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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13

some orange and lemon trees and nearly
all kinds OF fruit. but just one banana
tree In park
We went in bathing in the ocean almost
every day.
one day we went out to the ostrich farm
and we saw little baby ones and the
eggs. The eggs are about five times as
big as turkey eggs. The old ostriches are
not very pretty.
We saw lots Of flowers and will not try
to tell about them all.
1 would like to join the Blue Side, and l
hope to see my letter In print.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
RULES FOR YOUNG WRITERS

l. write plainly on one sido OF
the paper only and number the
pages.
q, Use pen ana ink, not pencil.
3. Short ana pointed articles
will be given preference. DO not
use over 25o words.
4. Original stories or letters
only viii be used.
s. Write your name, age and ad-
dress at the top of the first page.
First and second prizes OF books
will DO given for the best two con-
tributions to this page each week.
Address all communications to
CHILDRENS DEPARTMENT,
Omaha Bee, Omaha, N0b.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
The Busy Bees


has its effect the little
OF on the
Il preparatory
in the neighborhood had
oh what lot OF fun they having battle
on the sand pile The from which flag oated
and attacks made
the mountainous walls almost
course the soldiers
forgot to mention that the cavalry
the body Of soldiers
Another children
structive
piled
to
This week first Bliss
second prize to Miriam Wener of Blue sde honorable
Catherine Daugherty OF the Blue
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
Ont in the Storm.

ny Eula Brand, Box t6, Fontcnollc Ncb.
Blue Side
ono night there came M a storm and
my little brother was getting the cows
from the pasture II raincd hailed. thun-
dercd and llghtnnEcd terribly. ! went
down to help him and found him crying
from the hail which was pclting his arms.
gave him coat which ! had taken
along FOR him. when We got home papa
said We should not have gone, hut II was
all over then.
hope this escapes the waste basket
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13

as nice q time as can"
They went into Do'lyillc. There were
many kinds OF dolls and. 60 Helen sur
prise. they walked and talked. There
were rubber dolls. Paris rag dolls ot an
sizes
before Helen could have sccu she was
whiskcd away on a huttcrlly
An at once she fclt herself falling
down. down She hit ON somcthing Rub
binC her eyes and looking around she
found herself in front " the fireplace.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
Johnny to the Rescue.

BY Lois Leuellyn, Aged If Years, Auburn
Neb. Blue Side
"Ting-a-ling, ding, ding" went the fire
alarm.
Mother, I wonder what is on fire?" said
May. Just then a little boy ran by and
May said: Where is the fire Benz"
IT'S the town hotel, May, and it is in
flames sky-high."
"Oh, where's my shawl?" said Mrs. Bar
clay. Il must save your grandmother"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
Busy Bee Letter.

BY ElviTa Turnquist, Aged 10 Years, 1915
North Fortieth Street Omaha.
Blue Side.
would like to be Busy Bee. / would
like to be on the Blue Side. | read the
stories every Sunday! 1 am in the Fifth
A and am glad school is going to start.
hope my letter will be in print
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
From the Queen.

ny Ethel Brinkman, Aged 10 Years, 2lS
South Thirty-fifth Avenue.
thank you all very much for electing
me your queen. I will try my hardest to
make my reign n successful one,
School starts soon and hope all Of the
Busy Bees have had a nice vacation. I
will be in the seventh grade Of Columbian
school Two Of our teachers are In Eu-
rope and can not get out We will have
to have substitutes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13

In five minutes there stood May and
her mother side hy slide, Watching the
flames and vccping. Mrs barclay fc't
someone touch her ON tho shoulder She
turned quickly and with shout os JOY
saw that II was her mother. But she was
not alone, beside her stood q boy OF lG.
Hts name was Johnny OConucr lie saved
the ltc OF Mays grandmother win
write agaiu 0 hope To- see my letter ON
the busy Bee ragC
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
Reads Stories.

by Gertrude White, Aged Years, 1903
Douglas street, Omaha, Neb. Red Side
Dear Busy Bees: I would like to join
tho Busy Bees. because | have never
written before. | read the stories every
Sunday and think them very interesting
l hope to sec my letter in print soon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
RaZorbacks.

BY Emily Ice. Aged year Hampshire.
Wyo. Blue side.
1t was on our Florida trip that first
saw a razor-back hog. We were going
through the dark, dismal cypress swsmps
of Georgia. 1t was dusk, and through
the gathering gloom I could see n dark
object dimly against the pasty yellow of
the rice straw. Tho next moment |
realized 1t must be pig lie was long
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
A Lucky Nickel,

BY Kathleen Lumpkin, Aged Years
$40 Hickory Street, Omaha. Blue Side.
Once upon a time there was n very
small girl, who was very poor and was
always wanting money, One day she was
playing In her yard making clover
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
Young Busy Bee,

BY Mildred French, Aged Years. Glen
Vile Neb. Red side.
Dear Busy Bees This is the first time
I have written to the Busy Bees. ] want
TO he on the Red Side. I wish TO see my
letter in print Sunday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13
Rnsv Bee Note

by Marguerite Nelson, Aged 10 Years, 1913
Spruce Street, Omaha. Blue Side,
Dear Busy Bees: ] don't think you will
know me, as | have not written for a long
time and think only have written once
will have a story next time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
RELIGION AND WAR.

From Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Gazette.
A great many of the papers are
commenting on the fact that there is
a greet religious wave sweeping over
Europe, caused by the war. This is
natural. When man or a nation
is brought face to face with things
that he cannot control he naturally
looks to higher power for guidance
and help. When thousands and
thousands of men leave their homes
and go to the front to face imple-
ments of war that they know mean
death they become still for the once
and their thoughts go back to the
time that they knelt at their moth
ers' knees and think of the childish
prayers that they were accustomed
to lisp.
1t is a time for serious thought.
When these poor soldiers are lying
out on the field with nothing but the
stars for a canopy and listen to the
roar of the cannon a few miles away
they cannot tell but that she'll will
come whistling their way any minute
and they will be swept into eternity.
And think of the mothers, wives, sis
tiers, sweethearts at home! They
are lying awake praying to the Giver
of all good gifts to spare heir loved
ones, if it be His will. Is this condi-
ton not enough to cause men to pray,
to have a religious conviction that
nothing else could have produced?
AS long as men are prosperous and
out of danger a large number of
them never think of religion. But
let affection come to their homes, let
death stalk among their loved ones,
it is then that they realize for the
first time their utter helplessness and
their thoughts turn to God. Would
it not be better for all mankind to
live pure, holy lives without being
brought to an awakening by some
family or national calamity? 1t is
always best to be prepared, for you
know not the day nor the hour when
the summons will come"
There is nothing like being ready
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
KnOzC Nothing About 1t
From the Macon Telegraph.

The newspapers have been busy
advising the farmers, and the farm
ers have been busy advising the
newspapers. The farmers advice
consists of only three words, more
expressive than elegant, while the
newspapers advice takes much more
space than that. Both of them ac
complish about the same results.
The farmer has been the subject of
some abuse also. He won't sell his
cotton. He was told at the beginning
of this trouble, when cotton was nine
sell-hold it. All that was necessary
for him was to place it in a ware
house and put his receipts up as col
lateral, and then he could hold it.
He went the advisors one better.
He kept his cotton at home. Then
he knew it was being held. And
now, when cotton is seven cents per
pound, his former advisors are quar-
reling with him because he won't sell
it. Well, why should he sell it?
Some say to help business. Then
why not everybody sell their business
and liquidate? That would help bus
mess also. But it would mean ruin
at the same time.
There is a force higher than any
of us working out this problem. We
can agitate and quarrel, but it won't
make any change in the process,
which is SLOW If all the farmers
tried to sell their cotton now it would
not bring anything. There is some
going on, A little is be-
ing sold every day-all that the mar
ket will take and not slump. We
may be comforted with the theory
that this slow liquidation will con-
tinue throughout next year, thereby
a better average for the
first nine months of next year than
we experienced for the first nine
months of this year
But you can't hurry the farmer
We told him to hold" it. He's do
ing it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
NEWSPAPER BLUNDERs.

From Newberry IS. CO. Observer.
One of the things that make the
editor grow old and gray before his
time is the errors" typographical
and otherwise-that get into the pa
per. He finds it out after the paper
is printed. Kind friends by the doz-
ems remind him of it, and keep on
reminding him until he wishes ne
never saw a paper. He goes to the
printer and blows him up, and the
printer produces the copy with a
sardonic grin and proves it on the
editor.
The Observer makes good many
blunders in one way and announcer
Most of them don't amount to any
thing, but some are very annoying
For instance, it once described a
brides veil in a wedding wrlte-up
as "fimsy;" but that was the fault
of the society editor, who did NOT
write ''filmy' plainly enough An
other time it described brides dress
or gown as a lively" blue, when II
should have been lovely" And So
on; we could extend these instances
at considerable I6nSII, put OH -,
is said to indicate the troubles OF W
editor"
The fact, considering the rush ana
hurry of country office, where sne
editor does 40 other things ua'
besides editing a paper, it is "on-
der he gets anything right. So
ITO his faults be a little blind,
And to his virtues very klnd'
And
Don't view him with critic eye
But pass his imperfections Dy'
Maybe if you were reduced 10 Wv
direful necessity of editing newsp 5ia
per in a country town you "ou'O
make plumbers, too.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
THE SPARROW IN GEORGIA.

From the Macon Evening News.
One of the factors in resisting the
boil weevil in Georgia will be the
assistance of the birds now protected
under the game law which bears
Minter Wimberly's name. Among
these birds are the field larks, black
birds, bee martins, grass sparrows,
bull bats, thrashers, and mocking-
birds, none of which may be shot at
all. Eventually, it is believed, the
open season for shooting of quail
and doves will be even more limited
than at present.
Evidence has so multiplied that
there is no longer any doubt as to the
value of certain birds for the protec-
ton of crops from worms and insects.
Even the sparrow is defended on this
ground. In fact, that bird, the COM
mOnest of all the feathered tribe, is
now receiving high praise in certain
quarters. The Woman's Welfare
Club of Marquette has petitioned the
Michigan legislature to repeal the
law which provides for a bounty of
two cents ahead for sparrows during
the months of December, January
and February.
In report of the biological sur-
vey, based on observations during
the years 1911 and 1912, it is esti-
mated that one brood of young spar
rows can destroy at least two thous-
and alfalfa weevils in a day. In this
connection there is the authority of
no less a person than Prof. R. j. De-
LOach, of the Georgia experiment sta
ton, that in 1905, at Statesboro, Ca,
he witnessed the spectacle of about
one thousand sparrOWs attacking a
field of German millet, which had
been invaded by several million of
the army worm caterpillars. In about
forty-eight hours these little birds
had completely cleaned the millet
patch of the worms, to the relief of
the owners of the adjoining farms.
THE sparrows were royal fighters,
and did their work well, and l have
had a greater respect for them since
that day." says Prof. DeLOach. He
says that the birds did not eat the
worms whole, but merely shook them
out of the skin and swallowed the
skin.
The sparrow is the only bird
which inhabits all of the cities of the
United States and which seems to
prefer city life. However, there are
thousands of them in the rural dis
tricts, and, if what is now said about
them is true there cannot be too
many of them. If the boil Weevil
ever does make an entry into Geor-
gia perhaps the sparrow will be
among the first to attack that pest
1t is well to remember that once the
agricultural, and hence the economic,
existence of Utah was dramatically
saved by seagulls from the cricket
pest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
EDITORIAL PLEASURES.

From the Griffin News and Sun.
One editorial privilege from which
we derive much pleasure is the read
ing of the Dalton Citizen, Dawson
News, Triton Gazette, Macon News,
Albany Herald and Moultrie OBJ
server.
This list does not include all the
exchanges We fully appreciate, but
they are so ably edited and free from
prejudice that their visits to our
table are as welcome as the flowers
of May.
No state in the union has superior
daily and weekly newspapers to those
published in Georgia by as noble an
association of men as God ever made,
and He has made many.
There are a few that reek with
prejudice and other varieties OF cuss-
edness, but they are without int1u-
ence and can do no harm. Should
our vision ever become so diseased
that we cannot discover the roses
among the thorns we will retire from
the newspaper work in favor of a
better man who can.
1t is our intention to make broad
gauge publication of the News and
Sun, for it is sad as we'll as vexa-
tious to witness the decline of brill
liant star in journalism because Of
innate meanness, of which we pro-
pose to steer clear.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
A Good Movement.

The Home Industry movement
is spreading among the smaller cit
les and towns of Georgia, urged on
by the live newspapers, and is pro-
ducing results. There is hardly a
town in Georgia which does not man
ufacture somethin (Which has not a
factory of some type. When the
home people give first choice to home
articles they aid directly in employ
ing the factory workers and the mon
ey stays at home.
Many large factories in the bigger
cities have complained that they
found a market more readily far
away from home than close by, and
are uniting in a Home Products"
campaign There is no town in the
state where a similar movement
would not be an aid. But one rea-
son why home products frequently
are not purchased is because they
are unknown. Systematic advertis-
ing at home is a remedy for this.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
Cost of Growing Cotton,

Can it be true that bureau of the
department of agriculture of the
United States has gone on record
with the statement that Southern
farmers can grow cotton at cost of
two and two-third cents pound?
That is what is alleged in some of
the papers, albeit The News has not
seen the estimate referred to. We
are 10th to believe that one who is
we'll enough informed to hold po-
sition in the department Of agricult-
ure would be found willing to vent
ure such a statement.
An article we reproduce on this
page from the Progressive Farmer
quotes some department of the fed
eral government on this subject, CIV
ing the cost of growing cotton in the
South at 6.65 cents to 1926 cents
per pound. That is getting nearer
the truth, and the estimate will COM
mand the respect of men who really
know something about raising cotton
in Georgia and other Southern states.
We doubt if even one bale of the
Georgia crop of 1914 was produced
at less than 8 to 10 cents. per pound.
We are persuaded that much Of the
crop did cost more than 10 cents per
pound to grow it. In some instances
the cost may have reached even above
10 cents a pound,
The Southern cotton grower is the
victim of much misconception and
misinformation as to the difficulties
he confronts, the problems he must
solve. He is undergoing an ordeal
now Let him keep courageous
heart and clear head. His day will
come again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
EAT TONS OF GRAssHOPPERs.
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
Dried grasshoppers are used as
food in the Philippine Islands," said
Henry Jackson Waters, president of
the college, in talk before the agri-
cultural society in the Kansas State
Agricultural College. Three thous-
and tons of grasshoppers were mar
keted in Manila in a year. Some
good and tempting dishes are pre-
pared from them.
There is a grasshopper plague
every ten years in the Philippines, 1"
said President Waters, ''and the
problem of combating the grasshOp-
pers in a warm climate like the Phil
ippines is more difficult than in coun-
tries where cold weather serves as a
check.
There are many acres of unset
tied country which serve as breeding
places for the grasshOpper. The
method used in capturing them is to
organize a drive. A large shallow
tank is constructed, which has wings
of galvanized iron. The tank is fill
ed with kerosene. The natives then
start the. drive three or four miles
away, and close in gradually, driving
them before them into the tank. The
grasshoppers are then dried and sent
to market"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
In Unknown America.
From the Baltimore News.

Nine men in ten, it may safely ha
guessed, if asked to speculate whera
Ungava was would feel pretty cor.
tain that they had heard of it in the
interior of Africa. If told that it is
twice as big as Texas they might
marvel a bit that anything of that
size, even in Africa, should have es-
capped them.
But Ungava isn't in Africa at all
1t is one of the big pieces of I'M
known America, and constitutes. in
fact, approximately the north half of
the province of Quebec, Canada. II
was turned over to Quebec a few
years ago, and has recently been
made the subject of a curious report
prepared by the provincial govern
ment.
1t appears that various people have
in the last two or three centuries TAX
en- the trouble to explore bits of In
gava and write more or less about
what they found; but these writings
have never till now been gathered
together SO as to provide a general
view of the huge country. This work
of collection has been done by the
provincial authorities.
The Ungava regions is in general
vast plateau, 1900 to 1000 feet
high. Perhaps a fourth of its area
is occupied by lakes. There is a
great network of rivers, among
which are some of the most wonder.
full waterfalls in the world. One Of
these falls is declared to have sheer
drop of 302 feet; it's potential water
power development, at lowest stage
of the river, is calculated at 120, 900.
1t ia gathered from the authorities
that the country's climate is so SO.
we're that little of it will ever be use
full for agricultural purposes. That,
however, will be taken with allow
ance by people who know what
Northern Russia and Middle Alaska
can do agriculturally. The timber
has largely been burned over and
large trees are now to be found
mainly along the rivers only.
Ungava is almost twice the area
of Germany, and in all the world
there are few regions SO extensive
that are so little known.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15

In noting that announcement has
been made in Albany that all who
pay one-fourth of their taxes before
December goth may have until March
goth, June goth and August 10th to
pay the three remaining quarter in
stallments the Triton Gazette says
"the city dads of that town are not
going to be too hard on the tax pay
ers this year; in fact, they are treat
ing them mighty white" After all,
as iour contemporary remarks, the
people make the city, and are de-
serving of any accommodation that
the authorities can allow them, es-
pecially under such conditions as we
are now laboring.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15


The Office of Farm management,
United States Department of Agri-
culture, has recently published some
interesting data regarding the cost
of producing cotton. The figures CIV
en- are from actual investigations
made on 243 farms in the Mississippi
delta and ninety-seven farms in Sum-
ter county Georgia. Because of the
low price of cotton and the generally
accepted belief that cotton is selling
below the cost of production the data
furnished are of particular interest
just at this time.
In the Investigations on the 243
Mississippi delta farms the cost of
production ran from 6.65 cents per
pound, when $40 of bale per acre
was grown, to 1887 cents per pound,
when 44-100 of bale per acre was
grown, and 1926 cents per pound,
when 39-100 of a bale per acre was
grown. 1t is notable that as produc-
ton per acre decreased the cost per
pound rose. The Investigations
were made in a section where soil
fertility is above the average and
where commercial fertilizers are
used only to limited extent.
In the Georgia Investigations the
cost per pound ran from 1881 cents,
when 86-100 of bale per acre was
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
The Cost Of Growing Cotton.


roSSlVo n dfIn6r.
produced, to 1896 cents wbon o.
100 of a bale per acre was n 0S-
TO a certain extent yields pe T'C ooL
here determined the cost Dar rT no, acre
but on account of the increatpoosa iu'
pense for commercial fertiIi1orcu t eA-
difference is not as marked as IN t tIe
Mississippi delta. IL tne
In connection with the invos4,a-
lions cited two facts are Dartic T9Ilsa-
worthy of note: w uiarly
CD Where only from ono t1,.-,
to two-fifths of a bale Der oor rnl[ (.
grown the cost per pound ran,,l Is
from ten and one-half to fifteen c ~ns SOS
AS these yields are about the Tvs n'S'
age for the entire South it follow
that for the average man groI,ir .
Gotten at present prices offers on. 'll IS
the easiest and most certain wavs y.
losing money. "'S u
CD Big yields at a low cost nov
pound are necessary in making farr,
profits. These, of course, call for
rich land, and rich land at a mini
mum of expense means the growing
of soil-building crops, both wintar
and summer.
When we have learned these tuo
elementary lessons we will have
made good beginning toward y
sounder agricultural system.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
THE HOE AND THE DOUGH.

From the Cleveland Courier.
The man with the hoe has been
recognized by every age and nation
as a fundamental source of prosper
ity, and while our literature abounds
with enconiums in his behalf the half
has never been told.
But the man with the dough is
equally as important at this period
of our growth and development as
the man with the hoe. Attempts
have been made to discredit him,
but when it comes to building fac
tories and the railroads and large
industrial enterprises, which are nee
essary to our prosperity, We must
face the man with money and our
destinies as a nation of influence and
power are largely in his hands.
1t takes the man with the hoe and
the man with the dough combined to
make civilization, and one is inter-
dependent upon the other.