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 ,
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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.