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Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
Kindness to Dumb Animals.

Edith Kenyon, 1922 Cunning St,
Omaha, Neb. Blue Side.
There was once a man who was
very impatient One day when his
horse was trotting slowly up hill the
man grew impatient and whipped his
horse.
The horse, which had worked very
hard that day instantly fell to the
ground After a half an hour of suf-
fering the poor animal died,
a gentleman nearby, who noticed
this scene, al once notified the HUI
name society. The man who killed
his horse was fined a certain sum Of
money, and he also had to buy an
other horse as he could not keep
his job Il lie did not have the horse
Now, ii this man had not been so i'm
patient 'he would have still had his
horse and he would not have had to
pay the fine
This shows that when you treat
your animals cruelty you not only
hurt the animal but also hurt your
sell. Another thing which can be
called being cruel to animals is for
getting 70 iced them Always be sure
to feed your animals as well as your
self.
Treat them as YOU would have
others treat YOU
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
The Pennies
BY Rosa Hehuke. Aged 2 years
Rockville. Neb.. Blue side.

BY Rosa llchuke. Aged Il years
Rockville, Neba Blue Side,
am in the seventh grade al school.
We have four teachers IN this school
My teachers name is Miss Elsie Bar
ton. My sisters teacher is Miss Elida
l-und. We had gotten some pictures
from her They were "a cents, but
we did not have change so we paid
rs cents, and told her TO keep the
penny One day as | was going in her
room she slipped the penny down my
neck ! got it out again Then il was
put down my sister Marc's neck.
She got 1t out Then She gave it 10
me slipped il down Miss Lund's
neck and then she got another penny
and put it down my sister Eyalyn's
neck. She got il out again and SO
did Miss Lund. AT noon Miss Lund
was sitting in front OF her room
door, with a penny waiting for us.
We did not think she had one so she
put il down Maries neck again.
Marie got it out again and then il
went down a schoolmatc's neck Her
name is Annie Rasmussen She ran
out in the hall and shook her clothes
so il fell TO the floor ! hope that
penny will not travel down our necks
again. ! hope my story escapes Mr..
Wastebasket
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28

1854, the Omaha and Otoe Indians
cedcd 20 the United States their
country along the Missouri river. No
surveys had been made. All the land
was open TO the first eomers, Most
of those who came from Iowa picked
out the land that suited them built
log cabins to hold Il and went back
to Iowa to make their living.
The First Governor, Francis Burt
Francis Burt, democrat, Of South
Carolina was the first governor OF
Nebraska, He and the other first
officers OF Nebraska were appointed
by President Franklin Pierce and
were paid by the United States. lie
was a slender, handsome man who
loved books and was not used TO
frontier life.
The long journey from his home,
part OF 1t by stage and steamboat,
brought him worn out to Nebraska
City Nebraska City had then one
house and one wagon, In the wagon
Governor Burt was driven to Belle
yue, where he arrived October 7,
1854 He grew worse and died on
October ~. His body was taken
back 10 the old home in South Caro-
lima. There was great sorrow in the
little village OF Bellevue over the
death Of the first governor, for all
who met him learned to love him
Acting Governor Cunning Tie sec
retary OF state, Thomas b. Cunning
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28

Of Michigan, became acting governor
He was very different in mind and
person from Governor Burt. His
eyes were dark, his hair straight and
black, his mind bold and shrewd.
Old Bellevue was the
Oldest town in Nebraska, for Fort At
knson had been abandoned. II was
in fact the only town. Here was the
old fur trading post. Here the In
dian agent having charge OF the Me-
braska Indians lived. Here the first
Christian missionaries came and built
the only mission house then in Ne
braska. IL was expected that Belle
vue would be the capital OF Nebraska.
New Omaha Eight miles above
Bellevue, in the woods fronting the
Missouri river, men from Council
Bluffs, Ia, had started town which
they named Omaha. There they
built two-story brick building which
they offered for a capitol, Acting
Governor Cunning called the first
legislature to meet taere on January
10, 1855. Very bitter were the quar-
res which followed this act. The
first census OF white settlers taken
by order of tho acting governor
showed 2,732 people II was claimed
that many persons counted did not
live in Nebraska at all, and that some
came over from Iowa, voted and went
back and did not settle in Nebraska
ITO BE Continued)
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
First Prize.
Who Is He?
Mildred Byrne, IA Years. 2530 Chi
cago Street, Omaha. Blue Side

Mildred Byrne, IA Years. 2530 Chi
cago Street, Omaha. Blue Side
Who is hes
Well, he is a very modest little
fellow, has very simple tastes and
has characteristics very closely allied
TO those Of our friend, Master Red
Breast.
He seems to prefer brown as the
color of his suit for summer or win
ter
Like many people, he has his fa-
vorite haunts, which seem to be in
our great maple tree.
He belongs TO the Great Nebraska
Concert company, so, Of course, you
know he has a good voice.
Maybe | am a bit partial, but !
think he sings tenor very well.
He lives in quiet neighborhood
with his sweet dispositioned little
wife, who is very much like her hus-
band.
His home is surrounded by gossipy
little maple leaves, but he seems to
enjoy their chatter,
He is my old friend-the brown
thrasher, and very good one he is,
too.
Now, | don't think you can find
a better friend on earth than your
favorite bird or animal.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
Prince and Penny.
Florence Ruemelin. Aged 3 years,
Elmwood. Neb. Red Side.

Florence Ruemeln. Aged 8 years,
Elmwood, Neb Red Side.
Ny horses name is Prince. | call
him Prince because he put me in
mind OF a prince He is only 2 years
old. He is not three yet He is only
about as old as my little sister Doro-
thy. He is a good horse, lie loves
sugar. ! give It to him every morn
ing He is very fond of me. Prince
also loves apples. Whenever we get
any candy / always give him some,
so you see ! love him Prince is not
old enough to work IN the field, so
he stays mostly in the pasture. When
the other horses are let out in the
pasture he has lots of fun with them.
! have few more pets. They are
my dog, whose name is Penny. Is
not that funny name for dog2 He
Is a tiny little dog, the color is black.
/ have few little kittens. This is
the first time ! have written to the
Busy Bees page.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
Honorable Mention.
Be Kind TO Animals.

BY Ruth Ribbcl, lll4 South Thirty
second street, Omaha. Blue Side
Alfred was very fond Of his dog,
Buster, They were great playmates.
Buster dearly loved 10 play ball with
Alfred, and had learned TO catch il
very nice when Alfred tossed it into
the air and then 10 bring il TO be
tossed again. But today when Alfred
tossed the ball Busters eyes seemed
to say, TITS too hot to play ballg'
You have nice thin, cool clothes TO
wear, and il does not seem hard to
you, but no matter how hot it is !
have TO wear my winter furs."
Most OF us are fond Of pets, but
sometimes these pets do not have a
very easy time OF it, You may think
perhaps that your dog belongs TO
you, and for that reason you can
do with him as you please. Do you
ever stop to consider that Buster or
kitty may not enjoy being kicked or
beaten and chased about, anymore
than you would If you were in his
place? Let us show mercy to our
faithful friend, Buster and our little
fluffy kitten, full of fun and spirits,
that ties itself into ball, chasing its
own tail, then, surely mercy will
be shown us.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
NEBRASKA AS A TERRITORY

Nebraska Territory Five Times as
Large as Nebraska State Nebraska
territory, in 1854. was five times as
large as the state OF Nebraska is
now All the way from Kansas to
Canada, from the top OF the Rocky
mountains to Minnesota and Iowa
was Nebraska Very few white peo-
pie then lived in the land. Fur trad
crs had built log cabins in a few
places along the river, Every sum
mer thousands Of emigrants to Ore
gon and California Travelled the great
Oregon trail across the territory. At
Foat kearncy and Fort Laramie on
the Oregon trail were companies OF
soldiers AZ Bellevue was little
village Of fur traders and missiona-
ries All the rest of Nebraska was
wild plains and mountains, the home
OF Indians, buffalo and beaver.
The First Settlers soon after Nc
braska was named and made, people
began TO settle there. Most OF the
first settlers came from Iowa, Some
came from Missouri Illinois. Michi-
gan, Ohio, New York, Massachu-
setts All they had 10 10 was to cross
the river and choose the most beauti-
ful land for their homes. In March,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
School Picnic and Program.

BY Ruth Ranney, Weeping Water,
Neb., Age 10. Red Side.
/ thought | would write TO you tell
ing you about Our School Picnic.
1t rained all day, so you see it was
muddy. We had a nice time in the
schoolhouse If II did rain outside. We
had sandwiches, pickles, deyiled eggs,
potato chips, ice cream and cake for
dinner. After dinner we had our
program. ! was in a dialogue and
had a recitation. / will be in the
seventh grade next year. am 10
years old My birthday is July 20
Our teachers name is Miss Josephine
Hitchman. We would like to have
her next year, but she will teach in
town. ] hope to see my letter in the
paper. will join the red side, |
will try and write a story soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
Auto Trip 10 Illinois.

nv Leland Christensen Aged q
Bradshaw Neh Red side
am going to tell you OF MY trip
to Olson lll. with mp sister brother
and parents
We went ip the Gar and started
about q O'Clock iu the moTning
We got 20 Omaha about 8 o'clock
iB the afternoon aUd stayed there a
day We went 10 the movies Ia the
evening and the ueNt day we went
shopping and Sightseeing | like 10
visit t6e gltN.
We started about z o'clock that
altrfu00u and went nu our way
here was much mud on the way
huj quite a few hills Ga climb That
wat mu though When we got m
lllmols sic had some sand tu 40
l8gNuNh
Wa Uastd out ride very Wueh and
also enjoyed ono visit while Boo nlxau
Me uiF an fbt Rock river aud went
a Lowell park ta cat oaf dinner
ars d4r We ALSO went OBJ Castle NGgk
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Wat NffY h.gh
When wf started hnme nos uncle
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Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
PICNIC Near the Lake.
By Leotha Bender, SCOTS Bluff, Neb
Age II. Red Side.

By Leotha Bender, Scotts Bluff Neb
Age H. Red Side
One day last summer a few grown
up folks and some boys and girls had
picnic near a lake. One of the
ladies' wanted to fry some meat, but
when she put the lard in the pan ii
spattered all over. Some Of the boys
had put water in it. When l went to
get a drink from the water which we
brought along, ! found a mud turtle
in it. The butter which we had taken
along was spread on the bread and
soaked in muddy water. We were dis
gusted with what had happened and
our picnic seemed a complete failure
All we had fit TO eat was crackers and
cheese. But the boys were nowhere
to be seen. After half an hour passed
we saw a boat come towards us. Ii
proved to be the missing picnickers.
They came ashore with ice cream and
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
Wrens in Bird House.
By Florence Seward, Aged 10 Year

BY Florence Seward, Aged TO Years,
1908 Corby, Omaha. Blue Side.
have two bird houses out in my
back yard. A wren is building in one
of them. The lady next door to us
said she saw a wren going in it one
day. Every day ! am awakened by
the singing OF birds. Don't they sing
swectly? | have seen robin,
woodpecker, a catbird, sparrow and
wren. My wren house has the cut
est little porch, so whenever they
choose Mr.. and Mrs. Wren can come
and sit out and see II rain. The wrens
are tiny birds, aren't they, Busy Beesi
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
Little Stories by Little Folk

soon was sent by my mother to the
barn to get some cobs. After had
gotten my cobs played in the hay
while, and there / lost my dime. q
have lost about a dollar altogether,)
This Is true story. ] hope Mr..
Wastebasket has the tonsilitis when
the short story comes.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
Last Days Of School.
By Lucille Griffin, Aged 10 Years, St
Paul. Neb. Blue Side.


Paul, Neb. Blue Side.
We have only eight months OF
school at our school
1t was out Friday, May 5, this year
The river is only one-half mile
from the school house.
We put up swing and had lots OF
fun swinging.
We also played lot OF games,
such as hide and go seek" pic
ture to your right and proverb to
your left" and some others.
For dinner we had potato salad,
pickles, sandwiches, deviled eggs,
cake, lemonade and ice cream.
We had very nice time and were
all tired but sorry when II came
time 10 go home.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28

am keeping watch to see how many
different birds ! can see. The other
day saw beautiful catbird IL
cried just like little kitten. AT first
thought il was, until saw il sitting
in a tree. Well, guess I'll close, but
| hope Mr. Wastebasket has just
gone to his office.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28

cake. which was their surprise tor us.
We were all glad and ate heartily
We then played games until we had
to go home Our sorrow had turned
to JOY
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
Their Own Page
Stories of Nebraska History !: i: By a e sAs4e.

Try special permission ~ the author The
bee Will publish chapters from the History
of Nebraska lay 4, E sheldon, from week
tu week
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
&pportsdbyHENRYKOLEEp
AMotionR Picture Novel B2ME&MrC
RUPERT HUGHES

"Gloria stared at the problem and felt herself
slipping back into childhood at a breakneck
speed She had no more idea of tUhat it all
meant than new born babe. She put on a
pair OF big tortoise shell spectacles, bur they
made her look younger than eUer and gdOe her
no help. She could see that foolish a+-b, bat
she could not see t0hy any one should tOant to
know Uhat DouId happen you did such fool
ish thing as to multiply it by itself"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
The Busy Bees

EoNY has been for Saturday June 10 by the garden
mtee of the Civic league $50 gold medal has been Offered for
the hndsomest pink and several other will be
awarded also many have oodles OF
flowers their gardens and perhaps of living in
Omaha will prize.
garden held show and started
peony official flower Of Omaha There
they beautiy city immensely and they easily
grown al
peon this Busy Bees well lot
other flowers Vegetable gardens fine You into the
morning and pluck fresh vegetables for mother
nothing of the and heahu benefits of gardening
This awarded Mildred Byne Of the Blue
Edith Kenyon Ruth Rbb the Busy Bee both OF the
Blue Side also Honorable Mention.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28

The noted authors, Mr.. & Mrs Rupert Hughes, have
written for you intensely interesting play This remarkable
motion picture novel will appeal child You'll like
the life of Gloria Stafford the youthful daughter of bank president
The Goras Romance being shown leading
theatres everywhere
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28

See Billie beautiful dushing charming BLie e-poray
Gloria See her exquey gownshe such
Bendel
unoded
stS George
.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03
LOOKS FAVORABLE
FOR FARMER ADVISOR
Encouraging Response TO Call for
Private Subscriptions TO
Continue Office.

That the office of county farm
er advisor viii continue a fixture
IN progressive Lewis county now
seems more certainty than at
any time since the commissioners
al their January meeting with
held support of such office with
county funds
The Farmers Union took up the
matter at a recent meeting in Nez-
perez and appointed a committee
to secure private subscriptions
for the perpetuafion Of the office
This committee has so far sue
cecdcd that the necessary funds
are almost in sight, something
like 500 being yet needed To
close the contract The fact. how
ever. that even some in Cold
Springs precinct. who signed the
petition for the discontinuanee Of
the county 5 support TO the office,
contributed readily when appeal
ed 10 with the private subscrip-
ton list. indicates that there viii
De Dltill[ "a DlHtIN iEdNt ~ H[4ft
rather than see this institution
which has proven such vast ben
eft IN many older counties re-
moved from this county
In fact, the appeal for = dis
continuance of the office came ia
measure through q nisunder-
standing on the part of many who
signed the remonstrance the sup
position being that the expense
the office entaiIed was greater
than 1t really is, and also that the
office was more for the benefit Of
one community than another.
In truth, the advisor is at the
service Of every farmer in the
county. He is for the exclusive
use of those interested in farming
an agent acting between them
and the several fountain-heads of
information that have as their
sole objective the Improvement of
farm conditions in the nation and
state
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

Mount Vale school house north
east of Nezperee will be- the cen
ter OF a community meeting 10 be
held on Friday, February Is. A
good program is being gotten up
for the occasion. and a general ia.
yitation is extended 10 all 10 come
ont and enjoy H.
Miss Myrtle Grayyeal left this
morning FOR Libby. Mont. where
she will make her future home.
Miss Grayveal has made many
friends during her stay here who
regret 20 see her depart, but they
all wish her success and happi-
ness IN her new home.
Yes. we are having our share u
snow. .-hut a splendid crowd of
good people are AZ the Christian
church every evening IN spite Of
Il. aud we are having some fine
sermons What more can We
want But We do want more.
We want you brother aud sister.
10 become christians.
DR.. Marcus ). Fite, chiropra-
tor. was found guilty by q jury
in the district court at Lewiston
Saturday Of practieing medicine
aud surgery IN violation Of law.
Judge Steele imposed the mini
mum fine Of 500 and costs. A no
ticc Of appeal was filed. The
csse viii 20 10 the supreme court
a. q test ease
4 message from Sheriff Paige
announces that he started home
Monday from San Angelo, Texas,
with Horace Mitchell. who is
wanted here on a grand larceny
charge. Mitchell, who was held
by the authorities az San Angelo
pending the arrival Of Sheriff
Paige. agreed to return 10 Lewis
county and face the charge with.
out extradiiion papers.
Our faculties are excellent for
handling your business with the
least possible delay. Your alb
siract can always be had for ex-
animation on a days notice. Our
liberal terms are a strong induce
mcnt 90 3 prospective purchaser
OF your farm. Il costs nothing Ia
enquire, and Il may save yon time
aud money. Vermont Loan a
Trust Company. York Herren,
Agent at Nczperce.
The snowfall Tor the first three
days Of February amounted to 20
inches. according 20 the local gov.
crnmcnt weather station, which IN
an equivalent Of . inches Of RAIN
fall. The snow now covering the
ground is equivalent to 4 inches
Of water. II is rather an odd
fact. h view of the light appear
ancc OF the snow and the present
low temperature, that the snow
of the past few days has con-
tanned an unusual amount Of
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03
Democratic State Committee Meet
March 8.

The official call Of the Demo
cratic state central committee 10
convene in Boise, March 6, has
been issued by J. T. Pence, chair
man. Committee members from all
parts Of the state are urged by
him 10 attend for important bust
ness will be transacted The most
important action to be taken by
the committee viii be fixing the
date for the state convention for
the selection Of delegates and al
fcrnatcs 70 the Democratic nat
ional convention to be held at 81.
Louis. June IL The state conven-
ton viii probably be held two
weeks 10 10 days prior 10 the con
vening Of the national convention.
Already a number Of cities are
Ia line 10 bid for the convention.
including Boise. Twin Falls. Poca-
tella, Wallace and others. The
committee will discuss the means
10 be followed in the election Of
national committeeman. II is pos
sible this important office viii be
filled at q primary election TO be
called by the committee. There is
some talk in political circles that
the present national committee
man, Robert II. Elder, viii be sue
ceeded in that important office
by some other prominent Demo
crat.
The convening of the state CON-
mittee is looked upon as the sig
nal for the opening Of the state
and national campaign in Idaho.
just who are in line for seats
in the 81. Louis convention is a
subject Democrats are discussing
with some little interest at the
present time. Ii Is understood
there is to be general recognition
given to many Of the more promi-
ncnt party leaders in this matter.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03
Road signs.

The Goodrich Tire Company
has offered to furnish to Lewis
county, free of charge. a non-rust-
ing. understandable iron sign,
arrow shape, , feet long, s inches
wide and a quarter of an inch
thick with the names of the diff
ferent towns in the county and
the distance TO the same drilled
through the sign with n quarter
inch drill. and all they ask in re-
turn is that the county commits
Sioners guarantee the erection Of
the same. The company requests
that they be furnished with a map
of the county showing the towns
and roads and the number of
signs wanted, and the surveyor
James Trembath has signified a
willingness to prepare the same.
The company will then prepare a
blue print from this map show
ing where each sign is to be erect
ed. The signs will come boxed
separately and the boxes viii be
numbered 10 correspond with a
number on the blue print which
will avoid any confusion. Attor-
|ney G. c. pennell will appear be-
fore the commissioner next week
land get an order from them guar.
|nnteeing the erection of the signs.
which he viii send to the tire
company. 1t is Mr. pennell \
plan to get in touch with the owns
ers Of cars IN the different parts
of the county and have them erect
tho signs without any expense 70
the county Il Is a mighty good
move and towns interested should
take the matter up with AIR
Trembath or AIr. pennoll
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

A birthday party was given at
The home of Mrs. 5. +. johnson
on Maple street last Saturday af-
scrnoon in honor Of Miss Sarah
Margaret johnson, it being her
eleventh birthday. A goodly
number Of her young friends
were present and she received
many nice presents. A fine time
was had at appropriate games and
amuscments, and a nice luncheon
was served az 8 D. m.
Those in attendance were:
Misses Gladys Donovan, Dora
Brown, Pauline Fike, Fanny Far
rar. Betty Wade. May Agrcll.
Helen Saihcr, Mary Wade. Ruby
johnson, Alice Harding, Marjory
Miller, Edith Garvin, Sarah john
son, Bertha and Thelma AlcI.ana-
han, and Masters Curry Felt, Jr.,
Elmer Ramcy, John AIoscr, Roy
Pomeroy, Ray E'ike. Mike Brown.
Edward Marker, Harold Cook,
Lyons Bywaicrs, Russell and Or
len Cline.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

Mr.. Earl G. Miller is in Nez-
perce FOR the purpose of organix-
ing Lewis County Chautauqua
Association. He has thus far re-
ceived considerable encourage
mcnt from our business men, and
while the success Of the project is
not yet fully assured. the outlook
is very promising.
should Mr. Miller gain the sup
port required, Nczpcrce viii be
able to offer to Lewis county and
the surrounding territory next
summer a week 5 entertainment
such as has proven thc most SAT-
isfactory sort in the hundreds Of
other like communities which
have enjoyed Chausanqnas for
one or more years.
This IS an opportunity that Mex
percc should not overlook