The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-25
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state for the position which is be-
slowed his way.
viii MAKE Her" Dry
Campbell son of Rev. G. a.
Campbell, district superintendent Of
the Methodist church OF ST. Louis,
will have charge of the dry enforce
ment act. lie is at present city at
tornsy at Scdalia. During the war
he held a secretaryship with the Am
erican embassy at London.
Caruthers will have charge Of qucs-
tions growing out of the corporation
franchise tax laws. lie served two
terms as prosecuting attorney Of Cape
Girardeau county. Shartel, chief clerk,
will have charge of the Inheritance
tax.
George V. Berry. the present Dem
ocratic incumbent, will be retained
for a month or two to give shartel
instructions in his duties. II. =. Rag
land, also one Of attorncy-generI Nc
Alllster's assistants. will also be re-
tained for some time. Shartcl is a
son Of c. NJ. Shartel OF Neosho, who
was a member OF Congress during the
Roosevelt administration. Shartel is
graduate Of the law school Of the
University of Michigan.
Smith will succeed Ragland. He is
the only Republican ever elected to
office in Dunklin county. having serv-
ed as prosecuting attorney of that
county for four years. lie was de-
feated for recollection, as prosecutor
by only thirty-five votes, although the
county went 500 democratic.
Gene Stevens VIII Switch Jobs
c. T., better known as Gene"
Stevens, now chief clerk for state
auditor George L. Hackmann. will be
chief clerk for the new republican
secretary of state, George W. Becker.
when that official takes hold jan
uary 10. The announcement was of
ficially made when Gene" who is
very popular in the state capitol with
democrats as well as republicans,
rendered his resignation a day or tv O
ago to auditor Hackmann after hav-
Ing bean with that official since he
first took hold in January 1916.
Gene" and Becker are bosom friends
which fact fully explains why the for
mer quits one good berth to accept
another of equal rank and the same
salary. s2,sOO a year. Auditor Hack
mann is now endeavoring to find
new chief clerk as capable, efficient
and popular as Gene"
secretary-elect Becker has fully
thirty onsr -9iums to distribute
among republican men and women.
Another berth worth having because
OF its salary, S2,SO0 a year, is super
visor of the automobile licensing de-
partment, now held down by James
]. O'Connor Of Fredericlltown. Thirty
for this job
Other Soft Snaps
Other clerkships to be bestowed by
the incoming secretary of state pay
$e,400 a year. Tho head of the cor
poration department, a place now oc-
cupied by J. L. Gehrean of Nevada
under the euphonious title OF corpo-
ration counsel, also pulls down $2,sO0
a year. A stenographer in this bu-
reau. now held down by Miss Anna
Brady, a staunch democrat from
Plattsburg, is paid $3.50 a month.
Other stenographers in other divis-
ions OF the department of the secre-
tary of state are paid S125 a month
Mrs. Annie Baxter, Carthage, now
land registrar under secretary OF state
Sullivan, is paid 5000 a month. While
the position does not require a woman
sixty republican women have filed
for the place simply for the reason
that a member OF this sex holds il
now. A vast amount OF ability must
be possessed by the person who lands
this plum. Mrs. Baxter has made a
statewide record in the place for