This institution is to receive those "children under sixteen years of age and of sound mind who have been committed to it by any juvenile court, district court, or county court, acting under the juvenile court law," as children who are dependent for support, neglected or ill-treated. The law requires the officers of this board to place the children in homes. The buildings formerly occupied by the home for the friendless have been transferred to the orthopedic hospital. A new building was completed and occupied in 1917 and the "boarding out" plan was the abandoned. This building adjoins that of the orthopedic hospital . During the nineteen months from November 30, 1920, to June 30, 1922, in all 737 children were cared for by the home. Of these, 68 returned from trial homes, 169 were placed in trial homes, 42 were returned to parents or friends, 56 were adopted, 12 died, 34 attained majority, 14 were returned to juvenile court, 4 were married, and 14 were transferred to other institutions. At the end of the period 161 children were present in the home. HOSPITAL FOR TUBERCULOUS KEARNEY Superintendent-L. T. Sidwell, M. D.......... Assistant to Superintendent-A. L. Schneider. Bookkeeper and Stenographer-A. Romono. Salary ..$2,300 The legislature of 1911 established this hospital, which was opened for patients January 22, 1912. Applicants for admission must be examined by qualified physicians, and all expense of such examination and transportation to the hospital, if not borne by the patient or the relatives or friends, must be borne by the county. There has been a steady increase in the number of inmates since the hospital was opened. Too many of these are from cases that have advanced so far as to be inadmissible. During the biennium sixty-six soldiers and sailors were sent to the hospital by the government, and a school maintained for them. The institution has thirty-four acres of land valued at $6,800, and buildings valued at $98,000. There are forty-two officers and employees, with an average number of 102 inmates. The per capita expenditure for. last year was $625.06. Improvements recently added include a new hospital, an ice plant, an X-ray machine, and a sterilizer. CONDENSED LIST OF STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, BOARDS, SOCIETIES, COMMISSIONS AND SURVEYS The original organization of the state's business, in the constitution of 1875, provided for three main divisions of the state government, legislative, executive and judicial, with seven executive departments. In the forty-five years since the adoption of this constitution additions have been made to this list until there are now sixty-two distinct objects of appropriation and expenditure which may be roughly classifed as follows: Constitutional departments, 13: Legislature. Auditor. Treasurer. Secretary of State. Attorney General. Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings. Superintendent of Public Instruction. Supreme Court. District Courts. State Railway Commission. Board of Control. Board of Pardons and Parole. Statutory departments and bureaus, 8: Department of Finance. Department of Agriculture. Department of Labor. Department of Trade and Commerce. Department of Public Welfare. Department of Public Works. Adjutant General. State Library (under Supreme Court). Institutions, 29: The following are under State Board of Control, 17; Asylum for Insane, Hastings. Hospital for Insane, Lincoln. Hospital for Insane, Norfolk. School for Blind, Nebraska City. School for Deaf, Omaha, Institute for Feeble Minded, Beatrice. Industrial School for Girls, Geneva. Industrial School for Boys, Kearney. Women's Industrial Home, Milford. Orthopedic Hospital, Lincoln. Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Grand Island. Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Milford. State Penitentiary, Lincoln.. Tuberculosis Hospital, Kearney. Home for Dependent Children, Lincoln. Women's Reformatory, York. Reformatory for Men, Lincoln. The following are under State Board of Education, 4: State Normal School, Peru. State Normal School, Kearney. The following are under University Board of Regents, 6: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Medical College, Omaha. Experiment Station, North Platte. Experiment Station, Valentine. Experiment Station, Scottsbluff. Irrigation School, Scottsbluff. The following are under Division of Game and Fish, 2: Hatchery Station, Schlagel Creek, Cherry County. The following is under State Board of Agriculture, 1: Boards and Commissions, 2: Board of Educational Lands and Funds. Library Commission. Temporary boards and commissions, 1: Commission to Revise the Statutes. Societies and Associations, 12: Each of the following organizations is a voluntary association of private citizens, receiving appropriations from the state: State Board of Agriculture. State Board of Horticulture. State Poultry Association. Live Stock Breeders' Association. Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association. State Dairymen's Association. State Historical Society. Grand Army of the Republic. United Spanish War Veterans. Potato Improvers' Association. State Irrigation Society. State Irrigation Association. Surveys and Special Work, 3: Each of the following is under the University Board of Regents: Agricultural Extension. Legislative Reference Bureau. DISCONTINUED AND TEMPORARY OFFICES AND BOARDS* Board of Commissioners of Immigration, 1866-1876. District Attorney, 1867-1887. Board of Public Lands and Buildings, 1875-1913. Board of Purchase and Supplies, 1877-1913. Voting Machine Commission, 1905-1921. Inspector of Construction and Repair of Public Buildings, 1911-1915. Board of Mediation and Investigation, 1913-1919. Minimum Wage Commission, 1913-1919. Conservation and Public Welfare Commission, 1913-1919. Forestation Commission, 1913. School Law Revision Commission, 1913-1915. Revenue and Taxation Commission, 1913-1915. *Detailed information concerning these offices and boards may be found in earlier editions of the Blue Book. Joint Committee on Reform in Legislative Procedure, 1913-1915. Water Power Commission, 1913-1915. Gettysburg Reunion Commission, 1913-1915. Vicksburg Reunion Commission, 1917-1919. Joint Senate and House Committee to Investigate Capital National Bank Failure, 1917-1919. State Council of Defense, 1917-1919. United Spanish War Veterans, 1917-1919. Nebraska-Iowa Boundary Commission, 1917-1921. Children's Code Commission, 1919-1921. $ 30,307.66 MISCELLANEOUS STATE APPROPRIATIONS, 1869–1921 State aid to counties on account of litigation, 1877-1909. Legal advertising, 1915-1919 Attorneys' fees for defending state suits, 1875-1899. Aid to grasshopper, drouth and tornado sufferers, 1875-1915. 484,491.31 1,300.00 70,294.05 601,207.52 Insurance of state buildings, 1869-1870. Lightning rods on state buildings, 1871-1876.. 88,302.00 1,692.50 Bounties on wolves, wildcats, coyotes and sugar beets, 1873-1913... 302,719.48 Extermination of prairie dogs, 1919-1921.. Aid to various expositions, 1877-1919.. Monuments, 1881-1909 Paving and internal improvements, 1915-1921. Claim for glandered horses, 1915. Indemnity for accidents suffered in service of the state, 1887-1921 Reimbursements, 1919 2,000.00 207,309.00 23,350.00 37,500.00 300.00 83,557.45 311.48 LEGISLATURE OF 1921 SENATORS CHARLES B. ANDERSON (Republican), thirteenth district. Born at Albion, New York, June 30, 1865. Came to Nebraska in 1887. Ancestors were Scotch-Irisn. Married Mathilda M. Miller. Has six children. Received his education at Albion (N. Y.) schools. Is an officer of Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Lincoln. Has been a farmer, merchant and banker. Regent of University of Nebraska for seven years. Member of Lincoln school board. State senator 1913 session. Member Congregational church; Masonic Orders, Knights of Pythias, life member Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Knife and Fork Club and others. Address: Lincoln. HARVEY COLLIN BEEBE (Republican), eleventh district. Born in Henry county, Illinois, January 20, 1874. Parents moved to Nebraska the same year. Married Bessie L. Lohr, on December 22, 1896. Is a lawyer. Has served as county attorney of Polk county and mayor of Osceola, Nebraska. Member of Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Modern Woodmen of America and Woodmen of the World. Address: Osceola. LOUIS BERKA (Republican), fourth district. Born in Bohemia. Attended high school at Flint, Michigan, and graduated from the law college of Michigan university in 1883. Married Zella Remington in 1878. They have eight children. Has lived in Nebraska ever since graduating from university, and is engaged in the marble business, sells real estate, and practices law. Was justice of the peace, police judge, city councilman of Omaha, and state senator in 1919 session. Belongs to the Christian Science church, Masons (Knight Templar, Shriner), Knights of Pythias, J. C. B. J., and Woodmen of the World. Address: Omaha. CLARENCE GEORGE BLISS (Republican), twenty-second district. Born at Shelton, Nebraska, May 10, 1883. Ancestry English and Pennsylvania German. Mother came from England in 1870. Married Jessie Stebbins, January 6, 1912; three children. Public and high school education. Is president of City Bank of Elm Creek; also interested in farming and stockraising. County federal food administrator during World War. Member Methodist church, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and Kearney Country Club. Address: Elm Creek. FRED A. BROWN (Republican), twenty-first district. Born at Burlington, Iowa, June 23, 1873. Came to Nebraska in 1885. Parents came from Sweden in 1866. Widower; one child. Educated in Holdrege public schools, Lutheran Academy, Wahoo, and Lincoln Business College, Lincoln. Has engaged in farming and stock raising; at present merchant. Member Presbyterian church; Masonic and Modern Woodmen of America lodges. Address: Holdrege. BERTON K. BUSHEE (Republican), twenty-seventh district. Representative during the legislative sessions of 1909 and 1911, and senator in 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919. He was born at Dartford, Wisconsin, and has lived in Nebraska since 1888. Is married and has two children. Received his education in the public schools of Wisconsin. Has been a school teacher, merchant and banker. Is now president of the Citizens State Bank of Kimball. He has been mayor of Kimball and a member of the village board. Belongs to the Methodist church, Masons, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen. Address: Kimball. |