BEAVER STATE HERALD, MARCH 22, 1907 The Gate Keeper "In l'allh, In Hope, In Charity, and with l'ldelily." What is the Grange?—About Free Alcohol—Juveniie Granges —Good of the Order. Conducted by K. I.. Thor|>e. With 900.000 members In the ftntted State«, It would «erm altogether UII awrsaary to a«k or answer th« qu«e tlon, but thia paper muy come under the eye of some one who la not fa­ miliar with Its alma and principle«. The grange la an organlxatlou of farm- era fur Uielr mutual welfare. Among the epeclfle object« named In Ita dec­ laration of pur|M>«e« are the««: To en­ hance th« comfort« ami attraction« of home; to develop a higher and bet­ ter manhood an<( womanhood among ourselves; to further cooperation; to buy less and priMtuc« more In order to make our farm« «elf sustaining; to bring producer« and conauiuera, farm era and manufacturers, Into the moet direct and friendly relation« poaalble. The grange la nonpartisan. yet Ita principle« underlie all true politic« and atateamanablp. ft tx*lleves In co-oper­ ating In every legitimate manner for Ita own protection and to enhance It« in tereat«. The Order 1« calle«! Patron« of Hus bandry. and the bend of the national grnuge la Hon. N. J. Itacln-hler of Cou Cord. N. II. Twenty eight atntea have ■tale orgaulxatloua. Below them are die couuty organizations. called I'omo na grange«, aud twlow tli«**e are the or tl.iMA) subordinate grange« M<*etlng« are held of these aiilairdlnate gruugr« once a month or oftener, where subjects pertaining to the farmer«' lu tsrests, «octal, educational mid agri­ cultural, are dlocuoaed. Women ar« on an e«|uallty with men In the grunge, and to them not a little of the wonder ful aucceae of the organization 1« due. It« pur|>o«« may I m « »fated In a word or two to uplift the farmer morally. •«M-lally. educationally and materially. 80 »lowly have application« come to the agricultural department at Waah lugton for the right to erect distilleries fur free alcohol that many have been tod to think that th« grange waa “bunkoed" Into giving Ita aupport to the denatured alcohol bill. Not eo. The law 1« ail right, aud It will work out In time, and the farmer will re­ alise ft«« benefits It will confer, but not suddenly, not Immediately. Already varloue movements are lu progress to amend the regulation« says a western grange journal. an«l Seuutor llauabrough baa Introduced a bill to amend the law and make farm distilleries poaalble. New Inventloua ■re aure to come. and It w"on‘t be many year« t*efore free alcohol will be pointe«! to as the grange'« greateat achievement. Meanwhile we inu«t be vigilant and »••<• Bint the farmer baa a square deal and not get Impatient, for It will take time to get the capitalist to Inveat In a new thing, but In a few years the alcohol distillery will lx* aa much In evidence na the creamery or chirr mill In rural communities. Keen thia year the Increased demand for corn by the big dlatlllerl*«« to man­ ufacture alcohol will steady the price of last year’» bumper crop. GOOD Of THE ORDfR. I tore and alao a mimlx-r of Portland folk who cam« with goodie« enough to feed a regiment. Music and garnw ami con­ versation iiialr th« affair one of the moat note«) of the new year. A |>etition la In circulation praying the county court to grade and gravel the road known as Taylorville avenue. The road in question is greatly in need of work and the prayer« of the signers should receive (-«-cognition from the county board. CORBETT. Captain Kincaid came down Monday from Cape Horn for repairsand gasoline fur hi« launch. An immense slide near Rooster Rock delayed trains several hours Monday. Horace lire*I has moved back to Rooeter Rock after having «]wnt the winter in Portland. It. Wilkie, Mr«. Ketchum and Mias Myrtle Dunn ol Portland «|M*nt Saturday The granges of Multnomah county night and Hundav with relatives here. could do an interesting work for tlie Th« St. Patrick's «lance at Columbia community ami ita suneeseors by ap­ hall was well attended. pointing a <*ommilt«*e to locals the tlrnt Miss Bertha Henry was in the city cabin, schoolhouse, church ami the scene of any pioneer event. There are recently. The ¡State Grange now numbers 107 subordinates with a total membership of (1500. These granges will all I ms represented at I| o « m I River. / There In one grange In Oregon without an American in it. Hlate M .»ter Bux­ ton nays its memliers are intelligent ami anxious to acquire Information concern- Ing oun institutions. •cveral such place« in thia county ami the work would 1st apprrcial««l by the Oregon Historical Society. Po«TLa«o Sun Co.' Jasper, Oregon Gentlemen; I acknowledged the receipt of seeds In good condition several days ago. Thank you for aendlng two prize« more than I aaked for. The planta came thia A. M„ and are very nice. Am well pleased with them. Will send you another order soon. Respectfully yours. ROCKWOOD Uuss Ptasts Htrr Our 100 page handsomely lllus-1 trated and descriptive Seed Annual tells all about Qur Seeds, Plants and Supplies for Western Planters.' Ask for Book No. 230 the new one. Portland Seed Co.' \ * Portland, Oregon Spokane, Wash. Ed. Sester has purchased a new spring February 13, J. II. H«-ott of Linn 1 organised Ash Swale grange in that wagon. G. Herron was in these parts recently. county with <11 members. A grange was recently organised at North Powder, Union county. JINGLES AND JESTS. HURLBURT. Correspondence BOOKS FREE, BOYS Welch is Giving Away Genuine Boys’ Books with Boys' Suits, Scoris of Both TO CHOOSE FROM Welch’s JIU JITSU Suits for Boys are Wonders They have double acuta, double knees, triple taped aenina, extra button« mid haircloth fronta, lieaidea being made of waterproofed clotl are the kind for which you have always paid |5.00. Welch «ella them for ...... And a book or a watch free, beaidea alao an excellent «bowing of boys’ auita, »2 ft' to SO rx» DON'T FORGET the BOOK or the WATCH WELCH i Pleased Customers f More Orders 9; The IliM-kwiMsl Grange is planning to Milwaukie Grange dedlcateal ita new give a niaaqtiersde ball in the near future hall last Friday night in the pre»«-nee of for the lx-netit of the hall fund. 300 members. The State Grange waa Mrs. It. I.. Robertson of Barton lias represented by Hist«’ He«-rrtary, Mrs. been visiting friend» at Rockwood ami Mrs. Howard, and Chaplain Eaton. Fairview rtfcently. The ceremonies were presidaxi over by Mr». Lewi« S«-dgast of Portland paid Mr». Julia Castro, Master, assist«*«! by her mother, Mrs G. Prettymau, a abort th«- Lecturer, Mary Getchell. Addresses visit last week. were made by W. 8. U'Ren, Dr. A. M. Mrs. E. Camp, who has i»een ill, is I Wetiater am! R. A. Miller. The hall improving. coat 11 •'*«), including the work, which Mrs. J. Quinn has moved to Portland. | I waa mostly donated. The building The friends of Mrs. Dahlhammer gave ; . committee waa cont |>*sH*d of Richard Scott. Thomas Nellwast meeting. Thin makes nine granges in week. Wasco countv with a total of nearly (¡00 Mrs. E. Sester, who haa been quite ill, members. is lietter. Mrs. Coss has been taking W. B. Hawley of Lorane, Imnecountv, care of her. George Moulton took a load of hogs to organized H|tencer('r«*ek grange on 8psn- I cer creek about ten mile» from Eugene, Troutdale (or his mother, Mrs. Shum­ way, last Monday. ' with 21 members on February 10th. Roy Emily came down from Wardner Jacob Voorhee« ha« gone to Southern last Sunday morning. j Oregon to organise grange«. E. G. Rickert and G«*orge Knieriem State lteputy F. M. Gill is in lane went to Gresham last Saturday to at­ county assisting grange« there. tend a G. A. R. meeting. M Rickert and Ed. Woolridge were in I Egypt the 17th to organize a new tele-; phone com|>any tu connect with the switch at Corbett. They report a suc- There are doubtless two opinions aa ceee. to the practical vulue of juvenile S. Davis and H. Perkins are loading grunge«, nay« an exchange, and not ull potatoes at Corbett. SEC1I0N LINE have been successful that have txx*n Roy Rickert waa here looking for a organised. Success depends very Our heartiest congratulations are house to live in. largely on the |M-r«on who la appoint­ ed to have charge of the juveniles. . tendered to Mr. ami Mrs. Arthur Grant It is re|M>rt«*d that Joe Neely will . Not only must they tie started right, I on th«* birth of a little daughter Thurs- start a new sawmill up in Coon Creek but they must tie kept right undt'r the ' day, March 14th. canyon and will establish a telephone wine direction of a faithful matron. L. II. Martin of Seattle is on a visit to line lietween his residenc«* and the mill. Tbere In no reanon why they should ' his sister, Mrs. Mary Shaffer. full. Thia In true of the juvenile work. W. Sorenson th«* new owner, of the It does dt the young people for lutelll UPPER LATOUREll. gent ami helpful memlierahlp In the I Bowen place, is preparing for spring ! planting. subordinate grange. It gives them Columbia Grange No. 207, wishes to «omethlng to do which will broaden Mrs. Wm Ream has been very ill for extend their moat sincere congratula­ their Interests, It trains them In the the past two weeks. tions to two of their young memliers. conduct of public meetings and lu par­ The Frank Grassl place was sold who were mad«* man ami wife last Sun­ liamentary usage, ami aoclally it may day, Miss Rae Perkinsand Wartl Evans, be made Instructive an well an enjoy­ recently. The tract comprises 30 acres Imth of whom are highly resjiected in able. Tlimm and place« for meetings, ami went for 1175 per acre. tliis community. ■whether nt the name time an the sub­ Freddie Ream nearly lost an eye last We cannot help admiring the work of ■ ordinate grange In an adjoining room week. While playing ball at school the or at some other place and time, are Hying ball striking the organ full front that young grange at Russellville. It matters that give connlderable trouble. caused a very severe swelling and pain. . seems like a little l>ee that is always If such problems can lie satisfactorily making honey. The last resolution II. Dahlhammer sprung quite a sur­ aolved, one serious objection to the adopted by that body concerning the 1 young people's organisation 1« over­ prise on his wife Saturday evening when <>1