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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

BY Mary Brown. Aged Il Years. 2s22
Boulevard, South Omaha, Neb. Red Side.
We celebrate Christmas because IL was
the day Christ was born and Easter as the
day Christ arose after His crucifixion. I
viii tell you some more shout Christ and
how the first rainbow came 30 be.
Once God flooded the land with water so
that everybody was Drowned. When the
new world was born He promised the
people he would never flood the land again
n In order hat He would keep His prom
Use He said that every tame Il stopped
raining and II the sun came out right
away there would appear in the northwest
across the sky. in the shape Of a bow all
the colors which would show that He Is
keeping His promise. These colors were
afterward called the rainbow. because Il
came ont a. soon as It stopped raining
n because they ware in the shape Of q
bow.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
The Parry

BY Lou 9. Woods, AGED 8 Years, stromh-
burg, Neb. Biue Side.
Lucy was q little girl. One day her
mamma said she might have q party. for
her birthday was In a few days. Sc she
sat and wrote the invitations to her little
friends. Her birthday was to be on
Wednesday. When Wednesday came at last
her little friends arrived. Then they played
games till Lucy's mamma took them into
the house and they had a lunch. They
said they had had the best time. Lucy gos
many nice presents. among them was q
some doll beds.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

II had 1t father said Helen.
Just then the old man came in and said:
THAT little girl gave me one OF my nickels,
but not the other. h has taken the other
to buy her e soda water with"
Then her father sent her home made
her get a dollar she had saved and bring It
to the poor old man.
What do you think was the fathers in
tention in asking Helen to give up her
dollar9
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Milo.

BY Heller Cross, Aged II Years, ~ Front
street. North Platte. Neb. Blue side
Milo was q little Italian boy Of ten win
ters- Long, cold winters they were too,
since his tather died. Mtio's father had
come to New York from Italy when Milo
was but ( years old. and had died when
Milo was Il the agp o.
Milo's father had left nothing, but his
violin, which Milo could play, as he had
played It on the streets many times. Mic
lived IN a large box in the yard OF q family
who were very kind and let him stay there.
He Eot along quite comfortably. although
sometimes he had nothing to eat.
one day while waking through an alley
he came upon q child OF two or three
years q age. very dirty and crying plte-
ously. AEilo took her to his box home,
cleaned her clothes the best he could ana
then started down town 70 get her some
thing 70 eat. He had noticsd that her coat
and hood were Of rieh material, and he
wondered II her parents or she had any,
were rich. ne stopped 70 read a notice.
which hsd Just been put on the lamp post.
This II: "A Handsome reward IL Of
fered to anyone who can give us lnforma-
ton concerning the whereabouts OF our
child 8 years old. who disappeared two
days aga. Mr.. and Mrs. stranton, TIA West
Tenth street.
Milo read Il with shining eyes. Then he
hurried 70 his boz home. got the child and
set out for the placs.
He found st 10 be . large mansion SUR
rounded BY beautiful gardens. He rang
the bell and was ushsred into q handsome
parlor, He asked TO see the mattress and
the maid went In search Of her In a min
ute the lady stepped into The room, ana
when she saw the child ran forward with
. siad cry Tor the child was hers Then
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

- HE Finger family were In dis
NWAy honor. They had been guilty
o. s~risvous conduct. And now
they were suffering the penalty
Of their wrongdoing.
The Finger family consisted
Of ten Members and were equally guilty.
And now I shall tell you about the Finger
family. and about their. conduct which
brought them into ~ repute.
The Finger family belonged on the two
hands Of Little Jack Arrow. And Little
Jack Arrow was q 7-yeor-old boy who hed
q very dear mamma and papa. But Little
Jack ARROW had no sisters or brothers,
therefore ne often got into mlschief. ] say
'therefore he ofton got into mischief" for
had he possessed q sister or a brother II
4 very probable the Finger family wouId
have been kept % buslly engaged
with play that they would have
behaved themselves very nlcely. But
Of course. thsro can be no good excuse
for q Finger family's bad behavior. even
though their owner has no brothers OF
sisters to keep him out Of mischief.
Well. this is the way Il all h~e2pened
One day Little Jack Arrows mahmA said
70 him; Sonny, 1 Am geing s~hopplns. and
nhau be away from home all afternoon.
A. cook 4 very busy In the kitchen. and
lame has an afternoon oft. you will be
your own master during my absence WIN
you behave very nicely while mamma 4,
away 1 shall question you closely on my
return. and I hope you wl1 do nothing
you win be ashamed or sorry 10 confess
Remember. how eager ringer family Is "a
set into mlsehief, ana DO your best to In
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

by Philip Philbsn. 1N North T~hirty-first
Avenue, Aged 10 Years, Omaha, Neb.
Red Side.
Once upon q time there was a little boy
named Dick. One saturday he heard Of
81. Patrick. 80 ne thought he would play
that he was 81. Patrick.
He put on a red robe and went to show
his mother.
Ion. no." said bis mother. you must
dress in green"
"whyf'' asked Dick.
because ct. Patrick drove away snakes
was his mothers reply.
A right" said Dick. Dick got rome
cloth, but 1t was not the color. 30 he got
some green paper. This he fitted out to
ft him. He got some string and dyed
It green. His little brother pulled II
around for him while he chased II, pre-
tending Il was a snake. and he was st.
Patrick. After awhile he fell down and
got = bump N his head and could not
play any more.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

I'D next three months and Fred sorry Of Monarch, wyo~ was chosen for
M king OF the Red aide.
Under the able leadership OF Myrtle Jensen, who has been queen Of the
Blue SIDE and Maurice johnson. king Of the Red side. for the winter vi have
had the closest possible contest between the Busy Bees as each side has won
twelve prizes during the last three months The Red side would have won had
no. one little Busy Bee sent In a copied story about two weeks ago, to which
the editors attention was called BY two or three Of the Busy Bees
Some o. the Busy Bees are too little to know the meaning Of the word
original" 20 they should ask someone who IL older to explain 1t 10 them. All
Of the stories should be thought out or made up by the children themselves
and ~ they have any hep. or should write some story that they have read some
place else. they should write that the story is not original
Prizes were awarded this week ito Helen johnson. o. the Blue side, and to
Pauline coad. on the Red side. Honorable mention was given to Marjorie
Thornton on the Red side
Several new names have been added to the Postcard Exrnange this week:
Any OF the Busy Bees MAJ send CARDS to any oe whose name is OF the
Postcard Exchange, which now inc1udess
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

thy wrote the invitations and gave them
to the girls. So on Tuesday ell the girls
came and had a very nice time al, Doro-
thy's April Fool' party.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

her neither. n nsxt morning the dead
body Of oertie was found between the
two buildings. Sho IL now up In heaven
with her dear old grandma and mother.
while her father has been sent TO the
p~snitsntiary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

abe asked Milo about Il. ana she made
him tell her his whole story, even about
his box home. And MIR. and Mrs. Stranton
adopted Milo. and ever after the small child
Dorothy, had a playmate
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

I'd hate 70 be an elephant
Or q poor, squealinR pig,
For one n always eaten up
And the other is too biz.
I'D hate to be a roaring lion,
With the hunters after me;
ia hate to be a monkey queer
Arranging from o tree.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

ENA N MEAD OF Blair. Nsb. a chosen queen Of the Blue side for the
} next three months and Fred Sorry Of Monarch, wyo~ was chosen for
king OF the Red side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

I'd hate to be a common toad
That sits meath q t~oad-stool,
Id hate to be a dray horse.
Or o poor, unhappy mule.
I'd hate to be most anything
That would myself destroy,
And find / am quite satisfied
To be q little boy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23

timers To swap dates Tor guard duty
with the recruits so that the latter
will fnd themselves detailed.
Santa Claus also comes TO the SOL
/ der This is true literally and fgura-
lively. He comes through the mails
or the express companies In the shape
Of boxes or packages from the home
folks On his Sl3 month the soldier
does not have much Of surplus to
spend In buying presents 10 send
home. but this fact does not initiate
agains, his receiving mementos from
the ole hearthstone. II Is always an
event in camp or barracks whcn some
man receives betty package "jes'
fore Christmas" As rule. the con-
tents are shared with the soldiers
cronics II they happen to be Of the
edible variety and any Of the cronies
fail TO receive similar remembrances.
those Philippine children added 10 tire
American list not so long ago. not to
speak OF the Alaskans and others.
Then there's that bothersome crowd
at Panama. So Santa said to me. real
coaxing: Hannah he said. this year
I'll have to ask you to help me out by
going once before the public. There's
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23
Christmas With Stevenson.

Passengers aboard the steamship
Lubbock unexpectedly spent Christmas
at sea In the year 1890. but the fact
that Robert Louis Stevenson, the ia
nous story writer, was among them
made that a most memorable holiday.
The Lubbock was en- route from Austria
liza to Samoa. She broke shaft and
limped along several days under sail.
"Mr. Stevenson" says the captain in
relating the Incident. "cheered every
body up by telling funny stories that
were better, coming offhand from his
lips, than most literary men could
write If they worked over them for
weeks. He knew. too, that it was only
a question Of a short time before he
would die of consumption and that he
could never again go home for more
than n brief visit. 1t was simply won
derful what q difference that one man
made among the passengers. and
guess almost all of us would gladly
spend the time to Lake port under
SAIL with machinery disabled. If we
could have a Stevenson aboard"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23
A Polish Custom.

Peasant lads in the villages Of POI
land have a pretty Christmas custom
which affords great delight not only
to themselves. but TO the other vii
layers. This is called the procession
Of the star. At Christmas time the
boys make a large hollow star, two
or three feet between points. lighted
from the Interior. This is carried
aloft at the end Of pole or staff. 1t
symbolizes the star of Bethlehem. The
three wise men of the East-Caspar
Melchior and Balthazar-are imper-
sonated by boys. Others in the party
bear little puppet show cabinet, i'm
which are performed the drama of the
Nativity and other Scripture incidents
to the occasion. From
house TO house around the village this
procession trudges in the snow at
night singing carols. and the villagers
present the boys With small coins as
Christmas gifts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23

best wishes. and I've'brought you each
polar SNOWFALL as a kind Of curiosity.
picked them up just before started
out. They're In my bag here. This
bag. was one of my wedding presents.
and ! carried 1t on our first journey.
OF course it's old. but think so much
Of 1t I'd never give 1t up. See the let
ters on it'll. 8. G. They stand for
Hannah Santa Claus. Twas the first
monogram ] ever had"
The old lady proudly exhibited her
old fashioned sole leather satchel and
from its capacious depths distributed
the polar snowballs. These were form
ed Of white cotton, and each when I'M
wrapped was found to contain a tiny
numbered star. The gifts upon the
tree had been previously numbered,
and the SNOWFALL indicated to each per-
son the gift to be received. Mrs. Santa
Claus herself gave the presents and
kept the company amused by her COM
ments upon the beauty and usefulness
of the various articles.
The evening was one Of great pleas
ure and merriment. At its "lose Mrs
Santa Claus was invited to come again {.
but. while she thanked the ladies for
their kind thoughts. she said. III have
20 see what Mr.. Santa Claus says. for
! always do exactly as he wishes"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23
CHRISTMAS DAY
IN THE ARMY

CHRISTMAS In the various fort!
sarrisoned by United State:
~ troops never passes without 9
cut and dried celebration. Prep
aration for the event Is made long in
advance Every soldier knows that
something extra is going to be bis
portion for that day. The Christmas
dinner. with savory extras IN the way
Of food, is not the only special provi
sion for the soldiers celebra ton. There
+, Is rela xation Of the rigor Of military
discipline. which to many enlisted men
/ Is even more welcome than the turkey
and cranberries. On Christmas day the
man in the barracks may do pretty
much as he pleases.
But pigs is pigs" and soldering is
soldering so IL follows that few Of
the men are shut out of the general
hilarity of the holiday because they
! must perform q soldiers duty as on
other days The guard mount Is for
Christmas as well ms for all other days.
and military regulations cannot forego
| this requirement. no matter how much
| NuV ~ Aiblo SIOMl lucll
4 blouses Even the extra dinner I'm the
barracks. while it Is a rare treat to
most of the men. makes work for some
Of them which is regarded In the army
as about the most calamitous detail In
the business.
Guard duty and Kitchen work are
things studiously 10 be avoided by the
enlisted men. 1t IL not pleasant for a
soldier TO be kept on guard. walking a
beat or pacing up and down I'm front
of headquarters when the rest of the
fellows are inside the barracks sing
ing songs. telling stories. eating tur-
key or out ON the parade ground play
Ing baseball or doing skylarking stunts.
Accordingly the experienced soldier
makes IL a point 10 escape Christmas
guard duty II possible. There are sew
eral ways of doing this. The tirst
sergeant Of the company sometimes. 1t
is limited, helps the veterans out by a
passive cooperation. which throws the
burden Of the day upon young recruits
who are passing their first Christmas
10 the service. He. permits the old
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23
Its Worth Properly Understood.

The Hartford Courant celebrated 70.
Gently the one hundred and forty
fourth anniversary OF its foundation.
The Oldest journal In continuous pub
llcation in America, with becoming
modcsty. made no splurge on its birth,
day. only briefly referring TO the nat
ter in an editorial paragraph. we are
used to birthday anniversaries says
the Courant, they chase each other
along so fast that we sometimes lose
the count. This one. We are pleased
to remark. finds US In our usual health
and still enjoying the perpetual youth
that comes OF being produced anew
each morning"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23
N Christmas day Saturday be

III Christmas day Saturday be
A great winter thatOear you'll see
And full OF winds both loud and shriIl.
But In summer. truth to tell.
High winds shall there be and strong
Full OF tempests lasting long.
While battles they shall multiply.
And great plenty OF beasts shall die.
They snail be strong each one. and keen.
lie shall be found that stealeth aught.
Though thou be sick. thou diest not.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23
M:stIetce on Annie ree.-

The growth Of the mistletoe on oak
Is now of very rare occurrence. but Il
6ourishes luxuriantly in many parts Of
England ca the apple trees.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-23

q tree I've always attended. but can't
possibly get there this year I'll send
the presents as usual. but you go down
for me, won't you. and distribute them
for me? A great many ladies speak In
public these days. and you needn't be
afraid So. though I'm bashful. I'm
here. and please excuse any mistakes
| NAV make. Santa sent his love and
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-11-25
National Forest Notes

Supervisor Millar, of the Kaniksu Ma
tional Forest, has just returned from a
trip to the Priest Lake country. The
forest service people are constructing
several new cabins for the rangers who
remain on duty during the winter. \
new telephone line is being constructed
and an old one nine miles in length has
been removed.
The Panhandle Electric Co. has re-
Gently constructed wagon road from
the upper end of West Branch creek to
Priest river. This road was constructed
for the purpose of facilitating the hand
ling of material for the proposed power
plants and electric railway. The road is
near the new county road surveyed by
Bonner county this summer. The cleo
trio company has also done cOnsiderab BILE
work at one Of the power sites and had
a crew of men burning brush when MIR.
Millar left the lake.
The question Of the route for the pro-
posed railroad has not been definitely
decided by the authorities, and new
survey will have to be made next year
before the company can do much work
on the pro iect,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-11-25
OBITUARY..

Death removed little Stella Shull last
Thursday evening from the home of her
devoted parents, after five weeks OF
great suffering from typhoid fever, and
later meningitis developed, and the little
girl remained unconscious for the last
two weeks OF her life. She was years,
months and % days of age. and an un-
usually bright and sturdy child and en-
deared herself to ALL The sympathy of
the community is extended to the heart
broken parents in this, their first be-
reavement, who spared no expense for
their child's good, even bringing a con-
sulting physician from Spokane-Dr. J.
NJ. Powell. Offerings of flowers came
from the little girls school, neighbors
and relatives, and a consoling service
was held by the Rev. Rice at her par
ents' home and later at the Congrega-
tional church. She was buried in the
Odd Fellows cemetery. *x*
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-11-25
STEVENS COUNTY LANDS PR|zE
Given Third Place Among %
contestants.
Good Advertising Will Result.

Stevens county made a very creditable
showing at the National Apple Show at
spokane last week. Although the ex-
hlblt was hnrriedly gotten up and it was
the first attempt to make a showing
from this county, the third prize was
won in the district free -for-all contest
There were 2S entries in this class and
under these circumstances the exhibitors
from this county have every reason to
be proud of the result. Many older dis
trlcts were representated in this contest.
The prize won by the county is a hand
some silver cup, which will be suitably
engraved and shown with the permanent
county exhibit at theSpokane Chamber
of Commerce rooms.
The exhibit from this county COM
prised apples from the Kettle Falls Com
mercia Club, Meyers Falls Citizens
Club, Newport Commercial Club and
from the Colville valley. In addition
separate booths showed products of the
Hunters and Cedonia districts, which
also carried off minor prizes. Had the
county showing been assisted by the
others the result would have been even
more favorable to old Stevens.
The sweepstakes prize this year was
won by the Rogue River, Oregon, dis
trict, with car of Spitzenbergs, grown
without irrigation. The Yakima coun-
try won second prize. Wenatchee, which
won most of the honors last year, did
not have much success at the late show.
A noticeable trend of interest away
from the irrigated sections to those that
produce fruit without irrigation can be
seen. Representative of the irrigated
districts felt keenly disappointed over
the awarding of the grand prize to a
non-irrigated district, and the manner
in which the irrigated fellows knock the
non-irrigated dis, ricts is an evidence
that the competition Of the latter is be-
ing felt.
Eager buyers contracted for most of
the box displays shown from the Kettle
Falls valley in the Stevens county booth.
Apples from our county were sold to
representatives of the Great Northern,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-11-25
Spokane to Have a New Daily

About Jan. l a new afternoon and
Sunday morning paper will be started
at Spokane to be called the Inland Her
aid. 1t is promised by the promoters
that the new daily will in mechanical
makeup, editorial and news merit COM
pare fayorably with the best puplica-
tions of the east.
There has long been demand in Spo-
kane for a new daily paper, but we be-
lieve that the dmand has been more for
another morning paper than an after
noon issue. 1t is a big undertaking to
start new daily where the old ones are
so strongly entrenched. but the promot-
ers of the Herald seem to fully under
stand the difficulties surrounding their
undertaking and have no fear of the re-
Sult
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-11-25
Odd Fellows Observe THANKSGIVING

In accordance with the request of the
state grand master that the Odd Fellows
lodges observe the Thanksgiving time in
an opportune manner the local lodge
will attend the Congregational church
next Sunday in a body. The pastor will
present Thanksgiving thought in the
sermon appropriate to the fraternal
spirit. The sermon theme will be '"rhe
Larger Thanksgiving Lesson" A spe-
cial choir in charge of Mrs. w. ]. Will
Jams will furnish the music for the day.
There will be plenty of room for every
body. You are invited.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-11-25
MAY GO TO SUPREME COURT
Newport Saloon Case is Still
Hanging Fire.
Judge Rules Against Saloon Men.

The case of the salOOnmen Of Newport
against the town, contesting the validity
Of the local option election held Sept. 7,
remains undecided as to its merits and
will likely have hearing before the
supreme court of the state.
When the case first came up ir super
ior court the attorneys for the town de-
INJURED. alleging that the petition as
presented did not show sufficient grounds
for action. The saloOnmen had alleged
that the petition on which the election
was held was illegal, because it did not
show the precinct in which each signer
re lided. The court sustained the d, :
size of Newport, where there are no
wards, the whole town being included
IN one precinct. it was not necessary to
show the precinct of residence.
Attorneys for the salOonmen~ asked for
time to prepare an amended complaint,
which was granted, and the case again
came on for hearing at Colville Monday
before Judge Sullivan, of Spokane. The
attorneys for the town submitted a mo-
ton to strike out the amended COM
plant, alleging that the new complaint
was not merely an amended complaint,
bat was an entirely new one, stating as
it did new grounds for action. The new
contention is that the petition contains
numerous names which are not followed
by date of signing and postoffice address,
there being sufficient such omissions to
take off enough names to make the petit
ton short of the required 50 per cent of
names to call the election.
Judge Sullivan sustained the motion
of the towns attorneys. 1t is reported
that an appeal to the supreme court will
be taken from the rulings of Judge Sui
livan.