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The Gate Keeper
"ta Faith, In Hop*, In Charity, and with HduNty.*'
I'ondurtcd by E. I.. Thorp*,
Grange National Banks—1'he Postal Deficit—Grange County
Officers—Good ol the Order.
A bualneas enterprise wliii-li 1« rap-
directly bears upon the Interrate of
Idly i*ry«l*llsli>g throughout many of the farmer the better will our Order ful
the eastern state« is ths valabllahment HU Ita inlaalon to the farmer. Furthur-
nt grange national tanks The greatest inore, there Is not that general dl<<u*-
impetus has l«*en given the movement sleu of resolutions ottered In these
in l'eiiii>aylvaiila where the Stale grunge meetings that should tn* for
Grange has has all organiser In the Held tlie hlglirat Interest. As all who are
w I iinm * sole duty It Is to organise national familiar with tin* workings of the etale
• rank» In tin* must |«>puluua centers ami and national granges know, resolutions
get them slarttxi on a »olid llnamial are referred nt once to the appropriate
hailing by means of selling capital Sluck committee without discussion.. Com­
mutera after due consideration present
to farmers wlm can iiivasl ami «ho will
their r<*|x>rt to the body either favor­
palroiila« such an Institution, thereby ably or adversely, an the case may be.
making it sell sustaining. I .ran than and their report la acted upon by the
one year ago the first grange trank was delegatee, but scarcely over with argu­
ealablhlml III I'rnnsylvniila slid it has ment or discussion.
been >■ complete succvM Ironi the first.
As to the future, th«* outlook Is most
Homethlug like Int.iSX)
Il has already null the euiithleiice of tlie eucouraglng
public mid <rt the national government, have been added to the mcmberaliip
having lawn a United Slates de|«iait<iry throughout the l ulled State» the paat
lur government funds. It ha* over I olio year. It will grow lu numbers no It
individual accounts ami will share a net groen In resulta shown for the farm­
ers' benefit.- A merli no Agriculturist.
earning of alaiul 18 |*er cent al the close
of its first year. This bank dga capital­
Juvenile Grana««.
ised at »25,UUU, the stuck selling al »110
Mrs. Elizabeth Phelps Farnham, lev
per share and none tor sale. The de- turcr of Oswi go county (N. Y > Pomo-
)>uuts now amount to over »IflU.tXMl. na grange and who has given much
Thia bank la sltualeil ill the town ol attention to Juvenile grange work,
Tioga. Every officer Is a granger, but say* that some of the l*e**t reaoou« for
some of the stockholders are not. Il organizing Juvenile grange« were
based upon the plan of holding them
was deemed advisable to take ill ■ few
at the same time u> the subordinate
outsldvra an make grangers of them | gru nge.
nfteiaard. The controlling Interest 1«
Fl rat. many mendier» who would tie
vralol In the grange, honever, ami mil helpful to tlie Order and who would
remain there, bl nee the Tl**ga bank fimi It helpful Io them cannot allenii
nns ealalillahed there lime been several unless accampa nle<1 by tbelr children;
more uigauixed, ami a'l are ts-giiiiilng second, the children. In whom all are
to |a«y. Ruch banka will be n success I nt crea tisi. adii grently to the Interest
of the lecturer's programme If allowed
aiiywucrv tor the reason Hint limy de­
to enter after the buslnrai meeting la
velop no much buainvaa arming a ciao« over mid are asked to recite, rend or
who have hitherto dune very little in sing, ns the eneo may be; third, and
the liatikliiK line, buainvM nbieh comes by no mentía the lenst In favor of the
fruui a wide area, fruiu all |*arls of tin- Jhertlnga occurring nt I lie .am. tini.
comity and beyond its lines, Hint the nnd pince. In the grange atmosphere,
Imeinrao of the bank mam aasuilM-s which the children absorb by attend­
a large volume, at the »sine time not ing the meeting« with tbelr elders nnd
the contldence they gain nt an early
interlering to any degieo whatever with
age by nutating In the work before
the business of any other Irank Tli<- them. The Juvenile grange la the pri­
giange banks develop so iiiucb new bus mary grange school where the gran­
Inras ami bring into active circulation gers of the future are trained for the
So much money that has hithsrto been work of the Order
hidden away, that the Imuka llumedi-
ately win the giaai will ami resjat t not
MASSACHUSETTS GRANGE.
only of the liualnene men ot the commu­
Meets tn lllslorle Kaaeull Hall, Uss-
nity, but ol oilier tauksrs ami the na­
Iva, WltK Istra* Alleadaaee,
tional government an well.
Neveral
Perhai*« one of the moat iin|«irtant
other stales are taking llm mailer up
grange gnlheringa ever brought together
ami it will probably lie dlocuam-d at the
waa that recently held by llm Massachu­
next national grange meeting.
Tim
setts rtlata Grange In i'l l Faneuil Halt,
movement will come weal ward soon,
Boston. The old historic hall ana
ami there Is no doubt but that Oregon
profusely
decorated for the occasion
will lie the first state on the Pacific
with flow era. f illnge ami bunting as
Coast to have a granga national Ixiik.
well as an abundance of fruits and
farming produce. The alate granga
has not met In the city of Boston since
K COMMENT OR TWO.
1IW1, and since thnt time the number
Ov Me«l»»4a st Wvelt KsasloreA at
of grange« tn the state han doubled.
Mallosal UrsaN* Meeting*.
Out of 201 sulairdlnnte granges l!>5
In tlie Importance of queatloM con
were represented nnd nil llm twenty
siderei! the ll«»l aeasloil of the naflonnl I'otnonn trrnuge« Ntate Master Itlcb-
grange will rnuk well with prei-edlng arrlaon In tils annual address nnld Hint
ones. Measure* of mueli Importance to the Order liiol Im-reii-ed I ggg withlu
the Order and to the public a« well the past year, and he suggested that
were considered aud In most Instance* the granga taka favorable action for
acted U|>on wisely It Is expected that better lawn on taxation calculated to
In a laxly of men representing differ­ reach personal property. He argued
ent and widely separa ted aei-tlons of the Importance of good roads and the
the country there will lie a diversity need of legislation to protect them
of oplnlou upon certain public ques­ from high speed automobiles, the de­
tiona. and It 1« nitsracterl«tic of dele struction of the gypsy moth and the
gates to the national grange
need of ar.iiialng public Interest In
Thia waa particularly noticeable In a
loanee by Insert penta. A large amount
discussion which arose on the renolu-
of business waa transacted, ami what
tlon Introduced by the Washington del-
was perhaps the moat liniurrtant was
»guts relative to th» Initiative aud ref-
the selection of a committee of thirty
to carry Into effect the vote of the
grange for trying a system of co-opera­
tive buying of agricultural supplies an
well an <*o-operatlvc selling. The mas­
ter of each of the twenty Ponmun
granges will be a member of tills coin
mlttee of thirty. The executive com­
I
mittee of five will also be nmmbeni of
It, and the remaining five were chosen
by the grange. The secretary of the
Grunge Fire Innnrnnce company re
ported outstanding rlaka at nearly »2.
WHiinsi. There nre now 2.770 policy
holdeni. Secretary II >ward reported
thirteen new granges orgnnlxc 1 the paat
year, the largest number In nn.v one
year thus far. There nre now-201 sub­
ordinate granges with 21.374 members.
Tlie sixth degree was conferred on 855
new membern. There wan a lecturer**
conference. att»uded by 140 lecturers,
tliclr expense« being paid by their
grange«. A nirtnble feature of one of
Mita, kva a. M'txiwrxu TKKsscnsn or the evening «enslona wn« the exempli
NATIONAL HKANilX
flentlon of the third degree by a de­
erendum, direct nominations. dlre**t gree team of twenty-one ladles from
elections, proportional representation tiraeut grange
8
nnd the right to recall executive offi­
cers. The reeolutloa was pressed with
MAINE’S GOOD WORK
great vigor by the gentlemen from
Washington and Oregon, but was not
Orange Italia Wortb gssT.IHXI — Rig
e«|>eclally favored by the eastern del­
llualnvB« uf tine Grange.
egates. amt only one or two from the
During the past year Maine lias or­
middle west seemed Inclined to re­
ganized sixteen new granges and reor­
ceive It very cordially. Probably a
ganize«! six, making an Increase of
resolution favoring the Initiative and twenty two subordinate granges. They
referendum alone would have Ix-en are atrong on i.ll departments of
adopted, but thia one never. The mat- grange work. There nre 408 subordi­
fer wan finally referred to the seteral nate grunge.«, represented by an aver­
state granges for their action, an the age membership of 132. They have
delegatee dill not care to take posi­ aridetl 4.301 new niemlicrs, making a
tion on It without Instructions from total paid up membership of 53,3ikl
tbelr various states. Several of them up to Sept. 30. They have erected aud
expressed their personal view« on the dcdleat«*d five new grange hulls th*
question, but refused to allow them
past year, which cost »21.000. nn aver­
selves to be governed by those views age of »4.200 each. Three hundre«! nnd
fifty five of the 4OH subordinate granges
solely.
While questions of this nature nmy own and occupy tbelr own halls. The
pro|>crly come liefore the national aggregate value of these grange homes,
grange, it seems to the looker on that with their furnishings. 1« »8N7.000.
there la a tendency to deal with ques­ which serves to Indlcnte the stability,
tions that are really without the prov­ of the Order In that state. I'otnona
ince of the grange or are nt leant not granges have held 2211 regular meet­
particularly aproims. I refer particu­ ings and aubmMlnate granges 15.0'0
larly to the resolutions Introduced by and 700 apccial meetings during the
the delegate from West Virginia re­ year.
Houlton grange will do a ctvopernflve
stricting the amount of lirtid which any
man may own or lense and another ad­ bnalnena of »100.000 for the year. The
vocating a progressive tax on all for- Patrons' Co-operative <-ori>orntlon. con­
tunra almve n ffxed maximum, either trolled by the state grange, will trans­
given away In life or bequeathed In act n liualnene of »275.000, nnd the <x>-
death, and. strange an It may «wm, opcrntlve financial work among the
grnnges. besldi a that mentioned, will
Iroth of those resolutions prevailed.
I am of the opinion thnt the closer amount to nt leant »100,000 more They
national nnd state granges coniine hnvo throe Patrons' Are Insurance com-
themselves to such legislation as most panleSj representing a bualneas of »25,-
<2àL2Z-'‘/« irritati me • safe und «-heap
risk from flrba lit a* coat of one fourth
of 1 per cent . Tlio membership repre
•enta bnu-twelftil of the population of
the state
T!i> stat, grunge avverai
years ago ersi ted what la known ab
the state grange cottage at Goo<1 Will
furili, which I. owned, furnished ami
cared for by th * state grange. In that
cottags st the prraeut time there are
twenty four little orphans, for whom
the grange fiirrlshoa a home and give«
Um opportunity of schooling. They
liar, just completed arrangement» for
a scholarship for higher education In
n young Indli-s* classical school. Maine
la certainly In the front rank of active
grange states.
THE POSTAL DEFICIT.
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VERMONT 8TXTE GRANQt.’ I,
At the thirty-fifth annual a*a*i«>n of
th* Vermont Ntat*Grange, recently held
at Burlington, El-Gov. Bell, tlie re­
tiring master, made several sugge»-
tlou* fur tlie tieuaOl of tlx* Oriler In bl*
annual addr*** and tai4 much «(re««
<H> Hie n«x-*e*lty of reforming tax law*
H* remarked that Wl.fiWDXjo worth of
|H*r*onal property In the «tat* wa* ba
lug lazed, white »84,<ss>.taai wortb was
not Ix-lng lazed for oae reason or an­
other. He believed that the exemption
of no much property was working In­
jury to the state ami that It ought to
Is* »topt>«*d. II* cite«l luiulier as one of
• A-«
*
THE QUESTION OF TAXATION
hatlsaal Grana* for Taelg Revlstsa
and t'allateral laherltaaee Tea.
The committee on taxatlou of the
national grange submitted an exteud-
ed re|>ort at the recent meeting of the
national grange at Denver, in which
thrae recommendations were made;
That whenever any of our mao-
ufai torie« are using the tariff lawn to
enable them to aell their «urplus prod­
uct« lu fore'gn market* at a Iras price
than they are sold at home, thereby
making our own i>eople pay more for
their gxxls by reason of competition
tieing prohibited, we detnaud the re­
vision of thoa* law* along the line*
that will prevent su<h abuses. Under
present conditions It la ImpoMlble to
reach certain c I iishc * of property for
taxable purpuaes, and under the law*
a* they exist today hundreds of mil­
lions of dollar*' worth of property pay
virtually no tax at nil; therefore. If It
cannot l«e done otherwise, we favor
changing the constitution of the Unit­
ed Stat«** in order that a graduate«! In-
come tax law may I h > enacted, which
we believe to be one of the most Just
and equitable of laws, as it enables a
tax to be placed upon property that eu-
tlroly e-<«’a|>es at the present time.
We would advocate that all law* for
tho assessment of taxes lu all th.
a m .
fhuman , hkchktvhy
or
national
UHASUK.
states of the Union t>e ninde uulforui
In no fur os the manner of assessment
and the liaaia of vnlne are concerusd.
Then we would lie rid of a large
amount of tax dodging l»y reason of
property being shifted from one state
to another. It would remove the prac­
tice of competition among states In se­
curing manufactories by reason of ex­
emption« no freely made under pres­
ent conditions and would In no way
prevent the development or establish­
ment of manufacturing plants. If It
had never lieen, there would have l>een
ns many manufactories ns at present
and states would not have towus at
auction every day. na at present With
law« enacted nlong these lines as a
bn|Js. we b*l!*ve It would not I h > a*
hard na at present to secure sulmtan-
tlally equity and Justlcr In the distribu­
tion or the tax burdens. Property Is
property, and we bell*vo everything
thnt la claas«>«l as projierty should be
taxi'd an such. Theretor» we favor a
collateral Inheritance tax law.
When aerial navigation g?*. working
ell right Uncle Sam will need n mighty
long nod close picket line on wings to
keep excluded Immigrants from swamp­
ing the Interior.
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■■■■KIMI
PARTY BALL
MUSIC BY THE FAMOUS
If All
■ «»eutlva Dapartir.ants Paid
Postsgs, There Would Bo Nono.
The national grange t«x>k atrong
ground against the Increase of aeeoud
clans mall rut«*« In order to make up
the deficit In postal revenue. It also
op|x>a<*d the further continuance of the
franking privilege. In thin the grange
la surely on the right track.
Here are some figure* recently sent
out from Washington showing bow
front la the eiiense of carrying the
lunlla of tile different executive de
part men ta ami of coiigrras.
The secretary of the treasury allows
Hint during the Inst fiscal year 1.257,-
1»7» pieces, with n total weight of tWO.
733 pounds, were curried free, nil an
Unit clans matter under the penalty
privilege, and that If the [roatofllce de
partmeiit lind l>een paid for carrying
It the poatnge would have nmounteil to
1811 000. Secretory Wilson nays In hie
report on the subject that |t would
have cost bls department *143 077 for
carrying Ida department's second, third
and fourth class matter. The aecre
tary of war estimate« the coat of carry­
ing Ills share of thia sort of mall, bad It
ban pnhl for, nt 887.708Ml The high
eat computation In that of the post
master general, who «hows that If the
postotlleo department bad been given
credit for carrying its own second,
third and fourth dnu matter It would
have received I1.IM5.734.
Reprraentatlre Oreretreet. chalrmau
of the house poatotPce and post roads
committee and a memlier of the |>oatal
commission, said thnt If the postotflee
department wan credited with the
amount It would otherwise receive for
carrying free tlie mall of the govern
ment. Including the mall sent out by
members of <-ongresa under both the
penalty nnd franking privileges, the
deficit would lie made up two or thrre
times over and the department would
show a balance on the credit side of
the ledger.
Thin In strong evidence In support Of
the nntlonal grange contention to start-
lali the franking privilege and let each
department and all Congressmen pay
their own postage bills.
*
EVERST ORCHESTRA
OF PORTLAND
ua». w.
oavnt ,
mctt iikk
or national
OBANoa.
the products of the «tat« which were
taking wealth from It, but seldom. If
ever, toiylng anything to th» revenue*
of the stat*. While double taxation
was w rong, lie remarked that he did
not consider it so great an Injury to
tlie «tale as to have so much pro|>erty
exempt from taxation. Mr. Bell said
that when be waa elected master,
twelve year* ago. tlie organization of
tlie state numbered 2.300 memtiers and
that now there are 11,000. There nre
12*1 auliordlnate granges and fifteen
Pomona grange*. The Increase In mem-
I ershlp the paat year waa l.i<X). Ez-Gov-
ernor Bell declined re-election as mas­
ter and Georg* W. Pierce wan chosen
as Ills succeavor. Kesolutions were
adopted In recognition ot bis long serv­
ile. with ezpresslona of the esteem in
which he waa held by the grange. ~
The new rosier of grange officer» giv«ra
the following list ot masters, lecturer»
and »ecretane», In their respective order,
of tire suliordinatc« in Multnomah
county:
Evening Star—Meet* first Saturday.
.1. J. Johnson, J. B Gehr, Mrs. M. M.
Entoa.
Multnomah—Meet« fourth Saturday.
John Sleret, Margaret Dolan, Carl Tim
merman.
Columbia—First Saturday. Mrs. Rosa
M. LittU'page, Mrs. Anna Anderson,
F. N Iouiley.
Gresham —Second Raturday. John
F. Robert*. Mrs. Susie Roegg, Mrs.
Marie Dinger.
Rockwixoi — First Wednesday, even­
ing; third Saturday. F. II. Crane,
Mrs. Laura Pullen, Mrs. V. A. Ixivelaqg.
Fairview — First Wednesday, third
Tuesday, evening. Mr». Carrie Town­
send. Mrs. Alma Hall, Mrs. M. M llee-
lin.
Pleasant Valley—Fourth Saturday.
II. W. Snaehall, Jennie Kronenberg,
Lillian Richer.
Woodlas n—Second and fourth Ratur­
day», evening*. Harry A. Start, Anna
M. Stausberry, N. Garnett.
1-ents — Second and fourth Satur­
day.
A. F. .Miller, A. F. llershner,
Grace E. Fuery.
Rusaellvillv—Second and fourth Sat­
urday*. John Welbis, Mrs. Ediua
Giles, Martha Jensen.
SAT. EVE, MAY 4
AT METZGER’S HALL, GRESHAM
DOORS WILL BE OPEN AT 7 P. M.
First-Class Management-Superb Fluor
Splendid Music. A Good Time Assured
Everybody Invited
ED. METZGER, Manager
supply thia demand is decreasing rap­
idly and considerable time is required
to grow trees large enough to peel It Is
apparent that In the not very distant
future a shortage la Inevitable.
FÄF
AN
Pariaiaas* Balloon Duel.
NATIVE DRUG PLANT.
The
Vslaabte < aaeara Snarada
HaeldlX IHaappeartaa.
la
An examination of the official list of
crude drugs of plant origin develops
the fact that a large proportion of the
species represented is found growing
in the United States. Mauy of them
are weed«, often classed as noxious by
the farmers; others are simply wild
plants of the fields and forests of dif­
ferent parts of the country.
Tlie domratlcation and cultivation of
those valuable wild plants that are
GOOD OF THE ORDER.
Rockwcxxl Grange will give an ice
cream stx'ial on Friday evening next,
May 10, precede! by a musical and lit-
erary program. The proceeds will go to
swell the building fund. All are invited
to attend.
From all over the state comes infor­
mation that the granges are remonstrat­
ing against the proposed referendum
upon th*» State University appropri­
ation. The Oregonian predicts that the
movement will die out before toe peti­
tions are signed.
Oregon has only six Pomona granges
and one comity council. There is room
for more, and they should be organized
at once. Snliordinate granges do better
work where there is a P'.mona grange.
After the meeting of the State grange
there will be a brilliant opportunity for
Wasco county to organise a Pomona.
Multnoma Grange met in Cambell's
hill at Orient April 27, in an all day
session, with an attendance of 20 niem-
l>ere.
A short business session was
held in the forvnoop snd then all sat
down to a bountiful dinner, which was
fully enjoyed. After dinner the thin!
and fourth degrees were conferred on
one candidate, after which the Worthy
Lecturer, Sister Dolan, furnished a
splendid program, which was very in­
structive as well ns enjoyable. The
grange decided to build a hall, and a
couimitt«*» was appointed, consisting of
Sister Dolan and Brothers Wheeler
Griffith to buy a lot and build a hall.
A committee was appointed to ciKulate
the two petitions for referring bills 241
and 11R. Multnomah Grange is in a
flourishing condition and coming to the
front
Fenaazlraaln State Orasae.
The thirty fourth annual session of the
Pennsylvania stats grange, held at
Dubois, brought out an attendance of
Something like 1.800 delegates and vis­
itors. The secretary's report showed
an Increase of thirty new granges and
seventeen reorganised granges during
the past year, with n total member­
ship of 5.472. There are about 30.000
ineniliers of the order In the state. A
vast amount of business was transact­
ed. anil the election of officers took
place. There was a lively contest be­
tween State Master Hill nnd Ix-cturer
A. II. Cornell for the office of master.
Mr, mil was re elected, however.
Two aeronauts were talk,'ng In Pitta­
field of their favorite sport.
"At the International cup race tn
raris that I-ahm won." said the older
man. "a pigeon lighted on the top of
one of the balloons before It started
up. and when It rose In the air the
pigeon was still there. Up It went,
stately and slow, and It must have as-
cended a quarter of a mile before the
pigeon, no bigger than a humming
bird, could be seen to fly away.
"I heaved a sigh of relief then. Rup-
pose the pigeon, with Ita sharp claws
or beak, had scratched a hole In that
balloon! Death would bare followed
tor the aeronauts.
"And I thought of the balloon duel
that was fought on that very spot In
ISPS between two Parisians. With
guns, they ascended simultaneously
from the Tuileries In separate balloons
l>egan to bang away at each oth
gas bag. After some seven shots
man's bag was punctured. The
rushed out. The collapsing bal-
crashed to earth. Its occupant
killed.
"That famous fight was more peril­
ous than the usual French duel, eh?"—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Remarkable Wreck.
CA8CARA RAC. RAD A.
most seriously threatened have appeared
a necessity to the government bureau
of plant industry if the products are
not to disappear front the uiaterla
medica. One of the most Interesting
anioug a numlier of plants recently re­
Dr.
ported itpou Is Cascara sagrada. ~
True of the bureau mentioned says
that the cultivation of the Cascara
sagrada tree (Rhnmnus purshianus)
lius beeu made a subject of study for
about two years. Tlie tree producing
this naeful bark, known as Cascara sa
grada. Is a native of the upper Paciflc
coast region, where It chooses moist
situations In the mountains. This usu
ally small tree grows read'.ly from seetl
■own In rich wood soil fnd makes a
fair growth the first year. It Is under
observation both at Washington and at
Ebeneser. S. C. In both places It seems
thus far to do well. Professor C. 8.
Sargent of Harvard university states
that at the Arnold arboretum, near
Boston, the tree maintains an existence
for some years after transplanting, but
eventually dies. Ro far Imth tlie seed­
lings grown at Washington and the
transplanted trees sent In from the Pa­
cific coast have made a good growth
and look well. It 1« very desirable that
the cultivation of this tree on an exper­
imental scale should be taken up In the
country to which It Is hatlve. The de­
mand for this imrk Is great not only In
America, but to an increasing degree
In foreign lands, and since the amount
of available material wherewith to
An extraordinary and expensive ce-
ment advertisement waa furnished by
a recent shipwreck.
The ship Socoa. txiund for Ran Fran­
cisco with a cargo of cemeut for use In
the bulkllug of the city, was wrecked
off the IJzard. on the Cornwall coast.
The ship struck a rock, which tore a
large hole In her side and remained
fastened as upon a pivot.
When the salvage crew arrived to
sec about taking the Socoa from her
perilous position, says the Cement Age,
the men found a remarkable condition
of affairs. The water had entered tlie
hoi.l^tnd Its action upon the cargo bad
caused the cement to set. It had ac­
commodatingly set hard around the
rock that pierced the side of the ship,
which now remains fastened there per­
manently In Its unique position.
The entire cargo has become as hard
as stone, and nothing can be done with
the ship except to dismantle as mnch
of the wood as can be removed. The
hull will probably remain there for
many years as a conspicuous advertise­
ment for the cement manufacturers.
4h* Grange and the Flag.
At the annual meeting of the New
Jersey state grange this resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Where*». The grange 1» romposed of •
claea of people who from the earliest day*
of our republic have ever been noted tor
their fidelity to our free Institution* and
our country'» flag. »nd. where«», ths
grange 1» pledged to all that our flag rep­
resents In freedom, equality and frater­
nity. «nd It la very appropriately in gen­
eral uae as a decoration tor our grange
balls «nd public gatherings; therefore, re­
solved. that the executive committee la
hereby Instructed to purchase an Ameri­
can flag at leaat ten feet long to be dis­
played at all meetings of the state
grange and kept by the worthy steward
with the other paraphernalia ot the
grange.
CORN ROOT WORM.
RraSlly
CoatraUe*
by
Follewl««
Crop Rotation.
The beetle may be readily distin­
guished from the southern corn root
worm by Its color, whichnearly uni­
form. pale, but usually distinctly grana
green or greentab yellow. It Is about
the same size as the striped cucumber
beetle, one-fiftb of an Inch long or a
little more. It Is a little more slender
and less pear shaped.
The larva*
when fully mature attain lengtha of
only four-tenths ot an Inch.
It occurs from Nova Scotia to Kan­
sas and Nebraska, but injurious occur­
rences are limited to Illinois, where It
Is most troublesome; Indiana. Iowa.
Kansas, Nebraska. Ohio and Missouri.
Corn Is the only known boat plant of
the larvae. The beetles show a dispo
sltion to feed on a variety of plants,
but are more «diolce of the southern
speck**. They are naturally pollen feed­
ers. are partial to the blotwoina of this­
tle. sunflower and golden rod and are
seldom found on cucurbits. Probably
they do some damage to corn by eating
the pollen and gnawing the silk and
tassels, thns preventing cross fertiliza­
tion and causing a partial blasting of
ear«.
Tlie species Is said to be single brood­
ed. The beetles <xvur normally In the
field until November atnl in open win­
ter have been noted abroad as late as
the middle of December. Eggs so far
as known are deposited In corufielda
late In the season and batch the follow­
ing spring. Larvae have been seen In
central Illinois the second week In
June, and the tieetles have been report­
ed In southeastern Iowa toward the
end of June. Eight or nine weeka I*
required for a generation to mature.
The eggs hatch from about May 18 to
July 15 or a little later. Eggs are de­
posited In the earth In more or less
scattered clusters of three to ten at a
depth of one to six Inches, all being
placed alx>ut the roots in a space of a
few inches around each hill, the larvae
feeding on the roots, which they mine.
They seem able to travel from one root
to another. Pupation takes place un­
derground. When the lieetles tiegin to
Issue, toward the latter part of August,
they ure first noticeably abundant on
thistle blossoms and afterward on oth­
er plants blooming nt this season.
This si«*cien Is readily controlled sim­
ply by following crop rotation. Since
the lnse«-t as far as observed feeds In
Its larval condition only on com, the
planting of Infested land to any other
crop leads to the starvation of the
young when they batch In the spring.
This 1s no mere Inference, but ba*
been tested time and again. In Illinois
It ta ordinarily safe to plant com In
fields or meadows In which the beetle
has been olmerved In great abundatm
on clover and various weeds In late
October the previous year. One other
measure, to be recommended as a
general farm practice, consists In the
maintenance of the fertility of the soil
by the use of manures and other fer­
tilizers. Although this does not dimin­
ish attack. It sometimes enable* the
plants to withstand Injury.—F. II. Chit­
tenden. United State* Department of
Agriculture.
Delaware la not a large state and la
not atrong I* grange*. It la. however,
doing a good work and reports a total
A live working grange tn n communi­
membership of 1,807 In twenty-ntna
ty *o Improve, the eoclal conditions
anhordlnat* granges. There has been
that farms for rural home, are actually an Increase of 270 members In the paat
worth more for Ita having been In It
year.
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