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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-07-07
Federal Inquiry or
Railroad Strike?

Faced by demands from the conductors, engineers, femen and brkemen that
would impose IN the country an additional burden n transportation coSso SlOOWWWW
a year. the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by reference % an
impartial Federal tribunal
With these employees whose efficient service is acknowledged the railroads haven no
differences that could not be considered fairly and decided Justly by such public body.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-07-07
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry a
The formal proposal of the railroads to the emf
controversy is as follows:

Our conferences have demonstrated that we cannot armon7e our differences OF opinion
and that eventually the matters in controversy must be passed upon by otr ana usmer
eHed agencies Therefore we propose that your proposals and the proposition OF the rF
ways be disposed of W one or the other of the following methods
l. Preferably by submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal
which, by ease of its accumulated information bearing on railway conditions and its con-
troll of the revenue of the railways is in a position to consider and protect TIT rights ana
equities OF all the interests affected and to provide additional revenue necessary meet the
added cost of operation case yor proposals are found by the Commission to be Just md
reasonable; or in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot under existing
laws, act in the premises that we jointly request Congress to take such action as may be
necessary to enable the Commission to consider and promptly dispose OF the questions
involved: or
2 By arbitration in accordance with the provisions oftheF Federal law" Qhe NeWhnds AdD.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-07-07

ed to Higginsville Friday even
ing and attended the play given
by the people of the Christian
church.
Leila Smith who is attending
the Warrensburg Normal visited
home folks here from Saturday
until Tuesday.
C. E. Corder was in Kansas
City the latter part of the week.
Mrs. Henry Schumacher, Mrs.
Albert Schumacher and Bertha
Schumacher spent Thursday in
the country with Mrs. Sam
Humphrey.
Miss Ada Kuddes spent last
week with Mamie Brown near
Dover.
DIR. Moore was in Kansas City
Thursday.
H. L. Edwards ond wife were
passengers to Kansas City Fri
day morning. Mr.. Edwards re-
turned home Sunday night, but
Mrs. Edwards will remain for a
month at the Wesley hospital fol
treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Scooter
motored over from Sedalia Sat.
urday evening and spent Sunday
with S. M. Reynolds and family
of this city,
Mrs. E. M. Moore visited Miss
Mary Elsea in Alma Thursday
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-07-07
A Question For the Public to Decide

The railroads feel that they have no right to grant wage preement of $4,000 100000
q wear to these employees, now highly paid ao constituting only onehth o all the
emrIoves without a clear mandate from public tribunal that shall determine the
merits of the case after a review Of all the facts
The single issue before the country Wheh@ TIL @n#OO@ry Is TO De 5He0 V a" mP""~
Government inquiry or BY industrial WG1NG
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-07-07

ELISHA LEE, Chairman
r. ALBRIGHT, GsS1 MsaSsS,
Atlantic CoaIl Lins Railroad.
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Csutral Of Csoraia Railway
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New York. New Haven a Hshi0rd Raiiroa'
4 CoAPMAN. We Pr1id'sf
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New York CsntFal Railroad,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
BEST FERN FOR LIVING ROOM
BY j. r. GRANGER.

The best fern for the living room
depends on the temperature of your
living room. If your room is heated
with hot water you can grow ferns
in it that would soon die if kept in
room heated by steam, or hot air, or
wood fire. For such room | would
advise Whitman's, one of the most
beautiful varieties of recent introduc-
ton
1t is a sprout from the old Boston
fern. 1t has shorter fronds than that
variety but they are broader, and the
leaflets on them are developed into
miniature fronds, thus making it a
most graceful plant, when we'll grown
Its fronds have a plumelike effect that
make a fine specimen of one of the
most ornamental of decorative plants
Give it soil of leaf-mold, or turfy
matter, keep it well watered and out
Of the sunshine, and it will do well
in rooms where the heat is not in
tense or dry | would not advise try
ing to grow it under other conditions.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
FIRESIDE GARDENING

Each year should add something to
the wisdom of the gardener. To sue
coed, the planting must be the outcome
of continued thought.
In the leisure of the winter days the
various bulletins and reports from the
many organizations should be as tools
TO the ambitious gardener.
The mere facts they contain are not
so valuable as the suggestions and en-
thusiasms for which they are respon-
sible, as no sensible person can read
these pamphlets by practical men
without wishing to emulate their sue
cesses or avoid their failures.
The years gardening should be
mapped out and planned by the winter
fireside. Formulas for insecticides and
fungicides should be familiariZed and
the material for their compromising
should be procured.
Apparatus for applying them should
be studied, made or purchased.
Markets and marketing should be
carefully considered and the whole
business gone over from various points
of view.
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because it is realized that they are old
ones. Neither the law nor the times
tends TO the wanton destruction Of
olros today; the world is too busy de-
stroying men.
Snort ostrich tips in brilliant colors
are placed on some of these turbans
Black velvet ones, whose shape has
evidently been suggested by the beret
or the French student. have kings
blue and wistaria purple ostrich tips
outstanding against the folds of the vel
vet on the left side. and held with
buckle OF cut steel and Jet.
Along with the turbans there comes
an accumulation of capes The new
french clothes from the great houses
are showing them in multiple shapes
Ihey are on long coats, or opera
wraps and made of tulle and metal
Tor half-low afternoon gowns. One
could not credit them with the demure
ness that the Victorian fashions sug
gest, but the happy thing about really
good fashion designing is that it
catches the spirit OF the times and ap-
plies it to the adaptation of a garment
from another. and different epoch.
Copyright. 1915. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04

No flower can boast of a more aristo-
cratic ancestry than the chrysanthe-
mum There is reason for it's naughty
'demeanor and often insolent express
sion. For the golden flaring yellow
beauty is able to trace it's lineage back
to the royal gardens of some forgotten
mikado, who admired it's forefathers
many centuries ago.
The origin of the flower as the pet
of royalty is lost in the early twilight
of eastern history; it was probably
cultivated in the early days of Confu-
cius, and has certainly been treasured
IN the Orient from time immemorial
The emblem and crest of the mikado
of Japan are the leaf and flower of the
chrysanthemum.
The first appearance of the flower
I'm Europe was probably In 1864, when
specimens found their way to the bo-
tanical gardens in old Chelsea, Eng
land. These were only small yellow
things and did not arouse much en-
thusiasm. Not very much was done
with the chrysanthemum in England
until about 1885.
Method of chrysanthemum culture
given by a leading horticulturist is as
follows: To produce the best results,
the young shoots should be planted in
three-inch pots early in the spring, and
In six weeks transferred to five-inch
pots. AS soon as the plants have at
tanned height of nine or ten inches
they should be ''pinched back" that is,
an inch or so of the center of the plant
should be pinched off. This causes
the plants to become "bushy," as it
checks the tendency of an upward
spindly growth. II fine plants are de-
sired this pinching back process
should be repeated every two weeks
until August The plants will by that
time have attained a height of about
two feet By October they will have
increased another foot in height and
each plant will have from fifteen to
thirty shoots.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04

of perplexity among those who have
put their money in the high-crowned
hat. They were inaugurated by two
young brides, who appeared simulta-
neously with them as an evidence that
they were quite the correct thing
They were fat. simply trimmed and
were not tilted over one eye They
showed a good deal of the ripping
hair. One was so small 1t looked like
a skull cap.
Now. what will you? No sooner
have the milliners, with the aid and
money of the majority of women,
flooded the continent with high
crowned position hats than those
who should launch a new fashion do
it in the form of tiny turbans. The
shops which exploit this new kind of
hat are good enough to place rakish
arrangement of velvet across the back,
which looks like two long bean pods
blowing in the wind, and now and
then they are secured by an ornament
OF cut steel, for cut steel. you know.
happens to be undergoing an unusual
degree of popularity
Fortunately for the woman who has
an average face and who cannot in
dulge In extraordinary fashions, there
are turbans which are equally fashion
able with the small ones, but having
enough height and irregularity to be
becoming. The French are featuring
these turbans as substitutes for the
hIgh-crowned coachman's hat to which
they gave all their attention in Sep
TENDER.
The fashion for vivid colors on the
head has launched a mass Of yarie-
gated velvet hats to be worn with SOM
Der tailored suits on the street, and in
a more subdued form with afternoon
gowns. The velvet in these turbaus
is very supple and silky and is pulled
up and out into irregular folds. Right
in this manipulation rests the skill of
the milliner and the resultant beauty
Of the hat.
characterization Is allowed. but it
must be gently done. A spray of cut
steel fashioned in some fragile form
can be used on the crown to hold flow
ers and butterflies that have appeared
on the fiat, black velvet sailors, are
not used on the turbans. There are
aigrettes, but they do not cause sor-
row or annoyance from the onlooker
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04

by M. c. BURRITT. United States De-
partment of Agriculture in Farmers Bull
letn 491.)
Throughout the humid regions Of
the United States there are large
numbers of small apple orchards. In
many sections there is scarcely a
farm which has not it's small home
orchard. These orchards vary in size
from a few trees to several acres.
They were planted mainly for the pur-
pose of having home source of sup
ply of this excellent and popular fruit.
In most cases they were not intend
ed as commercial paintings nor was
the fruit grown for sale. They were
planted in order to have apples to eat
during the long winter evenings, to
make the famous apple pies, and to
lay in a stock Of sweet cider and
vinegar.
Farmers of earlier days knew little
OF scientific orchard management and
cared less. 1t was sufficient for them
to know that the trees lived, grew,
and eventually bore fruit. Not being
a source Of income, the orchard was
naturally left to take care of itself.
AS result, where the conditions were
favorable some very good trees were
grown, but where they were unfavor-
able the trees became stunted, scrub
by, diseased, and unproductive. AS
a rule set too thick, they grew
up in the air, the lower limbs
died or were pruned Off to get them
out of the way, and high-headed, al
most unreachable trees were the re-
suit. The trees usually stood in sod,
and in most of these orchards the
hay was cut and removed or the grass
pastured off. In many places the
regular rotation Of crops was fol-
lowed in the orchard. Too often it
was planted on the poorest soil, site
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
TRY DIPPING THE LIGHTS
Properly Arranged. Scheme VIII ACC
Immensely to Attractiveness OF
the Home.

Add immensely TO the attractiveness
Of your home by iifusing the lights
instead of focusing them on one point.
Eve strain will be relieved and shad-
ows and outlines will be softened,
esnecially when amber lights are used.
The new. indirect lighting fixtures are
ren,acing old-fashioned ones, making
the lighting problem more artistic and
less expensive.
Much the same effect may be pro-
duced with less expense by frosted
bulbs and globes, gelatin films and
glass diffusing plates. There are w.
rious types of this indirect lighting
suitable for ell rooms. from the kitch-
en- to the parlor, and it is to be recon-
mended as. blessing to the busy eyes
and the tense nerves of today.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
New French Mourning Millinery
Shows This, and It Has Seen
Copied i'm Coors.

Some milliners who cooperate with
the dressmakers are trying to launch
the close-ftting bonnet with it's strings
beneath the chin.
Further impetus has been given to
this shape through the new fashions
in French mourning millinery which
have been brought to this country and
which have been found to be unusually
becoming. Women have had these
copied, not even emitting the strings
under the chin. To call this single
band of folded material by the name
of strings. however, is both incorrect
and misleading. 1t is not as old
fashioned in it's effect as were the
strings that tied In a wide bow ex-
actly beneath the chin, but it is prob
ably a lead toward them
The mourning bonnets are really
square turbans, that are not high,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
Bedroom Furniture.

There is an unusual sort Of cretonne,
or rather glazed chintz, bedroom fur
niture with glazed chintz insets. The
single beds show a panel Of the chintz
set in the head and the foot, and the
sides of the box springs are covered
with cretonne to match the pattern of
the glazed chintz. Then, Of course,
there is the usual cretonne valance
around the bottom of the bed, Gre
tcSne spread and cretonne-covered boil
ster or pillow holder There is a chif-
fonier, the top covered With glazed
chintz and then with glass, and insets
Of the glazed chintz put in the front
of the drawers. The dressing table is
similarly finished and the chairs are
finished with cretonne cushions as
well as insets in glazed chintz in the
frames.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04

Even the milliners seem ribbon mad.
Have a soft crown black velvet hat
with ruching of double boX-plaited
black taffeta ribbon, one and one-haif
inches wide. running all over the
crown, without rhyme or reason. 4"
Another is of wide black velvet rib
bon all in loops. Another, the bright
est emerald green felt, with the crown
a mass Of outstanding faille ribbon
loops.
An amusing hat had the crown of
loops Of old-fashioned chenille, black,
about as big around as my little fin
ger, the loops caught into the center
of the crown.-Woman's Wear
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04


chopped almonds and dress with
spoonful of mayonnaise.
Pear sprinkled with preserved ginger
and dressed with mayonnaise ar
ranged on lettuce Is another well liked
combination.
For simple salad which may be
quickly prepared, chopped apple, a
few raisins and little celery with any
boiled dressing Is good, but with the
addition of nuts it Is much better.
Date SaIad.--Clean and stone a
pounds of dates removing all the fiber.
Cut three oranges in thin slices after
removing all the peeling. Mix a cup
full each of chopped apple and celery
and half the dates with any good salad
dressing Place the center slice of
orange on bed Of lettuce, spread with
the apple mixture and cover with the
next slice in size, then another layer
of apple and dates and another slice.
Top the salad with generous spoon
full Of mayonnaise.
Fruit SaIad.-Wash and cut In strips
pound Of figs. Remove the pulp
IlOI1 tWO vi dhbco WiLhOut SdhlIiR
the sections; slice three bananas, COW
er with tablespoonful of lemon Juice.
mix all together and serve with few
sliced nuts on lettuce with any de-
sired dressing.
Pineapple SaIad.-Take q can of
grated pineapple, mix with a cupful
Of white grapes, seeded and peeled;
half cupful of pecans, broken in bits;
q cupful Of marshallows, cut In quar-
ters; cupful of whipped cream, to
which two tablespoonfuls of boiled
dressing has been added served In
red apple cups Is most delightful
salad in both appearance and taste.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04

Goldfish Puffs - Mix Goldfish and
mashed potatoes as for goldfish balls,
place in buttered baking dish. brush
with the white of an egg and brown
in hot oven. Serve from the dish
in which it was baked.
Carrots are good cooked until ten
der, then mashed and seasoned with
a little lemon juice and rind, using
plenty of butter and few dashes of
cayenne. Serve garnished with pars-
ley.
Any leftover cake may be steamed
and served with cold or hot custard,
making a nice, simple and easily pre-
pared dessert.
Queen Pudding.-Heat three-quar-
ters of cupful OF milk, add the beat
en- yolks of three eggs, three table
spoonfuls of sugar and three table,
spoonfuls of chopped raisins. Add
two teaspoonfuls of gelatin to half
first mixture. While still warm add
the beaten whites of the eggs, flavor
with vanilla and put into mold.
Serve with cream.
Nut Cream Pie.-In a double boil
er cook cupful of milk with cup
full of sugar. Add the yolks of three
eggs and a tablespoonful of flour,
then the juice Of lemon and half
cupful Of peacan nut meats. chopped.
Bake a single crust and pour In the
nut filling; cover the top with a me-
ringue made Of the whites of the eggs.
Brown and serve cold.
Orange Preserve.-Wash oranges
and cut them in slices a fourth of an
inch thick, cover with cold water,
pint to each orange, and let them
stand "a hours. Cook them in the wa
ter until tender but not soft, add one
pound of sugar and the Juice of a
lemon for each orange. Cook until
transparent. Place In glasses and
cover with paraffin. A slice of this
preserve with a little Of the strip
makes plain ice cream appear very
Stylish
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04

From the General.

Rear Admiral William III. Emory,
while attached to the navy yard, New
York, had Under his command a young
Barbados negro whom he enlisted as
a mess attendant while at the islands.
The admiral was busily engaged with
large amount of official mail when
the mess attendant came in hurriedly
announcing: "A message from the gen.
eral, sah." General who?" inquired
the admiral. General Delibery, sah."
replied the innocent looking negro.
handing the admiral general deliv.
cry letter.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
WEAR BAND UNDER THE CHIN

and are worn squarely on the head.
The veil. which is of silk net, is also
square and is placed completely over
the hat, falling in points as hand
kerchief, it's edges picoted. Beneath
the chin pass three folds Of soft white
crepe, made into a straight band. end
ing in small fiat bow at the tar
side.
Without the veil this hat is copied
in maroon velvet with a chin hand
of chiffon to match There is fancy,
also, to have the veil, as well. in a
matching color, the edges finished in
picot. Lace is substituted when it is
dyed in the color of the hat, for there
is no disposition to make a color con
trast here.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
The Largest Chrysanthemum in the World.

yourself. One of the best ways to
show neighborliness is to keep your
chickens and stock at home and look
after your part of the line fence.
There is no secret about the sue
cess OF a man who adopts the best
methods and works for them.
Mixing compost rough for flower
pots means without sitting it.
Roman hyacinths are best for late
potting, as they come into bloom
much earlier than the Dutch varieties.
Each bulb throws up several flower
spikes.
Fall planting is best for peonies
Don't be too severe on your plants
in summer, tut at the same time let
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
Mrs. Hens Savinos

"Theys a lotta ways o. maxim
man mad" observed Mrs. Jonathan
Hep as she shiveringly took her rub
down, "but the o'ny one tibet never
misses fire is t carreck the pronunshe-
ashun Nv one If his words wen he's
tellin' you were you git off at
Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
Merely q Hint.

Mrs. Newed-John, before we were
married you used to call me your I'M
crowned king.
Newed-Yes. SO did. my darling.
Mrs Newed-Well, | saw lovely
bonnet for only 1913 downtown this
morning.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
Guinea EGGS.

The guinea fowl lays hard-shelled
and very delicious egg and we believe
If there is an egg in the calendar that
would be impervious to water glass
that it is the little hard-shelled speck-
led egg of the guinea hen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
SOME NOTES IN SEASON

Better spend a little money for gar
den tools and keep box or two handy
where you can keep odds and ends
Of bolts, burrs, staples. scrapiron, etc.
Little helps that save money and
trip to town.
If you want good neighbors be one
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
Burn Glover Hay Worm.

II worms are found in the bottom
of the haymow or stack-brown worms
which spin webs-it will be well to
burn the worm hay. The pest. are
the clover hay worm.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
Testing and Cooking Eggs.

Eggs which are fresh laid are best
for boiling, but require little more
time to cook. The shell of a new-laid
egg is semi-transparent and slightly
rough to the touch A fresh egg is
also much heavier than a stale one
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
Sell the Old Hens.

Sell all the old hens not wanted as
next years breeders, now. They are
about through laying for the season
and are worth as much a pound as
they ever will be.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-04
Little Use for Runs.

When fowls are raised on the col
ony plan there Is little use for runs
except for the breeding pens and
these need not be extra large for the
stock will only be confined during the
breeding season.
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is one way or saw
ing them. Chop ra-
Their coarsely, cook
In a little butter,
dredge with flour,
add seasonings and
cream. when hot
serve with baked
potatoes.