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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1915)
ttu: omaiia suxdav vaa:-. skitkmbei. in, i9ir. The Busy Bees Their Own Page THE influence of humane societies Is being felt more and more as these organizations spread the scope of their work. Busy Poen living in cities perhaps know of the changes brought about in dog pounds. Clean, warm buildings, where the dogs are fed and cared for while awaiting dlspoKal have taken the places of the filthy old shacks of other days. Then the old method of shooting, clubbing or drowning the unredeemed animals has been followed by the humane lethal chamber or the electric cage. Even the dog catcher'! wagon has been transformed from an old cart lth a box on It to a horse-drawn or motor-driven ambulance. , One of the methods of teaching humane lessons practiced by the Mas sachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is through the use of moving pictures. Indeed this society has recently offered a handsome prize for the best scenario upon which to make a moving pic tare film that shall illustrate the value of humane education, particularly among children. The latest efforts of the humane societies is to arouse public opinion against the shipping of horses from American ports to European war cen ters that they may be wounded, mutilated and killed. The societies also oppose the branding of horses, especially under government regulations. Some votes in the Busy Bee election were received too late to be counted. Among them were votes for Eula Brand of Fontanelle, Neb., as Queen and Luther Monke of Fontanelle also, for King. Elwood Gibson of the Blue Side won the prize book this week. Emily Lee and Marion Noyes, also of the Blue Side, won honorable mention. Little Stories by Little Folk (Prise Btory.) Calf Would Not Pull. By Elwood Olbson, nd 11 Yeara, Brew ster, Neb. HI ne Side. I am coins; to Join the Blue side, for bin Is the color I like beat. This la the first atory I ever tried to write, so 1 hope it will be put In the paper. 1 am going to tell you about a little , experience my slater and 1 had. . ' We had a calf named Jim. One day my sister Helen and I were gatherings Oobe and carrying them to the houee in a tub. It waa hard work, so we thought we would make Jim pull them. We hitched Jim up and started to lead him. lie would not lead, so I told my sinter to take a stick and hit him. She took a stlrk and hit him and he started out a little too fast. He ran and bucked and scattered coda from the hog; lot to our grove. lit caught the tub In the trees end pulled the handle off. Grandpa put the handle on, but I never tried to hitch hlVri up again. ' (Honorable Mention.) Itoo Roo and Tammany. By Emily Lee. Aged It Yearn, Hampshire, W'yo. liluo Slile. One day my brother and I found the cat playing with a queer mouse. We decided it would make a fine pet, as the cat had not hurt It any, so we caught It. We had never seen anything like him, but he looked like a "kangcroo mouse." His body waa about five Inches long, his . head two Inches lonif and hla tall, 1 be lieve, waa aa long as hla body. On the very tip of his tall was a large tuft of hair. He slept en his sldo, curled his tall up and clllowed his head on the tuft We called him Roo Roo. In two or three days he grew real tame so tame that we oould handle him with our handa My brother made him a cage with two room a bod room and a dining room. 1 gave him a large piece of cloth for a best and he tore It to shreds." We fed him crumbs, wheat and cactus awed all mixed together, but during the bight he would sort them out, putting wheat la one corner of his room, crumbs in another and cactus seed In still an other. He slept daya The cover on his cage waa tied on with heavy cord and one day the hatchet waa left ou top of hla cage. The yellow cat, Tammany, swung the hatchet around with his paw until It out the string and he caught Roo Roo while he was asleep. We wens sorry to see him go, as he was so tame and cute. (Honorable Mention.) Watches the Pigeons. By Marion Noyes, Aged 11 Tears. Val ley, Neb. Blue Bide. One day a pair of pigeons came to our place. They stayed there quite a while. A, few days later we went up lntp the hay barn and one of them 'flew from a , place In the barn. Ws climbed up to ItlLKS FOR YOI NG WUITEIW 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pen cil. 3. Short and pointed artl cles will be given preference. Do not use over 2S0 words. 4. Original stories or let ters only will be used. 6. Write your name, age and address at the top of the first page. A prize consisting of a hook will be given to the writer of the best contribution printed each week. Address all communications to CHILDREN'S D 13 1 A H T M ENT, Omaha llee, Omaha, Neb. ONE OF THE BRIGHT LITTLE BUSY BEES SHoalund tjennie Goldberg where she had flown off and found nn egg In a nest. The egg was white. The next day we found another egg Just like the first. We waited for about two weeks. Then one day we went to look and there were two little baby plgeone. The mother and father pigeon were kept busy feeding them, v . They are just about big enough to learn to fly now. Yesterday I went up to see them and we found another neat BOY WHO MAY LIVE IN ARGENTINA'S WHITE HOUSE Here is the sen of Dr. Romulo S. Noan. present ambassador from the Argentine Republic at Washington, who is going home this week to run for president of hi3 country at the next election. Stories of Nebraska History : Dy A; E-sl,Mon v., J M vast H 13 1 v. I V i - II i" i 1 1 . , - 1 (By spe.-lal prrnilcslnn of the author. Th Feo will puMIh chapters from the lllftorv of Nrbraska, by A E. Sheldon, from week to week.) The Surveyors (Concluded from Lest Hunday.) The orurra for the survey of Nebraska railed for a division of the land Into Mocks six miles square called townships. Kach township was divided Into blocks one mile square called sections. All the townHhlpa In Nebranka are numbered, beginning with number one at the bane line and ending with number thlrty-flvc at the northern boundary. Kach row of townships atretchlng across the state from south to north Is called a range The ranges are counted from the sixth principal meildian, the first range of townships eart being called range one rast, the first range went l:rtng called range one went and so on. There me nlnetten langes rant and fifty-nine ranges went in Nebraska. At cintanren forty-eight miles eaht and west from the sixth principal meridian guide meridians were laid off. Thin was nercsnary because the v surface of fie earth Is curved Instead of flat. If you will take a ball and lay off its surface Into square blocks of uniform siso, si the surveyors laid off the surface of the earth, you will see why these gul to STUDENT ASSOCIATION TO MEET DURING WEEK v. -A . . a a :. . I ..,. . V . ' tew; , The Students' association of the Central High school will meet the Utter part of t)i If week. Officers of the association will be elected as soon as the association membership cards are given out. ' The purpose of this association Is to get more pupils to attend and support school activities, and to create a fund to help meet the expenses of athletics at the school. These membership cards will admit the owner to all home athletlo and debating contests. The membership fee Is $1.50, meridians were needed. In a similar way standard parallels were run at each interval of twenty-four miles north from the base line. The surveyors made the survey by running a line due north from the base line twenty-four milen, then due east forty-eight miles to the meridian. The block of land thus laid off was sub divided Into townships and sections by marking the corners of each township and each .section with stakes or stones set in a mound of earth and four holes dug so as to form a square figure with the mound In the center. In pioneer times, the- grav wolf or the coyote sitting upon one of these mounds would howl through the long hours of the nlKht On the sec tion lino half-way between the section cornets was placed what la called a "(Jiiurter Btake." Beginr.lng thus In the southeast corner of the sste, the surveys were each year I unhed a little farther 'west and north, In the direction most likely to be taken by tho settlers as they came In, until all the state was surveyed. The last sur vey thus mac was the ''Gates of Sheri dan" reservation In Sheridan county, which was finlaiied In 1910, fifty-six years after the first survey waa made. Kacn surveying party kept a book called a field notebook in which was to be writ ten down each day the distances meas ured, a description of the surface of the country, sll prominent natural objects seen, the quality of the land, the corners marked and how they were marked. In a word the entire story of things done and seen each Cay. From thene field notes maps were made, showing all the streams, hills, valleys, smooth and rough land, and copies of thene maps were kept at the land offices where the settlers went to file their claims upon land. Pome of these surveys were dishonestly made, the corners not marked as required by law and the field notes not truthfully kept, so that settlers In some cases' tost their homes or located on the wrong piece of land or were unable to find the govern ment corners. Great dangers and hardships were braved by the pioneer surveyors. The In dians everywhere understood when they saw the Surveying psrtlos making mounds, driving stakes and digging holes, that the white men were coming to take their land. In many canes they pulled up their stakes, tore down the mounds and drove off the surveyors. Great storms swept down upon the surveyors living In tents, and men and horses were froien to death. Fever and ague was common In the surveying camps. In surveying the Islands of the Platte river the men waded through water for weeks. Upon the high plains of western Ne braaka they were tortured with thirst Mosquitoes, gnats and green-headed files pursued them, eager for blood bv day and by night. Sometimes the Indians set fire to the prairie and 'drove the sur veying parties in because their horses found no grass to eat. The saddest day In all the surveys of Nebraska was Au gust 20, IMS, when a band of Bloux In Clans under Pawnee Killer and Whistler attacked the Nelson Buck surveying party of ten men In the Republican val ley and killed the entire party. There was not a single season from 18ft until 1S77 when the surveyors did not have to fight the Indians, and for many yesrs later all surveying parties carried rifles along with their Instruments and often saved their lives thereby. Tho United States surveys of Nebraska are ended. All the field notebooks and the township maps of the surveys are turned over to the state of Nebraska and kept In a fireproof Vault by the state sur veyor In the capltol building. The let ters written by the surveyors in the field, telling the story of their trials and dan gers are there bound in volumes for fu ture Nebraakans to read. All the titles to all the lands and lots In Nebraska rest finally upon the record of these surveys. Land In Nebraska grows more valuable from year to year and these records are called for so that surveyors today may follow the field notes of these first sur veyors, retrace their lines and locate the true corners where land Is In dispute. So long as men live and occupy the land, so Ions; will the surveys of Nebraska and the records of them be first In Importance to them. i 2L Grand Revival of the Good Old Fair Days in Omaha ii n m ii ri i. n is v FA IH&tSSAOOA. NAON AND SOH. with one egg In It. It belonged to the same pall of pigeons. This Is my first letter and I want to Join the Illue tilde. I hope to see my letter in print soon. Is in Sixth Grade. By George I'vrlnian, Aged U Tears, Omaha. Neb. Ited Hide. I am a new Busy llee and would like to Join the lied Side. I am In the sixth B. My address Is 21.11 Patrick avenue. My teacher's name Is Miss doririloy. September. By Roxy Rib. Aed 13 Years, Gothen burg, Neb. Kcd Side. .August Is usually very hot and when September comes It has some of August's heat. It soon becomes cooler, however. Children are glad when September comes because school starts then and they like to get back to their work. Borne birds are still here In the middle of September, but most of them have flown south. The fields are still green and the al falfa Is beautiful when the wind waves It gently. Well, I will close by saying that Sep tember Is a beautiful month. Joins Red Side. By Philip Davis. Aged 11 Years, Omaha, Neb. lied Side. I am a new Busy Bee and would like to Join the Red Side. I am in the fifth B. My address Is 2t:i2 Charles. My teacher's name is Mlas Jordan. Receives Prize Book. By Noreen McCoy. Papllllon. Neb. Blue Side. I received the beautiful book of poems you sent me. I'm so delighted with It. I want to thank you very much. It earns for my birthday. They Had a little Dog and His Name Was Trix &cfih iSS T HERB waa a new dog In the neighborhood. It waa a white fox terrier pup about 5 months old. It belonged to Mrs. Jonas' household. The minister's wife happened over the day the dog arrived and she suggested the name of Trix, so that waa the nam of the new dog. 'I don't know whether you know It or not, hut those fox terrier dogs are awful tramp Tou had better keep your dog tied up for quite a while until It gets used to the place," remarked Mr. Brown, as he stopped In front of the Jt nea bouse on his way home from town, where he bought a basket of grapes which his wife wanted for Jelly. It was Mrs. Jones' first experience with a fox terrier, so she had lots to learn. hs took the advto of Mr. Brown and kept the doc tied to the clothes Una post near the end of the house where aha could be near her pet canine. She plaoed a pan of water within rearh of Trix, who would put Its feet Into the pan, thinking it waa for a footbath, and then spill the water, but Mrs. Jones placed more water In the pan, thinking that when Trix grew up to be a doc with sens it would know better. "Mr. Jonaa, If yon would tie one end if the doc's rope around tho clothes Una (he dog could run the length of the line and would bo more contented. Being tied te the post. It will bark Itself to death," suggested Mns. ralby. Mrs. Jones followed the idea of Mrs. Dalby and that afforded Trix more room. Then Trix begaa to baiic, which pleased Mrs. Junes, who was beginning to think, she had been given a deaf and dumb dog. Trix had a small bead, but vary large mouth. It seemed that wheal It opened Its mouth It oould swallow a whole cat or a rabbit or something like that. Trix' 8 bark was very shrill aj Jerky. It would bark at anything and at any time, was not afraid of the toe man or the gas meter man. Mrs. Jones' troubles began. The third . or fourth night Trix began to bark about midnight, when the whole neighborhood was alep. "John, there's burglars, I know It. 1 llur Trix barking! 1 knew Trix would be a great watchdog," remarked Mra Jones to her husband. Mr. Jones put on his bath room slippers and went to the back porch, expecting to find several burglars all chewed up by Trix. All he oould aee waa Mra Dolby's old cat, with her back arched and stand ing a safe distance beyond Trix' a rope. "I fueea Trix soared them away," said Mr. Jones to his wife when he returned. He did not say anything about the cat, but he made some remark about wanting to . sleep. All waa silent for about an hour, when Trix had a bad dream or thought it waa time to wake the folks up for breakfast. Then Trix opened its mouth acaln and barked so loud that even the Dalby eat waa frightened and ran up a tree. . After keeping Trix tied on the rope for several weeks, Mra Jones took the animal around the block several times so it might know where It lived. Then she let the dog run loose. The first thing Trix did was to chase all over the neigh borhood and was lost. Mrs. Jones was worried. She told the Brown boy she would give him a nickel If he would find Trix. The Brown kid found the dog over at the Williams' house and It made Mrs. Jones peeved because she and Mrs. Williams had been on the outs ever since they quarreled over the party telephone. The Williams and Jones were on the same telephone line and somthlng went wrong with the service. When Mr. Jones called home he would get Mra Wtliiama and when Mr. Williams called home he The Lake of Sleep By JANE M'LEA-X. Wild popples (rinse Its hem and floating wide Upon Its surfsca lotus blossoms dream, And blowing river trasses shivering hide. With shadowy traceries, tha faintest (learn, Down the mountain side there. U a path Stony and rough whera pilgrims geek tha way, Stumbling and faint, toward that fair aftermath That flecks with cool tha desert of the day. Rain's white cool fingers and her silver throat Lead perlouBly near tha tnaglo lake, Till with her laat faint laughter-echoed note, tuneful cheat, she leaves you wide awake. But I have dreamed, and dreaming found a way, A path of dreams unfortified, but steep. Where fewer mortals ever fear to stray, Lest they tuay never reach the lake of sleep. would get Mra Jones on the wire and that made Mra Jones and Mra Williams cross. When the Brown boy found the Jones' dog at the Williams' house. Mrs. Will iams told him to tell Mra Jones to keep her cur in her own yard. The dog had a license tag and when Mrs. Williams telephoned the City hall to say she had a stray dog she wanted picked up, the city hall man looked up the dog book and told Mrs. Williams she had Mrs. Jones' dog. After that, all of the boys In the neigh borhood watched a chance to get a nickel to find Trix. It cost Mrs. Jones 45 cents la one week to get Trix brought home. Klie figured she could have bought three small baskets of grapes for 46 cents and she concluded that Trix waa rather ex pensive for her household. After supper one evening, Mrs. Jones said to her husband: "I have someth n I want to say to you. I hope you won't be cross at me. I always have tried to kep- peace In the family and to Co what you would have me do. I nver have asked for expensive things, but I want to ask you one thing and you won t refuse me. will you, AdolpbusT' Mr. Jones looked ' rather scared-like, lie seemed to thluk his wife was going to ask for a new winter coat or another rocking chair or an electric Iron. He told his wife to tell him the worst "I want to ask you to get rid of Trix. We must find a good home for the dog. I won't turn the animal out like an orphan doc. for we must do the right thing, even If it la only for a dog," Mrs. Jones' went on. "Mra ' Jonesl Mrs. Jones! wildly ex claimed the Dalby boy as ha rushed up the front stair and ranc tha door bell. Mrs. Jones went to tha door aa4 met the excited lad. who said: "An automobile ran over Trix out In the street and I fueas he is dead. Trix barked at the automobile ' man aad ran In front of the machine," explained the tor. . . ' Mr. Jones kissed his wife and promised her he would get an Angora kitten to take tie place of Trix. At BENSON, OMAHA SEPT. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 A WEEK'S ENTERTAINMENT THAT IS INSPIRING AND INSTRUCTIVE. REAL THING HORSE RAGING Columbia Fire, a Nebraska horse, and Hal McKinney, a Calif ornia horse, are matched for a special race. These 2:05 pacer3 have been going neck and neck at Dos Moines, Lincoln and elsewhere. THIS RACE ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION. But there will be others. , Four Days' Racing Program and Four Races Per Day, Namely Sept. 21, 22, 23 and 24. One Hundred and Forty Entries in Trotting, Pacing and Running Contests. Big Exhibit in Agriculture, Horticulture, Floraculture Live Stock and Poultry Now is the time to show your loyalty to Omaha and vicinity. Boost the Douglas County Fair by coming out, and don't forget to bring "Ma" and the children. A clean, instructive show for old and young. Something doing all the timo. Everybody loves a horse race, therefore swell the crowds big crowds spell success. A farm thriller for city folks everything from horse racing to needle work, and bread making to corn growing. The beautiful fair grounds and a fast track, a big dancing platform and other features, afford afternoon and evening amusement. s GENERAL ADMISSION, 50 Cent CHILDREN UNDER 12 ARE FREE. SPECIAL ADMISSION FEATURES: Monday, only 10S and Saturday only 10. And you can get into the grouncU every evening after S.o'clock for 10. Take Benson Cars to the Gates DOUGLAS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASS'N J..F. M'ARDLE, Secretary. JAMES WALSH, President. I i