Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-06
M'KELVIE PICKS
BLISS TO TAKE
BROTHERS. JOB
Governor-EIeCt Selects Elm
Creek Man When He
Drops Brother Because
of 'Nepotism.
From a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, Jan. 5.-(SpecialO-A Wig
orous shake of the old political plum
tree by Governor McKelvie dis
closed that there was a little fruit
left in the foliage. Some of the fruit
heretofore shaken off proved not to
be just what was wanted, and be-
cause OF nepotism blemishes was cast
aside and new fruit selected. The
appointments are as follows:
Banking Board-Examiner (to fill
place made vacant by resignation of
o. McKelvie), Clarence G. Bliss,
Elm Greek; assistant clerk. A. L.
Bechter, Pierce; stenographer Ito fill
places made vacant by resignation Of
Miss Hart and Miss MiskelD, Rena
NJ. Waterman, Lincoln.
Insurance Board-Actuary, w. B.
Young, Omaha.
Printing Bureau - Stenographer.
Opal Nesbitt. Hastings.
State Board of Pardons-Stenog-
rapher, Matilda Heagney, Lincoln.
All Army Vets.
Inspectors in Food, Drug. Dairy
and Oil Commission: V. G.. Ziemer,
Grand Island; Herbert Kinney, Jack
son; Eden X. Drake, Burchard ;
Frank L. Snide, Springfield; H. R.
Hickman, Wayne; Edgar H. John
son, Wausa; Frank c. Prince, Ord
w. B, Bottenheld, Nelson; c. S. Fay,
Taylor; John Webb, Tecumseh
John F. Wenstrand. Wahoo; E. H.
Dunaway, Overton; Howard M. Car
son. Osceola; Thoras Zacek. West
Point; Willard South. Norfolk.
Office Of State Engineer-E. II
Morey, deputy state engineer; A. S.
Mirick, superintendent of highway
construction; NJ. F. Black. chief
craftsman: w. J. McEathron, c. M.
Miller, J. F. Mulin. R. O. Green, w.
II. Larson, Robt. Mckee, field en-
gineers; w, T. Hole, G. w. Walrod,
F. A. Roland. Chris Rohwer. NJ. f.
Burr. A. w. Woods, A. NJ. Gaddis,
G.. H. kier. Ed H. Vrana, c. A
Shannon, Homer Teller, James B.
Mckee, Margaret Noble, Gladys
Ralston, Geo. Supp. Jas. A. Knapp,
A. f. Anderson, Will Johnson. Thad
Epps, R. Adams, craftsmen; John R.
Barton, clerk in drafting room;
Louise Schultz, accountant, road de-
partment; Ruby NJ. Neville, clerk
and stenographer, road department.
Kathryn I. Ward, stenographer and
statistician, irrigation department;
Fay Forbes, stenographer and book
keeper; A. w. Moffitt. state aid
bridge inspector; F. L. Hickman,
state aid bridge Inspector; R. H.
Willis. water superintendent, divi-
sion No. /; Page T. Francis. water
superintendent. division No. 2.
From the West.
Water Commissioners: c. A. Lii
jenstolpe. Scottsbluff; w. +. Chal-
oupka, Bridgeport; T, H. Hartman,
Lewellen; Robt. Osborne, Harris
burg; Geo. M. Rannie. North Platte !;
w. 7. Young, Kimball; Floyd Bal
ley, Culbertson; c. S. Radcliffe. Sid
ney; John Cook. Agate; Vim. Willis,
Hay Springs: Jas. Spearman, Craw-
ford and M. ]. Gayhart, Montrose.
William B: Young, named as &C
tuary on, the insurance board, has
just been discharged as lieutenant.
He resigned as actuary of the North
American Life Insurance company
and voluntarily enlisted in the
United States service early in the
war and was discharged December
4 as a commissioned officer in the
field artillery. Mr.. Young attended
the state university three years and
completed his university course at
the University of Michigan. special
izing in actuarial science. He was re-
Gently offered position by the war
risk bureau of the federal govern
ment as an insurance expert.
The inspectors in the Food, Drug.
Dairy and Oil commission have all
benefited by men who have been
discharged and have recently re-
turned from the military service.