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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 18, 1918. 8 B The Busy Bees Their Own Page CHOOL closed Friday and the Busy Bees have ten long weeks of freedom from school duties stretching before them. What will you do with this time, Busy Bees? Will you idle it away, or will you arrange to spend it in a useful fashion, j plentifully distributed with good, wholesome fun? So much more can always be accom plished if one would spend a little time at first in planning just what you wish to do. Devotion to the summer sports swimming, boating, tennis and base ball, of course, come uppermost in your mind, and perhaps some of you will tend to your gardens. Anything that will keep you out in the sunshine and open air is heartily to be recom mended after the months of devotion to school books. Remember the prize contest, Busy Bees. There are still several weeks in which to send in stories on "My Experiences in Gardening." Luella Gibson of the Blue side won the prize book this week. Grace Dickey of the Blue side and Emma Gillespie of the Red side won honorable mention. COLUMBIAN SCHOOL STUDENTS PRESENT CINDERELLA IN GERMAN Students in the German clse. make tuch a decided hit that they are to repeat the production tomorrow afternoon to satisfy the demand of those who did not see them the first time. Little Stories By Little Folks (Prize Story) Bob and Rob. By Luella Gibson, Aged 12 Years, Dodge, Neb. Blue Side. As I have not written to this page for some time, I hope to see my letter in print. There are some birds that built their nest in one of our apple trees. One day I watched them. The mother bird was trying to get her robins to play, but they would not even try to. There are two birds. I called one "Bob" and the other ' "Rob." I call one "Rob" because he al ways tries to take "Bob's" feed away from him. One day when Mrs. Robin started out to find some worms for her little birds she bade them stay in the nest. While she was gone they were trying to see who could take up the most room in the nest. Rob pushed and pushed, but he could not push Bob out of the nest. Just as he began to peck "Bob" his mother came up. She told "Rob" to look her in the eyes and tell her what he had been doing. He would not do that, so she began by questioning him. First she asked, "Were you pecking 'Bob?'" He answered, "Ye ye yes." "Why did you do it?" was the next question. "Rob! did not answer, so .he repeated her question. "Why did you do it?" "I I I wanted all the worms," he answered. "I did not want Bob to get any of the worms, so I was going to push him out of the nest.". Mrs. Robin would not let "Rob" have any worms. This taught him a lesson and he grew up to be an un selfish bird. r"j (Honorable Mention) :t '. f Want. Busy Bee. to Write. By Grace Dickey. Aged 10 Years, Snyder, Neb. Blue Side. "Oh, dear, I am so tired," .aid Mrs. Robin. "So am I," .aid Mr. Robin. "That surely was a long way to fly. Now I wonder where we will build our nest." ''I see a nice tree over there," said Mrs. Robin. "I think we will fly over there and ee. We want it where we can get everything for our nest." "Ye.." said Mrs. Robin, "and we can reach the cherries so easily." "I think this will make a fine home, don't you?" said Mrs. Robin. "Yes, I think this a good place, because the children are so kind to us. Ihey at ways keep the dogs and cat. away from this tree." "Maybe they will make, us a house, and when they feed thev chickens I will fly down and get some crumbs," said Mr. Robin. This is mv first storv to the Busy Bee page. I wish that some of the Busy Bee. would write me a letter. (Honorable Mention.) My Experience in Gardening. By Emma Gillespie, Aged 10 Years, Greeley, Neb. Red Side. One day the girls at our school de cided to plant a garden. So we got - our spades and rake, and everything necessary. Then we dug up the ground. We got it nearly all fin ished that day. Then we raked it good and the next day we brought our seeds. There were radishes, on ions and lettuce. They all came up just fine, but the radishes froze. We had our picnic Tuesday and that morning I went over to the schoolhouse and pulled them all up and mamma took them to the picnic Mamma said that they were just fine. Our School Picnic By Mamie Berck, Aged 11 Year., Os ceola, Neb. Red Side. This is the third time I have writ ten to you. I will tell you about our picnic. We started about" 9:30. It was a rainy morning. The place where we were going was two and one-half miles from town. My sister took two of our horse, and went to the schoolhouse. The horse, acted alright at first, but when we went down a hill they began to get scared of the children. One horse stumbled and the other horse got .cared. She kicked up against the tongue and broke it. Then the tug. flew off. So the horses were entirely loose. My sister let go of the line, and let them run. They ran almost two mile, .when one of the arhnnl bovs causht them. Then a car came by and took a. there, but just a. we got out it started to rain. We went back to the schoolhouse. Then we had our lunch and went home. I hope to see my letter in the pa per. Reward for Courtesy. By Francis Tomjack, Aged 11 Years, Ewing, Neb., Route 2. Blue Side. A proaperous-looking citizen on a downtown corner in Boston bought a newspaper from an alert little news boy, who made change instantly without speaking ,a word. But the man lingered. At last he said, "How many newspapers do you sell here a night?" About fifty," .aid the new. boy. "What i. your name?" "Tim Manning." - "Li.ten, Tim," said the I L1 Wi f ViS f-i) ..a ITpper Picture, Lower Row, Tft to Right Harriet Rostwatsr, Helen Turpln, Esther Tlttenslr, Evelyn Cole, Portia Blgelow. Standing: Emily) Mltslaff. Margaret Peters, Katharine Davis, Helen' Roger. Louise Rl lej, Buth Wlook, Wyne Fairfield, Eleanor Soott. Lower Picture, Left to Right Seated i William Belndorff, Kthel Brlnkman, Cor nelia Baum, Helen Paulsen, standing: Virginia Pearce, Tony Leermakere, Ethel Glandetone, Francis Martin, Ham Carlisle, Richard Young. man. "When I was your age I had this very corner for a stand, but I old 200 paper, a night and I did it by carefully saying 'Thank you' to everyone who bought a paper. I said it loudly so they would be sure to hear It Three evenings later the man came by again and bought a paper of the -little chap on the corner. "Thank you," said Tim, not rec ognizing mm. "How's business?" said the man. Then Tim knew him . "I'm selling oyer- seventy-five papers every night, sir," he said. I ain't going to forget to say 'Thank you' any more either. About Cyclones. ; By Cecilia Thielfoldt, Aged 11 Years, Gretna, Neb., Route 2. Red Side. As I am a reader of the children's Busy Bee page I thought I would write a real story, which I hope to see in print. We used to live at Kearney, Neb., a year ago in January. So one day in March, the 23d, I think it was, a big black cloud came up. n got to iooKing awtuny pad. We saw all the people go to the caves and cellars, and so papa said that he thought that we were going to have a cyclone. He watched the cloud for a little while, and all at once a black cloud shot out of the clouds, just as if a stove pipe would shoot out. It looked awfully funny, and when it came to the ground it started a small cyclone. It took roofs of barn, and blew hog houses over, chickens, chicken houses, grarr aries and wind mills. On our place it blew our granary oyer and chick en house, and we had a big barn. It almost blew the roof off of the barn. That big black cloud had a point like a stick. Well, this is the story of the cyclone, and would like to see the prize. My Experience In Gardening. By Katherine Jensen, Aged 12 Year., Valley, Neb., R. F. D. 1. Blue Side. Have any of you Busy Bee. a gar den of your own? Well, I have. I am going to tell you about it. I planted my garden about a week ahead of my mother's. So it came up first. My garden is six feet by two and a half feet. I planted radishes, lettuce, parsnips and onions at first They came up fast and I soon had to weed them. One rainy day I went to the cupboard and found some seeds, I asked mother if she wanted them. She said "No." I then went to my garden and planted them. I planted radishes, lettuce, cucumbers and onions. I planted some peas not so very long ago. My garden is all up and it doing fine. I have lots to weed, Stories of Nebraska History : (By special permission of the author The Bee will publish chapters from the History of Nebraska, by a. IS. Sheldon, from week NEBRASKA AS A TERRITORY (Continued from Last Sunday.) Slavery and the Political Parties- Moat ot the people in Nebraska were opposed to slavery. As the democrat ic party was divided on the question there was a call to organize the re publican party and on January 18, 1858, the first meeting for that pur pose wa. held in Omaha. Only a few were present They were called "black republicans" and not looked upon a. quite respectable. In some countie. they combined with demo crat, and called their ticket "people', ticket" to avoid using the unpopular name "republican." Prohibition Repealed The fifth session of the legislature wa. called by Governor Richard.on to meet on September 21, 1858. It. most noted act was to repeal the prohibition law and in it. stead provide a license for the sale of liquor. Republican, were the leader, in making this change The First Surplus Crop and First Territorial Fair The year 1859 was an eventual year in Nebraska history, ror in tnat year tne tirsl corn was shipped to market Through all the season steamboats were carrying the golden grain from the towns along the Missouri river, where it had been hauled in wagons by the settlers. From that vear there mi nn nnanr doubt that Nebraska wss a farming country. In September of that year the settlers' victory over the great American desert was celebrated at Nebraska City bby the first territo rial fair. Robert W. Furnas was nrea- .dent. J. Sterling Morton, the orator of the occasion, made tfn historic speech recounttnn the hardshina which the settlers had endured and foretellinir Nebraska', jrreat future. Gold in Nebraska Gold wa. found in Nebraska in 1859 a( the foot of the Rocky mountain, in the .and. of tne streams at the headwater, of the South Platte. Soon after there was of thousands acros. the plains eager to dig tor this gold in Nebraska sands. The new gold mine, were in sight of Pike'. Peak and the gold seeker, painted "Pike's Peak or bust" on the canvas covers of their wagons. The Steam Wagon Road Ne braska City laid out a new .hort road to the gold mines, crossing the prai ries along the Blue rivers. It was sometime, called "The Steam Wagon Koaa because a .team wagon, which soon broke down, was made to travel it This new road was very popular and helped to develop Nebraska City and the South Platte very much. The new territory of Colorado was or ganized, in 1861. taking away from Ne braska its gold mines at the foot of the mountains, but never, either then or since, has so much wealth been dug from the Rocky mountains a. has been produced from the prairie, of our state. Governor Black The fourth gover nor of the territory, Samuel W. Black, democrat, of Pennsylvania arrived at Omaha May 2. 1859. The feud be tween the North and South Platte re gions had now become so bitter the South Platte people resolved that they would no longer live in Ne braska. The South Platte Tries to Secede They determined to secede and join Kansas, taking the entire South Platte country with them. To this end they sent delegates to Kansas snd to Washington asking congress to sepa rate the South Platte region from Ne braska and to join it to Kansas. This attempt failed, but the quarrel be tween the North and South Platte re gions went on The Pawnee War of 1859 What is known as the Pawnee war occurred in 1859. For a great manv vear. a larire Pawnee village was upon the bluff above the Platte where General Thay- V. -1 J . 1 T i : i i iicu iiiai luuiaii council in 1855. White settlers were coming in and the Indians had agreed to give up their land there and move to the valley of the Loup. In July they gathered their ponies, packed their good, upon them and started up the valley of the Elkhorn, under their great chief, Petalesharu. But they had a "bad heart," a. Indians say when they are angry. On their way tney roDDea tne settlers and shot and wounded a man near West Point. When the news resched Omaha Sec retary Morton ordered General John M. Thaver to aret together aa manv soldiers a. possible, follow the Paw nee, and punish them. About 200 men with gun. and horse, and one cannon joined General Thayer. They came from Omaha, Fontanelle, Fremont and Columbus. Governor Black over took and joined the command. For four days they followed the wide trail of the Pawnees up the Elkhorn river At daybreak on the morning of July 12 they surprised the Pawnee, in camp on a little creek ten miles west of where Norfolk now is. General Thayer, at the head of hi. 200 sol dier., charged upon the camp at once. The Pawnee., men, women and chil dren, came rushing out of their te pees in great terror. Their chief seized an American flaa- and rushed toward General Thayer calling out, "Good Indian! No shoot" General Thayer halted his soldiers and after a parley agreed that the Pawnees should surrender six men who had at tacked the settlers, should pay for all damage they had done and should march overland with the soldier, to their future home upon the Loup. (To Be Continued Next Sunday.) but I guess I can do it I picked some lettuce and radishes for dinner yesterday. I wish all the Busy Bees would raise a garden of their own, or else have a part with your moth er's garden. I will soon write and tell you of my flower garden. I received my prize book a long time ago and have read it through. It was very in teresting and much nicer than I ex pected it to be for such a story. Wants to Get Acquainted. By Mary Dawson, Aged 9 Years, Fairbury, Neb. Red Side. This is the first time that I have written to you, and I will have to get acquainted with you before I can write about anything. My name is Mary Dawson. I am 9 years old and in the fifth A at school. The name of my school is Longfellow school, and it is in the west ward of this town, so it is really called the West Ward. I would like to join the Red side. If my story is in print I will write again telling about my trip to Colorado. My Garden. By lone Jewell, Aged 10 Year., Cre cent, la., Route 1. Blue Side. One day papa wa. planting the garden and I asked if I could have some seeds. He said yes. I planted some lettuce and radishes. I hoed my garden last week. I have radishes big enough to use. My lettuce is almost big enough to use. I have a baby brother who will be 5 months old the 10th of June. His name is Frederick Eugene JewelL The Nuthatch. By Katherine Underwood, Aged 9 Years, Dumfries, la. Blue Side. The bird misht easilv be mistaken for a woodpecker, but it climbs down ward as well as uoward. The name was suggested by hiding nuts under the bark of tree.. It has a white breast, a gray back, a verv long bill and a black head. It creep, all over in daylight and in search of insects ana spider.. It breaks nuts with its bin. Blue Birds' Club. By Eunice Stanley, Fullerton, Neb. Agea u vear.. Blue Side. We went to the lean vear nortv and had a good time. We played tea party and then we went home and most of u. had ay good time. Hope the Mr. Waste Basket i. not there. A Robin's Nest. By Elsie Strodtman, Aged 10 Years, ficmaere, ixeD., mue side. Once upon a time a robin built a j nest in an evergreen tree and there ! were four little eggs in it. j One day when I went to look and j see if the robin was on the nest one of the little eggs was broken. I was very sorry that one of the little eggs was broken. When the eggs were hatched and the birds were gone I took the nest and put it in a tree, and one day a bird took some green grass and made it a little better. Soon a hard wind came one day and tore it down. It made me very sorry again. Busy Bee Breaks Arm. By Leona Walter, Aged II Years, Wahoo, Neb. Blue Side. La.t Thursday one of my girl friend, was over, a. some of the cher ries were ripe. We climbed up ths tree for some. First I went way up in the top of the tree, but could find none there that were ripe enough. On getting down I noticed on the limb that my friend was sitting on there were three red cherries. I pull ed them off and sst on the limb to eat. When I was through I went to get off, when the limb broke. I came down on my left arm and broke it I was taken to the doctor, where my arm wa. put in a .ling. I had to lay down for a day because it made me sick to wstk or stand up. It will be a long time before my arm gets well. . American Union of SWEDISH SINGERS Festival Concerts Omaha Auditorium Monday and Tuesday Evenings June 19 and 20 At 8:15 Mass Male Chorus Five Hundred Voices Joel Mossberg, Director SOLOISTS Mme. Marie Sandelius Soprano Albert Linquist Tenor Miss Corinne Paulson Piano , Carl Norrbom Baritone Incidental Soloists Festival Orchestra of Fifty Directed by Ernest Nordin Reserved Seats on sale at box office of Audi torium. -u : PRICES $1.50. $1, 75c, 50c