.Mathers’ Plan of State
v,
\ Housekeeping Simple One
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Bryan Code, by Contrast, Involves Multiplicity of
Bureau Offices and Must Cost Much
More in Operation.
r b> pai i, tiRtp.
f. Lincoln, March IT.—Simplicity is
like distinguishing mark of the Math
jfl-s plan of reorganising the state gov
llmnient. This is in vivid contrast
With tlie Bryan code, which not even
ppe partisans of the governor -can V''
ffllaln. 1
v) The citizen having husiness at, the
Mate'house would he in do doubt at
what office to present his case under
jjnic Mathers plan. But under the
■system proposed by the governor ht
Would in all likelihood hark to hunt
■•ft Om one office to another before find
*ipg the proper bureau'. And even
‘Wien lie nyght have; to deal with
t|vo or three different bureaus and
jAmi missions, so sc<ktere4 Would fuuc
'tjoiis lie under the Bryan code. Of
tlmrse, the governor would be the
titular head of all these bureaus, but
it*, would ha Ve ■••deput ics everywhere
from the attic td the cellar to do the
actual work. ,*
f Natural Combination.
Instead of split!ing (the tlbance d*
ljArtment tip between three different
bureaus, as Bryah -urges. Speaker
Jiathers would conduce this depart
ment with the state,, auditor's office,
ay both perforni bookkeeping funo
turns. , ^
, (Tile state auditor. (!..\V. Marsh, is
ap old and tried pulillt* official, re
elected to the office by a good vote
at the last election, lie Is capable
of directing the business of the state's
accounting. Always he has believed
that consolidation of administrative
ftlpt ■tlons under the constitutional ofd
cm3 would be less expensive. At pres
ent there are nine employes in the
auditor's office. There gre nine also
itf the finance department, If the (wo
Mitre combined a* few' clerks- cAuld Iv
dropped off the payroll. ''Hut not too
many." says Mr. Marsh. "If I didn’t
get some exttVji help l would have to
synd part of the work out and get it
blundered." ' .
> Mush fm- Merit System.
d'nder tltfr Vu'J a>V Codftithe auditor
would be s*dfHi U with a. multitude of
additional tluliea, without any pro
vision for so mti' h as an additional
b#ikkeep* f.
jlOmt thing M.'. Marsh is not keen
about is appointive power. "That
nprely meSris nfbre trouble from dis
appointed office seekers who feel that
they have bean discriminated against.”
lie explains. -Ho takes the view of the
old French statesman who remarked
that each time he made an appoint
ment lie made a dozen enemies and
OBtt ingrate.
,1'nder the Bryan code the governor
himself would hire all the employes
of Ids bureaus. Whatever adminis
trative plan is adopted, Mr. Marsh be
lieves it should retain the merit sys
te.in. a sort of modified civil service.
In which political pull would be re
duced to a minimum. ,
Treasurer Willing.-, t--,
/.The slate treasurer, C‘. lb Rubin*
sen, is another official who would
be given added responsibilities under
the Mathers amendment. The depart
ment of trade a ru.1 commerce would
he combined with his office. Although
he is a strong believer In the original
rode system. Mr. Robinson is willing
to tackle this job. one has only to
glance at his Treen face to be con
vinced that lie could handle the diffi
cult work of supervising the banks
and insurance companies. The state
treasury has deposits in 600 banks
and there would be some advantage
in having him in closer touch with
their condition. In the early days Mr.
Jjobinson was a banker at Blue llill.
l4e served as ■ treasurer of Webster
ibunty for 12 years, and for four
yens was examiner of county treas
uries for .'the slat*-.
' .Meeting responsibility. Is the main
thing," says Mr. Kobimfon. "The head
<rt a state office such as this must
yfatch things closely. As for the ac-tu
(d work done here now. I can clean
tjint up in a few hours each day." lie
has six employes, mue of them a ste
ijgrapher on half time. The trade
Id commerce department has 37 uu
rioyes, of,whom seven are in th<- blue
Ay bureau, which it is planned to
eliminate. Several others would be
dropped by turning fire Inspection
liter to tlie joint inspection depart
ment, which would lie* established
under the secretary of state.
State Secretary Diffident.
.'At pres, at tlio office of secretary of
st.iie is little more than a clerkship.
There arc five employes now. The
<h van code, would turn ov< r tlie han
ging if automobile. licenses to this
ijffice n. order to give it something to
if" although tliis function now is per
farmed by the department of public
♦brka, where n 11 nmllgiH having to do
pli roads are centered;
j Charles AV. Pool, the secretary of
jate, js the only I denfiicratlc state of
cial electeil to keep Governor Bryan
Armpany. The Mathers plan would
ci-iibine the present departments of
aVricuiturf, labor and public welfare
tjrider Mr: Pool. This would group
-ill tlie ;Insiieciion forces ' and Mr.
fool vvi-llhi have a frei hand to re
finer trieir iiurtiber as far as h<- sis s
(II Tt|<*r<> are now six employes in
flu- labor department, 33 It! tlie tie
p I'tment of public ,veifare and 70 in
tin- department of agriculture.
Money Saved on Salaries.
l Some of ih<- agricultural work,
iiii'li as lii" inspection of jiutgtoAg and
* ids. would lie transferred to the
college of agriculture. Several other
functions would in- dropped. Se.ie
tery Pool is cautious about conduit
flng himself, but declares that he is
»o.i seeking any new responsibilities,
although he will meet uuy task as
signed to him.
i None of the constitutional officers
ft- whoth tills ru-w work would lie
given would receive any Increase in
salary'. This would cilt out IKi.HOO
a year now paid to the heads of the
i ode departments.
The provisions of the Mathers plan
are such that If the governor did not
like tlie way In which officers con
ducted the consolidated departments
Jin could relieve them and appoint
Secretaries to handle the depart meni
al work* at saluries to be fixed later.
>\» long as the constitutional officers
held the Jobs, they would appoint
'their own assistants. If tlie gover
nor saw fit to remove them, lie would
Jisvc power to name all tlie assist
ants.
Mat Iters Plan Popular.
Hu clapfit tnietite at* cupiUmd into
|four ami consolidated with ronstftu- I
! tlonal offices under the Mathers j
i scheme. The one w ho would be as- I
signed the hardest work, that of ninn
iging the department of public works. 1
is the one who most willingly would
J undertake the added duties. This is,
' l.*#n Swanson, commissioner of pub
lic lands, and buildings. All land and
I buildings' owned by the state' are now
under bis care, and the highways
* seem to fit in naturally Mr. Swanson
is a business malt; well able to attcud
to the letting of contract^, apd would
rely on an engineer for technical ad
vice. -lie now employs four surveyors i
i in the field and has six office em- |
nployes. The department of public 1
! Works has 105 employes paid by the
month and several others, such as
laborers, oil part time.
Opinion of republican legislators is
pretty well agreed that if the gov
ernment of Nebraska is to be reor
ganized this plan is the most feasible,
i both front the standpoint of cutting
taxes and from that of efficiency.
Representative Oswin Keifer of
Nuckolls county expressed the gen
eral view iH his speech in which lie
(warned against the danger of crip
pling the state through mistaken ef
forts to pinch the pennies which
would in the end cost tlie people dear.
There aVc many practical economies
ip the Mat hat's amendment to the
DySart hills, afid there is no doubt
that together they would materially
reduce state expenditures.
Packer Merger
to Be Announced
News of Mojrrid Purchase by j
Armour to Be Made Pub
lic Next Vt eek.
Chicago, March IT.—Purchase of
Morris £ Co. Uy Armour £ Co., news i
dories published iicre today said, prob
ably will he announced early next
week, 1 he transaction Icing effective
us of the close, of the former's fiscal
year, October tlS.
Class A cornmon stock, figuring In ,
the transaction, reports sttid, had j
! hetn valued at $83 a share, a price :
set by adjudicators in conference last i
week. Cireumfluence of intervention ;
was believed to have been accom j
: pushed by the method by which the ,
: deal will be conisummated.
Armour £ Co. will buy the physical
assets of Morris £ Co. through one
of its subsidiaries, probably Armour
& Co. of Delaware, recently organ
ized. Df the $30,000,000 purchase pr.ee,
$10,080,000 will be paid in cash: $10,
000.000 in preferred stock of Armour
£ Co. of Illinois at par and $10,000,000
of Claes A-common stock of Armour j
X C.Y ‘of Illinois at $s.'>.
Morris £ <'o. then w ill liquidate,
giving its preferred stockholders a
dividend of 100 per cent in preferred
stock of Armour £ Co., its common i
stockholders a cash dividend and a ,
dividend of S 10.000.000 of Armour £
Co. common stock.
The $10,000,000 Armour & Co. com
mon stock will hr- turned over to
Morris £ Co. by .1. Ogden Armour,
chairman of the board.
No Morris £ Co. stock wdl enter
into the deal.
Exchange to Change Method
of Quoting Prioes on Bond*
NVw York, March IT.- (Aft—Tn$ 1
method of quoting t'nited States gov
ernment liotnls on the New York
Stock Kxchange will he changed with
in the next ttfro weeks, so that the
minimum fluctuation will he fixed at
1 :;2 of one point instead of the pres
ent decimal system with its minimum
of 2 cents on *100, it was learned Fri
day. This w ilt still permit of a much
narrower movement than that in
other listed bonds, which ate quoted
in eighths a point.
The decimal system was instituted
during the war at the request of the
! niteif States government, in order
to provide the maximum stability in
price during the distribution period.
The need foi this extremely narrow
fluctuation is said to be no longer
exist.
Shaving Brush Blamed fur
Si*ku ♦***; Uruggi.l Sued
The deadly anthrax germ, which \C
If. Ip.ee. 2114 fjOCUSt Street, says
jumped out at him from the biistl* <
of a shaving brush he purchased in
Norfolk. Neb., caused a IJoO.OOO dam
age suit in district court Saturday.
Rose, salesman for the Klectiicnl
Development company. file*! suit
against the American Hufety Razor
company of New York and George B.
Christoph of Norfolk, a dnuggist.
He alleges he bought a shaving
brush guaranteed get mproof October,
13. 1921. in Christoph’s store. Mix days
later, he says, he became ill. Me sent
’he brush to a bacteriologist, who. Hr (
petition alleges, discovered the germs
in the bristles.
Turkish Flag I* Display***!
in Jerusalem Strike Pafach
.Jerusalem, March 17. The Turkish
Hag was flown lure Thursday during i
a procession held ill ‘oniynfclion witl|
a strike called by the Arab leaden*
to celebrate the sijoceM* of the recent
Arnb boycott *»f the legislative coun
cil elections. Arab -Undents and Isty j
scouts carried only Arab-Turklsh ban
n*-r* in the parade.
During the demonstration disorder
broke out and British troops dispersed |
Hie panniers, but not laforu Severn I
Arabs and a f**\v native #pQlkjenwp.
were wounded. SI*j*lngleadei s in iImt
demonstration went V1 ,
Sah* of He<lue<Ml Rat*- Rail
Mileage Rook* Authorized
Omaha railroads were notified Ms' j
unlay that the Interstate Commerce |
commission had authorized th" sab- j
of reduced rate mileage hook*.
A mileage hook to the value *»f j
*'90 may be Mold for $72. effective
May 1, according to information re
ceived HaturOny by W. # K. Uo*k,
passeiIgor agent f,** the Mllwatikes
here. .j
The mileage 1/ook coupons may b<
exchanged f« »i tegular tickets and
they will be accepted by sll rail
road* „
9
Decorate
for Spring
The modern woman realize*
that spring decorating is some
thing more than just good
painting and wall papering.
A icheme for each room and
probably for her entire home
is really what she is looking
for. For this reason Orchard
& Wilhelm Co. have a staff of
highly skilled interior deco
rators, qualified in every way
to advise her as to floor cover
ings, walls, draperies, furni
ture, enameling or wood finish
ing, upholstering or the re
creation of those furniture
pieces she values and wishes to
use in. a rejuvenated home.
Complete schemes of color, de
sign and arrangement are sub
mitted by our staff of interior
decorators. Estimates arc fur
nished without cost.
Fifth Floor
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A Splendid
Hartmann
Wardrobe
Trunk
Of all the trunk* in the Hart
mann line, there is one so fine
that you will want to • know
about it. In the first place it
is strong, but so light that
it will never be overweight. It
is equipped for a man or
woman. The special cushion
top prevents garments from
shifting and creasing while in
transit. An interlocking safety
device is one that every trav
eler will appreciate. Price
complete,
$52.50
Main Floor
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It Pays to
Join Our
Console Club
85.00 membership fee de
livers any console to your home
and constitutes a first payment
on your instrument. Subse
quently you make monthly pay
ments to suit your convenience.
The great popularity of thr*
console type phonograph is
■ based upon the beauty of the
instrument and its fine acoustic
qualities. There has been a
startling shortage of consoles
due to the increased demand.
Orchard & Wilhelm <o. are ex
ceedingly fortunate at this time
in having all the new type cun
soles in stock in both
BRUNSWICKS
from $150.00
and
YICTROLAS
from $100.00
Fifth Floor
Buy a Herrick
Refrigerator
and save both ic and fund
The genuine “dry air system”
will k< ep food free from for
eign flavors or odors. The
easily cleaned, sanitary lining
insures a condition appreciated
by particular people. The solid
oak outer case resist:! the wear
Hiid tear of a generation. A
Herrick costs no more than
many ordinary, inefficient ice
boxes.
60-lb., '2-door Herrick (10-cnnt
white enamel lined), .
$39.50
II J lii , 3-door Herrick (10-coat
white enamel lined ), at
$66.00.
Smaller or larger sizes in pro
portion. Side, top or hack
icings to special order. Con
venient terms.
Downttairi
SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS.
Good Furniture
TO serve well, to wear gracefully, to endure long and to always please, is
to entitle a piece of furniture, a rug, a drapery fabric, a stove or even a
'refrigerator to the title GOOD! The title should not be lightly bestowed, but
after time, and a multitude of people have delivered this)verdict on any article
of merchandise, it would be a shame not to‘bestow it.
Orchard & Wilhelm Company have for a generation had the exclusive retail
sale in this territory of a number of the very finest furniture lines, and Omaha
people^have had a real opportunity of passing their judgment year in and year
out upon the thousands of pieces of furniture sold by the company.
Today a second generation of Omahans are getting married and starting
homes, and we are inclined to wonder if the first generation is advising and
guiding them in their purchases.
From the looks of business, they are.
Tlii* Shopnaark it inset
in every Berney 61 (.ray
production. It ia the
customer'* protection
when buying and h;«
pride ever after.
%
We have carried Ber
key & Gay Furniture
for a generation.
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The Home of Berkey&Gay Furniture
This nationally advertised console jrroup is a notable value.
•
Done in genuine all American walnut, embellished with fancy burl mouldings; turnings,'cor
ners and edges softly fashioned by hand; an old-time shellac and wax finish gives to these pieces
a mellow color, such as is attained through years of careful usage.
Price« are the lowest at which this character of furniture can be bought anywhere.
Console Table .864.50
Mirror . 837.65
Among New Berkey & Gay
Bedroom Suites
A straightline bedroom suite in mahog
any, delightful in design, construction
and finish.
Bed, full or twin size . 854.00
Vanity Dressing Table .884.00
^'hi/fonier . 873.50
Two sizes of Bureaus. 880.00, #105.00
Desk .. 837.00
Chair . 817.50
Rocker . 819.50
Bench . 816.00
Hall Chair . $43.00
Arm ( hair . $64.50
Among New Berkey & Gay
Dining Suites
A Span-l'mbrian dining '’lite in Ameri
can walnut without a peer in any furni
ture stock. Shown with various sized
buffets and tables.
•O-inch Buffet . $80.00
('.•-inch Buffet.8115.00
72-inch Buffet . S142.0O
Oblong 8-ft. Extension Table.... 898.00
(Hiking Befrecto! y Drawout Table. $126.00
Gate Ia g Table $79.00
• hairs in sets of fiv<* and one, tapestry up
holstered . $148.50
China Clouet, woc-J door type $07.00
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I Iepplewhite Dining Suite—chmchiii wainm
This is an exceptionally good looking uitc in Churchill two-tone walnut u( a very
modes' price, .lust another example of thoroughly good value without immoderate
"price cut" claim*.
4o\d0-iruh Oblong Table, extends to HO-ineh Buffet with convenient accommo
#59.00 dat ion* . . #76.00
Full Itoxed, Slip Seat, Tapestry Covered Chairs (five rule And
one arm chair), set complete.. ../. #SS.OO
The Well Known Emmerich
All Feather Pillows
Those pillows are built to our order and are in
every way desirable, being sanitary, light, durable
and comfortable. Tickings are bright and a!
tractive.
“Frontier" Pillows, p i pair. . Si*.50
“Rex” Pillow*, per pait 83.7ft
“Itcx" (larger i/e) . $5.00
“Special" Pillows, pet pair . $0.50
“It stwell" Pillows, per pair . . $S.50
“Imperial” Pillows, per pair $10.00
"Or-Wi-< o," all down . . $13.50
Fifth Floor
Bedding
You’ll Probably Need This
Springtime
Orient Sheets and Cases
(J.'lxSM) Sheet* ... SI.70 e»eh
7 2x1*0 Sheet* SI.so null
81x00 Sheet* .> SI.7T* t*n> h
81 x:»0 Sheet*.SI.S"* emh
4'2\ !i> or 45x.'!li l’illow <us . IJVf* em-h
Dwight Anchor Sheets
Sheet* SI.7.%
8lxtt9 Sheet* . Sli.li•"'*
ii2xi6 Pillow < .f-i *. :,or w'i
I .\ III pillow 1 'll I r*T»f* eliell
Maui Floor
I Detroit Jew el
(ias Ranges
Every woman who purchases h Detroit
Jewel (Ins Range this turning week will
receive a white poreelain top kitchen
table, value IS.&O, or its equivalent in
aluminum ware TREE.
The ranee illustrated is a very popular
model at .... . #52.50
Duel line and eonnertityis KRKK.
\ liberal allowance made on your old
Stove.
A count opened foi those who wish to
tlefcr payments to the fiist of April
and thereafter at the late of, per
month . #5.00
Downstair!
Sketch No. 241
This simple lambrequin treat
merit can be executed in almost
any material. It is here shown
in two-tone velour with plain
velour side drapes to harmonize.
A trim of galloon and the fringe
on the ends of the lambrequin
serve to make this .a very hand
some treatment. The curtains
are of casement net, fringed.
Send oi
Call for
Our New
Sketch Book
—it’s FREE.
Correct Curtains
— and Cm tamings for the
Springjind Summer Seasons
Referring generally to the new cur
tain?, curtain materials and draperies.
Fringed Curtains
will be the most popular for living rooms, dining rooms and in fact
for all rooms except bedrooms and we are even showing a few
styles for bedroom use. These fringed curtains are shown in
various styles of net.
The coarse weave nets of Tuscan or Tuscan variety. Ranging
from .81.25 to 88.00 per pair
Filet Fringed Curtains at.88.00 and 88.50 per pair
Fringed Casement Net Curtains from 812.75 to 810.00 pair.
Fringed Shantung Net Curtains at.816.75 Per Pa)r
Filet Grandee Curtains at . 818.75 to 822.50 per pair
Curtainings
We also carry in many Instance? the same style nets by the yard
for the curtaining of ?rnall or extra large windows, or for those
who prefer to make their own curtains. These range, according
to their quality and style, from 85c per yard to $1.35 for the
coarser and Tuscan weaves: from 50c to $2.00 per yard for the
filet styles and from $2.00 to $2.75 for Casement Net-.
Ask to see our Mosaic Marquisette, a curtain material that ha«
the wearing qualities of a Marquisette, combined with a lacy
appearance of a Casement Net. Shown in ecru at 81.00 an'i
81.25 yard.
We have a ery Urge and attractive showing of Orinoka
guaranteed “unfast and tubfast drapery fabrics in every
desirabU color. Many shown thi- season for ’he fir-t
time. Priced from 82.50 to S7.50 per yard
Main Floor
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New and Beautiful Styles in
Lamps and Shades
We are showing wonderful creations in tr.ctu.
leaf finish and wrought metal. Shades are
Georgette ir. colors to go with ne'e furniture
coverings and drapes. For the woman who is
looking for a truly lovejy lamp, our display
will have a real thrill.
A Special Junior Type
Is offered in two-tone walnut with G< igette
shade. The combination is equipped with drop
cords and tass*l», fancy ends and O” AA
many little refinements . .
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RUGS
From a bounteous stock the buyer of
rugs suggests that among the items
listed below are some you'll want
to include in your plans for spring:
Plain \ civet Rugs with Borders
These rugs are seamles- and can be ho i in de-irable shades of
blue, taupe, »iray and brown,
8-3x10-6, price . $68.50 9x12. price 873.50
Chintz Body Brussels Rugs
Made of splendid wool yarns, having a haul -aitsce which - c-.-y
to dean; the pattern- match the wall paper- and cretonne now so
mud) used* for bedrooms.
s-3x10-6 for . . $53.50 9x12 for $57.50
Bundhar Wilton Rugs
They are a standaid for hard wear. In wonderful color cojnbir.a
tion.s and a 'r»rjr* ranp* o’ sues.
• «*7-4 . 936.00
fix9 . S04.30
Wo tHiote ou.y a low:
> ;nio-« r..i #m>.r»o
fx-i $103.50
Carpets
It it> frequent!}' correct to cover rooms entirely with carpet and t
certainly makes M room very coi>. In plain goods we show taupe*,
blues, gray*, browns and greens in many -hades; while a wide se
lection is offered in pattern* that are being demanded by particu
lar people. We are also showing band bordered carpets for ha: *
and stair*. Measuring and estimating is dom without . -~t to
the customer call for a mar.
Second Floor
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Linoleums
Printed Linoleums
Shown in f> and
«idtTi$. These goods have
heavy burlap' foundations
and tough painted and var
nished surface* that resist
wear Height, clean, cheer
ful patterns are offered.
Prices, per square yard -
*1.35 *1.25 *1.10
Inlaid Linoleums
Shown in th - (' foot width, this
kind of linoleum offers a very
varied choice of patterns. The
color of each “tile" is impregnated
into the cutn, oil ai d cork that you
can cut it away to the burlap with
out changing tho color. In other
words, the color cannot "wear off.”
l\r square yard —
$2.nr* S2.00 si.so
Second Floor
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Electric Sweepers
Demonstrated by an Expert. Service for Three Month- FI 'S.
Hoover Boater, Sweeper and Cleaner, at mUTt.OO
Hamilton Beach Suction Sweeper ami Cleaner, !jir>S.50
Bee-Vac Suction Sweeper and Stationary
Brush . . v . . &19.75
Do It Electrically - Downttaue
