A GIRL TO ENUMERATE.

And In a Half Settled Region at That.

MARY E. HASKELL'S COURAGE

No Man Could Be Found to Count in the Upper Half of Cass.

Miss Mary E. Haskell, of this city, is to undertake the work of making a count of the people in the northern half of Cass county. She will be paid $3 a day, and out of this sum she will have to pay her expenses. The northern half of Cass county is not thickly settled, and the greater part of Miss Haskell's work will be done on horseback. She thinks that she is equal to the task, however, and seemed to be greatly pleased when she received the appointment. There were no applicants for this territory. One man half consented to take it, but declined when he thought that he would have to buy a camping outfit and team of horses. The natural gallantry of the inhabitants, no doubt, will permit Miss Haskell to get through the work with small expense. The young lady was stenographer for the senate committee on judiciary during the last session of the legislature, and since the census work began has been employed in the office of the secretary of state.

The work of sending out enumerators' portfolios was completed today to a point which covers all of the oaths of office which have been returned. There are still about 100 enumerators who have not yet made the return of the oath of office, and their portfolios are being held. In all save these 100 districts, therefore, the work of making the count will begin tomorrow morning. It must be completed and the full count in the hands of the secretary by the 31st day of July.