The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-08
WEEK SET ASIDE
FOR CENSUS WORK
Eayor Hubbard Asks All
to See That They
Are Counted.
CITY MUST GO OVER
If Everyone in City Is Enum-
Grated City Will Have
100000 Population.

This week is federal census Wcck.
Ia "a proclamation Issued luHi nlkhl
Mayor e. H. Hubbard set aad" ihe
week for the purpOs' uf bringing the
present census enumeration To
orcditablc finish. ~ has become oVr
ident that n Tulsa is TO ro,ei7" au
accurate count. ono that VIII credit
her with the population 10 Whi ~
Fhe ls Justly entitled. tnc most con
,cntratcd efforts must Doe ctcrlcd
during tho remaining days a. the
enumeration.
Every one of the orimcr1torg and
every member OF tho ciuleu census
committee ~ convinced tuut there
arc largo mum Jcrs ot Iulslns ihhi
for ono reason or another are beng
migpCd by tho cuumCrbtpIs. buIluE
the past week tho matter has been
drought 10 the attention of tho civic
clubH Of tho city ana even In th"lt
limited memberships thero have
boon from thrro 10 a dOZHn or more
citizens at each meeting who had
not been counted.
Now IL the Time that this condition
must be rcmcdic1. Regardless OF
whether man t1 a member OF a
civic club or not regardless Of
whether he ever took any interest ln
any civic enterprise. the leust thht
he can do for himself and his com
munity ~ to make it hts business Il"
be enumerated.
For tho nc,t 10 years tulsa Will
suffer In proportion 20 The number
OF citizens missed now toF1rdlcsa
or what future issues OF Ihr TulHl
Spirit say about The population Al
tho city and rcgardicsA Of how con
vincing the TULSA liopstcfs' praise
the city Tulsa for tho next 10 years
will ne Judged by tho results OF the
liresent federal census. Even
though she grows 90 10000 populh-
tlon In the next few years. every III
rectory, compendium almanac ind
pockot dictionary viii rate tho cliy
1T 10000 population II that 20 the
report OF the present census ana II
can not be changed Tor 10 years.
There Is Just ono solution ana
that is for everybody 10 make tho
present census his personal bust
peas.I See that yOu aro counted,
Then see that your employees, neigh
Dors, acquaintance, friends and even
enemies are enumerated.
Follow the example set by Tulsh's =
boy scouts. True 10 their rcputa-
tlon OF being ever rchdv tn do their
bit for tho good OF the community,
tho scouts turned out last week and
canvasscd tho downtown office
buildings In search OF pcrsona missed
by the census takers. Hundreds OF
names were discovered by the lads
that would otherwise have been
overlooked cntiely but for their cf.
forts. II the rest of the city would
catch that spirit Tulsa would go
down In the black ana white OF tn,
federal records as the city that she
~.
Realizing the urgencics of th'
situation every effort viii be mad'
this week to seek out every resldcn
of tho city and have him counted
According to thd following procla
nation OF the mayor mass meeting
will be held zach night during tho
week for the purpose of nscortaininl
ways and means of obtaining "A more
complete enumeration.
Proclamation for Federal Census
Week.
whereas, It has come To my
knowledge that owing 10 crowd
ed conditions OF the city, there
seems to be a large number OF
persons within the city of Tulsa
that have not been enumerated,
and.
Whereas. The time for the
taking of the federal census viii
expire IN a few days, and,
Whereas; 1t is OF the greatest
Importance 20 the city ana the
citizcns OF Tulsa that everybody
he enumerated,
Now therefore. |, Charles H.
Hubbard, mayor of said city OF
Tulsa, by virtue OF the authority
vested in me as such mayor, do