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Show IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BY CENSUS SUPERVISOR Supervisor of Census Hugh A. McMll-lln McMll-lln announced Monday that persons desiring de-siring to take tlie examinations prescribed pre-scribed by tho census bureau for prospective pros-pective enumerators need not appear In person before the supervisor. This Is an Importnnt announcement, as It means that practically all the expense connected with railroad travel will be done away with. Supervisor McMIHIn said Monday. "Because of the short time of the employment em-ployment of tho enumerators It would not be Just to require candidates to travel moro than n short distance to the placo of examination. The tost must, thcre-forc, thcre-forc, be held at a large number of places at the same time and It would be wcll-nlgh wcll-nlgh Impossible for tho supervisor to havo all the candidates In this district before him. "Through the courtesy of the postma-tcr-goneral tho test of those candidates who cannoi personally appear before mc will bo conducted by any postmaster. The postmnstors will act simply as representatives repre-sentatives of the supervisor to see that no osslstanco Is rendered any of the candidates. can-didates. They will havo nothing to do with the rating of the papers but will send them directly to the supervisor after tho trflt Is completed. "I will furnish all candidates In this stnto with blanks upon application. All papers must be returned to my office In the Dooly block not later than January 25. The application must be filled out In tho candidate's own handwriting and must be endorsed by two representative citizens of the community in which he resides. Test blanks will accompany the application blanks. "Applicants must be cltlsens of tho United States and betwocn the ages of 18 and 70 yoars " |