The Coconino sun., May 26, 1900, Image 3

About The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978

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l)e Coconino Sun.
Vol. XVII.
FLAGSTAFF, MAY 20, 1930.
No. 18
V
THE CENSUS MAN.
Do Not Cel Angry if He Asks You Elunt
Questions.
On Friday, June 1, the taking nf the
census will ht'iii, ami some I hue (hir
ing June u in. hi will cull on vim iiiid aslf
you ull kinds or questions of :i personal
ntitiii'u :is to your uj;u, coml i tioti of
health, family rclal inns, liunncial capa
bilities mill business status.
You m.iy feel like Ifillinr lilm wiili u
club, liul ilon'i tin it. lie may be your
friend or neitf ihor, but ho is only the
ci-'ii-iis enumerator inn is only making
jou it part, of the United States renins
of-1 !'()(). If ton should commit an :ih
s.iull on him your Uncle Sain will lake
I liu tunnel' ii)anil your name Is likely
to appear up in the ro-ler of u jail.
When I liu enumerator calls on urn
lie will identify himself liy his olllelal
-ehedules anil a luiljje. He will not
depend on the evidence of his eyes, hut
will a-lc your sex and color, and the
fact that you possess a white skin and
near ii yuti and -puis won't excuse ton
fiom answering the question. He will
ask .Mm tlie month ami year of your
hlrlli, whether you are married or
single, widowed or divorced, how lonjf
you hate been mai ried to V our pre-eut
better half, how many ehildien you
have had, how many are now living
whether you are deaf, dumb or blind,
and will leqtliic to know these things
about eacli member of your family. If
you are a unlive of another country ou
will In expected to tell when you came
to this country, and i lint step-, if any,
you have taken to become a citi.cu.
The government is intere-ted in your
business and wants to know your occu
pation. If you have more than one you
will be listed under the head of the one
from which you derive the most in
co'iic. In case you are not sure which
one of your occupations is the most
remunerative, the one you spend the
must time and elTortou will be the one
under which you will lie described.
Tliu-, if you tend bar during the day
and spend ihe evening throwing dice
at the crap l. tble you will lu put down
as a Imi tender. In o ise you have no
income it will not be noted, as the tfov
uiumcutis too polite to put you down
as a hobo.
When the enumerator get through
with you he will know things alionl you
that yoi.r intimate friends do not, but
us soon as you have answered his
last question ho is expected t ) leave
your piemisjs and immediately forjjet
what you have told him. If lie don't
forget it, or behave as if lie had, he is
subject tja lineof ip,"iOU upon conviction.
Ollicially the census begins on June
1, but I he enumerator may nut arrive
at your housj until ten days later and
li ml that you weiu married on .June ".
You will i,ii down as u bachelor anil
your wife a- a spinster. You may have
died since the "1st of June, but if the
census enumerator Muds out that you
were alive on that date you are a part
of the population of Arizona and you
hate a lictitioiis existence in the sum
tut.il. The census does not recognize
anything that may happen you between
June 1 and the date of the arrival of
the censu, enumerator.
For the purp ise of taking the census