Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1916, Page 32

B 6—D THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 30, 1916, - Longview, a Dream that Came fru;; : Couatry Home of WilliamR. A. Long ‘When R. A. Long, farm-born and coun- try-bred, turned @, he decided to play a little for the first time in his busy life Being of a thrifty nature he proposed to | nake his playing pay. Accordingly he | gratified a lifelong ambition, set abour to construct and equip a $1.000,00 farm, employed a farm manager with inetrue tions to develop this farm into a suc cessful enterprise. Thus Longview farm, the finest In America, came into exist- ence. Three hog ho a greenhouse, a gar- It was no idle dream that obsessed Mr. [age, a pumping station, a gateman's | Long all the years he was building his | lodge, a stable at the driving track, &l fortune out of yellow pine trees, cutting | Keneral manager's donce, an assist- | 500,000,000 feot of lumber a year down iIn | ant marager's residence, a group of | horses of high pedigree. In the other wing s a iarge living room for the at- tendants, with ten private rooms for thelr use, all fitted with baths. the two wings, in front, is a large wait- ing or reception room, feed rooms and harness rooms. the animals they their paces as are put Loulsiana, Texas and Arkansas. He had | cOttages and boarding houses for the | been born and brought up on & farm; he | dairymen, (fifteen (enant houses in he hardships of farm | Jarge group, and last, but by no means | g g A i feast, u combination church and school, life in the early days, times when the cup was bitter, thers had been i but he | for the exclusive use of Mr. Long's farm | loyes and their families, all these drained it to the last dreg. Being one of | °MP s eleven children on a -acre farm in|bulldings, like the larger and Wors - | Kentucky fifty or sixty years ago when | :;::,'"":-:,'L . T s ot e there were no unnecessary frilis or frolic | i Ate rock road have been bullt on the was not the ideal life of ense. e place at a cost of $0,00 and twenty Having started with nothing, found two | Ly, o onoy.white fence, each rail business ventures uncongenfal and uUn- profitable, and then amassing a fortune, beyond most men's dreams of avarice, Mr. Long did not propose to throw his money to the winds which sweep over Longview. He was going to play a bit, | it he was too good a business man not © 868 to it that his farm Investment paid 100d returns. It recalls the incident which s friends relate with great glee. At a neeting of lumbermen he was introduced 8 “the man who pald $10,00 for a lorse.” After the laughter had subsided, Mr. Long arose and turned the laugh on the man who had sought, wood-naturedly, to rid- | fcule his extravagance, by saying, “'I did pay $W,000 for a horse, but already this year that horse has earned me #,00, which is #0 per cent upon my original in- vestment, and he will return me that | | twelve feet long, two inches by six, #o | mitred and joined into the eight-foot posts that there is not a nall or & Deg | In all the twenty miles of fence, which cost §25,000, Not a thing has been over-| looked at Longview which might add to {ta beauty, comfort or convenlence. The dream wag of a lifetime, when it came true absolutely nothing was ! lacking. | The crowning glory is the farm home, a | beautiful sturcture of wnite stucco, with red tile, commanding a hill from which an unobstructed view of the entire farm | 18 to ba had. The house is furnished in | the best of taste and is a “home" in ev- ery sense of the word, Mr. Long has three great pleasures in 1ife; his w nis church and his home. Longview giv him every cpportunity 1o te with his fam- much profit annually for the next ten or [ {ly amid beautiful and congenial sur-| fifteen yours. Have any df you made a |roundings | better investment this year?' Longview | xg better olood Is to be found any-| * in & rich man's farm, but the day 18 al- | whera {n America than in the stock barns at Longvlew. Witness the fact that & profitable money producer. within the last two years first prises Longview, as in Mr. Long's eye, in per- | nave been won on horses, Jersey cattie | spective, just as it appears today, before [ and hogs at the most important fairs and ever & shovelful of dirt was turned, be- | horge shows. Perhaps the mosf noted | fore ever & rod of fence was bullt, before | prize was the grand champlon five-gaited | ever an animal was brought to the place, | salijon, won at the Panama-Pacific ex- | is ; the only stock farm in America of Its | position in 1915 by My Major Dare. In- #ise that was planned, iaid out and bullt | umerable prizos and trophies were won A% the start to oarry on the maximum of | by Mr. Long's daughter, Miss Loula dch it is Intended to attain. To accomplish the ends he had in mind, Mr. Long bought fifteen separate farms, merging them Ints the one farm of Lo view, comprising 1,588 acres, elghteen miles out from the fourteen-story R. A. Long office bumiding, the first steel framo * wtructure of consequence in Kansas City and one of the best-appointed bulldings In the United States. Longview Is reached by one of the splendid rock roads | exhibited against the pick of the world, ackson county is becoming |are My Major Dure, Kentueky's Best, country. It is not the | Imperious King, Fascipation, Exposition, wecluded home cf a millionaire who hides | Catherine Grigaby, Aviation, Hesitation from public gase. Quite the op- | and Revelation. While Miss Long Is thus | is always out” | partial to the show, and her father loves a fine horge devotedly, his hobby is reaily the splendid Jorsey herd he owns, the head of which s the magnificent tnul,I rine- Long, easily the most daring and accom- | plished horsewoman in America. Ml Long was the sensation of the 1916 New York Horse show, She has shown at the most important shows in the United | Htates and Canada, taking prizes at the | London show with her noted horse, The King, sevoral years ago. Her most not- | able anim to be found in the big show | horse btarn at Longview when not being more commanding position in the stook world, A i “Success is wholly a matter of m”' Iabor | practice able law that demands hard, unremitting | aa the cost of advancement.” | Btarting out in lifo as a poor farm wt today | he ventured into the bl waiting world harneas | with only capital, Today the Long- Peorch- | Bell Lumber company, of which he is presidont, and its allled companies have investments aggregating 331,000,900, m‘ i siating of some 30,000 acres of virgin yel- low pine timber 'n Loulsiana, Toxas and Arkansas; ten modern manufacturing plants, the annual output of which is from 25,000 to 20,000 carloads of lumber; - sifsze the of 612 acros, where experiments are to prove the soll | { cows walk are efficlency of the sections and to anaist | ners and angles the settlers brought into these new lands | ensily to be kept by the Long-Bell Farm Land corporation, | talls floored of whose executive board Mr. Long ‘u' hairman. | of | Mr. Long has rendered good account or! & constant supply of | his stewardship, giving liber: lly of his dairy barn and removes | plenty to those ioss fortunate and to im- rriers down the cety | prove conditions Loth in the country and | Ay .l:: ‘:‘:-tv‘l:ufl' m:;- in the city. Tho list of his benefactions | o ® | 1 extremely long. The most notable items . washrooms of the attend- | are these: Four hundred thousand m" m“i'". .m:‘m‘z“;” h::-:a- ~ | lars toward (he érection of a large non- ' - e gy v l:: sectarlan hospital in Kansas City, under | M‘rm mm‘":. St | the auspices and control of the National | wilking “"“V“u porgr- B ":'d‘r Benevolent assoclation of the Christian pery the Jackson | CNUTER. this sift ultimately to be in- %y, and each botile creased to $1,000,000; $250,000 (at various .r"‘. ot uce certified milk, | !Me®) to the " Irdependence Boulevard | produ , | Christian church of Kansas City: $10,000 | milk as it comes from th ‘added to or taken from | '© th® colleges and universities throug all attendants bear med- | °Ut the country; 30,000 to maintain a na- the cattle be tested an- | 11OP8! paper for the Christian church. In for tuberculosls, the cattie are | %0dition, he is a liberal contridutor to | washed before each milking, | Practically every worthy cause, and for | use plain white duck suits | e last two yoars has maintained a tent botween the milking | ©it¥ at Longview where 20 poor women ' 5 i ';’; gs:.gl ] : i; £ 4 i i l 3 i tigg !Jl i ! | farf B2t} ji low 60 degrees | God s fresh air. Whenever and wherever remain until de- | his bands have found anything to do to This (nsures ab- | Wlleviate pain, relieve suffering and d A bacteris count | trees and scatter seeds of kindness, they Uirely harmleas to | have done it, quietly, unostentatiously organism. ‘I\I- milk voidn” srescri> | MONMOUTH PARKERS FAVOR ANTI-SPITTING CAMPAIGN lnvalids, Mr, Long Monmoutn i : ! f £ H § ¥ : H : ! fEoy i § £ f i hes Longview certified milk to the of Kansas City, which and doformed | The free, . of bulidings con- | tion indorsing the ntl-spittin n foot In size, with | paign started by Mrs. H. . .lun‘:n.: ve head, wagon|The club also favored fumigation of blacksmith shop | street cars and motion ploture shows and teamsters, form- | exclusion of childven from movies during of which | tle scarlet fever epidemic Dr. €. H. Ross spoke to the club on feet in | the needs of hy, * preparedness. He horses, | urged medical cxamination of schocls i Tark Improvement *? i thirty-six #ize, carriage rooms, | piblic places ard on sidewalks. The doe. tor sald he belleved the scarlet fever outtreak would be sbated more expedi- ‘The Busy Bees IW(WMn1 Around the side of the | exhibition arena is a ralsed platform from | which the fortunate guests may watch | another popular pastime 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 prize book will be awarded in ad- | wealthy retired leather merchant, saw What do you enjoy most in the winter Decide that and then write and tell the Busy Bees all about it. through | |had come to get nuts, | should have), | his little eyes searched the ground. Sud- | paws, [the crumbs, i begin to pop their fuzsy dub Friday evening adopted a resolu- | enclosed tan-bark {snd spoke of the evia of apitiing in | HE long delayed winter sports are on in full bl Bees are having the time Sk splendid snow men there girl's front yard! Makin |dition to the prize book sach week. time? it and the Busy of their young lives, aren't they? ®, sleds and sleighbells are being hauled out and what are, guarding many a little boy or g “‘butterflies Two letters from very far distant Busy Bees were received this week. One was from Ruth Campbell, The prize book this week was awarded to Blanche Stovenson of the Red Side. Red Side won honorable mention. (Prize Btory.) Our Winter Neighbors. Blanche Stevenson, Aged 14 Years, Platts- mouth, Neb. Red Side, It was very cold out, but the day was beadtiful. The sky was clenr and the snow covered the ground with a thin coating, and coversd the trees. We chil- dren looked out of the windows. Sud- denly a little brown squirrel came leap- Ing over the branches of tho treea and stopped on a tree right near our window. He notleed us, but what cared he? He He must not have Iast fall, when he jumped down and stored up his nuts He denly he spled some over to them. corns and skipped e picked one up In his and with hs sharp little teeth, bit amall pleces of the sheif off. Soon all the shell was off, and he ate the nut. One after another he ate, and | then, storing one in the side of his moutim for good measure, off up the tree he climbed, almost seem'ng to fly, and hurrying to his home in a hollow tree. Another winter neighbor is the little snowblrd, Many have frosen during the intense cold, but a good many fly around looking for something to eat, aeh morning we throw out bread crumbs to them, and although at first frightened, they moon found our inten- tiona and flocks of them gathered to eat They will give us our pay In songs In summer Just as any orchestra does, Indeed, ‘winter neighobrs Ing, aren’t they, Busy Bee (Honorable Mention.) A Cheerful Family. Margaret Crosby, Aged 18 Years, Suth- ‘e interes erland, Neb. Blue Side, In the summer time the baby ohicks begin to hatch out, oh dear, but the mother hen is happy when her bables little heads out of the shell. When they are but one day old they hop from place to place with their mother teaching them to eat and cluck like herself. The mother hen is put In & pen outside when the baby chicks are ubout two or three days old. One day after the chickens were old enough they went to the sand pile and here the old hen clucked and scratched till at last she came to what do you suppose? A large and fussy fat worm. yoars young, an in.) ‘Just what we wanted,” they all cried detatigable worker, who modestly asserts | Then of all the fighting and tumbling his success is due to no unusual, ul-lm ever saw over that one little worm; they tore it all into bits and begin to gobble It down as fast as they couid, so one would not get what was not his thare. After that they knew how to feed themselves with thelr mother's help so much, Now, of course, these five bables had to have names like other bables, so thelr mother had to think up some names for them, First comes Fuszy, because he is #0 yellow and fuszy; then next came Boble, because he had such a queer short tall; the next was Stubby, because he was so short and stubby, and little Bee, because she looked like a bee, and last and least I8 the cutiest of »li, Is Buster, because he is so strong and bold. All of these little chicks learned to be as good chickens as thelr mother and ‘were all good and pretty chicks. 1 hope to see my story in print next Sunday. (Honorable Mention.) Oklahoma Busy Bee. 12 Y P By Ruth 'c::\'s:l‘l Am II:-" or- T am going to write you about our town. It Is & new town just three years old. It is the terminus of the Wichita Falls & Northwestern rallway. 1t has about 1,000 Inhabitants. It has three churches, but T am glad to say it has no saloons. One of the churches, the Metho- dist, is not yet finlshed. It will cost about $4,300. There are four grain ele- vators, and at the present time all are full, but cars are looked for on every frelgnt train to load with grain. My papa was threshing his kaffir corn and milo maize, but had to wait for cars. He will have something over 2,000 bushels of threshed grain. We lived near Fuller- ton, Neb., for three years before coming to Oklahoma. 1 like Oklahoma lots bet- ter than Nebraska, as it does not get so cold here, although this month it has been 11 degrees below zero. It makes skating fine, though. About March 1 we will move to Bacca county, Colorado, where papa has a claim of 320 mcres. It is forty-five miles from Lamar, Colo., the nearest railroad town, and twenty miles from Springfield, the nearest town, that being the county seat of Bacca county We live three-quarters of a mile from Forgan, where I attend schook 1 am it the sixth grade. My teacher's name i Miss Ruth Caltky. I will close for fear washed, and so | 8nd children are cared for each year,!of the waste baskel. fow moments, is | being given deep. revivifylng breaths of | Story of a Dime. 3 X 1. Dernler, Aged 11 Years s \I. ml‘?ofd.,.“'h.,," ¥. D. No. 3. Blue Side. 1 will tell you the story of my life so It i not very long, but I hope it " will interest you. I am 1 year old. | The fivst thing 1 remember was that 1 was & little pisce of silver under the ground. It was very dark and dreary | under there. One day light came to me. It was o great big machine that brought ft. 1 was taxen up and taken to the { mint, where | was stamped. 1 was kept {in u safe for about a month. | One day & man came In and took me { with & lot of others and went into the | street. Just ther a little beggar girl came along and 1 was given to her. Then 1 was taken iInto & baker's sl and put | into & box with a lot of other money. 1 di) not stay verv long, for pretty soon a little girl, about 11, came in and took wme. | But 1 was not with her long, for sh hardly got inta the street until 1 wi Uropped. 1 rolled and rolled and ran far. ; ONE OF THE BRIGHT LITTLE ! BUSY BEES. | Helernn Baker down between two rocks. There I stayed about a month and was found by another beggar, but I did not stay long, fof soon a man came and took me. I was given to his daughter and wus exchanged for candy. But soon I was taken by a Mttle girl and she lost me under the counter. 1 have not done much good in the world, but I hope to do much good when 1 am found agal: Brownie Teaches Lesso By Irma Doherty, A h Fole, Nob. ‘Red Biae . Lodse Once there was a little Brownle. He ‘Was a very kind Brownle, only when chil- dren wero naughty, then he was very cross. He stayed around a farm where four children lived. They were good chil- dren most of the time, but once in a while they would have a quarrel. Whenever they did that the Brownle would say, “Be ®00d, be good, be good.” Then they were 80 scared they forgot everything about quarreling. When they were good the Brownle was very happy. One day while they were playing in the grass they saw the Brownie situng on a lmb of & tree, They ware very scared and they started to run, “Come back, children, I will not hurt you," he called. Slowly one by one they came back. After a while they were fun. They often played together after that, All of the children began to stop quar reling, but one. His name was Harry. Harry would not mind his father or mother. If his mother wanted him to do some work for her he would alwa: swer, “In a minute.” But he would al- ways forget to do it. The Brownle thought to himself, “I will have to get Harry out of that habit of sayh In a minute.” 8s when the children came home from milking the cows the Brownie crept in unnoticed. Then he hid behind the sto Pretty soon he heard the children's mother say, “Harry you had better shut the o that the birds are Inm" “In a minute,” Harry said. “You had better do it now,” said his mother. But Harry ‘Mdn’t, and he went to bed and forgot to do it. As soon as every one was in bed the Brownle went to see the bird. It was ut of the cage and was fluttering around the room. The Brownie opened the door to go out when the bird flew out into the wen air, In the morning one of the little gir's went to give the bird water, when to her reat surprise she found it wasn't there “Oh, mother she cried, “the bird has flown away.” Harry hung his head for shame. “It is all Harry's favit,” said his mother, Then Harry began to cry. “T wil 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 him to get up, instend of saying, “In a minute,”” he sald, “All right, mother," snd got right up, and he never sald, “In a minute” after that, Pet Rabbits. Anna Sule, Aged 10 Years, huyler, Neb. Blue I have three white rabbits and one brown one. The white rabbits have pink eyes and the brown rabbit has Lrowa eyes. Last week we got ten young white rabbits. They are all white and have pink eyes. They eat potato peelings, ap- plea, corn, oats, apple peelings, and drink water, There is a pigeon lving with them. | think they are very cunning. I hope Mr. Wastebacket Is out calling. 8y Box ® Attends Party. By Mapv Fischer, Aved 0 Yenrs. 18 Lafayette Avenue, Omaha. Red S'de Last Saturday I went to a party o trade. Sunday school. 1 got there about ? o'clock, and as scon as I came in the door 1T was given a half of a postal gard. | the Indian country. When everybody was there we matched our cards. The cne who had the other | halt of your curl was your 1 was taken to a grocery store, ' | | in the snow banks is|today because Mrs George H. Gould went who lives in Oklahoma, and the other ‘s | f0Und they had a remarkably pretty litle o |from Olga Berg, at Portland, Oregon. Margaret Crosby of the Blue Side and Ruth Campbell of the | "®r and learned their story | wife, who had rever played a 'cello be- | playing together and having very much |Chased my youngest kid lately?’ partner. | Missouri river more and mbre, so they went home, never expecting to look for baskets again. Pretty Little Belgian Refugee Wins Rich A family of Belglan refugees is happy for a walk Mrs. Gould, who is the wife of a| MADELINE DE RVDDER Harry De Rudder earn a few pennies by and his wife trying to ing a violin She inquired and | and ‘cello in the street ® /Nre. s girl, Madeline, & years old, Service. Mrs. Gould hal the little family to din- | De Rudder, | who is 2 years old and a skillful musi- clan, played in 1%e Antwerp opera house He was prospercus and comfortable with | his wife and littie girl. But the war drove him from Pelgium. With money raised at a beneflt in Paris he bought his wife a "collo and set out for America He landed in New York penniless. His fore, practiced hard on the way over s> she could help Ler husband supply the family with food and sl he might find a nlace in some New York orchestra. | Iter until Wiiile the parenis were playing In the street an agent of the Children's society arrestea Lecause, he sad, little Madeline was soliciting money Mrs. Gould came to the rescue and Rudder can | find a postion, Little Madelins, who' speaks English | well and atle to play the voolin, is now at Mrs. Gould's house, where she wiil be taken care of until De Rudder can find a position At pregent e and his wife are living | in a tiny apartment which he pays for by giving music lessons to the janitor's two little daughtews. - Their Own Pageg Woman as Patron | Every place you went your partner had | to go, too. The first thing we did was arrange pus- second and K streets. I wish to join the Blue Eide, for that is my favorite color. 1 hope that Mr. Wastebasket is xles. You and your partner had to Ar-|out skating when my letter comes. 1 range one puzsle tcgether. After we had must close for I have nothing else to arranged puzeles a long time we played [ write. So goodby, Dear Busy Bees “Going to Jerusalem.” We played that | for quite awhile, After that all the girls ‘ were on one sido and the boys on the| Selfish Barbara. other, Then there were four large S's| By e Sara Iseman, Aged 1] Years, Ne- drawn on'the ficor. The girls had to| . brasks City, Teb e Side. cover two of tho 8's with peanuts which A Py vty e o] oty win _ old. Mary, her friend, came over one e e it &he | morning after Christmas to play,# she i o gy 9 o " | at once spled the new doll. Mary”picked After we had done that we had our re- | freshments, which was fce cream, cake and peanuts. It was now getting late so | everyone started for home. { The nur; Tl‘-.'xpeflment. ; By Albin Shonka, Aged 10 Years. R. F. D. No. 3, Box 71, Schuyler, Neb, Blue Side. Once upon a time at the edge of a forest lived three anxious brother bears. A green elf told them to wset a basket on Easter eve and Mr. Rabbitt would put in something good for them to eat. This convinced the bears, and each one de- termined to set out a basket of his own. As they did not have any they deter- mined to go and look for some. At last, the day before Easter drew nigh and they did not have any basket to put out yet. The next day they set out again. In a short period of time they came In sight of Mrs. Bossy Cow, who was work- ing hard at her breakfast. “‘Good morning, Mrs. Bossy Cow,” sald | the eldest bear. This encouraged Mrs, Bossy Cow to look up. “Deary me,” she said, “If it isn't the three anxious bears. Well, how are 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. Rabbit not to eat them,” said Mrs. Bossy Cow. The bears, being deceived, turned away and hurried away until they spied Mr. Witilam Goat standing on a cliff. “‘Please, sir,” sald the eldest of the it up and sald, “My, what a pretty doll.” Barbara sald, “You have no right to pick up my doll, without me giving you per- mission." “Oh! excuse me, but your doll was so sweet I couldn't resist looking at it” sald Mary, timidly. Just then Barbara's mother, Mrs. Dona- hue, came in and said, “Barbara, there is a little lunch for you and Mary." “Don’t want nothing to eat, if I can't have company without touching every- thing I have. I don't feel like eating.” “Why, Barbara, what is the cause of this talk?" asked Mr. Donahue. ““Weil, when Mary came the thing ‘she did was to handle and lock at my doll." “Oh, Mrs. Donahue,” sald Mary, “when 1 came in here, I saw Barbara's beau- titul doll, and I just couldn't keep from picking up the little beauty. Then, too, 1 saw her lovely gloves, her fountain pen, correspondence cards and her beautiful camera. They all looked so nice that I couldn't resist looking at them. Then \Barbara said to me ‘You have no right to look at my presents without me giving you permissios " “Barbara,” sald Mrs. Donahue, sternly, “4s this the truth, what Mary tells me about your selfishness?” “‘Yes, it is the truth,” replied Barbara. “Very well, go to your room," sald Bar- bara’'s mother, sternly. 'Mary, won’t you have same oake and and an apple?’ “Yes, thank you,” re- piled Mary. . 5 bears, “can you tell us where to find | “I am surprised at Barbara's bohavior, bagkets?” but she can not play for the rest of to- “Baskets!" replled Mr. Goat. “Whe |day, Mary.” “Goodby,” said Mrs. Donahue. The next afternoon the door bell rang and Lola, the mald at Mary's home, answered the door, s Mary home?” sald Barbara. ‘‘Yes' ‘‘Please tell her that one of her friends wishes to see They were too angry for anything. for | her,” Lola, called Mary, every time they asked they were decelved | “I will come down In a moment,” sald Mary. 5 ln"nbout ten minutes the two girls met in the hall. “I have come to beg your pardon for my behavior in your presence yesterday,” began Barbara. Will you please forgive me?" “Yes, I will forgivs you," “I did,” sald *he second bear bravely, but I'll not do it again “Baskets, indeed!” went on Mr. Goat, indignantly; but the three bears were A Ncwisy Bee. By Walter Johneon, Ager 12 Vears, 27120 Sprague Street, Red Side. 1 am going to be one of your Busy said Mary. Bees. I will join the Red Side. T am in| Ang they were always good friends after the Fifth B class, and my teacher's| shat, for Burbara was never selfish name is Mrs. Haven, gy -wesitage Reads Page Regularly. Skating Party, By Catherine Pencrer, Agel 11 Years, | . o | B Ot North Twentysevenin Gtrest, By Alice Thol Deer Trall, Colo., Box | South, Omaha. Blue Side. | 155. Red Side. I am & new Busy Bee and I am in the| Last Monday we had a holiday 80 most | Sixth grade at school. I read the Busy|of our school went skating. We went | Bee's page every Sunday, and enjoy them |about 10 o’clock in tie morning and skated | very much. T will write a story soon. | till dinner time, when two other girls and | 1 go to St. Francis' school at Thirty- |1 got dinner. We had wienies, crackers Stories of Nebraska History By A, E, SKELDON jon of tne author,mountains met. Here the wagon trains T;Eya:ou:‘-f\ll ":’»‘h‘:‘n’ Z't‘-ulrnr-_ from the | regted and refitted before starting on History of Nebrasks, by A. E. Sheldom, |y )" journey through the mountains i by | Near here the great councils were held Fort Laramie with the Indians, and the historic trea- Fort Laramie, Nebraska Tervitory, Was | tjos of 1851 and 188 were made. Great s the most noted name on the map of the ‘hulld!nxl were bullt here by the gov- | first and many other good things. In the | morning the boys drank all the water, so | after dinner they had to dig a hole in the |lce and get some water. 1 think we all | 8ot cold from it, but we are planning to | B0 soon again for we have lots of fum | skating. | Boosts Home Town. | By Olga_ Berg, 121 Fast Thirtv-tirst | Street, North, Portland, Ore. Red Side. | This is letter writing week In our ecity, !s0 I am writing to you. | Portland is a beautiful place to spend | your summer vacation We are going to have a beautiful ross festival June 7, § and 9. There will be | roses, roses, roses everywhere. | For you a rose in Portland grows."” | The Columbia Highway ts-the most | beautifu; road in the world. The road runs right along the Columbia river. We see many snow-capped mountains. We are only a short way from the Pacific ocean. I hope you will come to Portland and help us enjoy our beautiful city, Youngest Busy Bee. By Thelma Deles_ D 3 Blmwood, N.fi.'“’i'.a‘s‘fi‘l‘ iy My sister is writing a story, so I wrote, too. I am 6 years old and am in the see- ond grade, and her name is Miss Dorothy Troup, We all like her very well. I cannot read very well, so Vera reads the stories to me, and I like them 5o well that I thought I would help the page out with my letter, We have three pets—a dog, a cat and & pony. They are all nice. I hope Mr, Waste Basket is out when this letter comes. Enjoys Busy Bee Stories. By Rae Sara Iseman, A jed 1 braska City, Neb.® Red Bie™ My name is Rae Sara Iseman and i am 11 years old. I am iIn the Sixth B class. My teacher's name is Miss Borchers, | 1 enjoy reading your storie so much. I would like to belong to the Red Side and I will write a story soon. RAE SARA ISEMAN, Your sincerly, P. 8.~T had no rules to follow as to how a story should be written, but ¥ liope the one enclosed will be satisfactory. Many Chris it By Donice Vromdn, Aged 10 Years, Pat- terson Avenue, Plattsmouth, Neb. Red Side. This is the second time I have written 1L will tell you about my Christmas. Christmas eve I went to church. 1 spoke a piece and sang a song. I got a doll, swing, & pair of overshoes, a mug and ribbon, a plate, a pair of slippers and some mittens. I ent Christmas at home. I had a nice time, I will join the Red Side, Will Write Diary. Kenyon, 22 Cu S Omah Blue Fldn;.m. g 1 am going to nd some things un. usual to the paper. I am going to send In my diary continuing it every week and if the editor would not care to have it, all he will have to do s mot to publishi it. T will try to make It as in- teresting as I can. Next week I will send in my first copy. By Edith chief. By Vivian Stonley, Aced 1 Years, Cozad, Neb. 'Elue Side. s “Mischlef”” is thé name of my pet pig. I call it Mischief because it is always into something. 1t is almost grown now. I am 12 years oid and am n the sixth grade. My tea‘her's name is Miss Sarin. west from 1854 to 1863, Alhough now the old fort is in Wyoming forty miles be- yond the Nebraska state line, the memor- ies of its early days belong to Ne! ka | ernment to shelter soldlers and supplies. From this fort the regiments marched | | to the Indian wars and here were brought | | many of the dead from those campaigns. history. | 1t was the great station on the world's | The early fur t s founded Fort | great highway. | Laramie. One of them, indeed, died to | [y 181 Fort Laramle was abandoned. | | Today its ruins forty acres of ‘l.ml. A few of the old bulldings arve | used by five or six families who still live at the old place. The old guard house or military jail where the prison- ers were kept Is used as & horse stable. Roofless buildings and crumbling walls are everywhere. Deep gullies over the hills mark the route of the Oregon Trail A tiny white s~hoolhouse stands near the corzer of the old parade ground give his name to the Laramie river from which the fort was named. As far back as 1534 the first fur trader's post, called Fort Willlam, was built In the forks of the Laramie and North Platte rivers. By the year 186 the name Fort Laramie \'as in common use. It was a new fort with walls twenty feet high, built o. sunbaked clay bricks. It stood on a MHttle hill ne the Laramie river, about & mile asbove where that river joi ed cover now the Platte. Here the hunters and trap- [grown over with grass, and a dozen pers for the American Fur company |school children now laugh and play | trought their furs and here Indians came | where once the soldiers marched at com About 18 the United States mand. The dead are gone from the bought the fort from the fur company |graves on the hillside to rest in the | WA it soon became the chief post in |cemetery at Fort Mcrherson. The old | All the travelers on [life of the Oregon Trail and the Indian the Oregon Trail | for sight of Fort | wars is gone nev r to re‘wrn, but the Laramie. It was 8 miles from the |name of Fort Leramie will alwavs Here the plains and the | main in the history of early Nebraska I want to join the Blue Side. [ hope Mr. Waste Basket is taking a nap while my leiter reaches the office. New Busy Bee. 8. Fort Crook, Neb. Blue Side I would like to join the Blue Side. I like to rend the Busy Bees stories. | am Il years old and 1 am in the fourth grade, My teacher's name is Miss Ella Busekist As my letter 1 getting long I will cloge. I hope Mr. Wasie Paper Basket is on a visit By Chrvlotte Box Rescues Little Bird. By Veron'ea Carter. A 0 Years Biue Side Lfayette Avenve, Omaha Saturday afternoon I went down town. I was going down the street and saw a little bird. I picked it up and saw it was cold. There was sc boxes with some | Bay in them, 0 T put it in & bLox wih hay and cotton in it. After | fixed it in the box 1 avent av 1 ietter in print I have a very good teacher: