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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1904)
IO with any degree or interest to his hear ers. lie had not before believed that he could write a paper on any subject that would be worth the reading. As one fnrmer said, "I would rather hitch up C o n d u c te d by and drive a mile to carry Information J. W. DARROW, Ch eth em . N. Y „ than write one postal card.” But In Press Correspondent Nero York State the grange he finds opportunity to for Grange mulate his Ideas into words, and often there is found to be rare worth in what A GRANGE OF 800 MEMBERS. he has to say. The grange educates In many ways. It helps men to kuow I i a r c n t U rb a n is a tio n o f T h is K in d themselves. I n tb* World. THE GRANGE The Colonial Hotel When you come to Forest Grove stop at the Colonial Hotel. Everything first class. Best of service. Rates reasonable.......... H. VILLiGER, Proprietor Oregon Forest Grove, For Feed andStapleSeeds HEADQUARTERS Complete I ne of Field and Garden Seeds, Bran, Shorts and Mill Feeds, Oil Meal, W hole and Cracked Corn, Lump Salt, Lime and Cement, Land Plaster. FLOUR— Minnesota Hard W heat, Eastern Oregon Hard W heat, Valley W heat. Come In and f'-ree delivery T. A. RITCHEY. Forest Grove, Or. A t the Auction House Chairs, Rockers, Kitchen Treasures, Wood Beds, Iron Beds, Center Tables, Extension Tables, Safes, Cupboards, Dressers, Couches, Shovels, Spades, Rakes and numerous other useful articles. $12.00 Guitar, one year old, now for $5.00. $8 N. H. Watch Co. watch, silveroid case, $4.00. $3.75 Ivers Johnson No. 32 revolver, $1.75. No. 22 Rifles, $2.25 to $7.00. Patton’s Sun Proof Paint and White Lead, and a good line of Wall Paper will be in to supply the Spring and Summer demand. Wolcott (N. Y.) grange enjoys the rare distinction of having 800 members on Its roll. Wolcott Is a village of only about 1,300 population, but the sur rounding country has been worked over and over, and neurly every farmer Hiid farmer’s wife is numbered as a member. F. R. Pierson has recently been elected for his second term as Its master, and Its present secre tary, Mrs. J. Hi L. Roe, has been elected for her twenty-third suc cessive term. The g ra n g e was organized Sept. 8, 1875, with thirty-one c h a r te r m em bers. Twenty- two of them are now living, and e ig h te e n are f . r . p i e r s o n . still members of [M aster of Wolcott Wolcott grange, grange.] Fr{)m ltg vpry beginning Wolcott grange has had a substantial growth, owing largely to the ncUvlty of a few of Its members and Its central location, having four townships of Wayne county to draw from. Although It has granted demits to forty-six members and death and suspensions have claimed many more, nevertheless It has attained the proud distinction of being the largest grange lu the United States. It does not change its officers very frequently. It has had only eleven masters and three secretaries. Wolcott grange makes a special fea ture of its literary work and has an annual printed programme containing also a list of the ofllcers and of the en tire membership. It ulso gives special attention to the social features of the grange. It holds an occasional grange fnlr, and once a year n farmers’ Insti tute is held under its auspices. T h«' C r n n ic r In Lost! Yesterday Somewhere between daylight and dark, Two Golden Hours Each set with Sixty Diamond Minutes. No reward is given to the finder, for they can never be found— they are gone forever, and as time is money, so is your money wasted in building an Inferior Pence That takes time to be patching, also to gather up stock that has gotten into a neighbor’s field, or to chase your neighbor’s stock that has gotten into your field. Buy a Page Pence And by so doing save money, and live in peace and harmony with your neighbor. Agents Wanted. For full particulars, address Page’s Woven Wire Pence Co. P« PATTON, Gaston, Local Agent, Northwestern Washington Co. E. ESTES, Manager of Distributary, M c M i n n v i l l e , . . . . O r e g o n P o litic«. There needs to be a word of warning passed along the line that the grange must keep Its hands off partisan poli ties and keep polities out of the grange or Its Influence Is gone. Those who are not Its friends would he only too glad to see the Order Interested In partisan political feuds and contests. We have a very strong notion that an official of a state or the national grange should never become a candidate for any im portant office so long as he holds sncli official position. We commend the fol lowing resolution adopted by the Con necticut state grange rcceutly to every other state organization: R e s o lv e d , T h a t t h e s t a t e g r a n g e o f C o n n e c t i c u t . loynl to i t s p a s t r e c o rd , will e v e r h o ld i t s e l f n lo o f f r o m a ll p a r t i s a n p o litics a n d w ill s t r e n u o u s l y o p p o s e a n y n e tlo n t h a t w ill t e n d to a r r a y a n y o n e c l a s s of o u r c l t l i e n s a g a i n s t a n y o th e r . T h e h o n or. g o o d n a m e a n d p r o s p e r i t y o f t h e good old s t a t e o f C o n n e c t i c u t s r e o f m o r e Im p o r t a n c e t h a n a n y I n d iv id u a l o r c l a s s In te r e s t s . a n d w e h e r e b y p le d g e o u r a d h e re n c e to I t That resolution has the right ring: It is worthy of ratification by every state grange In the Union. The G range D e v e lo p « T n le n t. One advantage of the grange Is to de velop talent. Many a farmer, until he Joins the grange and has taken part In Its literary and educational work, finds It difficult to speak five minutes on an assigned topic In nnv nubile meet In« A R em a rk a b le F act. New Hampshire grangers are very nearly equally divided as to sex. The total membership In the state Is 20.800 —13,031 men and 13,009 women. The gnins for the year are: By Initiation, 3,108; by demit, 339; reinstatement, 378; charter members. 242; total. 4,067. At the recent Illinois state grange meeting Hon. Oliver Wilson of Mag nolia was re-elected master for the en suing term. Mr. Thomas Kelley of Dunlap was renominated for secretary, but, having served in that capacity for twenty-five years, declined re-eleetlon. There wns never such a demand for grange literature and never so ninny newspapers running grange depart ments as now. The membership Is In creasing so rapidly that publishers find It good business policy to use at least a column of grange matter each week. Fredonla (N. Y.) grnnge held Its thir ty-fifth annual election recently. It was the first grange organized in the state of New York, or in the world, for that matter. Mr. U. E. Dodge, who wns elected lecturer, was the first mas ter of this grnngd. Frultlnnd grange of Delaware is “the mother of mnsters.” as it were. It has furnished three masters for the state grnnge and more are In training. Pennsylvania added 5.000 new mem bers to Its roll of Patrons. This year State Master Hill asks for 7,000. G range O n trr o f C o m m u n ica tio n . The Pennsylvania state grange has established a medium of exchange be tween the producer and consumer of surplus products. The work is in charge of S. B. Day of Washington, I’a.. who has received many hundreds of letters from Patrons all over the state. It Is Intended to publish an ex change bulletin which will contain a list of all the wants and for sale arti cles reported to the committee. This bulletin will be published ns often as necessary, and a copy of each issue will l>e mailed to every subor dinate grange In the state. After be ing read In the grnnge meetings It will be posted up in the halls for the ben efit of all. The name and address of each person having anything to sell or desirous of purchasing any special arti cles will appear in the list, so that buy ers and sellers may communicate di rectly with each other. The bulletin will be published by the stnte grange. The Lecturer*« Work. The systematic organization of the lecturer's work In the Michigan state grange has given a practical value to the educational Influence of the grange never possessed before. So says the Michigan Farmer. And what is true of the work In Michigan may lx* and should bo true of the lecturer's work in’ every state. There is now n lack of systematic effort In many states, and this tends to lessen the influemv and minimize the results of grange work. Mr. B. B. Lord, the hushnnd of Mrs. Elisabeth Ixird. lecturer of New York state grange, died Jan. 19 at Sinelalr- vlllo, N. Y. He wns a noted breeder of fine stock and a public spirited citizen, lie wns a member of Sinclulrvllle grnnge of Chautnuoun countv.