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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1930

PREFACE

     The compilation of a Nebraska Blue Book as a publication of the state was first authorized by the Legislature of 1913. Several earlier publications of an unofficial character had been issued. In 1893 and 1897 Eric Johnson, former chief clerk of the Nebraska House of Representatives published a legislative manual and handbook, and in 1899 and 1901 blue books were issued by the State Journal Company.

     The Legislature selected the Legislative Reference Bureau as the agency for editing and publishing the official statistical and descriptive state book known as the Blue Book. The first edition was in print early in 1915, and subsequent revised editions were issued in 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926 and 1928, making this revision of 1930 the eighth edition.

     The Nebraska Blue Book differs somewhat from many similar publications of other states and countries, in that it confines its scope absolutely to Nebraska matters. Its aim is to furnish in concise form a wide range of facts about Nebraska. Much of the information it contains is the result of original research on the part of members of the Legislative Reference Bureau staff, or has been prepared by persons especially qualified to cover given fields of knowledge.

     Future editions should still further adjust the subject matter to the changing times. The Blue Book is used as a reference book on Nebraska in all the schools and libraries of the state. Constant efforts to include such information as will make it most useful is part of the Reference Bureau's work for more enlightened civic life in our state.

EDNA D. BULLOCK.

University of Nebraska November, 1930

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1930

CONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, 1931-33

Governor		Charles W. Bryan
Lieutenant-Governor		Theodore W. Metcalfe
Secretary of State		Frank Marsh
Auditor		George W. Marsh
Treasurer		Dr. T. W. Bass
Attorney General		C. A. Sorensen
Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings		Dan Swanson
Superintendent of Public Instruction		Charles W. Taylor
Railway Commissioners	{	Charles A. Randall Hugh H. Drake John H. Miller

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1930

LEGISLATURE, 1931
SENATORS

R--Republican

D--Democrat

District	Name	Party	Post Office
1	Henry F. Schepman	D	Falls City
2	William H Pitser.	R	Nebraska City
3	Gus A. Dworak	D	Omaha
4	Harry K. Easton	D	Omaha
5	Wm. L. Randall	R	Omaha
6	James A. Rodman	R	Omaha
7	John W. Cooper	R	Omaha
8	Hugo F. Srb	D	Dodge
9	Arthur L. Neumann	D	Oakland
10	Geo. G. Koster	D	Niobrara
11	J. C. McGowan	R	Norfolk
12.	Henry Behrens	R	Beemer
13	George F. Frush	D	Wahoo
14	Rolla C. Van Kirk	R	Lincoln
15	Charles J. Warner	R	Waverly
16	Kenneth S. Wherry	R	Pawnee City
17	J. A. Axtell	R	Fairbury
18	Andy J. Welch	D	Milford
19	Perry Reed	R	Henderson
20	O. G. Clark	R	Columbus
21	H. L. Kunkel	D	Albion
22	Crist Anderson .	D	Bristow
23	C. S. Tooley	D	Broken Bow
24	H. G. Wellensiek	R	Grand Island
25	John E. Bowman	R	Loop City
26	R. R. Vance	R	Hastings
27	Henry Pedersen	D	Guide Rock
28	E. M. Neubauer	D	Orleans
29	P. W. Scott	R	McCook
30	Chas. E. Allen	R	Cozad
31	C. W. Johnson .	R	Potter
32	Arthur Bowring	R	Merriman
33	H. M. Springer	R	Mitchell

REPRESENTATIVES

R--Republican

D--Democrat

District	Name	Party	Post Office
1	E. T. Peck	R	Falls City
2	Chester M. Clark	R	Burchard
3	L. D. Spence	R	Crab Orchard
4	Fred D. Maclay	D	Auburn
5	Edward L. Hunt	R	Syracuse
6	Troy L. Davis	R	Weeping Water
7	Mabel A. Gillespie	D	Gretna
8	Walter R Johnson	R	Omaha
9	Ralph W. Whited	D	Omaha
10	Ed. A. Smith	R	Omaha
11	J. Crounse	D	Omaha
12	Oldrich J. Jelen	D	Omaha
13	Rudolph Tesar	D	Omaha
14	James Buresh	R	Omaha
15	P. J. McMahon	D	Omaha
16	Ervin E. Rohlff	D	Omaha
17	Harry A. Foster	R	Omaha
18	Walter S. Jardine	R	Omaha
19	Karl Kehm	R	Omaha
20	Trenmor Cone	D	Valley
21	Albert W. Sprich	R	Fontenelle
22	C. A. Valder	R	Tekamah
23	C. G. Campbell	R	Walthill
2i	Dan C. Heffernan	D	Hubbard
25	L. C. Nuernberger	R	Wakefield
26	Allen G. Burke	R	Bancroft
27	A. G. Jensen.	D	Fremont .
28	John Havekost	D	Hooper

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1930

REPRESENTATIVES-- (Concluded)

R--Republican

D--Democrat

District	Name	Party	Post Office
29	W. G. Putney	D	Cedar Bluffs
30	Julius Olesen	R	Ashland
31	Jas. E. Reed	R	Havelock
32	Clinton J. Mitchell	R	Roca
38	Peter Van Fleet	R	Lincoln
34	John S. Bishop	R	Lincoln
35	John H. Comstock	R	Lincoln
36	Max Kier	R	Lincoln
87	C. F. Overbeck	R	Beatrice
38	W. L. Jones	R	Wymore
39	Frank S. Wells	D	Fairbury
40	Frank Freeouf	D	Crete
41	J. Morrow	R	Seward
42	P. N. Schlentz	R	David City
43	Charles L. Jones	R	Schuyler
44	Paul Bruveleit	D	Stanton
45	Frank J. Klopping	D	Wayne
46	W. H. O'Gara	D	[Laurel
47	Mark Lukens	D	Bloomfield
48	George M. Story	R	Plainview
49	Obed Raasch	R	Norfolk
50	S. C. Blackman	R	Tilden
51	R. C. Regan	D	Columbus
52	W. F. Crozier	D	Osceola
53	F. O. Price	R	Thayer
54	Claire E. Owens	D	Exeter
55	Ira G. Forell	D	Chester
56	A. M. Anderson	P	Oak
57	T. H. Martin	D	Harvard
58	Carl Bremer	D	Aurora
59	John G. Boelts	D	Central City
60	S. B. Turner	D	Fullerton
61	John W. Porter	D	Albion
62	J. I. Stringfellow	D	Oakdale
63	C. B. Putnam	R	Butte
64 .	E. O. Slaymaker	D	Stuart
65	George W. O'Malley	D	Greeley
66	E. H. Sorenson	R	St. Paul
67	Chas. E. Jackman	D	Grand Island
68	E. E. Binfield	D	Prosser
69	Geo. W. Bivens	D	Hastings
70	Walter M. Burr	D	Juniata
71	William C. Frahm	R	Blue Hill
72	Fred G. Mason	R	[Upland
78	Emil Anderson	D	Minden
74	Fred A. Mueller	R	Kearney
75	Gus A. Meline	D	Kearney
76	Fred Daddow	D	Loup City
77	Marion J. Cushing	R	Ord

78 .	W. E. Buckendorf	R	Bassett
79	M. C. Warrington	D	Mason City
80	S. C. Waldron	R	Callaway
81.	R. Emerson	R	Lexington
82	O. C. Randall	R	Holdrege
83	S. Woodruff	D	Stamford
84 .	G. R. Curry	R	Arapahoe
85.	W. H. Meyers	D	McCook
86	Fred Keller	R	Eustis
87	Dan L. Ough	R	Benkelman
88	C. M. McGrath	R	Wauneta
80	James W. Smallwood	R	North Platte
90	Henry P. Hansen	R	North Platte
91	D. C. Norris.	R	Brewster
92	C. S. Reece	R	Simeon
93	Myrtle E. Musser	D	Rushville
94	B. W. Sheldon	D	Ogallala
95	J. S. Steele	R	Kimball
96	John H. Steuteville	D	Bridgeport
97	R. T. Jones	R	Scottebluff
98	E. P. Cromer	R	Gering
99	A. G. McCoy	D	Crawford
l00	W. M. Iodence	D	Hemingford