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Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18
Battle Of Snow Ridge.

By Alverna Longe, Aged Ii Years,
Fender, Neb. Blue Side.
I will tell you about a battle we
had at school. We had snowstorm,
so we had great fun at school making
snow forts and having battles. We
called our battle the Snow Ridge bat
tie because we made our forts on a
bank of snow.
There were two forts. On the side
l was on there were eight of US. The
two biggest boys were on the other
side. We broke large pieces of snow
from hard snow banks and piled them
up, thus making our forts.
One of the boys was hit with a
snow ball and began to cry, but it
was not more than FIVE minutes before
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18

he was up defending the fort. After
both forts had begun to have a few
pieces knockout out, the other side
came and knocked ours over.
1t disappointed me the way it ended,
for | wanted to see which fort would
last the longest | hope we soon will
have another battle for it is great fun.
Goodbye Busy Bees.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18

By Howard Mattox, Aged 10 Years,
1924 South Fortieth Street, South
Side, Omaha. Blue Side.
I am going to write the story Of
my life.
I am a cottonwood tree and live in
the forest with my brothers.
One day in June storm came up
and the lightning struck my brother,
but was saved.
One day a woodman came and
chopped me down and took me to
the mill where | was made into fiat
board.
Then man came and got me,
along with some other boards, and
took US to a place where there was
going to be a house built. | was
thrown out and nailed to the house.
where ! lived for many years.
Some years afterward a man came
and got a hammer and pulled out the
nails and put the boards in wagon.
I was taken to back yard and
thrown out and chopped up for fire.
wood. / made nice hot fire and in
the morning was thrown out, when !
persisted.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18
Friends Of Winter Birds.

Eleanor Wilson, Age 7, Peru Neb.
Red Side.
We have bird table outside our
south window and how we do love to
watch the birds eat and drink.
The birds that we have seen this
winter are the tufted titmouse, the
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18

BY Bernard Carroll, Aged 10, Palmer,
Neb. Red Side.
have quite number Of pets now
so ! thought | would write and tell
about some of them.
have four cats. Old Tabby. =
huge gray and white one; Colby,
Pussy and Tommy. like them all
and feed them milk at night and
mornings.
have two dogs, shepherd named
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18
An Interested Reader.

BY Mildred Johnson, Aged II Years,
Craig, Neb. Red Side.
As l have been reading the stories
and letters every Monday since last
August, thought l would write a
short letter.
! am in the Seventh grade and I
have seven studies day. There are
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18

we mad program FEBRUARY Is IN
honor of George Washington. There
was large crowd there.
Well, must say goodbye to all the
Busy Bees. l hope you all will have
a good time coasting and skating the
rest of this winter.
A Pet Dog.
By Helen Crabb, Aged 9 Years, 40l6
North Thirty-fourth Avenue,
Omaha, Neb. Red Side.
One day my papa and l went out
in the garden. As papa was coming
back my big dog was down by the
shed waiting for US to come out.
When we came out my dog got
ahead of me and then ran for my
papa. He was just playing, and papa
jumped aside, thinking l was not be-
hind him, and the dog hit. me with
his whole weight. He knocked me
down, but did not hurt me any, and
when got up l laughed, thinking it
funny.
The dog sat still, staring first at
me and then at papa. He did nor
know what to think of it. Then he
dropped his head as though he had
done wrong, but when papa spoke to
him he jumped and played and
wagged his tail as though he under
stood it was all right.
Halloween Entertainment.
By Mildred Johnson, Aged II Years,
Craig, Neb., R. F. D. 2. Red Side.
Last October our teacher decided to
have Halloween entertainment. We
did not tell the little folks about it,
because we were afraid they would
tell our parents and it was going to
be surprise on them.
One morning our teacher taught us
some yells, the little folks Learning
them, too. A little girl repeated them
to her mother who asked her where
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18

black-capped chickadee, the cardinal,
the bluejay, the brown creeper, the
thatch, the junco, and many sparrows
and woodpeckers.
We put out crumbs, nuts, suet, oat-
meal, bits of cheese and milk for
them. We also put water out for
them. In real cold weather we must
do this several times a day, as 1t
freezes.
The birds seem to like the nuts and
the suet the best.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18

Winter Days
Edith Wolter, Ohiowa, Neb., age IS
years, Red Side.
The weather here has been very
cold and we have been having quite
good deal of snow, after which the
boys get their sleds out and go coast
ing down hill.
All this has brought an idea to me
which caused me to write this little
verse, and hope it is worthy of print.
The gray clouds are hanging low;
The cold north wind begins to blow;
The snow begins to fly,
The banks are heaping high.
The farmer boy goes out of doors
To do his usual evening chores.
He pats the cattle's round, sleek sides,
And feeds the horses he often rides.
And in the meantime, little Ned
Gets from the barn bright red sled;
To nearby hill he hurries fast,
And coasts and coasts till the day is
past.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18
THE GREAT SECRET
Novelized From the Metro Wonderfully
Serial Of the Same Name, in Which Francis
x. Bushman and Beverly Bayne are CoStars
BY J, M. LOUCHBOROUCH

Romance" and other short soies.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-18

(Honorable Mention,)
A Camping Trip.
By Mabel Clark, aged II years. 3008
Poppleton avenue. Omaha, Blue Side
One summer when my mother was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14
Maybe So

why don't you broaden the field
of your philanthropy"
Il don't see how I can do it." re.
piled the millionaire. Churches and
colleges are about the only institu.
tions left that will take tainted
money."-The Lamb.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14
By FoNTAINE FOX.

She Was the Flour of His Soul
do you love me?" said Dotty, rest
ing her face on Jacks shoulder.
Eyes, only you tale too much,r re.
piled Jack woefully, looking at his
shoulder.-Mass Aggie Squib.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14
Trials of Apriculture

'Have you a garden in your back
yard?"
II don't know yet. I have planted
Il lot of things, but I'm not sure
whether I'm to have a garden or
free lunch for chickens. Washing
ton Evening Star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14
Dis-HonOr System

stude Ito professorp-Can I be hope
full of this course?
Professor 49, Young man, always
hitch your wagon to a star.
Stude Ito selfl-Ill do better than
that: I'll sit next TO one.-Cornell
Widow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14

Excellent Grounds
"why did Brown sue for divorce?'
His wife used his humidor to keep
cheese in. THE Lamb.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14

The young lady across the way says
she's been reading the news from the
training camp and the boys seem to be
kept pretty busy from the moment taps
is sounded in the morning TIL the
reveille rings in the evening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14
Au RevOir

Printers Pie
Sergeant Cuss-Hold yer head up.
Rookie-'Ave I always got ter hold
II up like this, sergeant?
Sergeant-Of course you have.
Rookie-Good-by, sergeant; I sha'n't
see yer again.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

others not far behind. The price IS
seldom less than three or four cents.
Pinto beans are coming more TO the
fore every year as a cash crop in the
dry regions and the seed Is scarce this
year at Ice. There is not much differ
ence between raising beans for market
or for seed, except In holding them
for the price and in planting them as
early as the climate will allow. In or
der that they may be harvested in the
dry weather after the summer rains,
and be bright and clean when offered
for sale.
Such crops as Turkey Red winter
wheat. Swedish select oats, n fall
rye. when Of good quality, will all
bring the farmer more In the seed
han in the grain market, and the way
TO realize on them quickly and surely
is TO advertise. We have known a
thousand dollar crop to have been sold
before Christmas by an ad costing
$3.50.
The future holds all manner OF pos
sibilities for the dry farmer In the
sibilities for the dry farmer in the mat
ter Of seed potatoes. In the countries
Of Europe where a 500 or even SUI
bushel crop is no uncommon occur
renee, they do not favor cut potatoes
for seed, neither do they want the
small culls which are screened from a
market crop.
The farmer in the potato belts, in
his highly fortified soil. raises tubers
for the table, while the man outside
plants closely, and produces almost
as much weight ia small g potatoes
for which he receives more per pound
than the other fellow.
All through our western country we
find similar conditions, potato belts
where the soil is right for raising good
sized tubers, and other districts where
il is almost impossible to produce a
potato as large as a hen egg. In
these latter the dry farmer OF the tu-
ture will raise seed potatoes by plant
ing cuts and culls from the potato belt
adjoining. Thus Of successful here)
the rotation will be established-one
generation in the potato belt, the next
I'm other soil producing only the I'M
mature potatoes for seed.
It is argued that stunning, or check
ing the growing proclivities OF the po'
tato by planting it in an u%nfayorabl'
environment, reacts in the next gener'
alton by causing it to flourish Will
extraordinary vigor when restored t.
a congenial medium.
The potato, especially on dry land
is attracting much attention from agri
c|ulturists and experts at the presen
time. and these methods will doubtless
be accorded some experimentation t
determine their value under irrigation
and dry farming conditiOns.-E. r
Parsons in Western Farm Life.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

cover the walls with two coats Of ce-
ment plaster. And Prof. Morton ad-
vises that, in the present emergency,
in many soils the pit silo can be used
safely one season without plastering.
Corn, the grain sorghums, or sweet
sorghum may be grown for silage. All
kinds OF stock need %succulent feed.
Dairy COWS must have it TO yield a
good flow Of milk when there is no
grass. A silo is the best insurance
of an income that the stock farmer
can have and If he cannot afford to
erect a silo, he can dig a pit which will
serve him we'll for the present.
Remember the past winters expert
ence with the price Of feed Of all kinds
and no hay to be had in some sec
tons at any price. 1t is still time to
nut in Sudan grass, or plant the
grain sorghum which best suits your
locality. moisture conditions and alti-
tude. or put in a good acreage Of
cane for hay. With roughage in the
stack and a couple Of pit silos filled
TO the brim, the farmer can laugh at
blizzards. In the rush for money from
wheat or beans, don't forget that meat
and milk are just as badly needed
Western Farm Life.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
CONTROL EVERYTHING But
COTTON IDEA or
SOUTHERN SENATORS

Addition OF cotton and It's products
10 articles which the government
would control. voted Tuesday by the
senate. has resulted in increased OPP
position 10 the food bill. Southern
senators promised a new fight TO
strike out the cotton clause. while
others plan 10 alter offer amendments
eliminating many other articles from
the control" section.
without record votes the senate
adopted many important committee
amendments to the bill, including the
section defining and furnishing the
boarding Of necessaries and the pro
vision for government licensing Of inn
ports. exports, manufacture. storage.
mining and distribution of necessar-
les.
The committee amendment limiting
licensing to agencies and products In
Interstate or foreign commerce was
adopted-one of the principal features
of the legislation The senate adopt
ed the provision exempting farmers.
gardeners and livestock growers from
the licensing provisions.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

And be Il remembered that every
thing was done to break II down. The
army was everywhere. and ready
az al Zabern-to saber any manifesto
ton OF the silent revolt. The offices
were all open TO the Alsatian or the
L0rrainer that proved r%ecreant. Ter
ror tried rs worst; bribery tried It's
best. all IN vain. Every e%xpedient.
refined or brutal. was attempted TO
tear up the obstinate French nation
atty from its very roots. In the
school the child had compulsorlly TO
learn the language OF the c%onquerOr.
be was sent when he came TO military
age for three years 10 the Garman
barracks-to be trained 10 take arms
against the country be loved for the
country he hated. And yet the French
language not only survived, but grew
stronger.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

dry lands by merely following a few
simple rules. and twenty years from
now, II all our farmers follow deep
tillagc. the dry farming area will al
most feed the United States and prices
viii take a tumble. .
Another staple product in the SEED
business for which there is always a
great demand. is alfalfa. The finest
type Of this seed with the highest ger
mlnating potency Is that raised on the
dry farms. This As so well under
stood by alfalfa growers that very
little Of such seed ever appears on the
market. IL is all engaged, bought, and
paid for long before planting time.
Dry EARNED Alfalfa Seed.
On the Writer'S ranch the best seed
was always obtained from their own
neld and IN comparing II with the
commercial variety II was found that
five pounds Of the former would make
"a better stand than 10 pounds OF the
latter. The reason is that in irrigated
fields usually over irrigated). there
is always considerable free water al
depth, and the long alfalfa roots, be-
Ing able to tap this supply, the
plant never entirely ceases 10 grow
throughout the season; the conse-
quence Of his is that, at whatever
period the harvesting may be done, Il
is always found that the seed has
ripened u%nevenly. ZONE being over
ripe and some too green On the dry
farm this trouble exists, but il Is not
nearly 80 marked, there being a much
larger proportion Of seed which ripens
evenly.
When the price Of ordinary store al
falfa is 15c the dry farm variety
should be 30c and IL Is natural to
support that when enough If il is put
on the market to Justify a quotation.
these figures will not be far wrong
There As only one satisfactory
method Of raising alfalfa seed without
irrigation and that is by the row sys-
tenn. The first cutting for hay. and
the second for seed has been the rule;
but some are now recommending the
+ former for seed and the latter for hay
on the ground that more and larger
seed is obtained from the first cutting
although the second Is usually more
evenly ripened.
Since 10 is impossible to raise two
crops Of matured seed in n season
I'm our middle and northern ATTITUDES
we must choose between a good croI
OF seed and a slim cutting OF hay, ol
vice versa. In the former case, tho
yield may be from 600 to 500 pound,
of seed in the latter from 200 to 500
more OF less according to tillage, sol
and precipitation. for alfalfa is a vari
able crop.
Al zoe a pound. 500 an acre fol
seed alone is a highly remunerativ,
return from a crop which, once estab
lished, needs no repalnting for many
years; but we note that as high a.
soc a pound has been paid this yea
for small stocks of dry raised Grimm
alfalfa. II pays to specialize,
SOrghums Also In Demand.
The seeds of milo, kafir. and all tn,
sorghums can be proftably produced
on any Of the dry farms in the no
plains country. Milo Will often run
to 90 or 60 bushels per acre and tn,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
PACiFIsT FIGHTERS.

when soldiers and sailors stopped a
paciuat procession OF Socialists. radi-
Gals aud rrfOrmers in host0n. hun
dreds oi hst lights occurred The
demonstrators we're carrying red flags
and ihey fought 20 Keep their flag
and Q % protect it from the assistants.
We thought that when put to the
test the opponents of war would do
just a. they did la Boston. but 70 was
ahsurdly Inconsistent Instead OF de-
Tending a flag thcy should have per
mltted Il 60 be- trampled on That
would have been entirely consistent
with their advice 20 Americans to per
mit ihe Stars and Stripes 10 Boz insult
ed and tramplod upon
And eheu the pacinsts we're affront-
cd injured and attacked fhe) fought
back Thss should have submitted
Ga every indiEuity. even 90 death a.
self They should have been as pa
tsut AZ aaa ths lnitod States govern
ment when American men. women and
children were being slaughtered by
submarines 90 course. the paclfists
bad a right on the streets of boston,
bat ~, l0o. aid our ships have a right
upou the high seas The pacinsts
pleaded With the gov crnmeut % ahan.
Don an is rights and accede 20 every
Teutonic demand and humiliation
When the pacinsfs we're confronted
ty The same situation upon the street.
o. Boston they would not even ahan.
don such a trivial right as the right
20 carry a Tag They Wcrc infuriat.
"a. and instead 81 adopting a policy oI
on-resistance they founght back
Saif Lake Tribune
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
THE EFFEMINATE WEST.

Eight states have ROW filled their
quota. OF volunteers for army service.
They are Idaho. Illinois Indiana. Mon.
tana. Nevada. Oregon. Utah and Wyom.
ing. Other states OF this region are
recruiting rapidly. bat the Atlantic
and Gulf states stlii Tag behind.
A Demonstration Of this kind ought
% put an end 90 the ~nauseating on.
sense which has filled the eastern
daliies about the cffemlnnCy and COW
ardice Of the Nesternors. Because
the vest vas doubtful OF the wisdom
OF entering the European war Il has
had 20 submit 10 scorn, abuse, ridlcul-o
and contempt Nov when 70 comes a.
action the situation o. reversed The
states hat we're loered az as under
"poiticoat government prove 10 be
the most ready 90 answer 20 the call
Of the country All the eight states
on the roll OF honor are equal suffrage
states The same Or ahowu in Cana.
dA. where the provinces that are
chiValroua enough go be- just 90 the
weaker sex are sending the largest
proportion OF volunteers Goo France.
Before the war only twO parts OF the
British Empire had established unit
vera8l military training and these
were the tNo where The women voted.
"Ihe Wyoming idea of military train
INK in high schools ls % Ne.uF nd-
yoeatcd la The east and Wyoming "a
The nrsi state Boa fhr world Co grant
umA suffrage The familiar charge
that equal franchise makes aqunws OF
the men o. az manifoaiiy false aH tho
charge that q makes amazons of the
women
u would be we'll 90 the east could
b. made 90 understand that one reason
Why the vest is reluctant 90 enter a
war is because it feels that &c will
have 10 DO more than lts fair share.
The common saying used TO be. "rhe
east 10 always getting the United
States into trouble and then leaving
% the vest 20 90 the lighting" N
hia assertion Is challenged. the vest.
ruer would point 10 tho Civil War
shcn tho western states more than
He'd their quota by volunteering while
eastern rioters were resisting the
draft. and 90 the Spanish wal whom
The young men OF the west answered
Nth enthusiasm the call 10 the cOlors.
while 10 New York City, which boast
Cd of having made the war two reg
imenta az the national guard refused
% serve Tho British domlnions have
something az the samo feeling as our
west. that England involves the empire
m war aud then, On Kipling's phrase.
ahe lawns on the younger nations for
the men that can shoot and ride
where the nghting u hardest In Call.
poll ni Arraa or ON ihc Somme. "a,
names 90 Australians. NeW Lealnnderi
and Canadians ngure most Ia the Do.
n~patchcB.
However exaggerated this feeling
a.. however unaarrautod il may be
a nevertheless exists. and u eastern.
crs refuse 20 recognize it they vii
have 90 reckon Rlth lt. if the eastern
newspapers keep up their customary
sihea az the west during the var Ga,
rapidly widening breach between IA,
tWo sections Nill seriously impair the
unity OF effort % the United States
The Independent. NcW York
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
DIG A PIT FOR YOUR FEED.

Farmers on the plains in New Mex
leo. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and
Idaho and in many mountain valleys
where soil conditions are right, can
provide themselves with succuIent
feed for their stock for next winters
use by digging pit silos. 1t does not
cost much to ~excavate a pit silo and
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

Idaho Republicans Who elected the
bunch 10 charge OF The state hose
should feel mighty proud Of their
sork Never in the history OF the
state has public money been scatter
I'd Nith a more lavish hand In the
necrstary % states office an add
uonal clerk has been put on and
more help has been added IN nearly
All department.. To cap the climax.
the sten0graphers and other appoint.
i've help have had their salaries in
creased 70 500 per month and three
per cent Of their monthly salaries
must b. contributed for a Demo.
cratic campaign fund In other words
the tAxlAers Of all parties must o
tribute eey for the building up oI
4 Democratic machine. Republican,
squirming az such an unheard oil
bcesding. but those Who aided h
01Dging about such a condition hav,
no right 70 complain. They shout,
look pleased and AZ least pretend q
like it-Nampa Record
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06
GreaIest Boyeoti ID hIstory.

The boycott. In Tact was carried 70
such a length that even In the big
apartment house. where the different
flats we're occupied by Germans or
Aisatians or L~orralners. the two pas
Sod each other by without a word,
without even a bow. What a terrific
example Of the silent. ~inflexibie. ruth
less. impTegnable revolt OF a nation
against an oppressor. No such stern
boycott exists IN history.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-06

The seeds of milo, kafir. and all the
sorghums can be proftably produced
on any Of the dry farms in the hot
plains country. Milo will often run
to 90 or 60 bushels per acre and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-25
Ebbets and Robbie
Are Found Guilty

President Charles II. Ebbets and
Manager Wilbert Robinson Of the
BROOKLYN Baseball Club were found
guilty Of violating the Sunday blue law
By Justices Edwards, Salmon and Her
bert. Of the Court of Special Sessions,
Brooklyn, yesterday. Sentence was
suspended
The game in question was that played
by the Brooklyn and Philadelphia teams
at Ebbets Field on July l, following a
concert. The receipts, amounting 10
$1,000, were turned over to the Milltia
Of Mercy. Neither of the defendants
was In court. -,
In making the decision Justice I'd
wards said: "The game in this case
vas public, because the public was IN
yted 10 attend and did attend in large
assembly The feature of an admission
fee is OF no Importance, except az IN
dcatiou OF the general and public quail
lty Of the entertainment.
"What was done with the money re-
eeiycd from the guests is OF no conse-
quence IN determining the question IN
yolycd in this issue. However gener-
Gus and excellent may have been the
purpose Of the defendants, their act
was, in my opinion. an infraction OF
the law. and vote for decision by the
court finding them guilty Of the offence
charged in the information