Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 13, 1915, Page 31

THE 11 B ) The Busy Bees OMORROW is Flag day, set apart to honor the emblem of our nation. There isn't a Bus: for what our flag stands. y Bee, I am sure, who doesn’t know Even those who have just arrived | here from foreign lands are very quick to learn that, and indeed they vie with the native-born boys and girls in their 1m.mr to the Stars and Stripes. The flag of our nation was adopted by congress Jume 14, the following resolution: ‘Resolved, States be thirteen stripes, alternate 1777, in That the flag of the thirteen United red and white; that the thirteen stars, while in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” Although our flag is less than a century and & half old, it is a curi-| ous fact that it is older than the present banner of Great Britain, adopted in 1801; or Spain, 1780; or the French tri-color, 1794; With the advent of our flag is connected the name of Betsey Ross, whom a committee of congress, Empire of Germany, 1870 Washington, sought out in her home ing the flag. operation with her skiliful fingers, or the flag of the accompanied by in Philadelphia to aid them in mak- resulted in the red, white and blue \ union be | The willing heart of this patriotic woman working in co-| banner which is admired by all nations, and of which all loyal Americans | are justly proud. This week first prize was awarded to Elizabeth Franey of the Blue | Side; second prize to George Beal of the Blue Side, and honorable mention | to Mary Grevson of the Blue Side Little Stories by Little Folk| First Prize.) 1 Western Trip in Auto. Elizabeth Franey, Aged 12 Hickman, Neb. Biue Stde st fall we all went on a trip out west in our auto. We started at 6 o'clock in the morning, and arrived at my u at 7 o'clock that evening—a 20-mile driv We got lost in the hills or we would ha arrived there earlier Some places on the way saw of the stones marking the Oregon The telephone wiree were down yet Harvard, where the cyclone struck. We saw some houses where it had struck, and a cornfield which It had gone through didn't have anything left in it except the stalks. At Hastings we drove through the asylum grounds, and saw them tak- ing some of the peaple out for an airing. Around our uncle's place large By Years, we some trail, at were canyons. 1 never saw such hills befor they looked pretty when they were cov- ered with grass. There were a lot of coyotes and badgers in the canyons. My incle lives about nine miles from the Platte river, so we went over to see It with our cousins. Where wo were the river was a mile wide. There wasn't so much water in it that day, so it had quite a few li{tle islands. Some of them had weeds growing on them, them look preity. flower beds. there, We stayed at my uncle's five days. 1| enjoyed the vieit, and would like to Lake another trip this fall. that made Some looked like little There were hardly any trees (Second Prize.) i Faithful to School. | By George Beal, Aged 7 Years, 1315 North Twenty-eighth Street, ' South Omaha, Neb. Plue S'de. ‘The other day my brother while at play during the moon hour at school, had his thumb pulled out of joint. The teacher told him to go home and have | it put back In place. He would not go until the teacher assured him that he ‘would not be counted absent as he is trying ‘for a perfect cttendance button, and the year was nearly over. After the doctor had set his thumb and ban- daged it up, he looked up in the aoctor's | fast. ONE OF THE BRIGHT LITTLE BUSY BEES. He went to pour the milk, but in- stead of being milk it was gold. He took {a hot potato and swallowed it whole, but the golden touch was too quick for him. That night while he was trying to read in his private library, the fairy came to him, asked him if he had his wish, “Yes, but 1 do.not like everything to turn to gold.” So the fairy said for him to pour water over thing that he did not want to be gold. She said that he never would have the golden touch azain, Only a Dream. These little girls all took part in the ex- hibition drill given at the Bohemian Turner hall last Sunday, and did their |part so weil as to win much praise. They are: Bottom row —Anna Krupsika, Mary OMAHA. SUNDAY BEE: . - - - - L] L] Prenosil, Mary Brazda, Anna Brazda, Mildred Kayar. Second row—Bessle Her- Jean, Marie Kolar. Rosie Vanek, Rose Prenosil, Olga Brodil. Third row—Bessle Christensen, Agnes Simanek, Matilda Andresen | Caroline Uhler. kly, he was ashamed because he destroyed sacred human life. Which shall we choose, War or gentle Peace? The Army Dog. Edmund Hald, Aged 12 Years, Sum- ner, Neb.” Red Side. One day Alfred and Robert were stone ing a dog they found in the yard. Grandfather came out just then and sald: “Why, boys, what are you doing to that dog?” “Chasing him out of the yard,” “He hasn't any feeling,” a8 he threw another stons By who was trying to hide be- face and asked, “And can 1 g0 back to |°7 West Atair et Crseton a% ¥4 fswered Robert. school now?’ When the doctor said, Red Side. g I he continued, “Yes,” he was satisfied We blinked, rubbed our eyes, and again | &t the dog, looked at the auto tracks leading out of | hind a rose bush, but not having ‘much (Mosoratls antion.) | the grove. Yes, it was real, the ice cold | success, {fact. And to think that even Bob had| Wrens for Neighbors. By Mary Grevson, Aged 13 Years, Point, Neb. Blue Side I suppose many of the Busy Bees have neighbors, but my new feathered neigh- bors are very pretty. They are a pair of wrens, a father and a mother wren. 1 will tell you how they took charge of the new home. One day I made a house, put it in the corncrib, and had a water cup and a little box to feed from. I then put it in the corncrib and waited every day | to see what birds would live in there. | One day I chanced to look out, and I same some birds carry little sticks | right in into the house. I first thought | that the birds were robins, but soon found them to be wrens, Thus the wrens | bad taken charge of the new home, | One day T looked into the nest. A happy sight greeted my eyes. Can you guess' West what It wi It was four gray little wrens with wide-open mouths, as they must have been very hingry. About a later my feathered neighbors had their cozy home to seek another. week teft From Busy Bee Queen. By Alice Elvira Crandell, Aged 11, Chap- | man, Neb.. Blue Side. Every once In a while one or two of | the children in the Liberty Bell Bird club are called upon to write a bird poem or | story I have written one story and two poems. I am sending in my two poems, but the story is too long to send in. 1t any of the Busy Bees wish to join the Liberty Bell Bird c¢lub write this pledge on & sheet of paper: “I desire to become a member of the Liberty Bell Bird elub and promise to study and pro- tect all song and insectivorous birds and do what I can for the club” Sign your name, then send it to this addres The Liberty Bell Bird club, Washington Bquare, Philadelphia, Pa. All who copy and sign this pledge and send it to the Liberty Bell Bird club have their names enrolled and the club button and guide sent free of all charge. The birds I have seen this year are the bluejay, killdee, robin, meadow lark, crow, sparrow, woodpecker, blackbird, brown thrush, wild dove, oriole, finch, bird In my next letter I will tell you some | more about birds I have seen and also about our school program given in our new hall The Magic Touch. Ethel Pyle, Aged 10 Years, Beatrice, Neb. Blue Side. Once there was a very rich king. Al though he was rich he never had enough gold. One day while he was in a count- Ing room, countirg out his money, and ulso making a wish that he had more goid, a falry appeared to him and asked him what his wish was. He told her She sald, tomorrow, at sunrise have his wish The next morning he awoke and to his surprise, everything he touched turmed to gold. He sat down to eat his break- By | untll now for them to come back. | dark,” gold | hawk, yellow hammer and king | he would | had the nerve! Especially helped to get the party up when I walked Into the road and strained none was to be had. had left our auto to gather some flowers in a nearby timber. Some way I had be- come separated from the others and had wandered quite a distance from our auto. Hearing the honking of an auto's horn, I had made a run for it and had come to the place where our Ford had been Jjust in time to see it disappearing over the horizon. While I was still gasping for breath, my friend came out of the bushes on the other side of the road. We had waited vicre by the side of the road And now we were stranded, without evening Wraps, or any means whatever of getting | home ‘excepting, of course, we might walk it; and it was four and a half miles to town. It was growing dark, but a big full moon was coming up and so we were not “afraid of having to go home in the as the saying goes Again, “Well are you coming?’ broke the stillness, to which I replied meekly, \ery meekly indeed: do.”” And off we started. “Guess that is the only thing we can my ia slight pause, eyes through the gathering dusk to catch'on the Potomac river and had just come & slght of some kind of a vehicle, but inte camp when we heard that the enemy | ‘We had gone perhaps a mile and a half, | when we suddenly came upon the rem-| nants of one Ford automobile, lying in the center of a ditch. With a gasp of horror I ran up to the wreck and started to recover the mutilated bodies of my friends. Poor Bob! I now thought of what I was telling myself I would do for him once I caught him alone. Miserable, | unthinking wretch that I was. I had be- Eun to pray for forgiveness as I worked, when something gave me a terrific jerk on my foot and—I woke up in time to untie my fishing cord from my big toe | ({and pull in a three-pound bullhead, the | ylnrzvn catch of the day. | | War and Peace. | By Florence French, Aged 12 Years, ] Glllette, Wyo. Blue Side. | Once there was a bold black warrior named War. courage He was a bold fellow with War was loved in olden times. | in his evil ways for they knew no better, But into these people’s lives came Peace, gentle and full of sweetness. Whtre | Peace was known civilization ruled the ! people. | “Once the sweet Goddess of Liverty called these two together. War spoke well and won the love of the people und they laughed with joy. But when Peacs camo up to speak the people shed ftears of sorrow, for she told of the children rageed and wretchod, begging on fhe roadsides. Of the women in 8orrow and despair, weeping in the rulns of thelr homes. As for the people, they look sor- rowful, but soon their eyes brighten as they lay the crown of olives on Her head and shout with joy. Peace had won. She was not sorry, for she loved the people and did good to them tnat loved her. War was seén no more for \ The people loved War and helped him | | Then we started home. “If I told you the story I have in mind had (I think you would have a better opinion Getting up !of dogs," grandfather sald {from the log on which I was sitting, I| “It was fifty years ago,” “and we he sald, after was near, so we got ready to defend Two hours before, we, with two others, 'ourselves, “They were retreating when I was wounded. They carried me nto the hos- pital and I recognized the man next to me as an old neighbor of mine “Just then there was a nolse at the door and a lmige dog came in. The man gave him something, but the dog wasn't satistied with this and wanted his mas- ter to follow him. He sent one of the officers to follow the dog. “They came back soon and sald that there was & camp of the enemy just across the river and the dog had dis- covered it and wanted to show the sol- diers. “The man explained to me later that he had found the dog almost frozen and had kept him. The dog wouldn't leave him after that. “Oh, T forgot to tell you that we sur- | prised the enemy and won,” said grand- tather. An Enjoyable Picnic. By Elizabath Simmons, Aled 13 Years, 3 96 Main Avenue. McCook, Neb. d, Side. One Friday afternoon my class hed a holiday, so six of us girls decided to have & vicnic At 3 o'clock we starteq for the river with our lunch, which consisted of sand- wiches, candy, cookles, cakes, olives and pickles. One of the girls brought some bathing sults and taught us to swim. We alte took some pictures of the girls in the water After we had been in the water about an hour we got out and ate our lunch. On the way we discovered four little birds in a nest on the grounds. We also took & few pie- tures a4 we came to a pretty spot. We had so much fun. on that pienic that we decided fo organize a little club ang have a little picnic and go swimming | about every two weeks. The plctures we took were very good. Lillian's Valentine. By Alma Ashley, Aged 10 Years, Wymore, Neb. Blue Side. It was Valentine day and Lillian was showing some of her little friends the valentines that she had received, when the expressman drove up to the door. “Why,” sald LilMan, “I never knew that the expressman came Christmas. He has never come hese be- fore. I think he made a mistake. ¥ will go tell him that he made a mimtake, Re. were camping | only at| {one. “I think It is a little rocking chalr,” { sata another. Li sar and cut the cord, when lho saw a hole on the top. Bhe tried to peep through, but just then a little white paw was thrust through it. “Oh' said they, "It is a lttle white kitten.” ‘was a little white kitten. ribbon around its neck. the box saying, Valentine," As this is my first story I hope to see |1t in print. I want to join the Blue Side l?‘ blue is my favorite color. It had a blue It had a card in I have come to be your Find Injured Bird Ethel Loomis, Aged 8 Years, mont, Neb. Blue Side. 1 was 8o pleased to see my first story |in print, eo thought I would try ag {1 am glad when I get the Busy Bee paper. I am planning golng, away this |summer. I am going to tell you about a bird. One morning a boy found a bird. Its wing was broken. He took it to school and gave it to the teacher. We didn't know what kind of & bird it was, 50 we let It go. Another boy found it and put it in his pocket. My favorite color is blue, so I will join the Blue side. I hope to see my story in print. By Fair- Hopes to Win Again. By Viola Diedricksen, Aged 9 Years, Marne, Ia., Routs No, 1. Blue Side 1 thank the editor for giving me & prize and 1 hope I'll get a prize once again. I will write a story or a letter again soon, #0 T think I must stop writing now, 8o good-bye, friends. Hurt While Riding. By Lorene French, Awed 10 Years, lette, Wyo. Blue Side. o 1 read the stories nearly every time. 1| think they are very nice stories. I am {in the sixth grade. I do not rfde very {much because I broke my leg when [ jon of the author, chapters from the . E. Sheldon, (By_special permi will The Bee ubl! History of Nebraska, by from week to week.) Old Fort Atkinson On the site of the Council Bluff where Lewis and Clark first held council with the Indians, once stood old Fort Atkin- son, bullt in the year 1519, the first United States fort in Nebraska. The Riflc regiment and the Sixth infantry It was a large, strong fort cannon and several hun- were here. with fifteen dred soldiers. were tewmsters, laborers, traders, hunt- ers, trappers and Indians, making o town of nearly & thousand people. They had a brick yard and a lime kiln. Rock was quarried from the ledges along the river. A saw mfll and a grist mill were kept busy. lundreds of acres of rich Nebraska land were farmed and thou sands of bushels of grain ralsed. Roads ran in all directions from this fort on the Councll Bluff. Indiars came to it |from all parts of the west, for it was the most western army post in the United States. From far-off Santa I'e | Mexicans came | Indtans and make White women wero here. There were marriages and births Children played about the bluff, and probably the first {#chool in Nebraska was taught here, here to meet the Pawnee peace with them The expressman was just & knocking | Fort Atkinson was the largest town of when Lillian opened the door. She was early Nebraska and the only town In just going to tell him that he made a|Nebraska at that time. mistake when he sald, “Is this where| To this fort in the summer of 1522 Lillian Gray Mlves®' “Wh said Lil-|came the news that a party of American lian, “that is my nsme. Then here |trappers had been fired upon by the ls a package for you' It was & big box | Arikara Indlans and about twenty of and Lillan went in where the children them killed. The Arikaras were related (Were. “I think it s a new hat” sald|lo the Pawnees They lived on the Mis- Hesides the soldlers there | Fort Atkinson. We know that in the ||summer the fur traders came up the || HMver and keel boats from St Louls brought stores and news from the world below. In the winter sleds traveled ~ | across the snow to other posts. Hunting Helen Serjean, Vivian Kaspar, Fourth row—Anna Rye- Sylvia Swoboda, Emily Misterky, Helen Bvojtek, Mary Tesar. “wu riding behind my sister, and my leg broke. care much to ride. 1 ever wrote to the teacher's name is Mrs. good one. | 1ove he | Her | Her Clarkso By Omaha Join the I like her bettcr than any Sure enough it |teacher 1 ever had. I fell off Bince then 1 don't This Is the first time Busy Bees. Heitle. Tribute to Teacher. By Julla Hrub; Ne rover not blame her, | and she is in such poor health. daughter to be close by mnext term. is Miss Matilda Neb. name n, Bee. v m and good to us all. for Aged 11 Years, Pender, Red Side xh, 1 Bhe ‘Wo have such a dear teacher, 81 Weo may get New Busy Bee. Blue S8u the Busy Bees. Helen Abraham, Aged 10 Schuyler, Neb., de. Auto Trip to Iowa. Aged 10 Years, Blue Side. By A. B, SKELDON la, By er?orm Dickson, Y Nelll, Three years ago we all took a trip to Towa in our car. We stopped at Sioux City all night, and in went on and stopped at Spirit Lake & | couple of weeks. ny aunt's home, of Osage, Neb. Then we the, morning we a Stories of Nebraska History My Bhe is & We all 15 so kind It just makes me feel 80 bad every time I think that she is not coming back next term. Of course I do has only n mother, ©he wants Tomes of good teacher next term who will bo as good and kind to us. Years, Route 3, Box . This 18 the first time I have written to My father takes The I read the Busy Bee page every Monday and T enjoy It very much. I live in the country. and five brothers. Blue Side. 1 have four sisters 1 wish to join the 1 will write a story soon. went out to which is ten miles out and stayed there a week. 1 am a mew Dumy Bee ang would like to Blue Side partiea from the fort went out to kil game for the soldlers. Eo many elk, and deer were Killed in this way thal the | Omaba tribe could find no food on their | old hunting grounds Big Elk, chief of the tribe, came to the fort for help saying that his people were starving while the soldiers killed and drove away the game. In 1837 | Fort Atkinson was abandoned by the United States. All the soldlers | were sent down the Missouri river. They |drove away a great herd of cattle which wupplied them with beef. They left the plowed fields to grow up with grass and weeds. All that was of use and could be oarried was taken away. The bulldings were left. The traders and hunters went |to Bellevue and other posts down the river. Tt was sald that the Indians burned the Lulldings after the woldiers were gone. Six years later Maximiltan, the great rman traveler, found the fort in ruins |The great stone chimneys were standing and a brick storehouse was still under roof. Rattlesnakes made the place their | home. When the early settlors came to this !m\n of Nebraska in 1864 and 1885, they were g'ad to find that the United States had provided them with such a supply of to use for their They tore down | brick and stons ready |chimneys and cellars the ruilne and carried them away to their farms Today Iittle village of Fort Cal houn, sixteen miles north of Omaha, ad- Joins the site of old Fort Atkinson. On the summit of the Council Bluft may still be traced the parade ground, the place where the flagstaff stood, the rows of cellars where once were the officers' quarters, and the barracks where the | soldiers 1lived. The ashes and broken brick where the great fireplaces wers may still ba found, as alse the powder vault and the road running down Hook's Hollow to the bout landing on the river Bvery spring w the people make en the gardens they plow up bullets and but- tons with the name “‘Rifle” or the figure L] for the Sixth infantry, on them Gold ana silver colns are also found Most of them are Spanish colns with far away dates upon them, telllng of the time when Spain ruled the greater part of America and its colns were In com merce everywhere Such s the story of the Council Bluff and Old Fort Atkinson, the scene of the firat council with the Nebraska Indians, the site of the first fort, and the first tmportant tovn In the state. It was the center of busy life 100 years ago Today the Missouri river is three miles Away from the old landing beneath the bluff. The fort and its soldiers are gone. The Indlan trader and hunter come no more. The Mexican no longer crosses the plains to make peace with the Pawnee. The very name of the old fort is forgotten. Yet here is one of the historfe spots of early Nebraska whose memories should be cherished and whoses story deserves to be told. Absolute Unva The reason why:— There is only one germicide in the world that is strong enough to me- complish actual antiseptic cleanliness and that is at the same time mild and harmless enough to be used in a tooth cream, Thig is “Benstol,” the teated, most Ntl" lllli:k g“ modern, non-| antineptio wermicide, powder you plunnl 10 (R: m.tumu 1% acoptap] n "o y aoccom) of ‘gvod.In "the destr serms that are oonnu-uy lltukln[ t! xums and teeth. All this talk about “mcid mouth” q o8, i yarious other glever catoh ph y 80 man; vertis YourTeethNotClean Unless You Use “Benetol” Tooth Cream This Is a Positive Statement and Is the rnished Truth. couwl:n &r send mbinatiol o g;,{‘ g hvmr“'m. e write to us luermc w! olal nnvulum B lhlrml.n A 1’“&“ my lhrv Mad: Benetol !l\n,..‘l-nnmh?' m. .oll. y re rtance - :e the e to vnporx s ‘ot Ben. otor raoth ‘Breatt The otol Tooth Cream in conjun k th Benetol itself as mouth wu mornlnl Kurgle “wit positivel u oure pyorrhea, Pont tartas Fou lrom ooljecting, on! lbo te and prevent EI’I ? odort; purify the m \Ith Md oure bl IlI ing gums, ‘I stroy aluuo an aontu on germs whi are taken through the n%m nd meuth, wil m- thn others have nenotol "Hooth crea la """« Hghtful and r.fmhlnl' flon’lmce DIAMONDS ON CREDIT FOR WEDDING AND GRADUATION PRESENTS FREE TRIAL COUPOR T00 danetst 'uids. Minneapotis; aimn, “Hl send WATCHES | W Y orhefine dlamond in the ideal wedding | souri river, in what !s now South Da- |f -~ e | & Procure a8 soma Werthie 8 6r oot | kota, 50 mies above Fort Atkinson. h:"uxl: :“llumnx of our Easy Credit | They were different from the wild In- [} _ aid " bargain i T X T diuns on the plains, for'they lived in (§ “28 K stud Lavallieres, brooches | villageo surrounded with walls of dirt | N\ sliverware, separate and fenced with timbers set on end In Bt s oharny Do, S5 SNY ATERANA the ground. An Arikara had stolen | horses from the trappers. He was horse- | whipped by them. This led to the at- | tack on the trappers | | There were very busy times in the old | fort on the Council Bluff when the news | came, The bugles rang out calling the || xag _geare Pin,| | soldiers to their colors. Cannon .nd[ lulld‘ old, 1 * Watch, powder (nnd er were loaded into keel "‘:'M.. gonu- | Pendant, or Regular Watc boats. The hunters and trappers at the || mand ", 98.90 | fort seized thelr rifles. General Leaven- | $1 & Mouth | worth started with over 200 soldiers. He | ey | | 1134—La Valllere | was joined by 40 Bloux warriors, who | 1186-—Bracelet can be detached, 5o watch [ e i e severul parties of hunters and river men, | lar size, full 15 Ruby Jewe'ed Nickel | It was & month's march along the shores movement, pendant set, either white or | ¢ of the Missourl to reach the Arikars vil- Tola dial Guaranteed 30 yrs. Hracelst | lnges. T o keel powder and food were ats with the pulled up the cannon, | river ) W 688—Tie Clasp, | solid wold, gen- as each link is detach TERMS: $1.50 can be adjusted to any size avie $13.58 A MONTE, with ropes. Never befors haa such an [§ U0 2 #85 [army been seen on the 1.o/th Nebraska || mona: spt [oraires. On August § they arrived at | the Arikara villages. » cannon were | |placed on a hill and thelr heavy balls ‘ fired into the village, while the Sioux under their chief, White Hear, fought | with the Arikar warriors outside the \ walls, Gray Fyes, chiet of the Arikaras, and about forty of his people were killed. | | S0k BTGl toF: | Nond TIE Dl | Fiike Caoiia sold. | 704, Solid_Gola The tribe sued for peace and a treaty |[ s “Pertection” | prong tooth| Homan finiay | 39°0RG, ROMGe was made while the white soldiers and || Dicuoad. =~ §8@ | JIRUntns: monde $10 | Diamond in the Bloux feasted on roasting ears trom | J| Pr ;“ ) L Ty i [the Artkara 5 » 3 2.0 e " to Fort cornfields. T | @lers were killed and the Atkinson. his No Is ‘Arlknm war of 1823 and ls the on the Nebraska frontier There was aquiet for long alled first time white sol- army returned the war at ™ 8 uuua 903, Pho [oFTIS BROS & CO. 1{&3 Ovvosite 'Il'.-'lll Co. Department B@tore. 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