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SUPERVISOR AULL MAKES
STATEMENT ABOUT CENSUS

Supervisor E. H. Auil of the third
dis...;cv M:::.'::2* the following state
!munt in regard to the progress Of
taking the census in this district. He
expects to be able to close up his
office by the first of April. The
statement was made up covering the
work up to last Saturday. AS to the
figures and any other matters in re-
gard to the census all the informa-
tion will be given out by the direc-
tor from Washington. The following
3tatement by Mr.. Aull:
The taking of the 14th decer.lia]
census in the Third district has been
about completed. There has been a
great deal of sickness among the emu
merators and in their families which
Of necessity has delayed the work in
several of the districts. AS an il
Illustration of this, in one district at
least four enumerators had been
designated and all had agreed to do
the work in the district, but were
either taken sick themselves or had
serious illness in their families and
on this account were unable to begin
work. The fifth enumerator was ap.
pointed about ten days ago and is
now at work and will be through
within the next ten days. In another
district the enumerator had the mis-,
fortune to lose his wife by death and
on account of her illness and death
has been considerably delayed
Though delay was occasioned in
several other districts from the same
causes but with these two exceptions
all the work in the field is now about
completed.
"There are in this district 1853
enumeration districts. have in my
Office completed schedules for all the
districts except the two mentioned
and three in which the work has beer
completed, but the papers have moi
vet been actually received at the Of
flee. We have checked up and for
warded to Washington complete pa
ers in 115 districts and have 25 more
ready for shipment, leaving % dis
tricts yet to be checked.
"My purpose has been not to hurry
or rush the schedules to the depart
jment but rather to be sure that they
were in proper form and correct anc
that the work had been efficiently
and thoroughly done in the field. II
the census has not been thoroughly
and properly done, feel sure that
it is not the fault of any of the emu.
merators, because I have impressed
upon them the Importance of having
tn work thoroughly done and to be
sure that all the people were count,
ed.
81 have felt that it was the bette,
plan to make an effort to be thor
ough and correct, rather than to
hurry, because the census is taken
only oncc in ten years and every
municipality and rural district is
anxious to have the figures correct,
because these figures will represent
the official standing in population Of
the civil division for the next ten
years.
81 am not permitted to give oat
any figures as to population, but
feel satisfied in having done every
thing that 1 could to impress upon
the enumerators the Importance of
thoroughness in counting the people
and I feel satisfied also that the
enumerators have realized the i'm
portance of this.
81 desire to say in this connection
that the relations between the super,
visor and the enumerators have been
exceedingly pleasant and the spirit OF
cooperation has been manifest and
while the work has been trying al
times, it has been very pleasant to
the supervisor, owing to the hearty
cooperation and fine spirit of the