The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-30
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Interest Being Taken by
Tulsans Increases as
Count Grows.
FILL OUT YOUR SLIP
oyer Half Of Enumeration
Finished Shows Help of
Committee; No Arrests. \

,,,,.9,..s.,gtic interest being mani
-, ur The official census OF the
,,,,.t states broke out In earnest
,I.l.er3tIy after a week in which the
!,,bore In the office OF the direc-
~ the census in Tulsa has been
.J,,Irr almost conunu ouslN. a
..,.ag lu,yycr WIS so Interested in
49,, mat her enumeration was re
lived ny Uncle Sam that she sent
r br4TF hy registered mail with
.,a,iaI markings for return receipt
,,,yes.,d' On order to end any
.I.i,bf that her name was included IN
,be official count OF Tulsa citizens.
lIYrf-ris of dollars are being
mont with telling effect by the com
.'itce of business men which Is ac'
,ve'y assisting the census takers.
printed forms furnished by the com
,,ittec of Tulsans arc being filled
,uf hv thousands OF parsons daily.
Fruuc1slturs have round mat by
is,,.ra ID slip at houses whore In
s.rr-4tiou relative to the occupants
d not obtained upon first call are
} mos. ,lsus taken care OF by the
oer,ons residing in the houses and
'rforuaiIou lis forthcoming In many
c,ses when 10 would be impractical
For the ,uumerdtor3 to visit the
boues during the time when the
head of the house was present.
By using a 2 cent stamp, any per
son .u Tulsa can be enumerated. the
only trouble would he would be put
,o hp.Ug a period OF five seconds
which might be required to clip the
blank from the front page of The
World and mail IL to l.. Bee Guth-
rev. census supervisor, municipal
building Tulsa. Blanks would be
spnt to his house Immediately and
filling them out would require very
little time Persons wishing TO be
assured that they are enumerated
fhgnd call az the census office I'm
the municipal auditorium.
Appearances show that Tulsa
wifi 20 over the 5000 mark This
census without trouble, II more
blanks continue 20 pour in" Mr..
Guthrey said yesterday, About half
of tho citizenship OF Tulsa has been
counted. although more than half
~ the districts have ibeen gone over
hy the enumerators. The only
chance Tulsa has Of dropping below
now Is for few ignorant people TO
hold off and refuse to be counted.
As soon as names Of people who re-
fuse 10 bc counted are found they
are reported 10 the census official IL
and J. $. Davenport, now at Ninita,
takes the matter up with the United
States marshal and warrants fol-
,ow."
As yet no arrests have been made
FOR violations Of the census laws, but
lists of the names of persons per-
sis'enry refusing to fiji out their
enumeration records are being pre-
pared in event prosecution is neces-
sary In order 10 obtain the informa-
ton from the witness stand. Apart.
ncnt house occupants are causing
considerable trouble for enumera-
lorS despite apparently earnest eff
forts on tho part bf the owners OF
me apartments to obtain the enum-
Grafton of their tenants. A fairly
representative count is possible
under present conditions. but what
me government wants Is an ac-
cIrate count Of every person living
IN Tulsa az the time Of the begin
ming OF the enumeration.