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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1916)
Trrn omaita runday bee: febtiuart 27, mc The Busy Bees Their Own Page t 6 O ROUND IXO up a month of birthdays of famous men and women, we today celebrate the birthday of Henry Wadnworth Long, fellow, "the children"! poet" now many of the Busy Bees hare reed hla poem ? And while we are on the subject of birthday. are any of the Busy Beet coin to have a birthday Tnesday, a Leap Tear birthday? Aside from the regular award of a price book each week, the award for the beet letter written on "Winter 8porta" during the laat month Is to be made today. Ever so many fine letters were received, detailing jail of the winter sports, ao that the prize letter was difficult to determine, bat the award was made to Margaret Crosby of the Blue Side. Quite soon we will bare another special letter contest, for which an other price will be offered. The prise book thla week was won by Edith I Trueman, a Busy Bee ;ef the Blue Bide, who need to lire In Tecumseh, but who now llres in ' Munlsing, Mich., yet nerer misses the Busy Bee page. Clarence Me Aullffe and Rosa Hehnke, also of the Bine Side, won honorable -mention. Little Stories (Prise Story.) Fodmer Nebraska Girl Writes. Uy Edith K Tnipmin, A Kiwi 11 Tears, Munlsing. Mich. Wue filde. Although I live In the Lake Superior eountry. The Pee find It way to our ' house. I enjoy very much reading the Busy Bee letters, because some of my former school matea of Tecumseh, Neb., ere among your correspondents, and their ' letters era a source of gladness to me. , My papa has a dairy farm near the town ' of Munlsing, which la situated on the 1 south shore of Lake Superior. The great ' forest and same preserve, "Grand Isl and." la only four miles from the beach on Munlsing bay. And we also have a . glimpse of the famous "Ilctured Rocks" ef Michigan, from the bay. I attend the Central school and am In the Fifth grade. My teacher's name Is Id las Howe. We drive to school every morning, end, sometimes It Is very cold and stormy, but we manage to get through alright. This la a great country for winter sport skating, skielng and coasting. - It la not unusual to see the bay blac with people skating. The Ice la as smooth as glaaa. end they skate from Munlsing to Or and 1 aland and back. Many of the skaters fssten sails to their bodies and they . sell acroas the bay at a very rapid rate. Only a few daya ago the people of . Muntslng gave a ski tournament, which la a pleaalng sight. I may write again i If my letter is worthy of printing and 'escapee Mr. Wastebaaaet. , X would like ' to Join the Blue Side. , - (Honorable Mention.) A Fish Story. fv Clarence McAullffe Aged II Tears, CIS Reward Street. Omaha. Blue Side. Cue day during our summer vacation X went fishing. 1 tee about three poles end started ta the morning, about . I , o'clock, I arrived at the lake In about one hour and immediately began fishing, I fished for a long time without a bite, and got disgusted and moved. This time I went about one mile to the ether side f the lake, t fished for awhile and soon ; got a bite-also a- flsK. I caught a few snore and then, noticing a strip ef water that ran Inland. I moved ever titer. I fished awhile and soon got some fish. I caught about fish. They were oarp. Ae my bait was just about gone I thought I had better go home, as it was about o'clock, but still quite light As X was about to leave a man came down fishing. He also had a gun and abet a nraskrat aad a bird which he said was a half-brother to a mudhen. X watched hint fish for awhtle sad thea X guess he became tired because he had ao bites and he said to me. "Come on with me, eon, I'll take you home ta the auto, X Just took home a few ef the earn, aad , my mother and father thought It was a ' "fish story." The men, waa very kind and X hope to see him scuta some time when X go fishing. (Honorable Mention.) Valentine Day. . By Kose TT-hnke, Aged 11 Yeara Rock, villa. Neb. Ulue Bide. Iong ago there lived a prioat named Valentine. This good man was noted for hla klndneaa. He nursed the sick, com forted the sorrowing end waa always reedy to give help to the needy. Valen tine loved uttle children, and thoee that came to him for food er clothing were never turned away. After this kind priest became too old to go about among his people he was very sad. He thought he could no longer be ef any help to them. Then he Nnmnih he could write loving messages to the " w sorrowing. The tittle chlldea. would say when they were sick, "X think Father Valentine will send ma a. litti. letter today,- But after a time no more lettere were received and eoon the news went abroad that rather Valentine was oeaa. . . , . . . . Then every one eald that such a man was good enough to be called a saint, and from the time te thla he hes been known as Saint Valentine. It was not ions when people began te celebrate hla birth day by sending loving meaaaeea ta their friends. These meaaagae were called val- enunea (Special Contest. Prima Story.) Winter Sport. Br '!L7!;ri !.ro!?yL A4 Tears, feuthertaad. Neb. liiua Bide. Oh. my! the fun when winter cornea the sports and frolics there are In this season. The aleda and the alelgh bells and the skatea When the thick, fleecy enow Is scattered on the ground, to have ; much fun the boye and girls must be j wall bundled ep. so as to keep from freezing. The sharp winds bite the nose I w wee ana me nngers. Fine enow ) men can be made of the white, soft j enow. Ton . must ' have two plaoee of I coal for the eyes, two sticks for the . arms, an old coat so It will hold on bet . ter. snd some eld hat to cover his head wp. j When this Is done, the snow man , finished and the fun begins. A larae i wlla or snowbeJla are oiled tin mnA 1 snow fort la bunt, and about from eight i to ten balls are gtvea to each, and oh. I dear, the poor enow man surely la pelted ' by the enowbella First, off eomee hi hat, than his coat, then his arms and l eyes, end then, eras hi the whale man goes down, This la the end of the snow maa. After this ths sleds are taken out and vp to the hills we go, walking, then running, until at laat we are at the top. where we ere reedy to go down. Ho the enew glistens snd sparkles! We all ' 14 le on. and down the hill the eled glldee, faster and faster we go, and when we Ket to the bottom, off all of us pile Into the enow. The aleda go to the bottom, thee they are pulled beck to the top. by Little Folk and then the time getting up. It la fun going down, but work climbing back. I hope the Busy lines enjoy the stor ies that are written. I know I do, fur I read every one every Bunds. Jules Adolphe Breton. By Mildred Moody, Aged 10 Years, Ce dar lUnifs, Neb. Kml Ulue. X am going to write a biography of Jules Adolphe Breton, for I have been studying one of -his pictures at school. It is "The Song of the Lark." Jules Adolphe Breton Is one ef the best French painters of ths village and country life. He was born si Cour rlerea, France, May 1, 1kI7. Hla artlatlo glfta were apparent at an early age, and he was sent to Ghent In 18iS to study under the historic painter Ie vlgne, whose daughter he afterward married, and In IMS to Antwerp to study under Baron Wappers. He afterward went to Tarts snd studied undsr Drol ling. Its won medals of the third class In IK A. ef the second class In !K7, of ths first dsns In 1KM. Breton occupies a leading place In the French art of the nineteenth century. There Is a peoullsr charm about his work. It embraces the "grave, serious and vigorous poetry of the oountry, which he expresses with love, respect and sincerity."' The numerous subjects treated In hla pictures may be divided generally Into four groups: They are subjects dealing with labor, with rest, with rural festi vals and with religious festivals." Among his works are The Recall ef the Gleaners, "Women Digging Pota toes." "Otrl Tending Cews," "When the Cat s Away ths Mice Will Flay." I will cloae and leave a space for the rest ef the Beay Bess. Don't Be Late. By Olee Gardner, fcxs North Hlxty- seoona Bireet, Benson, wue ruae. Sammy was a poor boy who lived In New York. His mother sewed and Sammy went to school. All his short life he had played and Jumped and was very happy, until one dsy when he was cross ing the street on a very busy day. Sud denly as he neered the curb a big touty Ing ear flashed In front of him. After that he knew no more until he regained eeeeatoujmese. He was In his own home, gtls mother said James Huasell was the eae who had run ever him, but he did eve stop te see whether , Sammy was hart er net. Several weeks had flown by; each eek had seen Sammy growing paler aad i weeJier. He worried so much over the thought that James would have to east te he forgiven before he oould enter the gatae of heaven. Finally Hammya day were numbered and still James had net appeared. On the last day when Sammy was slowly dying James Rus sell's oar sped up to the dour cf the tiny oottage, James rushed In to Sammy's room and grasped one of hla little handa "Forgive me," he cried. But he was Juat too late, for a few minutes be fore Sammy had gone forth to meet God at the gatea of heaven. Now dear, Busay Beea I hope you will take my warning and be on time. Build Snow Bat By FAhel Alberta Anderson, Aged tears, colon, rteo. mue oiue. X will tell you a true story. It Is about the snow hut we made' at school. First of all we made snowballs about the else of orange. We formed the walls of the hut by piling the snowballs on top of each other. We made the roof by taking large crusts of snow and laying on top ef the walla. We made a porch by the door. Wbea we had It finished four of us ate dinner la It. It wee somewhat crowded, but we managed to get In. One evening two boye knocked It down. The next day we hauled the enowbeJIa over closer by the school house. This time we made two rooraa I hope the sun doee not melt our enow hut very soon. Love to Conlt By XCdyths Olson, Aged 10 Tears, Weep ing water. reb. Red blue, t bars lote of fun In the winter while coasting. My sister and I go out coasting about every day. We take our sled to school svery dsy. We have four large hllle on our way. We can coast down every hill but one and It Is drifted so we can't At noon we coast down a hill right near the school house. When we get home we take our sled and coast down a hill near home. We can't use our eled now be- eauae It la broke. We broke It one day ever at echooL We live a mile end a half from school. When It la bed weather papa takea us. I am 10 years old and In the sixth grade My sister ta in the eighth grade. Our teachers name la Mtas liltchman. I hope Mr. Waste Basket will be asleep when my letter reaches you. Anton MauTe. By Anton Weaeiv. Aged 11 Tears, Cedar Bluffs. Neb. iilue filde. As I've never written anything for the Busy Bee page, my teacher. Hilda B. Torbert. euggeated for me to eond In this outobtogrephy of Mauve a life that I wrote for a grammar lesson. Anton Mauve, a Dutch landscape and animal painter, was born In Zaandam tn int. He was the eon of a Baptist min ister, end It was much against the wish of his parents that he took up the study of arc . Msuve'e works were often done In water colors. He did not often paint pure landscape, but liked to Introduce simple human Incidents er else he would BRIGHT BUST BEE WHO 13 STU DENT OF 1TDSIC (Vr 4 r I Howard f Maitox make the landscape's setting for cows snd horses. He liked to represent wood cutting scenes, the loge Piled up on either side ready for carting, or ecenes showing fields covered with snow, end a shepherd painfully driving his huddled flock homeward along a sloppy road. or girls pasturing cows, walking by ths side of their charges. His range of col ors is smalt. There Is a touch of sad ness snd melancholy about some of them. Many of Mauve's ploturee have found their way to this country. He re ceived a medal at Philadelphia tn 1ST, where he exhibited "Hauling Up the Fishing Boat." Rome of his palnttnge are "Hauling TTp the Fishing Boat,' Taatures In Holland." "Sheep," "Milk Ing Time" and "A Fishing Boat Put ting Out to Sea" Lincoln's Boyhood Day. By Leo Henn, Aged 10 Tears, Cedar BaP- lus, neo. diuo diusw Abraham Uncouldn't go to school as you do. There were very few echoole and they were a long way off. Neither did he have so many books as you. His mother wss kind and gentle, and would read to the children every day from the Bible, Abraham had a mind and a good mem ory. He knew the Bible almost by heart. When he became the president of oar great oountry he said, "All that I am or hops to be I owe to my angel mother, When Abreham was 10 years eld, he lost his mother. She had been fading like a flower for some time and at laet died. Abraham lost his sUter, too, a Uttle later, when she was IS years old. TTp to this time Abraham had a real school life. He hsd gons to schoot only about three years, but with his mother's help he be came a good reader. Ha longed for books. He borrowed "Pilgrim's Progress" and read this till he knew every word. Someone gave him "Aesop's Fables," and he reed these over and over. He onoe borrowed Weem's "Ufe of Oeorge Wash ington" of a farmer who lived near. ! He began to reed it as hs was walking home. When he reached home It was dark. He read by the light of the fireplace unUl bedtime. After he went to bed be read by the light of a tallow candle. When the candle went out he laid the book on a log near the bed. It rained during the night end the book was wet through. He wiped the teaves as well as he oould In the morning and began reading again. After breakfast he took the book back to the farmer. He told Mr. Crawford (for this wag his name). that he would work as long as be thought tight to pay for It. We worked three days at oenta a day before It was paid for. The book now belonged to Abraham. He used te take It with him almost svery plaos he went. He read it In the field, end even while he plowed. He was thinking what a great man Washington eras. He said he would try to beoome like Washington so that enme day he oould do great things for his country. One day when Abraham had hla new suit, he went walking along ths road end saw a pig stuck In the mud. He went to work with a will and pulled the pig out. He Is known as the Leg Cabin President. A Trip to Japan. By Rosalia Herts Aged 11 Tears, IK Boutn Seventh Mtreet, Omaha. Rea eda Last year at school we studied about Japan, end as I had great pleasure In It I thought that I would write to The Bee about It, eo here It Is: Although It Is only Imaginary we will play that It la real. We will leave Saa Francisco for Japan er the "Land of Cherry Bloaaoroa," as It Is sometimes called. 'Although the Journey la a tiresome one It Is Interesting for we see meny strange fish and other sea snlmala After a long ride we will reach Tokto, the capital of Japan, where the Emparor Mutstihlto Uvea. He le greatly respected by his people, for In each house, rich or poor, they keep a special room for Mutruhlto, eo If hs should ever call he would know that he waa wel coma (Although he haa never come nor Is he ever apt to ooma) From Toklo large quantities of raw silk, silk products, copper, tea and rice are sent out to other countries dally. It having Juat the climate for such things to grow In. As Jspan Is a warm and earthquaky country the houses are only made ef a piece ef frame work with screens to fit s round the outside, also screens that are made to ne able to push about ee as to maks different sets of rooms Japa nese people do not have much furniture In their houses. The main ones being a large mat to cover the whole floor with other mate for people to elt on. Wbea we ere visiting In the regular Japan hoinee we have a hard time trying to sit on them es the Japanese do, but it le said that it is not a bit easier for them to ait on our chairs. Rut we must go on with their homes.. At meal time rice aad tea and aake. the chief food of the Japanefc. is brought in on small tablea (A table for each person.) We have a hard time trying to eat with the chop slicks which they use as forks. It Is like eating rice with two pencils. (Jimt try It and see.) When time to go to bed I near sll the screens except on the out side ere drawn So ss to fix them to make bedrooms, etc. We ar then taken to our rooms, the quilts are brought in but no mattrets, and a hen we ask for it we are told that Japanese have no mattresses and sleep on the floor. A piece of board or a block Is then brought to us covered with paper, which Is to be our pillow. Rut we know we cannot sleep with such a thing under our head so we roll up our coats and fall asleep and dream of "Home. Sweet Home." Marigold and the Beei. By Carmellta Oorman. VH Fiwler Ave nue, umana. iwi t-ioe. "Marigold," said mother, "go Into the garden end pick some flowers for the table." Tes, mother." said Marigold, obedi ently, end took a basket and a pair of scissors and started out. Just as she wae about to cut a pink hyacinth she saw e great golden bee flying around the flower. Please do not cut this flower. Mistress Marigold." said the bee. "I must get honey from it to take to the hive." "Where is your hive?" asked Marigold. "Oct on my back and I will take you to It," said the bee. Marigold dropped her basket and scissors end clambered on the bee's sck. The bee flew up and up, stopping now and then to take a alp of honey from same tempting flowers. Soon the bee came to a large tree, where he stopped. In the tree there seemed to be a little house with tiny cells leading inward. The bee flew In through one of these and Marigold fol lowed. Inside the nest was much bustle and noise. The queen bee occupied one cell, while the little princes end prln- eessee occupied ' others es fsr from the queen as possible, for If she oould get near them shs would kill them all. for when they grew up they would take her place and she would be queen no longer. The drones were lounging around, a striking contrast to the busy workers. Suddenly the queen bee staJked up to Marigold. "What are you doing hereT" she cried: "why are you not working Go or I will sting you." Marigold was so frightened she could not move. Just then she felt the bee sting her. She woke up and found she had put her hand down on a thistle. "Goodness, me!" said Marigold. "I must have dreamed It." She hunted for the golden bee whom ahe first saw on the hyacinth, but could not find him. Marigold then went Into the house with her flowers v to tell her mother of her strange dream. A Narrow Esoapa. By Marie Jensen. Aged II Tears, Valley, neo. cuue Bias, Once upon a time there lived a father and hla only son John. John had no mother like the other boys. He lived in sry smalt oottage. They were very poor. He had hardly any clothes, but some eld ragged shoes. One day some of his schoolmates earns ever to eee him. The boys asked him if he oould go skating with them. John ran to ask his father If be could. His father ealdj Ton may go with the boys down te the lake, but you must stay on land" John went back and told the boys what his father had told him. Bo Joa went oa with them. Finally they reached the lake. John thought he would go down on the Ice. The boys told John not to go near the middle er he would fall In. John said: "I em not afraid to rail in." So John stepped tn and he fell Into the water up to his knees, and ths boys ran to help pull him eul John went home crying. It was about one mile from the lake. When he. got home he had to go to bed. When supper time came he .oould not eat anything. That night his father had to sit and watch him. In the morning he was so sick hs could not get up, eo they called the doctor. In a few minutes the doctor came. . He looked at John and a aid: "He has pneumonia," His father had to sit up and watch him four nights. He was all worn out. In about a week he was all right This taught him a good lesson, and aftsr this John always obeyed his father. Abraham Lincoln. By Esther Halm. Aged 11 Years, David sr, vu siui, Lincoln was born Februaj-r 11 Mas In Hardin county, Kentucky His parents were very poor. He was born In a ruds log cabla. Ha was a very good bey and his mother grew very fond of him. When he was a years old his mother died. But his father married again. Lincoln had but Uttla school ins. Ha had two teeclhera. His mother taught him nearly everything. When Lincoln mw nn ha waa ami to tha oanttai tit Tlltnala ft i.atn -.k. laws for his state. But he rose higher than that, and he wae soon the ' presi dent Of this rraat ITnltd Btates. tJn. ooln married Miss Mary Todd tn 1S3. lie nad three sons when he wae elected president. Llnooln did not Ilka aLavare and lie thought how mean it waa. He said, when he first saw slavery, "If I sver get a chance, ru strike that a hard blow," end he did. Llnooln died April U. He was shot by John Wllkee Booth. XOveryooe felt sorry for their beloved president. Abra ham Lincoln. I hope to see my story tn print. A Banquet for Birds. By Mildred Raw eon. Aged U Tears, IU14 North Thirty-third Street Omaha. Red Bid a. The ground Is all covered with snow end there is nothing to eat for the little birds. They fly around and look cold and wet. and several Uttle sparrows have frosen to death In our neighbor- hood this winter. The ether day I put a nice pan full of crumbs out for the little birds. I stood at our kitchen door window to wait and see If they would coma After a while, X noticed there were a few birds circling around the c rumba. They began to eat some, and seemed to be very happy. Some more birds came aad eoon they eame so fast X could not count tham alL It certainly looked like a bird banquet. The birds should always have little fine eand to eat with their food because they haven't any teeth to chew and the sand grinds their food up. Trip to Belden. By Hsrlan Preston. Aged t Tsars. Lyons, Neb, Had Slda One Sunday we went to Beldea. There were five eulomobilee we met at Lrona We were supposed to ooma at t cclook. but aoraa of them did not eome . till ( o'clock. They were all there exoept oae family who knew the way. We went to Bancroft and waited there for them. We had an uncle living In Relden. We got there about noon. It was shout seventy mllea to Relden. We stayed et our uncle's a while end then we took them out to papa's cousin. We ate our lunch there. When we had finished our lunch we went out to my uncle'e farm. We stayed there a while and then we went home.- February'i Party. By Edith Wolter. Aged 11 Tears. Ohiowa, Neb. Red Fide. Mrs. February la a very Industrious woman who is alway doing Something. She has twenty-nine children, one being., a new child, and everyone wanted to see It. It was a little girl. The others were all loved by everyone that knew them, but they were growing old. They lived In a very cold house; It was not plastered nor hsd It furnaces and such things to keep the house warm. Mrs. February decldfd that she would give a party In honor of the new baby. Of all the Invitations that she and the children must write, all the children helped but the new child. When It was about two days before the day that she had planned for the party to be, Mrs. February scrubbed the floors, washed the windows, and ell that must be done before having a party. When the day of the party came, my, how she did wash and clean the children, but she spent more time getting the baby ready. About 2 o'clock the guests began to ar rive. There were thousands of snowflakea. rrnr. Snowbird played his fiddle, Mr. Squirrel sang a song, Mrs. Rabbit danced a Jig and Mr. and Mrs. Ice sang a duet. In about the middle of the afternoon Mrs. February served a delicious lunch. When it commenced to grow dark the children lit small lanterns. They sang songs of praise to the nw babe, About midnight the guests went home, tired, but hsppy. The February children were so happy that they could not get to sleep ror an hour after, but when they got to sleep they dreamed of the party over. Nearly Drowns. By Utile Dejml. Aged 13 Tears. Wllber, CUC1Q. It WSS a Verv hot dav In Tun. this accident happened. My sister. Just arriving rrom Crete, wanted us to go bathing. We went, and after being there a while, tried to go from one bank to me omer, use the girls did. I was only 10 years old then, and was wading until the water came to mv bait. M -,. called me back, but I kept on. Now the water was up to my neck. I tried to turn back, but alas. I want down. T for help, waved my hand, kicked, but no ueip cam a. Soon the girls on tha Hunk henn miss ma My oldest sister tried to save me, pulled me near the bank and began to drown, too. We both etruggled for life, but no heln cams. We al n v,it When we were la Just a short while we gave up hope of ever being seen on land again. A friend of our wss altttnv Aft tie K- n Ir watching us. Hs made up hie mind to save ua He pulled at our dresses and punea us on land. Tha sot that nun us waa a great here. Fun in tho Attio. By Jeannette Ollphant, Aged W Teara W South Oarfleld Avenue. Has- tings. Neb, Blue Slda One rainy day we children there are three of ua girl a and three nttle boys eame ever to our house oould not eon tent ourselves In any way, so mamma told us to go to the attio and see what was there. We went up to the attio and found an eld chest of tools which be longed to my grandfather, end for the girls a big box ef rags to piece. Mamma said she would give a prise for ths best work. She had also hidden a sack of apples and peanuts which we ware to hunt. It did not take us long to find It. The boys fitted up a workshop for rainy days. They made us girls a doll cupboard and a Uttle table. Mamma said our work wss so fme that the ptixe must e for us all, so she let us have a taffy pull that evening, which was ths beat of alt. I hope the Busy Bees en Joyed their Valentine day. X enjoyed mine very much. Breaks Her Arm, By Martha Jessen, Aged 11 Tears, Cedar Bluffs, Neb. Blue Bide. Have written several times, and thought I would try again. Last summer. In July, we were herd ing the eowa and mamma told me to herd them, as my brothers were cultivat ing. I rode our pony, and the saddle turned with me, and X tell snd broke my right arm. I didn't know what to do. I went up to the house and told mamma, "I fell of the horse and hurt my arm." Mamma came out and wee frightened, snd she called my older brother and we went to town; as It hurt me so. When we got to town the doctor said It was broken. He gave me some ether and fixed It up. Winter Sporti. By Edith Weir, S41I Hodge Street, Omaha Blue Side. The wtnter sports are ice skating, eled riding end skiing. I have skis and a sled but not Ice sketea We have a fine ski and sled track end there are two toe skating ponds near here. We can see the children skate on one of the ponds from our house and It must be great fun. We have much fun sled riding. It is built to suit boys, so of course there are many bumpa on It, but girls slide on It, anyhow. Our sk track Is the asms track. I have not tried It much on skis because I have seen too many other children fait " Hai Many Pets. By Charlotte Tomllson, Aged 11 Teara Fort Crook. Neb. Blue Side. My Bister and I have e little kitten. Its name la Topay. We also have six little chickens and sis pigeons. We have a little calf. It's name is "Pet." We have two doga, one Is black and Its name Is Pan. and the other one la brown. It's name la Ttge. Tige eets eggs and chickens. Tige la good about getting the cowa We have lote of fun with our pets. Earns Money for Lessons. By Howard F. Mattm, Aged M Tsars, IC4 South Fortieth Street, Omaha. Red Side. -I em sending you my picture end hope you wilt like It T have taken twenty-frv lessons on the violin and am In the third position. I have paid for an my lessons by carrying papers. I love the violin better than any ether study. I era 10 years eld end tn Fourth R Stories of Nebraska History ay a, a. (By special permission of tne euthor. The Bee will publish chapters from the History of Nebraska, by A . bheldon. from week to week.) The Herd Law When the first settlers came to . Ne braska they settled along the streams where there was timber and water. They farmed very small fields and fenced them, turning their horses, cattle and other stock loose to go where they plessed end find food, water end Bhel ter. it was a very easy way to raise stock and the longer one raised it In that way ths more he thought It was the only way. All about the early settlers' cabins were miles upon miles of grass land free for everybody. Cattle, sheep and horses would find the best places to feed and stay there as long as they liked. When they were thirsty they would go to the running water and drink. Often they would He down In the shade of trees and rest during the heat of the day. All the owner had to do waa to ride around them once In a while to see that all were there. Hogs elso ran loose and lived chiefly on acorns. Where there were no acorns they ate rushes, which grew thickly in the valleys and their, ready noses found roots to dig every where. A good many of the early settlers liked to .hunt. There was plenty of gems. After a settler hsd his crop in he could go hunting, and after he had it gath ered he oould go hunting again. His stock would take care of itself while be waa gone. After a while all the land with wood and water In each neighborhood waa taken. Settlers kept on coming. Some of them went on further west to get land with wood and water. Some of them took the rich grass land whloh the first settlers had passed by. They had no timber to fence with and they did not wish to fence. They broke out larger fields end began to farm on a larger scale. When the stock running loose got Into their crops there was trouble. The settlers on ths prairie eald that every man should take care of hla There le ao need to hesitate in porohasing Diamonds, Watches or Jewelry, either for personal wear or aa a gift for some loved one, because of laok of ready money. Tou can buy of ua on charge account Just es easily, pleasantly and conveniently as though you paid all cash down. 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During that minute hundreds of people hare grown last a little richer, because they are wise enough to own soma favor ably located Omaha property. The same process goes on every minute of every day. Ehrary time the clock ticks Omaha property has Increased Juat av little more In value, and Its owners have become Juat a little richer. That Is the wsy real estate) values la a city like Omaha In crease; very seldom by sudden spurts: but a gradual Increase every time a new house Is put up; every- time a new buslnesn block la erected; every time a new family is added to the city's population. Close observers have said that cities do not really beg! a to grow until they reach the 200,000 mark. The history of cities like Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and others, seem to prove that. In the light of that fact, Omaha's growth haa really Just begun. Hon- foolish, then, the regreta of the man who says, Tf I had only lived fifty years ago, when I could have bought land for next to nothing that Is worth 15.000 a foot" Yes, prices were low In those days. , Dut even In 1865 there Were regretters, who thought prices were high, and wished that they had lived years before. And there will be those who will regret In 1915 that they did not buy In If 16. Economic authorities assure us that Just such another period of plentiful money and high prices will follow 1915 as followed 1866. Fortunes were made by those who bought real estate la that early day, and fortunes will be made by those who buy favorably located property In this remarkable year of 1916. Dont buy blindly merely to buy. Consider the direction of the city's growth; observe where conservative men are In vesting; consult some established, reliable real estate firm. Then buy and every tick of the clock will record a utU advance In your fortune. (Signed) nE. n. BEXSOV, C P. IIAKIUJiOX, O. Q. WALLACE, Committee, sxxaoar own stock snd keep them out of the crops. The settlers along the etreams said that every man should fence hla crop end all should let their stock run. So they disputed end sometimes fought. MVre settlers came In and the settle ments spread rapidly west from the Missouri river and eway from the tim ber along the streams. There were some settlements where everyone wanted the stock kept up and some where all wanted the crope fenced. Laws began to be passed that sheep and hogs should not run at large. A little later laws were passed that horses snd csttle should not run at large In the night. Then lews were passed making ownere of stock liable for damages done by It In certain counties only. The people di vided Into two parties, those who wisihed to raise crops end thoee who wished to raise stock. The dispute grew warm In all the settlements. Finally In the year 1870 so many thousand settlers were comtng In that the legislature met tn special session at the call of Governor Butler and passed the first general Jierd law. Vnder It everyone hsd to keep his stock from the crops of other people or pay dam ages, and anyone finding stock tn his crop might1 take it up and hold It until the damages were paid. This was called the "herd law," because the best way found to keep stock from the crops was to herd It. Some parts of the state were excepted from this law. The next year the law was changed so that all the state came under the herd law unleae the people of a oounty voted to have a fence law In that county. This has been the law of Nebraska since 171. It has made It possible for poor people who could not fence to ratse crone end make homes on the prairie. With this law the settler could plant a crop anywhere and harvest all be could raise. Without It he could harvest only wftat he could protect from roaming stock. 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