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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02

IN his pocket the price of an extended
honeymoon tour through the South.
AT lunch time the office boy told
John that Hart wanted to see him.
When John entered there was a frown
on Harris forehead that BODIED Ill.
Mr.. Darrell, we have been thinking
Of making some changes in the office"
said Hart. Il have been under the
impression that you were not alto
gether satisfied with your position
here"
mo, sir" said John.
"Eh? What's that?" snapped Hart,
looking at him menacingly. you
aren't? Why didn't you tell met"
81 think I am worth more money,
sir" said John, respectfully. I'm fact,
IL am sure of it."
Then that is the explanation of this
letter which l received from you this
morning" said Hart, flinging Johns
missive down on the table.
John felt his blood run cold. 1t was
one thing to leave Hart triumphantly,
to go to Quincy; it was another to be
kicked out before he had secured an
other position.
"Of course, If you are not satisfied,
Mr.. Darrell" continued Hart, more
blandly, you are at liberty to leave
us. But w are charging the depart
ment, and wanted to get another man
as assistant preparatory to advancing
you to a higher position at 1925"
Which was not strictly true. Hart
had advertised for another man, but
he had intended to keep John in the
same position at the same salary, and
all his expressions Of discomfort on
previous days had been directed to-
ward frightening John lest he should
make a demand on him. The new
man was to have superseded John.
IF you like to take the position 1t
is yours, Darrell" continued Hart.
John looked at him in s%tupefaction.
It seemed too good to be true. He
was appreciated, then. His employer
had recognized his years of service!
Hart turned on the reproachful tap.
IF only you had let me know that you
wanted more money, Darrell" he said.
why, sir, doesn't everybody want
more money!" asked John.
They do. But those that get it
ask for it. Not that l intend to advance
you further-for a year, at least" he
went on, hurriedly. But if you would
like to start in at SIPS next month
you may"
81 want to ask for a couple of
weeks vacation first, sir" said John.
you see, lin going to be married"
"Why, ertainly-certainly Darrell"
said Hart, hastily. Congratulations,
I'm u r Er-good-morning, then"
When John was gone he leaned back
in his chair and smiled. He would
give the new man Johns salary. And
John, a married man, would never
write such a letter as the one that had
terrified him that morning.
Harris reasoning was sound enough;
only he did not reckon on Johns
m~other-in-law. For a wise mother-in
law is a mans good providence.
Copyright, 1915, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02

on all of the National Forests
up to date.
On the Angeles Forest, il
southern California, the Secre.
tary said, he saw a striking il.
l~ustration of the Importance OF
forest protection of watersheds
which in this locality has con-
tributed to the irrigation devel-
opment that in twenty years has
transformed a desert into one of
the most h~ourishing agricultur-
al sections of the country. He
visited some of the LOO towns
and cities which derive their
domestic water supply from
National Forests and, after
crossing the Sierra Nevada
range in an automobile that was
fitted to the railway WATERPROOF
er projects on the forests, a
condemnation dollar plant OPP
Grated under permit on the Sier-
"a National Forest. With re-
gard to water-power, develop
ment of which is going on ac-
lively under the Department of
Agriculture's regulations, the
Secretary said that he saw no
need for a change in the existing
system of control, except for
legislation to permit long-term
leasing of water-power sites.
Stock owners in the West, said
the Secretary, are more than
satisfied with the departmental
regulations under which inn
proved range conditions are
brought about along with the
grazing of increasing numbers
of livestock, of which more than
Is million, mainly sheep, cattle,
and horses, now Craze annually
on the National Forests. In the
logging and mill operations on
of the big timber-sale pro-
jects in the Douglas fir country
of Oregon and Washington, the
Secretary said, he was enabled
to get much frst-hand knowl-
edge Of fire protection and con-
sentative logging as carried on
government regulation,
and he commended the refores-
tation work for which from ten
to fifteen million trees are grown
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02

annually in forest service nur-
series.
The Secretary completed his
tour in Montana after he had
had a personal insight into
practically all of the important
activities of the Forest Service
and, as he said, obtained first
hand impressions not only from
forest officers, but from all
classes of local residents who
are affected by the methods and
regulations under which the
National Forests are being adj
ministered in every section of
the west.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02

AS l am making room in my
Greenhouses to bench my new
stock of Roses, Nuns and Car
nations, l offer the old stock of
Roses and Carnations for 10 to
.15 cents if taken at once. A
great reduction on all plants less
than wholesale. Geraniums 80
to rs cents a dozen. l have a
new up-to-date Florist who will
put out first class funeral work,
which is a speciality. Send your
wants to Eggleston's Green
house.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02

AS nothing is quite as hard on
youth as another youth just a few
years older, Tommy resented very
severely Jeans foibles at the table
when there was company.
Mother. please dol't let Jean come
to the table tonight" he begged; she
always acts like we never have ice
cream 'cept when there's company"
Honest / won't" begged Jean. 30
convincingly that she was allowed to
come.
However, whom the time for dessert
came and her favorite strawberry fee
cream appeared, Jeans emotional en-.
thusiasm had to find some outlet.
"Oh.r she crowed. clapplng her
hands ecstatically; then. true to her
promises, she continued. we have Il
every night. We have It every night
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02
Livery and Feed Stables.

Schaberg Bros. have recently
purchased the livery business Of
the old reliable firm of j. C.
Young, ST., and are prepared to
furnish the public with carriages
at reasonable prices to and from
churches and other public gath
erings and also buggies and
other accommodations pertain
ing to the livery business.
SCHARBERG BROS.
Lexington, Mo. /,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02
We Certainly Do Love Work.


We are prepared to do better
work and more of it than ever.
Why half mix your concrete the
old way? Let us mix your con-
crete the up-to-date way. We
have the best mixer on the mar
ket. Your concrete does not
cost you as much as it did the
old way. Yet" it is a hundred
per cent better, because when we
mix it, it's mixed. That's all.
JOHN l. ASHURST.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02
Walch Your ChNdran

Oltsn children do NOT LEI parents know
they arc e~onHtipatsd. They fear some
thing di1thstsiul. They win like RexAn
O~rdOrios-a mild laxative that tastes
Ike sugar. Sold only By ", 10 cents.
crsnShsw q Young.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02

Miss Martha Crenshaw of
Kansas City arrived Saturday
evening for a visit here with her
grandmother Mrs. T. C. Cren-
shaw.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02
Secretary Houston Expresses
Views After Tour of Nat
iOnal Forests.


Washington, June 24.-The
frst-hand impressions and ex-
periences gained on his thirty
day tour of the National Forests
are described as Invaluable" by
Secretary of Agriculture Hous-
ton in a letter which he has sent
on his return to Washington to
the Chief Forester, expressing
his approval Of the administra-
tive work and methods of the
Forest Service.
Starting out with the express
Ell intention of seeing the work
with his own eyes and studying
on the ground the principal
problems involved in managing
and developing the Forest re-
sources Of the country, Secretary
Houston visited typical forests in
each of the six great forest dis
tricts of the West, penetrating
into the wilds on logging loco
motives, automobile, horseback,
and at times on foot, and getting
into personal touch, not only
with the rangers and guards, but
with homesteaders, cattlemen,
lumberjacks and others among
whom the Forest officers do
their work.
81 especially desired to famil-
iarize myself" says the Secre-
tary in his letter to the Forester,
with the administrative ma
chinery and business methods, to
acquaint myself with the graz
ing conditions, the water-power
developments, the timber opera
tions, the relation of the Forests
to agriculture the road and
trail and other improvements,
the recreatiOnal use of the for
ests, other uses, and to see some
of the typical homestead claims.
/ was afforded an opportunity to
see typical forests in each of the
districts and some of the more
striking operations of each of
them.
81 regret that it was physically
impossible for me to visit more
of the Forests in each district.
/ feel, however, that l accomp-
lished my main purposes and
that the results of my trip are
invaluable. / was exceedingly
gratiied with the evidence of
enthusiasm, loyalty and devo-
ton to duty on the part of all
representatives of the Depart
ment with whom l came in con-
tact. / was especially impressed
with the intelligent and sympa-
thetic attitude between the
Forest Service and the users of
the Forests and of all commu-
mites dependent upon them. It
was pleasing to observe that in
the forests themselves the res
idents and other users look to the
forest officers, not only for in
formation bearing on forestry
problems in which they are in
terested, but Also for assistance
in many other matters. The
efficient and sympathetic hand
ling of forestry problems on
the part of the Service, in the in
terest not only of the Nation,
but particularly of the sections
in which the forests are located,
gives promise of the successful
solution of any problems that
may confront u.s."
In a statement supplementing
his letter, Secretary Houston
that among the first of the
activities with which he came in
contact was the recreational use
the National Forests, under
which upward of a million per-
sons every year travel, camp,
fish or maintain summer
and resorts in the for
The tour of inspection be-
gan on the Santa Fe Fores+
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Thomas and
little son, Ronald, went to Or
rick, Mo-, Sunday morning for a
visit.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-11
"IWANTED A BEAU!"- BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T
HAVE ONE GIRL LEAVES "TOO-GOOD-A-HOME"

Toledo, Aug. II. - 81 ran away
from home because I had everything
wanted except a beau
This is the excuse 17-year-Old Mil
dred Meyers gave when her three
years of adventure in burIesque Gull
minated at the Lagrange st. police
station.
Her father, Herman Meyers, owns
one Of the largest bakeries in San
Francisco. He has advertised and
hired detectives to search the coun-
try for the runaway. She, told her
story thus:
4 was IA when a big, handsome
man asked me if I would like to go
on the stage. Why, Of course, I was
crazy about it. Besides 1 liked this
big hero and 1 jumped at the chance
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-11

to break home ties.
ct may sound ridiculous, it does
to me now, but my parents were too
good to me for comfort. l am the
only child and they gave me every
thing my heart desired but wouldn't
let me have what ! wanted most of
ala beau! I knew girls of my age
who were allowed to have company
and it hurt my pride. They leased
me because l wore short dresses and
they said wasn't pretty enough to
catch a beau.
Mother just wouldn't let me grow
up and did so want to be lady. She
made me wear my dresses to my
knees. I ripped the hens out but
even that. didn't make 'em long
enough.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-11

tablespoonful of -four. Spread and
paste all over the lamb and return to
oven. Basic the lamb every 10 min
Utes during the rest of the cooking,
so as to secure a gOIden-brOwn glaze
over the meat. Serve on hot platter
and turn the contents of the pan over
the lamb.
The meat is just as delicious when
served cold.
Roast Lamb Cooked in Mint Sauce.
Roast the lamb as usual and the
last 20 minutes required for cooking
add haste with the following: Pick
off leaves from Y stalks of mint and
bruise a little; add tablespOOnfuls Of
sugar and mix to a pulp, and 2 table
spoonfuls of vinegar and turn over
roast lamb. Return to hot oven and
haste every minutes.
Remove roast to hot platter, make
a gravy by adding a spoonful of -four
that has been thoroughly blended
with a little cold water. Boil gravy
5 minutes and serve in gravy boat.
Lamb Outlets With Apples.
Take a neck of lamb, divide it into
outlets, trim them neatly and season
with salt and pepper. Put them in
oven in casserole. Peel and slice 6
apples; peel and chop 8 small onions,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-11

and put onions and apples over cut
lets. Allow all to cook in the oven
81 Of an hour or until thoroughly
cooked. Serve in dish in which they
were cooked.
Curry of Lamb.
Cut into pieces 2 pounds of lamb
from the fOre-quarter and roll pieces
in tablespoonful of barley flour. Put
pieces in deep sauce pan and with 1
onion chopped fine and just enough
stock or water to barely cover. Set
over slow fire and cook slowly till
meat is tender; add 1 teaspoOnfuI of
curry powder, allow to heat 8 minutes
and serve with cooked rice.
Lamb Hash With Peppers.
Use the remnants from the leg for
hash. Put the meat through meat
grinder, chop cold boiled potatoes
and to each cup of lamb used add 2
cups Of chopped potato.
Seed and chop 2 small sweet pep
pers for each 8 cups of hash. Put the
chopped pepper into skillet with 2
tablespoonfuls of butter. Cook the
peppers 2 minutes but do not brown.
Add meat and potatoes and p cup of
lamb broth or any gravy you have
left. Bake in moderate oven an hour
do not brown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
AN APPRECIATION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE

editorial and vho the misfortune longersas young they seo be ito jbe, less the young leang school Tine graduate essay the topic those n ansfaunts, those jeers
 Let a1the young people, girls and boys ter fully apeahead of all other graduates speak vearfouaI for the people, everywhere jr1sb emerged from the school phase of existence
 The mekes through youth. Each succeeding generation builds the wall of human knowledge and deaEor higher Since 1895 thereabous progress year by been than Hte it has been noh it has by leaps and bounds
 There is suppose that real knowledge, dom, real control nate powers life is but beginning progress expected this graduates, than from
 Some stand ahead of them, but first The sffest the only they last.
 This editorial is for the expression general thought It is not attempt to show in
 
 fore them.
 would take many words to little i'm Iprovenrents, which to make great progress
 Yesterday today the high essays and find dreams will commonpIaces.
 arriving army youth is better than any army it brings the buoyant the energy and the ideals which only youth have.
 Graduates march on! The world is yours. Possess it. better; Father Times line, touchdown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
FRA'S LAST TRIBUTE
 WAS TO ELECTRICITY.

As though it were message from the whitened salon of the sunken Lu- sitania comes what were probably the last penned words of Ebert Hubbard. In the May issue of the Fra, publish ed after the tragic death of the sage of East Aurora, under the heading s"The Age of Electricity are these words:
 t.As a class the men who own and manage our great public utilities are active, healthy, intelligent, good na- tured individuals. They are men of simple habits, direct in their dealings. Their work ise not bounded by the eight hour clause. They are playing the game and play it honestly. While the price of almost every commodity of life has increased in price within the last few years electricity and cleo trical appliances are cheaper! today than ever before.
 stEIectricaI prosperity means better homes, gardens, parks, books, music, good roads, schools, safety, happiness, peace, prosperity.
 ssI fasten my faith to the sons of Jove!''
 The spirit of these words animates the "sons of Jove,'' who are cooper ating in a nation wide celebration Nov. 29 to Dec. 4. when every city and town in America will take part in .sEIectricaI Prosperity Week. the biggest business stimulus ever under taken in America.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24

ton. in the county of Kent; Viscount Broome, of Broome, in the County of Kent. and Earl Kitchener of Khar- tun1 and Broome In addition, he may attach to his name nearly all the letters of the alphabet, in combine tions signifying various orders and honors. It is considered certain that the triumph of the, Allies would mean more titles and honors for Earl Kit chener, and his reward might possib- ly be a dukedom, such as was con- ferred upon Wellington. When Lord Kitchener went into the war office it was definitely decided that the govern ment would reward him with a grant of $1oO,o0o a year at the end of the war The Earl is a giant in stature, standing well over six feet, straight as a, lance in spite of his sixty-five years and with a physique well de- scribed by the nickname conferred upon him by Tn homas Atkins, Gen. Hard-as-Nails.'' Although a stern and rigid discipIinarian, he has always been a favorite withl the soldiers, and the attacks upon him have aroused wfd espread indignation in the tren- ches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
THE DUPoNT1s.

The first important gunpowder fa.c- tory in America was established on the Brandywine river, near Whining ton, Del, in 1902, by ENeuthere Irene du Pont de Nemoure, a Frenchman,
 who was born in Paris LA years ago today. As a. boy he was placed in the royal mines of EEssone to acquire a, practical knowledge of the manufac- ture of gunpowder.. He remained there till the outbreak of the French revolution He came to America. in 1799, and, discovering that only the poorest quality of gunpowder was made in the United States, and that in the crudest way, he decided to enter the powder industry on this side of tn Atlantic In 1901 he revisited the Essonne mills, to procure plans, mod els and machinery, and with these he opened his first powder works on the Brandywine. His infant industry was the beginning of a. great one, and ever since the Dupont family has largely controlled the powder-ma.k- ing industry in the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
SPECIAL TRAIN IN
 WAITING FOR. LOCAL
 PARTY OF SHRlNERS
Five SIeepers, Diner and Bag gage Car Provided For
 Bridgeporters.
Especial to The Farmer.1

 W New York. June 24.-Everything is in readiness for the great trip of the Pyramid Temple of the .NobIes of the Mystic Shrine to the Pacific coast. The Lehigh Valley Railroad has the handsome special train the party will use from New York in waiting at it's Jersey City station, and it will be ready to, leave on time at S:15 on Friday afternoon. The connecting boats will leave the West 23rd St. ferry at 2:50 p. m., and Liberty St. ferry at 3:00 o'clock.
 The train itself will consist of a baggage cars dining car and five sleeping cars the last one with a handsome observation end that the members of the party may better en- joy the scenic beauties of their run Through the Switzerland of Ameri- sca'' in the east and the mountainous regions of the west.
 The party is scheduled to arrive in Buffalo during the early hours of Sat urday morning and in Chicago around s o'clock Saturday afternoon. Even in Chicago there will be time lost, for the train will immediately be turned over to the Santa Fe for the run to the Coast.
 The party making the trip has come well up to. expectations and promises to be one of the most inter esting Bridgeport has ever sent to the west.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
MEYER. FORMER HEAD OF
 U. S. NAVY, 57 TO-DAY

George won Lengerke Meyer, ann fbassador and cabinet member under Pthree presidents, was born in Boston years ago today. He was 'ambassador to Italy under appoint Fment by President Mckinley from 1e0OYto 1905, and for two years there after was ambassador to Russia. In 1907 he was appointed to a place in President Roosevelt's cabinet as post master general, and in 1909 MT Taft placed the Massachusetts statesman and diplomat at the head of the navy department MT. Meyer was taking the cure at a, Bavarian bad when the war<broke out, and he had many diff faculties in getting to London.
 Mir. Meyer has been stern critic sof the United States navy, and upon his return from EurUoe he was quot sed as declaring that the lowered eff sf1ctency and effectiveness of Uncle San's fleets in E'common knowIedge to the governments of the great naval powers of the eastern and western hemispheras.'
 In the opinion of the former head of the navy ''the whole lesson to the United States from the war is the abiittyyof England to keep open the Ing able to do so, possess a, powerful f1eeA but does not possess a path for 1t< We must have a fleet that can go <oUt and destroy the fleet of any Ogher naT1on with the exception or England. As long as our fleet is kept intact<and is not vanquished, our peo- plegAre safe from invasion by troops ofeotheF nations.
 ''The European conflict has demon strated that it is equally as important to the grain growers of the west, to the cotton planters of the south, to manufacturers of the east or to the merchants of the internal states, that we should have 8. proper fleet to pro tect our country from any enemy If our fleet. could be held in port as the German fleet is held. the export of every kind of goods and the entire commerce throughout the land would be para1yzed.
 'In the navy said the former sec retary, "the output, not determinable by the public, is military. efficiency, the annual dividend peace, the stock dividend success, which when deolar- ed in the final crisis is enormous"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-24
Krr0HENER's BIRTHDAY.

This is the birthday Of Earl Kitch- ener, British secretary of state for war, for that eminent soldier was born at Glitter House, BaElylongford, County Kerry, Ireland, on June 24, 1850. While "K- of K" has been the storm center of the recent cabin ct upheaal, and has been bitterly at tackled by Lord Nothc1iffes papers, the faith and confidence which the British people and soldiers Impose in him has appareMtly been little af- fected. Horatiol Herbert was born in the army. his father having been Lieut.. Col. H. H. Kitchener. The War Secretary has an imposing list of titles, for, besides being Field Mar shal, he is Viscount of Khartum and of the Vaal in the Colony of the Transva1I and of Aspal1 in the Coun- ty of Suffolk; Baron Denton. of Den