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When R. A. Lone, farm-born and country-bred,
turned . h decided to play a
Uttl for tli rirt tlm In hla buay life.
Being of a thrifty nature ha propoeed to
nwki hla playing pay. Accordingly he
rratlfled a lifelong ambition, art ahom
to construct and equip a tlA-O.onO farm,
employed a farm maniutcr with Inrtruo
tlona to develop thla farm Into a auc
reeaful enterprise. Thus Longvlew farm,
the finest In America, ram Into exist
ence. It waa no Idle dream that obeed Mr.
I -one all the yeara he waa building hla
fortune out of yellow pine treea, rutting
S,000.ono feet of lumber a year down In
Louisiana. Texa and Arkansas. He had
been born and brought up on a farm; he
had tasted many of the hardships of farm
Ufa In the early daya, there had been
ttmea when the cup waa bitter, but he
drained It to the last dreg. Being one of
eleven children on a yo-arr farm In
Kentucky fifty or sixty yeare ago when
there were no unnecessary frills or frolic
waa not the Ideal life of ease.
Having atarted with nothing, found two
business venture uncongenial and Un
profitable, and then amassing a fortune,
beyond moet men' dreama of avarice.
Mr. Lone did not propoae to throw his
money to the wtnda which sweep over
liongvlew. He waa going to play a bit.
tut he waa too good a business man not
t sea to It that hla farm Investment paid
tood returns. It recalls the Incident which
Is friends relate with gTeat glee. At a
neetlng of lumbermen he wns Introduced
la 'the man who paid ;0.0V) for a lorse."
Vfter the laughter had subsided. Mr. Long
rose and turned tlie laugh on the man
who had sought, gnod-naturedly, to rid
icule hla extravagance, by aaylnw. "I did
pay $10.00) for a horso, but already thla
year that horso has earned me 14.001,
which la 40 per cent upon my oriplnel In
vestment, and ha will return rue that
much profit annually for the next ten or
fifteen yeara. Have any ef you made a
better Investment thla yearT" Long-view
la a rich man's farm, but the day Is' al
ready In sight when It will prove Itself
a profitable money producer.
Longvlew, aa In Mr. Long's eye, In per
spective. Just as It appears today, before
ver a shovelful of dirt wss turned, be
fore ever a rod of fence waa built, before
ever aa animal waa brought to the place,
la tha only etocx farm In America, of Its
else that waa planned, laid out and built
at tha start to carry on tha maximum of
business to which It la Intended to attain.
To accomplish tha enda ha had In mind,
Mr. Long bought fifteen separata farms,
merging them lnt tha one farm of Lone
view, comprising LMS acres, eighteen
milea out from tha fourteen-story R. A.
Long office butbJVg. the first ateel frame
structure of consequence In Ksnsaa City
and one of the best-appointed building
In tha Ignited (-States. Longvtew Is
reached by one of the splendid rock roaila
for which Jackson county la becoming
noted all over the country. It Is not the
secluded home rf a millionaire who hides
himself from rubllo gsse. Quite the op
posite; "the latch-strlng is always out"
at Longvlew h public la always wel
come. Mr. Long may atand la tha south
- loggia of his wonderful farm home and
declare, with Alexander Selkirk, "I am
monarch of all I survey; my right, there
la none to dispute," fur an unobstructed
view of all the splendidly-lying- I, (3 acres
Is to be had f.-om the hill upon which
.he home la built, Extending practically
ss fsr as the eye can reach Is a vista of
gently rolling hills and slopes, of alter
nating fields and forest glades, of mod
ern buildings, all of which are of white
stucco, their red tile roofs blending with
the various aha lea of green In the sum
mertime until Longvlew la genuine Corot
tmong farm landscapes.
Of tha l,WI acrea Included In Longvlew,
HO were under cultivation last season,
the chief crops being alfalfa, corn, cane,
hay, clover, millet, oats, rye,' sow beans,
timothy and wheat. Not one ounce was
sold, every puithia being fed or con
tumcd uion the farm where It waa
rrown. With Mr. Long's far-reaching
Plans as jet Incomplete, there are today
fifty saddle horses, forty-eight harncsa
horses, thirty-three mules, twelve JPerch
eron horses, 17& Jersey cattle, aeventy-flve
beef cattle, and JTO bourn at longvlew.
When Longvlow la completed the number
f Percherone will be Increased to fifty,
he hogs to 750, and tha Jerseys to SM.
The dairy bam group consists of a
dairy barn. xJia feet In else, with a ca
pacity for 10 cows: a shelter shed of the
same sise with a capacity of US head: a
calf barn with a capacity of aeventy-flve
head; a milk house, to which the milk
iroea through a covered passage, under
h moet sanitary conditions possible; a
Hospital and bull pens. The whole Inside
of the -dairy barn and tha shelter bam Is
plastered smooth and painted. All the
pansagaway along which the blooded
cows walk are of concrete. All the cor
ners and anglea are rounded, tha more
easily to be kept clean and sanitary. The
'talla are floored with cork blocks, aa
oft and yielding to the feet as the ftnret
irusaela carpet A perfect system of
-entUtvtlon throws a constant supply of
"resh air Into the dairy barn and removes
he foul air. Feed carriers down the cerL.
ler carry the feed to the iitdlvldunl cow
a their stalls. In one comer of the
5arns are the washrooms of the attend
mts. with lockers and ahower bath ed
lacent. Kach attendant la required to
bathe and don a fresh white duck suit
Wore milking begins. The milk Is pro
iured under the supervision of the Madl
sl Milk Commission of the Jsckson
ounty Medical society, and each bottle
beara Its seal. To produce certified milk,
which means milk aa It comes front the
cow. with nothing added to or taken from
It. require that all attendants bear med
ical Inspection, the cattle be tested an
nually fur tuberculosis, the cattle are
groomed and washed before each milk In T,
the milkers use plain white duck suit
while milking and between the milking
of each cow hands are washed, and ei
n. The milk, within a few moments, is
trained and cooled below W degrees
'srenhelt and must ao remain until de
iveied to the consumer. This Insures ab
ol.itely pure milk with a bacteria count
hat Is so low It is entirely harmlra to
ni nmut delicate organism. Thla ml k I
Israel purchased upon doctors' prescrip
'luna for Infants and Invalid. Mr. Long
furnishes Longvlew certified milk to the
M. rcy hospital of Ksnsaa City, w hich
ospltal la for crippled and deformed
.-lildren. and absolutely free.
The draft-horse ttrnup of bu'idin:; con-
ts of a barn, ,x24 feet in alae, w;th
k capacity of sixty-five heal, wagon
h-.i. implement lion., blacksmith shop
1 11 J hoarding house for teamsters, forin-
.1 g a quadrang'e In the center of which
is a U-autlful sunken garden.
Trie etiow-hore barn is loo;:'", feet In
ze. with a capacty of thirty-six horses.
I. uiiJltiou to en enclosed tan-bark
ai.-i.a. xV.i fuet In sim, carriage rooms,
lurriess rooms sn.t sle'plng rooms for
attendants. In one of the wings are
Unity boxalall and six tie-stalls for
horses of high pedlgre. In the other
wing Is a large living room for the at
tendants, with ten private roome for
their use. all fitted with baths. Between
the two wings. In front. Is a large wait
ing or reception room, feed rooms and
harness rooms. Around the side of the
exhibition arena Is a raised platform from
which the fortunate guesta may watch
the animals ss they are put through
their paces.
Thie hog houses, a greenhouse, a gar
age, a pumping ststlon. a gateman's
lodge, a stable at tha driving track, a
general nisnagcr's residence, an assist
ant managers residence, a grotto of
cottages and boarding houses for the
dairymen, fifteen tenant houses In a
largo group, and Isat, but by no means
least, a combination church and school,
for tha exclusive nse of Mr. Long's farm
employes snd their families, all these
buildings, lika the larger and mora Im
posing barns, are of snowy white stucco,
with red tile roofs. Haven miles of priv
ate rock road hav been built on the
place at a coat of H0. and twenty
miles of snow-white fence, each rail
twelve feet long, two Inches by six, so
mitred and joined Into the eight-foot
posts that there Is not a nail or a peg
In all the twenty miles of fence, which
cost a,on. Not a thing hes been over
looked at Longvlew which might add
to Its bauty, comfort or convenience.
The dream waa of a lifetime, when It
came true absolutely nothing was
lacking.
The crowning glory I the farm home, a
beautiful tturcture of wnite stucco, with
red tile, commending a hill from which
an unobstructed view of the entire farm
la to be had. Tha house Is furnished In
the liesl of taste and la a "home" In ev
ery aonse of tha word. Mr. Ing has
three great pleasure In life; his work,
his church and hla home. Longvlew glvea
him every pportunlty lo 1e with his fam
ily amid beautiful nnd i-ongenlal stir
rounding. No better alood Is to be found sny
where In America than In the stock barm
at Longvlew. V.'ltneaa the fact that
within the last two years first prises
have been won on horses, Jersey cattle
and hogs at tha moet Important fair and
horso shows. Terhapa tha mos noted
prlxa vii tha grand champion flve-galtd
stallion, won at the renama-Paclflo ex
tern It Inn In 1915 by My Major Dare. In
numerable prlsoe and trophlea were won
by Mr. Long's daughter, Miss Loula
Long, esslly the most daring and accom
plished horaewoman In America. Miss
Long was tha atnsatlon of tha 1915 New
York Horse show. he hs shown at the
most Important shows in tha United
Htataa and Canada, taking prlxea at tha
London show with her noted horse, The
King, several year ago. Her most not
able animals, to be found In the big show
horse barn at Longvlew when not being
exhibited against the pick of tha world,
are My Major Pare, Kentucky's Heat.
Imperious King. Fascination, Exposition,
Catherine Ortgahy. Aviation. Hesitation
and Revelation. While Miss Long I thus
partial to tha show, and her father loves
a fin hnrv .levotedly, his hobby Is really
tha splendid Jersey herd he oans. the
head of which Is the magnificent bull,
Queen's Italelgh. and hla herd of prise
bred Duroc-Jersy hogs. Mr. Long has
won much in the live stock world; he
alma still higher arid I eager to do what
ha ran to make the V til led ftates take
still mora commanding position In the
live stock world.
K. A. Long is M yeara young, (an In
defatigable worker, who modestly aaserta
that his success la due to no unusual, tin
copyabl methods.
"Success I wholly a matter of price
ha declares, adding, "Bom men will not
pay It, because It mean toll and self
sacrifice. A few will pay It. They labor
diligently day' and night and practice
economy. Th members of no profession,
of no calling, are outside the unchange
able law that demands hard, unremitting
labor as the cost of advancement."
Starting out in llfn aa a poor farm boy,
he ventured Into th big, waiting world
with only $700 capital. Today the Iong
Uell Lumber company, of which he Is
president, and Ita allied companies have
Investments aggregating 111,000.900, con
alsttng of some W.OiO acres of virgin yel
low pine timber n Louisiana, Texaa and
Arkansas; ten modem manufacturing
plants, th annual output of which la
from K.009 to U0.tx) carloads of lumber;
eighty-six retail lumber yard In Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas; a railway sys
tern of 138 mile and a at ring of general
merchandise store operated at th varl
oua mills, to say nothing of th two dem
onstration farms on th cut-over landa
of Louisiana, on of twenty acres, tha
other of 612 acres, where experiments are
constantly being made to prove th soil
efficiency of th sections and to assist
the settlers brought Into these new landa
by the Long-Hell Farm Land corporation,
of whose executive board Mr. Long 'Is
chairman.
Mr. Long has rendered good account of
his stewardship, giving liberally of hla
plenty to those ;cs fortunate and to Im
prove conditions l.oth In the country and
in the rlty. Tha Hat of his benefactions
la extremely long. The most notable Items
are these: Four hundred thousand d.il.
lara toward the erection of a large non
sectarian hospital In Kansaa City, under
the auspices and control of the National
Benevolent association of the Christian
church, thla ijlft ultimately to be In
creased to tl .000,000; 130,000 (at varloua
times) to tha " li. dependence Boulevard
Christian church of Ksnsaa City; $H0,Co)
to the colleges and universities through
out th country; .7.fl00 to maintain a na
tlonal paper for tho Christian church. In
addition, he la a liberal contributor to
practically every worthy cause, and for
the last two yeara haa maintained a tent
city at Longvlew where M0 poor women
and children are cared for each year,
being given deep, revivifying breaths of
Ood s fresh air. Whenever and wherever
his hands hav loui.d anything to do to
alleviate pain, relieve suffering and dis
tress and scatter seeds of kindness, they
have dune It. qu;ttly. Unostentatiously.
MONMOUTH PARKERS FAVOR
ANTI-SPITTING CAMPAIGN
The Monmouth 1-ark Improvement
-l..b Friday evening adopted a reeolu
tlon Indorsing the aiitl-spltting tln
Pln stsrted by Mis. II. c. umney.
Th club also favored fumiaatlon of
street cats and motion pU lure shows and
exclusion of children f,om moi-a during
tie scarlet feer epidemic.
Dr. C. II. Iltws spoke to the club on
Hi needs of hygienb- prep red ilea. Ha
uid nwdlcal examination of schotU
snd spoke of the evl of spitting In
pit lie. fla.es ard on sidewalks. The doe
tor said he believed th, tlet fever
outlreak would L abated mot xpdi
tluus! with schools ein.
THE long delayed winter sport ar. on In fnll blast and th Burt
Bee are bavins; th Mm of their young live, aren't tber?
Skate, sled and atetghbella are being hauled out and what
splendid snow men there are, guarding many a little boy or
girl' front yard! Making "butterflies'" In tbe snow banks la
another popular pasttmo when there is lots of snow on the ground.
For the best story on "Winter Sports'' sent In to the Busy Bee editor
during the month of February a special prlte book will be awarded In ad
dition to the prize book each week. What do you enjoy most In the winter
time? Deride that and then write and tell the Busy Bees all about It.
Two lettera from rery far distant Busy Bees were received this week.
One was from Ruth Campbell, who lives In Oklahoma, and the other 's
from Olga Berg, at Portland, Oregon.
The prize book this week waa awarded to Blanche Stevenson of tbe
Red Side. Margaret Crosby of tha Blue Side and Ruth Campbell of the
Red Side won honorable mention.
Little Stories
tPiise Ptory.)
Our Winter Neighbors.
Blsnche Stev-nnon, Aged 14 Tears, Tlatta-
mouth, Neb. lted Hloe.
It waa very cold out, but th day
waa beautiful. The sky wsa clear and
the enow covered the ground w.th a thin
coating, and covered tha treea. We chil
dren looked out of th window. Sud
denly a little brown squirrel came leap
ing over the branches of tho trees and
stopped on a tree right near our window.
Me noticed ua, but what cared he? He
had com lo get nuta. lie tnusl not have
stored up his nuts last fall, when he
should have). He Jumped down and
his little eyes searched the ground. Sud
denly he spied some acorns and aklpped
over to thrm. He picked on up In his
paws, and with hs sharp little teeth,
bit sins II pieces of the shelf off.
Koon all the shell was off, snd h ate
the nut. One after another he ate, and
then, storing on In the aide of his mouthw
for good measure, olf up th tre ha
climbed, almost seem ng to fly. and
hurrying to hla home In a hollow tre.
Another winter neighbor I th littles
snowbird, Many hav frotn during th
Intense rold, but a good many fly
around looking for something to 'est.
iKach morning ' we throw out bread
crumbs to them, and although at first
frightened, they soon found our Inten
tions and flocks of them gathered to eat
the crumba. They will give us our pay
In songs In summer Just as any ore nostra
does.
Indeed, winter pelghobrs are Interest
ing, aren't they, Husy Be-s?
(Honorable Mention.)'
A Cheerful Family.
Margaret Crnaby. Aged 13 tears, Suth
erland, Neb. Blue hide.
In the summer tlm th baby chick
begin to hatch out, oh dear, but th
mother hen la happy when hr babies
begin to pop their fussy little heads
out of the shell.
When they ar but on day oil they
hop from - place to plac with their
mother teaching them to eat and cluck
Ilka heraelf. Tha mother hen la put In
a pen outside when th baby chick ar
about two or three days old.
One day after tha chicken wr old
enough they went to tha sand pile and
her th old hen clucked and scratched
till at laat she came . to what do you
suppose? A large and fussy fat worm.
"Just what w wanted," they all cried
Then or all th fighting and tumbling
you ever aaw over that on Uttl worm;
they tor it all Into bit and begin to
gobble It down aa faat aa they could, so
on would not get what waa not his
share. After that they knew how to feed
themaelvea with their mother help so
much.
Now, of course, these flv babiea had
to have namea Ilka other babiea, ao their
mother had to think up some namea for
them, First romea Fussy, because he Is
so yellow and fuy: then next came
Hoble. because he had such a quer
short tall; the next waa Stubby, because
he waa so short and stubby, and little
Fee, because she looked Ilk a bee, and
last and last Is tha cutlest of ll, is
Buster, because ha Is so strong and bold.
All of theae little chicks learned to be
aa good chlckena aa their mother and
were all good and pretty chick.
I hop to see my atory In print next
Sunday.
(Honorabl Mention.)
Oklahoma Busy Bee.
By Ruth Campbell Aged li Tears, For
gan. Okl. Red Sid.
I am going to writ you about our
town. It I a new town Just three yeara
old. It la tha termlnua of tha Wichita
Falls 4k Northwestern rallwey. It has
about 1,000 tnhabltanta. It haa three
churches, but I am glad to say It haa no
aaloons. On of th churches, th Metho
dist, la not ret finished. It will cost
about $4,500. There ar four grain ele
vators, and at the preaent time alt are
full, but cars are looked for on every
frelgnt train to load with grain.
My papa waa threshing his kaffir corn
snd mlto maise. but had to wait for caia
He will have something over r.000 bushel
of threshed grain. W lived ter Fuller
ton. Neb., for three year before coming
to Oklahoma. I Ilka Oklahoma lota bet
ter than Nebraska, aa It does not get so
cold here, although thla month It haa
been 11 degrees below aero. It raskes
kstlng flue, though. About March 1 w
will move to Baoca county. Colorado,
where naDa haa a claim of 320 acres. It
! la forty-flv mile from Lamar. Colo., the
nearest railroad town, and twenty miles
from Springfield, the nearest town, that
being the county aeat of Macca county
We live tliree-quartere of a mile from
Foigan, wher I attend achool. 1 am It
tho sixth grade. My teacher" name It
Mies Ituth Cwifky. I will close for fear
I of the waste basket.
! Story of a Dime.
i r.y Veiw Dele Dernier. Ated U Teaia
Lima ood. .. " F. D. No. :.
iilue Bide.
1 will tell you tie story of my life o
'fsr. It Is-not vety long, but I hop U
' ai l Interest you. I am t year old.
The first thing 1 remember waa that I
waa a llttl plc ef ailver under th
ground. It w- very dark and dreary
under there. On day light came to me.
It was great tit; machine that brought
It. I wss taxi-n up and taken to the
mint, where) I we stamped. I was kept
In a safe for ibont a mouth.
One day a nvi i came In and took me
with a lot of othere and went Into the
street. Just thei a little beggar girl
rama along and I as given to her. Then
I wss tski-n Into a baker's shop and put
into a box with a lot of other money. I
did not stay verv long, for pretty soon a
Idle glil, about II. came In aod took we.
Lut I waa not with her long, for aha
hardly got hit) the street until I was
cropped. I rulk-d and rolled and rsa
by Little Folk
ONE OP THE BRIGHT LITTLE
BUST BEES.
down between tea rocka. There I stayed
about a month and was found by another
beggar. I waa token to a grocery store,
but I did not atay long, for aoon a man
came and took me. I was glvwn to hla
daughter and waa exchanged for candy.
But soon I waa taken by a HtUe girl and
she lost m under the counter.
I have not don much good In th
world, but I hop to do much good when
1 am found agal.i.
Brownie Teaches Lesson.
By Irma Poherty. Aged 11 Tears, Lodge
Pole, Neb. Red Side.
One ther wa a Uttl Brownl. He
wag g very kind Brownl, only when chil
dren wero naughty, then h waa very
crosa. He stayed around a farm wher
four children lived. Tney wer good chil
dren most of the time, but one in a while
they would hav a quarrel. Whenever
they did that tha Brownl would say, "Be
good, be good, be good." Then they were
so scared they forgot everything about
quarreling.
When they wer good th Brownie was
very happy. One day whlla they wer
playing In th grasa they saw the Brownie
sitting on a limb of a tree. They were
very scared and they started to run,
"Come bark, children. I will not hurt
you,"' ha called. Slowly one by one they
cam back. After a whll they wer
playing together and having very much
fun. They often played together after
that.
All of th children began to to; quar
reling, but one. Ills name waa Harry.
Harry would not mind hla father or
mother. If hla mother wanted him to do
some work for her he would always an
swer. "In a minute." But he would al
waya forget to do It. Th Brownie thought
to himself, "I will hav to get Hairy out
of that habit of saying In a minute." 9a
when the children rime home from
milking tho cows the Brownie crept In
unnoticed. Then he hid behind the Move"
1'retty soon he heard the children'
mother say, "Harry you had better ahut
the cage that the birds are lnV" "In a
minute," Hrry said. "You had better
do It now." aaid hia mother. But Harry
' Idn't, and he went to bed and forgot to
tto It. As soon aa every one waa In bed
the Brownl went to see the bird. It Waa
vut of tha cage and waa fluttering around
the room. The Brownie opened the door
to go out when th bird flew out Into tlie
nen air.
In the morning on of the little glr's
went to give th bird water, when to her
rest surprise she found It wasn't there.
"Oh, mother," she cried, "the bird has
flown away." Harry hung hla head for
shame. "It la all Harry's fault." aaid hla
mother. Then Harry began to cry. " I r
never do It again." he sobbed. Th
Brownie was very happy as he had
taught Harry a lesson. Next morning, to
Harry's mother's surprise, when she told
Mm to get up. Instead of saying, "In a
minute," he aaid, "All right, mother."
Mid rot right up. and he never aaid, "In
a minute" after tat.
Pet Eabbiti.
By Anna 8ulc, Aged in Tears. Box XI,
Schuyler, Neb. Blue fide.
I hav threw white rabbit and one
brown, on. The whit rabbits hav pink
eye and tlut brown rabbit ha Irowa
eyes. Lt week w got ten young white
rabbits. They ar all white and hav
pink eyes. They eat potato peelings, ap
plea, corn, oats, apple peelinga. and dr.nk
water. Ther Is a pigeon living with
them. I think they ar very lunn'nj.
I hope Mr. Wastebacket la out calling.
Attend Party.
U- y.rv F.aoher. Aet ) f,r.. Ji.4
lfayette Avenue. Omaha. Red 8 de.
lst Saturdi I went to a party at
Sunday school. I got ter about t
o'clock, and na soon as I cam la th
door I waa given a half of a postal r,aid.
W hen everybody w as ther w matched
our card.. The rn who had th other
half of your carl waa your partner.
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Pretty Little Belgian Refugee Wins Rich
A family of Belgian refugees Is hsppy
today because Mr George H. Gould went
for a walk. j
Mrs. Oould, who Is the wlf of a
walthy retired leather merchant, saw
Harry D Rudc'cr and his wife trying to )
earn a few pennies by playing a violin
and 'cello In the street. he Inquired and
found they had a remarkably pretty lKtle
girl, Madeline, yesrs old.
Mrs. Oould hal Ihe little family to din
ner and learned their story. De Rudder,
who Is 26 yeara old and a skillful musi
cian, played In le Antwerp opera house.
H waa prosperous and comfortable with
hia wife and little girl. But the war
drove hlin from Pelglum. With money
raised at a benefit In I'Srls he bought
his wlf a 'cello and aet out for America.
He landed In Nw York pennlks. His
.rife, who had rcer played a 'cello be
fore, practiced hrd on the way over ai
she could help l.ci husbsnd supply the
family with fooj and alter until he
might find a pls'.c in aome New York
orchestra.
Wlille the patents were plsylug In the
street an agent of th Children" society
art. sun ti.etM because, he sa U, little
Madeline wss soliciting monev. Mrs.
(Jould came to the rescue snd Rudder can
find a post inn. ,
Little Madeline who 'speaks Kngltoh
well and site to play the v.olln. la now
at Mrs. Gould' house, where she will be
taken care of until I Rudder can find
a position.
At preiynt snd his wlf are living
In a tiny apartment which he pay for
by giving nvistj lessons to tha Jinitor's
two little daughtess.
Kvery plac you went your partner had
to go, too.
The first thing we did was arrane.e pus
ales. Ton and your partner had to ar
range cna puisle together. After we had
arranged pussies a long time we played
"Going to Jerusalem." W played that
for quit awhile. After that all the girls
were on one sldo and the boys on the
other. Then there were four large P s
drawn on the floor. The girls had to
cover two of th-j S's with peanuts which
were carried on a fork, and ao did the
boya. The girls beat 'n covering their S s.
After we had done that we had our re
freshments, which wss Ice cream, cake
and peanuts. It was now getting lata ao
everyone startsj for home.
The Bean Experiment.
Bt- Alhln Shnnk. Aged 10 Tears. R. F. D.
No. 8, Box 71, Schuyler, Neb. Blue Side.
One upon a time at the edge of a forest
lived . three an x lot; brother beara. A
green elf told them to set a basket on
Easter eve and Mr. Rabbitt would put in
something good for them to eat. Thla
convinced th bear, and each one de
termined to aet out a basket of hi own.
A they did not have any they deter
mined to go and look tor aoma. At last,
th day before Easter drew nigh and
they did not have any basket to put out
yet. Th next day they aet out again.
In a short period of tlm they came In
light of Mr. Bossy Cow, who waa work
ing hard at her breakfast.
"Good morning, Mra. Boaay Cow," ald
th eldest bear. Thla encouraged Mr.
Bossy Cow to look up.
"Deary me." she aaid, "If It lan"t th
three anxious bear. Well, how ar you,
and why did you wander so far from
home?"
"Oh, we were looking for a basket to
set out for Mr. Rabbit!" exclaimed the
three.
"I'd advise you to tell Mr. Ribblt not
to eat them," aaid Mr. Bossy Cow.
Th beara, being deceived, turned
y
and hurried away until they spied
WlMam Goat standing on a cliff.
"Pleaaa, air," .said the eldest of
Mr.
the
find
bears, "can you tell us where to
baskets ?"
"'Basket:" replied Mr. Goat
"Who
chaaed my youngest kid lately"
"I did," said h second bear bravely,
"but I'll not do It again."
"Baskets, Indeed!" went on Mr. Goat,
Indignantly; but th three bear wer
gone.
They wer too angry for anything, for
every tlm they asked they were deceived
more and more, so they went home, never
expecting to took for baskets again.
A Kew Buiy Bee.
By Walter Johnson. Ager U Teara, T30
Sprague -Street. Red Side.
I am going to be on of your Busy
Bee. I will join th Red Side. I am in
th Fifth B class, and my teacher'
nam la Mra. Haven.
Bead Fa;e Regularly.
Ey Catherine Pencser, Agel 11 Teara,
44M North Twentv-wnth Street,
South, Omaha. Blue Side.
I am a new Busy Bee and I am In th
Plxth grade at chool. I read the Busy
Bee' par every Sunday, and enjoy them
very much. I will write a story soon.
I go to St. Francis' school at Thlrty-
Stories of Nebraska History
If 1,1,
tu anectal nermisslon of tne author.
The Be will publish chapters from the
History of Nebraska, by A. fc.. Sheldon,
from week to week.)
Fort Laramie
Fort Iaremle, Nebraska Territory, was
tha moat noted name on the map of tha
west from 11S34 to 1S3. Akhough now the
old fort Is In Wyoming forty miles be
yond the Nebraska atate line, the memor
ies of its esrly days belong lo Nebrsska
history.
The early fur tradera founded Fort
Laramie. One of them. Indeed, died to
give hla name to the Laramie river from
which the fort wa named. As far back
as 1W4 th first fur trader'a post, called
Fort William, waa built In th forks of
th Laraiule and North Platte river. By
th year 1$4 the name Fort I-aranue
vii In common use. It waa a new fort
with walla twenty feet high, built o.
sunbaked clay brlcka. It stood on a
little hill nesr the Laramie river, about
a mile above wher that river Jol -ed
th Platte. Hei Ui hunter and trap
oera for the American Fur coin pa uy
I rought their furs and her Indians came
to trade. About 1849 the I'ulted State
bought th fort from th fur company
-t a aoun became the chief post in
th Indian country. All the trave e.-a on
the Oregon Trail lonaed for sight of Fort
Laramie. It wes ? miles from the
UiiMiirl river. Here the plain and the
i' 'v4
iff v l
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second and K streets. I wish to Join
the Blue l!de, for that Is my favorite
color. I hope that Mr. Wastebasket Is
out skating when my letter coin-s. I
must close for I have nothing else to
wrlto. So goodbr, Dear Busy Bees.
Selfish Barbara.
By Use ftr laemsn. Aged 11 Tears. Ne
braska City, Neb. Red Side.
Barbara was a very selfish jrirl, 9 years
old. Mary, her friend, came over one
morning after Christmas to playjShe
at once spied the new doll. Mary'pleked
It up and ssld, "My, what a pretty doll."
Barbara said, "Tou have no right to pick
up my doll, without me giving you per
mission." "Oh! excuse me, but your doll waa so
sweet I couldn't resist looking at It,"
said Mary, timidly.
Just then Barbara's mother, Mr. Dona
hue, came In and said, "Barbara, there
la a little lunch for you and Mary."
"Don't want nothing to cat. If I can't
hav company without touching every
thing I have. I don't feel Ilk eating."
"Why, Barbara, what la th caua of
this talk?" asked Mr. Donahue.
"Well, when Mary cam the first
thing ' she did w as to handle and look
at my doll."
"Oh, Mrs. Donahue," said Mary, "when
I came In here, I saw Barbara'a beau
tiful doll, and I jut couldn't keep from
picking up th Uttl beauty. Then, too,
I aaw her lovely glovos, her fountain
pen, correspondence cards and her
beautiful camera. They all looked so
nice that I couldn't resist looking at
them. Then "Barbara aaid to me 'You
have no right to look at my preaonta
without me giving you permission.' "
"Barbara," aaid Mra. Donahu. aternly,
"Is this the truth, what Mary tolls me
about your selfishness?"
"Yes, It Is th truth." replied Barbara.
"Very well, go to your room," said Bar
bara' mother, aternly.
"Mary, won't you have same cake and
and an apple?" "Yes, thank you,"' re
plied Mary,
"I am surprised at Barbara" behavior,
but aha can not play for th rest of to
day, Mary." . "Goodby." said Mr.
Donahu.
Th next aftornoon th door bell rang
and Lola, tha maid at Mary' home,
answered tha door. "Is Mary homer"
said Barbara. "Yes." "Plea teU ber
that on of hr friend wishes to ae
her," Lola, tailed Mary.
I will come down In a moment," ald
Mary.
In about ten minute th two girl
met In th hall. "I have com to beg
your pardon for my behavior In your
presence yesterday," began Barbara.
"Will you pleaae forgive me?"
"Yes. I will forglvo you." said Mary.
And they wer always good friends after
that, for Burbara waa never seinsn
afterwards.
Skating Party.
Ey Alice Thomss. Deer Trail. Colo., Bos
i:i. Red Side.
Last Monday we had a holiday so most
of our school went skating. We went
abcut 10 o'clock In tl e morning and skated
till dinner time, when two other girla and
I got dinner. We had wienies, crackera
BHUlDOat
mountains met. Here the wagon train
resttd and refitted before starting on
their Journey through the mountains.
Near here the great councils were held
with the Indians, and th historic trea
ties of 1S0I and l&JS mere made. Oieat
buildings were built her by the gov
ernment to shelter soldiers and supplies.
From this fort the regiments msrehed
to the Indian w are and here were brought
many of the dead from those campaigns.
It waa the great station on the world s
great highway.
In 191 Fort Laramie was abandoned.
Today Ita ruins cover forty seres of
land. A few of the old buildings are
used by five or six familiea who attll
live at the old pi ire. The old guard
house or military Jail where th prison
er were kept Is used aa a horse stable.
Roofless buildings and crumbling walla
ar everywhere. Deep gullU over tht
hills mark the rout of the Oregon Trail.
A tiny white s hoolliouse stands near the
correr of the old parade ground, now
grown over with grass, snd a doscn
school children now laugh and play
where once the aoldiers marched at com
mand. The dead are gone from the
graves on the hillside to rest In the
cemetery at Fort Mcr'berso'i. The old
life of the Oregon Trail and the Indian
war Is rone nev r to re' urn. but the
nam of Fort Laramie wi'l alwave re
main In the hlatory of early Nebraska.
Woman as Patron '
and many other good things. In th
morning the boys drank all th water,
after dinner they had to dig a hole In th
Ice and get some wler. 1 think w all
got cold from It. but we ar planning to
go soon again for we hav lot of fun
skatlnz. -
Boosts Home Town.
B- Olga Berg. 1279 Esst Thlrtr-ffrst
Mreet. North, Portland, Ore. Red Side.
This is letter writing week In our cltr,
so I am writing to you.
Portland la a beautiful place to spend
your summer vacation.
We are going to have a beautiful rosa
festival June7, 8 and 9. There will b
roses, roses, rosea everywhere.
"For you a rose in Portland grows."
The Columbia Highway Is tha most
beautiful road in the world. Tha road
runs right along the Columbia river. W
see many snow-capped mountain. We
are only a short way from the Pacific
ocean.
I hop you will come to Portland and
help u enjoy our beautiful city.
Tounpest Busy Bee.
By Thelma Dele Dernier. Aaed ( Years.
Elmwood. Neb. Red Side,
My sister la writing a atory, ao I wrote,
too. I am yeara old and am In tha sec
ond grade. I have a very good teacher"
and her nam Mlsa Dorothy Troup. W
all like her very well. I cannot read very
well, ao Vera reads th stories to me, and
I 11k them oo well that I thought t
would help the rag out with my letter.
W have three pet a dog, a cat and a
Pony. They are all nice. I hop Mr.
Wast Basket la out when thl letter
come.
Enjoys Busy Bee Stories.
By Rae Sara Iseman. Aged 11 Yeara, N.
braska City, Neb. Red Side.
My name I Rae Sara Iseman and "
am u year old. I am In the Sixth B
clasa. My teacher'
Borchers. I
nam j Miss
I enjoy readlnr vour nri n .,v
r
X
would like to belong to the R4 km.
I will writ a atory soon.
RAB SARA ISEMAN.
Tour slncerly.
P. S I had no rule to follow aa to
how a atory should be written, but I
hop the on enclosed will be satisfactory.
Many Christmas Gifts.
By Donlc Vromin. Aged 10 Years. Pat
terson Avenue, Plattsmouth.
Neb. Red Side.
Thl I th second tlm I hav written
X will tell you ihnnt mu r-,
Chrlstmaa ev I went to church. I
spoke a piece and sang a song. I got
a doll, awing, a pair of overshoes, a mug
and ribbon, a plate, a pair of slipper
nd some mittens. I spent Christmas at
home. I had a nlc time. I will Join U
Rd Side.
Will Write Diary.
Ey Edith Kenyon, K3J Cuming Street,
Omaha. Blue Side.
I am going to aend aome thing un
usual to the paper. I am going to end
In my diary continuing It every week
and if the editor would not car to hav
It. all he will have to do Is not to
publi.li It. I will try to make It a in
teresting as I can. Next week I will send
In my first copy.
Mischief.
By Vivian St-niey, ,el i Year. Coaad.'
Neb. Blue Side.
"Mischief is th name of my pet pig.
I tall It Miachief because It 1 always
Into omething. It Is almost grown now.
I am 12 years old and am tn th sixth
grade. My teaMier'a name Is Mis Sarin.
I want to Join the Blue Side. I hope Mr.
Waste Basket is tsklng a nap while my
".elter reaches the office.
Kew Busy Bee.
By Ch-'int:'" Toml'on. ' Ter. Box
,S. Fort Crook. Neb. Blue Side.
I would like to Join the Blua Side. I
like to rend tho Buay Bees stories. I am
U years old snd I am In the fourth grade.
My teacher s um la Mies EUla Busekist.
As my letter is gcttlug long I will cloj!
I hoi Mr. Waste Taper Basket Is on a
visit.
Rescues Little Bird.
By Veron ca Carter A Bed ui Y -o ... ,i-
l.fayette Avenue. Omaha. Ulna g,d.
Saturday iiftemoon I went down town.
I waa going down the street and naw a
little bird. I picked It va and saw it .
cold. There wa Some boea in.
bay In them, so I pi t R i ; j,
hay and cofon Pi it. A Met ),. t .,
the box I event ava. 1 . e,. , y
letter i:i pr I.I.
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