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Country Newspaper--Republican in Politics
F o r e s t G r o v e , W a s h i n g t o n C o u n t y , O r e g o n , J u n e 12, 1 9 0 3
TH E GRANGE
Conducted by ]. V. DARROW,
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The advisability of organizing a na­
tional grange life Insurance company
Is under consideration by a committee
appointed by the national grange to
report at its next meeting. The com­
mittee consists o f W. Iv. Thompson,
South Carolina; G. S. Ugdd, Massachu­
setts; N. J. Baclielder, New Hampshire.
MRS. SARAH G. BAIRD
O n ly « » m m
W ho E n r H e l d I ' o a i -
t lo a o f H u n te r , 1 \ n y s ta te O r a n f r .
Mrs. Sarah O. Baird of Minnesota,
the only wntnan who lata held the office
of master e f a state grange, is one of
the strongest women in an order that
encourages the women In every way to
take places on the level with men.
Under lier leadership the grange In her
own state has prospered, and the state
shows greater activity In grange work
than for yean, It Is needless to say
that Mrs. Baird Is a magnificent speak
er, n line presiding officer mat W Wrong » •
worker In every way. She Is In the *
There Is a possibility th at the na­
tional grange may meet a t Xl®gat*
Falls next November.
The grange adapts Its functions te
the everyday work o f Its members, t j
Keep up the agitation for grange
halls to he owned by tlie grange.
The grange takes hold of the farmer’s
very life and essential Interests.
SCENES ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RY
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ninth year o f her mastership of the
State grange George VV lluird is gate­
keeper o f the uuilonal g unge, ami be
and Mrs. {hi re!
■ -hnrt.-r members pt
Minnehaha trr*i i^c, 3so. vrtrtrli ..
ganlzod twenty ebiiit yours ago and
has never become dormant. Mr. Baird
Is master o f Mnmeluilm grange {^Salt­
ing o f hie worn, he says: j t
“ Our Work In the BBbordlnate g ra tto
Is now principally along educational
lines. Our members nave flic greMest
St Mary’s Academy,” coadUCted by Sisters ¿ f the Most Precious Biood.
at whom» bend is Slater Mary Thereaa, wae ooiapleted last^DeOCmher,' 1902.
In .Tanimry, 1903. school opened with an enrollment o f fifty* pirpils,“ boarders
and day-pupils. The Academy is primarily intended as a Iwarding school
for girls and young ladies, though day pupils arb also admitted. Its course
o f study embraces Elementary, Grammar and Academic departments, be­
sides a special Commercial course, for such as desire It, including Stenogra­
phy, Typewriting and Bookkeeping.
As this was .the opening year, school cloned a little earlier, on Tuesday,
June 2d. Besides the convent-and-Ucaffiemy is also the home for orphan
boys, all under the same management and all in prosperous condition, a
credit to the efficient superior, who, as teacher at Verboort was the first
Sister in Oregon to hold a teachers’ certificate, and there established a
most creditable record for., the success which still attends her efforts In
her broadened field o f usefulness.
R h o d e 1 .1 »
\ « r l « u l l u r a l C o lle g i
The recent election of Mr. Kenyon L.
Butterfield o f Michigan to the presi­
dency o f tbe Blinde Island Agricultural
college bodes well for that institution.
During the pnaUthrcg years he has
pursued work “In the 'University of
Michigan. His work in the university
has been o f such a high order that dur­
ing this year he wus appointed lecturer
in rural gouMlogy, a new course offered
in the wnlvenity. He believes in thor­
ough technical training for tbe farmer.
H E bark th a t held a prime went down. *
The sweeping waves rolled ou;
And what was England's glorious crow®
To him that wept a son?
He lived—for life may long be borne
Ere sorrow break Its rlmln:
Why comes not death to those who mown?
l i e never smiled ugaln!
There stood proud forms around bis throne,
The stately and the brave,
But which could fill the place o f one—
That one beneath the wave?
Before him passed the young and fair.
In pleasure's reckless train.
But seas dashed o’er his sou's bright hair—
H e never smiled again!
He mat wliere festal bowls went round;
He heard the minstrel sing,
He saw the tourney's victor crown’d
Amidst the knightly ring:
A murmur o f tie- restless deep
Was blent with every strain,
K voice o f winds that would not fleej>—
He never Umiled again!
Hearts, hi that time, closed o’er tbe trace
O f vmvs oiwV fondly poured,
A di I strangers took the klnsiimn't place
At many a Joyous tmnrd:
Graves, which true love had bathed with tears.
Were left to Heaven's bright rain.
Fresh hopes were bom for other years—
He never amlled again!
HW+yc.frrft w o
to carry out Ills Jdcas in this direction.
He is wli lull an enthusiastic worker in
the grange.
r r a e tlo h l C o -o p era tio n .
Some time ago, when prices for beef
yyere so high as to be almost prohibi­
tiv e the members o f some of the
granges In ’ Berkshire county^ Mass.,
cwwpcnitcdplii defying tbe high prices
et the meat trust and getting their owu
ties 1 1 meat at a low price. Some of the
fgrmers falsing young stock agreed to­
gether to kill off stock as It was needed
to aup I V meat, taking turns and dis­
tributing to each other and to other
members o f the grange at a lower price
than meat was selling for In the mar­
ket. «"wo Important grange Ideas wera
thertfiy illustrated—fraternity and co-
« n a t io n . M M n M m H I
• 'W a t c h t h e B a s k e t . ”
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Carnegie In bis "Empire of Business"
SB ms up the'conditions of success for
the fanner as well aa the buaibesa man.
H e soya: "The man who fâfls Is the
im ao who scatters his capital, which
means that he lips also, scattered ills
brains. He has Investments la this,
thnt a ml'tli® o U t e r U t t u ® . W u » p u l toil
your eggs In one basket Is all wrong.
I tell you, put all your egga In one bas­
ket and then watch that basket.”
Tbe secretary of the Pe*nsyl vanla
state grange, J. T. Allman, says that In
many aectlona the notion still prevails
that the grange Is the avowed enemy
of tbe middlemen. This Is not correct.
W e oppose only a surplus o f middle­
men, endeavoring to shorten as much