Arizona republican., 1920-01-03
CENSUS TAKERS I OR 1920 ARE
 MOSTLY WOMEN
Enumerators Started Here
 Yesterday With Few Men
 Among Them-Will Fin ish Tabulation In 30 Days

The taking of the fourteenth census, in he history of the United States be- gan yesterday morning. Phoenix will soon know officially how many per sons more than one year old are resi- dt.l1 within her boundaries, and the state of Arizona will learn itsh growth since 1910, when the last official na- tionwide census was taken. When the figures have been tabulated at Wash inSton the growth of the entire coun-, try will be shown. New York may far surpass London in the number of her citizens
 {. That the census would show an in- crease of 100 per cent in Arizona was >Aae prediction made yesterday by F.. F. Templeton of the department of com merce. The population of Arizona, ac- cording to the government census Tn 1910,> was 204,354. MT. Templeton's prediction would double this number.
 The fact that cotton pickers earn more than census enumerators was a factor in the selection of a personnel for the work in this state. it was learned yesterday, and many women weren ecessarily listed for this service Notwithstanding the wage difficulty, 15 able census 'enumerators went 70 work yesterday morning, starting the. house to house canvass of the city and state, which will last for uays. In rural regions, the enumerators have DCOh eihONtb liiii ocSS AO SOi1l1iSl' Their work
 Check All Over Year Old
 It is thought that the Phoenix fig ures will be tabulated in two weeks. but that will not be made public until reported in the national calculation. In the house. to- house canvass, the will check houses where they are unable to find heads of fami- lies at home and return another day. They will each one wear old.
 Arizona has been divided into two districts for the census taking. In the first district are Maricopa, Yuma. Yavapai, MohaNe, Coconino, Apache and Navajo counties. All counties not mentioned are in the second or southern census district Of the state.
 Coconino. the largest county, has few settlements which are not along the line of the Santa F'e railroad Twelve enupera tors have been allotted to Coconino county, including the In- dian reservations, which require four In the northern part of the state there are districts eighty miles square. and enumerat tors will be-required to em- ploy pack horses and prepare to re- main two Or three weeks away from settlements.
 Asa Judd of Fredonia is the enumer- ator for that part of Coconino county Which lies north of the Grand Canyon. The voting precinct at Fredonia polls about 40 votes in territory larger than the entire state of Connecucut. The stretch of country north of Grand Canyon is extremely difficult of ac- cess, except to airplanes, and the legis- lature last year appropriated funds for the purpose of prospecting it and determining, it's resources.
 Maricopa county has been allotted 56 enumerators, Yavapai 21. Yuma IA, in cllI6inp those which wi In dian reservations; Apache g, Navajo 13. and -Mohave 12.
 Ask Many Questions
 fThe national census not only counts heads, butc ollects useful information and facts about them &heir.homes and their farms. Statistics will also be obtained on mines and quarries, irri- Sation projects, lumber and other en- terprises. All information gathered will be held strictly confidential by the government, and under no cirtum- stances will be used in connection with taxation.
 gathering of facts has no bearing upon the detection. arrest. prosecmution or punishment of any person for any vio- lation of law. Persons will be asked their sex, color or race, age at last birthday, whether single, married or divorced, birthplace, those of father and mother, giving names of both country and province if foreign born
 Occupations will be asked, specify-S ing trade, profession or industry in