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BASES DEL CAMPE0NAT0
Bases generates del concurso in
telectual que fu6 recibido
con entusiasmo por numero-
sos y distinguidos escritores.
Mas de ochenta cuentos renitidos; muchos,
esperanto turno de publication.


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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
(Honorable Mentlon)
Herbert's Apple Trees

BY Roland o. WyCkoff Aged IL Years,
Wilbur, Neb Red Side.
Herbert was a boy of years and was
fond of trees. He lived with his parents
near town one night as he was coming
home from school he saw an old man
setting out some apple trees. Herbert
stopped and looked at him a while and
and went on home thinking that he would
plant some trees, too. SO when Herbert
got home he asked his mamma if he could
get some trees, too, and plant them.
Yes" she said, you may go and get
your trees, but hurry back, because supper
will soon be ready" "All right mamma"
he said, and went on up town for the
trees.
On Herbert's way home from town he
passed the old mans house again. Herbert
noticed how nice he had his trees set out.
So Herbert thought he would set his trees
out the same and see what his luck would
be on Herberts way home he thought to
himself. In few years l will have some
them and will sell them and get some
money for them" SO when Herbert got
home he went to the shed and got the spade
and the garden sprinkler to water the trees
with, and then he dug a hole and set the
trees out. When he was through he looked
at them and went on in the house to his
supper. He told his mamma and papa all
about his trees. After that Herbert had
trees OF his own.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
(Flrst Prize.)
A Kind Deed

BY Helen F. Douglass, Aged II Years, 1881
Street Lincoln, Neb. Blue Side.
One day two boys were walking along
the road to the little red school house.
'Oh, the last bell is ringing we better
hurry or we Will be late" said Harlan and
so they began to run.
AS they were running past a large oak
tree they heard bird chirpng loudly
and they looked to see where IT was. They
found 1t and Fred said: Lets put 1t in
it's nest"
''Oh, we will be late if we do; we can't
stop said Harlan
We'll. you can go on IL you like, but I
am going to put that bird in It's nest"
said Fred loudly.
Harlan went on anl got to school Just
in time, but he did not say anything to the
teacher about Fred
In the meantime Fred picked up the bird
and put it in his pocket and then went up
the tree. 1t was quite a way, but he got
it up and in its nest safely.
He came down and ran on to school,
saying to himself, II feel much happier
since put that bird in its nest"
He got to school. but was a half hour
late The teacher asked him the reason
and he told her the story. She said to him,
Il will not count you late because you
stopped to do a kind deed"
Fred was very happy, but Harlan felt
very much ashamed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08

the storytelling. and as the children ran
toward the great dining room Lewis said
to Percy: Il would have sworn that the
armour moved a while ago"
That night, after the house was quiet,
Lewis crept to the broad, shadowy stairs
in the second floor hall and peered below.
He was In hopes of seeing the armor
move, walking toward the outside door.
But he waited in vain, Growing sleepy
sitting huddled in the shadow OF the heavy
bannister, and fearing that'he might not
keep awake till Sir Percy arrived-for he
had great hopes that he would see him
he went several steps nearer the lower
hall. Then he seated himself to wait
patiently.
After a few minutes with quiet reign
ing throughout the great hail, Lewis
heard the heavy door turn slowly on its
hinges. Then 20 his wonder a knight
OF the middle ages walked slowly into
the hall and fitted upon himself the suit
OF Sir Percy's armor. All. at last he had
come! And he-Lawis very ancient ances-
tor, so many, many generations removed
was now quite close 10 him! Lewis held
his breath for fear OF being heard and bent
his starting eyes on the figure in the hall
As soon as the armor had been carefully
adjusted the knight strobe toward the hal
door and pretty soon had passed outside
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
Violet Hunting

By Florence Whitaker. Aged 13 Years,
Omaha, Neb Blue Side.
Harold, Nadine, Charley, Myrtle and
went violet hunting. Harold had his
brothers bicycle, and was always failing
off OF it.
We went up to Rome Millers pretty home
and the chased us off of the grass
We went farther on and Harold fell off
of the wheel and hurt his head, and had
to lie down on the grass. We told Charley
to stay with him while we went over in the
little ravine to pick violets. We were pick
ing violets when Charley ran down the hill
to tell that Harold had gone home.
At the foot of the hill was a little creek
which Charley did not see, until he was
in mud up to his knees. Flounderlng
around trying to get out he fell on his
face. When we did succeed in getting
him out he was a sight to behold. and us
girls laid on the grass and laughed at him.
Myrtle took her apron off and wrapped his
muddy shoes in it. Myrtle went up on the
hill to pick some more violets. She fell
down and thought she was going in the
creek and was as white as a sheet.
The basket rolled in and Nadine went
after ii. And wnen We started home Il
began to rain. But we thought we had a
good time, even with all our mishaps.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08

II. It is said that on certain nights
usually during war times-the spirit OF Sir
Lewis Percy returns to this hall and
enters his old suit Of armor. And the
story goes that he takes sword in hand
and goes out at the posten gate, ridi u
away on his milk-white steed, and that he
seeks out the English army and takes COM
mand for a night-lf there be a night con-
flct, but II not, he gives advice TO the off
GERS. And ere the dawn he has returaei
20 the hall, leaving the suit OF armor in itH
old place, there against the oaken wall,
and no one ever sees him depart or return"
As the old man paused to give strength 20
his narrative, Lewis, whose eyes were on
the suit OF sir Percy's armor, excla'mei
Upon my word, | saw that armor move
Just now! DO you suppose his spirit is in
it?"
All eyes were turned upon the armor'
but none could see the least movement Of
It. and a hearty laugh was INDUCED IN at
Lewis expense. You have a vivid mag
nation, Brother" declared Percy.
"Oh. II he were really wanting to wear
the armor. he'd never come 10 don II
during the daytime. He only appears at
night" explained Parker you'll never
see the old knight in his armor, can
warrant you"
The luncheon bell rang and broke w
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08

- HE children had gone to England
TO pay a visit TO their great
grandfather. And 1t was their
- first time to leave their new
N41lHNNI world home Their father had
- left his native land-England-
when mere boy, to seek his fortunes in
the great United States of North America
And now that he was well-to-do mer-
chant, residing in a western city, he had
decided that his two sons and one daughter
should visit the old home. And thither
they had gone, accompanied by their
American mother, sweet, lovable lady
The father, being so occupied with his bust
ness, could not go with his wife and chill
dren, but promised to run over for them
before the summer was spent and TO bear
them company homeward across the At
lantc.
But must tell you the names of the
children. There were Percy and Lewis,
named for their grandfather and great
grandfather; and Julia, named for her
grandmother. Percy was the eldest of the
three, being u years old. Lewis was two
years his junior. Julia was Z. And they
were the best OF playfellows. Julia enter
Ing into all the sports OF her brothers.
After arriving at the old manor house OF
their ancestors, the children were con-
stantly busy asking questions about the
many interesting things they saw there.
There were the long, dark halls. full Of
portraits and armor The first were Of
the ancestors and the last had been worn
by them when in battle. The children
never tired of looking at these relics of
the past generations of their blood, and
the old footman-Parker. aged 70-would
not only answer all their questions, but
would vouohsafe much information to them
besides one day. while examining an en-
tire set Of splendid armor (ot tremendous
weight. Percy asked Of old Parker:
(which OF our ancestors wore this.
Parker He must have been a very big,
strong man to have carried all this on his
body while fighting"
'Ah. that was worn by-by-why. that
was worn by Sir Percy, the first OF the
name and the builder OF this hail." replied
Parker, scratching his head to assist in
calling up his fading memory. Yes Sir
Lewis Percy wore that armor. And he
wore II In a good cause. He fought for his
king, lads"
Were you here then?" asked Julia limo
Gently, Both the boys laughed, but old
Parker shook his head sadly: mo. Miss
Julia, was not, But l wish l might have
been, for those were wondrous times when
Sir Lewis Percy lived here. He had this
hall built-one wing at a time. Half OF il
was completed during his lifetime which
COY cred seventy-five years His son. John
Percy, was what We call a spendthrft and
ran the place greatly In debt, lie almost
ruined II, Miss Julia. But his son walked
In different path, and again the old hal
snd the broad acres bloomed with thrift
He was--let me see-he was Adam Lewis
Percy your grandfather, many. many
times removed. All, he was a great man
TOO, but not so great as his grandfather II
Just then Parker saw his master arriv-
ng by the big gate in front OF the house
md FASTENED away TO serve him. The old
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08

And then Lewis heard the sound OF a
horses hoofs galloping down the broad
graveled drive, His heart was beating
high. He now had proof that he had seen
his ancestor enter and don the armor,
and for further proof the place where the
armor had been was vacant I'm run
and call Percy and show him." said Lewis.
Then. rising, he stumbled and fell! And
10! he opened his eyes TO find he had been
asleep and dreaming He was on the top
step OF the stairs, and could see from there
the suit OF Sir Lewis Percys armor stun
in IT'S place in the hall below! His disaH
pointment was great, and with a sensa-
ton OF some wrong having been done him,
he crept off TO bed. And on the next morn
ing he refused to talk about the suit OF Sir
Percy's armor, ana told his little sister
that he did not believe a word Of old
Parker's story about t. The old fellows
mind was a bit Off" he declared - never
could believe In ghost stories, anyway"
And then, finding the gardener and the
garden more interesting than the footman
and the great hall. Lewis sought out the
former and learned about cabbagos and
lettuce ana beets rather than about knights
and armor hundreds of years ~ lie had
watched for Sir Percy and the ia ancestor
had Disappointed him, and dream had
come 70 confuse and embarrass him
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
ny John Davey, Kent, o.

I'VE have pet cat and think a great deal
of her, but our people watched her and she
brought ffty-two young birds into the
house In one season"
Add to this the fact that snakes climb
the trees and bushes and devour both
eggs and young birds; then think of the
hawks the weasel, the red squirrel and
other natural enemies of the native birds,
and the wonder is that a song bird is still
alive.
If we put the English sparrows at $780,
0O1OOO at the present time, you can safely
multiply by five annually, and the crow by
two annually. and at this rate in ten years
1t is certain that many of our most valu-
able species of birds will be extinct, never
more t. be seen.
Indeed, it is a grave question IL nearly
all the native birds will not be gone in that
time.
There's always war among the English
(sparrows.) They fight among themselves
until they find an American small bird.
then they unite to clean out everything OF
Yankee origin A few months ago 1 was
looking out the window and saw little
woodpecker come and light on the trunk
OF tree huhllhB ioF Its pieaNi"9'' IN
Etantly three English sparrows came and
drove 1t away The little American came
back again; five Bnglishmen then put II
to flight Thus with sparrows on the one
hand and shot guns on the other, the wood
peckers are becoming extinct, and our re-
naming timber trees are being destroyed
by the larvae OF various insects.
Prof Beal found in the stomach of one
large woodpecker 5000 ants-just one meal.
The tender leaves on the tops OF young
shoots of trees in the latter part of May or
the beginning OF June Will be found to roll
up and perish Examination will reveal
a filthy mass Of green, gray or black aphis.
These suck the juices from the leaves and
kill them. The leaves make the building
material for the tree, Destruction Of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
The Children and the Knight
BY william wallace, Jr.

gentleman, now in his ninetieth year, had
been for a drive about the park and the
chidrens mother had accompanied him.
h. still studying the portraits of your
forefAthcrs, my children" sad the dea o d
man as he observed the attentive faces of
his great-grandchildren in the hall. But on
such a day you would better be rompirg IN
the park rowing on the river or out In the
garden helping the gardener It's gloomy
in this old, dark hall for chidren par
ticularly American children. They have SO
much sunlight and fresh winds over in the
new world, and never have old PAGES
musty from generations of usa-llke this
manor"
"Oh. grandfather, we love this hall"
cried Percy Parker has been telling Us
the history of this armor." And Percy
designated the suit of armor which had
interested them so much.
The aged grandfather shook his head
knowingly. Eyes, yes. Parker, like his Id
master, lives too much in the rast, Rut
the young blood will rouse us to tn present
day. 1t is good to have children ALTO t, I
can tell you" And the old gentleman
chuckled in a merry way. Then resuming,
And did Parker tell you about the sto y
of that particular suit OF armor-the story
as It has been handed down from one gen
Grafton to another in the servants halle"
"Oh, no, sir" said Lewis and Percy in
breath May We have the story from
him, sir?"
Tut, tut, you'd better be in the garden.
having old Hoe-and-Spades (the name
grandfather applied to his aged gardener)
telling you about cabbages and cucumbers,
my children. Musty armor-hundreds of
years old-can hold no interest for boy 8
and girls of the twentieth century"
But the boys and the girls of the TWEEN
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
Second PrZe)
When Johnny Came Marching
Home

BY Ruth Guyer Aged Il Years, Fort Crook
Neb. Blue Side.
Johnny was usually seen playing al
most where you could touch him one mo-
ment, then If you just looked away, the
next moment Johnny was nowhere to be
seen.
so 1t was this day, only mothers back
was turned for more than a moment
Johnny was playing in the sand: his
cherub-lookIng face was clean, so were his
white shoes and stockings and his white
suit, when suddenly mamma spied one OF
her friends and hailed her to come up,
and soon they were lost in talk, concerning
the latest styles and so forth.
Now" thought Johnny, this is a chance
in hundred" and he went flying around
the corner, safe from any possible danger
OF his mother seeing him until he could
decide what to do next. Looking breath
lessly up and down the street, he spied
not very far away one of his little friends
and his donkey and cart. 1t did not take
his fat little legs long to catch up with
them and climb in the cart by his friend
and then the donkey went jogging slowly
on again.
Now, the house was aroused, for cherubic
little race mad disappeared altogether. The
former was nothing unusual but the lat
ter, altogether" was what caused the cx-
element.
He was there just few minutes ago"
exclaimed his mother, "and l can't mag
inc whore he could go to in such a short
time"
After hours Of tiresome waiting they were
located about three miles out in the coun-
try and then about an hour later. Johnny
came marching home" His cherubio face
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08

W 1eks in hunting the contents of other
birds nests. He takes both eggs and young
birds.
A friend OF mine was an enthusiast with
birds. He knew of nineteen birds nests
in an orchard. In three days all the eggs
and young birds were carried off by a
pair of crows They devour anything from
the egg of a song sparrow to that of com
mon hen, and will follow the turkey to
the woods, wait till she has laid and as
soon as she has gone, carry off her egg.
They will light down in the midst of a
flock Of chickens play confidence game
by struttng around as If they were one
of the company, then pick up chick and
fly off with It,
Mr. Hawks, superintendent Of Mr. Will
lam Rockefeller. Rockwell Hall, tells me
that on that estate there are hundreds Of
crows, and that they do nothing else In the
nesting season but hunt the woods and
shrubbery for the contents OF other birds
nests The consequence is in that charm
ing spot where the woods should resound
with song, scarcely the note of a native
bird is heard except an occasional robin,
but the constant 'yark. yark yark," and
the racket Of "chlrp chirp, chirp," from
the threats Of thousands of English spar
rows.
Crows colonze in winter l recently saw
about 5000 one evening In a sheltered piece
of woods near Akron, o., and l see them
in similar fIocks In my travels all over the
country,
The Audubonists claim that there are at
least 50OOO0O0 cats In this country, and
uine-tenths of them are utterly useless as
''ratters" or "mousers." Mr.. Randolph
Eichemyer OF Yonkers, n. Y, declared,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
Bird Life and Bird Enemies

leaves, by any agency, means the death OF
the tree. The scientist tells us that the
aphidae-a pair OF them-are capable Of
becoming the progenttors or 5000 10000 in
one season.
The aphis eXudes swedish substance
called "honey dew" on this the ants feed.
hence the aphides are commonly caIsN ths
ANTS cows" The ants arc farmers by ma
ture. they take care Of their COWS" carry
them into their burroughs in the fan and
bring them back in the spring; move them
from twig TO twig, and from tree to tree
Hence, the destruction of the insccuverour
birds, means an increase OF ants to am
extent that no mind man calculate and the
consequent increase of the aph'des would
destroy all vegetation.
In an accompanying photograph Sc sCo1
the fall web-worm." Nearly an American
song birds feed ravenously ou these. Eut
the destruction of birds has resulted n
their multiplication to such an alarming
extent that, If not checked. this pest alone
will destroy every decidious trcc i'm north
ern Ohio the upper part Of Pennsylvania,
New York and eastcrly. and also westerly
to Wisconsin. inside OF fifteen years.
They have swept down the Atlantic coast
the center of the whole country.
Mr. William butcher president OF the
National Audubon society. said 10 me.
People have supposed that I bolong to
this society because I am considered an
aesthetic but the real facts are l am an
audubonst from an economic standpoint.
for see that IL our birds are not preserved
all vegetation will be destroyed by In
sects."
The one great destroyer OF our native
birds Is the English sparrow. He breaks
their eggs and kills their young. 1 here
with present also a photograph of few
of these vagabonds, as / caught them At
dusk at Fountain square, Cincinnati o.,
on December % What you see is only
a few; there were fully 10000 Of them
within few squares. They buffet and
drive away the martins and barn swallows
birds worth their weight In gold-as de-
stroyers Of mosquitoes and flies, gathering
nearly all their food ION the wing" each
bird consuming not less than 1900 flies
daily.
OF all the evils that have happened TO
America, none is greater than that Of the
introduction OF the English sparrow. De-
stroy him or he will be the cause Of tho
destruction Of America
How can this be done2 Miss Mary Mar
shall Butler. that typical American lady,
patriot, philonthropist and parliamentarian
of Yonkers, N Y, has given me the answer
In one word-"Organize."
BY general concerted movement the
English sparrows can be reduced in
numbers that they will do but little harm.
This can be done only by organization.
Therefore, every man, woman boy and girl
who will join In the work OF the destruc
ton of Americas greatest foe, tho Eng
lsh sparrow. and will help to restore the
native birds, without whose aid all our
trees will be destroyed, please sign the fol-
lowing blank and send 1t to John Davey,
Box 3OO Kent, o., and he will tell you how
to proceed.
Write your full address plain.
Name
Street df any. .......,.,.......,.,
Town ........".......,.....,.,,,,
State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08

seated about him, paying the closest at
tention.
well, this is the story, which I got
from my mother, the housekeeper here
during her lifetime. And she got It from
her father, the gardener here at the hall a
generation before And he had the story
from the old butler, who lived here at the
time my grandfather was a lad And so
the story came, from one generation to
another And" the old man looked keenly
at the children. II don't doubt a word OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08
A Happy Day

BY Margaret Holland, Aged Years David
City, Neb. Red Side.
Once upon a time there lived a little girl
whose name was Alice.
She was very rich, but had no sisters
or brothers. so she was often lonesome.
She had an uncle who had an automobile.
One day he came and took her. She lived
in the country so she had to ride to town.
She soon got there and got on the train
First she went to Los Angeles and then to
Long Beach. She took off her shoes and
stockings and waded in the ocean.
She went to the old Soldiers home. She
visited the home of Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett and then went home. Don't you think
she had a happy day?