteenth
Decennial Censu9 of the United
States Now On.


United States started January End.
The enumerators recommended for
appointment for Iron county were
announced by Supervisor Willis V.
Silverthorn, of Wausau, last week.
They are:
Town of Cary, District No. 90
John T. Harrington.
Town of Montreal and Village of
Hamilton, District No. OWN.
Bertagnoli.
City of Hurley, including Iron
County Jail, District No. 9S-James
P. Sullivan.
Towns of Kimball and Saxon,
District No. 90 Herbert Maley.
Town of Knight, District No.
100 -Eleanore Trione.
Town of Mercer, District No.
lO1 Mdtl fIunRelt.
Town of Oma, District No. 1O2-
Matt Saari.
The organization for taking the
census has been thoroughly COM
pleted except in a few towns
throughout the district for which
applications are lacking" said Mr..
Silverthorn, supervisor of census,
in making the announcement of
census enumerators recommended
for appointment. These are in
the remote and sparsely settled por-
tions of Northern Wisconsin, and
some special arrangements will
probably have to made in territories
of this nature. Undoubtedly the
work of enumeration will commence
on January 2nd. 1t is calculated
that two weeks will finish the work
for the city and 80 days for the
country. The latter of course is
largely dependent upon the wealth
er conditions.
The state of Wisconsin is divid-
ed into 10 supervisors districts.
Each of these districts is in turn
divided into enumeration districts.
We are in what is known as the
10th Supervisors District, compris-
ing IA of the Northern Counties of
the State. This district is divided
into PAL enumeration districts.
You can therefore calculate some
thing of the effort required to secure
241 willing and capable men or
women for this work. The fact
that this has been so we'll accom-
plished under present conditions
feel is due in a great measure to the
patriotic spirit and the desire on the
part of SO many of our citizens to
give helping hand in government
al affairs, and also the desire on the
part of SO many people to acquaint
themselves with conditions which
are revealed i'll census work.
Following are the questions that
will be asked of all persons:
/. Age at last birthday.
2. Each person ten years of age and
over will be asked whether he is able
to read or write.
,. Each person will be asked his
birthplace as well as the birthplace
of father and mother.
4. If foreign born the date of coming
to the United States will be asked
and, if naturalized, the date of be
coming citizen; also mother tongue
or native language.
;. Each head of a family will be
asked whether his home is owned by
him or rented. If owned. whether
the home is mortgaged or free Of debt
6. Each person will be asked his
occupation and whether he is an en-
ployer or employee OF is working or
his own account
/ In addition 10 the above questions
farmers should be prepared to answer
the following questions:
/ j. Each occupant of farm will be
asked how many years, if any, he
worked on farm for wages; how
many years, if any, he was tenant
and how many years, if any, h'
/ farmed as an owner.
2. Whether he ta) owns, or % rents
or (cl partly owns and partly rents
his farm. or whether (dl he operate:
/ the farm for others az manager o.
superintendent.
;. How many acres in his farm