Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1916, Page 27

THE OMAHA SUND \Y BEE: MAY 28 1916 {—C J The Busy Bees + = = Their Own Page % EONY day has been set for Saturday, June 10, by the garden com- ONE OF THE BRIGHT LITTLE cake, which was their surprise for us '\ mittee of the Civic league. A $50 gold medal has been offered for BUSY BEES W el -“l‘”‘m Ry e uly; Stories of Nebraska History Gl By A. E. Sheldon the handsomest pink peony and several other prizes will be to go home. Our sorrow had turned awarded also. No doubt many of the Busy Bees have oodles of 0 Joy . Al y on ot the ‘mlflllt;v“"""\" 1854, the Omaha and Ot Indians | of Michigan, became acting governor. pretty flowers in their gardens and perhaps one of you living in . VB Ghelaon, fom werk | ceded to the United States their | He was very different in_ mind ?nd A Last year, the garden committee held a peony show and started a move By Rosa lehnke, Aged 12 years NEBRASKA- A8 A TERRITORY | Mvels (80 e first comers. Moat|black, his mind bold and shrewd. g mentto make the peony the official flower of Omaha. There is no ques : By \u‘ I de : Nebraska Territory Five Times as | of those who came from lowa picked | Old Bellevue—Bellevue was the W tion but what they beautify the city immensely and they are most ‘,mly‘ W am ir e S¢ 'l}‘ Rrac i Large as Nebraska State—Ncbraska | out the land that suited them, built | 5ldest town in Nebraska, for Fort At- & grown at that My : BRGNS territory, in 1854, was five times as|log cabins to hold it and went back |kinson had been abandoned. If was Let's have a great many peonies, this year, Busy Bees, as well as a lot gy Pt .|large as the state Nebraska is | to Towa to make their living 1 fact the only town. Here was the ¢ ¢ ’ | gty S S ey yb Crpisiion e ow. All the way from Kansas to| The First Governor, Francis Burt old fur trading post. Here the In- of other flowers. Vegetable gardens, too, are fine ou can go into the I'm W [v“‘m gotte ) 1 } %| Canada, from the top of the Rocky Francis Burt, democrat, of South dian agent having charge of the Ne- garden every morning and pluck some fresh vegetables for mother to pre “:"‘v"_w“my e “‘{ ountai Minnesota and lowa | Carolina was the first governor of |braska Indians livea, Here the first pare, to say nothing of the pleasure and healthful benefits of gardening Pl e o | Was Nebra ry few white peo- | Nebraska. He and the other first | Christian missionaries came and built This week the prize book was awarded to Mildred Byrne of the Blue sedipisbr R . I her | P8 taen. i w“ in the land. Fur trad- | officers of Nebraska were appointed | the only mission house then my.\r- | and Ruth Ribbel, the B Qv both of the roor \ s Nerlers had built log cabins in a few |by President Franklin Pierce and |braska. It was expected that Belle- Side. Edith Kenyon and Ruth Ribbel, the Busy Bee Queen, both o e l."”"! AL € St laces along the river, Every su were paid by the United States. He | vue would be the capital of Nebraska, Blue Side, also won Honorable Mention neck. [igot it our again. | was mer thousands of emigrants to Ore-|was a slender, handsome man who| New Omaha—Eight miles above A R o8 feek L gon and Ca ia traveled the great [loved books and was not used to|Bellevue, in the woods fronting the me T slipped i N o “ Oregon tral 3 the territory. At|frontier life ouri river, men from l.:um'}l . L] s 1 il s FORL Kearney ar amic on | phe | journey from his home, | Bluffs, la, had started a town w)x)un | Little Stories by Little Fo neck and then ‘ COregon il were compnies of | 11 08 Jouney fom i bt | " Omata. * There they [ neck. ,She got it out again and s A Del evile was 8 i beoyght/tim’ warn Tout! to) Nebirasks [Dullé s twosiapy brick bubiiing waren did Miss Lund. At noon Miss Lund | Yo 8¢9/ fur traders and missiona- | Cioy ™ Nebraska City had then one they offered for a capitol ~Acting ) I Pri soon I was sent by my mother to the was sittir | ont of room | oits - ekt LG Nebraska was | 1,000 and one wagon. In the wagon “"““““' Cuming . called the ‘,h', ! Who Is He? Bain’ to gel sopig cobsiAfter T fisd door, with a per vait i buf ains, the home | Governor Burt was driven to Belle- | icBlaiature (o meet trer a1t JRAURER i e S gotten my cobs I played in the hay We did not thi had one #o she ins, buifalo and beaver yue, where he arrived October 7,[16, 1855, Very bitter were the quar Mildred Byrne, 14 Years. 2530 Chi-|BOMSE ’ vidimanct put it down Mar eck again.| The First Settlers—Soon after Ne- | 1854 He grew worse and died on |fels which followed this act. treet, Omaha. Blue Sid a while, and there [ lost my dime. ( ; first census of white settlers taken . .cago Street, Omaha. Blue de a 2 gapt Marie got it out 3 and the t | braska was named and made, people | October '8 His body was taken Wi 1 have lost about a dollar alt ther,) | by order of the acting governor Well, he. . modest little | This is a true story. I hope M went down a sch s neck. Her |began to settle there, Most of the [back to the old home in South Caro-| ¥ FPFe, B1 ) F0 #RRC, STRRCY 1 RN h ort story c out in the hall*and shook her clothes | came from Missouri, 1linois, Michi- | little village of Bellevue ove 3 . | ¢ ) has characteristics very closely allied | the short story comes ' s0 it fell to the floor. | hope that[gan, Ohio, New York, Massachu-|death of the first governor, for all|live in Nebraska at all, and that some to those of our friend, Master Red- e Fer s penny will not travel down our necks | setts, All they had (o do was to cross | who met him learned to love him. | came over from Towa, voted and wen Ireast Last Days of School, Sl again. I hope story escapes Mr. | the river and choose the most beauti-| .Acting Governor Cuming—The sec- | Pack and did not settie m Nebraska ;]' \;"-Im‘ I”v“fi”"” hm:“ :Sw“)"’f‘l’,y "“r",h. (].nt:_n;, /\|{‘|fll ]2'|Yr"s' SLJ | Wastebasket ful land for their homes. In March, | retary of state, Thomas B. Cuming! (To Be Continued.) color of his suit for summer or win- ’aul, Neb. ue Side . . ter We have only eight months of | Like many people, he has his fa- | school at our school | vorite haunts, which seem to be in| It was out Friday, May 5, this year, | wiy ‘ Y | our great maple tree and we had a picnic to the river, v l He belongs to the Great Nebraska | “"The river is. only one-hali mile| [Helen Elaineldarris | ’ Concert company, so, of course, you |from the school house. | s ———- know he has a good voice ’ |, We put up a swing and had lots of | | um keeping watch to see how many Maybe I am a bit partial, but I;fi"l swinging, different birds I can see. The other f think he sings tenor very well We also played a lot of games, | qay T gaw a beautiful catbird It | fhe a0 8 gt ”‘""”"_"‘I"”l".’(’lf_‘*"“” as “hide and go seek,” ‘I"’"’ cried just like a little kitten. At first with H‘v sweet ‘I‘I"i\']\k”_"“ ;"““nm» to your right and proverb to | [ thought it was, until 1 saw it sitting | | wite, who is very much like her hub- {your left,” and some others in a tree, Well, I guess I'll close, but f banc . |” For dinner we had potato salad, | " hone” My, Wastebasket has just His home is surrounded by gossipy | pickles, sandwiches, deviled €ggs, | gone to his office : little maple leaves, but he seems to | cake, lemonade and ice cream § A [ enjoy their chatter We had a very nice time and were s b He is my old friend—the brown |a1 tired but sorry when it came School Picnic and Program. thrasher, and a very good one he is 1e to go home. By Ruth Ranney, Weeping Water, | time to go hom 100, Neb,, Age 10. Red Side. Now, 1 don't think you can find : I thought I would write to you tell- | a better friend on earth than your Prince and Penny. ing you about “Our School Picnic.” favorite bird or animal | Florence ku:-nu:lm Aged 8 years. |t rained all day, so you see it was | Elmwood, Neb, Red Side, muddy. We had a nice time in the Honorable Mention |, My;hursr s name is Prince, I call| schoolhiouse if it did rain outside. We | s £ . him Prince because he put me in | had sandwiches, pickles, deviled eggs, ' [} ! e R “Bc ,l,(l,ms '.‘u‘,:\’:lma],& Thi mind of a prince. He is only 2 years IH‘,H,,, chips, oy R Mk,.gfiq Georpe Kleine's Greatest /By Ruth Ribhel 1 South, Thirty” lold. He is not three yet. He is only | dinner, After dinner we had our ; hic Achi econd street, Omaha. Blue Side. | 4 » - o ’ / y . Cinematographic Achievement F e Tk } rriye about as old as my little sister Dorc program I was in a dialogue and M gty bl ‘L'l‘(”‘,":‘,“':“',,';‘;‘ thy. He is a good horse. He loves|jad 4 recitation. 1 will be in the Buster dearly loved to play ball with ‘“"‘",! jive & "‘ 1’1'"' ey Borne |seventh grade next year. 1 am 10 By special arrangement wuh F. Zieg fold, Jr, Alfred. and ‘had learned to catch it|n8: He is very fond of me. Prince|yeqrs ofd, My birthday is July 20 very nice when Alfred tossed it into | 2180 loves apples. Whenever we get | Oyy teacher's name is Miss Josephine : / ks | any candy 1 always give him some, | Ffitehman. We would liké to have the air and xl\’m to bring it to be| you see I love him: Prince is 10t | per next year. but she will teach in tossed again. But today when Alfred | 514”0, 0ugh to work tn the field, so | & e it ossed the ball Buster's eyes seemed s g i oy | town. 1 hope to see my letter in the | fossed the | y i | he stays mostly in the pasture. When | Jon el 1l ioin the red side. | to say, "It's too hot to play balll"|yhe"other horses are let out in the [PaRCE 2 W o O oc You have nice thin, cool (lutlxr? 0| cature s has fotsiof fun with them;| WP 157 and write & story soon, wear, and it does not seem hard to || pave o few more pets. They are| 5 you, but no matter how hot it is 1|y 1500 ® JEE ML DS Bl oS | Picnic Near the Lake. y haye to wear my winter furs. | not that a funny name for a dog? He | By Leotha Bender, Scott’s Bluff, Neb. ! Most of us are fond of pets, but|is's tiny fittle dog, the color is black, | Age 12. Red Side sometimes these pets do not have a ' haye a few little kittens, This is| One day last summer a few grown- very casy time of it. You may think | e "first time I have written to the |up folks and some boys and girls had perhaps that your dog belongs to | gyey Bee's page. |a picnic near a lake. One of the you, and for that reason you can — ladies wanted to fry some meat, but do with him as Yv"]” l"l,"":‘"hj):' you | Wrens in Bird House. when she put the fard in the pan it 1 ever stop to consider that Buster or| o po . , i fears, | spattered all over. Some of the boys g kitty may not enjoy being kicked or | ”1")JL"?’,')‘,T.fi?‘i.?,’fl;."“{ffl,l“.\.Yaf"“"h'.'m ety AL beaten and chased about, anymore | 1"have two bird houses out in my | get a drink from the water which we than you would if you were in hisf, = BETE R L O ilding in one | brought along, I found a mud turtle place? Let us show mercy to our "1 (l| em. The lady next door to us|in it. The butter which we had taken | faithful friend, Buster and “our little yof them. 1he facy f st g | Ite ‘bresd § said she saw a wren going in it one [along was spread on the bread and | fluffy kitten, full of fun and spirits, - b H e ated it 1d = Wew 1 lf p ot e | day. Every day T am awakened by |soaked in muddy water e were dis- that ties itself into a ball, chasing its | > / & k ¥ . ; B | the singing of birds, Don't they sing | gusted with what had happened and wn tail, th rely, mercy will ging Y, SIng | ;..,v\] ail, then, surely, Y sweetly? 1 have seen a robin, a our picnic seemed a complete failure. | sl et woodpecker, a catbird, a sparrow and | All we had fit to cat was fr;n'krh]and $ & a wren. My wren house has the cut- | cheese, But the boys were nowhere Kindness to Dl:\fr:h Animals. |2 WIEE, porch, so whenever they|to be seen. After half an hour passed Edith Kenyon, 3222 Cuming St,| cpooce My, and Mrs. Wren can come |we saw a boat come towards us, It 't Omaha, Neb. Blue ’\”“l , [and sit out and see It rain. The wrens }Irrnvml to be the missing picnickers. 1ere was once a man who was| : st v R " I3 W g . 2 " . o 2 4 very' impatient. One day when his are tiny birds, aren’t they, Busy Bees? | hey came ashore with ice cream .md1 fippamdwmxolm’ horse was trotting slowly up hill the |= e B S Y e [ man grew impatient and whipped his Gh ' : tth A fTh | AMO{ Pid“ N IB M &M r horse amplon pwimmer a 6 AgE 0 ree 1on reNove \dcg\IvE I'he horse, which had worked very | ‘ mnd. After a half an hour of suf- / R fering the poor animal died i A gentleman nearby, who noticed this scene, at once notified the Hu- | i / TON . mane society. The man who Lilled 4 fa UL - “Gloria stared at the problem and felt herself 18 horse fined a certai of | ? 4 . . M ° ! Hiscorke as lined L-pertinid0n o , ) CHEN § slipping back into childhood at a breakneck J other horse, as he could not keep| B / ; d \ A j speed. She had no more idea of what it all 118 job ! 1 ave he rse ¥ / Hisigob: (e 0ul ot liaye. e dgri ! ; F1ers meant than a new born babe. She put on a tient *he we ave still had his 4 i Ay pair of big tortoise shell spectacles, but they 1 Horge and. 1 ild not have had to made her look younger than ever and gave her | : sws /that -when you treat no help. She could see that foolish a+b, but y anima 3Phuotonly she could not see why any one should want to Al ch can be | know what would happen if you did such a fool- ca | to animals is for ish thi t ltiply it by itselt.” ol Aamaleiivi un is ing as to multiply it by itself. | f i ) il have | | Auto Trip to Tilinois [l The noted authors, Mr. & Mrs. Rupert Hughes, have 9 | . ¢ . . . 2 & P written for you an intensely interesting play., This remarkable rip motion picture novel will appeal to everyone—man, woman or child. You'll like | its sweet sentiment—its romantic charm—its cheerful beauty. It's a page of life \ tarte the life of Gloria Stafford, the youthful, vivacious daughter of a bank president. 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