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Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16

movement of settlers west was
helped by the changes in the land
laws. A settler in Nebraska in 1854
could take 100 acres and after living
on it six months buy it from the
United States for $l.25 an acre. This
was called a presumption. In 1868
the homestead law went into effect.
Under this settler could take 100
acres and have it free by living upon
it five years. In 1873 the timber claim
act was passed. Under it one could
get 100 acres by planting ten acres OF
it to trees and taking care Of them
for eight years. All three of these
laws were in force from 1873 to 1891
and under them settler could in a
few years get 480 acres of land.
The Struggle Between the Changers
and the Cattlemen-There were con-
flicts between the cattlemen, whose
great herds fed on free pasture, and
the grangers, as the settlers were
called. who came to farm. Cattlemen
began to go into western Nebraska
between 1865 and 1875. Their ranches
were many miles apart. All the cat
tie were turned loose summer and
winter and allowed to find feed and
water where it best suited them. The
cattle of different ranches ran to-
gether on the ranges. Each ranch
man knew his own cattle because they
were marked with his brand. Once
a year all the cattlemen in district
drove the cattle together and branded
each calf with the brand OF the COW
which it followed. This was called the
roundup. The grass on the plains
died on its roots in the late summer
of each year so that the frost did not
kill il. Thus the country in the fall
and winter was one great free hay
stack and very cheap and easy
place to raise cattle.
When the grangers first began to
settle on the cattle ranges OF west
ern Nebraska, the cattlemen told them
that it was too dry there to farm, that
they had been there for years and that
the country dried up every summer
and was fit only for cattle-ranges. The
grangers did not believe them. They
saw the beautiful, smooth prairie free
for homesteads to all who would take
them and they kept on coming in.
Two things combined to help the
homesteaders in their struggle for
western Nebraska during the period
between 1880 and 1890. First the hard
winters of l880-8l and 1854. Deep
snow fell on the cattle-ranges; pro-
longed cold weather followed. Thou
sands Of cattle died and many cattle
men were ruined, Then came several
years OF abundant summer rainfall.
The grangers grew splendid crops Of
all kinds on the high plains where
the cattlemen told them no rain ever
| fell after the 4th Of July. So the
whole OF western Nebraska was quick
ly settled with farmers.
Continued Next Sunday
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Further Restriction Placed
On Liquor Trade in ENGLAND

Correspondence OF The Associated Press)
London, June 30.-It has been de-
creed by the board of control that
after July no spirits, with the excep-
ton Of those proved to have been bot
tied before June | of this year, are to
be sold unless Is degrees under proof.
At SIPS per bottle, compared with the
pre-war price of 81 cents, the whisky
drinker will receive "a cents worth Of
whisky and pay 81 cents for about
half a pint of water that he will be
compelled to drink with it.
Despite the earlier efforts of the
board of control to restrict the con-
sumption Of spirits, the consumption
increased in year 100000 gallons.
Apparently the whisky drinker finds
that the more whisky is diluted the
more whisky he has to drink to OBJ
tain the same results. And he does it
in about half the time it used to take
him when public houses were open all
day and whisky was much cheaper.
Bee want Ads produce best results
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Lincoln, July l5.-The Nebraska
callege of agriculture gives out the
following information:
In fighting household ants no one
measure can be recommended that
will afford satisfactory relief from
these pests in all cases, as the pro-
cedure must be adapted largely to the
individual case. The following for
mula, recommended by the depart
ment of entomology of the College of
Agriculture, has, however, proved to
be effective in many instances:
Dissolve five pounds of sugar in one
and one-half pints OF water in a dou-
BILE boiler and heat gently. Add one
fourth ounce of sodium arsenite dis
solved in a little hot water to the
syrup. Moisten a sponge in this
syrup and place in pint screw-top
glass jar with the porcelain cap
broken out and four large holes
punched in the lid with a twenty
penny nail. The sponge should about
fill the interior of the jar. Prepare
anywhere from one to six of such jars
and place them where the ants are
foraging.
The worker ants will forage
greedily on this for some hours, after
which they often will not touch it TN
less it is moved few feet or placed
in another spot. The poisoned sweet
is carried into the nest and a large
proportion of the colony will die of
cta,,,
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Easy Plan to Rid the House of Ants;
One Way to Tell if Juice Will JeN

care should be taken to keep it away
from children and the food supply.
In addition to this remedy, proper
measures should be taken to remove
so far as possible all food upon which
the ants are foraging.
MANY housewives insist that the
making of a good jelly depends upon
luck. but any housewife may always
have a perfect jelly if she knows the
principles of jelly and follows few
general rules.
The essential part of fruit juice that
makes jelly set is a chemical sub
stance called pectin. 1t is found in
abundance in apples, currants, grapes,
ounce, and the white rinds of oranges
and lemons. Small quantities are
found in cherries, raspberries, black
berries and pears. Since pectin is
essential, the housewife should de-
termine whether the fruit juice she ex-
poets to use contains any before she
starts the jelly making process. To
determine whether pectin is present,
add two tablespoonfuls of grain al
cohol to two tablespoonfuls Of hot
fruit Juice. Cool, and if pectin is
present, a lump of jelly will have
formed. The size of the lump will
indicate the amount of pectin present.
Fruit juice should also contain acid.
By tasting it one can easily determine
whether or not acid is present. If
lacking, enough lemon juice or tar
taric acid may be added to give the
fruit tart taste.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
7 French Deputies
Killed in Battle

Corresponds, ce Of The Associated Press.)
Paris, July 1.-Two more deaths
have brought the number of vacant
seats in the Chamber of Deputies to
thirty-four, including two seats de-
clared vacant for election irregulari-
ties. The chamber is now composed
of 500 instead of 800 deputies.
There are thirty-two seats vacant
in the senate through death of mem
bers since the elections of 1914. Since
no elections will be held during the
war, one department, the Hautes Alps,
whose two senator's have died, will
be unrepresented in the senate until
after peace has been declared.
OF the thirty-two deputies who
have died, seven were killed on the
battlefield, while one senator, the
aviator Emile Raymond, died in SER
vice.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Australia Floats
Another War Loan

Correspondence of The Associated Press)
Melbourne, Australia, July IA
third federal loan for war is to be
floated before August /, though it is
not proposed this time to ask for any
fixed amount. On the occasion Of the
first loan, the government asked for
$25,000,000 and it received SOS, 600, 900;
and on the second occasion $50,0OO,-
600 was asked for and the response
was $l05,000,000.
Parliament has authorized the rails
ing of $250,OOO,000 and it is expected
the people of the commonwealth will
as before respond literally. The gov
eminent will take as much up to that
amount as the public cares to lend it.
The rate of interest will be ~ per
cent, the price of issue will be at par
and the loan will run until 1925.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Honorable Mention.)
Our Pet Squirrel.

By Elizabeth Hoischhorn. Aged IA
Years. 2s0s So. 9th ST. Omaha, Neb.
Red Side.
About a year ago little squirrel
came and took our walnuts that we
had gathered for the winter. He
came every day until he had eaten
them all. Then we started to buy
peanuts and put them in little box
on the back porch. We put them
there every morning, and now he Is
quite friend. When he has eaten all
he can he will take the others two
at time and carry them away.
There are many bluejays who come
and try to take them away from him,
but he fights as if to say, Those are
put here for me alone"
One day we put some nuts in the
parlor and sat down to watch. He
knows we would not hurt him and as
long as he comes he will always find
some peanuts to eat.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
NEBRASKA AS A STATE
Continued from last Sunday

The New constituticn-There was
call, as the state grew, for new
constitution. The first one had been
framed in haste by the legislature in
1866. A convention met at Lincoln
in June, 1871, and made new con-
ttitution in forty-seven days. In its
most important parts in was modelled
on the Illinois constitution OF 1870.
When the people voted on the new
constitution the vote stood 1886 for
and 0,677 against. 1t was defeated
chiefly because il taxed church prop
erty and gave railroads their right-Cf-
way only while they used 1t for run
ming trains. The demand for new
constitution kept growing. In 1875
another convention met in Lincoln,
which framed another constitution
very much like the one of 1871. 1t was
adopted by the people in November
Of that year by a vote OF 30,202 to
5,704. This is our present constitu-
zion and is sometimes called the
grasshopper constitution" because i.
was made in a year OF grasshopper
plague and hard times.
The Great Prison Rebellion.-Oh
January II, 1875, the convicts In the
state penitentiary, three miles south
0f Lincoln, rose in rebellion, took the
warden and inside guards prisoners
and armed themselves with guns. Led
ty bold and desperate men, it was
their plan to dress themselves in citi-
gems clothes and escape after dark
The outside guards gave warning
Citizens Of Lincoln and company Of
United States soldiers; from Omaha
surrounded the prison. A number u
shots were fired. Mrs Woodhurst
the warden's wife, persuaded the reb.
Eis to surrender and what is called
the great rebellion in the peniten.
4iary" was over.
Passing OF Hard Times-Slowiy the
kaArs from 1873 to 1873, with theii
hard times, Indian wars, grasshop.
pers, drouths and great prairie fires
passed and better days came, bringing
better crops, better prices and hope
10 the hearts OF those who had en-,
Nured so many hardships. With thes,
etter days came host Of immi
5rants to the state.
Governor Albinus Nance--In 1871
lbinns Nance, republican. of Osceols
Sfns elected governor and reelected
n 1880 He was called the hoy gov
3 efnof,g being 80 years OF age wher
fI.oaen. During his four years II
& TIE office there was revival d
business and railroad building, and ;
N. a
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
A Day of Surprises.

By Opal Rogers, Aged 10, Kearney,
Neb. Red Side.
June % was my birthday. | was
10 years old. In the morning mamma
came in and gave me a birthday
spanking while was in bed. | got
up and came downstairs. Then we
had breakfast About the middle of
the forenoon mamma gave me two
birthday cards. One was from
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prize Story.)
Bird Field Day.
BY Edith Weir. Aged 1lsYears.
34l2 Dodge St, Omaha, Neb.
Blue Side.

May s, 1916, was the Audubon So
ciety's field day. They went to Child's
Point.
As only grown folks went, neigh.
Dor took ten girls out to Elmwood
park to celebrate. One Of US brought
4 bird book so we could identity the
birds we saw that we did not know
the names Of. Each girl had piece
of paper and we put down the names
of the birds we saw. When we start
ed home we counted the names we
had on our lists. One girl had seven
teen and I had fourteen. ! can now
identity over thirty birds.
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would east plums and spit the stones

OUT.
Once my sister was sick and had
the doctor and another DR.. Heart and
Mr.. Reynolds of Amherst, Neb. They
came with car and had a cigar lay
ing on the car. The horse got out
and went to the car to get the cigar
and ate it up. She could open every
barn door. We had to have some
snaps for the barn door.
] like the busy Bee page very well.
This story of Daisy is real true.
! would like to see the story in
print, and hope to get a prize.
Animal Rhymes.
By Stella Rogert, Aged II Years
Herman, Neb. Blue Side.
A is the ape, who is dressed very we'll
Though he is not so wise, as most
people can tell
B Is for the bat, so smart is he
But they all cannot see.
c is the cat, looking round very sly
So as to see who is passing by.
D is the dog, steadfast, honest and
true,
I hope he'll get married to pussy
don't you?
E Is the elephant, and very few
Are 50 learned, so big and so SLOW.
emily, too.
F Is the fox, who, sharp as a knife
Looks out for Miss Goose, he's in
want Of wife.
G is the goose, who is proud to be
seen
In her very best frock and her new
crinoline.
H is the herring, soldier just made
! hope when in battle he'll not be
afraid,
l is the ibis, with banjo to play
He will sing you his "nigger songs
every day.
] Is the jackdaw, who looks very sly
When ! trust him, l hope there will
be nobody nigh.
x is the kangaroo, ragged and poor
Will you give her crust when she
knocks at your door, . ..
L Is the lion, just put on half-pay,
He fought for his country full many
day.
M is the mouse, see her lustrous blacl
eye,
You would know her much more il
she were not so shy.
N is the nightingale, singing a song
am sure | could listen for ever SC
long. t..
o is the owl, who's as wise as h,
looks,
With his spectacles round, and cou
pie Of books.
P is the parrot, a prosy old men,
You'll be glad to get rid of as soor
as you can.
Q is the quail, who is running home
quick,
For his schoolmates have threatened
to give him stick. ...
R is the rabbit, stupid and mild,
I'm afraid he's a silly, spoilt child.
S is the shark, if he had not been fed
He'd be likely. to turn around ant
snap off your head.
T is the turkey, I'm sure from hi
age,
That the, best he does is to get in
rage.
U the unicorn is, with his candle
sticks two,
Walking backward to usher tn,
queen passing through.
v is the vulture, fierce, wicked anc
old,
He'll do anything vile that will bring
him in gold.
w is the wolf, hungry, ragged ant
grim,
If you take my advice, you will no
go near him.
x is the extinct, he thinks everything
bad,
That was not invented when he wa.
lad.
Y for yellowhammer, a gold beaten
name,
He hammered the gold leaf tina
gilded papa's frame.
z is the zebra, zainy and clown,
Now we've got to the end, so let TIL,
curtain down.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Horse Eats Everything.

By Cecilia Thielfoldt, Aged II Years,
Gretna, Neb. Blue Side.
We used to live out in Kearney,
Neb. And little town about three
and one-half miles from there named
Amherst, Neb. We had ten horses,
eight cows and we had horse 8 years
old. Her name was Daisy. She
would eat everything we gave her.
She would eat pumpkins, but not
peelings. We gave her bread and
pancakes every morning. We always
gave her cows milk and every time
when we would milk she always
wanted some milk. Every time when
papa was in the yard she had to have
chew of tobacco and she would
reach in his pocket to get it. She
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Stories Of Nebraska History 8: syA. =: Sheldon

4 tBy special permission Of the author The
Bee will publish chapters from the History
~ Nebraska. by A. u. Sheldon, from week
% Reek.l
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grandma and the other was from my
little friend, Johanna PATTI. She said
that she was coming down. We went
to town that afternoon in the auto.
Johanna went with US. | did not
know that she was going with US.
Mamma took US down and treated us
to ice cream and had our pictures
taken. Mamma brought ice cream
and angel food cake and fruit and
other things home with her. The
cake had ten birthday candles on it..
Johanna ate supper with us before she
went home. We rode her pony
while, and then she went home. AS
my story is long, will have to close.
| may write again
Riddles.
By Florence Sward, Aged 10 Years.
1908 Corby Street, Omaha, Neb.
Blue Side.
| am sending in some riddles for all
OF you to try to guess:
"A riddle, a riddle so deep: you
never could see the bottom of it.
So if you guess this riddle I'll give you
fiddle" 4
Can you guess it!
"A palace so round; and a wall so
thin; you could break it if you tried.
Inside there is layer of marble; in
side of that great lump of gold, yet
the walls are so thin the robbers get
in and steal the gold"
That's easy, isn't it?
"A beautiful thing, which at night
filings out her beautiful silvefy light.
Yet with all the drivings it would take
in night. You couldn't drive her out
of sight"
That's easy enough to guess, l
think, don't you?
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Receives Prize Book.

BY Maxine Ieuter, Sdeator, III.
Blue Side.
| received the prize book entitled,
Truly Stories from the Surely Bible"
and am much delighted with it.
| think l will read a story a day.
| think the book is beautiful, and
the stories are fine. l am still in
Streator, ILL.,, on my vacation. | am
sending story about the Fourth OF
July.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Afire.


By Margaret Thorton, Aged 7 Years,
Nebraska City. Blue Side.
Mamma heard the phone ring and
| was writing.
Mamma told some one our neigh
boris barn was on fire. Papa was
picking pansies. went out to the gar
den fence, told papa Meadville's four
neighbor) barn is on FIRE. They
wanted him. As papa came In the
house he dropped some pansies. Papa
ran to the first crossing.
The water wouldn't, just wouldn't
work at all so the barn was not saved.
Our neighbors had gone to fu-
neral.
/ would like to join the Blue Side.
This is a true story.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16

morning it was raining. We went
over to the other farm after 1t had
stopped raining, to do the chores.
When we got over there two Of the
hogs were out. They wouldn't go
in their pen at all. They ran up in
the orchard. We got them out OF
there and then they ran into the
cornfield. When we were running
around in there / fell down and got
my face in some mud. We finally got
them out of there, but when / got
out / was wringing wet, and muddy.
We put them in where they belong
and then we came over for dinner.
That afternoon we shot off firecrack-
ers and had some ice cream
So | didn't have such a bad Fourth
after all. A true story.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Little Stories by Little Folk

he likes best of all to eat he would
probably reply, Eggs, Not birds eggs.
Oh, no. A civilized chickadee would
never think of such a thing, Not
birds eggs, but insects eggs, are a
feast for these little fellows. 1t is
fun to see the chickadees hunting for
food. You know insects almost al
ways lay their eggs in carefully hid
den places, such as the under side OF a
curled up leaf or beneath the rough
bark Of tree. The chickadee knows
just where to look for these tucked
away morsels, but sometimes he finds
ii hard work to obtain them and con-
sequently screws himself into strange
positions that he may get at his prey.
In spite Of the laughable things that
the chickadees do in order to get a
good meal, one should not forget what
helpful little birds they are. For by
eating the eggs OF certain harmful in
sects they keep many baby insects
from being born. These baby insects,
il allowed to live, would grow up to
be plaques, like their parents, and
would eat up our vegetables, fruit and
flowers. So you see the chickadee
in this way does great service.
The father and mother chickadee
like to make their home in hollow
tree or in last years nest Of wood
pecker. Sometimes as many as eight
or nine baby chickadees live in the
nest You can imagine how busy the
father and mother have to be in order
to feed all the hungry mouths. But
soon the baby chickadees learn to
fly and then they leave the home nest
and fly away to get food for them
selves. So you see the chickadee is a
very good bird.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Fourth Of July.

COuEH Va July.
By Rosetta Lipchitz, Aged 9, SIS
South Pine Street, North Platte,
Neb. Red Side.
One day as | was playing with my
doll looked at the calendar, and It
was July 3.
/ told my brother, Ralph, and we
were very glad, for the next day was
the Fourth OF July.
The next morning I woke up and
dressed in a hurry and brought the
milk for breakfast and after while |
ate my breakfast and then | went up
town.
All the girls that were in drill had
red, white and blue sashes. Then
there was a long parade and then we
had our United States OF America
drill.
In the afternoon the people went
to the city park and everybody had
some watermelon.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-16
Hoss In Orchard

Hogs in Orchard.
By Alvin French, Aged II, Blair, Neb.
Red Side.
My Fourth of July this year was
very nice. When l woke up in the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-11
ADJUSTMENTS
.Itnmonn" open. To-tlny.

EHtravaGant claims that point ont
many features arc made for W. II.
clunc's cinema operate" production
OF Helen Hunt JUSkspn's famous ro-
mantle novel "itnmonn,' which will be
seen at the Academy to-day, Tuesday
and Wednesday,, With matinee daily.
Diminishing as obvious the fact thai the
eight months OF labor expended upon
its making involved a great cost. tho
producers call attention TO other fcH-
lures they consider more significant.
To begin with. the hlm Is said Ia be
the biggest ever made. hciug more
than two miles long. secondly q spc-
cially provided orchestra inicrprcts a
score made mp OF NOR" than 500 sept
rate compositions Thirdly. the story
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-11
VIRGINIA TONCERs READY
FOR. OPENING OF SEASON
Look for Rich Harvest, With En-
barge Lifted Against Export
of Seed Oysters.
COMMISSION MEETS THURSDAY
Will Hold Session at Newport News
to Determine ACCESSIBILITY of Re
locating james River Gull Line to
Accommodate OyStcrnen.

Thousands of Virginia oyster tong
crs. who for the first time in fifteen
Years. vii this ycdi be allowed to sell
their catches Of seed oysters In mar
i"ts outside the state. are busily en-
gagged in preparing for tho opening
o. the season on next Friday. The
period in which the men are permit
ted to operate is now seven aud one
half months.
The tongcrs begin work THIS season
with brighter prospects than they have
had for years Not only has the en-
barge on shipping seed oysters out OF
Virginia been lifted. giving the oyster
men relief from the disadvantages of
Il restricted market. but the season
has been extended thirty days. ending
now on April 30, instead OF April /.
With the enlarged area for market
ing. the oystcrmcn expect better prices
for their catches. Under the old law.
they say. the earnings of tonEers de-
creased from year to year. until in re-
cent years many men who follow this
occupation in Underwater Virginia were
unable to make livelihood for them
selves aud their families, ana were
being driven from their homes TO other
fields in search Of work.
The new law permits the tonGcrs to
soil th" seed oysters in amy market
they may select. giving the state Com
mission OF Fisheries. however. the au-
thority 10 declare the old law in force
at any time il max deem IL necessary
to stave off q depletion Of the natural
rocks.
The Commission OF Fisheries will
meet in Newport News on Thursday
to consider The question Of moving
the Gull Tine for seed oysters from its
present location TO Newpor: News.
TUESDAY and Wednesday, will be spent
by the commission in examining tho
beds TO sec il such change is neccs-