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Office of the Chief clerk. District No. 8, Railway mail service, Lincoln, O. R. Eher, Chief clerk, Salary $3,800 perannum.
     The functions of these officers is the direction of the distribution and dispatch of the mails in their territory and the management of the transportation of the malls therein.

     The records show that there are two officers of the U. S. Navy on duty in the state of Nebraska, as follows: Lieutenant Willis W. Pace, U. S. Navy, is officer-in-Charge of the Navy Recruiting Station, Omaha, Nebraska; Lieutenant John B. Bostlck, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy, is also attached to the Navy Recruiting Station, Omaha, Nebraska.

     The activities of the interior department in the state of Nebraska consist of the land office, Indian service, reclamation service and park service.

Hewett, James H. H., Alliance, Register---$l,000 and fees (Not to exceed $8,600 per annum.)

Davis, Sam B., Genoa, Superintendent Genoa Indian school	3,300
Ziebach, Charles M., Winnebago, Superintendent Winnebago Indian agency	3,200

     The offices of the North Platte Project, Mitchell, Nebr., have been moved to Guernsey, Wyo.

Claude F. Gleason, Superintendent of power	3,800
Arthur T. Stimfig, Chief clerk	2,800

     Mathers, A. N., Gering, Custodian, Scotts Bluff national monument, $12 per annum.

     W. W. Burr, Director, Nebraska agricultural experiment station, Lincoln, Nebraska. Supervision of projects and expenditures under federal funds provided under Hatch, Adams and Purnehl acts in support of agricultural research work by the Nebraska agricultural experiment station.

W. H. Brokaw, Director of extension, Lincoln, Nebraska, in charge of all extension activities in state.

     Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics by the College of agriculture of University of Nebraska and the U. S. Department of agriculture 'under federal funds provided by the Smith-Lever and supplemental acts, Department of agriculture appropriations, and funds supplied by 'state, county and local agencies.

Lincoln: Thomas A. Blair, Senior metorologist, in charge	$4,600
Meteorological observations and reports. Center for climatological service in Nebraska.
Omaha: Millard V. Robbins, Meteorologist, in charge	3,800
Meteorological observations and reports. Center for river service and for con and wheat region service in the state.

CENTER FOR AIRWAYS WEATHER SERVICE

Fort Crook: Vincent E. Jakl meteorologist, in charge .	3,800
North Platte: Alphonso W. Shilling, Junior meteorologist, in charge	2,400
Meteorological observations and reports.
Valentine: C. Dexter Grunow, Junior meteorologist, in charge	2,300
Meteorological observations and reports.

A. H. Francis, Associate Veterinarian, Inspector in Charge,      Lincoln, Nebraska

$8,500

     Control and prevention of hog cholera, with a view to ultimate eradication of the disease; cooperation with state by providing quarantine or other measures to prevent spread of sheep scabies and of scabies (mange) in cattle and horses, including demonstration of proper methods of treatment and prevention; and tuberculin testing of cattle and, if found free from tuberculosis, issuance of certificates therefor, or, if found diseased, disposal of animals, in accordance with Nebraska laws.

Frank Jelen, Senior Veterinarian, Inspector in Charge, Omaha	$4,600
G. A; Kay Assistant Veterinarian, Inspector in Charge, Nebraska City	3,000

       Supervision of meat packing establishments to see that the law, regulations, and instructions governing meat inspection are properly observed and that all meats and meat-food products are properly labeled, sound, healthful, wholesome, and otherwise fit for human consumption.

Charles F. Walker, District Supervisor, Omaha

$3,700

     Supervision of the business in interstate commerce of meat packers, public stockyard markets, and commission men, traders, and other

agencies, to prevent monopolies and discrimination in the handling of livestock, and to insure fair practices and reasonable charges.

H. H. Day, Associate Veterinarian, Inspector in Charge, Omaha.

$3,500

     Control of the manufacture, importation, and shipment of viruses serums, toxins, and analogous products to see that the regulations and instructions governing the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, shipment, and importation of these products, intended for use in the treatment of diseases of domestic animals, are properly observed.

E. A. Boyer, Associate Chemist in Charge, Omaha

$3,500

     Maintenance of a laboratory for the examination of samples of meat and meat-food products to determine freedom from prohibited substances; also examinations to determine whether water and ice used in their preparation are potable.

G. B. Morse, Associate Bacteriologist in Charge, Omaha

$3,200

   Maintenance of a laboratory for the investigation of abnormal, unusual, or hitherto unnoted conditions of interest, directly or indirectly from the meat-inspection viewpoint, which may be encountered during routine federal meat inspection, with special reference to infectious conditions and those characterized by malignancy.

H. O. Bulger, in Charge Barberry Eradication District No. 2,      headquarters Brookings, South Dakota

$3,400

     Cooperation with state of Nebraska in campaign for eradication of the common barberry, which spreads the black stem rust of cereals.

H. M. Tysdal, Associate Agronomist, in Charge, Lincoln

$3,200

J. A. Holden, Associate Agronomist and Superintendent, Mitchell, Nebraska

$3,200

     Maintenance of Scotts Bluff field station near Mitchell, Nebraska, for conduct of irrigated rotation and tillage experiments, varietal tests of alfalfa and other crops, experiments with potatoes, and investigations relating to the control of potato diseases, pasturing experiments, and livestock investigations.

N. B. JoDon, Junior Agronomist in Charge, North Platte, Nebraska

$2,000

     Cooperation with state agricultural experiment station, at the North Platte substation, in agronomic and breeding experiments with corn and experiments in small-grain production.

L. L. Zook, Associate Physiologist in Charge, North Platte, Nebraska

$3,400

     Cooperation with state agricultural experiment station, at the North Platte substation, in rotation and crop production investigations under dry-land conditions.

Arthur L Nelson, Forest Supervisor, Nebraska National Forest, Halsey, Nebraska

$3,200

Management of Nebraska National Forest, comprising some 206,000 acres, including growing of jack pine and western yellow pine at Bessey Nursery for planting in the forest

Frederick M. Dille, U. S. Reservation Protector, Valentine

$2,200

     Maintenance of the reservation for the conservation of big-game animals, mainly buffalo and elk.

John Q. Holmes, U. S.. Game Protector (for State of Nebraska      and part of Iowa) Omaha

$2,500

     Enforcement of provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the protection of birds migrating between the United States and Canada.

     Destruction of rodents and predatory animals injurious to livestock, farm crops, range lands, and forest trees.
     Control work canted on in Nebraska, but no -station maintained in state, the work being directed from headquarters for rodent and predatory animal control located in state of South Dakota at 265 Post Office Building, Rapid City, South Dakota.

Clifford Shoemaker, District Engineer, in charge of all Federal-aid      highway work in District No. 5 (Missouri and Nebraska);     headquarters, Omaha

$5,600

     Federal aid to Nebraska for construction, through State Highway Department, of sections of the Federal-aid highway system in Nebraska.

Charles V. Johnson, Senior Highway Engineer, in charge of Federal-aid work in Nebraska, Omaha	$4,600
Chester C. Burdick, Associate Highway Engineer, assistant on Federal-aid work in Nebraska, Omaha	$3,300

Stephen W. O'Brien, Highway Engineer, assistant on Federal-aid work in Nebraska, Omaha

$3,800

Aaron E. Anderson, Senior Crop and Livestock Estimator, Lincoln

$4,000

     Conduct of a crop and livestock reporting service; improvement and extension of the use of agricultural statistics; surveys of farm conditions and practices; publication of statistical data for benefit of public.

Vernon V. Westgate, Associate Marketing Specialist, Omaha

$3,200

     Inspections, on fee basis, of carloads of fruits and vegetables, upon request of any financially interested party and issuance of certificates, which are prima fade evidence in federal courts, showing exact quality and condition of fruits and vegetables at time of inspection.

Herbert E. Nelson, Senior Marketing Specialist, Omaha

$4,600

     Administration of provisions of the grain standards act, including supervision of inspection and grading by licensed inspectors of grain according to official federal standards; also handling of appeals from inspections performed by these licenses, upon application of interested parties.

Charles Bruce, Associate Marketing Specialist, Omaha

$3,400

     Collection and dissemination of information relative to livestock market conditions, prices, supplies, demand, and related factors; and meat-grading work, including the grading and stamping of beef for commercial concerns and veterans bureau hospitals.

Frank Hays, Jr., District director of immigration

$3,500

     Located at 406 Federal building, Omaha. Transacts all business connected with immigration matters in Nebraska except in the counties of Scotta Bluff, Morrill, Garden, Keith, Lincoln, Frontier, Dundy, Hitchcock, Perkins, Chase, Hayes, Banner, Kimball, Cheyenne, Deuel, and Red Willow, these latter counties being served by the District director of immigration, 355 Post Office Building, Denver, Colorado.

A. P. Bode, District director of naturalization

$4,000

     Located at 409 Federal building, Omaha. Transacts all business relating to naturalization of aliens in Nebraska, except in the counties of Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball,

Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and Sioux, these latter counties being served by the District director of naturalization, Post Office Building, Denver, Colorado.

Ben Short, Special agent.

     This service cooperates with the city of Omaha in public employment work. Office located Room 817, South 19th Street, Omaha.