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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

PREFACE

THE NEED OF A NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK

   There has long been need of a book containing comprehensive and concise information upon Nebraska. The need has grown with the growth of the state. Accurate information upon a thousand aspects of Nebraska life is constantly sought by persons within and without the state. Hundreds of letters asking for this are answered every year by the Nebraska Reference Bureau. The information sought is scattered in hundreds of books and documents. In many cases it lies outside the field of any book or document and must be sought for originally out of the experiences of men, or the unwritten record of natural phenomena. To assemble, condense and publish a large body of the information most commonly called for has seemed an important and economical step in social progress. Such books are now published by some department of nearly all civilized states and countries. In Nebraska, the Legislative Reference Bureau has been entrusted with this task as a proper function of its duties, defined in the act of April 7, 1911, "to carry on research in subjects of special public interest, publish the same in convenient form and in every way promote the diffusion of accurate and reliable information upon questions connected with the development of civic life in Nebraska". The initial step in starting this work under the auspices of the. Reference Bureau was the suggestion of Hon. Addison Wait, former Secretary of State.

FORERUNNERS OF A STATE BLUE BOOK
   The Legislative Manual and Handbooks of 1893 and 1897, compiled by Eric Johnson, former chief clerk of the Nebraska House of Representatives, and the Nebraska Blue Books of 1899 and 1901, prepared by the State Journal Company, have been the chief ventures hitherto in the field of general information suitable for the use of the legislature. Each of these publications marked an advance upon its predecessor and has furnished valuable suggestion in the preparation of the present book.

AIM OF THE NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK AND HISTORICAL REGISTER FOR 1920
   The aim of this book is to condense within a single volume of convenient size important information most desired by busy men and women everywhere upon every phase of Nebraska.
   Its ideal is - The Nebraska Encyclopedia.
   A large part of the material herein has been secured by original research through hundreds of documents and by thousands of letters. This book is a beginning only of its ultimate plans. Future editions will include more topics with greater condensation.
   The controlling purpose in editing this volume has been to present data upon which the future progress of Nebraska, - political, social, economic, educational, religious and aesthetic, - may be safely based. Emphasis has been placed in this volume upon material needed in the determination of living Nebraska issues of the present time.
   The first edition was published in the winter of 1915; the second in1919. This, the third edition, has been brought up to date, new features have been added, and much useful old matter eliminated or condensed, in order to bring it within the funds available for publication.

ADDISON E. SHELDON.

University of Nebraska,
November, 1920.

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

CONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, 1921-1922

Governor		SAMUEL R. McKELVIE
Lieutenant- Governor		PELHAM A. BARROWS
Secretary of State		D. M. AMSBERRY
Auditor		GEORGE W. MARSH
Treasurer		D. B. CROPSEY
Attorney General		CLARENCE A. DAVIS
Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings		DAN SWANSON
Superintendent of Public Instruction		JOHN M. MATZEN
	{	THORNE A BROWNE
Railway Commissioners		H. G. TAYLOR
		H. L. COOK

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

LEGISLATURE, 1921.

SENATORS.

R--Republican D--Democrat.

District	Name		Post Office
1	John Wiltse	R	Falls City
2	A. F. Sturm	R	Nehawka
3	Henry Pickett	R	Wahoo
4	Louis Berka	R	Omaha
4	John W. Cooper	R	Omaha
4	J. A. Davis	R	Omaha
4	John W. Robbins	R	Omaha
4	Charles L. Saunders	R	Omaha
5	Albert H. Miller	R	Blair
6	John G. Gannon	R	Rosalie
7	Otto Ulrich	R	Winside
8	Charles H. Randall	R	Randolph
9	W. H. Illian	R	Albion
10	.J. C. McGowan	R	Madison
11	H. C. Beebe	R	Osceola
12	R. S. Norval	R	Seward
13	C. R Anderson	R	Lincoln
13	C. J. Warner	R	Waverly
14	Jacob F. Halderman	R	Pawnee City
15	R. C. Harriss	R	Fairbury
16	C. J. Watson	R	Fairmont
17	Perry Reed	R	Henderson
18	George C. Humphrey	R	Grand Island
19	Eric Johnson	R	Hastings
20	M. F. Rickard	R	Guide Rock
21	Fred Brown	R	Holdrege
22	Clarence G. Bliss	R	Elm Creek
23	William R. Dutton	R	Merna
24	Dennis Cronin	R	O'Neill
25	Walter V. Hoagland	R	North Platte
26	George B. Hastings.	R	Grant
27	B. K. Bushee	R	Kimball
28	James W. Good	R	Chadron.

REPRESENTATIVES.

District	Name		Post Office
1	Dr. George W. Reneker	R	Falls City
2	E. E. Good	R	Peru
3	J. W. Armstrong.	R	Auburn
4	Ernest H. Gifford	R	Lewiston
5	Alfred B. Downing	R	Vesta
6	H. C. McKee	R	Palmyra
7	H. K. Frantz	R	Eagle
8	Fred L. Nutzman	R	Nehawka
9	Allen Frazeur	R	Bellevue
10	David H. Bowman	R	Omaha
10	Robert C. Druesedow	R	Omaha
10	George B. Dyball	R	Omaha
10	T. B. Dysart.	R	Omaha
10	Harry A. Foster	R	Omaha
10	Vincent C. Hascall	R	Omaha
10	Irvin A. Medlar	R	Omaha
10	Edward W. Palmer	R	Omaha
10	Wm, L. Randall	R	Omaha
10	Millard M. Robertson	R	Omaha
10	Ed. A. Smith	R.	Omaha
10	John O. Yeiser, Jr	R	Omaha
11	Albert W. Sprick	R	Fontanelle
12	H. L. Webster	R	Tekamah
13	Walter Sandquist	R	Walthill
14	J. F. Kendall	R	Ponca
15	W. H. O'Gara	D	Laurel
16	F. E. Anderson	R	Wausa
17	Robert Lynn	R	Magnet

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

REPRESENTATIVES--Continued.

District	Name		Post Office
18	W. S. Cole	R	Neligh
19	N. M. Nelson	R	Pierce
20	Vaughn G. Williams	R	Carroll
21	Laurits Lauritsen	R	West Point
22	Henry Behrens	R	Beemer
23	Michael V. Ruddy	R	Albion
24	C. H. Morian	R	Newman Grove
25	Ed. H. Hoare	R	Monroe
26	C. F. B. Nieweddie	R	Lindsay
27	Dan McLeod	R	Schuyler
28	Geo. F. Staats	R	Fremont
28	A. M. Frost	R	Uehling
29	A. L. Ullstrom	R	Memphis
29	R. H. Park	R	Yutan
30	Walter L. Anderson	R	Lincoln
30	J. Reid Green	R	Lincoln
30	Clark Teary	R	Lincoln
30	W. R. Mellor.	R	Lincoln
30	Ralph S. Moseley	R	Lincoln
30	P. A. Sommerlad	R	Lincoln
31	Frank W. Acton	R	Beatrice
31	Harvey R. Essam	R	Beatrice
32	J. A. Axtell	R	Fairbury
33	J. G. W. Westerhoff	R	Carleton
34	Milton Young	R	Pickrell
35	J. Allen Murphy	R	Dorchester
36	Herman F. Beckman	R	Utica
37	Henry Bock	D	David City
38	Harry Hanner	R	David City
39	R. G. Douglas	R	Osceola
40	Fred McFarland	R	York
41	Geo. A. Williams	R	Fairmont
42	Charles H. Epperson	R	Fairfield
43	Peter Hakanson	R	Fairfield
44	Frank Anderson	R	Aurora
45	H. E. Goodrich	R	Nelson
46	R. B. Thompson	R	Cowles
47	J. C. Gilmore	R	Prosser
47	R. R. Vance	R	Hastings
48	John McLellan	R	Grand Island
48	W. W. Rank	R	Grand Island
49	Theodore Osterman	D	Central City
50	D. Stephenson	R	Fullerton
51	C. E. Leftwich	R	St. Paul
52	E. A. Wight	R	Wolbach
53	W. W. Bethea	R	Ewing
54	Brantley E. Sturdevant	R	Atkinson
55	George D. Clizbe	R	Ainsworth
56	D. E. Strong	R	Ord

57	George W. Wolf	R	Litchfield
58	lorian Jacobs	R	Broken Bow
58	Tames W. Lundy	R	Sargent
59	W. T. Gould	R	Elm Creek
59	Charles Miner	R	Ravenna
60	Ernest Peterson	R	Axtell
61	A. H. Byrum	R	Bloomington
62.	G. M. Wallace	R	Orleans
63	Harry Johnson	R	Holdrege
64	S. J. Franklin	R	Beaver City
65	Edward D. Perkins.	R	McCook
66	Walter B. Votaw	R	Maywood,
67	J. M. Beans	R	Lexington
68	E. S. Davis	R	North Platte
69	W. F. Wood	R	Haigler
70	Fred Hoffmeister	D	Imperial
71	Charles S. Reed	R	Logan
72	R. H. Mickey	R	Wood Lake
73	Dwight P. Griswold	R	Gordon
74	George C. Snow	R	Chadron
75	W. M. Barbour	R	Scottsbluff
76	James A. Rodman	R	Kimball
77	Earle Hilliard	R	Roscoe