Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-06
MANY NEW FACES
IN STATE HOUSE
Officers and Employees at Their
Desks Early in Morning,
Quickly Getting to Work.
ALL PLEASED WITH JOBS
tFrom a Staff Correspondent


Lincoln, Jan. 5.-(Special New
state officers and employees, as a
rule, were at their desks this morn
ing, some Of them very early, and APP
pearing to enjoy the privilege, al
though pay day is long way off for
some of them.
In the executive offices, Governor
Neville arrived at about the time
governor is supposed to be on duty
and with an expression on his face
which indicated he hoped he would
like the job. In the front office was
his private secretary, Lee Metcalfe.
Anton Sagel is holding down the
chief clerkship and Miss Anne Tracey
of Omaha, the stenographer's job.
In the Office of Secretary OF State
Pool, all the nine regulars are hold
ing over, but he has staff of twenty
three new people working to get the
automobile business cleaned up, so
that there will be no delays for any
body.
'' New Faces Here.
An Office which shows quite lot
of new faces is that of the state su-
perintendent w. H. Clemmons has
with him, John A. Woodward, A. H.
Dixon, Cora A. Thompson and Alice
Florer, as new assistants. The other
places have not been changed and
some of them may not be.
The land commissioners office
shows some changes, Land Commits
soner Shumway having placed on
the. force, J. G. Pinker, West Point;
E. B. Zimmerman, Lincoln, and Gene
We've Christensen, in the positions of
recorder, bookkeeper and stenograph-
or, respectively.
AT present Victor Wilson is the
only new one in the office of the
railway commission Having been
elected to the position of commits
sioner, he will try to hold down the
job, and he probably will make
pretty good stab at it.
J. F. Webster, St. Paul, newspaper
man, philanthropist and ball player,
is the new state printer. He went
at the work as soon as he arrived
and hasn't pied anything yet. He pro-
poses to stick on the job when he
isn't at the ball games next summer.
New Food Commissioner.
Otto Murschel, new food, drug and
oil commissioner, appears to be per-
fectly at home. He was going over
matters with former Commissioner
Hartman and says he proposes to keep
the department up to its present high
standard and raise it little when
ever opportunity offers. There is one
new man on the job besides the COM
missioner himself, G. H. Nichols, who
will be the new dairy inspector.
George G. Roster, the new game
warden, is going it alone as far as
nwe help is concerned for the present.
He has retained Miss Anna Whelan
as his stenographer. a@ .-.t H..
Changes Among Judges.
Thomas Healey, North Platte, and
James CcCleery, Hastings, are the
new inspectors under Fire Commits
sioner Ridgell. Mr.. Ridgell has re-
turned from the springs and is feel
ing more like his old self than for
some weeks.
In the halls of justice there is a
change, or tow. Judge Dean, one of
the new justices, brings with him as
reporter, L. B. Waters. Judge Corn
ish has secured the services of Miss
Wilson, stenographer, to outgoing
Justice Fawcet. Miss Raye Merrill,
who was stenographer for Justice
Barnes, goes back to her former po-
sition in: the office of Chief Clerk
Harry Lindsay of the supreme court,
taking the place of George Gold
smith, who has accepted the position
of court reporter to Judge Raper of
the First judicial district.