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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

mani. have much to thank you for; also
your pardon TO beg for having watched that
gang OF ruffins handling you so cruelty to-
night without raising a hand to help you
But-you are whittier fellow than ] am
and-I have been q coward while you have
proven yourself a hero. Let me tell you
now, that from this night l am your
staunch friend.
Bert-Thats the thing to do, Jack, old
fellow. 1 knew you were only thoughtless,
not really heartless. We hear so much
against our yellow brother that we go out
of our way to, heap outrages on his back.
I say, we're all Gods creatures, no matter
what country we are born in
The Chinamans-Thankee, thankee muchee;
velly nice young genmen. III talkee no
muchee Amellcan. But-Qooks his graft
tude at both Bert and Jack) Vely nice
genmen.
Bert 1aylng his hand on the Chinaman's
shoulder)-You may not talk much Ameri-
can, my good fellow, but you can teach
many of us how to act the hero. Come, /
shall accompany you to your laundry, and
1 shall also report that gangs treatment of
you to the police, 1 guess we can do some
thing with them for their rutfian manner
toward you. Do you want to come, too,
Jack?
Jack-Bet your boots l do, old chap 1
want to make amends for my heartlessness
a little while ago. A human creature Is a
human creature, be he one color or an
other; and l mean to see that he has a
square deal whenever can. And-let any
one call this fine fellow a Chink in my
presence again, and I'll doubles up his
fist and shakes his head threateufngly as
he follows Bert and the Chlnaman out of
the ROOM.
CURTAIN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22
(First Prize.)
The Fir Tree

By Clarence Siekkotter. Aged 10 Years,
Gretna, Neb. Red Side.
Once there was fir tree who was very
unhappy 1t said, "Of what use am in the
very heart of forest where nobody can
see me. Ali of my friends have been of
some use, but never have been any and
never will be-" But one day a man came
and chopped down the tree and wrapped it
up, When it was again unwrapped it saw
it was in beautiful room. There were men
and women and they hung ornaments all
over the tree until 1t was covered with
them 1t stood there and waited and at
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

gate post In the sun to dry. Then he wen,
away and forgot all about him.
And the SUN scorched down hotter and
hotter on the man, He knew ne was burn.
ing, but could not do anything. BY and
by he went to sleep. When he woke up it
was dark. Then the Lord came back and
found his man was burnt black all over
And that was the way the first colored
man was made.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

WAS STRANGE TO HIM,
his great relief, the horrible hunter was
nowhere in sight Evidently Babe had out
run him, and now he was somewhere on
the mountainside. stil looking for Babe,
or another Of Babes kind. And Babe,
trembling in every limb, crept behind
great mass OF rocks and lay close TO the
damp ground, He was afraid to return
home. But the longer he lay there the
more uneasy he became. What would his
dear mother say? What was she doing
now? For surely she had returned home
ere this.
And so the hours wore away and dark
ness began to fall on the mountalnside
And still the runaway Babe lay In hid
ing. And stlll he shook with fear and
longed to be once more In his snug cave
house, warm and happy. listening to his
mothers tales Of her early eubhood.
After little while a slow rain began
to fall Then Babes agony increased.
With fear and loneliness came discomfort.
Oh. how foolish he had besnl Oh. the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22
Two Bills

BY Howard Gilman, Aged 10 years, 1912
South 2Sth St. Omaha, Neb., Red Side.
One day Johnny saw his mother pay
some bills. and he thought, why can't
send in a bill too? and get some money.
So he wrote out a bill like this
For carrying in wood 500
Carrying water 25c
Taking care of the baby $50
Going to the store SOC
And being good boy 25c
Total SLS5
Then he gave 1t to his mother. The next
morning his mother gave him $1S5 and
Johnny put 1t in his pocket.
But his mother also gave him one bill
which read like this:-
For taking care of Johnny 10 years o
For board and room
For mending his clothes 0
For staying up at night with him when
sick
For being a good mother to him o
Total
When Johnny read this he took the
money out of his pocket and gave 1t to
his mother and threw his arms around
her neck and cried and asked her to
forgive him for being so thoughtless, and
mother forgave him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

the eggs hatch the grubs must be fed.
They then turn to pupae and spin them
selves up in the cells and when they have
slept long enough they bite or eat their
way out. When they come out they are
full grown wasps.
The wasps cat flies, so you see they do
some good. So l think they ought to be
protected. They eat the fruits but not
enough to bother us l hope you will all
like this story. l wish / knew more about
them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

jean De Long, AinSworth Neb.
irene Mccoy, Barnston, Neb.
Lillian Mervin, Beaver City. Neb.
Mabel Witt, Bennington Neb.
Anna Gottsch. Bennington, Neb.
Minnie Gottsch, Bennington, Neb.
Agnes Dampke, Benson, Neb.
Marie Gallagher, Benkelman, Neb. (Box Ii.
Ida May, Central City, Neb.
Vera Cheney, Creighton, heb.
Louis Hahn. David City, Neb
Rhea Freidell Dorchester, Neb.
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Neb.
Eunice Bode Falls City Neb.
Ethel Reed, Fremont, Neh.
Hulda Lundburg, Fremont. Neb.
Marion Capps, Gibson, Neb.
Marguerite Bartholomew, Gothenhurg, Neb.
Anna Voss, tN West Charles street, Grand
q Island, Neb.
sI1ydia Roth. COS West Koenig street. Grand
Ella vosg. 4G7 West Charles street. Grand
Irene Costello 1l5 West Eighth street,
Jessie Crawford. loS West Charles street.
. Grand Island, Neb.
Pauline schulte. Deadwood, s. d.
/ Marina Murphy, szS East Ninth street.
Grand Island Neh.
Hugh Rutt. LeShara, Neb.
HAstcr h. Rutt, leshara, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington. Neb.
Ruth Temple Lexington, Neb.
Anna Nelson, Lexington, Neb.
Edythe kreitz, Lexington, Neb,
Marjorie Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Marian Hamilton 2O29 l. ST., Lincoln, Neb.
Elsie Hamilton, 2029 l. St., Lincoln, Neb.
Irene Disher, 1850 l. street, Lincoln, Neb.
Hughie Disher, 203U l. street, Lincoln, Neb.
Charlotte Boggs, 221 South Fifteenth street,
Mildred Jensen. 7W East Second street.
Helen Johnson, 1874 South Seventeenth
+ street, Lincoln, Neb.
Althea Myers, 224 North Sixteenth street,
Lincoln, Neb.
Louise Stiles, Lyons Neb.
Estelle Mcdonald, Lyons, Neb.
Milton SeIzer, Nebraska City, Neb.
Harry Crawford, Nebraska City, Neh.
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska CITY, Neb.
Lucille Hazen. Norfolk, Neb.
Helen Reynolds, Norfolk, Neb.
Letha Larkin, SO. sixth ST. Norfolk, Neb.
Emma Marquardt, Fifth street and Madi-
son avenue, Norfolk, Neb.
Gene We've NJ. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
William Davis, 22l West Third street,
North Platte, Neb
Louise Raabe. 2tOs North Nineteenth ave-
nue. ( mahR.
Frances johnson, 9a3 North TWenty-tltth
avenue, Omaha.
Marguerite Johnson, 933 North Twenty-
fifth avenue, Omaha.
Emile Brown, 2322 boulevard, Omaha,
Helen Goodrich 1910 Nicholas St., Omaha.
Mary Brown, 1923 Boulevard, Omaha.
ava Hendee, 44u2 Dodge street. Omaha.
Lillian Writ AA Cas- street, Omaha
i Lewis Poff, 81l5 Franklin street, Omaha.
Juanita lines, a76s Fort street. Omaha.
Bassett Ruff, 1914 Binney street, Omaha
Meyer Cohn. SAC Georgia avenue, Omaha.
Helen F. Douglas. 1881 street. Lincoln
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

Ada Morris, 3424 Franklin street. Omaha
Myrtle Jensen, 1908 lizard street, Omaha
Orrin Fisher, 1910 S. Eleventh St, Omaha
Mildred Erickson, 2709 Howard St, Omaha.
Oscar Erickson, 27O9 Howard St, Omaha.
Gall Howard. 4722 Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Helen Houck 1928 Lothrop street, Omaha.
Emerson Goodrich, 4OI0 Nicholas, Omaha.
Maurice johnson. 1927 Locust a., Omaha.
Leon Carson. 112l North Fortieth, Omaha.
Wilma Howard l722 Cipitol avenue. Omaha.
Hlah Fisher 12l0 South Eleventh, Omaha
Mildred Jensen, 2707 Leavenworth, Omaha.
Edna Heden, Hs9 Chicago street. Omaha.
Mabel Sheifeit. Isl4 North Twenty-fifth
Walter Johnson. aa& North Twentieth
street, Omaha
Emma Carruthers. s2i1 North Twenty-fitth
street, Omaha
Leonora Denison, The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets, Omaha.
Mae Hammond, O'Neill Neb.
Madge L. Daniels, Ord, Neb.
lola Beddeo, Orleans, Neb.
Agnes Richmond. Orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming, OsceOla, Neb,
Lolita Woods. Pawnee City, Neb.
Earl Perkins, Reddington, Neb
Edna EMS, stanton, Neb.
Lena Peterson, 22il Locust ST.. z; Omaha.
Ina Carney. Sutton. Clay county, Nebraska.
Clara Miller. Utica, Neb.
Mildred +. Jones, North Lonp, Neh
n nea B Mdia:R % MsSS. S NsS.
Mae GTunke. West Point, Neb.
elsie stasny, WILDER, Neb
Frederick Ware, Winside NCb.
Pauline Parks, York, Neb.
Edna Behling, York, Neb.
Mary Frederick. York, Neb.
Carrie b. BartleLt. Fontanelle, Ia
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, Ia
Ethel Mulholland Box II, Malvern, Ia
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern. la
Katherine Mellor, Malvern, Ia
Ruth Robertson, Manila, la.
Mildred Robertson, Manila, Ia
Margaret u. Witherow, Thurman, Ia
Bertha MoEVoy, r. y. ID. ., Box %, Mis-
souri, Valley. la.
Henry L. workinger, 2O52 w. Huron Street
Chicago.
Adiena sorry. Monarch, wyo. Boz q
Fred sorry Monarch. Wyo.
Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
Pauline Squire. Grand, Okl.
Fred Shelley, 100 Troup street. Kansas
City, Mo.
Mary Mcintosh, Sidney, Neb.
Nellie Dledrick, Sidney, Neb.
Eunice Wright, 532 North Logan street
Fremont, Neb.
Carol Simpson, WILDER, Neb.
Phyllis Haag, 6S2 West Seventeenth street
York, Neb
Macile Moore, Silver City, Ia
Mabel Houston, s0lS Sherman avenue
Omaha.
Dorothy Telleson. 4s46 North Thirty eight
street, Omaha
Mabel Baker, Lander, Wyo
Corinne Allison Robertson, WILDER, Neb.
Elizabeth Wright, 1922 South Thirty-fiftt
avenue. Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

last there came a whole crowd of men.
women and children Then 1t knew 1t was
a Christman tree. 1t was then glad and said,
II would rather be fir tree than any other
tree" And when it was thrown out In the
yard 1t said to itself, II have made many
people glad and I am glad myself for that
is all I wanted to do"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22
A Paper Making Wasp
BY Helen Verril, Aged 10 years, Queen
Bee, The strehlow No. 10. Omaha,
Neb.. Blue Side.

The paper making wasp is very pretty.
II you will look at one real closely you
will see It has a very tiny waist. II looks
as II II had been pinched, and II has a
very long tail.
The paper making wasp lives in the
garden and builds its nest in a tall bush,
The wasp then makes its nest and when
all the cells are done II puts an egg in
each cell, and covers them over with a
thin paper like plaster. II a cell isn't
large enough the wasp cuts II up, mssti-
Gates It and makes a bigger one. When
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22
How the First Colored Man Was
Made

By Edna Rohrs, Aged 10 Years, PIP Locust
Street, Omaha, Neb Red Side
This is the story as told by an old colored
uncle. once upon time the Lord wanted
to make another man. so he took some clay
and made him and set him up against
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22
TN THE big back yard,

Meath a spreading tree
Ned, Polly and May
Dear, sweet, happy three!
Go to play each day
In a huge pile of sand
They dig ponds and rivers,
And build mountains grand.
And when evening falls
They level 1t DER,
So when morning comes
1t is ready once more
For digging and building.
Meath the spreading tree.
Ned, Polly and May
Are a most happy three!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22


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them the Chidens The little
Red side
The illustrated There who lived she
which Chill
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sorabe exkng of the Red
of
which
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stcardE xchan whic wincIude
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

art (boy readlngl-well, l III
the promptness OF Jack. He to-
me he'd be here at oclocl
And now It's a quarter to
Gooks at his watch. I'll te
him that promptness Is OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

Second Prize)
The Story of a Leaf
BY Elsa Mcfarland Aged II Years, 2501
Farnam Street. Omaha. Blue Side.
Oh, how happy am today. when but last
week / felt ashamed and too bashful to
come out, for the other leaves laughed at
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22
That Chink; A Dialogue for Boys

appropriate for the last day of school
entertainment)
(Scene In a boys den. A boy sitting
reading beside a table. Books and papers
scattered about carelessly)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

ABE sat in the cave, all alone,
His mother had gone out TO get
some food for him, and he was
impatlently awaiting her re-
turn. He did not like being left
alone. but since his big brother
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

ostcard Exchange. which now Includes:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-22

CURTAIN.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-01
IS" MILL IS NOW
OPERATING DOUBLE

With the increased demand for struc-
tural material and bars. the eighteen
inch structural mill at the Gary plant
is now operating double turn During
the past week an extra force of men
have been. added and every effort is
being made to catch up with the large
amount of orders now hand The
work is being rushed on the other bar
mills, several of which will be in OPP
GRAFTON within a short time.
The Illinois and Indiana Steel COM
pany received orders last week for 49,
900 tons of steel rails to be rolled at
the South Works from the Gary plant.
Orders for steel rails during the past
month have been lighter than usual
but enough contracts have been booked
during 1909. to keep the rail mills run
ming at full capacity for months to
come.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-01
NAMES OF
;. Streets s .R|]!E ] J. TO. :.
Be CHANGED

At the meeting of the Gary council
names of several streets in the recently
annexed portion of Gary formerly
known as Toileston, in order to avoid
confusion with the streets of the same
name in Gary. The three street names
changed last night were as follows:
Twelfth avenue. east of Main street
to the Pennsylvania railroad, will here
after be known as Eleventh place.
Thirteenth street. east of Main street
to the Pennsylvan will be known as
Twelfth avenue.
Fourteenth avenue. between Main
street and the Pennsylvania, will be re-
named Thirteenth avenue
The council thought that the word
place" in place of street or avenue,
the common term for thoroughfares in
the ordinary cities, would be fitting
term for Gary.
The Fisher Construction company
was awarded the contract for moving
the police station from it's present site,
on the corner of Seventh avenue and
Massachusetts street to the extension of
Eighth avenue. where it Will be located
as a pesthouse. They were instructed
to hurry the work as rapidly as pos
sibIe
The city attorney question was also
brought before the council last night
when Councilman Emerson Bowser
asked the city attorney if he had re-
ceived his pay. He stated that he knew
the finance committee had never o. K d
the bill. Mr. Curtiss replied that he
had received the money and that 1t was
not necessary for the finance commit
tee to o. X. the bill, and the matter was
then dropped.
A resolution was passed asking the
engineer to draw up plans and specifi-
cations for the Improvement of Four
teenth avenue from Broadway to that
section of Gary formerly known a Toll
lesion. This street will probably be
payed in the spring.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-01
FIRST BLOOD
SHED OVER
QUESTION
Indiana Harbor Men Can
not Agree Over Cohesion
or Secession" and Have
Lively Tilt in Department
Store Until Separated.

ss;.:s<sss = v 4S;ila {
-. -! ...-rr
Indiana Harbor, Ind, Feb. 1..F11rst
blood was shed yesterday over the ques-
ton of the secession of Indiana Harbor
from East Chicago
The victim was John Bevans. en-
ployed in the Indiana Trust and Saw
ings Bank,whose face was quite badly
cut by coming in contact with the glass
in show case which was broken in
the encounter.
Bevans' adversary was Fl. Lemon, who
works a heater in the Inland steel
mill. While the two men were mixing
it, considerable excitement prevailed. a
number of bystanders rushing to the
rescue and pulling the combatants
apart, after which an attempt was made
to renew the hcstilities, but failed.
The row occurred in the dry goods
and clothing store of julius Cohen.
Bevans came into the store to make
some purchases and he and the pro-
| prietor got into an argument over the
proposed secession. Cohen is a radical
seceder. being in fact one of the original
promoters of the divorce movement
Bevans advocates cohesion, and the
argument grew rather heated when
Lemon got into the game. He called
Bevans. according to a report. an 1T.
and said he shot off his mouth toe
| much" and that he had better keeI
| still Bevans replied that he didn't hav.
| to- and in a short while the men were
sparring away with their fists in livel,
fashion Lemon pushed Bevans agains
a glass show case, and the bloodshes
| followed
A number OF persons out in Michigan
avenue hearing the disturbance, cam
/ into the store and separated the fight
ers and Bevans walked out of the place
Evidently thinking that he had not ha'
| enough. Bevans came back and wa
about to open the door when he wa
pushed outside by Lemon. And thus tn
incident closed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-01
HORSES STRAY AWAY.
5f5~e So -


East Chicago. Ind, Feb. Joe
Pletka. an expressman whose place of
business is at 1888 Wood str ct, CHI
cago, brought load of goods to Gary
yesterday and on his return last night
stopped in a saloon at East Chicago,
where his horse wandered away.
Pletka was on his way back to Chi
cago and stopped in a saloon at the
corner of 14Sth and Kennedy. When he
came out of the saloon he found his
horse missing. and abandoning the idea
of hunting for the horse. he returned
to Chicago by rail.
The horse wes found last night about
o'clock in front of the Mckinley
school. 1t was taken to Smith &
Lewis livery stable, where ii was fed
and taken care of. This morning Plet-
ka returned to find his horse. He was
informed that It was In the Smith e.
Lewis stables After paying the ex-
pense of keeping the horse over night
he took the animal and started back
to Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-01
JOE UP TO EARS
IN TROUBLE
Especial TO THE TINES. }

East Chicago. Ind. Feb. Joe
10th was hailed before the city judge
this morning on the charge of assault
and battery, the warrant being sworn
out by his mother-in-law. He was
fined IS and costs and, not being able
to pay the fine, sent to Crown
Point.
Mr. and Mrs. 10th have been mar
ried four years and reside on Alex
ander avenue, Oklahoma addition. Some
time ago he beat his wife with a razor
strap and again yesterday he assault
ed her nd his mother-in-law, Josephine
Pstoney, and it is said that he struck
them with his fist The victims were
both more or less Scared.
While Joe is serving out his time in
the county Jail his wife Is filing di-
voree proceedings through Attorney
Abe Ottenhemer. They have three
small children, the oldest but three
years. while the youngest is baby Of
three weeks. 1t was just before the
birth OF the three weeks old child that
Joe beat his wife with a razor strap.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-01
DRY
AS FINDER
LAST ZEN
Blind Pig Keepers Are in
Panic and Not a Light Is
Visible in Any of the
Illegal Resorts-Bootle
gers Wary.

The arrest of Max Bernstein for op-
Grating blind tiger after the i'm
munity bath of last week, acted like
q bomb in the ranks of the blind
pig proprietors yesterday. and those
who had kept their places of business
oEen after the finding of Judge Knots,
closed their doors with a bang, and as
the result Gary was as dry" as
finder box last night. and will prob
ably remain so until the time that Ii
censes are issued in May
A Change of Heart.
A few of the blind pig" keepers,
who did not favor the immunity bath,
and failed to appear In the city court,
kept their places open on Friday and
Saturday night; but upon hearing of
Bernstein's arrest, which will result in
his being sent to the county Jail, If
Mayor Knots orders are carried out.
caused fear in their camp and they
closed their doors in fear that they
would also land in the local bastile
No Lights Visible.
Last night there was not a visible
light in any of the former blind pigs
Blinds were pulled down and the places
on the whole presented a very deserted
and desolate appearance. A few thirsty
ones tried the doors of their former
haunts, and upon finding them locked
wendell their weary way home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-01
African "sundowner."

There are many genealogical ex-
cuses for drinking, as an appetizer"
or "stfrrupcup," or a "nightcap-"
The sundowner" is peculiar to the
west coast of Africa. It has nothing
to do with the Australian shutdown
err" who is a sort of tramp All down
the west coast OF Africa is a quarter
OF an hour between the days heat and
nights languor, which comes with a
chill. It is sort of religious cere-
monial TO share "sundowner" at this
time and ward off the chill.