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Valuable Discuscion of tha Question
by Hon. Gaorgj T. Pov«oll.
i Special Correspondence.]
l!i .-cry much of the public discussions
•i grange- •. u-etings speakers ilweil
. and recount over and over what
rrange nas done. While we may
pride ia the past history of the ■
to dwell so continually i
ir «j!?cs not always Interest mem !
' either old or .young. Interest
v . . snore in the present than in the
i :ist. It i3 the
I problems of
j the day, the j
Ir w ° r k of tbe i
y; t < ' present, that;
i **,;/• j are of greater |
' I j importance to j
vA' j farmers and
•H .v\ j ; r 'T"i
, • \ I bers, and in j
• j proportion as;
' 't»y these are taken .
"v • . ■ i!p. considered
. ) K cj and effort made
to .solve them !
T : "•' • will the organ
, ■ la •••! rengtli, numtiers and |
- i'io ,-| ;V» civil war the agri- j
re of our << .n' ; iiecame most se
y depressed Most farmers were
.• in '• bt. vn i,' farms mortgaged |
U> s extent that made life discourag-1
: ; fli *y to pay high rates of in
i- ■' transportation charges on
t .■:. :• . high in cost as to ,
.• ,;u!e , r.i'u marketing. i
. grp iv .if> organized to meet |
"ii* V.' n:i. :tu:i through (he priu
- ..lid i <thods <>f co-operation It'
If ok, d vitli a large degree of i
. to 1 prove the depressing con- j
■ in ;. ;miug and to awaken in I
. - a i. ;her appreciation of their j
rk ad of .heir influence in the com
. .'lit; lu which they lived, as also
r • u important questions of public
■ 'it» rronge nee.ls to do more of thin |
kind oi work. Wb"rever a grange ex-1
■ . i tie.v grange is organized 1! j
take first of all the problems
~i;i; "cot the highest welfare of that:
,p v- -itty What are those most
i i ;entWe slo'ild sey the condi- .
>:i i- the public school is one first hi j
:ncc. What is the school doing |
;i. farm life of the neighborhood?
We ;'ie children being tuugiit any- j
• ■ boat the e«UV Arc they getting'
iy ir. true: a Iri the plant life with j
vbich thev have to deal*' A~e they
g; ai:> conceptiou of th,» poasl
ijiiitio: tiiAt are before ihem In Intel
liger.<- : 0-3; • .i'.ilon an I in the eultlvn- j
tlon ■ ! the important pi'.nta that nre |
i'lvrn about their farm homos and up !
oi: w !ch the prosperity and success
of ft*.: at iife are entirely dependent!
is the school In the rural community
In v. n n « : range exists teaching the
.•idJd'.s n anything about the insect life
that is destroying the farm crops to u
degr.x- thfit ear after year serlottelj
revltn• < the income of the farm or any
rhi:i . of the blights and diseases of
;i\ that r;ili further reduce the in
-0 i-.'ie ind add to inability to meet
«' r.i tr.nko Improvements and to
1 to the home the comforts that
. : i 1 thoiii '\.i; ure of living? Is there
; jy ii'.formi lion Imparted to the cbil
i! ■ i Oh nainial life of the school
ii tri. li. the woods, la the water or
u - 4 farm? Is the scnoolhouse &n<3
i'.d vt;. round!ngs pleasant and inviting
• -> the children or is it barren and re
polia; to the best Impulses of their
. ? A > there few children in the
■ !;• and l!!tie public interest In t!i<! (
edton th.tt is being given them,;
nnd i. ols there any relation between j
' he total ah: once of all of this benefl ]
cent i 'id all inspiring teaching and the 1
oimin'shing numbers of children in
rural ..chooi;And, further, is there
.' liv . -lation betv.'een the absence of
tali! kind of school instruction and the
(U'f.ire of the young people to get away ]
it :n the farm and into our villages 1
and • itles, to the final neglect of man.v 1
a farm home and iU sale at a large j
sacrifice in value?
! ; here not here a work of most!
vital importance that the grange has j
not o ce and one which it may yet do ;
wit > large ;,<> .• -jie results in the up i
huiiolniT of f'trm values and of more'
active inter \ ; in farm life? What j
ma;, and ; ..1 the grange do for the'
community • which it exists 1a other I
directions tha' affect Its welfare? Do j
the tiieri'bcrs lo«»k after the local gov- :
eru.oent'r .u thc.v si-e that elßcleut 1
and tin-: uio.i are administering the;
expenditure* of the towa property?
Are the ' ' .w -. of so much impor
tar.oc to.i- made us good as they
• hould be for the money that Is col
iectod for that purpose? Why do so
many farmers and highway commis
ir.i'.ers allow year after year weeds to ;
i 1' vv along the highway, to scatter;
their seeds over the farms of the en- 1
tire neighborhood iu contest with their
-rrass and grain crops the occupancy of
Ihe soli that yields such dlscouraglng
!.< .miali profits? V/hy Is an Important j
i.uv In real' lot' to the cutting of weeds ;
I MATIOMAL GHAa'CE KOTES. j
; VutUi't fcf Gjnsrji, latorcst to Mem
tors of tho Order From Mslno to
California.
j New York stands at the front among
! gru ':ge states. State Master F. N.
I 'io.j'ficy reports the meinl>ershlp at '
; tiiotit 75.1.HKJ. There are 1559 suhordi- ;
1 j late granges, thirty-eight having been J
;t AdirJ the past year. Tbe Patrons" |
fire insurance Mssociatious are strong '
• factors in a linsnclal sense. They rep- i
■ e:-i' at nearly *ltw,000.«00 of risks. ;
'1 here are 172 grange hails owned lu 1
the state, the totai vaiue Ijiing re- !
por:ed at $343,07«. Much Iras been
uone by the state grange In legislation
I benefiting rural conditions.
j State Lecturer Thompson is one of
• Maine's enthnuiastic grangers. He
says there are over 400 granges in the
stale, and over 300 of them own their
ow u grange halia, which range in value
! from f'2,000 to SO,OOO or more. A
grange of "00 members is almost cer
tain to have its owu hall, and this
gives a permanence to The grange
movement that Is unquestionable. The
grange membership has increased from
20,i'00 to 54,000 in twelve years. The
1 iari%st grange in the state and per
haps in the ITulted States is Hon:ton
! grange, with IKO members. It has a
grange store, w hich did a business of
SIOO,OOO last, year, and then; are half
' a dozen more younger stores in the
i state.
National Treasurer Mrs. Eva S. Mc
! Do well of Uouie, N. T., reports tke
! financial condition of the national
grange as follows:
RECEIPTS.
Balance Oct. 1, 1805 1W>,896.»)
i From various sourc«s 42,212.fc'j
PAYMENTS.
| On orders lU.7IUK |
! Balance Oct. 1. 1907 J0.587.U8 |
Mt.U4.se !
The toral resources of the national j
: gratigc, including the above balance
and money Invested In bonds, savings
bank deposits, etc., is $102.1KJ1.44.
I
j State Master (Jeorge W. F. Gaunt of
N'ev Jersey says. "The past year has
I been the banner year in grange work
: in the Garden State. Sixteen new sub
i ordinate granges have been organized
I and two Tomonas, making 118 sub
! ordinate and fourteen Pomona granges.
; Net-'rly 3,0011 new members have been
I added to our memliershlp, making a
strand total of 15,000. Onr Grange
; Fire Insurance company has been stead
I lly growing, gtvlng safe protection to
j our patrons. We have nearly $18,000,-
0t» worth of property iusured. For a
numlier of years subordinate and Po
mona granges have been co-operating
lu the purchase of farm supplies at h
{ great saving This has been, however,
i of a local character. The Grange Con»-
! mereial Kxchange has been recently la
-1 corporated with a capital stock of
$12.",C00, which It Is expected will tie
; very heipful to the members of the
I gntiipe."
■ G. W. I'elrce. state master of the Yer
! mout grange, reports thirty new sul>-
, ordlnates and one Pomona organized
! the past year, adding 2.000 members.
I Questions '•rere freely discussed, and
j education was the watchword. Agrl
| culture and nature studies were helug
i introduced into the common schools.
1 The grange stood for better roads, bet- t
I ter methods and better everything. He I
j will not be satisfied until there are as j
j many granges lu Vermont as there are ;
; towns.
C. I). Richardson, state master In
Massachusetts, says a great growth is
goiu" n with enduring results. Tbe
p r< .•; of "hild education was engag
ing the awntlou of Patrons in Massa
chusetts. Growth of membership was
of little consequence unless every one
hud some dehnite object. The grange
Is winning its way to tbe front.
The exemplification of the ritualistic
work was never better than this year.
T lie first degree was exemplified by
New Britain itxmu.; grange officers
the seco'ul by a Cheshire (Conn.) team,
tbe third by h ladles' degree team from
l\'e> lie. N. fi.: the fourth by a ladies'
degree team from North Hrookiield,
Mi. The IV/ th degree was beautiful- j
ly presented by a Central Pomona de .
! gre-'i ti.an> of Connecticut and the sixth j
by iiie officers of the Connecticut etate I
i grarge. This work, particularly In the |
; lower degrees, cannot fail to be an Id |
spiral ion to all who witnessed It.and
thrmigh them the various stibordlnau.' j
gnitiges here represented will be In i
; cited to Improvement in this very |m |
! porta nt phui.e of grange work.
Governor Woodruff of Connecticut
; gave an Informal reception to the nn
[ tional grange aud visiting delegates
I just ut the close of one morning's ses
j slon. In the receiving ilne were Gov
• ernor aud Mrs. Woodruff. ex-Governor j
( and Mrs. C. .1, Bell of Vermont and ex- j
i Governor aud Mrs. N. J. Bacbelder M I
I New Hampshire. Several hundred j
! visiting Patrons took occasion to pay :
j their respects to the chief executive ou '
I this occasion. Governor Woodruff is i
is recent member of the grange.
Pvtato Growing Contest.
A novel grange contest took place at
North Augusta, Me., this full lu pots
to ralstug between the brothers and
the bisters. Each one bad beeu pre- |
vioasly required to plant five bills of »
potatoes, care for tliem aud dig them ,
The losing side was to furnish the i 1
| supper. On Oct. o each one carried '
i the potatoes raised to the grange
where they were weighed. The broth- I
ers won by the small margin of five
and one half pounds. Tbe largest crop
raised was twenty-two pounds by Kver
| ett Wither. J. W. DAJRHOW.
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ne Goods at correct
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>\(!N("0 VALtEvf, PA.
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Sale Comments This Week
*AT RCOATS—Men's good ( MEN'S s io PANTS at 2.00
warm Overcoats 101 mm v | PvaGnS HA ! S n's ".so pants. woith 0 ap
of them but enongh t>. n ± < money, sold at Z.ZO
airly heavy demand I ■ ' tLb tii3i «.u~ Men ! e ;vv shot's, at I^s
«.,owm 2r .-- ways sold for 2.00
ilose thrill oit [ Z.y/ a« Mt sricmlice at 3.50
18.45 C'vcr.oais at c .*«> At this ScilC 2 so Markets good quality
1,, ~ , sold a 1 so. The 1.25 blank
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I I'iftv Suits (or B >ys', l<>ng tr user'-, v< r\ line goods sizes from is to iq at i Qv
I V\EM'S SUITS 5.50 Su ts ft r 7.75; 10 50 Suits !< r 6.5-: £.so !• uits lor 5.^0
BIG SAI.h Ol- LADIhS' HATS 3.50, 3.00 and 2 =0 Hats fer i.io at C'earanee Sale.
2.75 Ladies' Hats at 99c. An extensive line 0! Ladies' Hats at 3Sc.
Teen's sSboes at Clearance sSale.
W. L. DOUGLAS 5 Shoe for and ihe 3.00 Shoe for 2.5 cat this sale only
, A Big Lot of Lad ies' Shces, - ooand '-o Shoes at 1.19.
M en's Felts and Rubbers 1.50 at 2.00, Men's Ft lis at Men's woolen under
wear all wool, red < r gret nat 33 c. Men's Caps worth 1.00 at eqc; 50c caps at 36c;
, 25c Caps lor 19c. Ladies' Swenters i.yoand 1.25 selling at one.
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MUNCY VALLEY, PA.
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