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ANDDAIRYMEN
It will pay every farmer or every farmer's wife
to sit right down and write for Sliarples "Bus-
iness Dairying. ' ' This valuable book contains in-
formation that can be found in no other book,
and will help any dairyman to make his
business more profitable. It tells
How to Feed, What to Feed, How
to Care for Feed, What Foods Pro-
duce Greatest Amount of Milk, How
to Care for the Dairy Cow in the way
to get best results, and the whole book
is practical. To get all the good out of
your milk you should of course use
THE SHARPIES
TUBULAR CREAM SEPARATOR
It is not only g^iaranteed to more than pay
for itself annually, but the ease with which
you can skim, the low can, the self -oiling
bearings, the simple Tubular bowl with only
one little part inside to wash, the moderate
price, are all points you should know about. Send today
for the free "Business Dairying" and full information
about the Sharpies Tubular, giving number of cows
you keep. Ask for booklet G. 222
Mrs. J. Renken, Trenton, la., s»ys "We cleared |100.00 in six
months off seven cows."
THE 8HARPLES SEPARATOR CO.,
Toronto, Can. WEST CHESTER, PA. Ohloago, III.
Three Minutes Does It.
Richfield, Pa., May 8, 1907.
Gentlemen: — Two weeks ago I bought
a Tubular Separator which proves very
satisfactory. It runs very easy and is
so easy to wash that my daughter (not
twelve years of age yet) wases It in
three minutes time without any help.
C. M. ARBOGAST.
Sad Waste Through Delay.
Conoquenessing, Pa., May 6, 1907.
Gentlemen: — I am very sorry I did not
buy a Tubular when I started in to
farm. I have thrown out the price of
three and one-half No. 4 Tubulars. I
will say, in short, that you could not
buy mine if I could not get another.
FRANK D. DOMBAUGH.
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:the banktthat has2grown up with p.ttsburgh.
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Rank of Pittsburg^h
Oldest Bank in the United States, West of the Alleghany Mountains
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This Hank wa^ornjuni/iid when Pittsbxirg'K "was a village
of less tliiui .'iiMD mil il);i:iiits. l'"()r aliiK^st One Hundred Years it lias
been till.' (luposilory I'oi- Imlivi'liials, Firaiw, (.'orporat ions miil dIIht I)aii!-;s,
audlias l)e(Mi so (.listiuLfnislicd by the sound (■oiisfr\"ati>ni of its iiiana_m'nient
and its c()ns|)ic'ir)iis stren^lh in periods of finaurial stress that it lias been
known ar/ihc "Financial Gibraltar.**
It is equipped hir all branrlu^s of modern l)ankin_i;' and invites the busi-
ness of Orangers and Grange BanKs.
STATEMENT MAY 20, 1907.
Loans and investments $18,961,133.23
Clearing House Cliecks 485,379.10
Due from Banks 3,299,189.09
Cash in Vaults 2,460,239.84
Capital Stock $2,400,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits, 2,803, 340. 64
Circulation 2,167,497.50
Deposits 17,835,103.12
$25,205,941.26 $25,205,941.26
OFFICERS.
WILSON A. SHAW, President
JOSEPH R. PAULL, Vice-President W, F. BICKEL, Cashier
J. M. RUSSELL, First Assistant Cashiep J. D. AYRES, Asst. Cashier
W. L. JACK, Assistant Cashier GEO. F. WRIGHT, Auditor
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to sit right down and write for Sharpies '^Btts-
ioibss Dairying." Thisvaliiable book containsin-
formation that can be found in no other bpok,
and will heljp any dairyman to make his
businesis more profitable. It tells
How to Feed, What to Feed, How
to Care for Feed, What Foods Fto-
dtice Greatest Amount of Milk, How
to Care for the Dairy Cow in the way
to get best results, and the whole book
is practical. To get all the good but of
your milk you should of course use
THE SHUFLIS
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It Is not only gfuaranteed to more than pay
for itself annually, but the ease with which
you can skim, the low can, the self -oiling
bfearihgs, the simple Tubular bowl with only
one little part inside to wash, the moderate
, price, are all points you should know about. Send today
for the free /'Business Dairying" and full information
about the Sharpies Tubular, giving number of cows
yoli keep. Ask for booklet G. 222
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Mrs. J. Benken, Trenton, la., SAys "We cleared 1100.00 in bUe
months off seven oowB."
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO.f
WEST OHESTCRf P4.
ToroBto* San.
Three Mimites Doe$ ft. " "^
Klchfleid, Pa., May 8, 1907.
Q«ntlemen: — ^Two vre^aa ago I bought
a Tubular Separator whlcb proves very
satisfactory. It runs very easy and Is
80 easy tx> wasb that my daughter (not
twelve years of age yet) waiseg It In
three minutes time without any help.
C. M. ARBOGAST.
III.
|SadWa$te Throagli Dday^
Conoquenessing, Pa., May 6, 1907.
Gentlemen: — ^I am very sorry I did not
buy a Tubular "wihen I started In iJO
farm. I have thrown out the price of
three and one- half No. 4 Tubulars. I
will aay. In short, that you Hjould not
ibuy *mine If I could not get another.
V PRANK D. DOMBAUOH.
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Oldest Bank in the United States, West of the Alleghany Mountains
This Baak was orgaaized when PittsbtirgK wolS a village
of less than 5000 inhabitants. For almost One Hundred Years it has
been the depository for Individuals, Firms, Corporations and other Banks,
and has been so distinguished by the sound conservatism of its management
and its conspicuous strength in periods of financial stress that it has been
known as the "Financial Gibraltar."
It is equipped for all branches of modern banking and invites the busi-
ness of Grangers and Grange BanKs.
STATEMENT MAY 20, 1907.
Loans and investments $18,961,133.23
Clearing House Checks 485,379.10
Due from Banks 3,299,189.09
CSash in Vaults 2,460,239.84
Capital Stock $2,400,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Proflts,2,803,340.64
Circulation 2,167,497.50
Deiposits 17,835,103.12
$25,205,941.26^
$25,205,941.26
officx;r.5.
WILSON A. SHAW, President
JOSEPH R. PAULL, Vice-President W. F. BICKEL, Cashier
J. M. RUSSELL, First Assistant Cashier J. D. AYRES, Asst. Cashier
W. L. JACK, Assistant Cashier GEO. F. WRIGHT, Auditor
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'*God thot to give the sweetest thing
In His almighty power
To Earth ; and deeply pondering
What it should be, one hour
In fondest joy and love of heart
Outweighing every other,
He moved the gates of Heaven apart
And gave to Earth a mother/
Vvixlx'^M Ixg the Vmns^]vmm State ©rsirge
for the Patrons of R .nnsylvania and our neighbors In New Jersey, New York,
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio.
VOL. IV. No. 1. AUGUST, 1907.
5 Cents a Copy
25 Cents a Year
W. T. CREASY.
W. F. HILL,
EDITOR.
I. F CHANDLER,
Editor Executive Committee Dept. Editor Legislative Committee Dept.
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD,
Past Lecturer National Grange, Editor In National Field.
Official publication. Issued monthly. Entered January 13, 1906, at Chambersburg, Pa.,
as second class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR PIC-NICS
While anany otf our
Grange picnics have
become annual affairs
such as the Grange en-
campment a t Center
Hall and the one at
Graham's Grove, Craw-
ford County, and many
others, yet there will be
many held this year for
the first time. Else-
where in this issue ap-
pears an item with ref-
erence to the part the
State Grange will take
in the su p p 1 ying of
speakers. Perhaps a few
suggestions with refer-
ence to the arrange-
ments for the picnic and
relative to conducting
the picnic may be appre-
ciated. First of all after
determining upon the
date and location for the
picnic comes the matter
of le 1 1 i ng everybody
known that you are go-
ing to hold it. Adver-
tise it through talking
about it among your-
selves and to outsiders.
Use the county papers.
The Graham's Grove
people of Crawford County, are using
the Grange News to advertise their
picnic and their advertisement will
be found in this issue. Use those
farmer telephone lines that have been
built in So many places and the large,
flaming red posters with big black
letters will be the magnet that will
€raw those people that never can
By W. F. HILL
see anything leas than
the size of a barn
door. There is no use
of trying to do business
in these times unless you
are willing to spend some
time, plenty o f gray
inatter and a few
sheckels on your propo-
sitioji after it has been
carefully thought out
and planned. Good or-
der is required. When
you go to the expense
of securing speakers,
give them a fair show,
see to it that the merry-
^o-round, the lemonade
vender, the peanut
hawker and other
amusers and amuse-
ments are kept at a re-
spectable distance from
the speakers' stand. Of
course, some seats will
be provided for the audi-
ence and double boards
or plank answer very
nicely for this purpose
and at the noon hour
come in handy for the
basket picnic dinner.
If you have speakers
from a distance, arrange-
ments should be made for a commit-
tee to meet them and to see to it that
they are introduced to a goo-dly num-
ber of the home folks and made to
feel at home.
The Pomona Master or some promi-
nent Grange worker should act as
chairmain and during the literary ex-
ercises introduce, in a few happy and
PEN'NiSYLVANIA ORANOE NEWS
well chosen words, the different per-
formers. When there is samethin^r in
the speech that strikes you as being
all right don't be afraid to applauud
it. Hand clapping encourages a
speaker wonderfully and I might drop
a little hint right here, and that is
that wherever a speaker has an audi-
ence that cheers hi'm in good shape
that audience gets the best speech.
Music ? Certainly, and lots of it.
Whatever you do, don't forget the
music. If a band is too expensive
then bring the Grange song books and
have everybody join in. If you can
get everybody to singing and cheering
they will think they are having the
picnic of their lives.
AFTEIR THE PICNIC IS OVER.
And in fact while it is in progress
the members of the Grange should be
in evidence with their application
blanks inviting persons to join their
respective Granges. We are pub-
lishing an application blank on one
page of this issue. Cut it out and
take it with you to your picnic. If
each family receiving a copy of this
issue of Grange News will do this
and then will secure a member your
Grange will probably get more mem-
bers by it than by the special dozen
plan. Sometimes one persons says
he will join if somebody else will and
at the picnic is a good time to corral
euch people.
19 7 PICNICS.
This season is approaching and we
wish to announce the proposed ar-
rangements on behalf of State Grange
lor securing speakers ifrom the com-
plete list below. The iState Grange
will pay one-half of their traveling ex-
penses and all the per diem of speak-
ers from this list. The local picnic
will be expected to furnish the speak-
er entertainment while with them and
to pay to him the other half of 'his
traveling expenses. Plans should be
made early and be carefully worked
out. The speakers cover almost all
parts of the State and one may be
selected who will not have to travel
far to attend your picnic. Corres-
pond with the one of your choice di-
rect and make all arrangements with
liim personally.
If for any reason you can not se-
cure your first choice, then if you
begin early enough, you will have
time to secure another.
The following Patrops have signi-
fied their willingness to help as
speakers in accordance with the plans
prepared by the Executive Commit-
tee •
Arva Agee, State College, Pa., for-
merly Institute Lecturer. Now con-
nected with the State College.
J. T. Ailman, Thompsontown, Sec-
retary State Grange, (Juniata Oo.)
S. S. Blyholder, Neale, Overseer
State Grange, (Armstrong Oo.)
" Miss Frances W. Bromaill, Cheney,
(Delaware Co.)
A. M. Cornell, Columbia X Roads,
Past Lecturer State Grange, (Brad-
ford Co.)
C. H. Dildine, Rohrsburg, State
Grange Executive Committee, (Col-
umbia Co.)
B. B. Dorsett, Mansfield, Lecturer
iState Grange, (Tioga Co.)
Peter Gearhart, Curwensville, mem-
ber of Legislature, (Clearfield Co.)
Dr. Thomas F. Hunt, Dean of the
School of Agriculture, State College.
Rev. J. W. Johnson, New Milford,
Chaplain State Grange, (Susquehanna
Co.)
John A. McSparran, Purniss, Leg-
islative Committee State Grange,
(Lancaster Co.)
A. L. Martin, Harrisburg, Deputy
Secretary of Agricuirare. ( Will de-
vote such time as he can spare from
his official duties.)
Mrs. Clara T. Olmsted, Corry, R. D.
No. 11, (Warren Co.)
George W. Oster, Osterburg, mem-
ber of Legislature, (Bedford Co.)
W. B. Packard, Granville Summit,
past Lecturer Pennsylvania titate
Grange, (Bradford Co.)
Mrs. Stella Pratt, Mansfield, Deputy
State Master, (Tioga Co.)
Hon. Leonard Rhone, Centre Hall,
Past Master State Grange, (Centre
Co.)
Prof. H, A. Surface, State Economic
Zoologist, Agricultural Department,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Rev. H. G. Teagarden, Punxsu-
tawney. Past Chaplain State Grange,
(Jefferson Co.)
D. C. Young, Smethport, president
Grange National Bank of McKean
County. (Has traveled in the old
world, studying agrlcullturaH condi-
tions there.)
Mortimer Whitehead, Augrust 1 to
17, Past Lecturer National (Grange
(For dates for Brother Whitehead
write to State Master Hill.)
DEER IN ORCHARD.
Deer are becoming quite plentiful
and tame in Franklin County, Pa.,
where they have the benefit of the
protection that comes from a State
reservation of forty thousand acres.
Brother J. H. Ledy Master of Marion
Grange, No. 1350, has large peach
and apple orchards near Mont Alto
in that county amounting to about
two hundred acres. On different days
last month a party of four deer came
down from the State reservation on
the mountain and spent quite a while
moving leisurely about in his orchard.
PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
WANT TO BE FAIR.
Pennsyl-vunla Orange News Is print-
ed at CTiamt)ersl>urg. Because of
limited facilities here it Is then boxed
and shipped by freight to a city for
stitching and to have the covers put
on and trimmed. It Is then returned
to us and some weeks necessarily
elapse after the copy goes Into the
printer's hand before the finished
magazine reaches its readers. Under
date of June 15, The Practical Parm-
er made some comment upon "The
Farmers' Watch Dog" as it hsud ap-
peared in this magazine. This was
not received until after our July num-
ber had gone to press and of course
could not be referred to in that Issue.
The Practical Parmer treated this
matter in its usual honest, gentle-
manly and dignified manner. We have
accordingly with the addition of this
new light dissected our editorial "The
Parmers' Watch Dog." While it re-
cited an actual instance of recent oc-
currence in which the farmers and
readers of the Ohio Parmer had been
placed upon their guard and protected
by that publication, and, altho it was
not intended to reflect upon, or to ex-
cite any antagonisms of, the agricul-
tural press of this State yet the Prac-
tical Parmer and the Pittsburg Stock-
man seem to think that part of the
language is susceptible to such con-
struction. While Grange News had
no such motive either when it pub-
lished the item or since, yet feeling
that possibly part of the language
might be misleading, we are just as
ready to apologize for it and to re-
tract as we were to print it, and we
promptly do so.
Pennsylvania Grange News Is the
official organ of a great organization.
All its policies are outlined, and re-
sponsibilities assumed, by the State
Grange. No Grange official has a
single dollar of stock in this publica-
tion nor ge'ts a penny for the work he
does upon it. It has as its backer
and owners the State Grange with its
many thousand devoted members and
their combined numerical, intellectual,
moral and financial strength. While
It Is sweet to have a giant's strength
some one has said it is tyrannical to
abuse it and we very cheerfully re-
move whatever of obstacle or annoy-
ance we may have unintentionally
thrown in the way of any publica-
tion. Our desire Is to heLp and not
to hinder and we always aim to put
this into active practice. As the ex-
ponent of the principles and work of
the State Grange, Grange News tries
to possess a dignity and manliness
worthy of the great order It repre-
sents. We were thoroly surprised
and very much regretted that the
Pittsburg iStockman, knowing well the
co-operative character and control of
Grange News, should lend its editorial
columns recently to a vicious personal
attack in language unworthy a publi-
cation of its class and pretentions.
Surely its friends will be glad to see
it restore its editorial page to its
former high standard, and we trust
that its usual sense of propriety will
again become apparent in the repara-
tion it will make.
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.
No single force in Pennsylvania has
been so potent in securing the passage
of satisfactory oleomargarine and ren-
ovated butter laws nor so persistent
and watchful that they should be
properly enforced as the Grange. The
dairy interests are very extensive in
Pennsylvania and the north-western
part of the State has had Its full share
of this business. Erie and Crawford
Counties have long been noted for the
value of their dairy products and it is
Important that they should be proper-
ly protected against the fraudulent
stuff from the western packing houses
or the renovated butter factories.
With this end in view Subordinate
Granges of Brie County practically
unanimously asked Dairy and Food
Commissioner Foust that Archie Bill-
ings be appointed as his agent there.
Brother Billings Is not only a large
dairyman himself, but Is up-to-date In
all modern methods and makes a
very superior article of butter. He is
the Past Master of Edlnboro Grange,
No. 947, and Is at present the Worthy
Master of Erie County Pomona. Com-
missioner Foust very promptly made
this appointment and no better ap-
pointment could be made than this.
We congratulate the Granges of
Erie County as well as the dairymen
upon having such an able representa-
tive of their interests and we feel that
Commissioner Foust by this appoint-
ment has done much to show his
earnest desire to give all possible
protection to the farming and dairy
interests of Pennsylvania.
K
PEXNiSYLVAIN'IA GRAXiQE (NEWS
A STATE FLOWER.
There has been considerable agita-
tion in Pennsylvania at different
times to have a State flower. None
has been officially adopted, however,
and it seems to Pennsylvania Grange
News that the Orange in this ;&tate is
the agency that can propose, and bring
about the adoption of some flower to
be our recognized State flower. How
would it do for some Subordinate
Grange Lecturer to take this up in
his Subordinate Grange and secure
the passage of a resolution recom-
mending the adoption of some par-
ticular flower for this purpose. Then
carry it to the Pomona and if ap-
proved by that body have it carried
up to the iState Grange meeting at
West Chester next December. If the
Grange membership can become unit-
ed on any one flower we can have it
oflicialliy designated as our State
flower. Surely this is worth our ef-
forts. We publish beiew a list of
names of States with their nick-
names and flowers. What Pomona
Grange will come to the State Grange
with 'the name of a flower that that
body will accept ?
Alabama, Cotton State, goldenrod.
Arizona, sequoia cactus.
Arkansas, Bear State, apple blos-
som.
California, Golden State, poppy.
Colorado, Centennial State, colum-
bine.
Delaware, Blue Hen State, peach
blossom.
Florida, Peninsula State.
Georgia, Cracker State, Cherokee
rose.
Idaho, syringa.
Illinois, Sucker State, rose.
Indiana. Hoosier State.
Iowa, Hawkeye, wild rose.
Kansas, Sunflower State, sun-
flower.
Kentucky, Blue Grass State.
Louisiana, Pelican State, magnolia.
Maine, Pine Tree State, pine cone.
Maryland, Old Line Sitate.
Massachusetts, Bay State.
Michigan, Wolverine State, apple
blossoms.
Minnesota, Gopher State, moccasin.
.Mississippi, Bayou State, magnolia.
Montana, Stub Toe State, bitter
root.
Missouri, goldenrod.
Nebraska, goldenrod.
Nevada, Silver State.
New Hampshire, Granite State.
New Jersey, Jersey Blue State,
sugar maple (tree).
New York, Empire State, rose.
North Carolina, Old North .State.
North Dakota, Flickertail State,
goldenrod.
Ohio, Buckeye State.
Oklahoma, mistletoe.
Oregon, Beaver State, Orange
grape.
Pennsylvania, Keystone State.
Rhode Island, Little Rhody, violet.
'South Carolina, Palmetto State.
South 'Dakota, .Singed Cat State.
Tennessee, ©ig Bend State.
Texas, Lone Star State, blue bonnet.
Utah, sego lily.
Vermont, Green Mountain ^tate,
red clover.
Virginia, The Old Dominion.
Washington, Chinook State, rhodo-
dendron.
West Virginia, The Panhandle
State.
Wisconsin, Badger State.
RELIEVING WALL STREET
If there is one place that could be
spared better than another from the
United States map it seems ,to us that
that district is Wall Street. This
small strip of territory causes more
misery, more anxiety, more panics,
than any other district of equal
size in the whole world. Whenever
Wall Street gets in a tight financial
situation Uncle Sam takes the people's
money and deposits it over there for
the relief of those magnates. Why
is it that the goivernment feels it
has the right to take the money which
is collected all over our vast country
and dump it by the millions for the
benefit of Wall Street after those
speculators and stock gamblers have
gotten each other ini.o a condition of
bankruptcy.. Why not let those high-
toned gamblers take care of them-
selves in their financial operations the
isame as the rest of us have to do.
Ot what is still better make it a
criminal offense to gamble in futures
and margins at the stock exchange.
It is a crime to gamble in other
places, why should it not be there ?
The people should keep their moneys
at home where they can serve useful
ends in the various communities
throughout our broad country rather
than permit it to go to Wall Street
even through government aid for the
relief of men there. The stock
gambler serves no useful function in
the econormy of our business affairs.
If instead of being relieved through
the deposit of government millions
he would be driven out of the
nefarious business there would be
fewer panics and a happiness which
would be much more universal.
AS OTHERS SEE US.
As a woman delights to look at
■herself in a mirror so it sometimes
does an organization good to see it-
self as others see it. The Republican
Advocate of Wellsboro contained an
article in a December issue headed
"The State Grange." We reproduce
PEON'S YLVANI A GRANGE NEWS
it herewith both that our member-
ship may see the estimate that this
progressive weekly places upon our
organization and that we may express
to the Advocate our very great appre-
ciation for this commendation :
The thirty-fourth annual session of
the State Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry met in Dubois. The organiza-
tion is in fine condition. The Penn-
sylvania body has grown rapidly,
thirty-eight new Granges having been
organized and seventeen re-organized,
a growth exceeding that of any other
State. Along other lines, there has
been wonderful progress, among them
being the system of Grange banks
' which already g;ve promise of become
ing a beneficence of high order.
Agriculture is the leading industry
of the country. The wealth of the
nation lies in her farms and their
products above all other sources of
production. The world depends upon
our farms, the very surest protection
against foreign offense. Wise nations
will not displease the agent who feeds
them. Feeding the w^orld, we need
not fear the world.
The Grange is the best organiza-
tion for the promotion of the inter-
ests of the farmer. It is progressive,
with strong men at the head. Its
purposes are altruistic; Its aims are
high. It oueht to be sustained by
farmers everywhere. Every pro-
gressive farmer should ally himself
with the Grange. Its rapid growth
should be a source of pleasure to all
friends of agriculture. It is decidea-
ly an organization which is bound
to accomplish great good. It now
exercises a remarkable Influence for
the betterment of agriculture and it is
destined to become a tremendous
power.
Only One Manual Noedetl.
Sister Beulah Webster, secretary of
Grange, No. 1246, Potter County,
writes that they are flourishing, and
are raising a building fund. Have
good literary programs and interest-
ing discussions. The feast commit-
tee sees to it that they always have
plenty to eat and that It is nicely
served. The hall was recently
"house-cleaned" and bran new car-
pet put down. All officers, but one,
have their parts committed and new
members are being received right
along.
LAUGHING CONTENT.
A New York State Grange recently
chose sides the same as for a spelling
match. Stories were told by contest-
ants on each side alternately and the
feide from which the story was told
was privileged to laugh long and
loud but any member of the othet
side caught laughing had to fall out.
In this case the losing side furnished
refreshments at the next meeting.
Some meeting wihen things are dull
in your Grange it might be a good
idea to try this.
DEPUTY MARTIN SPEAKS.
Caledonia Grange, Franklin County,
was favored recently with an inspir-
ing Grange address delivered by
Brother A. L. Martin, Director of
Farmers' Institutes of Pennsylvania.
The Grange had tickets of invitation
and admission printed and issued
them to just such families as it was
thought would likely become interest-
ed in the work of the Grange and per-
haps affiliate with the organization.
The cozy Grange room was, as a re-
sult, comfortably filled with a select
audience to w^hom Brother Martin
delivered a very enthusiastic Grange
address.
TWO GIRANGES ; TWO PICNICS
Straban Grange, of Adams County,
will hold its picnic in the Presby-
terian Grove at Hunterstown, August
10, and the speakers will be Brother
Whitehead and State Master Hill.
Conowago Grange, of the same coun-
ty will hold Its picnic at New Oxford,
August 24, and the speakers will be
(Brother Bell, Past Master of the
Vermont -State Grange, and State Mas-
ter Hill.
Oregon State Grangie Meeting.
The State Grange of Oregon meets
in the summer, which would be our
busy season. The newspapers from
that State give a full and compre-
hensive account of what was evident-
ly a splendid session of that body.
The Patrons of Oregon are alert and
progressive and it is largely through
their instrumentality that the State
now enjoys the benefits and ad-
vantages of the initiative and refer-
endum law.
A GOOD MOTTO.
The motto of the Clinton County
(Pa.) Pomona Grange seems to
Grange iNews to be a good enough
platform for everybody. In that
county they stand for :
"Better government, better farms,
better times, better and happier
people, better schools, roads and
hospitals."
Don't forget to save dry grasses,
sheaves of ripe grain, ears of corn
and other specimens for your Grange
hall.
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PEXXSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
Pennsylvania State Grange
Chain of National Banics
The system under which the Grange
has been advising and assisting in the
organizing of banks has attracted very
general attention and received gener-
ous indorsement from almost all
classes of people. Conservative bank-
ing journals have repeatedly com-
mended it in their columns. It is rec-
ognized as being .scientifically correct
and that it will do a great deal to
promote the education, the self-re-
spect and the financial interests of the
Patrons generally. The ownership of
some stock gives to the farmer a new
conception of his importance and an
opportunity, for the first time, to get
in touch with a large body of other
farmers and business men and to have
the advantage of their combined
wealth and influence to increase his
opportunities for self help. Up to
the time of this writing the following
banks in this Grange chain have been
organized and are either open for
business, or building or fitting up bank
buildings, buying their fixtures, -etc.,
and getting in shape to open at an
early date : The Grange National
Bank of Tioga, located at Tioga, Ti-
oga, County; Grange National Bank
of Patton, at Patton, Cambria Coun-
ty; The Grange National Bank of Mc-
Kean County, Smethport; The Farm-
ers and Traders Natiunal Bank, Clear-
field County, Clearfield; The Grange
National Bank of Chester County, ai
Downingtown; The Grange National
Bank of Potter County, at Ulysses;
The Grange Trust Company, Hunting-
don, Huntingdon County; The Grange
National Bank of Wyoming County
at Laceyville; The Grange National
Bank of Susquehanna County, at New
Milford; The Grange National Bank of
Clarion County, at Sligo; The Grange
National Bank of Bradford County, at
Troy; The Grange National Bank of
Mansfield, at Mansfield, Tioga County;
Grange National Bank of Lycoming,
at Hughesville. Brother McHenry,
who is superintendent of this work is
kept very much occupied. The Pa-
trons in some other counties are also-
working upon the advisability of or-
ganizing and uniting with this chain.
The banks in these different counties
have nearly all been over subscribed,
the capital stock ranging from $25,-
000, which is the smallest, up to the
Trust Company at Huntingdon, which
has a capital of $125,000. This shows
the confidence in the movement and
what can be done by organized effort
intelligently directed. Even Uncle
Sam has no hesitancy in intrusting his
money with a Grange Bank. He has
named The Grange National Bank of
Tioga as a United State depository and
his first deposit in that bank was
$25,000, which was an amount equal-
ing the capital stock of the institution.
Farmers Should Be Independent.
Brother Art. S. Burt, Grange No.
1194, Potter County, and cashier of
the Grange National Bank of that
county at Ulysses is very much of an
advocate of farmers owning and con-
trolling their own financial institu-
tions. With reference to the chain
of National Banks being organized by
the Grange in Pennsylvania he says :
''This movement is bound to be a win-
ner. It is the first time farmers could
borrow a few dollars of their own
money without feeling that they were
asking a favor of someone else." Their
new bank opened for business on the
24th of June and has been steadily
gaining ground since that time. They
now have on deposit about $45,000
and a profit is promised from the first.
The National Grange Executive
Committee is considering a proposi-
tion to establisTi a National Grange
newspaper. If the object is to
squander the funds of the Nlational
Grange, the projectors can count on
accomplishing it in two or three years.
For the good of the order, it will not
be worth to exceed^SO cents.— Utica,
N. Y. "Semi- Weekly ^ress," Grange
Page, July 12, 1907.'
"THE GATEKEEPER,"
published by Brothers Mulford and
Andrews at Wellsboro is getting bet-
ter every quarter. We wish these
Brothers the success they merit.
If you don't like Grange News, tell
us, and tell us why. If you do like
it tell others and get their subscrip-
tion. Only a quarter, you know.
Then we'll help get new members into
your Grange.
We want 100,000 Grange members
in Pennsylvania, you ki:iow. Don't
fail to try the plan to get up a class
of candidates for your Grange.
The annual picnic of Greenbrier
Grange, No. 1148, Northumberlanil
County will be held September 14.
PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE NifwS
©i^ft ^t»pt* 3ro«sii«i?'» aiJirJtins MnhU
Worthy Master and Brother : —
I am in receipt of, and Tiave
noted, yours of the 3rd. I think you
can handle blindfolding matter very
nicely by instructing your assistant
jLnd lady assistant so that they may
be diplomatic in the work. In our
order the very first lesson to toe
taught is the lesson of faith and
those who walk by sight and depend
upon their own faculties neither dis-
cern this lesson nor exemplify the
principle. Our work in the Grange
is largely symbolical. By the wear-
ing of a veil over the eyes they dem-
onstrate their confidence in the mem-
bers of the organization admitting
them to membership and indicate
their need of, and desire for, knowl-
edge and every step they take is
chosen and taken with faith. We ask
nothing of any one that has not been
experienced by hundreds and thou-
sands of'oither initiates in the many
Granges throughout our country.
Surely we did them no wrong in
exacting that the^ be blindfolded
and those who join la'ter certainly
ought not expect to be favored above
their predecessors in the order. You
will understand that the blindfold
does not need to be tiglit or dense
in cases where one has a delicacy
about the matter, but 'the symbolism
should be observed and the lesson of
faith taught. You much use judg-
men in your work as you say. By
being diplomatic you can usually be
able to have the requirements of our
order observed without arousing any
antagonism.
Fraternally yours.
Worthy Secretary and Brother : —
Yours of the 3rd came during my
absence from home and reply to it
was necessarily delayed. A demit
card costs an applicant 25 cents.
When he presents it to another
Grange to acquire membership there-
in that Grange has a right to pass
1 resolution to charge him anything
from nothing to one dollar. If the
demit card is promptly presented the
general practice is to make no charge
whatever.
You asl ed me what can be done
with respect to action upon a motion
which has been duly made, seconded,
etc., and voted upon. In reply I
have to say that it sometimes is ad-
visable from developments that after-
ward arise to reconsider a motion
and to change action upon It. In
such, cases It is permissible for a
party voting with the majority to
move a reconsideration of the vote
by which the question had been de-
cided. If this is seconded and car-
ried in the affirmative then the ques-
tion is again before the body in its
original status just as it was before
the former vote was taken upon it.
Arguments upon it pro and con are
now in order. The question then is
put to vote and this second takes
precedence over the former vote
whether it Is in accordance with it
or not.
Very fraternally yours.
Worthy Master and Brother : —
I appreciate the fact that you
took time to write to me on the 3rd
the good letter that you did. It is a
fine thing when the young people take
interest and pride in the work of our
order, as you say they are doing in
your locality. The Grange is a fine
school and as I look over this great
State and see so many young men
and young women training themselves
through our order for lives of ser-
vice and usefulness it makes me feel
very sanguine and hopeful for the
American farmer. Mind has always
triumphed over matter and in propor-
tion as our order helps to develop
the men and women of the farm
homes to that extent is it conferring
power and influence upon the agri-
cultural people. When we know our
rights and have the courage to de-
fend them and the ability to protect
our interests against the unjust or
unfair hand then will we be able to ,
take and to maintain our praT>er place
in life. In reoly to your question I
have to advise that in making a public
illustration orally in the patrons test
I would use some other word than
the current A. W. Privately, how-
ever, is is the current one that is to
be used.
Fraternally yours,
Worthy Lecturer and Brother : —
In reply to the question you
asked I think it is for the good of
the order for every one to vote on
an application for membership. We
all have taken an obligation to as-
sist to promoting the welfare of the
order according to ouir ability. We are
all able to vote and it is only fair to
the applicant and to ourselves that
we express our feelings toward his
admission. When all vote then the
burden of a rejection if there is such
is distributed over the entire body and
does not rest among half a dozen. I
would insist upon having everybody
vote. It certainl"- is their duty to
do so if you request it.
With regard to the settlement of
the accounts of your Orange and the
auditing of the books of the secre-
tary and treasurer. This auditing
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PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE (NEWS
ought to be done quarterly and if the
committee will make a memorandum
of their findings in each ibook by
date they will not need to go back, of
that for fheir next audit. In this
way the work is v<*ry much lessened
and simplified. You will have to use
tact in all these things, and is is not
possible for me to advise you very ad-
vantageously without knowing more'
of the details. Yes, three black balls
are required for a rejection and no at-
tention need be paid to a lesser
number than that.
Very fraternally yours,
Worthy Sister : — ■
I am in receipt of yours of the
1st in which you state that there is
a movement on foot in your Grange
to secure tire application of a non-
resident, a man who is not identified
in any way with the interests of your
community, one who has recently
come among you and wliose stay
with you is of uncertain duration. In
reply I can but express my personal
opinion which is to the effect that if
does not seem ito be in keeping with
the dignity of our order nor its family
character that we should be too
hasty in receiving strangers and those
about whom we know comparatively
little. I like to look upon the
Grange as a family organization and
I do not favor inviting any one to
join a Grange until the membership
have ample opporturirty for knowing
about his character and for satis-
fying themselves that he is a man
whom we would be willing to intro-
duce to our families and to welcome
to our homes.
Very fraternally yours.
Master .State Grange.
PENNSYLVANIA POMONA GRANGES
AVARllEN COUXTY POMONA.
As Patrons of Warren County, we
are proud of our Pomona Grange,
proud of the earnestness of our mem-
bers, of the fidelity and the strong
fraternal friendship that .holds it to-
Mrs. B. A. WEST,
Past Ceres Pennsylvania State Grange
gether. This Pomona Grange charter
is dated O'ctober 1, 1875. The char-
ter memibers were : W. J. Jackson
and wife; N. P. Cummings and wife;
D. H. MoKean and wife; W.
by and wife; W. B. Rice
A. R. Mandeville and wife,
Siggins. The first Master
Cummings and the first m
H. Mault-
and wife;
and W. F.
was N. P.
jeting was
held at Kinzua, and never since that
time, so far as I can learn, has it
ever been dormant. It has seen
times of depression, perhaps times of
discouragement, but there has always
been the faithful few to tide it over
and carry it on to .better days.
At present we have a Pomona mem-
bership of 2 92, in a county that has
19 Granges with probably a total
membership of about 1500.
Warren County is not large and is
not strictly an agricultural district,
a,s it has many diversified interests :
lumbering, manufacturing, oil dis-
tricts and muoh surface not suited
to farming; so we think our Grange
memibership good, and still expect it
to increase. But we know it is not
numbers that insure success; rather
earnestness and enthusiasm united
with intelligent study of surrounding
conditions, and any Pomona Grange,
to become the power in 'the county
that it should be, and that it can be,
must take decisive action and a firm
stand on important suibjects.
'Discussion may be very instructive
as well as e'ntertaining to members,
but to become c power outside we
must take decisive action, and I think
our Pomona realizes this move each
year. At our last meeting held at
Lander, a large and enthusiastic
meeting, we passed several resolu-
tions on important matters and sent
copies to the proper authorities.
[These appear elsewhere.] — Ed.
We have one hour each meeting
for the young people, for whiich they
prepare program and one of their
number presides; one hour called
PEN1NSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
11
woman's hour, arranged and conduct-
ed by the Sisters. Have a Fifth De-
gree meeting in the evening, at our
last meeting initiating sixteen, 1
think.
We try to have on our program
questions interesting to all classes; an
all-around program touching on Na-
tional, State, county and local affairs,
as well as those pertaining to our
calling (farming and home-making)
for to be successful in either line to-
day one must have a knowledge of
public affairs. 'For many meetings
past I have heard t^t-me one remark
before we left for our homes that
"this was the most interesting Po-
mona meeting I ever attended," which
shows that the members are alert and
contributing to the general entertain-
ment, for that is what usually maken.
an interested mem'ber of any society
We often have the subject brought
up by some Subordinate Grange,
"What can we do to interest our
members and induce thena to attend
the meetings ?" Now, if every Pa-
tron of Husbandry in Pennsylvania
would say, "I will try to do something
to instruct, entertain, amuse some one
at every meeting," it would forever
do away with that old question. For
no one would sit with an aimless
mind waiting to ibe interested, but
would leave his home interested in
the common welfare.
The Grange is not a kindergarten
where part are to be instructed and
entertained by the rest, but a society
of earnest men and women, who meet
on equal ground, each bound by every
obligation to contribute of that which
he hath for t.he common good, and
if each does this all will go home
thinking, "this was the most interest-
ing meeting we ever had."
Warren County Pomona Grange is
always glad to receive visitors from
any other locality, and if any of the
readers of Grange Xiews see fit to drop
in upon us I can assare them a hearty
welcome and a good time. We meet
the first Thursday and Friday in
■March, June. September and Decem-
ber.
Fraternally,
iflrs. IB. A. WEST,
Lecturer.
Resolutions LVdopted by ^Val*l•en
County Pomona Grange, No. 10,
Patrons of Husbandry, Held With
FarmJngiton Gi-ange, No. 839, on
June 6 and 7, 1907.
WTiereais. /Our National Congress,
State Legislature and municipal cor-
porations paWs-^many laws and ordi-
nances, and grant franchises against
the interests of, and opposed by, a
majority of the voters, and refuse to
pass many laws and ordinances de-
sired by them; Therefore be it.
Resolved, That we demand the
amendment of our National and State
'ZJonstitution so as to tprovlde for the
adoption of the Initiative, Refer-
sndum and Recall, and the election
of public officials by a direct vote of
the people. Until this can be ac-
<;ompllshed we demand that our Na-
tional Congress enact laws providing
for a liberal parcels post and a sys-
tem of postals savings banks. Also,
we are unalterably opposed to the
measure known as Ship Suibsidy or
any other measure which will appro-
priate public moneys to a favored
few at the expense of the many.
We recommend our State Legisla-
ture for the good laws that have
been enacted at t"he session just clos-
ed, but we further demand such laws
and amendments as 'will provide for :
"A uniform and equal system of
assessment and taxation, which will
call upon each dollar's worth pf
property to pay the same proportion
of tax as every other dollar."
"Uniform and equal service and
charges from all railroads and other
public corporations."
"Licenses and personal property
taxes to be returned to the counties."
"An increase of State aid for town-
ship roads from 15 to 50 per cent."
"The support of all common schools
by the State."
We demand that our Legislature
enact laws to require a proper ob-
servance of Decoration Day, by pro-
hibiting baseball games and other
sports upon that day.
Respectfully submitted.
A. W. DENiNISON,
C. N. DOiDD,
N. A. PORTER,
Committee.
Addi'eas of Welcome (to Warren Coun-
ty Pomona Grange, No. 10, Held
In Farmington Grange Hall, June
6 and 7, 1907.
Delivd'ed by A. W. Dennison, Worthy
^lasjter of Fannington Grange.
Worthy Master, Sisters and Brothers *.
On ibehalf of the members of
Farmington Grange, No. 839, P. of
H., I extend to you a cordial greeting
and welcome you to our Hall. We
also welcome you to our homes and
firesides. We want you to enjoy your-
selves and to feel at home while you
are among us. We want to renew
and extend our acquaintance with
each one of you and hope that before
this meeting closes, you will feel ac-
quainted with us and with each
other.
Don't be like the Frenchman who
stood upon the hank of the canal
while a man was drowning and who
replied when asked why he did not
help him out, "Whv I have "-^ver been
introduced to him."
In welcoming a Patron we welcome
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PENINSTLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
a unit of what is perhaps the grand-
est and best secular or^ranization that
has ever existed. Its declaration of
principles, Its aims and purposes are
of the grandest and noblest order. It
Is a moral, social and educational
origanization. No person can join it
and be an active member without
toeing a better citizen and a better
neighbor. Its membership is devoted
to agricultural pursuits but we desire
to advance the cause of all true
American interests.
It is our aim to get all those persons
who are Interested in agriculture to
Join our organization to the end that
we onay all he benefited in a moral
and material way.
When we remember that those en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits com-
prise about forty per cent, of our
population and produce over sixty
per cent, of our internal and export
trade, we can readily realize what an
influence we should have among our
fellow men, and what a power we
might be in obtaining a "square deal"
for our people. Through organiza-
tion only is this possible. Without
organization we divide our foiroes,
and are found arrayed against each
other, while those Interests that are
closely organized pluck both sides.
It has been well said that, "We
will get all the justice we demand and
all the injustice we will submit to."
I am not one of those persons who
cannot see the doughnut, because he
is looking for the hole, but I know
that we as farmers are submitting to
some injustice because we have not
made an organized demand for
Justice,
I And the following quotation in the
report of the Legislative Committee
to the State Grange for 1906 : "When
you are perfectly satisfied with your
art, your education, your work, your
religion or the government under
which you live, you are dying at the
top and had better telephone for the
undertaker."
We realize fully the truth of this
quotation. By the laws of nature
there is no standing still. Every-
thing Is either growing or decaying,
or getting better or getting worse.
We must Improve or go backward. I
long to see the time when all persons
that are Interested in agriculture
shall join our organization, and help
to bring about an improved condition
among all of our people, and help to
make the following mottoes our line
of conduct :
"In essentials unity, in non-essen-
tials liberty; in all things charity."
"To every one a suare deal, no
more, no less."
'^Equal rights to all, special prlvl^
leges to none."
"An injury to one Is the concern
of all."
You may ask what would we do to
bring about these Improved condi-
tions ? If any one person possesses
the knowledge necessary to solve this
proiblem, I am not that person. When
the time comes, the way will com^j,
not i>erhaps from any one person, but
from the many. This wisdom will
undoubtedly come from the "Multi-
tude of Counsel."
The first step toward obtaining this
wisdom would probably be in so
changing our National and State
Constitutions as to provide for the
initiative, referendum and recall, and
the election of all officials by a direct
vote of the people.
In no other way will the majority
rule. In no other way will we have
a government of the people, for the
people and by the people. In this
way our representatives will be rep-
resentatives in fact and not our rulers
as they are now.
In this way a majority could com-
pel the enactment of a la\^ they
wanted and veto one they did not
want. In this way the public officials
will be working for the people who
pay them and will cease to regard
"A public office as a private snap,"
or "A reward for partisan service."
In securing new imembers for our
organization I find one great draw-
back to be the question of cost both
In time and money. Some say It will
not pay. Any one using such an ar-
gument is certainly ignorant of the
benefits that have been and are to be
derived from a membership In our
noble order. Very material benefits
have been and will be secured thru
our insurance department and thru
our trade relations. So far as the
insurance feature is concerned, all
recognize Its great saving. The per-
son who must have two dollars in
sight before they will pay oat one
dollar or devote an hour's time, can
see the profit in this feature, and It
has been the means of adding some
members who are of no benefit to us
except the dues they pay.
Sopie think they receive benefits
thru our trade relations, others think
they do not; the latter seemingly have
forgotten the fact that not many
years ago there was scarcely a manu-
facturing company or a wholesale
house that would sell an article to the
consumer. They compelled us to buy
through the middlemen whom we had
to pay large profits. Thru the work
of the National and State Granges
there are now 7nany manufacturers
and wholesalers who are glad to sup-
ply us, either as a Grange or as Indi-
viduals.
Then agraln through the influence
of the Grange many laws have been
enacted that have been of great bene-
tfl to the agrijultkjral classes, one of
which Is the rural free delivery, which
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13
sav-es us more tline in one month than
we would lose if we attend every Sub-
ordinate Grange meeting during the
year.
iSome say "We get all these benefltft
without joining the Grange and help-
ing to procure them." This is ijrob-
ably true but some are not willing to
go thru life sponging from the eflorts-
of others. They prefer to do their
share toward improving conditions.
If all would put their shoulders
to the wheel and help to push it
along, how muc-h more we could ac-
complish and how much sooner would
the benefits come to us.
I contend that, aside from any ma-
terial benefits that might be gained,
it pays to Join the Grange. In moral,
social and educational features it pays
very large profits.
Perhaps it might be a little diflftcult
to enumerate each source of benefit or
profit that might accrue to a person
who leads a moral life and is a con-
sistent Christian, or to a person who
obtains a good education, or to a per-
son who has mingled in good society
until he understands its demands and
usages and is atole to appear to ad-
vantage at all times.
All, however, recognize that these
things are very desirable and profit-
able, and all of these things are
promoted In no small degree in the
Grange. The more Interested you-
are In Grange work, and the more you
do for the Grange, the more benefits
you will receive.
There is one other thing to wliioh
I desire to call your attention and
which might be of benefit to us. That
is the question of advertising. In
this connection I will quote from the
Fifth Chapter of St. Matthew, 15th,
16tht and 17 th verses :
"Ye are the light of the world. A
city that is set on a hill cannot be
hid.
"Neither do men light a candle and
put it under a bushel, but on a
candlestick; and it giveth light unto
all that are in the house.
"Let your light so shine before
men tliat they may see your good
works and glorify your Father which
is in iheaven."
A merchant or dealer who does not
advertise Is considered a back num-
ber and a poor business man. So It
is with us. We can meet and resolve
and discuss measures and arrive at
really sensible conclasions, but if we
do not advertise what we have done
and are doing we benefit only those
who are ipresent at the meeting.
By judicious adve^rtlsing we reach
not only other members, but those
who are not members as well. Thi»
may eventually 'help us both in get-
ting new members and In carrying
out our plans and purposes. We have
now a great help along this line, in
"Grange News," a publication edited
under the direction of our Stat«
Grange. They are always glad to
receive and publish communications
from the Subordinate and Pomona
Granges.
I also find that our local and agri-
cultural papers are glad to receive
and publish the news supplied from
the Granges.
I would advise that each Subordin-
ate and Pomona Grange appoint a
press correspondent whose duty it Is
to supply copy to our local and ag-
ricultural papers, and to "Grange
News." While perhaps the copy fur-
nished to our local and agricultural
papers is interesting to their readers,
and for this reason desired by the
editors, yet I feel that the are en-
titled to our thanks for their unifornk
courtesy and kind treatment to us,
and on behalf of the Granges of War-
ren County, I hereby extend to them
our heartfelt thanks.
Response to the Address of Welcome,
by R. J. Weld, Sugar Grove Grange.
In behalf of the visiting Patrons, I
accept the welcome that has been ex-
tended to us this afternoon by Farm*
Ington Grange thru Brother Dennl-
son, and express the hope that this
session of our Pomona Grange will be
of interest, instruction and enthusi-
asm to the members here gathered.
I regard the Grange as the best
farmers' school in existence, and the
members will profit most from mem-
bership therein where all enter into
the spirit of mental and social Im-
provement with keen zest.
We who are members of the
Grange have learned the value of Its
associations, but In the farming fra-
ternity there is a much too large pro-
portion who are not fully acquainted
with their business, and I wish that
it were possible for each Subordinate
Grange in our county to number with
Its members a larger proportion of
the farming population in their sec-
tion. We have in our county several
Granges In good prosperous farming
sections with only a small member-
ship of faithful -ersons where there
should be one or two hundred.
While we In Warren County have
never attempted much In the co.-op-
eration business or the political side
of our organization, I am Inclined to
the belief that activity along these
lines would be for the strengthening
of our Order. For example. In our
section large sums of money have
been paid out in the past year for
commercial feeds and fertilizers, coal,
binder twine, etc., on Which there 1»
some profit. If our Grange had been
strong enough numerically, some of
these goods could have been ordered
direct.
Then, again, In my precinct there
are 142 voters registered. At the last
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February election 16 votes were
polled, and at the last Saturday's pri-
mary 21 votes were cast. This con-
dition of affairs is a slur upon Ameri-
can citizenship, and I believe the
Grange should exert some activity in
arousing our farmers from their
lethargy. Wihile I have never fa-
vored anything that partook of the
"Green Label" idea, I am not sure
that we will not be forced to adopt
something of this order for protection
and for the securing of our just
rights.
In .political matters we need more
planning, mo^e looking ahead with a
view to securing men in public office
wiho will not forget who placed them
in the position, and whose acts may
be impartially and calmly scrutinized
by the Grange from the active farm-
er's standpoint.
If suggestions can be made here
that will help to build up our Grange
and hold the membership together, I
shall be glad. My only suggestion is
to keep tihe public informed of the
doings of the Grange thru the press.
Make use of our local papers, encour-
age the taking of papers, and do
everything possible to interest all the
membership in the possibilities of
farm life. I believe the Grange that
gives attention to the practical men-
tal development of its members will
be the most useful. Let us provide
means for improvement of both young
and old. As an illustration of this,
we note with pleasure the plan of
the Master of Farmington Grange to
interest the boys of his Granges in
one of our leading crops. My own
Grange will hold a Grange fair this
fall. Other Granges have field meet-
ings at some farm, all of whicv- have
their places. We must all work out
our own salvation, but let us always
strive for mental and social culture.
And now, thanking Brother Denni-
son for the kind and generous wel-
come extended to us by Farmington
Grange through him, let us treasure
up the lessons we have learned (both
by successes and failure), plan wisely
and ho.pefully for the future, and
strive to make our lives as harmoni-
ously beautiful and bountiful as the
work of Nature's God.
R. J. WELD.
WASHINGTON COUNTY POMONA
met last at Centerville on June 4.
All Subordinate Granges except one
were represented, with fully 150
members present. A class of 34 was
instructed in the Fifth Degree.
This was the largest Pomona ever
held in Washington County. The
meeti/ng took place in the hall ot
Daisy Grange, No. 1307, which is the
strongest Subordinate Grange in the
county, having a membership of over
150. This local order is in excellent
condition, having the interest and sup-
port of the best people in the lo-
cality. Daisy Grange, No. 1308 has
the honor of supplying the Master
of the county Pomona in the person
of Mrs. Jess rHornblake, whose in-
augural was delivered impromptu, a
copy of whioh is inclosed. Mrs.
Hornbake is a person of remarkable
energy and executive ability. A
booming Pomona is predicted.
Mrs. Crumrine was chosen Ceres
and Miss Hattie Cleaver, Pomona.
A committee is proceeding to secure
more Pomona badges, rituals and
paraphernalia. After the business was
completed a sumptuous repast was
served by the good people of Center-
ville. In the afternoon a fine literary
program was rendered.
Accepting Pomona Mastership.
I fully appreciate the responsibility
you have laid upon me, but hope to
enter u.pon the duties of the highest
office in the gift of the Pomona
Grange of Washington County in the
same spirit that characterized our
fathers when they enlisted for "three
years or for the war." More grate-
fully do I realize the honor when I
remember a niassage in our Declara-
tion of Purposes, which reads : "Last,
but not least, we proclaim it among
our purposes to inculcate a proper ap-
preciation of the abilities and sphere
of women as is indicated, by admit-
ting her to membership and position
in our order." This seems to indicate
that if women were not least they
were less. But what great cause has
ever failed that woman championed ?
Nursing was taken from the hands of
criminals and raised to the height of
a profession by Florence Nightingale;
slavery was blotted out by a bottle
of ink in the hands of Harriet Beecher
Stowe; and does any who reads the
signs of the times doubt that the
liquor traffic is as doomed to-day as
was ever slavery w'hen Uncle Tom's
Cabin made its appearance on the
literary 'horizon ? Who have been
the teachers on this subject ?
Framces Willard, Lady Somerset,
and a host of other noble women, not
to mention her who shares hatchet
fame with the "Father of His Coun-
try," Carrie A. Nation. But why
enumerate ? Nothing great and good
was ever accomplished without the
aid of that sex who was last at the
cross and first at the tomb. To
change a little a line of Pascals we
say, "Ebbing and flowing, yet ever
progressing, the tides of woman-lift
creep up the sands of time," and you
might just as well try to resist the
ocean's tide as that of her, honored
by both sexes and above the angels
of heaven, by receivln,g the first grreet-
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Ing of The Master upon his victorious
resurrection.
As this great honor has come to
me entirely unsought and unexpected,
I shall expect every Grange to do its
duty. Without their assistance fail-
ure will attend this administration,
with it, we can ;make the Pomona
Grange of Washington County a pow«
er second to none in this grand old
Quaker-founded State. We sincerely
hope to meet representatives from
each and every Grange in Washington
on the first Tuesday in S&ptember and
to receive the loyal support of all.
In closing permit me to say that
the memory oif your appreciation
shall be to me one of tnose sweet, en-
during ones so beautifully versed by
Tom Moore : ,
"Let fate do her worst, there are
relics of joy.
Bright dreams of the past, which she
cannot destroy,
They come in the night-time of sor-
row and care.
And bring back the features that joy
used to wear.
"Long, long be my heart with such
memories fiilled
Like a vase in which roses have once
been distilled;
You may break, you may scatter the
vase if you will,
But the scent of the roses will cling
'round it still."
Mrs. JESS HORNIBLAKE.
WYOMING'S BIG POMOXA
Wyoming County Pomona held last
meeting with Pactoryville Grange and
it was a rouser from start to finish.
There were about three hundred
Grangers from this and adjoining
counties in attendance. Sister Bur-
gess from TunkhannocK, and Brothers
Barret and Hoppe and L. W. Snyder
from Susquehanna County, and many
other prominent members of the Or-
der were present. At noon Pactory-
ville Grange furnished all with din-
ner free. After this twenty different
Granges were represented in a 'meet-
ing outside of our hall to unite for
the purpose of purchasing feed and
flour in large quantities. This is the
beginning of an enterprise here which
we hope will end in a grand success.
The best of all was the Fifth Degree
worked in full form in the evening
to a good-sized class. I think our
Grange will, be benefitted by this
meeting. Fraternally,
HQRiACE SBAMANIS, Master.
meeting at Irish Ridge Grange Haii
in New Vernon Township on Thurs-
day, August 1, 1907. The follow-
ing program will be rendered :
Forenoon session : 10:00 o'clock.
Opening song.
Welcome address, Walter Boyd.
Response, George Nicklin.
Music.
Recitation, Florence Pringle.
Afternoon session : 1:30 o'clock.
.Song.
Select reading, Mary Long.
Declamation, Harry Forbes.
Recitation, Lizzie Foulk.
Reading, Mary Conon.
Music.
Questions : Is the Spirit of Fra-
ternal Fellowship Cultivated by the
Members of the Order as It Should
Be ? Opened by A. M. Dixon.
Do Patrons Generally Live up to
Their 0\bligation as Members of the
Order ? Opened by E. E. Foulk.
Does a Careful Study of the Un-
written Work Pay, and if so, Why ?
Opened by Joseph Bond.
J. E. CLARK,
CLAiRA KALTENBAUGH,
FILL A HO SACK,
Committee.
WAYNE COUNTY POMONA,
N'o. 41, met last with Champion
Grange, No. 1062, when a successful
Pomona Grange meeting was Tield.
Much interest was manifested in the
reading of the reports from the Sub-
ordinate Granges. As was the case
with the reports at our last Pomona
Grange meeting, so in this — all the
reports show an increase in member-
ship. Cherry Ridge Grange carried
off the honors by adding 27 new
members since last report, April 24,
1907. Champion and South Preston
Granges were a tie wiith ten new
members each. Four new Granges
have been added to our list this year,
a record-breaker fur Wayne County
for a good many years at last.
A substantial committee has been
appointed on organizing Granges in
localities where there are no Granges
and we hope that still better results
will soon follow.
In the evening an open meeting was
held, a good program was rendered
and all report a good time.
W. -H. BUiLLOCK, .Secretary.
MERCER COUNTY POMONA.
Mercer County Pomona Grange, No.
25, will hold their third quarterly
LUZERNE POMONA MEETING.
The next meeting of this Pomona
will be held September 21 with
Mountain Grange. At the last meet-
ing the Fifth Degree was conferred
upon a class of eight. This Pomona
is becoming so large that it is hard
to find Subordinate Grange Halls large
enough to accommodate it. Exeter
Grange was awarded the membership
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banner by a vote of the Pomona. As
Lehman and Jackson had each added
the same_ number of. members during
the quarter as Exeter, it waa decided
by vote and Exeter won.
POMONA ORAXOE, NO. 44.
Will meet with Carvertown Grange
September 21. Seventy new members
were added during the quarter just
past. The membership of seven
hundred In this Pomona district
carries over $500,000 of insurance in
the Grange Fire Insurance -Co.
HUNTINGDON COUNTY POMONA
meets August 28 and 29 with Key-
stone Grange, No. 122^6, This Po-
mona will hold a picnic in August
and it is expected 'that Brother
Whitehead will be a sjieaker.
THINKING OF A POMONA
Franklin County has several recent-
ly organized Granges within its
borders and they, feeling the need of
a closer union, contemplate an organ-
ization of a Pomona Grange in the
near future.
WANT LEGISLATION.
We, the committee of Elk County
Pomona Grange, appointed on legisla-
tion, would say that the legislature
during the p<ast year has done many
things for the people, the niost im-
portant being the passage of the two-
cent per mile fare; a bill permitting
trolleys to carry freight. In addltl%>n
we would ask the legislature to pass
a bill compelling the railroads to
place spark arresters on their engines.
We believe that the State should
provide for the growth of our for-
ests.
WM. H. DEVBRAUX,
J. V. DONNE RT,
MARY M. WEIDEXT,
^Inl^ ITjejclurjer^^ (BPurruer^
Worthy Lecturer : —
Before this reaches you, the at
tendance at. your Grange meetings
will have been greatly diminished.
If not, then you are to be congratu-
lated. This is the busy season on
the farm, and the farmer becomes so
absorbed in his work that he rarely
thinks of the Grange. This is the
time when your work means much to
to Grange. If you succeed in keeping
your membership interested in Grange
work thrU'Out the busv season, si^
that the attendance is not materially
decreased, and that It will not be
necessary for you to hold a "revival"
this fall to get them back into the
Grange, you are indeed fortunate.
Have you made any effort to havt»
any special programs for these "busy
season" meetings ? You know that
neither the farmer, w^ho 'has worked
hard for a week or a series of weeks
in th'^ work of haying or harvesting,
nor the wife who has been over the
hot stove, cooking for the extra help,
needed at this time, is in a mood to at
tend a Grange 'meeting and listen to
dull debates, prosy recitations, or
sleepy music. They need something
lively, something that will cause them
to forget their aches and* pains, cares
and troubles, and cause 'them to feel
rested at the close of the meeting.
Then they will go ho-me pleased that
they came, anxious and willing to
attend the next meeting. This is the
whole secret of keeping Vip the in-
terest and in preventing a decrease in
attendance. It means work for you,
but if you work persistently and in-
telligently you are bound to succeed.
f
Get the children to help yO'U with
the program. If you have not had
Children's Night, do so during Au-
State Lecturer Dorsett.
gust. I would further suggest that
you try having Pennsylvania Night.
See how many interesting facts you
can glean concerning the noted men
and women who have figured promi-
nently in the history of our State. If
you try this and succeed, send me
your program and will have some of
the best ones published in Grange
News. Remember, that nothing suc-
ceeds like success and success means
the successful termination of some-
thing attempted.
E. B. DORSETT, Lecturer.
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MORE PIC-NIC SUGGESTIONS
By the State Lecturer
By the time this issue of Grange
News has reached our membersliip, it
will be time for our annual picnic
rally. A few suggestions concerning
these picnics may be of benefit to
those having them in; charge. Wheth-
er these picnids ar<e under the direc-
tion o.f iPomona or the Subordinate
Grange, the arrsuigements sbrould be
practically the same; and the suc-
cess of the meeting depends largely
upon the cbaracter of the work done
by !t.he several committees. Either
•the Master of Pomona or the Master
of the Grange nearest to the place
of holding the picnic should see t<i
It that special committees are ap-
ipointed to secure a place to hold the
picnic, secure 'iihe speakers, adver-
tise the 'meeting, arrange the pro-
gram and look after every detail
which will help make the meeting a
isuccess. So much depends upon the
place and fitness for holding a picnic,
that this part of the work s:hould be
given special attention.
It s'ome'iimes happens that the
speaker arrives and finds a company
of men hard at work clearing away
the brush, logs and stumps, prepara-
tory to building a platform for the
speaker and a place to arrange seats
for the audience. All this is essential,
but it should be done before the
meeting.
In securing a speaker, try to get the
one that a majority of the members
want, then see to it that he has ex-
plicit instructions as to date, place of
meeting and the best, route to reach
the same. iRiemember that many of
the speakers may never have been in
your country, nor heard of the name
of the town at which they are to stop.
Have some one at the train to meet
him and escort him to the place of
meeting. If he does not arrive at
the time designated, do not get dis-
couraged and quit; but go to the next
train and the next until he comes.
He will be there if possible. Railway
connections are uncertain and he can-
not always tell just when he will ar-
rive. Then when you are all thru
with him, hustle him into a wagon
and hurry him off to the station, so
that he may take the train for his
appointment the next day and be on
time. If you will do this, I assure
you that the speaker will appreciate
It and many vexatious delays and
disappointments will be avoided. In
advertising the picnic, use the news-
papers freely, and in addition to this
liave posters printed, and posted In
all! parts of the county. Make the
farmer understand that you are go-
ing to have a picnic and that he and
his family, whether they belong to the
Grange or not, are especially invited
to attend. The arrangement of the
program belongs to the Worthy Lec-
turer and should be' given some
thought and attention. Avoid a
lengthy program. Let all of your
exercises be lively and cheerful. Good
music adds greatly to the success
of the meeting. Both the address
of welcome and the response should
be brief but forceful. It is a mis-
take to have too many speakers, es-
pecially if they are to precede the
one sent by the iState.
I>o not wait until the audience has
become tired of sitting and listening
before calling on the State speaker.
More programs have been weakened
by having them too long, rather than
not long enough. It usually works
well to have the opening exercises be-
fore dinner, and ihe speaking soon
after.
This practice is a little hard on the
speaker, but he soon learns to govern
his appetite and eat according to the
amount of work he has to do.
In conclusion, let me urge each
committee to faithfully perform the
duties assigned them, ever keeping in
mind that injunction, so often re-
peated : "Whatever you do, strive to
do well." .
New Hall of Mountain Grange Dedi-
cated.
State Lecturer E. B. Dorsett at-
tended an all-day meeting of Mount-
tain Grange on Saturday, June 15,
and assisted in the aedicaJiaon of their
rew hall. Worthy Master George
Reith called the Grange to order at
11 a. m. After a short business ses-
sion the Grange took a recess for
dinner. These Grange dinners are
always c6nducive or much good, and
on this occasion, one couM not help
but notice the good dheer and fellow-
ship which seemed every wihere pres-
ent. At 1:30 p. m., the Grange was
again called to order by the Worthy
Master. State Lecturer Dorsett waa
introduced .and took charge of the
dedicatory ceremony. The ofllcers
and members who took part in the
ceremony rendered their parts in an
intelligent and impressive manner.
Worthy Lecturer, SUster Searfoss,
took, charge of the literary program,
which consisted of an address of wel-
come, response, music, recitations,
talk by the S'tate Lecturer, and a
history of Mountain Grange by Broth-
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er tLord, from which we gilean the
following :
"Mountain Grange, No. 657, was
organized June 15, 1875, thirty-two
years ago, with twenty-seven charter
members. Of the charter members,
twelve are still living, four of whom
yet belong to the Orange. In 1878 our
•first hall was built and on May 15,
1906, it burned with nearly all the
records of the Grange. On the roll
book is recorded the names of two
/hundred and thirty-one members, of
whom sixty are dead. Mountain
Grange has had its ups and downs,
the same as other organizations; but
is v«ry much alive to-day with a mem-
bership of eighty."
The evening session consisted of
iliterary exercises, in 'charge of the
Lecturer. Talk, "The Grange Fifty
Years Ago," Brother Salmon Lewis;
"Our Young People and How to Get
(Them Interested in Grange Work,"
by the State Lecturer. The new hall,
large and roomy as it is, was not large
•enough to seat the people who at-
tended the evening session.
The writer has never spent a more
pleasant day in Grange work than
that at Mountain Grange, June 15.
The exercises were lively and inspir-
ing. In a little over a year after th&
burning oif the old hall, these thrifty
Patrons had purchased a suitable site
and erected as fine a Grange Hall as
can be found in tne State. The
building is a credit not only to the
membership, but to the community in
which it is situated as well. Long
may it stand and long may its Patrons
enjoy its blessings.
Mortgage Will Be Burned Thursday,
September 19, 1907.
Tioga Oounty Pomona Grange, No.
30, has made the ilast payment on the
'mortgage against her home and will
celebrate the event by holding a two
days' picnic and Pomona session on
Thursday and Friday, September 19
and 20, at which time the mortgage
will be burned. A large gathering of
Tioga County Patrons is expected and
visiting Patrons will be welcomed.
Another Grange Bank In Our Chain.-
Tuesday, June 25, another Grange
Dank was organized at Mansfield, Pa.
This adds another strong Link to our
/chain o.f banks. E. B. Dorsett,
Kjashier of the Grange National Bank
of Tioga, the first one organized, was
elected president and Will. Husted,
cashier. The bank is capitalized at
$50j000.00, and has over one hundred
etockh'Oilders. It proroises to be one
ol tihe strongest banks in our chain.
A new two-story brick building has
been purchased and will be furnished
with modern banking fixtures and
furniture. It is exipedted that the
bank will open for busiiness about
September 1.
THE GRANGE HALL.
(Written by Albert P. Knapp for
the 34th annual session of New
Jersey State Grange.)
Tune — "The Old Oaken Bucket."
How dear to my 'heart i-re the scenes
in the Grange hall.
When nightly we gather from far
and from near.
Fidelity, Charity, Faith and Fra-
ternity,
Fill hearts of the Patron, botli
youthful and seer.
The faces of all from Master to
members
Are wreathed in glad smiles and en-
joyment is rife;
We meet on the level, no class or dis-
tinction,
And banish all trouble, dissension
and strife.
The beautiful Grange <hall. Dame Na-
ture's own temple —
The place where the farmer finds
pleasure in life.
I love the instruction, debates and
discussions.
The lessons and lectures the ritual
gives,
They preach of prosperity, peace and
contentment.
And better tihe ho'me where the
husbandman lives.
They tell us of grasses, of fruits and
of flowers.
And beauties of nature in every-
day, life,
Develop our manhood and better the
matron,
Bind closer the ties betwixt hus-
band and wife.
The beautiful Grange hall, Dame Na-
ture's own 'temple —
The place where the farmer finds
pleasure in life.
Home^i'olks! Well, that air name, to me
sounds jis the same as poetry^
That is, €f poetry is Jis "as sweet as I've
hearn tell It is!
Home Folks — they're jis the same as kin
— all brung up, same as we have bin.
Without no overpowerln' sense of their
on common consequence!
Home Folks has crops to plant and plow,
er lives in town and keeps a cow;
But whether country-jakes er town,
they knows when eggs is up er down!
Oh! home folks, you're the best of all at
ranges this terestchul ball —
But north er south er east er west. It's
home, is where you're at your best.
— James Whitcomb Riley.
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PEXNSYL.VANIA GRANGE NEWS
We are boostinf^ fox* a Hundred tKotisaxid Crang'e mexn.
bers in Pennsylvania before Very Lon^. Hovir
xnu-cH ^vorK are you doin^ for it ?
GRANGE NO. 1112
Crawford County, initiated twenty-
eight in the Third and Fourth De-
grees recently. Since the first of
January last our Grange has increased
in membership over 50 per cent. A
few of tlhem young people, but most
of them owners of property, in-
dustrious representative citizens
•wTiom I am proud to welcome to our
noble Order, Some more proposed
and balloted for ready 'ho start a new
class at our next meeting.
Yours fraternally,
WILLIAM EiLY, Master.
CoiTy Grange SiK5oessful«
Brother Hill :
In reply to your suggestion to
Subordinate Granges to procure one
dozen new members, would say that
Corry Grange has been successful in
getting fourteen and 'more coming.
The suggestion came to us in time
of need, as our members were neglect-
ing the meetings, so the "faithful
few'' put forth an extra effort with
above results. Now, we are having
very interesting meetings and pros-
pects of severai more applications in
the near fu!l'ure.
Fraternally yours,
E. KSTELLA KENNEDY,
Secretary, N<o. 55.
ALIi RIGHT IN LUZERNE.
Worthy Master Hill : —
Everything is moving along in
Grange work very nicely in Luzerne
County. Mem,bership is increasing
very fast. In nay home Grange we
have taken in 33 new members this
year and 5 more to take the Fij-^ and
Second Degrees at next meeting. Wt,
had a very large Pcmona .'held at our
Grange on June 22, and over 300 sat
down to dinner and supper.
Fraternally,
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG.
Worthy State Master :
Your communications of recent
date received and contents noted.
Thanks for suggestions. Pointers
from 'Our Worthy State Master are al-
ways in order.
Our Grange (Harmony, No. 1112,)
has been increasing its membership
quite well the past two years. We
have a full membership of 110, and
an addition last evening of 10 more
who were given the First and Sec-
ond Degrees, and another 10 propos-
ed. However, there will be an end
of this kind of growth. Our terri-
tory is somewhat limited. It can-
not be otherwise with two Granges
in the same township. Beaver
Grange is two miles east of us and
the Slate Line two and one-l^alf miles
west.
Shall be pleased to hear from you
at any time.
WILLIAM ELY,
(Crawford County.) Master.
Added 124 Members Tliis Year.
Worthy State Master :
I have a plan of my own that
works fine. I appointed two cap-
tains and let them chose sides and of-
fered a pin to the member on each
side bringing in the most names that
were accepted, the losing side to
give a supper to the winning side,
the contest to close last meeting night
in May. We increased our member-
ship from 60 to 184. How is that
for a help on the 100,000 members in
the State ? We raked the ground
close and let no farmers get away.
We finished a class on Thursday
night of 33 and have one of about 40
for next month.
Fraternally vours,
E. L. •SHIiPPLEY, Master.
Rixford Grange. No. 1297, McKean
County.
THIS TELLS HOAV THEY GROW.
Worthy tState Master :
In reply to yours of the 12th
ult., would say that we have tried
your plan and found it to be suc-
cessful. By it we secured 16 new ap-
plications. We heard the names of
14 different people suggested, so wo
would be sure to get the dozen you
wanted, and you will notice after we
had become busy we secured more
than the number. I asked for volun-
teers to visit these people and re-
port at. our next meeting, which I
think is a very good plan. Brother
Bird was in our immediate vicinity
at this time and he secured 14 ap-
plications, making a total number of
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30 to initiate on Saturday evening.
By your plan I think the membership
of this great State could be greatly
increased and quite likely doubled in
a short time. We are going to push
it in Benton Grange. I wish you
were able to be with us at our in-
itiation. If you have any further
plans to suggest do not hesitate in
sending them to me. I will do the
best I can with them.
Fraternally yours,
E. E. SHULTZ,
Columbia County, Pa.
building of a Grange Hall this season,
writes Master E. D. Snyder.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
Will let you know what we are do-
ing away up here in the north-west
corner of the State. In January our
assistant steward and L. A. steward
chose sides and we all set about get-
ting new members into the Grange.
The side which was beaten was to
provide a supper for all. At our
next meeting, June 21, will occur the
supper and general "round-up" hav-
ing secured twenty-seven new mem-
bers. Wish you could be with us.
EMMA TEUDHOPE,
Secretary, No. 1257, Erie County.
Dear Worthy Master :
Under date of the 25th you in-
quired of me as to whether a Grange
may legally ballot upon an application
and confer the four Subordinate De-
grees upon a candidate at the same
meeting. It is not legal to confer
more than two degrees upon the same
candidate at the same meeting. It
may ballot and confer the first two
degrees at one meeting. But while
this is legal yet after the ballot has
been taken it is preferable for a
number of reasons to wait until a sub-
sequent meeting before conferring the
first degree.
Very fraternally yours,
Master State Grange.
A Quarter of a Hundred and After
More.
The hustling young Master of
Tioga Orange, No. 1223, Tioga Coun-
ty, writes that they have added the
above number this year so far and are
not n^ar. ready to stop. The first
Grange National Bank that was ever
organized is located in their pretty
little borough of Tioga .and Master
Tremaine is also one of the directors.
INTEND BUIIjDING A HALL.
.Brooklyn 'Grange, No. 246, of
Susquehanna County, also co-operated
heartily with the movement to re-in-
force the Subordinate Granges. Be-
sides adding a nice bunch of farm-
ers to their roll they contemplate the
IN FRONT RANK.
Brother J. W. Clever in writing
about Daisy Grange, No. 1308, Wash-
ington County, of which he is Mas-
ter, reports that they added fifty
members in three months of this year.
Gillett Grange, Bradford County, has
added a third of a hundred new mem-
bers. We are climbing toward the
100,000 mark.
SIXTEEN MORE.
Crawfard County has many wide-
awake Granges and Rundels, No. 871
awake Granges and Rundels, No. 871,
of that county, is one of the number.
It lias recently added 25 new members
and had a good time at the Fourth
Degree feast.
Thirty New Members in Si^Iit.
Cherry Ridge Grange, No. 1071,
Wayne County, tried the State Mas-
ter's plan for re-enforcing Granges
and as a result expects to add thirty
members.
20 Per Cent. Increase This Year.
Friendsville Grange, No. 1217,
Susquehanna County, has 125 mem-
bers. Over 20 per cent, of them
have been added this year and they
are busy initiating at almost every
meeting.
Potter County Granges in rtihe Harness
Several Masters from this county
have recently' written the State Mas-
ter that they are using his suggested
plan for helping to build up the Sub-
ordinate 'Granges in Pennsylvania and
to get the 100,000 members h© asks
for. To illustrate — Magter Francis
Reed, of Roulette Grange, No. 1283,
writes that every meeting this year
his G-range has initiated from two to
eight members.
Wlorthy State Master :
Yours of tbe first received, in
reply will say that our Grange hasn't
adopted the "Twelve Member" plan
for the reason that our Lecturer at
the first of the year started a con-
test. Each side works for the most
new members, good attendance and
promptness in responding whfsn call-
ed on for literary work. 'We have
taken in nearly twenty-tlve new mem-
bers this year, re-instated one and
bave two candidates to be voted on
at next meeting.
W^e have about twenty-five yoiing
people in our Grange -^-ho seem to
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HON. N. J. DACHELiEER.
Master of the National Grange. Pennsjivtuiia hopes to report to him, 'ere
long: "Keystone State hiis its hundn^l thousand."
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take a great interest and enjoy at-
tending. Our lecturer has splendid
programs and all enjoy the Lecturer's
hour. We have a large Grange for
the location and have good attend-
ance at every meeting.
Hoping you will approve of our
way of getting new members, I am,
Fraternally your«,
EDWARD H. BROWN,
Master Orange No. 1241, Erie Co.
Worthy State Master :
I think your plan of getting new
members is all right. Would say
that we liave got eleven new mem-
bers, one application now under con-
sideration and the promise of Ave or
six more. I think it would be a very
good plan for every Grange to use.
Fraternally yours.
A. H. BROWN,
Master Grange No. 321, Wyoming
County.
IN GOOD SHAPE.
Gillett Grange, No. 884, is in a
flourishing condition. We have tak-
en In 30 members since the first of
this year — 20 initiates, 5 re-instated
and 5 oh Demit cards and have 2
applications on hand at the present
time. We have very interesting
.meetings; also have a fine literary
programme consisting of recitations
and son^s. We now have a mem-
bership of 190 in good standing.
Fraternallv yours,
JOHN H. CHASE, Secretary.
TWENTY TICKETED THROUGH.
Cambridge Springs Grange, Craw-
ford County, has a class of twenty
on the way. This hustling Grange
doesn't stop with a class of a dozen.
Mineral water and frequtnt feast*
keep them growing.
I>OING WELL ? YES, INDEED.
During our first quarter just closed
We conferred all four degrees on six
candidates. First and Second on
eleven others and two others have
made application. At our last meet-
ing- we occupied our new hall, which
is quite suitable for the purpose and
is neatly furnished. At our nexi
regular meeting we will give a supper.
We are, I think, getting along nicely.
Fraternally yours,
J. M. C. HASSON
Master Grange, No. 1348, Venango
County.
Worthy Master and Brother : —
No doubt you think I am a long
time <in answering your letter, bat I
was waiting until we succeeded in get-
ting our class of twelve. Would say
we harve a class of sixteen to be in-
itiated at our next meeting.
We have taken in new members
about every Grange meeting night
this year. Now have a membership
of one Tiundred and five. I think
•your systematic plan for obtaining
new members a very good one. The
members in our Grange have been
striving to get some one to join our
noble Order, since your letter was
read. Fraternally,
FRED. M. WEST,
Master Grange Nio. 880, Crawford
County.
Concord Grange, No. 1125 Cambria
County.
sends the names of 14 persons which
were received as a result of working
the special dozen plan proposed by
the State Master. When they were
given the closing degrees there were
54 mem-bers of the Grange present
and some visitors and Brother
Grossman writes that the neighbor-
hood is wakened up to Grange work
an (J that t'he getting up of thisi class
has done the Grange a lot of good.
Giiange No. 964. Clearfldd County.
Has been trying the special dozen
plan amd Worthy Master Krine re-
ports that they have been initiating
twenty as a result.
Tioga's Big Grange Still Groudng.
Mitchells Mills Grange, No. 912,
Tioga County, thought they had
everybody in the jurisdiction of their
Grange but after discussing the
special dozen plan they decided to
see what they could do. Brother W.
N. !&mith, the Master, writes that as
a result they had a class of 21 at
one meeting and the prospect for
more was good. This shows what
can be done when the plan is. right
and earnestly followed out.
Wayne County Coming to the Fore.
Orange work has been rather slow
in the northeastern corner county, but
the "Wayne Independent," in its re-
port of the last Pomona, shows an
awakening and an interest in the
work that indicates that this county
does not intend to lag behind in the
great work of the Grange. There is
good talent there and quite a num-
ber of thoroughly devoted and capable
members and we rejoice with them
over the brighter outlook.
SURPRISED THE3k£SELVBS.
Worthy Master Hill : —
I thought I would write to con-
gratulate you on the scheme of nam-
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Ing eligible farmers and then making
an effort to get them to join the Or-
der. I think it is an excellent plan
and it has worked fine in our Grange.
It was the means of securing us
about thirty new members — that is
with three re-instatements. Is not
that pretty good ? And when the
Secretary read your proposition we
just thought we could not get five ad
we had taken every one around
here that it seemed possible to get.
EDiW. CROPP,
Master French Creek Valley Grange,
No. 988, Crawford County.
Worthy State Master ; —
After reading the letter, which you
wrote to our Worthy Master, asking
that we work for a class of tWTilve,
we immediately suggested the names
of several desirable Patrons and set
to work. The result was a, class of
seven for initiation; also one rein-
statement, and one on a demit, mak-
ing a gain of nine; also have the
promise of several more soon. Have
taken in twelve new members this
year and expect to keep working for
more.
Fraternally yours,
Mrs. MAiKY BRYANT, Sec.
ADDING MORE AND MORE.
Brother D. G. Moyer, Master of
Greenbrier Grange. No. 1148, North-
umberland County, writes that they
have initiated one class of a dozen,
ihave a good nest egg for another one,
and that their ambition is to double
their membership.
Linesville Grange, No. 5 94, Craw-
ford County, with its 200 members
is anxious to be still, larger and more
influential and is receiving addition-
al members right along.
Are you giving the State Master's
^'Special Dozen" plan a thoro trial in
your Grange ? Does it win out ?
RIGHT AT WORK.
The recently organized Grange at
Jerseytown, Colum'bia County, has
a committee appointed to buy a
large dwelling house and convert it
into a hall. They are starting right
by getting a home of their own.
HELiPINO TO GET THAT 100,000
Worthy Master : —
Replying to your letter regarding
the special dozen plan, will say that
we were just "finishing up" a class of
thirteen — a baker's dozen — when we
received your letter, and have since
tsbken in about as many more. We
have taken in 28 mem'bers since Jan.
1 and expect several more. We have
seven live Granges within nine miltjs
of us. Our Grange meets In the I. O.
O. F. hall and the two lodges united
in buying a piano for the hall. We
shall continiue to do all we can to-
wards the 100,000 new members. \
Yours fraternally,
ELIZA SAYRE,
Master Richmond Grange, No. 135,
Crawford County.
BOOSTING TOWARD THE 100,000.
Worthy Master and Brother :
Am just in receipt of yours dated
May 1. In reply I Wish- to i6t ate that
your letter of April 12 was rdOdt-tifefcfre
our Grange and at our last meeting,
May 2, we had 17 ne«v members ready
for initiation. As we are not yet one
year old, we think we have been doing
fairly well. Fraternally yours,
R. BRlJCE FETRIKIN
Master Grange No. 1^23, Lycoming
County.
Worthy Erofher :
Our Grange took in twenty-two
members at last evening's meeting.
We are having a con:est to secure new
members. Divided the members in
two parts under captains. The side
bringing in the least names before
the, last meeting night in May must
banquet the winning side. The one
person on each side securing the most
names will be presented with a
Grange pin. We are expecting many
more names before the close of the
contest. Would be pleased to have
some of the state officers visit us.
Yours very fraternally,
Mrs. H. B. DENNIS, Secretary.
Worthy State Master :
I received your letter of recent
date advising plans for increasing the
membership of our noble Order.
We worked the plan and can report
success. We have the dozen and ex-
pect to initiate about the last of the
present month. Had taken in eight
in March of this year. The Grange
is a shining light among the agricul-
tural people of our county. Thanking
you for the interest you have shown
In our Granges I remain yours in
F. H. C. with F.,
JOHN ZIMMERMAN,
Master Brady Grange. No. 1218,
Clearfield County.
Sandy Lake Grange, No. 363, Mer-
cer County, buys several hundred
dollars worth of supplies from Grange
houses each year. Have several can-
didates for membership on the string.
"Agriculture is the most healthful
most useful, most noble employment
of man." — iWashington.
Have you lassoed that new mem-
ber for your Grange yet ?
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THE NATIONAL FIELD
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD. Editor.
I am writing for
my corner in the
Grange News for
August during the
warm harvest
weather of July. I
have just beenj
reading a n ex-
cellent address!
delivered by Gov-
ernor Hughes of
New York at a
reunion of the de-
cendants of sign-
ers of the Dec-
laration of Inde-
pendence at the Jamestown Ex-
position and as our Grange Dec-
laration of Purposes has so well been
likened as second only to the original
proclamation wniLf.i has been heard
around the world, and as the Grange
has all along re-a.Tirmed and insisted
upon the practical application of iis
greatest underlying principle, that
"God created all men free and
equal'' that all should have "an
equal chan<;e in life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness," "equally dis-
tributed /power and equally distributed
burden," or in the finest words — "a
square deal" — I think a few of the
Governor's thoughts ^pply as well to
the Grange as to the "Declaration of
Independence."
"The attitude of men loward gov-
-ernment by .he people is not deter-
mined by party lines. The man who
would ignore the riglhts of his fel-
low citizens, who would establish
ihimself in a fortress of special privi-
lege and exercise his power, small or
great, in oppositiom to the welfare of
others, may be found in all parties
and in every walk of life. It id an
attitude sometiipes explained by
training and environment, but in
general merely exhibits the rule O'f
eel'flS'hn.ess. * * * Slowly ana
surely tihe people have won their way,
and no final settlement will be reach-
ed until the administration of gov-
ernment squares with the primciples
of the Declaration and an end has
been put to every conversion of gov-
ernmental power to selfish purposes."
"The lesson of to-day is that every
patriotic American should look upon
his country's (history and destiny in
the light of the pirlnciplea of the
Declaration of Independence and
with sincere sympathy with demo-
cratic ideals. Instead of looking ask-
ance at every expression of determina-
tion to vindicate popular rights, It
should be welcomed. So long as the
spirit of 1776 is abroad in the land
there will be. no condonation of
abuses, and material prosperity will
not be permitted to serve as a cover
for public wrongs,"
"There are many problems to be
solved, and, as always before in our
history the (farmers find the solution.
I believe the Grange is to play an
important role in the future progress
of our country, and I desire to be
connected with it." — C. ,E. Galbreath,
O'hio State Librarian.
The preliminary work for the or-
ganization of the Inter-national In-
stitute pif Agriculture at Rome, found-
ed by King Victor Emanuel, is pro-
gressing. It was iio the first conference
that Brother W. F. Hill, Master of
Pennsylvan.a State Grange, was
appointed by President Roosevelt as
delegate. Great Britain, Prance, the
United :States and other countries
have promised co-operation in the
work of the Institute. A building
is in course of erection and the first
meeting of the general assembly is
planned for 1909.
First on the list of State Grange
meetings comes Ortgon and the ses-
sion held at Hood River last month
was the thirty-feurth in its ihistory.
The reports of the officers all showed
progress. The treasury has a bal-
ance of $6375.48. Eleven new
Granges were organized during the
year. The membership in eighteen
counties is 6 465. TIhe business
transacted was good and practical.
The State Grang'e stood bravely by
on.e of its children : The Initiative
and the Referendum, now a law of
the Sate, and the following was
u.:animousLy adoipted :
"Resolved. That our executive com-
mittee be instructed to draft an
amendmei\t to the State Constitution
and to initiate the same at our next
annual State election, whidh shall de-
prive th'^ State Legislature of any
power to change any law that ha*
been enacted by the initiative."
A resolution was adopted by the
Grange for the appointment of a com-
mittee of five to secure informatioD
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on assessment and taxation, and re-
port at the next meeting.
It was voted the sentiment of the
meeting also that the Grange is in
favor of employing prison labor on
public highways.
Among the measuxe® affecting the
public welfare the Grange went on
record as favoring a law which will
place the inheritance tax Jn the com-
mon school fund. A resolution re-
affirming demands for a parcels post
was adopted.
The Grange re-affl^rmed its opposi-
tion to tftie Tuttle and Johnson road
law and authorized the State Master
to draft a road law (requiring the
.State to pay 50 per cent, of road im-
provement, the counties 35 per cent,
and road distri<;ts 15 per cent. The
bill is to be introduced in the next
legislature if requested. The State
Lecturer's suggestion of county trol-
ley lines was indorsed.
A reso'luiion was adopted thanking
the last legislature ifor passing the
bill giving women equal rights with
men over •community property.
It was recommended that active
work be taken up in several counties
where most needed as an experiment
in deputy work, and $'2500 was ap-
propriated for the same.
A Watertown, N. Y. paper pays
proper tribute to the good work of
the Grange in that iState. It says :
"The 'Grange, with its 70,000 mem-
bers in New York State, has become
an effective force in State legislation,
and its wishes are receiving the at-
tention worthy so important an in-
dustry as the Grange represents. The
Grange has been instrumental in se-
curing a large amount of the good
roadis legislation now on the statute
books of the State; and during the
session of the iLegislature now draw-
ing to a close the organization has
■had a more prominent participation
in 'hig(hway legislation than ever be-
fore. It shows again the power of
tHie organization."
The first Master of the first Grange,
Predonia, No. 1, of New York, is
still living — Brother Ulysses E. Dodge,
He' was born in Ohio in 1822 and his
parents moved to Fredonia w^hen he
was two years oild and Ihas' spent his
life there. He was Master of the
first Subordinate Grange orgaJiized by
"Father Kelly" in April, 1S66, andhas
been its Lecturer for 25 years and is
still at his age of 85 one of its most
ac'tdve members. It Is interesting to
note some of 'his words in a speech
at the time he was elected Master in
the long ago :
"In the course of humian events and
uncontrollable 'circuTTistances, I aim
called to the chair of the fiirst Sub-
ordinate Grange of t!he 'Great Em-
pire State,' New York, and for aught
I know of the word. ' Without even a
rudiniientary knowledge of its prin-
ciples, its objects and its teachings, I
am chosen to preside over the de-
liberations of a body whose destiny is
shrouded in the dark and misty fu-
ture, a destiny which no one can fore-
tell, and a problem that nothing but
long and weary years of incessant toil
can solve."
State Master Frank Nl. Godfrey, of
New York, says that as many Granges
have been organized since October
last in that State as, were organized
during the entire year ending Octo-
ber 1, 'and that there has been a gen-
eral increase in the membership of
the old Granges. He says tbat this
year will be a record-breaker in t!he
history of the New York State Granige.
Since January 1, thirty-three Granges
have been organized and four re-or-
ganized.
The parcels post system of Eng-
land is a great success and its advo-
cates are pushing the iprinciple to an
extreme degree in che changes they
propose. One measure would 'make
the weight limit 112 pounds. Ad-
vocates of this plan claim it would do
much for agriculture, assisting th*
producer and consumer to get to-
gether. It appears that in England
the parcels post system with its eleven
pounds limit has kept the price of
omall express transportation at a iow
figure, wihile the weights above the
ipostal Ji'mit have been costing more
and more for shipment. The English
proposition is to carry 112 pounds for
forty-eight cents and less weight at
one to two cents per pound.
The Grange plan for parcels post
in this country is somewhat iike the
present English system and places the
limit of weight At eleven pounds,
which would be carried for twenty-
five cents to any post-office in the
United States, including rural free
delivery. Less weights would be
higher proportionately, but still much
less than present rates : Thus for
twelve ounces to one pound wouM be
five cents. In addition to the general
parcels post system the Grange advo-
cates a rural parcels post to be ap-
plied only on any one rural route to
and from the post offl'ce to which th%
route belongs, and on which the
ciharges would be one cent per two
pounds, the object being to encour-
age local trade and to promote the
convenience of neighbors and of
farmers trading with the nearest
large centre.
Advocates of this system admit that
the weight limits proposed are only a
beginning and that they believe
heavier weig'hts could be carried wliea
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the system gets into working order.
They flgur^ both with regard to the
general delivery and the special rural
lo<3al service that the ma,il carriers
are already equippe-d to carry much
heavier, mails and ilhat the expense of
the government would not be in-
creased in proportion to the greater
busines done. The local service,
it is claimed, would help the local
merchants by affording them facilities
for delivering their goods at low cost.
Tax reform is the prominent Grange
issue in Ohio, iState Masier Dert'hick
says : "Let us insist that all private
property be placed on the duplicate
once, and so far as possible but once."
The State Master also says : •
"Civilization and taxation go hand
in hand. 'Given the one the o:her is
inevitable. Taxation to the body pol-
itic is what the blood is to the human
body. It is the circulating, vitalizing
force that marks the line betweei.
civilization and savagery. Taxation
has been the burning question in all
ages and in all climes. It is the burn-
ing question in Ohio at this hour. The
organized forces are focused on the
subject, the Ohio State Grange, the
Chamber of Com'merce and the Ohio
Tax Reform League. The great bond
contest of last winter has swung into
the open and the whole question of
taxation is afloat on the stream of
state economics. In this crisis the
farmer should co-operate with citi-
zens in all classes in finding an an-
chor in safe and peaceful waters."
New Jersey now has twelve new
Subordinate and one n-ew Pomona
Grange for her record this year.
■Rerlin Grange, of Camden Countv.
New Jersey, has completed and dedi-
cated its handsome new hall, whioh
cost about $5000.
A good series of August field mest-
ings have been arranged by State
Master G. W. F. Gaunt. The National
speaker wiili be H. O. Hadley, Master
of the New Hampshire State Grange.
I attended a fine series of m.eetings
in New Hamipshire last year under
guidance of State Master Hadley, and
New Jersey Patrons will give him
the welcome /his ability as a leader and
a speaker so well deserves.
Eagle Grange, No. 129, at Rohr.
Preston County, Nebraska, has about
finished its fine new two-story 'hall,
which is being appropriately furnished
and will be one of the best equipped
halls in the State,
Brother D, W. Working, Past Mas-
ter of the Colorado State Grange, has
been called to the place of Superin-
tendent of Agricultural EiXtehsi'on at
the West Virginia University, Callege
of Agriculture. NIo better selection
co-uld have been made. Born and rear-
ed on a farm in Minnesota he pushed
out for the new agriculture, gradu-
ated fro>m the Kansas Agricultural
College in 1888, was secretEwy of the
Coii'orado Board of Agriculture. He
was for years my co-worker with
Prother F. P. Wolcott, as one of the
Editors of tlie American Grange
Eulletin. He man led the daughter
the Past State Master, Levi 'Booth, of
Colorado. He has always been a
true, loyal and earnest working mem-
ber of the Grange, local, iState and
National.
Among the pleasant and successful
Grange outings I have already attend-
ed this summer none was more com-
plete in all rts details than that
held by the Patrons of Kent County,
Delaware, under the trees in tlhe
beautiful camp 'meeting grounds near
Dover, a few days ago. It was In fact
a real S.ate Grange gathering, as
mem^)ers of the Order from all three
of the counties of the "Diamond
State" were present. Four Masters
of the State Grange were there, led
by State Master Walker; alo. State
Grange Lecturer Wesley Webb, and
Treasurer Charles Barker. Delaware
has had six State Masters' In her
thirty-five years of Grange history
and all are still living and active in
Grange work. No other State can
say the same, so many have been
called away, Delaware in the Grange
is . a "little farm w^ell tilled." The
increase of members in two years
amounts to eighty per cent. The
Master of the IPomona Grange, a son
of Past State Master Joihn J. Rosa,
presided. Fine singing, instrumental
music by two orchestras, appropriate
addresses and the noon-time picnic
dinner and social in'tercourse filled up
a perfect day. Delaware sent a large
delegation of visitors to the National
Grange meeting at Atlantic City in
1905, and th^ same happy party and
others are already planning to go to
. the National mee'tlng in Hartford,
Connecticut, next November,
The custom of holding a memorial
service once a year, and generally on
Sunday, and in a church in memory of
departed Grange members is gain-
ing in favor and is one that commends
itself to all who hold the best ideals
of our Order, getting us for a time
away from the mfat-eriai side to the
higher and better things of our
Grange life and work. Among the
meetings of last month I was invited
to take ipart in the annual memorial
service of Locktown Grange, No, 88,
New Jersey, a Grange that has held
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regular meeting without break for
itliirty-three years, owns a fine two-
story hall, twice enlarged to accom-
modate its increasing membership,
and 'has a well-filled store-room;
also, running a successful co-opera-
tive creamery for twenty-seven years,
in fact a Grange that does things and
activity means life and growth. The
services were held in tihe church,
which was beautifully decorated with
flowers, its pastor Rev. H. W. Loucks
being the Grange chaplain. The
ceremonies in'oluding singing, read-
ing the Scriptures, prayer, reading the
name of members who had died
during the year, resolutions adopted
by tihe Grange, memorial address,
procession to the cemetery, and deco-
rating the graves of all departed
■members with flowers by the commit-
tee appointed for that purpose, then
siniging "Nearer, My God, to Thee,"
and benediction.
When this copy of Grange. News
gets to the homes of its many Patron
friends, I will be out on a continuoua
speaking trip extending' over five
i&ta'tes, and more than three months
o£ time, ending up only in time to get
to the meeting of the National Grange
with all its pleasant re-unions with
old-time friends. -
"Help one another," a grain of sand
Said to another grain just at hand;
"The wind may carry us over the sea,
And then, oh wihat will beco'me of me?
But come, my brother, give me your
hand.
We'll build a mountain and there we'll
stand."
Additional "National Field" matter
on page 55.
WxjecutJijrje ©owntJiti^i^ ^jejxatrtnxiz^nt
I. FRANK CHANDLER, Editor
n.
To one unaccus-
tomed to writ-
ing for public
r e a di ng, e s-
pecially tried as
as I am, makes
the mon.th seem
short, and the
time pass rapid-
ly by that we I
can scar<;ely
realize that we|
must again do
our part in or-
der to s'hare the
respon s i b ility
placed upon us
in the publica-
tion of the
Grange News.
We are now in the midsit of har-
vest; labor is scarce at almost any
price. We who have reached the
50th 'milestone in life, feel more keen-
ly than ever the many more duties
imposed upon us, that were we able
to procure suffi^cient 'help at a reason-
able recompense would relieve the
tired body from many strenuous ex-
ertions and efforts made to keep order
out of chaos. We dislike very much
to see .the weeds grow in corn field,
in truck patch; to see the fences
down here and there over the farm;
to note tbe very many things needed
doing at the same time, and all on
account of insufficient labor to ac-
complish the much desired end.
The only way out of the difficulty
that seems feasible at this time is to
keep pegging away at it yourself; do
what you can and there will ever be
made a way sufficient to aocomplisb
any duty, if the will be strong
enough to never give up. Keep
pegging away; to every cloud there
is a silver lining, and though the
way be dark and dreary, we may gain
the golden crown by keeping at it.
Never give up; never despair; there
is no such word as fail — keep at it.
As individuals we can never suc-
ceed if we don't keep at it; the same
methods we employ to succeed in our
own business will apply to us as
Grangers. If we only keep at it; if
we only use our sticktoitiveness; it
will get us tber'e at last. What we
want among us is more charity, less
selfishness — we must allow every
other person the same privileges we
ask for ourselves. iWe must remem-
ber that we are as susceptible to
wrong as others are — that they are as
likely to be right as we are; let us
get togther, stick together, and by so
doing aocomplisb what it would be
impossible to do individually.
The question was asked me lately
why join the Grange, when you
can buy just as cheap outside the or-
der as you can in it ? In many In-
stances such is the case, but to the
Grange belongs the glory of having
placed the lever in such a position
that they outside the Grange are reap-
ing tbe benefits made so only through
organization. What would the effect
have been had it otherwise been
ordered ? You can answer tbat for
yourselves. There can only be one
true answer. Don't you think you
who are now members and not reap-
ing as much as you think you should,
should be satisfied ? When you
consider the conditions that ex-
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lste<i anid wil 1 exist again if
the ■ same opportunity presents
itself ? And you outside from
the help received through organiza-
tion, don't you think it your duty to
help reciprocate its many kindnesses
by joining with us in the protection
of our just and equitable rights.
Think over the matter and let us pre-
sent your application for membership
in the grandest, noblest organization
that ever the sun shone on.
I. FRANtK CHANI>LER.
THE HOUSE
By Dr. Hannah McK.
Since childhood daiys we have been
repeating the well known lines :
"Lit.le drops of water"
"Make the mighty ocean"
yet seldom do we
pause to think
how largely these
little drops of
water enter into
our well-being.
More than 70 per
cent, of our
bodies consist of
w a t e r. It is
Nature's own
drink, to be used
by every living
thing and exists
in the greatest
abundance.
We usual ly
class it with
foods and drinks,
but its uses are
90 numerous and
its importance so great it might right-
fully be found in other classes. The
•cook finds it one of the first irequire-
tnents; as a cleansing agent it stands
first on the list, not alone for the per-
sonal bath, but for clothes and dwell-
ings as well, also to flush closets,
sewers and drains.
The 'hygienic requirements are that
water should be "good in quality and
sufficient in quantity." Good in
quality : Good water should be clear,
free from color, of good lustre, "a
pleasant sparkling taste," cool and
entirely free from any sediment, yet
we should remember that we may
have a clear, bright water with no
sediment and it still be polluted — the
organic matter being held in solution.
So there should be chemical tests
also. The many instances In which
it has been found that diseases, such
as tj'phoid fever, dysentery, diarrhoea
- -s '-^ave been communicated
by the drinking water, or by milk be-
cause of the water the cans are
washed in makes one very careful as
to the source of one's supply. The
finest water is no doubt N^ature's
own — rain-water — if not contaminat-
ed in falling or by dirty roofs, pipes
or cisterns, and is stored' for use, by
her, in her own reservoirs — rsprlngs,
lakes and irivers.
WE LIVE IN
Lyons, Worthy Geres
Man's reservoirs are wells and
cisterns and it is with these we are
chiefly interested. In towns or
closely populated sections the ground
soon becomes impregnated with
fllth, this drains into the water course
below, if such wateir course be near
the surface, and surface water easily
penetrates a loosely walled well. Then
how important that the location of
our wells be closely considered, and if
we cannot control the location, that
we make the surroundings as hy-
gienic as possible. We have all seen
the old country well with its moss-
covered bucket or more modern
pumps, the water coming up cool and
sparkMng, yet situated as it were in
a basin, the ground around the mouth
of the well so worn away that it is
much lower than that a few feet dis-
tant, thus permitting of the flow of
all surface water and drainage toward
the well rather than away from it.
We should see not only that the
well is widely separated from the
barm-yard, cess-pool, sink-well and
all similiar places but that it be made
water tight with cement, so that noth-
ing can .reach the interior but water
that has been filtered thru beds of
unpolluted soil.
The chief danger in our homes, is,
no doubt, from dirty cisterns, pipes,
or pipes connected with closets and
drains.
In case of water being suspected as
impure it should be boiled or Altered;
though the filtering while convenient,
may not be very efllcacious, the germa
being too minute to be arrested by
the ordinary filters. Some physicians
Insist that it be boiled for two or
three hours and if chilled qui'okly b>
putting on ice or filtered much of the
flatness is removed. Hard water is
objectionable for cooking and wash-
ing, nor can it be recommended for
drinking, tho the popular belief is
otherwise. The excess of mineral in-
gredients hinders the solvent prop-
erties and also may cause digestive
disorders, promote constipation or in-
tensify any tendency that may exist
to calculous disorders.
Another popular belief is that ice,
no odds where gathered, is pure; but
it has been proved that freezing pro-
duces Ititle or no effect on the
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poisons and typhoid fever has been
traced to the use of impure ice.
Sufficient in quantity : In all liv-
ing things we find large quantities of
water. In the corn nine parts out of
ten, while about two thirds of the
weight of our bodies Is water. It 1«
only when one understands these pro-
portions that in small degree we
realize the important place water ac-
cupies.
Whenever possible the supply to
our houses should always be oji the
"constant system," but whatever the
system, 12 to 16 gallons should be
allowed ner day for each individual
where there is no system of drainage
and ,25 to 50 gallons where there la
a general drainage system, while 2%
to 4 pints of this should be taken
daily as drink. It is believed that an
abundant use of water as a beverage
promotes a "washing" of the various
organs and tissues of the body. For
example if a glass of water be taken
at the end of stomach digestion, it
will carry undigested particles out of
the stomach leaving it clean to rest
in readiness for the next meal.
HANiNAH McK. LYONS, M. D.
Ceres State Grange.
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THE STATE AND THE SCHOOIiS
That the education of the masses
is necessary for the common gocd,
that the Republic must educate
or die, are generally admitted. Those
things that are necessary for the State
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does in every line but education.
Recognizing the importance of educa-
tion it has established the public
school. It has prescribed the course
of study, fixed the minimum salary
and length of term and even made at-
tendance compulsory. While requir-
ing so much, requiring it not for
the good of the individual but for the
public good it shifts much of the
burden of the expense on the indi-
vidual or rather on a class o.f indi-
viduals — the owners of real estate. Is
there any good reas,on why it should
not assume the entire cost of sucli
education as will fit the child for the
duties of citizenship ? It owes this
not to the Child but to itself and it
should require the child to get it for
the same reason that it wiill take the
child's father, if it becomes necessary,
and compel him to stand before the
guns of an enemy.
The governm«i]» educates the
soldier, not only without charge to
him but it pays him for his time
while he is getting his education. In
a Republic the man behind the ballot
has more to do with tlie general wel-
fare than the man behind the gun.
He should be fitted at public expense
to know how to use 'his ballot for the
public good. In addition to the duty
the State owes to itself to educate for
its own defense, the owners of homes
in Pennsylvania shouid demand that
it do so on the grouna of equalizing
taxes. Here the dollar invested in
corporate and personal property is
more remunerative that the dollar in^
vested in real estate — farms especial-
ly. Not only does the dollar yield
a large return but the property is
more than twice as valuable as real
estate, yet the latter pays school tax
and the former pays none except the
little that comes from it. indirectly
in the school appropriation. It is a
question whether we will ever get
equalization of taxes in any other way.
Corporations have always successfully
resisted the effort to tax them locally
and they will no douot .keep on doing
so. The time is opportune for the
Grange to take up the demand that
the iState shall assume the entire ex-
pense of the ungraded school, the
primary and the gram'mar school*,
no one disputes the fact that real
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estate is unjustly burdened with taxes.
In (his campaign last fall the Gov-
ernor committed himself to the State
support of public schools. He evi-
dently forgot it when he sent his mes-
sage to the legislature, but he would
doubtless have signed a bill providing
for it if the legislature 'had passed
one and the Senate had not killed all
of the revenue measures. Let those
w:ho believe in this agitate it until it
becomes as much discussed as were
trolley freight and two-<cent fare.
When it is equally well understood it
will become equally ipopular and those
in authority will bow, as they always
do, to public sentiment.
to incite the bread producers to think
along these lines that they may so
assert themselves, as to demand their
rightful share.
UNDER THE LASH.
The papers are telling us of women
in Central Pennsylvania doing all
kinds of work in the field, of Ohio
farmers planting at night with lamps
fasitened to their boots or carried by
their wives and of western farmers
calling for Ttielp. This simply indi-
cates an abnormal condition. The
world can be fed without having men
work at night and women and chil-
dren doing the work of men. While
the people of the farm are thus work-
ing over time, crowds elsewhere are
watching ball games and idlers every-
where are seeking amusement. We
are not, opposed to recreation. On the
contrary all should have it. But the
work and the play should be more
eually distributed. High Authority
says : "If any man will not work
neither let him eat," and the same
authority commanding temperance in
all 'thins's virtually forbids working
under the lash.
The whole thing hinges on the
dollars that are in it. Give the farm-
er the same pay for Ihis work that
others demand and he will compete
suocessfully in the labor market with
other bidders. Give other men the
pay that they are really wortTi and
their positions will not seem so at-
tractive. Under value is placed on
executive and administrative positions
wlhether in the public service or in
the service of corporations. En-
thusiasts in the legislature at the re-
cent session thought that the salarj-
of the Governor sihould be increased
to $25,000 per annum, their own
salaries doubled and all others in the
employ of the State increased in like
proportion. It might be pertinenx.
to ask how much more these people
do for the public good than dpes an
intilligent, enterprising farmer ? If
they are not worth more, why should
they be paid more ? Why they are
paid more is easily seen. They stand
together. If farmers ever shall
have their own they must do the
same. This is written with no de»
sire to excite class feeling but simply
OVER THE KEYSTONE STATE.
South Preston Grange, No. 1005, is
enjoying prosperity. It recently paid
off the debt remaining on the Grange
Hall, bought three dozen good chairs,
some tables and badges.
Philipsville Grange, No. 147, Erie
County, is so busy initiating that it
has hardly time to try a special dozen
plan proposed by the iState Master.
To their one hundred, members at the
commencement of this year they have
added thirty-four and have seven ap-
plications on hand. Improvements on
the hall and new furnishings have
been added at a cost of about $800
and all paid up square.
Wilmot Grange, No. 512, iBradford
County, built a barn last year 28 x 32
feet. They have just added a quarter
acre more land and finding their barn
too small have lumber on the ground
to double the length of the structure.
Their Hall is 26 x 50 feet and 18 feet
high. A number of the members
drive six or seven miles to attend the
meetings which are so interesting
that they do not close until midnight
or as late as two o'clock. Grange
Niews thinks this is too late. Better
commence in good time and close
in good time. Those who want to
get home then can do so and If others
want to stay later and visit they will
not be keeping anybody else up.
Twenty-one additions to their mem-
bership is what New Milford Grange,
No. 289, Susquehanna County, has to
report for a meeting in June,
PAYS UP A^BAD.
Mr. Editor : —
Please find enclosed, ($1.00) one
dollar to "pay up" ,our Grange News
subscription, and do not stop it, for
it is pure negligence that it has not
been paid before. The Grange News
is a very welcome visitor. We are
glad to see that it is getting better
each issue, and makes us feel that
we are proud that we are Grangers..
Tour fraternally,
F. L. AIKEiN,
Tioara, Tioga County, Pa.
April 18, 1907,
ENTERTAINED SISTER GRANOE..
Marlon Grange, of Franklin Coun-
ty, having extended an invitation to>
Altenwald Grange, of the same coun-
ty, had the members of the latter re-
cently as their guests. The entertain-
ing Grange provided a very nice lit-
erary and musical program which*
was enjoyed by all present.
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GRANGE GRO\%'TH BY STATES
The report from the National
Grange for the last quarter shows up
as follows. From it it will be noted
that Pennsylvania, New York, New
Jersey, Ohio, and Michigan have
made the most accessions, Pennsyl-
vania and New York having added
the largest number, or nine each.
From April 1 to June 30, 1907.
Organized Re-organized.
California 2
Colorado 4
Connecticut 2
Maine 3
Maryland 1
Massachusetts 1 2
Michagan 5 1
New Jersey 5
New York 9
Ohio I 5
Pennsylvania 6 3
Vermont 3
Washington , . 3
Oregon 1
Missouri 1
West Virginia 3
South Carolina ' . 1
TOTAL 49 12
NEAV GRANGE OFFICERS
Officers of the following new
Granges have not yet .been published :
Caledonia Grange, No. 1349, Frank-
lin County, organized by E. B. Dorsett
and W. F. Hill.
Master, Milton Crawford.
Lecturer, Charles iS. Andrews.
Secretary, H. J. Wagner.
G. A. R. Hall, iFayetteville.
Marion Grange, No. 1350, Frank-
lin County,
Master, J. H. Ledy.
Lecturer, Mrs. J. E. Latshaw.
Secretary, John G. Latshaw.
Jr. O. U. A. M. Hall, Marion.
Labor Grange, No. 1063, Wayne
County, re-organized by W. W. Baker
witTi 31 charter members.
Master, M. 'G. Noble, Calkins.
Lecturer, Carrie Clark, Torry.
Secretary, D. C. Bryant, Honesdale.
Olanta Grange, Clearfield County,
has been re-organized by Deputies S.
C. Read and Blake Owens.
Master, H. F. Rowles, Olanta.
Lecturer, M. C. Owens, Olanta.
Secretary, Mrs. John Withero,
Olanta.
A Thirtl of a Century Young.
At the regular meeting of Spring
Center Grange, N'o. 263, Crawford
County, held recently, Isaac S. Ball
remarked that it was 33 years that
night since that Grange was organiz-
ed with 2 6 charter members, only 5
of whom are now living, as follows :
Isaac Bail, who is now nearly 82
years old; James H. Sheldon and
wife; Daniel Prusla and Mrsl Mary
Conover. The Grange now has a
membership of about 175 and on Sat-
urday evening they will give a Fourth
Degree supper to 32 new members.
The above is from tne Conneaut-
ville Courier and speaks volumes for
the stability and permanency of fh©
Grange organization. But the item
does not tell, nor can it tell the good
this Grange has done during that long
period. It owns its own hall — a cosy,
well-appointed home. Here the
strong and w^orthy families from all
the be?t farm homes roundabout have
been want to convene and their com-
bined power and influence for good
exerted thru the Grar.'«''> all these
years can neither be estimated nor
described in a newspaper.
GROWTH IN THE STATE.
That Grange 'growth in the State
is keeping up with the pace set some
years ago is evident from the fact
that since the last State Grange meet-
ing in Du Eois twenty-four new
Granges have been organized and five
dormant ones reorganized.
Large classes have also been initiat-
ed. This is especially the case in the
reports for the quarter ending June
30, now coming in.
To the Overguiding Will
My own I gladly yield;
And while my little craft outstan^s,
I sail with -orders sealed.
Sometime I know not when nor how.
All things will be revealed;
And until then, content am I
To sail with orders sealed.
Golden Rod.
Good morning sunny Golden iRod,
Growing everywhere;
Did fairies come from fairyland
And weave the dress you wear ?
Or did you get from mines of gold.
Your bright and sunny hue;
Or did the baby stars some night
Fall down and cover you ?
And 'he gave It for his opinion that
whoever could make two ears of corn
or two blades of grass to grow upon
a spot of ground where only one grew
before, would deserve better of man-
kind, and do more essential service to
his country than the whole race ef
politicians put together. — From Gulli-
ver's Travels.
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Interesting News Items From
The Pennsylvania State College
i;
We have received the catalog of
The Pennsylvania State College, and
note a number of interesting features,
as follows : ^
Number of Students
There have been 898 different stu-
dents in attendance during the past
year. Judging from their post office
addresses, more than half of these
are the sons of farmers. Thev are
taking courses in mininjg, in mechan-
ical, civil and electrical engineering,
in chemistry and in agriculture. It
Is a great advantage which few farm-
ers, we fear, appreciate, to be able
to give their sons a good college edu-
cation in thier own State, and often
near their homes, at so slight an ex-
pense. Tuition is free. Other ex-
penses are very low in comiparison
with the €X(penses at other colleges.
It costs less than half as much at
The Pennsylvania iState College to
take a course of study than . at any
other college in A^merica of equal
rank.
The Pennsylvania State College
ranks second to none, if we may judge
by the demand for her graduates.
We are Informed that every graduate
of the class of 1907 who was seeking
a position had a satisfactory engage-
ment before commencement day, and
that more requests for men are ^re-
ceived every year than the institution
can supply, this year the number
reaching one hundred in excess of
the number of the graduating class.
The Legislature made the largest
appropriation to the college for in-
istruction in agriculture that it has
ever made. This has enabled the
trustees to plan for more expert,
•more conclusive and more extended
instruction in agriculture, horticul-
ture, dairy husbandry, poultry hus-
bandry, and kindred subjects, than
it has even been possible to do before.
Dr. Hunt New Dean
Dr. Thomas F. Hunt, recently of
Cornell University, has been appoint-
ed dean of the schooil of agriculture
and director of the experiment sta-
tion. He is an acknowledged expert
in this particular field and the indi-
cations are that agriculture in Penn-
sylvania will make great strides un-
der his deanship. The iprospect is
that the number of students electing
courses in ajgriculture will be, in
September, the greatest in the history
of the college.
Mr. Ailva Agee, of Ohio, has been
secured by the trustees as superin-
tendent of the work of agricultural
extension. This was a master stroke
for agriculture in Pennsylvania. Mr,
Agee's work will be among the farm-
ers of the .State. He will carry the
latest results of the experiment sta-
tion, and the most advanced ideas of
agriculture to the very doors of the
farmers of Pennsylvania. A special
train, bearing exhibits of farm pro-
ducts, and i'llustrations of the most
approved methods in agriculture, may
make a tour of the State, if the funds
permit. This would be of inestimable
value to the agriculture of Pennsyl-
vania.
A't a recent meeting of the trustees
of the college plans for the extension
of drives and walks, the location of
future buildings, and the beautifying
of the campus were adopted. These
plans are the work of Charles N.
Liowrie, a landscape architect of New
York City, whose experience has been
extended and successful. Students,
alumni, and faculty, who have seen
the plans are enthusiastic in their ap-
proval of them and gratified to know
that a:i additions to the buildings,
and extensions, and improvements of
the campus will hereafter be made
according to fixed and artistic plans.
The cost of these plans has been de-
frayed by one of the early alumni of
the college.
It is gratifying to note the increas-
ed interest successful alumni are tak-
ing in the college. There are rumors
afloat that the near future holds some
gratifying surprises in the form of
material additions to buildings and
equipment to be made by former
"State" men.
A Valuable Gift
The class of 1907 purchased and
left as their memorial gift to the
college. Dr. Atherton's valuable li-
brary on ipalitical and social science.
This class also furnished a room in
the new infirmary, which, with the
two rooms furnished by the Women's
Club of State College, adds materially
to the equipment of the infirmary.
Another indication of the interest
of former students of the college is
manifested by the establishment of
the Barlow prizes. Mr. Thomas W.
Barlow, of Philadelphia, (who was
a student in the years 1871-7) at the
last commencement established two
prizes : One a prize of fifty dollars
to the best orator in the Junior
Oratorical Contest, which always
takes place during commencement
week. The former prize of twenty-
five dollars will now be used as a
second prize, unless as it is hoped,
some kind friend will offer a second
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35
prize, when the former sum will be
used as a third p.rize.
Mr. Barlow also established a
iprize of one hundred dollars for the
best essay on the subject of "Advance-
anent of Agriexilture in America," the
advancement to be during the yeai
im'mediately preceding the date of
offering the prize. This will invite a
larger contest. The time is short,
and the field of research to be cover-
ed is extensive. Ail the conditions
of this prize have not yet been indi-
cated iby Mr. Barlow, and a later an-
nouncement of them is to be made.
The mention of prizes at this time
brings to mind the trustees' Freshman
scholarships .awarded to the ten stu-
dents making the highest general
average in examinations for admis-
sion to the Freshman class. These
scholarships are awarded in two parts
each year as a' concession of room-
rent and incidentals and are of the
value of eighty-five dollars each, at
the present rate of charges. Here-
after, all persons, even those admitted
'by certificate, in lieu of examinations,
will be entitled to compete for thest.
prizes, and wiM be admitted on their
certificates, even if by chance they
should fail below the standard of ad-
unission in these examinations. This
concession is made in order to in-
duce a larger number to compete for
these prizes.
Present Pi*o«pect Bright
The prospects for the attendance
for the fall are unusually brigrht.
Judging from the number of students
who have already enrolled and en-
gaged rooms, the coWege will have
the largest Freshman class in its
history.
There is now going to the -press a
pamphlet announcing new require-
ments for admission to the iFreshman
class which are to go into effect in
September, 1908. These are sent on
request to students preparing to enter
at that time.
While women have heretofore been
admitted to all departments of the
college on the same basis as mev,
the last Legislature established a
special department for women, and
named it "Home Economics." A
course based upon the course in mod-
ern language and literature is now
being prepared in home economics
and especial provision for women to
take this course is being made. The
course will ,be announced later. It
is the intention to make it strong and
practical with sutficienc methods of
instruction to fit graduates of this
class for the many positions which
are open for teachers in the various
departments of domestic science.
The Pennsylvania iState College will
open Thursday, September 19, 1907,
at 8 a. m. We advise all young
people preparing for mechanical or
professional positions to address the
Registrar, State College, Pa., for a
catalog.
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If you wish to be well prepared to teach school — If you wish a sub-
stantial foundation for the study of medicine or law — If you wish a good,
practical, busines^ education, you can get what you want at
Cumberland Valley State Normal School
It is well located. It is well equipped. It Is well taught and well man-
aged. The expense is very slight. Send for catalogue. Address
C. V. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
SinPPEXSBURG, PA.
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PEXMSYLVAMIA GRANGE X.EWS
STATE fiOKIIIAL SCHOOL,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
New Science Hall
Costing $75,000
Labratory Methods,
Good Gymnasium,
Beaufiful Location.
33 PASSENliElt TRAINS DAILY
Pennsylvania, Pliiladelpiifa & Read-
ing, and D., L. A W. Railroads.
FOR VARIOUS COURSES AND
RATES SEE CATALOG
Address-
iEV. D. J. WALLEt, Ji.,
Principal
THE BUCiElL ilYERSITY,
JOHN HOWARD HARRIS, President.
College : With Courses In Arts.
Philosophy, Jurisprudence, Science,
Chemistry, Biology and Civil and
Mectrical Engineering, with shop
work. Sneciul coui*ses for teachers,
Chair In Pedagogy.
Academy: For young men and boys.
Institute : For young women.
School of 5Iuslc : For both sexes.
Healthy Sui'roundings; Pure AIountaiD
Water.
For Catalogue, address,
WILLIAM C. GRETZINGER,
Registrar.
LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
it you are
THINKING
Of sending your son or daughter
to ooUege, The State Normal at
Indiana asks just one favor of
you : Examine its catalogue be-
fore you decide what school.
Address
James E. Ament, U. D.,
Indiana, Pa.
STATE NmtMAL SCUOOl,
.UANStlELD. PA.,
A superior training seltool for l\?ach-
ei-s.
Tlie very l>est pinoe in wliich to se-
cure tiie especiui training for life
which yiHing |>eopIe from tiie rural
conuiiunlties need.
Social and
Religious Culture
CuriHl for witli tlie Educational.
Terms as low us tliey cu^i l)e made In
a good sciiooi.
IXQuilUES SOLICITEl).
For particulars address tlie principal,
Andrew Thomas Smith
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
California, Pa.
A school for the traln:ng of teachers.
Thirty teachers, specialists In their re-
spective departments. Practice school
of 400 pupils and eight traininc teachers.
Tuition free to prospective teachers
over 17 years of age. Graduates re-
ceive life certificates to teach. De-
partments' of Commercial work, muslo»
a!rt, and physical culture. Large and
weii-selected library. Rooms and board-
ing in school. Easy of access, being
located near Pittsburg. Write for cata-
logue. THEO. B. NOSS, Principal.
EDINBORO
State Normal Sciiooi
A superior school. Ideally located.
Fail tei'm begins September 19, 1907.
Winter term begins January 1, 1907.
Spring term begins Marcii 4, 1907
Electric railway connections be-
tween Ei-ie and Cambridge Springs.
FREE TUITION to prospective teach*
ers over seventeen years of age.
COURSES — Regular Normal, Busi-
ness, Music, Oratory, Art.
FOR CATALOGUE and full particu-
lars address tlie principal,
'JOHN F. BIGLER,:A. M.
First Peimsylvanla
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
ADUersville, Pa.
Dr. E. O. LYTE, Principal.
Spring term opened on Monday,
March 25th, 1907.
PEXNiSYLVAiNflA GRANOE NEWS
37
TOOTING OUR OWN HORN
By A. Nevin Detrich, Adv. Mgr.
UPON ENTTERINlG this its fourth
volume Pennsylvania Grange News
greets its subscribers and its adver-
rtisers with a cer-
tain degree of
pride. We do
not believe in
shouting our
lungs hoarse over
our own doings,
nor proclaiming
our merits from
the housetops,
exactly, but wj
do feel that we
are justified in
't e 111. i n g our
friends some
facts about our-
selves. There is
an old saying
that the horn of
the fellow that
is always silent
is so because its
owner fails to
toot it. So we
ask you to bear
with us, for a
few toots.
TOOT 1 —
Grange News
was started in
its present form just three years
ago, the first monthly number being
that for August, 1904. The officers
of the Pennsylvania State Grange, in
starting this publication, felt that
there was need for a ipublication that
was of, ifor and by th^ Grange, one
that would always work for harmony
within our ranks — keeping everything
decently and in order — and at the
same time strive to istrengtben and
build up oiur Order. Grange News
ihas done much toward carrying out
its purpose along these lines.
TOOT 2 — After a little more than a
year there was a demand for a wilder
circulation of Grange News and in
February, 190?, the icirculation wa,&
so broadened as to take in every fam-
ily in ennsylvania in which there was
a member of the Grange. This gave
the magazine a circulation second to
no Qther rural publication in its field
and placed it at once in the ranks of
tJhe leading advertising mediums.
Therefore it was decided to seek a
postofflce franchise that would permit
of the carrying of advertising. J'his
franchise was secured and advertise-
ments siolicited. The respons'e to
these solicitations was fair and it in-
creased with each issue until this
month we appear before you mor«*
tihan three times our original size and
with many pages of advertising,
TOOT 3 — »We propose to continue
this growth along every line.
TOOT 4 — From a simall magazine
witlv no advertising and few sub-
^^jHbers Orange News has grown to
Its present size, which you can see
for yourself. We want our friends,
both readers and advertisers, to help
us grow. Each and every one will
share in the growth because Grange
News will give to its readers more and
better reading as it grows and to its
advertisers a wider and more influ-
ential circulatiooi. As our books
show a profit, our readers and adver-
tisers will share in the dividends
TOOiT 5 — In many other states be-
sides Pennsylvania, Grange News now
has readers. To our neighbors we
extend the hand of good fellowship
and say we are glad to have them,
with us. We believe they approve of
our work because of their patronage.
If you, who are reading this, are not
a regular subscriber to Grange JsTews,
is it not worth your while " to mail
a quarter and get a place on the roll
of honor ?
TOOiT 6 — Advertising. Grange
News does not hesitate to declare
that it offers the very best proposition
to advertisers who desire to reach the
live, up-to-date farm homes of Penn-
sylvania and bordering states. There
is no other publication covers the
field more thoroly. Our circulation is
condensed, and therefore potent. The
field Grange News covers is not so
thoroly covered by any otheir three
publications. With this a fact and
our circulation guaranteed we have
room for the progressive 'salesman or
manufacturer who has something of
■merit to offer ouir readers. Adver-
tisinig^is a science. Had you thought
of it ?
John Wanamaker says: "If there
is one enterprise on earth that a
'quitter' should leave severely alone
it is advertising. To make a successr
of advertising one must be prepared
to stick like a .barnacle on a boat's
bottom. He should know ibefore he
begins that he must spend money —
lots of it. Somebody must tell him,
also, that he cannot hope to reap re-
sults commensurate vv^ith his ex-
penditure early in the game. Adver-
tising doesn't jerk; it pulls. It bi&gins,
very gently at first, but the pull is
steady. It increases day by day and
year by year, until it exerts an irre-
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sistible power."
And so it goes — a, long ipull, a
strong pull and a pull all together and
'Grange News Will continue to grow
and extend its influence wftierever it
goes. As it is strictly co-operative
in intent and practice, it invites the
eiarnest co-otperation of readers, ad-
vertisers and all.
does away with many unpleasant
features of the ordinary engine. It
is the Advance engine, which is adver-
tised in this numbe-r, and its even ex-
haust is a marvel to all. Better
write about it.
i MUSIC IX THE GRANGE.
Pretty soon the long winter even-
ings will be here and our Grange
m^eetings will be full of interest. Have
you music In your Grange hall ? That
is do you own your own instrument ?
If not, it would be well to write the
Weaver Company in York. This
company makes a high-grade organ
and piano and can please you.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
If there are any families in the
State receiving more than one copy
of Grange News each month, they
will confer a favor by iniformlng us
of the fact, giving the different ad-
• dresises to whldh the magazines are
now being sent, as well as the address
of the person whom they wish to re-
ceive it.
AN UNIQUE ENGINE.
In this day when the gastoline
engine is looked upon as an almost
indispensable feature of the farm
everyone is interested in the different
makes. There has recently come
under the observation of the writer a
gasoline engine that is bound to gain
(high favor. Its istrong point is that
there is an automatic arrangement
that takes care of the sparker attach-
ment that has always worried engi-
neers and, while giving equal power,
■ An Ode To the IngersoU Paints. .
Dear Sir : I received your Paint
Book all rigtht,
And ordered "five gallons of Outside
White.
I received the same a month ago;
My house is now as white as «now.
WV)rds fail me here to give me aid,
To tell just how y6ur Paint is made;
One thing sure, may be relied,
It is the best I ever tried.
After Many Days.
I am the man who some months ago
Said this house was white as snow.
It still remains that brilliant hue —
White as snow, clear through and
through.
My excellent neighbor, John J. Morse,
Can judge the good points in a horse;
But he said ihe must get outside aid
To select that paint that holds its
shade.
Sir, you to him, I did refer.
Who do your business on the square,
To furnish hum the needed aid.
In slhape of paint that wild ^ot fade.
If you see fit to write a line.
Mention this to refresh his mind :
Wherever the INGERiSOiLiL PAINT
is tried.
Its patrons are forever satisfied.
From a satisfied patron,
THOMAS M. COIPELAND,
Townsend, Mass.
See adv. of Ingersoll's Paints; this
issue. — Editor.
GRANUUTED LIME
For Farms.* Especially prepared to drill
with crop <5ame as phosphate. .Manu-
factured in Somerset Co., Pa. Circular
free. c. J. YODER,
Grantsvitle, Md.
DO YOU TRAP. Then you want
Woodcocks TRAPPING methods. He
has more than fifty years experience
Trapping the Fox, Mink, Bear. Coon,
and all fur-bearing animals in dlffereni
parts of the country and nis methodsi
are absolutely reliable. For particului's
write E. N. WOODCOCK,
Coudersport, Pa.
If interested in the future develop
ment of young people read the adver
tlsement of the State Normal School
Mansfield, Pa., found on page 36 and
then write for particulars.
KELTON THOROBRED STOCK FARM
Write us for prices on Barred, White
and Buff Piymouth Recks — White Part-
ridge and Silver Laced Wyandottes-p-
Rose and Single Comb R. I. Reds — Buff
and Partridge Cochins — Buff and Light
Brahmas — Registered Hampshire Down
Sheep — Chester White Swine— R. C.
Collie Dogs — Bronze Turkeys.
Buff Wyand3ttes and Buckeye Red
chickens.
C. L. WiEBSTER, Keiton, Pa.
GASOLINE ENGINES
Half Price offer on the
2%— 3% H. P. size. Special
manufacturer's prices on all
sizes from 5 to 100 horse-
power.
C. H. D1SINGER & BRO.,
Wrightsville, Pa.
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39
liET ME SENT> YOU MY PAINT BOOK. It will tell you aU you want
to know about paint and painting. Ttie best paint is the (^eape^ paJntc
I naake the best paint. IngersoU's paint has been made for 65 years.' lit is
made with scientific accuracy from the best pigments and pure linseed' oil,
thoroughly oonmbined by mac^iihery — ^you cannot mix good paint with a stick.
I Can Save You One-Half Your
Paint Bills.
other paints are sold by dealers or supply houses. . This method reqidres
salary and expenses of traveling salesmen and' profits for jobberts «.nd retail-
ers. These extra expenses and numerous profite' you must pay when you btiy
the paint. If the price is low the measure is short or the quality* poois—
usually both.
One-half the price you pay the retailer represents the factory oosit of the
paint. The other half is required for middlemen's profits and expenses. Our
paint is shipped fresh from the factory direct to you. You pay simply the
factory price. You pay no salesman; no hotel bills ; and no* middlemen of any
kind. ¥he dealer or supply house may offer you a paint at our price; but
they cannot give you our quality of paint at our price. They must add the
cost of their expensive method of selling and middlemen's profits; if they
give you our grade of paint the cost will be double our price.
Don't Use Cheap Paint
Offered by dealers and supply hottses. They may save you a Utttle on first
cost, but no more labor is required to paint your buildings with IXGJEIiRSOIiL
PAIXT than with inferior ^tore paint. Poor paint always makes a building
look shabby in six months or a year, and is sure to make you regret the little
saving in the first cost of the material. INiGiEiRSOIjIi PAINTS will give you
long years of service and look well all the time.
IngersoU Mixed Paints
have held the official endorsement of the Grange for 33 years.
We can refer you to pleased customers in your own neighborhood.
We make it easy for you to buy paint direct from the mill. The book
will tell you the quantity needed. The order will reach us over night, and
the paint will^be on the.A^uy to you. in 24' hours. , &efnd your addMBfls>f!cM!^«:a'^
beautiful set of'- sample color cards and our paint book. We mall them tree.
Do you want them ?
0. W. INGERSOLL, Prop.,
tl
XO. 234 PliYMOUTH STREET.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
In answering advertisements always mention Grange News.
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other pets, a flock
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FEEDING HIS PETS.
a reproduction of a scene that is almost -daily enacted at
Hill (Master of the State Grange) in this place. It shows
(who, by the way, is a remarkably bright and interesting
in the act of feeding his favorite bantami hen, while his
of White Wyandottes, are hovering close by awaiting their
Is are exceedingly tame, any. one of which permitting
up and fondle it as he would a kitten.
From People's Register, Chambersburg, Pa.
WHAT. IS WORTH WHILE.
A well-known physician says : "If
I had my way house-cleaning would
occur but once a year arid that in
June, when doors and windows could
be thrown open with no risk to life
or health." But from the evidences
all about me I know May has been
th,e housecleaning month and in this
busy spring-cleaning season many
thoughts come to mind of the true
value of things. In line with these
thoughts is a paper written and read
by Mrs. Carrie W. Yarnall, of New
London Grange, at the meeting of
Pomona No. 3, Chester and Delaware
•Counties, held in Downingtown; sub-
ject : "What is WK)rth While ?"
In the fable of the hedgehog and
the hare, you will recall with what
lordly superiority the hedi^ehog" cDtti-
manded his wife ''not tp^vi^neddle and
make in k man's businiess," and, af-
ter the, rebuff', with , what patience she
eat in her end of the furrow and did
quite as much as he to win the race,
for which he took all the credit. Since,
hedgehogs and men have some attri-
butes in common, we shall profit by
the fable and concern ourselves in
this paper solely with the interests
of the more or less silent partner,
woman.
So busy are these daily lives of ours,
so filled with duties and responsi-
bilities, that it is well for us some-
times to pause in the ownard rush
and to ask ourselves. : What is worth
while ? What can we afford to let
go ? What is essential ?
Influenced by the modern spirit of
unrest, we have drifted somewhat
apart from the simple life, and some-
times vexed our souls with matters
of but trivial importance. In these
days of help famine, we can least af-
ford to do this. Where possibly one
pair of hands constitute the sole do-
mestic machinery, we must simplify.
Do you not think we often frustrate
our own" ends, anyway ? We wish to
beautify our parlors, so we add, at
an unwarranted expense of time and
labor, furniture, bric-a-brac, draperies,
until in the world of art the American
parlor has become a term synonymous
with congested ugliness. Then the
anxious hours to preserve our new
PEXiXSiTLVAiNiIA GRANGE XEWS
41
creation, the dustings and the
don'ts. The dust will come in at the
open window, the sunlight will fade
the carpet; close thfe window, lower
the shade; shut .out God's life-giving
air and sunshine; shut out the chil-
dren; fill the house with gloom and
impurity. Is this rational ? And yet,
is it not common ? In the olden days
the model houselceeper scrubbed and
sanded her floors, then locked the
door upon- the asparagus branches and
ostrich eggs and sanded pa,ttern3
until housecleaning day rolled r'ound'
again. We smile at the memorjr of
her tyranrty, arlU forthwlt-h Ittf violence
almost as glaring in our hown home
circle. Such love of display, such
mistaken homemaking, we may well
let go; these things are not worth
while. Simple, tasteful, well-ordered
homes, free to the sunlight, the
breezes and the children, these are
the workshops in which'character may
best be fashioned.
And do we fully realize to what an
extent character diepends upon the
family bill-of-fare ? Cook books there
are, almost without number, from
Mrs. Rorer down through the whole
category. The authors would scorn
to follow some of their own instruc-
tions. Is it worth while that we am
housekeepers sacrifice the physical
well being of our defenseless husbands
and children by inflicting upon them
all manner of indigestible com-
pounds ? And yet, "If to do were as
easy to know the rest," happy the
woman who has solved the problem to
her own satisfaction. The highest
development can not be attained in
a body imperfectly nourished. If we
'but realized that our child's seeming
Indolence or fretfulness or perversity
may be the direct result of a series
of improper meals, we should be slow-
er to chastise, quicker. to study food
values. Many a domestic discord has
had its origin in a heavy, undigested
dinner; and the family life, which
should be love and harmony, has
grated in harshest discord. Few of
us^are yet sufficiently advanced to be-
lieve that food should be administered
in the form of tablets. The picture
of the reunited family gathered
around the Christmas dinner table
solemnly dispensing condensed food
tablets from a glass bottle dispels
our conception of a reverently joyous
holiday season. In trying to correct
an acknowledged evil, reformers have
swung their pendulum to a most un-
inviting extreme. But somewhere
there must lie a wholesome mean,
which it is worth our while to try to
find.
When the world grows even yet
more fair, perhaps we shall return
to the old-fashioned hospitality,
which did not wait for formal invita-
tion. It is worth while that we
greet our friends cordially, whenever
inclination- leads them within our
gates, not that we resent their c<)miilgr
uninvited. Even Grangers, models of
good sense, have in their less en-
lightened days, known what it was to
prepare for company. The cleaning
and the cooking, and when kt last
the expected guests arrived the well-
meaning hostess was so tired that
she could take but little pleasure in
the friends whom she had tried so
hard to honor. We need the com-
panionship of our friends "to lift our
good: to better and our better up to
best." Our lives are rich in propor-
tion to the worth of their environ-
ment, ahd a hian's friends should be
among the choicest possessions. Why,
then, should we in any measure de-
prive ourselves of their society merely
because we are unwilling that th6y
should enter oiir homes without some
special preparation ? Real friend-
ship recoils at the intimation that it
can not stand the test of everyday
living, WBiat matters it how elab-
orately our neighbor entertains ? Al-
most two thousand years ago Marcus
Antonius uttered these words of uni-
versal wisdom : '"iHow much trouble
he avoids who does not look to see
what his neighbor says or does or
thinks, but only to what he idoes him-
self, that it :may be just and pure,"
It is worth our while that we find
some time during the busy day to
read, if only for a quarter of an hour.
It is easy to plead "too busy," and
lapsing into -indifference lose a rare
opportunity for culture. But in all
the walks of life, who is there more
than the farmer's wife that need^ to
live in the plane of high thinking ?
Hers is a little kingdom remote from
many of the advantages of the town,
but this isn't the slightest excuse for
her sinking into ruts of monotony and
ignorance. The woman who, in her
hime, is willing to let the cobwebs
gather in her brain while she
scrupulously sweeps them down from
the corners of her kitchen, is un-
worthy of her trust. The cultured
brain has infinite demands made
upon it by the active questioning little
minds given her to train; so that,
aside from any merely personal pleas-
ure, it becomes a part of our stock i|i
trade, of our equipment for the great-
est responsibility devolving >tipon
woman.
Then, too, it is worth while fot us
sometimes to close the door upon tlie
scene of our daily labors and abandon
ourselves to nature. There we slia.ll
find no littleness, but, instead, a fast-
ness and powej^ that must strenjgthen
and uplift.
And we need to ally ourselves with
outside interests. We are told that
there is an alarming percentage of
insanity amongst the wives of farmers.
If it be true. Is there not la needless
cause ? Within ten rriiles of Phila-
i.
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PBNNSTLVAINIIA GRANtGE NEtWiS
delphia lived a woman who had not
been off the farm in seven years. At
the end of that time she gave her-
self the gruesome pleasure of attend-
ing a neighbor's funeral. Is it
strange that such seclusion should re-
sult disastrously ? "Men exist for the
sake of one another." The hermit
dwelling in his desert cave, the saini
chained to his pillar, may have per-
formed a holy mission. But opinions
change, and now we have come to be-
lieve that life's higaest purposes may
best be fulfilled in the co-operatloi»
of the divine in nature and in each
other. Let us then sometimes get be-
yond, the boundai-y-. walls, beyond the
sweeping, dusting, baking, mending,
. beyond all the necessary routine of
housekeeping, enjoy evea the gray^of
the bare branches, the brown of the
still clinging leaves, the blue or gray
of the mid-winter sky, the twitter or
the winter birds, and have new life
blown Into us by the fresh breezes.
And when the woods and hills and
streams have done their part, let us
seek the society of our human friends
and carry Jiome with us new strength
and wisdom to continue our work.
'Do you not agree that one of na-
ture's most valuable lessons is repos*?
Sometimes in her disastrous moods
she grows noisy, as in the earth-
quake and the storm; but in the
power that rears ,the oak and pine,
that raises for the farmer his acres of
corn and wheat, his barrels of apples
and tons of hay, she is silent. Some
of 'this majesty of calm,ness is es-
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sential in the management of our
human affairs. Which of us can say
to herself, I do not worry ? Whether
the. day be dark or fair, whether my
work succeed or fail, I do not lose my
poise ? Cheerfulness and repose are
the open sesame to happy bomemak-
ing. How we pity the nervous
woman ! And how our pity swells
aa we think of the influence her
nervousness must have upon her
household ! Much of it may be due
to physical causes, out may we not
say without sermonizing that much is
often due to a wild effort to do some-
thing, we hardly know what, just 3o
that we excfel our neighbor in some
respect ? Our house must be the
first to be cleaned and our shelves
must, present the greatest array of
pickltfs and" preserves; our sofa pillows
must be strictly up-to-date; a-nd, a
woman's health and temper are the
price of her aspiration. Nature
doesn't work in this way. She has
her house-cleaning seasons, too, with-
out haste, but with no less effective-
ness. November winds swept through
the trees and bore to earth the dry,
brown leaves. The snow and ice
came in their turn to transform tbe
sombre scene. The spring will bring
another houseoleaning time, with
cleansing winds and torrents and new
draperies everywhere. And the stern
old oak will never bother his stately
head because he must stand bare and
gray while the willow blossoms out
in a soft, new dress of green. He
knows that all in good time his deli-
cate pinkish gray leaves will push
through and signal the farmer to
plant his corn. What a lesson of
patience and common sense !
And in our wanderings, let us stop
at the little country school house,
where matters of so great moment are
happening to our boys and girls. It
is no new thought that the home and
the school are the bulwarks of the
nation. Should they, then, be
alienated as they frequently are ? It
is worth our while that we find out
or take the time to visit at least
the school of our own district, tbe
school in which our children spend
most of their waking hours during
eight or nine months of the year. To
do this njay r6Ciuire',some sacrifice,
but we may safely put It down as one
of the essentials. There must be a
partnership between parents and
teacher in order that the child shall
get the most benefit from his school
course. The wise parent keeps track
of his child's progress in order to
supplement the teacher's efforts. This
precludes interference except, pos-
sibly, in very extreme cases; it is the
opposite of interference, it Is sympa-
thetic co-operation, helpful to both
teacher and parent, *nd yet more
helpful to tbe child.
These are but a few of the many
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43
things we find it worth while to do
or not to do. The suggestions are
not new, life lessons seldom are; the>
are but a repetition of experiences
as old as man, different adaptations,
perhaps, but the same old principles.
The keynote of happy homemaking.
the one greatest worth while, has ever
been love for the work, cheerful labor,
learning God's will from the shadows,
emerging through love to light. We
do not need to seek great things to do:
each hour brings Us duty, which, if
well performed, forges the link as-
signed to us and strengthens the
eternal chain.
"Whatever is excellent," wrote Em-
erson, "as God lives is permanent."
He makes no limit>.cions. It matters
not how humble the task, the excel-
lence of its performing gives it hon-
or and dignity. And banded together
as this meeting shows us to be, with
the common aim of making the coun-
try home ideal, each little home
circle a power for good, the combined
home circles an irresistible, uplifting
force, the poet's words find echo in
our hearts :
"A'll are needed by each one,
Nothing is fair or good alone."
IJet Us Keep Our Ijanips Trimmed.
To be successful the Grange needs
the regular attendance of its me/mbers,
and the help of everyone according
to his or her ability. It is an or-
ganization founded upon broad lines
and though the accomplishment of
some of its aims miay be slow because
of the difficulties that have to be
overcome from every side, yet re-
member the realization of these is
nearer, the more shoulders there are
at the wheel. It is educative and social
influence that is manifest wherever
Grangers meet, by the intelligent
■faces, by the better English, by the
nature of the thoughts .which are be-
ing expressed in conversation and in
discussion, and by the many social
amenities which are becoming current
upon the more intimate intercourse
w^hich the order of the Patrons of
Husbandry encourages. Many a man
has found himself, so to speak, thru
the inspiration of the Grange; has
discovered in himself qualities, talents,
which prior to his membership he
did not dream of possessing; found
himself capable of leadership, or of
oratory, or of some acquirement
which has enabled him to feel his
mental and social strength with men
of other vocations or professions.
The Grange is a school, if the
Grangers will but make it that, in
which the. farmer and his family can
educate themselves along lines which
tend towards as broad a development
as town life, with the educative op-
portunities which it affords; shall we
£ay. the more favored city residents.
In this way, of especial value ought
the Grange to be in isolated country
districts.
If we desire our Grange to be a
progressive Grange developing its
members into men more efl!icient for
waging the a'gricultural battles
which must needs be fought with the
other industries and interests of the
world, then we must not sit do^wn and
fold our hands, and be willing that
every one should work but ourselves.
When we are asked to assist in a
meeting, let us attempt to respond if
possible, remembering if we cannot
do as well as we would like to do, we
can, at least, do as well as we are
able, thus preventing the spirit of
stagnation seizing a meeting or be-
coming a chronic condition of our
meetings which condition means in-
jury, yes, ruin to highest aim towards
which our organization is struggling.
Perhaps it is the one who does a little,
Yet •does- the best he can,
That helps the Maker most
In the working of his plan.
Perhaps it is the 'one whose heart is
very willing,
But whose voice is rather weak,
That gives unto another
The voice and strength to speak.
Perhaps it is the one
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In answering; advertisementH always mention Grange News.
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"Who may think his mite the small-
est,
Who will find at final judgment
It to have grown the tallest.
Perhaps, yet now we cannot know,
To what result our work will come,
But let us risk the end and get busy.
Brother, sister Grangers, every one.
— Mrs. Vincent in New York State
Grange Bulletin.
FROM BEDFORD COUNTY
Bedford Pomona held its last meet-
ing wit'h L.oys.burg Grange. Good re-
ports came in from nearly all Sub-
ordinate Granges. The paper below
was read by Mrs. J. L. Longnecker :
"Tlie Motlel Home."
The musical word "home" brings
a bewitching strain from the harp of
memory to the old and to the young;
it is a reminder of all that is near
and dear to them. Among the many
songs we hear, there is not one more
cherished than the touching melody of
"Home, Sweet Home."
It has been said that six things
are requis;ite to create a model home.
Integrity must be the architect, and
tidiness the upholsterer. It must be
warmed by affectfm, and lighted up
with cheerfulness. Industry must be
the ventilator, renewing the atmos-
phere, and bringing in fresh salubrity
day by day, while over all, as a pro-
tecting canopy, nothing will suffice ex-
cept the blessings of God.
Home government fs the founda-
tion stone of the home, but loVe must
be its dictator. Home has always
had its attractions, yet more jiow,
TO THINK
that all banks are the same. Before
you open your account — give a moment's
consideration to the officers and the
Board of Directors of the Bank you con-
tempiate doing business with.
We court the strictest Investigation
and respectfully solicit the accounts of
corporations, firms and Individuals.
We offer absolute safety and all rea-
sonable accommodations to our cus-
tomers.
Interest paid on Time Deposits.
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent.
THE GRANGE NATIONAL BANK
OF PATTON, PA.
perhaps, than ever before. It has
more literature, more art and music,
and while parental authority may not
be exercised as strongly, yet the in-
fluence is as strong as ever.
In a happy home cheerfulness must
be a great factor. A single bitter
word may disquiet an entire family;
one sullen glance cast a gloom over
the household, while a smile like a
gleam of sunshine, may light up the
darkest and weariest hours. Ever
remember that hqwever hard times
may be, it will never make them
easier to wear a gloom^r and sad coun-
tenance. Every one is destined to
share trouble, but it is our duty to
extract all the happiness and enjoy-
ment from our lives we can, and
try always to look on the bright side.
Dr. Johnson says : "It is worth a
thousand pounds a year to have the
habit of looking on the bright side
of things." We must remember
"Trouble never lasts forever; the
darkest days will pass away."
The family circle ought to be the
most charming place on earth, the
center of the purest affections and
most desirable associations. Nothing
can exceed in beauty and sublimity
the quietude, peace, harmony, affec-
tion and happiness of a well ordered
family, where virtue is nurtured and
every good principle is sustained.
7th ANNUAIi GRANGE PIC-NIO
of
Western Pennsylvania & Eastern Ohio
At Oraham's Grove, Conneaut Town-
ship, Crawford County, Pa., on
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1907.
Speakers of National reputation.
Finest exhibition of thoroughbred
live stock and farm implements.
Tables for picnic dinners. Warm
meals, lunches and grocery on ground.
Interesting program of amusements.
Bus at Summit Station, E. & P. Di-
vision of Penn'a. R. R., and from all
trains. For further information ad-
dress Secretary
A. B. GREEXFIEIiD,
Conncautvillc, Pa.
'
GRANGE NATIONAL BANK, TIOGA,
PENNSYLVANIA.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Sa^-lnpi department pays 3 per cent.
compounded semi-annually.
SEND FOR BANK.
Dy yonr patronage your first Grange
Bank grew to eight times its or-
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Liet us double that this year.
FOR, SALiE3 — ^Rejepi/stered' Holstein-
Frledan bull caly^^ gwd breeding,
will gall cfaeao. Write for pedigrees
and prices.
•W. M. CRUTTENDEN,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
PENNiHYLVAiXiIA GRANGE NEiWS
45
Kind words, gentle acts, atid sweet
dispositions gladden the home. It
makes no difference whether the
home be a palace or a hut, if it is
only brimful of love, smiles, and
gladness, the heart cannot help but
turn lovingly toward it as the dearest
spot beneath the circuit of the sun.
Holmes has said, "All the elegance
in the world will not make a home,
and I would give more for a spoon-
ful of real hearty love, than for
whole shiploads of furniture and all
the georgeousness the world can
gather."
GOOD ADVICE ANYWHERE.
Brother T. C. Atkeson, Worthy Mas-
ter of the West Virginia State Grange,
advises Patrons of that State :
"Go ahead and make your play;
Never mind the knockers.
They're in every worker's way;
Never mind the knockers.
Every one who seeks to shine.
If successful, they malign;
'Tis of fame a certain sign —
Never mind the knockers.
They strike only those who climb;
Never mind the knockers.
'Tis success they deem a crime;
Never mind the knockers.
If they hammer a'D your name.
Then be sure you're in the game;
'Tis a species of acclaim —
Never mind the knockers."
He who would be wise mxist daily
earn his wisdom.
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PHILADCLPH I A. PA.
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PEiXX!£'YLVAiNIIA GRANGE N'EWlS
The State Executive Board
P. of H.
has ma'ie a special contract with us to manufacture
Orsfans and Pianos for members of the Grange
in Pennsylvania. . . The State Committees of
Ohio and Michigan, hearing of the success of this
arrangement and of the superior quality of the
Weaver Organs and Pianos, have made similar
contracte. Not because the organs and pianos we manufacture are
cheaper than all others, but better. We are in a position to give the best
of satisfaction to all who want good instruments at reasonable prices.
Write for catalog and full particulars.
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Manufacturers to the Grange,
Department G. . . . YORK, PENNA.
Meet us at our great exhibit at Grangers' Picnic at Williams Grove.
WHAT TltE GllAXGE HAS DONE
FOR W OMAX ?
(Read bv Bessie Taylor before Gosh-
en Grange, Xo, 121, Chester Co.)
At first glance it would seem almost
as if the question should be reversed
and read thus : "What has woman
done for the Grange ?" Ah, then
would we not hasten to tTie task with
a cheerful confidence in our ability to
Bet forth a long list of the many
■services she has rendered to the
Order ? 'She has written papers for
it, spoken for it, sung for it, played
lor it, made chicken salad for it, also
various other dishes for it, gotten up
suppers for it, driven miles for it —
but why go on ? In short, you must
'know, worthy Patrons, that she has
helped to make it the grand success
— -^he great and noble Order which
iwe concede it to be.
Has she then gained anything, or
l8 It a case of love's labor lost ? It
ttias been truly said, "WTiat a man
gets out of his religion depends very
much on what he puts into it," and
It is indeed true that patient, steady
toil in a certain direction almost al-
ways is crowned with success, though
there are exceptions to the rule. Is
this, then, an exception to the rule ?
Has woman gained equally in propor-
tion to what she has given ? Since
the first Grange was organized there
liave been avenues of progress opened
to women. Women have everywhere
been recognized at their real value,
and while we dare not attempt to
claim that the Grange has wholly
brought this about, else me should
have all the friends or Florence
Ndghtingale, Frances E. Willard,
Susan Anthony and many others, dis-
puting the claim, but we dare aver
that the Grange has helped some.
You are all aware that it would
be perfectly possible for me to
r'hapsodize over the matter and state
that the Grange has elevated woman,
has given her a voice in its councils
as a body, that it concedes her the
right to be counted the equal of man;
and yet if we continue in that strain,
it might be that the humor of Mark
Twain would apply to the case. At
a toast at a Woman's Club, he said :
"To the ladies : God ,bless them — ■
once our superiors, now our equals."
There is none of our Grangers,
perhaps, who would dispute the fact
that man has a certain work to per-
form in this world, and woman has a
certain work and it may be that the
Grange has enabled each to see that
the work of neither is to be despised,
or to be circumscribed by a set of
hard and fast rules laid down by
prejudiced or ignorant minds, but
that each is to do that for which he
or she is best fitted.
Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker, presi-
(Continued on Page 50)
\
mimimmmmrBnim.
PENXSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
47
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TO PATRONS EV'ERYWHE^R'E : —
With this number Pennsylvania Grange News enters its fourth volume
and to mark the event we issue this month a magazine of special size and,
we trust, special interest to every one of our readers. The firs't mission of
Grange JS'lews in to interest and instruct those who are already members of
our great Grange family; its second mission is to interest and instruct others,
so that they may see the advantages to be derived from organizajtion among
farmers and become members of our noble fraternity.
We are not four years old to-day, but four years young. Nor is it out
(purpose to grow old, in the sense of senslle or useless. K sshall be the con-
stant aim of those connected with Grange News to make It better and
brighter with each succeeding Issue and to continue it of the Grange, for the
Orange and by the' Grange. The majority of you know that Grange News
has been an expense^ to the State Grange. It costs money to print and cir-
culate a magazine such as it is and the State Grange has paid all 'bills. Ad-
vertisers, seeing the advantages of our great circulation, have bought ad-
vertising soace with us and their patronage has helped, in a great measure,
to place Grange News on a self-supporting basis.
■How manj^ Patrons who will read this will make up their minds to assist
the Pennsylvania State Grange in .producing a bigger, better, brighter and
more helpful Grange News, by sending a quarter for a j-ear's subscription ?
Every cent you send will come back With Interest, for Grange News is not
a money-making scheme. When there is a profit, that profit will Immediately
go toward making a better magazine and we trust that this August number
may be but one of dozens of like numbers to be issued soon. On the re-
verse side of this page you will find subscription blanks. May we not expect
every blank to be filled and sent to us with the proper amount for the sujb-
scription ? Let us get together on this proposition.
Why not take your copy of Grange News along to the picnic and secure
some subscriptions ?
If Grange NIews has been sent you by the State Grangre,. do you not, by
this time, feel that it is worth your quarter to have yodr subscription ex-
tended to August, 1908 ? We await your response.
Fraternally yours,
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(Continued from Page 46)
dent of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, in an article on club
life, says : "The importance of an-
other state of mind was once illus-
trated by the old Irish veterinary
whom I knew as a child. When he
was called to examine one of the
stable occupants, no matter what the
imminence of the disease, the agony
of the animal, or the anxiety of the
owner, he made no investigation, gave
no treatment, expressed no opinion
until he had gone through a certain
process. Unbuttoning his coat, he
felt in all the pockets, finally bring-
ing forth a long, flat, black cigar,
wrapped in tissue paper. The paper
he unrolled, carefully folded and re-
placed in his pocket. He then put
the cigar in his mouth, never by any
chance lighting it, and was ready for
business after five minutes of hard
chewing on the end. Upon one occa-
sion my father's patience was ex-
liausted, and he asked sharply for the
reason of the ,old doctor's deliberate
procedure. "Oi niver shmoke me-
self," responded the doctor, "but Oi
put the see-gar-r in me mouth to
change me intelligence." So Mrs.
Decker claimed that women's clubs
change women's intelligence.
Perhaps one of the Grange's strong-
est reasorfis for existing is that it
changes our inteLlgence. In other
words, we are able to take a broader
view of every question of the day.
The Grange keeps both the farmer
and his wife from becoming narrow-
midned, for how can a man or woman
believe that their ideas are the only
ones worth entertaining, when they
hear many other excellent ones at
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feeding and quick maturing kind.
C. OWEN CARMAN,
Trumansburg, N. Y.
PEiN^lSYLVAiN/rA GRANGE NEWS
51
every meeting.
A story is told of an old farmer
who was much perplexed when his wife
became insane and was taken to the
asylum. He said : "I can't under-
stand it. There's nothin' to make
her crazy, for- she hasn't stepped foot
out of this kitchen for thirty-four
years." That woman was no
Granger. Not long ago I read an
anecdote of a little white boy calling
a colored boy names. Instead of
being angry the colored boy gloated
over every new word that was hurled
at him, and when his enemy's vo-
cabulary was exhausted, he yelled
triumphantly : "All them things that
you said I Is, you is 'em." Why can't
we women say, "all them things that
the Grange has done for men, it has
done for women."
In the social part woman partici-
pates. If there is an improvement in
the farm and farm li.fe, woman, the
co-worker, enjoys it. The tolerance of
other views, the recognition accorded
the Grange by high authorities, these
and many other things women feel are
things that the Grange has done for
them, and in so far as woman has
obeyed the precepts of our Order,
by adding dignity to labor, by up-
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tity of : rain
and ferti-
lizer can be
changed
while in op-
eration with-
out the use of «//
gear wheels. ^_,
Accurate in quantity. A ""^"^
trial will convince. Agenta
wanred. Send for catalogue.
' NOh & DROMGOLD, IKIfrs., York, Pa.
FULLY
GUARANTEED
FENCE
Closely Woven. Can not Sag,
Every wire and every twist is
a brace to all other wires and
twists full height of the fence.
Horse-hifh, Bull-strong, Pig-
tight. Every rod guaranteed.
30 DAYS FREE TRIAL
and sold direct to farmer, freight
prepaid, at lowest factory price.
Our Catalogue tells how ^ire
is made— hew It Is galvanised—
why some is good and some le
bad. Its brimful of fence facts.
Tou should have this Informa-
tion. Write for Ittoday. Its Fre&
KITSELMAN BROS.,
Box 198 RiUNCIK, INDIANA.
PUBLICITY
Advertisements will be accepted from
reliable parties at the rate of 15 cents
an agate line each insertion. (14 lines
to the inch). Write for discounts. Ad-
dress all advertising communications to
Pennsylvania Grange News,
Chambersburg, Pa.
A. NEVIN DETRICH, Adv. Mgr.
A GUARANTEE
Our advertising columns are
edited with the same care as the read-
ing matter. We do not accept decep-
tive or questionable advertisements.
Our subscribers may deal in the fullest
confidence with every person, or con-
cern, whose advertisement appears in
Pennsylvania Grange News. If by any
oversight an advertisement appears in
Pennsylvania Grange News by which
-iny subscriber is imposed upon, or dis-
honestly dealt with, the publisher will
make good to such subscriber the full
amount of the cash loss sustained, pro-
vided the loss is incurred, and claim
made, within sixty days after the date
of issue containing the ad, and provided
the subscriber in writing to the ad-
vertiser said: "I saw your advertise-
ment in Pennsylvania Grange News."
holding our principles in faith, hope
and charity, just so far has the bless-
ing been meted out to her.
C. A. CRAWFORD,
Entertainer .... Reader
impersonator
Endorsed by many of the chief
Educators and Grangers of the Sta •.
Special arrangements with Granges
for picnics, etc. Permanent address
CHATHAM RUN, PA.
Clinton County.
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PB(NN\STL.VAiNIA GRANGE NEWS
AgronooDiy at State Ooll^^.
At the laat meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Pennsylvania State
College John W. Gilmore was elected
Professor of Agronomy In the School
Off Agriculture and Experiment Sta-
tion.
Professor Gilmore was born in
Arkansas, reared in Texas and educat-
ed at Cornell. After gn:'aduation from
College, he spent two years in mission
Bchools in China, And traveled widely
In the Orient, spending some time in
Japan, India, the Philippines and
Hawaii. He has been connected with
the College of Agriculture of Cornell
University during the past four years,
where he has shown himself to be
an inspiring teacher and a careful in-
vestigator.
We are the common people, the hew-
ers of wood and stone.
The dwellers In common places,
mighty of brawn and bone.
Bearing the common burden that only
the shirkers' shun,
And doing the <5om.mon duty that
others have left undone.
Dubbed, by the few, plebeian, rabble
or proletaire,
Ours is the hand that feeds them,
ours is the prize they share.
And ours Is the common blessing, free
to the toilers all,
To win from the lowly valley Into
the summits taill.
Common and only common —
This by the mlgTit of birth —
Yet the world In Its need leans on us
We are the kings of the earth.
— ^American Federationist, June, '07.
Drop us a Line
ALL MAKES
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Typewriter Company,
25 North Third Street,
HAIRRISBURG, - - PENNA
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Special inducement to Gran^ro.
Manufactured by
E. M. MOWRER,
Strawberry Ridge, Pa.
As "a vacant mind is an invitation
to vice, ' so a vacant Grangre is a temp-
tation to dormancy.
He who receives a kindnesa should
never forget it. He who does a good
turn should never remember 11
The inner side of every cloud la
bright and shining; I, therefore, turn
my clouds about, and always wear
them Inside out, to show their lining.
A Deed and a Word.
A little spring had lost its way
Amid the grass and fern,
A passing stranger scooped a well.
Where weary men might turn;
He walled it in, and hung with eare
A ladle at the brink;
He thought not of the deed he did.
But judged that toll might drink.
He passed again, and lo! the well.
By summers never dried.
Had cooled ten thousand parching
tongues,
And saved a life beside.
A nameless man, am]^ a crowd
That thronged the daily mart.
Let fall a word of hope and lov«w
Unstudied from the heart;
A whisper on the tumult thrown,
A transitory breath —
It raised a brother from the dwrt.
It saved a soul from death.
Oh germ! Oh fount! Oh word of lov«!
Oh thought at random oast!
Ye were but little at the first.
But mighty at the last.
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Write for Cash with Order Terms; Special Mid-summer Proposition
BUCK WALTER SUPPLY CO., Sales Agents.
lancaste:r, pa.
THE NATIONAL FIELD
Mortimer Wliitehead
A worthy sister 'in Michigan — -
Jennie Buell, Secretary of the State
Grange — has offered some appropriate
thoughts relating to memorial oc-
casions, and I present them here :
The National and State Granges ob-
serve an hour during ea.ch session in
memory pi those Patrons who have
been promoted to the life beyond the
ken of mortal sight. Very beauti-
ful and impressive are these services,
as all who have witnessed them testi-
fy. ,X',ow and then a Subordinate or
Pomona Grange ailso holds a mem-
orial service, and honors itself in s.o
doing, for it is a practice that honors
both the dead and the living. It re-
calls and preserves the sacrificing ef-
forts of those gone before while im-
pressing the debt we owe them upon
those who are left. It acquaints ne'W
members with the history of the order
through the (biography of its earlier
sustainers. It cements the bonds of
fraternal regard for one another by
teaching the brotherhood of man and
OIjOVER, timothy, ALSIItE, and
othei' forage seeds.
THE lITNEY-NOyES COMPANY,
BUFFALO, N. Y.
the fatherhood of God.
But greatest of all, perhapiS, in no
uncertain way, it emphasizes the
teaching of the Grange as to im-
mortality, than which no lesson is
more explicitely reiterated. The
Grange enforces the precept that
man's state upon earth is transitory
and preparatory for a broader, fuHIer
experience in the hereafter. It points
to seedtime and harvest in the earth
as emblematic of great basic facts on
the plane of our mental and spiritual
lives. "Whatsoever a man sows, that
shall he also reap," was not said alone
of the material grain and harvest
fields, but with a much more search-
ing meaning of us ourselves.
Xior does it refer alone to the end
of this mortal life. The Grange
thought of immortality is more pene-
trating and practical than that. It
dea/ls with the constantly recurring
seasons as times of renewal, both in
the outer and the inner lives oif its
members. The seeding and culti-
vation of the mind and heart, the
clearing away of useless, cumbering
thoughts and the pruning out of rank,
jealous, suspicious and unkind criti-
cisms — all these it teaches to do as
much as to clear and till the material
soil. To the tiller of the soil — the
farmer — these truths, so plainly set
forth, should constantly act as a
stimulus to make immortality a pres-
ent thing, that is, a constant putting
off of the old and a perpetual rising
into newer, higher ways of living.
Each day something of usefulness
cast off, .some deed of kindness done.
DEMPWOLF'S FERTILIZERS
56
PBX'NSYLVA^^iIA GRANGE NEW.S
High Grade
FERTILIZERS
Buffalo Brands
Manufactured by
The Buffalo Fertilizer Co.,
station A BUFFALO, N. Y.
-^aoh springtime and summer new
aeeds of reg-ard for the good of others
«owni and cultivated; and then each
liarveist time will see garnered "a
nobler manhood and a higher woman-
hood."
These are some of the thoughts a
Orange memorial day brings us, as
^•rell as admiration for the noble Pa-
"trons called from us and gratitude
"lor what they did for us.
As Information along the line of
"the parcels post, which is now a lead-
ing Grange proposition, and which
ifl "coming" sure, I place on record
the foUowln'g Item, and "knowledg"e is
po-wer," to help us get what we all
"•are asking for :
The Adams Express Company has
decided to make a distribution of
«as8ets to the value of $24,000,000. The
'idistrlbutlon will amount to an extra
Jdlvldend of 200 per cent. It will be
patd'in collateral trust distribution
bonds to bear 4 per cent, interest and
to be payable in 40 years. Any per-
son h61din'g 100 shares of stock,
worth at the last sale $30,500, will
0oon have the isame 100 shares and
"t 20,000 of bonds, worth presumably
•about 100. The shares will probably
drop back for a while to about 100
mnd begrin paying 4 per cent, dlvi-
■den'ds, «o that the ^areholder will
get 12 per cent, if he holds on to his
bond allotment. Of course, the shares
will soon advance their dividend .and
by and by there will be another '^'re-
duction of capital." In ten years
this company has accumulated a sur-
plus of $36,000,000, besides paying a
regular cash dividend of 4 to 10 per
cent. Is it any wonder that the big
express companies are opposed to the
parcels ,post ?
American Express stock was sold
on the New York Stock Exchange re-
cently at 220, an advance of nine per-
I cent, from the last sale reported.
United States Express stock opened at
101 and sold at 106^, an advance of
5 Vi per cent, from last sale. The
Adams Express Co,m,pany has just ar-
ranged to divide a surplus among Its
stockholders, equal to a 200 per cent,
dividend. Wells-iFargo stock has
been reported sold at $300 per share,
and the company admits an increase
in business for the year ending July
1, 1906 of $1,512,841 over 1905. These
are the poor coriporations who fear
they will be ruined by the parcels
post. Under a new law express com-
panies are common carriers and musit
make an annual report In detail to
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The I5.urail New Yorker says :
The Adams Express Company has
PEIXXISYLVAN^IA GRANGE NEWiS
57
just cut up a "melon" which shows
that blight and downy mildew have
no terrors for them ! They are able
to sipray the crop with dimes and
dollars taken out of the public. The
Adams Express Cbmpany is supposed
to have a capital stock of $12,000,000.
Up to 1898 it paid eight per cent, in-
terest. It then had sufficient earn-
ings to issue gratis to stockholders
$12,000,000 worth of four per cent.
Ibonds. Now, besides paying 10 per
cent, dividends the company issues out
of the earnings $24,000,000 more of
these bonds, or 200 per cent, on its
capital stock. iSurely there is noth-
ing sickly about that "melon" for
those who hold stock in the Adams
Exipress Company ! We should re-
member, however, that every cent of
this $36,000,000 came out of the
people in small sums paid for carrying
express packages. People have won-
dered why this great surplus was dis-
tributed in this way. The Nfew York
Evening Post gives this, among other
reasons :
One reason why the 200 per centu
dividend was declared at thla tim«
was that, under the Hepburn Rate-
law, the Adams Express Company
for the first time in its history would
be forced to make a statement of Ita-
affairs. Up to the present time none-
of the express companies has ever
•published a statement of earnlngs>
liabilities, or assets. In fact, there Is
only one copy of the Adams Express
Company's charter, and that Is kept
locked up in a isafe. When the shares
were listed on the Stock Exchange
it was not customary to demand a
copy oif the charter, together with
statements of earnings, assets, Ua-.
blllties, mortgages, etc.
The Lip Ruanio^ Pennsylvania Low Down Graii Drill.
A drill that has been well and favor
Over fifty years of practical experience
ohlne. We origrinated the Low Down
low axle without reducing size of hopper
g+ound wheels. There are imitations,
the PENNA, which has been greatly
the improved features is our Detachable
taken apart and cleaned without remov
Including acre measure are in the rear
frame is steel ^ngle Iron in one solid
with 3 In. steel tires. Workmanship and
convenient handling and shipping with
Our Annual 1907 Catalog Is Printed
68 page catalog of Engines, Boilers,
40 page catalog of Grain Drills, Com
other Farm Tools.
Either or both of these catalogs
ably known to the trade for many years;
ind success behind every Farquhar ma-
rc'iiiiin^ (Df hopper by hanging frame be-
er cutting down height of standard
but you get only the genuine article In
Improved from year to year. One of
F.ertitlzer Feed which oan easily ibe
Ing the driving rod. All working paTt«
within easy reach of the operator. The
piece. The wheels are regular 4 feet*
finish are second to none. Packed f«r
hopper off frame on light wood sills.
In Two Editions as Follows:
Saw Mills and Threshing Machinery.
Planters, Spring Tooth Harrows and
mailed free on request.
A. B. Farquhar Company, Ltd., York, Pa.
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PEiXNISYLVA^ClIA GRANGE NE^WiS
PAYS BIG
ill
GETS ALL
TNE CREAM
lOFITS
PICTURE PROVES IT
I
)mt
li.Tll
We were only making about 12 pounds of butter a week.
The first week the U. S. Separator was in our house, we made
26 pounds, a gain of 14 pounds over the old way. This
increase would well repay any farmer to buy a U. S. Separator.
January 6. 1907. Auburn, HL WALTER S. WOOLSEY.
The picture above shows how clean the U. S. skims —
Holds the World's Record — and with its simple bowl
(only 2 parts inside), easy-running, self-oiling gearing,
low milk tank, strong frame and proved durability
— the U. S. is far and away the best separator.
That 's what users say after trying other kinds.
Send for handsome free catalogf telling ALL about its con-
[struction and operation. Just write for " No. 151 " today.
VERMONT rARM MACHINE CO.
BELLOWS PALLS. VERMONT
^^Q EIGHTEEN DISTRIBUTING WAREHOUSES
A Washington Ck>unty Grange.
Chestnut (Ridge Grange, Xo. 113 3.
ha,s fifteen ,to confer the Third and
Fourth Degrees upon at an early
meeting. We want to hoild a picnic
in August. We want to have a good
time on that occasion ourselves and
be able to .have a speaker who can
enlighten our outside farmers on the
benefits and advantages of our organ-
ization. I wish you would send .me
twenty-five 10 fifty copies of the last
number of Grange Xews to distribute
among people who want to know more
about the work of our order. Am
anxious to get our membership up to
one hundred and fifty. Our Grange
sent an order ifor several hundred
pounds of twine through Grange ar-
rangements.
V. A. MOWL, Master.
AFTER SAX JOSE SCALE
In this number of \Pennsylvania
Grange News appears the advertise-
ment of the American Horticultural
Distributing Company, of Martins-
burg, W, Va,, a concern which manu-
facturersinsecticldes. Among the
pests which are externmiated by the
Target Brand insecticides is the San
Jose Scale, against wTiich such a
batle is being waged ni Pennsylvania.
In experimenting for a successful
remedy for the scale the eminent
chemists in the employ of the Ameri-
can Horticultural Distributing Com-
pany evolved the Target Brand-^ goods
and the same are on the market w^ith
the endorsement of men prominent in
horticulture and chemistry as well as
those in charge of horticultural ad-
vancement in many States. Grange
Xews is desirous that the orchardists
of Pennsylvania make a determined
stand against the inroads of the San
Jose Scale and has no hesitancy in
recommending the Target Brand- of
insecticides.
DIVIDENDS VS. PARCEL.S POST
One day last week a bank in New
York City declared a special dividend
of 150 iper cent, on its -share capital
out of the earnings of a single year,
this in addition to very large regular
quarterly dividends. Earlier in the
week one of the leading express com-
I
PBXNiSYLVAXIA GRANGE NEWS
H What Can I Do H
To Increase the
Quality of My Fruit,
and Save My Trees
From tiie Ravages of
Fungus and Insect
Pests ?
. This is the question uppermost in the minds of
Thousands of Fruit Growers at this time. It is our
business to furnish commercial insecticides and fungi-
cides only to be diluted with water, cheaper than the
orchard man can prepare them and more effective in re-
sults, also to offer su£(gestions and ideas to help them
to make a greater success of the Horticultural Industry
and it is with much pleasure that we announce our
latest publication, entitled. 'The Dipping of Nursery
Stock, or How to Start an Orchard In The Right way"
Only a postal will bring this bulletin to your ho me
LET US GET ACQUAINTED WITH TOU
AimCAN nORTICyiTURAl DISTRIBDTING CO.
Martinsbur^y W. Va.
TARGET BRAND
SCALE DESTROYER
^UICK BORDEAUX
ARSENATE LEAD
WEED KILLER
QtMrr H^^l jMMi«9
. i»i«r atm. ■
mmwm*.t.nwntmn.
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PBN^ISYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
THE GARVER BROS. CO.
Aothorized Grange and Patrons Store
Selling to the organizations for twenty-two years. Regular customers
4n twentv-four states. Most Liberal Terms to purchasing agents.
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD WITH US FOR THIRTY DAYS.
Keep your money in your pocket until you get your goods and see
everything is satisfactory.
Write for our free catalog and price sheets. We will be pleased to
send them to you regularly.
WE REFUND THE FREIGHT.
OHIO
panies declared its intention of dis-
tributing a bonus of 200 per cent,
upon its hold'ing-s, totaling $24,000,-
^00. Evidently the times have been
propitious for large profits for such
Ins/titutions as these. The apt state-
ment will be recalled that "there are
just three reasons why the country
cannot secure parcels post," then fol-
lows the names of three express oom-
ipanies, of which one ia just distribut-
ing fthls vast sum named. One of
these diays parcels post will become a
fact in spite of the giant corporations
which now stand in Its way. The
people will get this reform Just as
Boon as they really show they are in
earnest in desiring it and not before.
— N. E. Homestead, June 29, 1907.
TOE OUT.
Dom't be narrow in this life.
Or pigeontoed !
Walk the broad, straight path along,
And be patient with the throng;
Don't be broad enough to hurt.
Or to tear your undershirt !
Or pigeontoed !
I>on't be crabbed or morose —
Keep toeing out !
Pill your heart with thoughts of June
If you whistle, let the tune
Be a helpful, hopeful air
That will knock the socks off care —
Keep toeing out !
Don't be petulant or cross —
Don't interfere !
Some folks bark their own hind feet
Interfering on the beat;
Keep your footprints far apart
And keep gladness in your heart —
Don't interfere !
Be as broad as you can stretch —
And still be good !
Smile at others on your way;
Be a regular X-ray;
Spread the gospel of a laugh !
Give to care the sharpened gaff —
And still be good !
Brush your foretop from your eyes
And strike right out !
Look the whole world in the face;
Vow to win or bust a trace;
Be as good a man on Monday
As you were at church on '.Sunday —
Keep toeing out !
Be loyal
Grange.
to the officers of th«
PElNNISYLVAflSniA GRANGE NEWS
61
liOOKS JJTKM BUSINESS.
Worthy Master : —
We have recently purchased the
Maccabees share of the hall and have
applied < 3 the Court of Common Pleas
lor a cl irter of corporation to be
called "Tioga County Centre Grange,
No. 9-29, of E. Charleston, Pa."
Fraternally,
Mrs. MARY BRYANT.
ANOTHER NEW ONE
This new Clearfield Countv Grange
has 20 charter members and was or-
igranlzed by Deputy Kuntz, of that
county. Master, H. J. Diem, Mahaf-
fey; Lecturer, Dallas Patrick, Mahaf-
fey; Secretary, A. W. Duff, Mahaffey.
The opening of the Grange National
Bank, of McKean County, at Smeth-
port, the county seat, passed off July
9 In fine style. What bank will be
next to finish its building and get
ready for business ?
Keeping busy in your Grange ?
Need your neighbor and his wife in
your Grange ? They will help to-
ward that 100,(y00, too. Application
blank for you to use in this issue.
Haven't asked you to send us a paid
subscription for a good while. Guess
you'll do It anyway.
Our Grange, No. 1182.
We all are happy farmers.
We work as well ag play,
But we have a merry, merry time
When we meet on our Orange day.
Our Master is jolly.
And our Lecturer is fine;
But when she calls on us to speak
We must, or pay a dime.
And when the candidate comes In
To take the third and fourth degree
We like to see them ride the goat.
Fixed up so nice for us to see.
And when we have our dinner,
I tell you it is grand,
To sit around the table,
A merry, happy band.
Then next we have a program,
And that is free to all,
That will take the trouble
To come up in our hall.
If there are any strangere here
That wish to join our band.
And will try to help us to do better.
We gladly take them by the hand.
Oh, we can help each other
To be happy, if we try.
And God will bless our efforts.
In the sweet by and by.
— ^ANNA FORTNBR.
• •• W^ 1\ ML L^ >9 •••
S4iffel> Freeman Safes and Vaults,
Victor Manganese Steel Safes,
Bank Furniture— Metal Furniture
For Estimates Write
H. STIFFEL,
Lancaster, Pa.
In answering advertisements always mention Grange News
62
PElNMSiYLVAiXilA GRANGE NEWS
A complete list pf Business Houses
under contract with the Pennsylvania State Grange, re-
irised up to February 1.
€L In writing for prices or information or in ordering
goods, always write under seal of Grange or trade card.
FOR INIX)RMATION OF MEMBERS.
It is the duty of the Masters of Subordinate Granges to keep a supply of
Directories on file in their Granges, and see to It that each family is fur-
nished with a copy for their information and use. Additional copies can be
had from the State Grange.
BUSINESS CO-OPER^VTION.
In the Declaration of Purposes unanimously adopted by the National
Grange, it Is declared as one of the principles of the Order that for our busi-
ness interests "We desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers and
manufacturers, into the most direct relationship possible."
To carry out In good faith these principles, the Executive Committee,
under the instruction of the State Grange, has made business arrangements
with the following houses for the benefit of the members of the Order thru
which they can buy single implements or in broken packages, to suit purchas-
ers, at wholesale prices, without the intervention of agents .
Thornton Barnes, 223 North Water
Street, Philadelphia. Groceries.
Garltee & Sons, 518 Market St.,
Philadelphia. Men's and boy's cloth-
ing.
Derrick Oil Co., Titusville, Pa. All
kinds of illuminating and lubricating
oils.
George W. Oster, Osterburg, Pa.
Thoroughbred poultry, and eggs for
hatching.
Patrons Paint Works, 234 Plymouth
Street., Brooklyn, N. Y. Liquid rubber
paints.
The Garver Bros. Co., Strasburg, O.
Groceries, dry goods, hardware,
queensware, boots and shoes, drugs,
harness, pumps, clothing, wall paper,
carpets furniture, household goods,
buggies, wagons, salt, oils, wire, nails,
etc., etc. We can save you big money
on your purchases. Send us a trial
order and be convinced.
C. H. Dildine, Rohrsburg, Pa.
Chester White and Poland China hogs
and pigs.
Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.
J. Badges, flags, emblems, buttons,
working tools, etc.
The Demorest Manufacturing Co.,
Williamsport, Pa. The celebrated
Columbia sewing machines, best on
earth.
M. L. Coulbourne, 348 N. Front St.,
Philadelphia. Will sell all kinds of
country produce for Patrons.
The Whitney Noyes Seed Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. All kinds of grass
seeds.
George H. Colvin, Dalton, Pa. Po-
tatoes grown especially for seed, 14
varieties, prices right, list free.
Patterson & Evans, No. 52 Vine
St., Cincinnati, O. Grass seeds of all
kinds.
Heman Glass, Rochester, N. Y All
kinds of farm and garden seeds.
The One Price Clothing Co., 11th
Ave. and 12th St., Altoona, Pa. Ready
made clothing, hats, caps, underwear,
etc., etc.
Lester (Shoe Co.. No. 1409 Eleventh
Ave., Altoona, Pa. General line of
boots, shoes and rubber goods.
HARVESTING MACHINERY.
For information relative to binders,
mowers, hay rakes, etc., at special
prices to Patrons, write under seal or
trade card to
I. FRAiNiK CHANDLER,
Toughkenamon, Pa.
CREAM SEPARATORS.
Centrifugal cream separators can
be furnished Patrons by a special, pri-
vate arrangement. For full informa-
tion and prices, write under seal or
trade card to GEO. W. OSTER,
Osterburg, Pa.
The Theilman Seed Co., 1517 State
Street, Erie, Pa. Seeds of all kinds,
onion sets and garden implements.
Cooper Commission Co., Minneap-
olis, Minn, Grain, flour, mill feed,
ground feed, oil meal and cereals
straight or mixed car lots. Write for
prices.
Edward F. Dibble, Honeoye Falls,
N. Y. Seeds and potatoes.
Charles W. Ford & Co., Fishers,
N. Y. Seed potatoes.
R. H. Thomas, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Working tools, staff mountings, ballot
boxes and seals.
PENNSfYLVAIXlIA GRANOE XDWS
63
The Buckeye Co., Lorain, Ohio.
Stock and poultry food, louse killer,
stock and worm powder, cow vigor,
gall cure, etc.
Buffalo Fertilizer Co., Buffalo, N. T.
Fertilizers and fertilizing materials.
Arthur S. Core, 167 Chambers St.,
New York City, N. Y. Fertilizers and
flour. I also buy and sell all kinds
of (farm produce for Patrons on com-
mission direct. Patrons, if you have
any products to sell it will pay you to
write me first, and get my prices.
C. J. Balnbridge, 202 W. Water
St., Syracuse, N. Y. Badges, buttons,
celluloid goods and a full line of
Grange supplies of all kinds.
Black Rock Mills, Buffalo, N. Y.
Bran, middliners, mixed feeds, grain.
glutens, cottonseed meal, linseed
meal, poultry foods, etc.
Theodore Z. Root, Jamestown, N. Y.
Author of the book known as "The
Dark Side of the Beef Trust." This
work is a blow at the beef trust, and
should be read by every Patron. Can
be ordered from Secretary of the State
Grange. Cloth, 55c; paper, 35c; by
mail, postpaid.
Douthett & Graham, Butler, Pa,
Men's and boy's ready-made clothing,
hats and caps.
Pennsylvania Telephone Co.. Har-
risburg. Pa. Write for information
on contract for rural lines, etc.
The C. M. Clark Publishing Com-
pany, Boston, Mass. Books and
special library offers to all Granges.
PATRONIZE TRADE ARRANGEMENTS.
Patrons, your Executive Committee have made numerous and valuable
arrangements for your benefit. These trade arrangements can only be main-
tained by giving them a liberal patronage.
A number of duplicates of the same line of trade, therefore, must receive
a liberal patronage or the contracts cannot be continued. These houses will
generally secure special freight arrangements when requested.
Be free to write them for information; but you have no moral right to
use this information to beat down the price of local agents and retailers,
which will tend to injure the Grange trade as much as the retailer, besides
Incurring unnecessary hostility to the Order.
IDEAL CO-OPERATION.
The ideal co-operation is direct trade between producers and consumers,
farmers and manufacturers. The Grange has been making rapid progress
In this direction and has established the most satisfactory trade system
known to modern civilization.
It only remains for Patrons to utilize its advantages, and they will save
more annually many times than it costs to be a member of the Grange — to
say nothing of other educational and social advantages.
RULES.
1. It is the duty of the Subordinate Grange to furnish every member
with a Trade Card at the time of receiving the A. W., which will be good for
the current year.
2. Individual members desii'ing Information of prices for supplies will
enclose their Trade Cards with the communication to any of the business
houses arranged with by the State Grange, whereupon the hiouse will, by re-
turn mail, quote prices or fill orders at wihoiesale prices in packages to suit
the purchasers, returning Trade Card to member with bill. The Grange is
not liable for goods bought under Trade Card orders by individual members,
as such orders must be accompanied by cash or certificate of money deposited
In bank.
2. Subordinate Granges inquiring for prices or purchasing goods of-
ficially under the seal of the Grange, signed by the Master and Secretary,
thirty days credit will be given on bills of purchase.
4. The trade prices quoted are confidential and for Patrons only.
5. Grange business houses must ship goods as ordered, otherwise It Is
the duty of Patrons to promptly return them at the expense of the house
shipping.
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PEiXX'STLVA:XiIA GRANGE NEWiS
ONE YEAR ODD
/*
About one year ago(August 8, 1906)
the Grange National Bank of Patton,
Pa., opened its doors for business. It
is capitalized at $60,000, with a paid
up surplus of $12,000. Deposits the
first year were almost $200,000 and
resources almost $300,000, Tlilnk of
it. Study it. What does it mean ?
It simply means that the Grange Na-
tional Bank of Patton is paving the
way and building up one of the
strongest financial "institutions in its
part o.f the State, with great honor
to the name it bears. Not long ago
it was thought that banks were or-
ganized for the capitalist, and a
luxury for the rich man . To-day it
is becoming a convenience and almost
a necessity for all those who would
use their money in a careful and
systematic way. Why shouldn't
special number of Grange N^ews is
hardly complete without somethiniff
from the pen of Brother McHenry,
but he pleaded too much work to the
Chartered in State New York Capital $100,000,00
PATRONS CO-OPERATIVE CO.
167' & 169 Chambers Street, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.
Recveivers of all kinds of Farm Products
Send for Prospectus.
AKTHUR S. CORE, President
ALBERT J. CALiVIX, V. Pres. & Treas
HARRY li. CALVIN, Secretary.
farmers be named in this class ? They^
are the greatest business men in t'he
world, always were and always will
be. Then why not perfor-m your ^i":
business in the same prudent, system- ■
atic way as other busines men ? The
bank is your convenience, your safe,
your protection; then, why not use it
and 'become educated along business
lines that will help you ?
editor's request for an article on
banking. Besides organizing banka
.^'he is preparing to take his seat as a
i -member of Congress in December.
The above is the very logical man-
ner in which Brother Bearer, cashier
of the second Grange National Bank,
opens a letter to depositors and
friends of the institution. The first
year for the Patton bank has certain-
ly been a good one and Grange News
joins In congratulations and best
wis'hes for many prosperous birth-
days.
OUR GRANGE BANKS
At the top of this page is printed
a good likeness of Brother John G.
McHenry, superintendent of the State
Grange Banking Department. This
A NEW COȣPANY
The ad. on this page tells of the
new company that has succeeded
Brother c3ore. | The company will do
a general co-operative business.
IN CLOSING
We trust that you have read every-
thing in this special anniversary num-
ber of Grange News. If it has not
interested you, we have failed in our
purpose. We have tried to make a
magazine worth while — interestlnif,
instructive and entertaining — and If
it has not been all these to you, we
have much to regret. But we believe
you will appreciate this August num-
ber and we will watch our mails for
many new subscribers. Use the blank
on page 48. And, by the way, don't
forget to read the ads.
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Suppose that every year Irom
five to twettty good pl^ps aboqld
ptish tlurbtijgli a weak place in the
fence and say to you a iare-yomw^
Would you be satisfied ? Or sup-
pose you lost on a Average a calf
every months through, negleet to
ptoperly care for them. Wonld yon
stand for it ? Then lopk at the pro-
cession of little yellow IrattiN^-f^t
globules slipping past you every
day in the year^-^that exceeds iii
value the pigs or calves from $50.
-^to $200. — per year acdordii^ to
the size qf your dairy ^-^ \^71iat abpu
it? Isn't that jost about ^oor fix ?
CREAM SEPARATOR
Will i^ You RiQht.
Why not send af once for catalogue and full particulars ?
TrtrDE UnfAL Separatoii Qo
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PE'XX'.-YT.VAXIA O RANGE NEWS
OM^ YEAH OLD
About one year aso(August S. 1006)
the Grange Xational Bank of Patten,
Fa., opened its floors for business. It
is capitalized at $60,000, witli a paid
up sui'pius iif $12,000. Deposits the
first year were almost $200,000 and
!.'.~Murfes almost $300,000. Think of
it. Study it. AVIiat doos it mean ?
It -i;np!\- means that tlie Grange Xa-
ti'ina'. r.ank of Paiton is paving llie
way aii'l building up one of tlie
siroiigi'st financial institutions in its
r^ai't of the State, with great honor
sijecial number of Grange News is
hardly complete without something
tli
name it bears. Xftf long ago
r o
it was ; bought that banks were or-
ganized for the capitalist, and a
luxury for the rich man . To-day it
Is beconiing a convenience and almost
a necessity for all those who would
use their money in a careful and
systematic way. Wh.v shouldn't
from the pen of Brother McHenry,
but he pleaded too much work to the
Chartered in State New York Capital $100,000.00
PATRONS CO-OPERATIVE CO.
167 & 169 Chambers Street, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.
Recveivers of all kinds of Farm Products
Send for Prospectus.
Aim IX i: S. COIlFv. Pnsidcnt
AMIIIJIT J. CALVIN. V. Vvc^. & Tieas
HAIUIY L. CATAIX, Secretary.
fai'mt':.- l>e iianu'd in this class ? They
are ihe grtat^'si business men in ihe
world. aiwa.N-^ wit'' auij always will
lie. 'i'nen \s-ln- ridt perform your
busim ss in the .-^ame i')rudent, system-
atic way as iitli>':- lva>inc'S men ? The
bank is .\ajur run veiuunce, your safe.
your iirotection ; tlien, why not use it
and become educated along business
lines that will help you ?
•jga editor's request for an article on
i'-c: banlving. Besides oi-ganizing banks
■'he is preparing to takf his seat as a
"■ -< meml)er of Congress in ]>ecember.
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The ad. on
new company
AEAV CCX>II*AXY
The above is tlie very logical man-
ner in which Brother Bearer, cashier
of the second Grange Xational Bank,
opens a letter to depositors and
fi'iends of the institution. The first
year for the Patton bank has certain-
ly been a good one and Grange News
joins In congratulations and best
wishes for many prosperous birth-
days.
this page tells of the
that has succeeded
Brother Core. | The company will do
a general co-operative business.
OUR GRANGE I5AXKS
At the top of. this page is printed
a good likeness of Brother John G.
McHenry, superintendent of the State
Grange Banking Department. This
IX CliOSIXG
We trust that you have read every-
thing in this special anniversary num-
ber of Grange News. If it has not
interested you, we have failed in our
purpose. We have tried to make a
magazine worth while — interesting:,
instructive and entertaining — and if
it has not been all these to you, we
have much to regret. But we believe
you will appreciate this August num-
ber and we will watch our mails for
many new subscribers. Use the blank
on page 4 8. And, by the way, don't
forget to read the ads.
Suppose that every year from
five to twenty good pigs sliould
push through a weak place in the
fence and say to you a fare-you-well
Would you be satisfied ? Or sup-
' pose you lost on a average a calf
every month through neglect to
properly care for them. Would you
stand for it ? Then look at the pro-
cession of little yellow butter-fat
globules slipping past you every
day in the year — that exceeds in
value the pigs or calves from $50.
— to $200. — per year according to
the size of your' dairy ^ What abou
it ? Isn't that just about your fix ?
A DE UVAL CREAM SEPARATOR
Will Set You Right.
Why not send at once for catalogue and full particulars ?
The De Laval Separator Co.
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Winter, and by the time Spring comes around you'll
be in shape to get daily weather reports free. Later
on, too, you can sell your crops by telephone with-
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the matter over and then write us for particulars
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You can have the lines built during the Fall and
Winter, and by the time Spring comes around you'll
be in shape to get daily weather reports free. Later
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the matter over and then write us for -particulars
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The old pan way of raising cream don't
pay— it's too mussy and fussy— too much
work for the women. And it don't pay
in dollars and cents because you actually
lose SO per cent of the cream you ought to get. You
can increase your cream product about SO per cent over
pan setting; 33 per cent over cans set in cold water; 25 per
cent over patent creamers or dilution cans by using the
SHARPLES
TUBULAR SEPARATOR
Besides you can skim the milk immediately after milk-
ing—save the handling and the expense of storage. A
good milk-house costs more than
a Tubular and isn't half so pro-
fitable — even if you already have
the milk-house it will pay in la-
bor saved, in crocks and pans saved,
and the increase in cream will be all
clear profit. Of course, when you buy
a separator, you want the one that will
get you the most profit— you'll want
the Tubular— the reasons M^hy are all
given in a book which you will want
and which we want to send to you
free if you will only write for it, ask
for book H.222
Mr. Mao Tattle, Danville, 111., says "The first week wo used
the Tabular we made a ga,ln of 12 lbs. of batter from five cows."
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO.,
Toronto, Can. WEST CHESTER, PA. Ghioago, 111.
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Gained 7^2 lbs. of Butter Per Week
New Galilee, Pa., July 28, 1907.
Gentlemen: I bought a Sharpies Tuhir-
lar Cream Separator. We like it fine. It
is a great laJbor saver. We run the sep-
arator by dog power. We are milking 5
cows and the separator IncreaBed our
butter supply the first week 7>4 lbs.
So I think It Is a very good Investment.
S. fi. CREESE.
A Clean Skimmer.
New Bloomfleld, Pa., June 6, 1907.
Gentlemen: In Jdaroh I bought a
Sharpies Tubular Separator. I would
not do without it now, as It saves so
much labor and It Is so easy running
that a child can separate the milk of six
good >cows. It skims so close that there
Is not a drop of cream left on the milk.
Mr. IRA L. WALLACE.
What Can I Do
To Increase the
Quality of MyTruit,
and Save IVf yTrees
From the Ravages of
Fungus and Insect
Pests ?
This is the question uppermost in the minds of
Thousands of Fruit Growers at this time. It is our
business to furnish commercial insecticides and iunii-
cides only to be diluted with water, cheaper than the
orchard man can prepare them and more effective in re-
sults, also to offer suggestions and ideas to help them
to make a greater success of the Horticultural Industry
and it is with much pleasure that we announce our
latest publication, entitled, "The Dipping of Nursery
Stock, or How to Start an Orchard In The Right way."
Only a postal will bring this bulletin to your home.
LET US^GET ACQUAINTED WITH TOU
mim RoitTicmAL distkibuting co.
Martinsbtirg, W. Va.
TARGET BRAND
SCALE DESTROTER
^UICK BORDEAUX
ARSENATE LEAD
WEED KILLER
ntJUK MARK.
REGISTEltEO U. S. PATENT OFFICE.
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PAY
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MORE
CREAM
The old pan wayv^of raising cream don't
pay—it's too mussy and fussy— too much
work for the women. And it don' t pay
in dollars and cents because you actually
lose 50 per cent of the cream '^you ought to get. Yon
can increase your cream product about SO per cent over
pan setting; 33 per cent over cans set in cold water; 25 per
cent over patent creamers or dilution cans by using the
MPARiHMt
TUBULAR
WAY
Besides you can skim the milk immediately after milk-
ing*»save the handling and the expense of storage. A
good milk-house costs more than
a Tiibiilar and isn't half so pro-
fitable—even if you already havi
the milk-house it will pay in la-
bor saved, in crocks and pans saved,
and the increase in cream will be all
clear profit. Of course, when you buy
a separator, you want the one that will
get you the most profit— you'll want
the Tabaliar— the reasons vfhy are all
given in a book which you will want
|nd which we want to send to ybu
lrc# if you will only write fQt (t» Itsk
for book H, 222
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Mr. Mao Tuttle, Danville, iU,. iiky» "The first week we used
the Tabular we made a iraln oi 12 lbs. of batter from five oows."
THE 8HARPLE8 SEPARATOR CO.,
WEST CHESTER, PA.
Ohioagoy III*
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Jpm^'
liaiM m lbs. of Butter Per Week
Iffew daHlee, iPsk., July 28, 1907.
: Oentletnen: I baufiltt a Sharpies TalyiT-
}ar Cream eeparator. We Wee it fine. |t
it a great laJbor saver. We rOn tlitt sej)-
arator by dog gpower. We are iniUdn« ^
coirs and the separator IneraiaBed our
butter eupi^iy the lint week 7y» Ibt.
9o.I think it is a very-good invesitjineat.
S. 0. CEEDEBSS!.
A Clean Skunmer.
I^ew Blooxnfield, Fa., June 8. 1907.
Qentlemen: In MarcOi I bought a
Sharpies Tubular Separator. I^ ' woiilA
not do without It now. as it saves po
sniuxdi laibor and It is so easy runnli^
that a child can separate the milk of sfsc
good cows. It skims so close that thl^
Is not a dro|i of cream IMt on the tnltk.
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Qualify of My Fruify
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Fungus
Pesfs ?
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This is the question uppermost in the minds of
Thousands of Friiit Growers at this time. It is our
business to furnish commercial insecticides and funi^i*
cides only to be diluted with water, cheaper than the
orchard man can prepare them and more effective in re"*'
suits, also to offer suggestions and ideas to h^lp them
to make a {greater success of the Horticultural Industry
and it is with much pleasure that we announce our
latest publication, entitled, "The Dipping of Nursery
Stock, or How to Start an Orchard In The Right way."
Only a postal will bring this bulletin to your home.
LET USIGET ACQUAINTED WITH TOU
mm Hoimmii iisTtiiuTiNt m
Martinsbur^y W. Va.
TARGET BRAND
SCALE DESTROTER
^UICK BORDEAUX
ARSENATE LEAD
WEED KILLER
REfiMTEllES U. 8. PATENT OFFICE.
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great financial strength acquired by ninety-seven years of continuous growth. ^
It is equipped for all branches of modern banking and invites all GRANGE^J
BANKS to make It their reserve depository.
STATEMENT MAY 20, 1007.
(Loans and Investments $18,961,133.23
Clearing House Checks 485,379.10
Due From Banks 3,299,189.09
Cash in Vaults 2,460,239.84
$25,205,941.26
Capital Stock $2,400,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits. .2,803,340.64
CHrculation 2,167,497.50
GDeposits 17,835,103.12
$25,205,941.26
OFFICC^RS.
WILSON A. SHAW, President
JOSEPH R. PAULL, Vice-President W- F. BICKEL, Cashier
J. D. AYRES, Assistant Ca»hl«r
J.M. RUSSELL, First Assistant Cashier
W. L. JACK, Assistant Cashier
GEO. F. WRIGHT, Auditor
VtMx'y\izA bg tite Vmns^lwmm State CStraxtgje
for the Patrons of R. nnsylvania and our neighbors In New Jersey, New York,
Delaware^ Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio.
VOL. IV. No. 2. SEPTEMBER, 1907.
5 cents a copy
25 cents a year
W. F. HILL,
EDITOR.
I. F. CHANDLER, W. T. CREASY,
Editor Executive CJommlttee Dept. Editor Legislative Committee Dept.
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD,
Past Lecturer National Grange, Editor in National Field.
Official publication. Issued monthly. Entered January 13, 1906, at Chambersburg, Pa.,
as second class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL GRANOE MEE3TING
The National Grange will meet for
Its forty-iflrs't annual session at Hart-
ford, Conn., Wednesday, November
13. This will be a nne session ana
already several Pennsylvania Patrons
have signified their intention of go-
ing. Plans are being made so that
we can all form a party and go to-
gether from Harrisburg. Just as soon
ais it is known how many there will
be, arrangements for transportation
and hotel accom'modations will be
made by State Master Hill. In this
way each member of the party will
be relieved of all anxiety and the
whole party can be quartered at the
same hotel and enjoy sight seeing
together and by the time Hartford is
reached all will be well acquainted
with each other. It is probable that
we will stop over night in Niew York
on the going trip and in this way
be able to have the ride all by day
light and to attend some entertain-
ment that night. Arrangements can
be made so that we can all go to-
gether by steamboat from New York
to Hartford if we so desire. All of
th^e arrangements will be announc-
ed through Grange News in the next
number, but if you Intend going,
write to State Master Hill and tell
him, so that he will know horn many
to provide for. Begin now to save
up and to plan as this will be a de«
llghtful trip. In addItion~feQ,.being a
fine trip froM a i)leasure standpotnty
you will also have the ben^t of at-
tending a session of the highei^ body
of our order and to receive the high-
er degrees. It la expected that there
will be reduced railroad and hotel
rates for the occasion. Harrisburg
is perhaps our most central rallying
point as people can reach there from
all parts of the State and from this
central point we can all sitart on the
same train. If there are enough of
us to warrant it we can perhaps ar-
range for a special car. Do not delay
writing to the State Master if you
contemplate going and if Patrons
from our sister States would like to
join our party we will be very glad
to have them do so. •
HEAIiTHFUIi SURROUNDINGS
Readers of Grange News are having
a splendid chance to inform them-
selves on sanitary conditions that
should prevail in and about our homefs,
from the splendid series of ar'tlcles
in our columns written by Dr. Lyons.
Dr. Lyons is Ceres of the State
Grange and her "hints" are valuable.
This magazine realizes the impjjrt-
ance of education along the lines of
health and will have more to present
from time to time. An article will
appear nex^b month upon what the
State is planning to do, and perhaps
another one upon how the Grange
will help this good work along.
Altitude has a good deal to do with
the healthfulness of a iState, so far as
tuberculosis is concerned. The De-
partment of Agriculture of Wejsrt Vli*-
ginia In a recent publication show-
ing the agricultural possibilities of
that State lays primary stress upon
the ave;rage 'altitude 6f the S'tate
which Is given at 1500 feet.
It gives Pennsylvania's altitude as
1100 feet; Vermont 1000 feet; New
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Hampshire 1000 feet; Ntiw Tork 900
feet; Ohio 850 feet; Virginia 850 feet.
In addition to healthfulness does
not our own altitude and varied
topography give a strong hint to our
possihilities in fruit, sheep and dairy
farming
THAT STANDARD Olli VERDICT
When Judge Landis levied a fine
of $29,240,000 on the Standard Olt
Company, he gave to the public some
vitally important reasons for doing
so. Those reasons are valuable and
the demonstration of their correct-
ness, and this public advertisement
of their basic principles, is worth more
to the people of this country than is
the payment of this fine, immense
as it is. That the Standard Oil Com-
pany will evade its payment if pos-
sible goes without saying, but the
principles enunciated by Judge Lan-
dis will make their impress on his-
tory. It was in the famous Grange
legislation in Wisconsin that our or-
ganization succeeded in having the
principles legally recognized and es-
ta'blished that the creature was not
greater than the creator. The Stand-
ard Oil Company is a creature. Its
creator ( like the creator of any other
corporation) is the public at larg»^
thru its machinery of government.
The public at large now demands of
this corporation equal treatment and
fair treatment to all of the public and
Judge Landis shows that not only
must this be done, but gives reasons
why it should be done.
A WORItER AT WORK.
Pennsylvania has had the good for-
tune to again enjoy the services of
Brother Mortimer W^hitehead, Past
Lecturer of the National Grange.
During the latter part of July and
August he devoted nearly three weeks
to work in this State in the counties
of Mercer, Adams, Franklin, Wash-
ington, Greene and Fayette, and the
work in each one of them is the bet-
ter for his having been there. From
this State "he went to Michigan thence
to '6hio and to Kentucky, but as is
mentioned elsewhere, he can come
back to Pennsylvania for a few day^
during October. He will end his
campaign just in time to go to the
National Grange at Hartford. Our
Patrons will be pleased to know that
he promises to be with us at our State
Grange meeting at West Chester.
SOME WHEAT.
Brother J. W. DeardorfC, Overseer
of Grange No. 1282, Franklin Coun-
ty, has seventy acres of wheat housed
in his large barns. This sho-uld
thresh out from 2000 to 2500 bushels
as wheat In the Cumberland Valley
usually runs 30 to 36 bushels to the
acre. It Is prophesied that wheat
will be higher this year but at a dol-
lar a bushel this would make a snug
start for an account in one of our
Grange banks.
A GRANGER IN ALASKA
AllHson P. Mershon, Grange No.
1141, Delaware County, is visiting a
gold mining district in Alaska. From
a recent letter to home folks the fol-
lowing interesting extracts are made :
He writes from Camp Rioy-Croft, near
Council City and his letter was car-
ried eight miles over land by stage to
Nome, a seaport town. The tem-
perature there was 38 deg- c-es, but
he writes that the mosquitoes "roar
like the ocean" and that he can
count 78 separate, well-defined bites
on his hands and wrists at the mo-
ment of writing. Mosquitoes are a
continuous torment night and day and
men dress in two or three ply of
woolen garments as armor. There are
124 varieties of flowers and when the
summer comes with twenty-two hours
of sunshine out of twenty-four, these
flowers all bloom at once. They
have three months of warm days and
nights and grass grows to the height
of one's shoulders in six weeks. There
are no women in this mining v.illag«»
and board is high. A supper of
beans, tomatoes and coffee costs a
dollar and nearly all edibles are
canned goods. A party of five walk-
ed twelve miles up Fish River wad-
ing swamps and streams in ice cold
water, fought mosquitoes in swarma
of millions; some of the party wci-e
exhausted but he arrived all pat ex-
cept eyes swollen almost shut and
whole body aflame with insect poison.
The horror of that camp for the two
nights and one day is indescribable.
There is no bakery, bread being sold
in a saloon at 2!5 cents a loaf. Milk
is 25 cents a glass; cofCee, 75 cents
a pound; eggs, 75 ct-nts a dozen; can-
ned butter, 50 cents a pound, while
a glass of lemonade costs 25 cents,
and a hair cut $1.00. It required
twenty-four days for the letter to-
reach Pennsylvania. Brother Mer-
shon hopes to be back in time to at-
tend the State Grange meeting at
West Chester, December 10 to 13 in-
clusive.
HOW TO SUCCEED.
The boy that by "addition" grows,
And suffers no "subtraction,"
Who "multiplies" the things he knows
and "carries" e^ery fraction,
rwho well "divides" his precious time,.
To due "proportion" giving,
To sure success aloft will climb,
"Interest compound" receiving.
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THE STATE CAN HEIiP.
It Is not often talked out loud, but
it Is nevertheless true that Pennsyl-
vania is one of the gr#at agricultural
States of the Union. The value of
the farm products of one of our coun-
Ities — liancaster — is greater than of
those from any other county in tTie
United Stages. And York County,
with a crop of wheat valued at $2,-
000,000 for this year, is helping to
impress upon the public the import-
ance of agriculture in Pennsylvania.
And yet we have farms in our State,
many of which are producing almost
nothing. The Crawford Journal edi-
torially referring to recent statistics
on New York State by the National
Department which shows that there
are over 12,000 abandoned farms In
that State and a loss of $170,000,000
in value in twenty-five years, makes
the following very pertinent com-
ments and suggestions :
"A duty of 'the next Legislature of
this State will be to provide a bureau
for ascertaining, valuing and making
lists of the abandoned farms in thl*
State and aiding in their re-occupa-
tion. Pennsylvania cannot afford to
lag behind in this work. If the Leg-
islature will take up this matter and
devote a tenth of the money which
was stolen in furnishing the capitol
to teaching the people the best meth-
ods of farming and dairying, as New
York State is doing, and to a move-
ment to people the abandoned farm
districts, it will add many millions
to the productive powers of the State
from which flow those currents which
most strongly enrich our National
life."
AS TO THE CORX TASSEL.
The suggestion by Assistant Secre-
tary Hays, of the department of ag-
riculture, that the corn tassel should
be adopted ast the "national flower"
is worthy of all acceptance if there
is any doubt about the right of corn
to be called the king of the vegetable
kingdom. There are a dozen reasons
why the tassel should be chosen, to
one in favor of any other candidate.
One of the chief reasons why this
world should honor the memory of
Christopher Columbus is the fact that
corn is a native of the land he dis-
covered, says the Washington "Post."
Some of the rsults of Columbus' hap-
hazard western tour have not been
particularly praiseworthy, but they
are more than offset by the gift of
corn. Considered from any stand-
point — utilitarian, esthetic, financial,
artistic, poetic or any other — corn
meets all requirements. It is useful,
moral, profitable, beautiful and good.
The Indian deemed it a gift of his
God, and he was not wrong. Nothing
about corn is useless. The stalks
will become valuable for paper, if
it is not already so. The kernel feeds
the world. The cob keeps countless
prairie homes warm. The tassel,
graceful daughter of the tall and
bannered army of the field, is
peculiarly the emblem of faithfulness,
peace and happiness. If it were nec-
essary that a "national flower" should
be formally chosen, the corn tassel
would run away ahead of the ticket.
But such a course is not necessary.
Corn is King, and his daughter takes
her place by divine right.
The above from the Live Stovk
World is suggestive. But Penn-
sylvania ought to have a State flower,
and our Granges can bring it about.
[B'or this the Editor nominates the
corn plant. He would favor the
whole plant, tho.
IMPROVE THE CHANCE.
The Grange News is pleased to an-
nounce that after Brother Mortimer
Wlhitehead has completed his speak-
ing tour in Michigan, Ohio and Ken-
tucky, he will return to his New Jer-
sey home passing through Pennsyl-
vania, coming into the State either at
Erie or Meadville and by arrangement
with Worthy Master W. F. Hill will
stop off during some of the October
days, for open or closed meetings in
a few counties or both meetings — one
afternoon and the other evening, at
one point the same day, if so desired.
By thus dividing the expense of
travel as he goes along the cost to
each Grange visited will be quite
small, and the new members secured
and the others revived will be sure to
come back many fold if the meetings
are properly worked up. Bring this
up promptly at your next meeting and
then write to Brother Whitehead's
home address : R. iF. D. No. 6, New
Brunswick, New Jersey, and do it
very soon and then Brother White-
head will advise you if your place and
date can come into the route ana
everyone will be happy. This is the
way it was done for several meetings
in succession in Mercer and Frank-
lin counties. Pa., last month.
JOHNSON IN THE HARNESS
The appointment of Professor W. Q.
Johnson, editor of the American Ag-
riculturalist as a trustee of the New
York Agricultural EXpeilim^nt Sta-
tion at Geneva by Governor Hughes
meets with hearty approval. Prof.
Johnson is well known to Patrons
of Pennsylvania. As a teacher, experl-
mentor, author and editor along agrl-
cultunal lines he stands at the top.
After leaving Cornell University In
1&92, he was an instructor at Stan-
ford University in California, an as-
sistant professor at the University of
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PENNiSTDVAJSTlA GRANIGB NEWS
Illinois, and cliief of the State Horti-
cultural Department and State Ento-
mologist of Maryland, before he took
up editorial work. He is thorough-
ly familiar with experiment station
work, and having especially studied
the conditions confronting farmers in
every State, he will be a valuable
man for the Station.
AN UNUSUAL PIONIC.
A report of an unusual Fourth of
July picnic came too late for th&
August number. Brother Dildine, of
the State Grange Executive Commit-
tee, and his good wife drove from
their home in Columbia County to
Eistella, iSulllvan County, a distance
of thirty-eight miles, and over sev-
eral mountains. There were gathered
there hundreds of Grange members
and their friends who had come in
all sorts of conveyances from rubber
tired buggies to huckster wagons. A
program was carried out in the morn-
ing, Including patriotic songs and
recitations and Brother Dildine spoke
on "How the Grange Teaches Patriot-
Ism." A committee on feast had
started at 3 a. m. to roast two whole
sheep and a free dinner was served
at noon on the largest table ever seen
in those parts. It is not rare for
Brother and Sister Dildine to travel
many miles to attend Grange meet-
ings. Shortly after returning fronr*
Sullivan County they went to Locust
Grove, a distance of twenty-eight
miles from their home, to assist In
initiating a class of thirty members.
Locust Grange is an old Grange with
new life and bids fair to be one of the
strongest in Columbia County.
SKND ITEMS.
Grange News is always glad to get
items upon Grange work. We want
to publish them. Sign your name at
the bottom. Name will not be pub-
lished if you so request it. But we
want to know who sent it. We will
not publish it unless we do know.
Send them along and have a hand
in helping to make Grange News bet-
ter each month.
Would Not Be Without Grange News.
Brother C. W. Cobb is an R. F. D.
carrier in Erie County and is so well
pleased with Grange News tha>t he
writes he would not be without any
one of the twelve copies published the
past twelve months for the subscrip-
tion price for a whole year. He states
that it sould be In every farm fam-
ily as outsiders would not read It
very long until they would want to
Join th« Grange. We thank Brother
Cobb for his kind letter and gooj
opinion and will send the magazine to
every subscriber that he and other*
may get for us. Remember, it is only
a quarter for a whole year.
CajEARFIEIiD COUNTY PROGRESS
In a recent letter to the State Mas-
ter, Brother G. B. Wachob, an ef-
ficient deputy and zealous Grange
worker writesi : "I have recentliy
had the pleasure of assisting in con-
ferring the degrees upon a class of
ten in Dubois Grange, No. 808. Salem,
No. 964, a class of eighteen. Brady,
No. 1218, a class of ten and Faudle,
No. 1318, a class of sixteen. Faudie
had 96 visitors at one of its meetings
and two hundred patrons sat down to
the degree supper in Salem Grange.
This last Grange will hold a picnic
sonietlme between the first and tenth
of September and we would like to
know if we can expect a State Grange
speaker ?" (The State Grange will
be glad to try to co-operate on the
matter of a speaker and you are re-
ferred to the August number of this
magazine for full information) —
Editor.
3IEN, W03IEN AND HORSES
Did you ever think how much time,
energy and miles of travel telephones
save for farmers ? Do you have a
farmers' s.ystem in your neighbor-
hood ? If not why isn't this a good
time to agitate it ? Can your Grange
confer a greater single blessing on
your comnmunity than to assume the
leadership in bringing this abou'ti ?
AIDING THE WEAK ONES.
Beaver Valley Grange, No. 133S..
Columbia County, is adding new
members and getting along nicely.
Good Hope Grange, at Jersey town, in
the same county, is also prospering.
These are two new ones organized by
Brother Dildine this year. Brother
Dildine is spending his spare time
visiting and assisting the weak
Granges and letting the stronger ones
in his county take care of themselves.
All Roods liead to West Chester.
Public roads, trolley and railroads
are all In readiness to help you to
get to West Chester for the Stat*
Grange meeting there December 10,
11, 12, and 13. Brother I. Frank
Chandler of the State Grange Execu-
tive Committee will have all arrange-
ments in charge In behalf of the State
Grange. This meeting is In his home
county of Chester and an enthusiastic
committee from Pomona No. 3 stands
ready to co-operate with him to make
this meeting the "greatest ever."
Watch Grange news for full an-
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nouncements. The annual State
Grange meeting is the largest and
most represenitative meeting of farm>
ers held In Pennsylvania.
On Saturday, SeptemTDer 14, Green-
brier Grange, No. 1148, Northumber-
land County, will hold its picnic and
good speakers are expected. z
Hegins Grange, No. 1242, Schuyl-
kill County, has set September 21 as
the date for its picnic and one of the
best in the State is usually held at
this point.
October 3 and 4 are the dates fixed
by Limestone Grange, No. 1090, War~
ren County, for the Grange fair which
they annually hold in their hall. This
events attracts much favorable atten-
tion and affords the Grange a splen-
did opportunity to advertise and to
Invite new members to affiliate with
it.
Pomona Grange Activity In Ohio.
Last year the Meigs County Pomona
Grange Pair Association was organ-
ized by the Pomona and held a fair.
This year the fair will again be held
on Friday, October 11th, at Carpen-
ter, Ohio, on the grounds of the
southeastern test farm of the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station. The
Pomona contemplates an annual
meeting at this test farm which would
be a sort of a general roundup for all
the Granges in "that part of the State.
This seems to us to be a movement
in the right direction and it has our
heartiest well wishes.
Grange Encampment and Exhibition.
The thirty-fourth annual encamp-
ment and exhi'bition of the Patrons
of IHusbandry of Central Pennsylvania
will be held at Grange Park, Center
Hall, September 14 to 20. This is
held under the auspices of the Po-
mona Grange of Center County on
their own beautiful thirty-acre tract
(lying elose beside the borough tof
Center Hall. Worthy Past Master
Rhone has been chairman here for
years and the success attending this
institution is largely due to his
genius and tireless work. This
should be a rallying place for Patrons
everywhere. Those who have visit-
ed it once always want* to go again
'and those who have never been there
will be well repaid for the trip.
®irft ^i«ii* |K»j5*«r'si MxHxn^ MnbU
Worthy Secretary and Sister :
Yours of the 10th at hand and
noted. You state that the candidate
was advised of his election and noti-
fied to appear fot initiation at a speci-
fied meeting of your Grange. That
he failed to do so and has not pre-
sented himself since and you inquire
as to how long your Grange is justi-
fied In holding open to him a right
to initiation. In reply I have to sa>
that you should take into considera-
tion the reasons for his failure to ap-
pear. If he has good reasons such
as absence from the neighborhood,
sickness, etc., then your Grange
should, of course, be lenient and
reasonable. If he has a good reason,
but after being duly nptified of the
date and place of meeting and re^
quested to appear for initiation by
your Grange and failing to do it then
after a reasonable length of time —
say six months or a year — I woulo
consider that he had forfeited his
right to initiation, that the applica-
tion and ballot should be eonsidered
null and void and the Grange would
be under no obligations to return the
fee. While you will make no mis-
take in tempering your Grange con-
duct with reason, yet there is a
dignity about the organization that
must be upheld and people should be
made to understand that the welfare
of the entire Grange is of more mo-
ment than is the gratification of som*
foolish whim on the part of an in-
dividual and that it is not in their
power to hold up the work of a whole
Subordinate Grange.
Dear Sir and Brother : —
You ask me : "Has any officer,
except the Master, authority to com-
pel another officer or member to obey
the law ?
By way of reply it seems to me that
no member or officer who has a prop-
er conception of 'his obligation or
any sense of honor, would need any
one to "compel" him to observe the
requirements of the Order. It prop-
erly devolves upon the Master to in-
terpret and explain Grange regula-
tions whenever there may be any
doubt or disagreement among the
members as to their meaning. It
seems to me that when any official
understands What his duties are, he
would gladly and willingly discharge
them, so long as he continued to hold
his office.
The Grange is a fraternal organi-
zation, and in it we are all mutually
bound to assist in promoting the wel-
fare of the Order according to our
ability. Such services as are required
of us when our Brothers and Sisters
honor us with positions should b©
willingly, properly and promptly ren-
dered and necessity for compulsion
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to do so ought to be foreign to the
Grange.
Yes, the cash receipts of each meet-
ing should be recorded in the minutes
and announced in their reading when
the minutes are read at the close ot
the meeting".
Very fraternally yours,
MASTEIR PCXNA. STATE GRANGE
Worthy State Master :
We had a good picnic at Clark's
Mills, Mercer County with Brother
Mortimer Wlhitehead, of New Jersey,
present. He made us a rousing good
speech. The best of order prevailed.
He also spoke at No. 608 that night,
on Monday night at 1346, at No. 1344
on Tuesday night and attended the
regular Grange meeting at the same
place on Wednesday night and at-
tended our Pomona meeting on
Thursday. At the close of a very
enthusiastic meeting he conferred the
Firth Degree on a class of thirty-six.
Then he went to No. 393 that night,
and I think he did lots of good for
the order.
Tours fraternally,
J. F. SiPEAR, Deputy.
^taije W^^ixxtj^r^^ ®i5rrn^r>
OiRIGIN OF AND DUTIES PER-
TAINING TO THE OFFICE OF
WORTHY LECTURER.
Nearly fort:y years ago a little band
of patriotic men met in common coun-
cil to lay the foundation of our
splendid Order. We can readily im-
agine some of the problems which
they had to meet and solve before
their work was completed. Perhaps
the most difficult task in the creation
of our Order, was the arrangement of
the proper officers in such a way as to
insure a correct division of the vari-
ous duties belonging to the organiza-
tion.
Like a'U organized bodies it must
have a head to execute its laws and
direct and supervise its work. The
Worthy Master yvas chosen as the
chief executive officer and told to
"Exercise that supreme authority with
which he is invested, in maintaining
Order in the Grange, and enforcing
obedience to the Constitution anci
(Laws of the Order, himself setting
the example, in all things." The
Worthy Overseer was given second
place in our Order, and told to "See
that the orders of the Master were
faithfully transmitted to the laborer,
and, in his absence, to take his
place." These officers, with the as-
sistance of the Secretary, '^Who be-
comes the organ of the Grange," and
the Treasurer, "WTio keeps the keys
of the treasury," as a rule, have
faithfully performed the many duties
assigned to them. But in an insti-
tution like the Grange there are other
duties to be performed. Our spilendld
Declaration of Purposes must be pre-
sented to the farmers and explained
in such a way as to win their confi-
dence and arouse their interest in the
work.
They must not only be shown the
objects sought by the creation of the
Order, but they must be shown the
necessity for its existence at the same
time. And more than that, those who
affiliate with the Order, receive its
beautiful and impressive lessons, must
be educated in the work and taught
the mysteries of the different degrees.
The first and highest object of our
Order — "To develop a higher and
better manhood and womanhood
among ourselves" — or in other words,
to elevate, educate ana emancipate the
American farmer. In order that the
work might be carried on successfully
and intelligently, some one must be
placed in charge of it. Some one
competent to teach Jits members the
fundamental principles upon which
our Order is based; and upon the ac-
ceptance of which .depends its futur«»
success and perpetuity. After much
study and careful deliberation, the of-
fice of Worthy Lecturer was created,
and in considering the importstnce of
the duties attached, it was given the
rank of third place in our Order. To
this Important office was assigned the
educational work of the Grange. And
to this end the Lecturer is directed
to be prepared at all regular meetings
of the Grange with a list of exercises,
consisting of essays, discussions, reci-
tations, music, etc., to be responded
to by members of the Order. He Is
especially enjoined to encourage the
young and diffdent to become writ-
ers, readers, and speakers in Grange
meetings thus developing. and direct-
ing to greater usefulness the latent
ability of his fellow members. No
other office within the gift of the Or-
der offers such a broad fieUd for work.
It requires skill, judgment and fore-
sight in the selection of topics for
discussion and in the arrangement and
assignment of programs. These
should include the home and house-
hold as well as the farm and the Hve
stock. The soil of a farm may con-
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tain all the elements necessary foi-
plant growth, be scientifically man-
aged, and yet without a well ordered
household, the owner may never be
truly happy. The home is really what
determines the success of life upon
the farm. At least It is one of the
essentials of successful farm life.
How to Increase the comforts and
conveniences of the rural homes of
the country affords abundant oppor- ,
tunlty for thoughtful study at all
times. A man may own many acres
of land, with well-kept buildings and
grounds, and yet be practically home-
less, even though he occupy one of his
own well planned and suitably locat-
ed houses.
You cannot judge of a man's happi-
ness by the size of his house any
more than you can determine his
wealth by the size of his pocket-book.
The early history of man clearly dem-
onstrates this principle. Adam was
not at home in the Garden of Eden,
even though surrounded by beauty,
and monarch of all he surveyed, until
God gave him a wife. Then his joy
was complete. He now had a good
home even though he had no house.
Thus It is that woman has Ltcoi^ie
the main factor and the center of at-
traction in all well regulated 1 imes.
The Worthy Lecturer should study
well the various features of home
life and thus be prepared to lead in
the discussions of these domestic sub-
jects. They should also be familiar
with the various phases of farm and
field work. This is a broad subject
and one that affords unlimited oppor-
tunities for skillful labor on the part
of the Worthy Lecturer. As the dif-
ferent seasons approach, new sub-
jects suggest themselves for considera-
tion; and it is the duty of the Lectur-
er to make the most of these oppor-
tunities as they present themselves.
The Lecturer of a Subordinate Grange
has as much real work to perform for
the good of the Order as any other
officer in the organization. The
duties are more urgent and their per-
formance more necessary. &o im-
portant is thls^ofHee and so much de-
pends upon the successful perform-
ance of the duties pertaining there-
to, that no Grange can continue to ^
grow In power and influence when the
Lecturer proves inefficient either
thru carelessness or Inability.
All the Lecturers in the State
should make careful preparation and
faithfully perform their duties as
though everything depended upon
their efforts for the success of the
Grange. What a change this would
make in our Order, and what increas-
ed activity would follow such action.
Worthy Lecturer, is it not your
duty to put forth your best efforts
for the success of your Grange ?
You certainly owe It to your mem-
bers, as well as yourself. Your fel-
low members expected that much of
you when they placed you in ofHce.
Prove yourself worthy of the con-
fidence reposed in you by renewed
courage and increased efforts. Work
with increased vigor. Renew your
zeal and give time and thought to
your work. Your reward will come
in your own increased usefulness, a»
well as In the renewed activity among
your members and the increased pow-
er and growth of your Grange.
Just as constant study strengthens
the mind, so also does physical labor
strengthen the muscles. The more
you do In line of your duty the easier
It will become for you. New sub-
jects will suggest themselves to you,
thus increasing your power for good
and furnishing additional material
for thought among your members.
Ever keep in mind that to "Add
dignity to labor" is one of the great
missions of the Grange. Therefore
dignify your work and the office by
strict adherence to the principles of
truth, honor and virtue. Remem-
ber, also, that no stream ever rises
higher than its source, neither will
your members exhibit a greater de-
gree of energy, industry and enthu-
siasm than your example inspires
them. One of the first requisites to
successful leadership In your im-
portant position Is that of character.
The mission of the Grange is to
lead mankind to live better, nobler
and purer lives. To cultivate the
better qualities of their nature, and
the Worthy Lecturer should be able
to teach by example as well as by
precept. 'A person may not be gift-
ed with unusual magnetism, he may
not possess the eloquence of Demos-
thenes or the wisdom of Solomon,
but if he is honest in his convictions
and fearless in the advocacy of what
is right, he seldom fails to impress
his hearers. A Grange Lecturer
should cultivate all those virtues and
graces which adorn character ana
create confidence.
Never was there a time in the his-
tory of our Order, when there was
greater need for strong, patriotic,
loyal men and women to go before
the public as the proper exponents of
the Grange. New ideas, new thoughs
and a new spirit of progress must be
presented to the thinking men ana
women in our country homes. Som^b.
self-sacrifices of time, of pleasure, or
even ambition, may b6 required upon
the part of the Lecturer In order to
meet the requirements of the occasion.
(But let us, Worthy Brother and Sis-
ter Lecturers, not hesitate to make
this sacrifice for the good of the Or- .
der. Let us practice diligence in the
performance of our official duties, al-
ways seeking J;he good of others
rather than the good of ourselves.
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Then we can Justly hope for suc-
cess.
Worthy Lecturer, soon the dull
season in Grange work will be over,
and the fall campaign with com-
mence. What preparation have you
made ? Why not plan to have a
"Harvest Supper" the first meeting
night 'in October ? Prepare a special
program for the occasion. Have
plenty of music and recitations. Let
the whole program be fruitful with
good cheer and good fellowship. Send
special invitations to the members to
be present at this meeting, mentioning
the fact that you will have something
to eat. If this does not bring them
your Grange needs a revival. Aftet
the program has been rendered be
prepared to read one for the next
meeting and say that you expect to
have a program for each consecu-
tive meeting just as interesting as the
one just rendered; and say that while
you cannot promise a feast at each
meeting, you feel confident that if
the memhers will attend the meet-
ings, take part in the programs, that
they will not only be interested and
benefitted themselves, but that their
efforts will result in great good to
the Order and be greatly appreciated
by you. Make this meeting a suc-
cess and success is yours for the bal-
ance of the year.
B. B. 3DI0RSETT,
THE NATIONAL FIELD
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD. Editor.
"Because the darkness is past and
the true light now shineth." — Bible.
I write while on the wing, filling
a long series of engagements in sev-
eral States, meeting thousands of
good Patrons and other farmers day
'by day. Everywhere the best of feel-
ing prevails. The Grange pulse beats
high; growth, prosperity, peace and
happiness prevail in Grange circles,
while in the respect of its own mem-
bers and of those outside its gates the
Order never stood higher nor better.
The growth and prosperity of the
Grange at the present time is in no
way the result of excitement or of any
special wave of popular feeling which
Is passing over the country. It is
the legitimate result of calm, de-
liberate thought among intelligent
farmers who have looked the situation
over, examined the Grange platform
and its record of work covering more
than forty years, and have decided
that they will not only assist in the
work which the Grange is doing, but
that they will become recipients of
the educational, social and imaterial
advantages which are enjoyed by
members of the order.
In common with all other forward
steps in the world's history, the earlier
days of the Grange were days of
struggl^, of opposition, of misrepre-
•sentatio'n. Yes, even of persecution
In some instances. Even farmers then
opposed it, or treated it with silent
contempt. "He came unto his own,
and his own received him not." Mis-
takes were made
Its own members
derstand it. It
improper hands,
wrong purposes,
grew and waxed
is mighty and wi
in its earlier work.
did not always un-
sometimes fell into
or was used for
Still, "the child
strong," for "truth
11 prevail."
The Grange deserved success and
success came. The Grange grew be-
cause it was right, founded on the
right, on justice and on truth. It has
succeeded because thousands of
weary, isolated and lonesome toilers
have felt the need of a bond of union
— 'the strength and support of which
comes from a union of strength, that
farmers must have an organization as
well as all other classes and profes-
sions. And so, silently as the morn-
ing sun, did it arise, spreading its
bright beaims of hope to the ^farm-
ers all over our land. It is now
stronger and better than ever before.
It has come to stay and is now one
of the permanent institutions of our
country. As permanent as are our
churches and our schools.
Far beyond any other motive power
that the world has ever known has the
Grange helped the farmer to respect
hiimself and his calling and to "make
the world respect the tillers of the
ground." "Self-respect is the first
step toward commanding the respect
of others." In the highest councils
of the nation as in the most remote
home on hillside, prairie or in valley
Is its great influence for good now
felt and openly and freely acknowl-
edged, "Heaven gives the power to
the hand that holds the bread."
And these quoted words are not
poetry and sentiment alone, the solid
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arguments of facts and figures prove
them more and more. I have been
looking up some of these facts and
figures lately in order that I might
be more prepared, and stronger to
stand at imy post of duty and thus
the better set forth what the Grange
©tands for and the work it has to do.
I have always held that no Lecturer
!n our Order, local, State or National.
Is truly "Worthy" unless by careful
preparation and study he or she Is so
thoroughly grounded in true Grange
principles, and has not only a thoro
knowledge of the Grange and its work,
but of the magnitude and importance
of the farmers' occupation, and thru
it have an ever increasing respect for
his calling, and for our Order, and,
then 'believing it himself, is able to
convince others, and so spread true
Grange religion, for "out of the
abundance of the heart . the mouth
speaketh." All Lecturers in our Order
should see to it that their lamps are
trimmed, well-filled and burning. As
the years pass by our Grange mem-
bership and the outside world will
have the right to expect from our
Lecturers a higher grade of instruc-
tion and that all their work shall
be upon a more elevated plane. Never
forgetting that "Nature's motto is on-
ward," nor the words of the installing
ofl3cer : "To you Is assigned the im-
portant duty of leading in the literary
programs and the educational work of
the Grange."
"Where the van guard camps today
The reiir will camp tomorrow."
But here are some of the facts and
figures referred to, and this informa-
tion comes mainly from "Our Depart-
ment" of Agriculture and from that
good member of the Grange, Brother
James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul-
ture. By these facts and figures
Brother Wilson himself says : "The
position of the producer of the soil
in the development of the country Is
vindicated.
'lEconomic revolution In the art and
science of agriculture, which became
noticeable in this country half a dozen
years ago, has continued during 1906
with tremendous effect upon the Na-
tion's prosperity. Crops so large as
to be beyond any rational coimprehen-
slon have Sitralned the freight-carry-
ing ability of railroads. Directly and
Indirectly the farmer has set up a de-
mand for iron and steel that has ex-
ceeded the productive power of the
chief producers among nations. His
contribution to the supply of loan
capital has been beyond calculation
and recalls the fact that the depres-
sion In the loa,h and Investment mar-
ket of 1903 was cleared away by the
following crop. Meanwhile the farm-
er has been a generous consumer and
has given powerful support to the
market of the industrial producer, to
the trade of the merchant, and to the
wages of the workingman. The
farmer has become aware of the im-
portance of the place that he occu-
pies in the Republic, and in the pride
of his occupation Is ready to offer his
yearly account to the people."
* 4* + *
"Taken at that point In production
at which they acquire convmercial
value, the farm products of the year,
estimated for every detail presented
by the census, has a farm value of
$6,794,000,000. This is $877,000,000
above the value of 1905, $635,000,000
above 1904, $877,000,000 above 1903,
and $2,077,000,000 above the census
of 1899. The value of the farm
products of 1906 was 8 per cent,
greater than that of 1905, 10 per
cent, greater than 1904, 15 per cent,
over 1903, and 44 per cent over 1899.
"A simple series of index numbers
Is readily constructed, which shows
the progres:sive movement of wealth
production by the farmer. The value
of the products of 1899 being taken at
100, the value for 1903 stands at 125,
for 1904 at 131, fo:? 1905 at 134, and
for 1906 at 144."
"Crops in a general balance of gain
against loss in value. In coQiparlson
with the crops of 1905, have made a
substantial gain — ^about $22,000,000;
so that the previous foremost year in
value of products, 1905, is exceeded
by 1906 in both crops and animal
products, and thus this pear became
the leading one in value of farm pro-
ducts in the history of the country
by $485,000,000 over 1905."
+ * Hh *
The number of bushels of cereals
for 1906 was 4,688,000,000, which was
120,000,000 bushels obove the yield of
1905, 570,000,000 above the yield of
1904, and 835,000,000 bushels above
the yield of 1903.
Corn remains the most valuable
crop, 2,881,000,000 bushels, value, $1,-
000,000,000.
The cotton crop, fiber and seed
combined follows corn in order of
value, although dt is only three-fifths
of ithe value of the corn crop, value,
$640,000,000. In Texas alone the cot-
ton crop is greater than that of
British India, and nearly three times
that of Egypt, and it Is half as much
again as the crops of the world, out-
side of the United States, India and
Egypt,
4* 4* * 4*
The hay crop is the third one in
value — $600,0010,000.
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The fourth crop Is wheat, value
$450,000,000.
Fifth cornea oats, value $306,000,-
000. The potato crop was 300,000,-
000 bushels, value $150,000,000;
seventh comes barley, a crop which
has gained 21 per cent, in seven years
145,000,000, value $65,000,000. To-
bacco is eighth in value, the crop be-
ing 62-9,000,000 pounds, value, $55,-
000,000. Then comes sugar. Beet
sugar is making great gains. The
crop of 1906 is placed at 345,000 tons,
value $34,000,000. Seven years ago
this value was only $7,000,000 for
72,972 tons. Cane sugar, syrup and
molasses reaches a total of $75,000,-
000. Flaxseed, 27,000,000 bushels,
value $25,000,000. Rice, 770,000,000
pounds, value $18,000,000. Rye, 28,-
000,000 busbels, value $17,000,000.
Hops, 56,000,000 pounds, value $7,
000,000.
"Farm products continue to be so
far beyond the national requirements
the the farm still overshadows the
mill, the factory, and the workshop
In providing exports. With his sur-
plus beyond the nation's need, the
farmer has loaded the feets of oceans.
These produces ware exported to the
value of $976,000,000 during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1906 —
enough to build a high class ralway
half-way around the earth. This is
the largest amount ever reached by
agricultural exports of this or any
other country and e?i:ceeded by $24,-
000,000 the extraordinary* value of
1901, which had previously been the
record year,"
* * * *
"Cotton leads all others among
agricultural exports, 3,634,000,000
pounds, value $401,000,000. Pack-
ing-house products $207,700,000. Ex-
ported fresh beef $24,300,000; lard
$60,000,000 for 742,000,000 pounds;
bacon $36,000,000 for 361,000,000
pounds; bams $20,000,000 for 194,-
000,000 pounds. The highest ex-
ports, both in quantity and value of
oleo oil in previous year was far over-
topped by the exports of tliis com-
modity in 1906, and the 210,000,000
pounds exported were valued at $17,-
000,000."
Wonder how much the good oleo-
margarine legislation secured by the
Grange has had to do with increasing
the export of oleo oil, once so ex-
tensively used in making counterfeit
butter and damaging our dairy
farmer ?
At this writing I am in Chambers-
burg, Pa., filling a series of meeting*
at six different points in this (Frank-
lin) and adjoining counties, under the
personal direction and guidance of
Worthy Master W. F. Hill,. I have
had an opportunity to see "Grange
News" right here in its home, to see
the tens of thousands of copies of the
August number going into the mails —
Grange light, but surely not llg'ht
reading, for it is going forward liter-
ally by the ton, and the hands of
eleven busy persons are working at
one time and for many days to get
out each of the monthly issues for
Pennsylvania Patrons "and our neigh-
bors in other States." The cherring
success of "Grange News" has been
brought about by good leadership and
by the hearty co-operation of all
those good Patrons who are helping
with their good woi*ds, and what Is
equally important — "the sinews of
war," their 25 cents per year sub-
scription to keep it going and coming.
Send along your "quarter," and with
it another for a neighbor who "ought
to be a Patron." Press the button
and "Grange News" will do the rest.
Get your 'Grange to send a list of
twelve farmers, who are eligible, pay
the quarter from the Grange treasury.
It will prove a good financial invest-
ment. "Cast thy bread upon the
waters and tliou shalt find it after
many days.'*
Here in his home county the good
work of Brother Hill and others is
having effect, To-day's daily paper,
now before ime says : "Until the year
1907 there were but two active
Granges in Franklin county, and the
farmers of the county were without
knowledge of the great extent of this
great farmers' organization. As has
been told in'Public Oplnion,'four Sub-
ordinate Granges have been instituted
in Franklin County since the first of
the year, and in the seven months of
1907 whicli have now passed into his-
tory, Franklin County farmers have
taken a strong hold upon the Grange
order, and now even in the midst of
the farmer's busiest season the
Grange in Franklin County is in a
very flourishing condition and bids
fair to at least double its member-
ship before the end of the year."
It has been a special pleasure to
visit with Brother Hill right at his
home — "Hill-heim." In all of his
farming operations he is up to date.
He follows the intensive and not the
extensive system. His crops of corn,
potatoes, garden truck, etc., especially
celery, grown upon what when he
took hold of it was a willow swamp,
but now subdued by drainage arid
trenching and the crop supported by
sub-irrigation brings a larger net In-
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come than some sne-hundred acre
farms. The thorougrhbred chickens,
as illustrated In "Grange N«ws" of
August, are all there for sure and the
sturdy boy Wallace is as gO'Od as he
looks. But that is not all the fam-
ily now. A new-comer has been wel-
comed to the family circle within a
few weeks, and Donald MoHenry iHill
takes his place aimong those who are
by far the best product of every true
American farm and home.
IJhe meetings In this county so far
have all been good. In one twenty-
four hours' ride accompanied by Bro.
Hill, ani Brothers Detrich and Lloyd,
of "Grange News," we have traveled
by carriage sixty miles and visited and
encouraged two of the new Granges of
the county, who have an element of
intelligent, progressive farmers among
them which insures their success as
Patrons in this most beautiful and
prosperous Cumberland Valley, which
the poet Whittier so appropriately
styles, "Fair as a garden of the Lord."
Among the other August meetings
which I had the pleasure of attend-
ing in Pennsylvania under the good
personal guidance and direction of
Worthy Master W. F. Hill was the
picnic of the Patrons of Adams
County, near iHunterstown, and it was
well planned for and carried out by
the members of Straban Grange,
No. 1334. This is one of a number of
the newer Granges started in this and
adjoining counties through the Inspir-
ing Influence of Brother Hill after he
moved his home to this part of the
State, and who spread the H^ht while
attending farmers' institutes. One of
his good deputies, Brother Bowman,
was busy organizing a new Grange
not far away in York County while
■we were at this picnic. Straban
Grange was organized in January last
with 51 charter members and has
-already more than doubled its mem-
bership and through their picnic and
their social gatherings are preparing
the financial part towards building a
Grange hall. Their well-managed
pionic was a big success.
Five days passed out in Mercer
County, Pa., were full of work and
I trust "good of the Order." The
county picnic was held in a fine grove
At Carpenter's Corners. Arrange-
ments all good, large attendance, and
Teal Grange Interest manifest on all
sides. All the good features of
these annual events were there.
music, singing, handsomely decorated
speakers' stand, banners, address of
welcome and reply, and Graage gos-
pel proclaimed for the benefit of those
still outside our gates. Good meet-
ings were held with the Granges at
New Vernon Lake, tSandy Lake and
Irish Rildge. The latter is a new
Grange only organized last March,
but it is growing rapidly, having more
than double its charter list already.
They have re-modeled and fitted up a
good hall, and Its intelligent, earn-
est members, all successful farmers,
are destined to make this one of, the
best Granges in that part of the state.
The all day Pomona session held in
their hall was most enjoyable and
profitable, 36 new memoers were re-
ceived for the fifth degree. Worthy
Deputy J. F. Spear went the rounds
with the speaker and made his way
smooth and straight. This Deputy
has organized two new Granges this
year, and now feels that two more
will be along soon.
As I ride along on 'the cars on one
of these August days, I find the fol-
lowing little item on the editorial
page of one of the big Philadelphia
papers. It will at least please his
many friends among the Patrons of
Pennsylvania, that the high tribute
"an honest man, the noblest work of
God," as Impressed among the first
lessons of the Grange, is thus award-
ed to "Farmer Creasy," who as chair-
man of the Legislative Committee of
the State Grange, and the able ex~
ponent of our Order and defender of
farmers' interests for several years
in the Legislature has done and wilt
continue to do valiant service :
"Farmer Creasy had his pocket
picked at a picnic last week. It
is safe to say that the thief did not
find any other man's money in
Creasy's pocket."
Over In Ohio under direction of
State Master F. A. Derthick and the
plan of campaign as arranged by
State Lecturer L. A. Tabor, a series of
meetings covering three weeks in the
Buckeye State will be under way
when this issue of "Grange News"
goes out to its readers. "Grange
News" has a large and rapidly grow-
ing list among Ohio Patrons, and it
is a pleasure for the writer to thus
be able once more to keep In touch
with those he has known and worked
with through our good old American
Grange Bulletin "in the days of auld
lang syne." One of these good Ohio
meetings already held was at Grange
Park in Geauga County. Every de-
tail of arrangement was perfect.
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Brother G. W. Stafford, wTio has the
means and that true love and appre-
ciation of all that the Grange repre-
sents has done much in bring-lng this
annual county ifield-day up to its
present success. Two bands of music
were present, one composed entirely
of the members of Chardon Grange,
young men and women. This Grange
came in long procession with the band
and banner at its heiad. Brother A. R.
Church, at one time Master of one of
Crawford County's (Pa.) good
Granges, now an Ohio Patron, was
chairman, and fine morning and af-
ternoon programs were presented. A
conservative estimate placed the at-
tendance at 1500 to 2000. State Mas-
ter F. A. Derthiok was present and
here in his own county, only twelve
miles from his hoone, it was plainly
evident how highly he is esteemed by
his own people, his long time friends
and neighbors. He made a fine ad-
dress, dealing specially with the
problem of taxation to which sub-
ject the Grange and other organiza-
tions are now giving much attention.
Brother Derthick announced the
great picnic of August 27, to be held
at his home, to be attended by the
Governor of Ohio and National
Master, N. J. Bachelder, and at least
6000 people.
In his address at this meeting
Brother Dert'hick said that with the
other members of the National
Grange Etxecutive Committee he had
been in conference that week at
Middle-Bass Island, Put-ln-Bay, Lake
Erie, with the Nlational Educational
Association, the National Board of
Trade and several other commercial
and financial interests on the import-
ant questions of taxation, transporta-
tion, etc., and thus does our Order
ihave prominent place in questions af-
fecting the interests of all citizens,
and with "farmers at the front," we
may be sure that the farmers' side
will be looked after and a "square
deal" secured.
One more pointer which proves
how our Order, and through it all
farmers are "in the front" is the an-
nouncement all over the country of a
great national conference soon to b«»
held in Chicago. The dispatch reads:
"Important questions affecting the re-
lations between tState and National
governments and corporations, now
so prominently before the public in
connection with the fine of $29,240,-
000 imposed upon the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana by Judge Landls
and the conflict between State au-
thorities and the federal judiciary in
the railroad cases In North Carolina
will be discussed at the national con-
ference on combinations and trusts
to be held in Chicago on October 22,
23, 24 and 25. The conference will
be held under the auspices of the
national civic federation. Forty-one
governors of States and the commis-
sioners of the (District of Columbia
have been appointed to attend the
meeting. Members of the Inter-
state Commerce Comimission and the
commission on inter-State commerce
of the Senate and House will par-
ticipate. Delegates of various na-
itlonal organizations will attend.
President Butler, of Columbia Uni-
versity is the chairman of the com-
mittee of arrangements for the con-
ference." Among other members ot
the committee are Nahum J. Bach-
eider, Mater National Grange; Sam-
uel Gompers, of the labor organiza-
tions, and others from business
men's organizations.
Michigan is holding a series of
over three hundred Grange rallies
and field-day meetings in August and
September, under a perfect system
of arrangement prepared by State
Master George B. Horton, who, like
a good general, has his forces well
in hand, and directs the work in all
portions of the field with perfect skih
and the most effective results. I will
tell of some of my share in the work
in that good IState in the October
number of "'Grange News."
New Jersey's series of annual
county Grange plcnics,fairs and field-
days passed off with success and sat-
isfaction to all. The three-days' pic-
nic and fair at Alceyon Park in Glou-
cester County, was larger and better
than ever. Somerset and Middlesex
Patrons held theirs at Riverside Park
on the banks of the Raritan. Hunt-
ingdon County Patrons and friends
met at Locktown. Eissex and Morris
counties, with twelve to fifteen thou-
sand present, gathered as usual at
Verona Lake Park. Sussex County
reports a great success, and so all
along the line. Past State Master E.
B. Norris, of New York, State Mas-
ter Hadley, of New Hampshire, and
Past Master and ex-Governor Bell of
Vermont, were among the good
speakers New Jersey Patrons were
glad to welcome and to listen to their
words of cheer.
In all of the several States in
which I have been of late I find that
Patrons are talking of attending the
nexjt meeting of the National
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Grange In Hartford, Conn., in Novem-
ber. Many happy parties will be
formed to make the trip, enjoy th»
sessions and the outings and other in-
cidents connected with it, not the
least of which will be receiving the
highest lessons in our Order, those of
the Seventh Degree, and at the Courv
af Ceres being made to feel as never
before the great work and mission
of our Order. The Hartford session
of the National Grange promises to
be one of the greatest in the history
of our Order. I have been in the
homes and Granges of the good little
State many times in the many years
that are past, and I will vouch for
them every one.
A number of other items I had
prepared foV this issue of '^Grange
News" I And I must defer until next
month. Meanwhile let us all do our
best, and :
"Be strong !
We are not here to play, to dream,
to drift.
We have hard work to do and loads
to lift;
Shun not the struggle; face it. 'Tl»
God's gift.
**Be strong !
Say not the days are evil. Who's to
blame ?
And fold the hands and acquiesce, oh
shame !
Stand up, speak out, and bravely in
God's name.
•*Be strong !
It matters not how deep intrenched
the wrong;
How hard the battle goes, the; day
how long,
Faint not, fight on; to-morrow comes
the song."
JT^jgtel^ptJjtrje ^xxtnnxHiT^j^ J5;ep^ri«tjeni^
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W. T. CREASY, Editor.
On account of farm work and the
scarcity of farm help I have been
obliged to cancel all engagements at
Grange picnics and other meetings
during the summer. I have even not
been able to answer my mail which
will explain to many Patrons why
they received no reply to their com-
munications and inquiries. iFor eight
sessions mo-king nearly 14 years, I
have tried to serve the interests of the
farmers as well as the State at larg*
in our State law making body. 'The
last ten years I have given the greater
part of my time to public life and
necessarily I have neglected my farm
to some extent and as I am making
a few improvements the good Patrons?
will see that I have a good excuse
for sticking to the farm. It is the
only place that I can look to for sup-
port in declining years and there-
fore it should be in a good state of
cultivation. This leads me up to an-
other thought and that is that be-
cause I have been quite a long time in
public life I should have lots of
money. There really seems to be a
general belief among people of all
classes that long continued service in
public life makes the office-hvold'er
rich — the truth of the matter is that
there is no money to be made in hold-
ing offices where the official is hon-
est and serves the people. Of course
there are some public scoops, but
these are created and filled too often
by party machines for dirty political
work rendered.
Every Legislature creates new
jobs to reward a new lot of the faith-
ful party workers and so it goes on.
The labor of the country pays for all
of them. In some countries it is
said every fourth man including the
soldier is living off of the public
revenues. W eare traveling fast in
the same direction. If adequate ser-
vices were rendered there miglit be
an excuse for increasing the number of
johs. But as long as the people are
satisfied why not keep up 'the good
work and it is being kept up.
W. T. CREASY.
The 'Work of ithe lJa4St Iieg:islature.
This is a long story that as far as It
helped the farmer can be summed up
in a few words or rather one word,
"nothing." It is true that a two-
cent fare bill passed largely thru the
aggressiveness of the Grange, and also
trolleys may carry freight. But
where there is a bargain between a
railroad and a trolley it is likely that
no fright will be carried as it is
optional. The Grange made a de-
termined stand for the words "shall
carry" in place of "may carry," but
the railroad influences backed up by
the machine in power defeated us.
Bills were passed to enforce the
seventeenth article of the constitu-
tion, but they only provide for a
small fine if violated and so these
laws are really licenses to aUow them
to violate the constitution.
When I say nothing was done for
the farmer I have especial reference
to two great subjects namely equali-
zation of taxation and road^ legisla-
tion. On both subjects nothing was
done finally except that the tax on
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large trust companies was reduced
about $250,000 annually. Bills pass-
ed the House which would have re-
duced taxation on all real estate but
they were pigeonholed in the Senate.
And, by the way, our Senate is a
"peach." "They don't do anything
for the reason that they don't wanr
to do what should be done," was the
expression used by one of its em-
ployes. ^Seventy -five per cent, of the
Senators are put there by corporate
influences and they obey their masters
to the letter. The machine which
does the business for the corporations
and trusts is in absolute control and
to show the reader how one or two
men manage the Senate it is only
necessary to say that nothing can ht»
done, no resolution passed or any-
thing of the kind unless first referred
to a committee and th,e committee is
run by the boss.
Then there is another system that
has been worked ver"- successfully at
the last session as well as at the ses-
sion of 1905 and that is holding
everything back until the last few
weeks of the sessions so that it geta
little or no consideration, and another
reason is that bills can be passed and
the governor may veto them and the
members have no chance to pass
them over his veto. The rea'der will
understand all bills passed tliat reach
the Governor while the Legislature is
in session must be acted on by the
Governor within ten days. But all
bills that pass and reach the Gover-
nor the last nine days of the Legisla-
ture, he has 30 days to consider them,
and as the Legislature has adjourned
his action is final. When the Legis-
lature is in session every veto is pass-
ed on by the Senate and House, the
question being will the House sustain
the Governor's veto ? It will be
readily seen how a political machinv.
by w.ith'holdin<r the legislation can
with a complaisant Governor run the
whole business or rather dictate the
laws. And even if the Governor is
free it gives him too much power.
For 'this reason the Legislatures in
some States of late years adjourn for
a short time and then meet to act on
the Governor's veto messages. This
is a good plan. It serves as a check
on many measures that the people at
large are interested in. We believe
that had our Legislature done this
the township road law would have
been passed over the Governor's veto.
This withholding legislation and
then rushing it through the last night
of the session dod not fare quite so
well at the last session for the writer
had made up his mind that it was
time to call a halt to this thing and
as a consequence a number of pet
Senate bills were slaughtered.
As indicated the township road law
passed both Houses and was vetoed
by the Governor. This measure
should have been passed early in the
session but it was held up even by the
chairman of House committee on pub-
lic roads and th«n another hold-up m
the Senate, so that It passed at the
end of the session instead of the be-
ginning. This work looks to me as
if there was an understanding to fool
the country people. The excuse of
the Governor for the veto was that
there was no money in the treasury.
The fact is that there will be a sur-
plus of from eight to ten millions
carried in the State Treasury.
There was an Increase in the school
appropriation, but it will not reduce
taxation as the teachers' wages have
been Increased from $35 per month
to $40 and $50.
In this increase of $4,000,000 to the
public schools a number of charges
are taken out and as the appropria-
tion to normal schools, pay of county
superintendents, etc., so that the In-
crease over the appropriation of 1897
when money was scarce is only about
$1,000,000 annually. Computing from
tliose years we have not kept our ap-
propriation up with the increased
number of pupils.
As a rule, we are being governed
too much by commissioners, creating
too man- departments, in other words
we are placing too much power at
Harrisburg. We are losing our local
self-government. These departments
in many instances are very expensive
and useless. The loss of local self-
government means a great deal and
when too late we may wake up to this
fact.
The farther government is removed
from the people the more expensive
and the less responsibe to changes de-
manded by the people locally.
The bill introduced by Brother
Oster for the State to take up unused
railroad charters was possibly one of
the most important measures up for
consideration, as it meant the right
of the State to grant the charter for
the South Penn railroad to some rail-
road that would build a conpetina:
line to the Pennsylvania railroad. The
bill never came out of committee and
on a motion by Brother Oster to dis-
charge the committee and bring the
bill before the House, Brother Oster
was defeated and the Pennsylvania
railroad won. In a future number of
Grange News we will give the vote
on this resolution, so that Patrons
can see who owned their members —
the people or the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
(To Be Continued.)
Doing better this year than last ?
Set a good example. Show your
Grange training. BE A MAN.
PEiNOSrSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
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The belief is quite general that
God created the earth and the full-
ness thereof for all of the people
and not for the privileged few. Too
much In the past, however, have pri-
vate interests been allowed to appro-
priate for their own use ithe bounties
of nature. In our own State, par-
ticularly rich in natural resources, the
people have gotten directly but little
benefit from them — lumber, coal,
iron, oil — one after the other have
gone to enrich the men who first laid
hold on them and said to their fel-
lows, "This is mine, you keep away
from it."
This is written not so much to
arouse sentiment in the line of re-
covering what is already gone as to
call attention to what remains. There
is still left the air and part of the
water. I say part of the water for
the man who is casting about to get
hold of the good things realizes what
an important part water must play
in the power of the future and he is
losing no opportuinty to call it his.
The cost of developing electricity by
water is only about one third as
great as it is by fuel. And the use
of electricity has only begun. The
Governor of New York has recom-
mended that the State build the dams
and conduits and retain the owner-
ship of the water power nor is he
staggered at the probable cost of
$100,000,000.
Shoud not Pennsylvania get some
revenue from her i/nmense possible
water power ? If private interests
are allowed to use it should they not
pay a royalty that will help build our
roads and support our schools and
thus relieve our homes from some of
the unjust burden of taxes that they
are bearing ? If you think as I do
help to agitate the subject and do it
now. Soon it will be too late.
Not long since a writer scouted the
claim of the workingman that wealth
is the product of labor and that the
toiler should have a larger share of it.
His claim is that brains are the larg-
est factor in wealth production and
h.e wanted to leave the impression
that the men who have the brains
have the money and evrything is as it
should be.
No one will dispute the claim that
brains are the factor in the world's
progress but do the men of brains
have the money ? In the Industrial
world the Inventor has done the
most. The fact is he has few of the
millions made possible by his thought.
In the line of literature and the fine
arts the greatest intellects have done
the work. But how have they been
paid ? It Is said that "A hundred
cities foueht for Homer dead where
the living Homer begged his broad."
Pew of the wealthy ever had the
brains to cr«ate anything and many
of them not even the energy to do
much. Even John D. Rockefeller
when called before the United States
Coiirt to testify could not tell much
about the Business that makes him
the richest man In the world.
The greatest problem of the age Is
the equitable distribution of wealth
— aptly called by our executive, "The
square deal." I want to leave the
impression that the member of a
Grange, however humble, who at-
tends the meetings, takes an interest
in the exercises and does his duty is
helping along a powerful agent in
solving the problem and bringing
about the square deal.
J. T. AILMAN
ORGANIZED IN JULY
During the hot, busy month of July
three new Granges were organized in
the State :
No. 1-357 at Newtonburg, Clearfield
County, by Deputy C. G. Kuntz, with
20 charter members.
Master — H. J, Diem, Mahaffey.
Lee. — Dallas ^atrich, Mahaffey,
Sec. — A. W. Duff, Mahaffey.
No. 1^58, Dauphin County, by
Worthy Deputy Elmer E. Dockey
with 41 charter members.
Master — George M. Weaver, Millers-
burg, R. F. D. No. 1.
Lee. — H. M. Bonawitz, Millersburg,
R P. D. No. 2.
Sec. — Monroe C Weaver, Millersburg,
R. P. D. No. 2.
No. 1359, Indiana County, by
Worthy Deputy J. L. Kinnan with 18
charter members.
Master — Prank Bostic, Cherrytree, R.
P. D. No. 1.
Lee. — Mrs. Emma Wilson,, Arcadia.
Sec. — Mrs. Carrie Bostic, Cherrytree,
R. P. D. No. 1.
Clinton Coumty Pomona Picnic.
On Thursday, August 8, at Mill
Hall park, the Patrons of Husbandry
of Clinton County held their annual
picnic. The day was clear and warm
and everything was propitious for the
occasion. The large pavilion was
well filled with an attentive audience
who were entertained and instructed
first by Rev. H. G. Teagarden, whose
address was earnest and eloquent and
delighted the large audience. He was
followed by an address by Mr. Alva
Agee, formerly of Ohio, but now a
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resident of iState College, Pa., who
grave a mo'St interesting account of
what the State College means to do
for the farmers' boys as well as for
the farmers themselves. His address
was brief and like Sam Weller's val-
entine that ended jast when it be-
came most interesting.
LINDENWOOD HERD OF
REGISTERED POUND CHINAS
Headed by York Perfection 68943,
a full brother to the Junior Reserved
Chaimplion at the St. Louis World's
Fair.
Fine iine of May, June and August pigs
from large litters, now for sale at
prices that will please. The easy
feeding and quick maturing kind.
C. OWEN CARMAN,
Trumansburg, N. Y.
TO PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY :
The undersigned bank extends greeting and best wishes, and invltea
yOTi to open an aooount with us, depositing all or any part of your weekly
wages. Even If you have to pay It out during the week, we advise you
to pay by check, as tlie cancelled checks are receipts for money paid out.
We assiu'e you that It will be a pleasure (not a trouble) to us to
handle your business, even though It may be small. We shall appreciate
your business and are glad to help and encourage all who are trying to
better their financial condition.
There are many Patrons in this ^Cambria) County who have not as
yet started an account with this bank, and we appeal especially to thean.
This bank has added influence and prestige to your orgaidzatlon and will
continue to do so, then why do you hesitate to open an account, when we
can give you the same Uberal itreatment and accommodations as other
banks. Think over this and start the new year of the bank by sending
us a deposit.
THE GRANGE NATIOXAL BANK OF PATTON.
THE HOUSE WE LIVE IN
By Dr. Hannah McK. Lyons, Worthy Ceres
There is no more Jimportant and
yet no more diflEicul<t question .for
those who would have a beautiful,
healthful home, to solve than that
of the disposal of household refuse;
and not alone now when we are pass-
ing thru the heated part of the year
wTien decomposition is constantly
at hand would we do well to study
this question and be vigilant, but
when the ground is frozen as well,
for poisonous gases have been known
to travel side-wise coming up thru
cellars when they could not escape
directly because of the resistance of
the ground at that point.
When our "sanitary conscience"
has become fully awakened we will
realize that a healthful home depends
on absolute cleanliness of the entire
premises — that germs liberated in the
woodshed are just as dangerous as if
brought into being at tlie front door.
One has said, 'Uake care of the out
of slght,out of mind places," but in
this case it Is not the "out of sight"
we would discuss, but that very much
in evidence of sewers, ash-piles, etc.
"The main principle is that all slops
and refuse be immediately and ef-
fectually removed from the house
and its neighborhood."
This is done by different systems
each having its advocates, but the
water carriage system is no doubt the
cleanest and most convenient; and
by the wind wheel coming into gen-
eral use, is practical, even in our iso-
lated country homes.
But it means a constant watch of
traps and drains and that the house-
wife cultivate the faculty of detect-
ing sewer gas in the house. The
best final disposal of sewerage is still
an unsettled question and up to this
time it is being poured into streams
thus polluting them and the shores
or into cesspools and blind wells,
with the danger ever present that
the drinking well may be contami-
nated. The attempts at sewerage
farming which it was hoped would
solve this problem, by utilizing a pro-
duct of undoubted fertilizing influence
without endangering the health of the
community has so far been unsuccess-
ful. One recently said : "Why, In
the country these questions should be
easy of settlement, and yet here
more often than anywliere else, we
see the disease ibreeding, unsightly
ash-pile with its additions of vegetable
peelings, tea and coffee grounds or
other kitchen refuse, when a little
thoughtfulness would do away with
such entirely, thus saving the labor
and time of carting away when a
general spring cleaning occurs and
PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
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DO YOU NEED PAINT?
liET ME SEND YOU ItfY PAINT BOOK. It wUl tell you all you want
to know about paint and painUn^. The best paint is the dtieapes(t paint.
I make the best paint. Ingersoll's paint has been made for 65 yearsw It is
made with scientific accuracy finom the best pigments and pure linseed' oil,
thoroughly eomibined by machinery — ^you cannot mix good paint with a stick.
I Can Save You One-Half Your
Paint Bills.
other paints are sodd by dealers or supply houses. . This method requires
salary and expenses of traveling salesmen and profits for Jobbens and retail-
ers. These extra expenses and numerous profits you must pay when you buy
the paint. If the price is low the measure is short or the quality pooiv—
usually both.
One-half the price you pay the retailer represents the factory coeit of the
paint. The other lialf is required for middlemen's profits and expenses. Our
paint is shipped fresh from the factory direct to you. You pay simply the
fa<itory price. You pay no salesman; no hotel bills; and nd middlemen of any
kind. The dealer or supply house may offer you a paint at our price; but
they cannot give you our quality of paint at our price. They must add the
cost of their expensive method of selling and middlemen's profits; if they
give you our grade of paint the cost will be double our price.
Don't Use Cheap Paint
offered by dealers and supply bouses. They may save you a litttle on first
cost, but no more labor is required to paint your buildings with INGJESRSOLIi
PAINT than with inferior store i>alnt. Poor paint always makes a building
lo<^ shabby in six months or a year, and is sure to niake you regret the little
saving in the first cost of the material. INiGiEiRSOIxL PAINTS will g^ve you
long years of service and look well all the time.
IngersoU Mixed Paints
have held the official endorsement of the Grange for 33 years
We can refer you to pleased customers in your own nelghboiiiood.
We make it easy for you to buy paint direct from the mill. The book
will tell you the quantity needed. The order wiU reach us over night, and
the painit will be on the way to you in 24 hours. iSend your addvess for a
beautiful set of sample color cards and oiur paint book. We mail them free.
Do you want them ?
0. W. INGERSOLL, Prop.,
NO. 234 PLYMOUTH STRiEETT.
BROOKLYN, NEW YOKK.
In answering advertisements always mention Grange News.
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also the great dangler and offensive-
ness."
There comes to mind the' picture
of a village home ,th« house one of
those of three stories built a few
years ago (a mansion in those days)
with ample, well kept larder and
garden except for a part of the gar-
den taken up as one of these veritable
trash heaps, including the empty tin
cans, bottles, etc. The place was oc-
cupied by educated, refined people,
yet they gave no thought to the dan-
ger to themselves or neighbors from
this accumulation of years, but it was
constantly added to. The place chang-
ed owners, and recently on a spring
morning there came an old gardener
to put the garden in order for plant-
ing. He knew nothing of "germs"
and "bacteria," but he looked with
disgust at the unsightly heap and
waste of ground. The present host-
ess began to apologize and speak of
her inability to have it carted away,
when the reply came, "Well, never
mind, ma'am; I'll fix it for ye." A
large, deep trench took in the cans,
bottles, etc. So a menace to health
was removed and valuable ground re-
claimed to rightful use.
When there Is not chickens or
•stock to which to feed the remnanta
of vegetables or othej* garbage, no
doubt the easiest, safest and quickest
way is to burn it. In the country
with plenty of . room nearly all rub-
bish can be disposed of in this way
by outside flres. But "if after every
meal the draughts of the kitchen
range or furnace be opened, and all
waste matter be placed within a few
moments or at most a half hour will
effectually dispose of it, and prevent
an dangers that rise from its reten-
tion and accumulation.''
The out-door closet, stable and
barn-yard are a menace to the coun-
try home and the fly the carrier of
the poison, but by a layer of quick-
lime, ashes or even dry earth (this
is an excellent disenfectant) the flies
are kept off and a few good screens
with some labor keeps them out of
the house while the air and sunlight
are let in, thus insuring the family
health and an absence of doctors'
bills.
AS OUR FRIENDS SEE US
When through force of circum-
stances a family of children are sep-
arated from the old home and scat-
tered about on homes of their own,
how pleasant it is when letters come
from one to another. Every member
of the different families reads what
is told in the missives from uncles
and aunts and cousins and thus, by
the mails, the home ties are kept to-
gether. Just so Is it with our Grange
members all over the state when they
read the monthly letters contained in
Grange News. The principle is the
same and the State Grange, in estab-
lishing Grange News, had in mind
the cementing of fraternal tie<3
through the influence of this maga-
zine.
Is Grange (News filling its mission?
When you in Chester county read of
the doings of your brother and sister
Patrons in Erie county, or when you
of Wayne county read what is going
on in the Granges of Washington and
Greene counties, do you not feel that
you have a personal interest in what
you read ? It is natural that you
should. We are all one big family,
working together in as noble a cause
as was ever given to man and the
doings of each is of interest to every
other.
Last month we issued a special
number, marking our entrance upon
our fourth year. We tried to make It
an Interesting number and we have
wondered frequently whether the
readers of Grange News had ever
stopped to think what work is re-
quired in issuing and distributing a
magazine like this one. How many
of you, after contemplating the facts,
have a greater appreciation of the
efforts made by the State Grange to
give to the Patrons of the State a
medium for the spread of the Grange
religion? Have you as yet put your
appreciation into a subscription ?
Here are a few facts concerning
our special August number:
Materials required: 108 reams of
book paper, 54 reams of cover paper,
(500 sheets to the ream of each).
Time consumed: One man working
continuously and at good speed
would have consumed at least 200
hours in setting up the type and
making up the pages for the number.
Over seventy hours actual time was
taken in printing the magazine Inside
the covers and about thirty hours in
printing the covers. iFifty hours
were consumed in folding the covers
and insides and fully thirty hours in
stitching and trimming the maga-
zines. Seventynfive hours of labor
were required in addressing the mag-
azines and fully that number in
wrapping and mailing.
Thirty people took part in the work
of getting out the number, not count-
ing those who wrote the articles.
These people set type, fed presses,
ran folders and stitchers and cutters,
addressed, wrapped anJ carried mag-
azines.
The total mailing of the August
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number was almost three tons.
If the magrazines in the Augrust
number were placed end to end they
would make a string over four miles
in length and if the pages were
placed end to end they would reach
almost from Philadelphia to Pitts-
burg.
The advertisements represented in
the August number called the atteh-
tioil of the readers to articles used on
every farm and in every home and
represented thousands of dollars. The
articles in the number were each an^l
all written with the aim to do good
for the order and we are disappoint-
ed if the Patrons of Pennsylvania
and our neighboring /States do not
fully appreciate the efforts put forth
for them.
The newspapers of the State, fully
alive to the worth of the Grange and
ready to encourage the Order upon its
every work, have given congratula-
tory notices of our August number,
some of which are appended :
Our Price on This Heator
Pennsylvania Grange News has just
entered upon its fourth volume. The
News Is the official organ of the Penn-
*sylvania State Grange. W. F. Hill,
Master of the State Grange, is its edi-
tor and the organ is issued from
Chambersburg. The News is a very
lively organ.
In addition to Master Hill, the edi-
torial ends are cared for by Repre-
sentatives William T. Creasy, who
edits the Legislative Committee De-
partment, and I. IF. Chandler, who
edits the Executive Committee De-
partment. Mortimer Whitehead,
Past Lecturer of the National Grange,
is the editor of the National Field.
A. Nevln Detrich, of Chambersburg,
is business manager ot the News, and
much of its success is due to him.
The anniversary number is much
larger than usual and contains many
entertaining features, in addition to
the regular features which make the
Grange News very valuable to all
members of this farmers' organiza-
lion. — Harrisburg Patriot.
Copies of the third anniversary
number of the Pennsylvania Grange
News have been received on the Hill,
There is a department relative to the
State Department ef Agriculture and
its work is of much interest. Mas-
ter W. F. Hill, of the State Grange,
who is well known on the Hill, is edi-
tor of the News and A. Nevin Detrich,
a Chambersburg newspaper man,
who has many friends here, is man-
ager. The anniversary number is
twice the size of the ordinary issue
and well worth reading. — Harrisburg
Telegraph.
The third anniversary number of
The Dandy Oak Heater. It is the finest
low-priced heating stove on the mar-
ket. So low a price on as good a stove
is possible only with us.
it Is very neatly finished and every
part Is made in a way to give It unusual
strength.
IT IS EASY TO OPERATE.
No ashes or soot can escape into the
room. It Is made to give forth a great
amount of heat, it Is a good fire keep-
er, a floor warmer and fuel sayer. Has
large ash pan, heavy steel body, screw
draft dampers, nickel foot rails,, top
ring and fancy urn. The ornaments are
pure nickel and require no trouble to
keep bright.
WE GUARANTEE THIS HEATER IN
EVERY RESPECT.
We allow 5 per cent, rebate on ail
freight charges. The prices of other
sizes are :
No. 13 $5.25
No. 15 $e.75
No. 17 $7.65
Authorized Grange and Patrons store for
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
SEND FOR OUR PRICE LISTS.
The GARVER BROS. CO.,
* STRASBURG, OHIO.
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PENiNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
PUBLICITY
Advertisements ivill be accepted from
reliable parties at the rate of 15 cents
an agate line each insertion. (14 lines
to the inch). Write for discounts. Ad-
dress all advertising communications to
Pennsylvania Grange News,
Chambersburg, Pa.
A. NEVIN DETRIGH, Adv. IVlgr.
A GUARANTEE
I^^Our advertising columns are
edited with the same care as the read-
ing matter. We do not accept decep-
tive or questionable advertisements.
Our subscribers may deal in the fullest
confidence with every person, or con-
cern, whose advertisement appears In
Pennsylvania Grange News. If by any
oversight an advertisement appears in
Pennsylvania Grange News by which
any subscriber is imposed upon, or dis-
honestly dealt with, the publisher will
make good to such subscriber the full
amount of the cash loss sustained, pro-
vided the loss is incurred, and claim
made, within sixty days after the date
of issue containing the ad, and provided
the subscriber in writing to the ad-
vertiser said: "I saw your advertise-
ment in Pennsylvania Grange News."
the '^Pennsylvania Grange News" pub-
lished at Chambersburg under the
auspices of the State Gi-ange and un-
der the editorship of W. P. Hill, Esq.,
was issued yesterday. It is a double
number, made up of 64 pages, every
one of which is of interest and value
to the many thousands of Its read-
ers in this and adjoining States. The
several departments are ably edited
by the different officers and membera
of the State Grange. The August
."iGrange News" Is vjhe best yet, but
the hustling advertising manager, A.
Nevin Detrich, says the pace will be
kept and exceeded. Through his di-
rection the advertising pages of the
News have been increased, the whole
giving the publication a business like
appearance. The "Grange News" also
serves to show the quality of work
turned out at the "Register" office. —
[People's Register, Chambersburg.
The August number of the Penn-
sylvania Grange News has been Is-
sued. It marks the third anni-
versary of the establishment of the
publication and is of unusual size be-
cause of this.
The numiber is filled with artlclee
of interest to members of the Grange
and with much Information concern-
ing the order througJiout the State
and its prorgess.
The advertising manager of the
News is A. Nevin Detrich, formerly
of this placA, and that he has used
his exceptional ability as an active
worker to advantage is shown in the
large number of pages filled with ad-
vertising. — Blue Ridge Zephyr,
"Waynesboro.
The August Grange News, W. F.
Hill, editor, and A. Nevin Detrich, ad-
vertising mianager, is an especially
large and juicy number. It is an
anniversary special and is quite the
best achievement yet scored by this
very enterprising publication. The
many pages of advertising show that
the business people are on to the
high merits of the medium and that
the Ad. Man is doing some tall
hustling. — ^The Herald, ^Waynesboro.
It may not be generally known that
the official organ of the Pennsylvania
G^range, the Grange News, is publish-
ed in this town and for that reason
gives Chambersburg a wide advertise-
ment, having as It does a circulation
of over 27,000 copies. W. F. Hill,
State Master, is editor of the News
and for August has got out a maga-
zine of 64 pages, the anniversary num-
ber. Besides being of interest to
the Grangers the magazine Is read-
able for the ordinary citizen. A
Nevin I>etrich, advertising manager,
fchows his activity in the many pages
of advertisements which the News has
Public Opinion, Chambersburg.
In the August number of Grange
STATE miui scuJiJir,
Bloomsburg* Pa.
New Science Hall
Costing $75,000
Labrafory Methods,
Good Gymnasium,
Beautiful Location.
33 PASSENGER TRAINS DAILY
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia & Read-
ing, and D., L. A W. Railroads.
FOR VARIOUS COURSES AND
RATES SEE CATALOG
Address—
IE.V. I- J. VAILEI, JL,
Princlpa
PENNSYLVAJNIA GRANGE NEWS
23
News, A. Nevin Detrich, advertising
manager, has an interesting and well-
written article on "Tooting Our Own
Horn." The Grange News enters
upon its fourth volume and this gives
the former well-known newspaper
man the opportunity to say many
good things about the publication. Mr.
iDetrich quotes John Wanamaker on
the advertising question, and this is
one of the features of his article. —
Valley Spirit, Chambersburg.
$832.50 a Year From 7 Cows.
That there Is a profit in dairying,
which well repays intelligent and
painstaking study, is well illustrated
by the experience of S. W. Coleman,
of Sedalia, Missouri.
In a little booklet which we have
just received from the "Vermont Farm
Machine Company, makers of the U.
S. Cream iSeparators, Mr. Coleman
tells of his success.
On a farm of only ten acres, with
but seven cows, the total receipts
were $1651.'50, and the exepnses $819
— leaving a profit of $832.50. His
cows averaged 400 pounds of butter
a year and the butter has taken the
first prize at his State Fair, 5 years
ou.t of six. This Is all the more re-
markable when it is stated that Mr.
Coleman is unable, on account of his
health to raise his own feed — and
with the exception of the grazing,
buys all his hay, bran, etc. When we
realize the fact that many of our
farmers who keep many more cows,
do not clear as much as Mr. Coleman
does with his herd of only seven, it
does seem that there is much room
for improving the stock and the
methods of dairying in vogue. In
this booklet, Mr. Coleman tells what
kind of cows he keeps — what he feeds
— and how he gets so much cream
from the milk.
The booklet contains such practical
money-making advice, that we urge
our readers, who are interested in
making their cows pay a bigger pro-
fit, to write for a copy. It will be
sent free to those addressing the
Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows
Falls, Vermont, U. S. A., asking for
"Profit Booklet, No. 151."
IiH>R SAIiE>— 'Registered Holsteiii-
Frtesian bull calves, good breeding,
wiU sell ciieao. Write for pedigrees
and prices.
W. M. OHUTTEENDEN,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
^— ii^«^^— ■■ ■ , — „ II I 1,1 ,,^,.,.1, l»— „ ,M^«M
GASOLINE ENGINES
— Half Price offer on the
■fl^^KJ manufacturer's prlc«« on all
^^^^^# slzea from 6 to 100 taorse-
^^^ power.
C. H. DI8INQER A BRO.,
Wrlghttvllle, Pa.
If you are
THINKING
Of sending your son or daug:hter
.to ooll^;e, The State Xormal at
Indiana asks Just one favor of
you : Examine its catalogae be-
fore you decide what school.
Address
James E. Ament, U. D.,
Indiana, Pa.
* EDINBORO
State Normal School
A superior school, ideally located.
Fall term begins September 19, 1907.
Winter term begins January 1, 1907.
Spring term begins Mardb 4, 1907
Electric railway connections be-
tween Erie and Cambridge Springs.
free: tuition to prospeotlYe teacli«
ers over seventeen years of age.
€?0URSE:S — ^Regular Normal, Busi-
ness, Music, Oratory, Art.
FOR CATAIiOGUE and full particu-
lars address the prindpfil,
•JOHN F. BIGLER,:A. M.
GRANGE NATION Ali BANK, TIOGA,
PENNSYLVANIA.
UNITEI) STATES DEPOSITORY
Savings department pays 3 per cemit.
compounded semi-annually.
SEND FOR BANK.
By your patronage your first Grange
. Bank grew to eight times its or-
iginal size the first year.
Liet us double that this year.
GRANULATED UME
For Farms. Especially prepared to drill
with crop same as phosphate. Manu-
factured in Somerset Co., Pa. Circular
free. C. J. YODER,
Grantsville, Md.
KELTON THOROBRED STOCK FARM
Write us for prices on Barred, White
and Buff Plymouth Rocks — ^Whlte Part,
ridge and Sliver Laced Wyandotte*—
Rose and Single Comb R. I. Reds — Buff
and Partridge Cochins — Buff and Light
Brahmae— 'Registered Hampshire Down
Sheep— Chester White Swine — R. C.
Collie Dogs— 'Bronze Turkeys.
Buff Wyandottes and Buckeye Red
chickens.
C. L. WEBSTER, Keiton, Pa.
24
PENUSrSYLVANlA GRANGE NE\V^S
Interesting News Items From
The Pennsylvania State College
News from The Pennsylvania State
College continues to be interesting
and encouraging. A new bulletin
describing the department of home
economics for women has been sent
to all parts of Pennsylvania, to mem-
bers of the women's clubs, and to the
women connected with the various
Granges. The result is that many in-
quiries are being made in regard to
admission to the college, in this most
interesting course of study.
Probably this is the most infportant
step in connection with the education
of women that the State of Pennsyl-
vania has ever taken. Home build-
ing, home decoration, home sanita-
tion, home making, home keeping,
home furnishing are all subjects that
have received too little attention by
educators, and it Is gratifying that
our State College has taken this mat-
ter up and is supported by the women
of Pennsylvania.
We are informed that the entrance
requirements Avill not be strictly ad-
hered to this first year, but that
young people whose preparation has
been sufficient to enable theiji to
carry the work successfully will be
admitted, even though they have not
covered all the entrance require-
ments. *
Miss Louise Waugh, who has been
for some time in charge of the do-
mestic science work at the State Col-
•lege of Agriculture, in Michigan, will
have charge of the same work here.
She is a graduate of Columbia Uni-
versity, New York City.
Miss Sara Lovejoy has been select-
ed to take charge of the entire de-
partment. Miss Lovejoy is a gradu-
ate of Mount 'Holyoke, and has had
several years' experience in colleges
and fitting schools for girls. She is
a most cultured and excellent wo-
man, and will be an inspiration to the
young women who come under her
care.
Miss Lulu B. Smith, /V graduate of
Syracuse University, New York, will
have charge of the physical education.
Other instructors are to be selecteo.
The laboratories and class-rooms
are being fitted up with all the latest
and best appliances, so that young
women entering upon this course,
will receive instruction accbrding to
the m*ost approved methods.
The most gratifying fact of all Is
that this excellent instruction has
come to our young women of Penn-
sylvania at an exceedingly low cost.
Tuition is free, boarding and all ex-
penses will be very low. In fact,
young women can take this excellent
course of instruction, or any other
course they may choose In the col-
lege, at l^ss than half what it would
cost at any other good college for
women in America.
The Engineering School.
The school for engineers has grown
so rapidly that it is impossible longw
er to remain with all departments in
the original buildinEr which was btiilt
for three hundred students and which
has had to accommodate more than
six hundred. Consequently an An-
nex Is being erected near the engrl-
neering building for the electrical
laboratories and the drawing depart-
ment. It will be one hundred and
fifty feet long, forty feet wide, and
splendidly equipped.
In it will be placed fifteen thousand
dollars worth of apparatus, recently
donated (almost wholly) to the col-
lege, by the General Electric Com-
pany. This company, by the way,
employs all the men trained at
"iState" that can be engaged.
^lining Extension Buildings.
The tw.o extension buildings for the
better accommodation of students In
the school of nxines and metallurgy,
are progressing rapidly. One will be
two hundred and eleven feet by
forty feet in length with a sixty by
forty foot wing. The other will be
one hundred and eighty-six feet long
by forty feet wide.
The liarge Order for Furniture.
A large order for class-room chairs
and deslj;s to accomimodate the new
buildings, has recently been placed
with the Rev. J. B. VanSciver Com-
pany, Camden, New Jersey. Majiy
companies submitted sample chairs,
and the company named, having
made the lowest offer to the college^
received the order. This furniture will
not only be very handsome, but very
substantial. It is the policy of the
college to provide every accommoda-
tion for students, and to consider
durability in all purchases of material
and equipment.
Agriculture.
Professor Alva Agee, well-known
throughout Pennsylvania, assumed
his position at the college on the first
of July, and has already formulatieU
plans for carrying agricultural exten-
sion work Into many sections of
Pennsylvania. The college Is very
fortunate in securing Mr. Agee's ser-
vices.
Other professors and Instructors In
the various departments of agricul-
PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
26
ture are being secured for the open-
ing of college, September 19th.
The classes in agriculture and in
forestry promise to be larger than
ever before in the history of the col-
lege.
The Now AtJhletic Field.
The recent Legislature made an
appropriation for ^he grading of a
new athletic field. The plot of land
on the western side of the campus,
lying between the two groves, has
been selected for the new field. It
has been planned carefully and the
work of grading will begin as soon
as possible. Mr, Golden, the direc-
tor of athletics, and his assistants,
and in fact, all the college men, are
on tip-toe of interest and expecta-
tion in" regard to what this new field!
will do for the athletics at "State."
It is planned to give every student
an opportunity to engage in the kind
of exercise which suits* him best. The
present athletic field is so small Jhat
only the 'Varsity teams can be ac-
commodated. The new field will pro-
vide tennis, baseball and football
grounds for all students. This is the
ideal plan for college athletics. There
is to be an out-door swimming pool.
Bulletins.
For the convenience of many who
wish to get information in regard to
particular departments of the col-
lege and who do not care to seek it
in the large and somewhat cumber-
some general catalogue, bulletins of
the various schools are being pub-
lished separately, and can be had on
request. So that the prospective stu-
dent in mining, engineering, agricul-
ture, or home economics may secure*
the information he needs, in one small
pam/phlet, arranged to save his time.
Eintranoe Requirements for 1908.
A pamphlet has recently been Is-
sued, giving in full, the new require-
ments for entrance to the college,
September, 1908. All students prepar-
ing for State College should have one
of these pamphlets, as the require-
ments will change after the present
CMLED SPBWa
FENCE
Closely Woven. Can not Sas.
every wir* and every iwiatTB
a brao* to all other Tires and
twists full height of <he tenoe.
Hora«-hi||h, ■•••j-strons, Pte-
tlght. Every rod guaranteed.
30 DAYS FREE TRUL
and sold direct to fkrmer, freight
prepaid, at lowest factory price.
Our Oatalogue telle hew Wire
ie inade~liow It le galvanlsetf —
wliy aome la good and aeme la
IMM. Its briinfal of fence facta.
Ton Bhoald have this lnfonn»>
tlon. Write for Ittoday. ItsFree^
tOTMOMMm BR09,,
Bos 101 MUNCIB. INOIANA.
..PRESERVERS..
Mason Glass Jars,
Caps and Rubbers
Per Groas
Mason's Jars, Pints $5.50
Mason's Jars, Quarts $5.75
Jar Caps, Porcelain, per' dozen. . .45
Jar Gaps, glass with rubber 85
Jar Rubbers, per dozen M
The New Cap.
All glass, no metal to msit, no dirt
to get in the fruit, dean and what
you have been looking for; each with
a rubber.
P^r Dozen 35 centa
Jelho
New Shipment, Just the summer des-
sert — $1 per dozen — assorted flaTora
Duriing the summer we will Issue m
special price list twice a month. Sent
only to those requesting it. Watch
our SPECIAIiS.
Use your trade number. If yon
don't kiiow what advantage this Is,
send us your trade card, we will give
you full information.
THE GRANGE STORE of
Thornton Barnes
43 North IVater St.
PHILADSLPHIA. PA.
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PE3SnNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
The Light kmi Penasyivaoia Low Down Graii DrilL
A drill that has been well and favorably known to the trade for many years.
Over fifty years of practical exp^eirt'ence and success behind ©very Farquhar ma-
dhine. We origiinat©d th« Lo^ Down feature of hopper toy haniging frame l)«-
lorw axle without reducing size of hopper or cutting doWn height of s^tandard
ground wheels. There are Imitations, but you get only the genuine article in
the PENNA, which has been greatly Improved from year to year. One of
the improved features is our Detachable FertiHzer Feed ^hdoh can easily be
taken apart and cleaned without removing the driving rod. All worfcing parta
Including acre measure are in the rear within easy reach of the operator. The
frame Is steel angle Iron In one solid piece. The wheels are regular 4 feet'
with 3 In. steel tires. Workmanship and finish are second to none. Packed fer
convenient handling and flhli>plng ^rlth hopper off frame on Mgiht wood sUlo.
Our Annual 1907 Catalog Is Printed In Two Editions as Follows:
68 page catalog of Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills and Threshing Machinery.
40 page catalog of Grain Drills, Com Planters, Spring Tooth Harrows and
other Farm Tools.
Either or both of these catalogs mailed free on request.
Ae Be Farquhar Company, Ltd., York, Pa<
Write for Cash with Order Terms; Special Autumn Proposition
BUCKWALTER SUPPLY CO., Sales Agents.
LANCASTER. PA.
DEMPWOLF'S FERTILIZERS
PENNSYLVANIA GRANOB NEWS
27
RicHman's Improved
Hog
TVlould you like to Invest a small
amount of money in something that
you can soon have the largest divi-
dend ever received on an investment?
If so write for prices and circulars of
the Eicelsior Hog Scalder. You can
get the dividends this way: Buy one
and use ft and hire it out to your
neighbors for 75 cents per day, and
you will surprise yourself. This
scalder is built of galvanized steel,
good heavy plate, with large fire box; can be heated with very simall
amount of wood and the water can be kept at a uniform heat for any
number of hogs to be dressed from oone to fifty. It has a hoisting rack to
hoist the hog out when properly scalded, and has scrapers, hook, ther-
mometer and all necessary fixtures. Write for circular and testimoni-
als of those who have used them for the past 10 to 15 years. Prices given
on application by addressing the manufacturer,
H. B* Richman,
Sharpstown, New Jersey
4««
SAFES
Sfinel^A Freeman Safes and Vaults,
Victor Manganese Steel Safes,
Bank Furniture— Metal Furniture
Ipor Estimates Write
H. STIFFEL,
Lancaster, Pa.
28
PBN\N,SYLVAJ^IA GRANGE NEWS
^'Columbtis'' Gasoline Eng^ines
STATIONARY. PORTABLE and TRACTION ENGINES
We can also furnish engine with Gas Producer plant ranging from 25 to
250 H. P. and upwards. Cost of fuel on Gas Producer engine Is about 1-5 of
that of a steam plant.
We also have second-hand steam and gasoline engines on hand.
Write for particulars.
LANDIS BROTHERS, GenTAgents.
Box lOO RKeexns» Lancaster County, Pa
GREENWOOD STOCK FARM
Breeders and shippers of IMPROVED S TOCK Cattle, Swine and Poultyp
Farm and Residence Greenwood, Pa., P. O. Address, R. D. Rohrsburg, Pa
ALL BREEDING STOCK RECORDED
We have now probably the best and largest stock we ever had to select from
of CHESTER WHITE and POLAND CH IN A pigs, from 2 months to 4 months old
WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICES
C. H. DILDINE & SON, Props.
FOR SALE — A FARM of 98 acres with
first class buildings, with a good well of
water at the house and one at the harn;
with choice fruit, apples and cherries; 8
miles south of WJillamsport, 2 miles west
of Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pa.
For further particulars inquire on the
premises of
W. H. Hoffman.
C. J. Yoder, of Grantsville, Md.,
manufacturer of lime for building
and agricultural purposes, whose ad-
vertisement appears in this paper, is
honest and straightforward In all his
dealings, and we can recommend him
to our readers. If you are In need
of anything in his line and will write
him he will be very glad to give you
a prompt reply with full information.
FOR SALE— -Berkshire Spring Gilts of
choicest breeding.
V. W. JOHNSTON,
Westfield, Pa.
Hench &, Dromgold's
■^"i^li GRAIN |\tf^BII
FERTILIZER Unll
and
ft
Positively the neatest, lightest, and stroiieent cruln^
drill on the FULLY
market. ManyT
points of sa-
eriorlty;
tlssrearedj
from cen-
tre. Quan-1
tity of erainl
and ferti-T
llzercanbel
c hang^ed'
while In 01
eratlon with-
out the use of
gear wheels.
Accurate in quantity. A
Irial will convince. Agents
tvanted. Send for catalogue.
NCH & DROMeOLD. Mfra.. York. Pa.
— ^*^
PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
29
Just a Little Sum For You!
ID^, Ids'
Yes, sir!
that's tie
U.S.
Just say: '
VERMONT 'farm
Eighteen Distributing Warehouses.
Springfield, Mo., Jan. 15, 1907.
I have run one of your Separators
for twelve years with $1.65 for re-
pairs, and I think it can't be beat.
(R.F.D. 7) L. E. CHAPPELL.
One Cent a Month.
to maintain a U. S. Separator!
Sure, that's a little sum for you to pay to maintain
a machine that gets ALL the cream., out of your
milk. That's what a U. S. does I
Holds the World's Record
for, CLEAN SKIMMING.
Time has proved it is durably
, built. Not "how cheap,"but "how
good," is our watchword, and the
record of the U. S. during the past
sixteen years proves we've stuck
to it. "The best is cheapest in the
end." Buy the U. S.
We'll send you free our large handsome
catalog. Lots of pictures showing just
how the U. S. is built and how it works.
See for yourself why it wears longer than
any other separator. Write us today — now.
Send new 1907 Catalogue No. 151 •"
MACHINE COMPANY
464 Belio^vs Falls. Vt.
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The "Latest"
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rugrated.
Will sell wholesale or
Special Inducement
retail.
to Grangers.
Manufactured by
E. M. MOWRER,
Strawberry Ridge, Pa.
65^c ADVANCE
GAS AND GASOLIilENH
As the name Indicates, It is ahead of
all other gras or gasoline engines now on
the market. It has the only successful
•tbrottlins governor in use. The speed
Is uniform and steady at all stages of
load. Strong and durable in construo-
tion. Simple to operate. For further
Information write
Henry, Millard & Henry Co. Mfgs.
YORK, PA.
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PBNINSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
A complete list of Business Houses
under contract with the Pennsylvania State Grange, re-
vised up to February 1.
Ct In wrriting for prices or information or in ordering
goods, always write under seal of Grange or trade card.
FOR INFORMATION OF MEMBERS.
It is the duty of the Masters of Subordinate Granges to keep a supply of
Directories on file in their Granges, and Bee to it that each family is fur-
nished with a copy for their information and use. Additional copies can he
Ihad from the State Grange.
BUSINESS CO-OPERATION.
In the Declaration of Purposes unanimously adopted by the National
Grange, it is declared as one of the principles of the Order that for our 'busi-
ness interests "We desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers and
manufacturers, into the most direct relationship possible."
To carry out in good faith these principles, the Executive Committee,
under the instruction of the State Grange, has made business arrangements
with the following houses for the benefit of the members of the Order thru
which they can buy single implements or In broken packages, to suit purdhas-
ers, at wholesale prices, without the Intervention of agents .
Thornton Barnes, 223 North Water
Street, Philadelphia. Groceries.
Gariitee & Sons, 518 Market St.,
Philadelphia. Men's and boy's cloth-
ing.
Derrick Oil Co.. Titusville, Pa. All
kinds of illuminating and lubricating
oils.
George W. Oster, Osterburg, Pa.
Thoroughbred poultry, and eggs for
hatching.
Patrons Paint Works, 234 Plymouth
Street., Brooklyn, N. Y. Liquid rubber
paints.
The Garver Bros. Co., Strasburg, O.
Groceries, dry goods^ hardware,
queensware, boots and shoes, drugs,
harness, pumps, clothing, wall paper,
carpets furniture, household goods,
buggies, wagons, salt, oils, wire, nails,
etc., etc. We can save you big money
en your purchases. Send us a trial
order and be convinced.
C. H. Dild^ne, Rohrsburg, Pa.
Chester White and Poland China hogs
and pigs.
Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.
J. Badges, flags, emblems, buttons,
working tools, etc.
The Demorest Manufacturing Co.,
Williamsport, Pa. The celebrated
Columbia sewing machines, best on
earth.
M. L. Coulbourne, 348 N. Front St.,
Philadelphia. Will sell all kinds of
country produce tor Patrons.
The Whitney Noyes Seed Co.,
Buffalo. N. Y. All kinds of grass
seeds.
George H. Colvln, Dalton, Pa. Po-
tatoes grown especially for seed, 14
varieties, pricea right, list free.
Patterson & Evans, No. 52 Vine
St., Cincinnati, O. Grass. seeds of all
kinds.
Heman Glass, Rochester, N. Y. All
kinds of fiarm and garden seeds.
The One Price Clothing Co., 11th
Ave. and 12th St.. Altoona, Pa. Ready
made clothing, hats, caps, underwear,
etc., etc.
Lester Shoe Co., No. 1409 Eleventh
Ave., Altoona, Pa. General line of
boots, shoes and rubber goods.
HARVESTING MACHINERY.
For information relative to binders,
mowers, hay rakes, etc., at special
prices to Patrons, write under seal or
trade card to
I. FRANK CHANDLER,
Toughkenamon, Pa.
CREAM SEPARATORS.
Centrifugal cream separators can
be furnished Patrons by a special, pri-
vate arrangement. For full Informa-
tion and prices, write under seal or
trade card to GEO. W. OSTER,
Osterburg, Pa.
The Theilman Seed Co., 1517 State
Street, Erie, Pa. Seeds of all kinds,
onion sets and garden implements.
Cooper Commission Co., Minneap-
olis, Minn. Grain, flour, mill feed,
ground feed, oil meal and cereals
straight or mixed car lots. Write for
prices.
Edward F. Dibble, Honeoye Falls,
N. Y. Seeds and potatoes.
Charles W. Ford & Co.. Fishers,
N. Y. Seed potatoes.
R. H. Thomas, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Working tools, staff mountings, ballot
boxes and seals.
PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
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The Buckeye • Co., Loraiji, Ohio.
Stock and poultry food, louse killer,
stock and worm powder, cow vigor,
i^all cure, etc.
Buffalo Fertilizer Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Fertilizers and fertilizing: materials.
Arthur S. Core, 167 Chambers St.,
New York City, N. Y. Fertilizers and
flour. I also buy and sell all kinds
of (farm produce for Patrons on com-
mission direct. Patrons, if you have
any products to sell it will pay you to
•write me first, and get my prices.
C. J. Bainbridge, 202 W. Water
St., Syracuse, N. Y. Badges, buttons,
celluloid goods and a full line of
Orange supplies of all kinds.
Black Rock Mills, Buffalo, N. Y.
Bran, middlings, Tnixed feeds, grain,
glutens, cottonseed meal, linseed
meal, poultry foods, etc. ,
Theodore Z. tRoo<t, Jamestown, N. Y.
Author of the book known as "The
Dark Side of the Beef Trust." This
work is a blow at the beef trust, and
should be read by every Patron. Can
hd. ordered from Secretary of the State
Grange. Cloth, 55c; paper, 36c; by
mall, postpaid.
Douthett & Graham, Butler, Pa-
Men's and boy's ready-made clothing,
hats and caps.
Pennsylvania Telephone Co., Har-
risburg, Pa. Write for information
on contract for rural lines, etc.
The C. M. Clark Publishing Com-
pany, Boston, Mass. Books and
special library offers to all Granges.
PATRONIZE TRABE ARRANGEMENTS.
Patrons, your Executive Committee have made numerous and valuable
arrangements for your benefit. These trade arrangements can only be main-
tained by giving them a liberal patronage.
A number of duplicates of the same line of trade, therefore, must receive
a liberal patronage or the contracts cannot be continued. These houses will
generally secure special freight arrangements when requesteJ.
Be free to write them for information; but you have no moral right to
use this information to "beat down the price of local agents and retailers,
which Will tend to Injure the Grange trade as miicli as the retailer, besides
incurring unnecessary hostility to the Order.
II>EAIi CO-OPERATION.
The Ideal co-operation is direct trade between producers and consumera,
farmers and manufacturers. The Grange has been making rapid progress
In this direction and has established the most satisfactory trade system
known to modern civilization. •
It only remains for Patrons to utilize its advantages, and they will save
more annually many times than it costs to be a member of the Grange — ^to
say nothing of other educational and social advantages.
RITIiES.
1. It is the duty of the Subordinate Grange to furnish every member
witli a Trade Card at the time of receiving the A. W., wihlch will be good for
the current year.
2. Individual members desiring information of prices for supplies will
enclose their Trade Cards with the communication to any of the business
houses arranged with by the State Grange, whereupon the house will, by re-
turn mail, quote prices or fill orders at wholesale prices In packages to suit
the. purchasers, returning Trade Card to member with bill. The Grange is
not liable for goods bought under Trade Card orders by individual members,
as such orders must be accompanied by cash or certificate of money deposited
In bank.
2. Subordinate Granges inquiring for prices or purchasing goods of-
ficially under the seal of the Grange, signed by the Master and Secretary,
thirty days credit will be given on bills of purchase. '
4. The trade prices quoted are confidential and for Patrons only.
6. Grange business houses must ship goods as ordered, otherwise It is
tihe duty of Patrons to promptly return them at the expense of the houM
shipping. '^ •
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PEiN'NSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
BANKERS WHO EXAMINE
THIS .SAFE BUY NO OTHER
THE VICTOK s>i>i^ll> SPllliJilCAL MANGANESE STEEL SCREW DOOR
IIAXK SATE.
Tioga, Pa., November 2, 1906.
To whom it may concern : —
At the opening ofe our banlc, April 3d, 1906. we installed an Improved
Victor Manganese Steel Screw Door Bank Safe, and we can not say too much
in its praise. It fills the bill in every respect, and we are delighted with
Its workings. It gives us great pleasure to recommend it to any who xsxBj
meed a first cla&s safe. Very respectfully,
GRANGE NATIONAL. BAN"K OF TIOGA,|,
S. P. HAKES, President
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the harvesting of the "milk crop" continues
year in and year but. The ever faithful cow
never fails to add a goodly sum to each year's
revenue from the farm. Tet how Uttie xnany
do towards making the most of her product.
B^undreds of thousands of dollars are lost
ydariy by cow owners through failure to
emiploy a cetitrifugal cream separator and
thereby secure eyery particle of cream from
the cow's nulk. Ov^ 876,000 PB I.AVAL
users are daily proving tjhat the increased gain
j^ the quantily and <|uaUfy pf the *fzniU^
•crop'' is from $10.- to $10.- p^r cow each
year when t^e
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is used, to say nothing of the time and labor savecl. Ssn't it ivortti your
while to investigate such a saving? If you pwp two or more cows t%
practice of economy alid good business methods in the care of ih$^
products demands a DB LAVAL machine. Remember that one wiUliist
from fifteen to twenty-five years, and that it will more than eafn its cost
the first year of tis6. Write today for new catalogue.
THE DE LAVAL 3ePARATO|r ^
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BANKERS WHO EXAMINE
THIS SAFE BUY NO OTHER
THE VICTOK s>v>l^lJD SlMlt.Jil«'AL MANGAXESE STEEL SCREW DOOR
IJAXK SAI E.
Tioga, Pa., November 2, 1906.
To whom it may concern : —
At the opening of our banlt, April 3d, 1906. we installed an Improved
Victor Manganese Steel Sorew Door Bank Safe, and we can not say too much
In Ita praise. It fills the bill in every respect, and we are delighted with
its workings. It gives us great pleasure to recommend it to any who may
need a first class safe. Very respectfully,
GRANGE NATIONAL. BANTC OP TIOGA,
S. P. HAKES, President.
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THE HARVEST
THAT NEVER ENDS
Through fall, winter, spring and summer
the harvesting of the " milk crop" continues
year in and year out. The ever faithful cow
never fails to add a goodly sum to each year's
revenue from the farm. Yet how little many
do towards making the most of her product.
Hundreds of thousands of doUars are lost
yearly by cojv owners through failure to
employ a centrifugal cream separator and
thereby secure every particle of cream from
the cow's milk. Ov^r 875,000 DE LAVAL
users are daily proving that the increased gain
in the quantity and quality of the "milk
•crop '* is from $10.- to $15.- per cow each
year when the
DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATOR
is used, to say nothing of the time and labor saved. Isn't it worth your
while to investigate such a saving? If you own two or more cows the
practice of economy and good business methods in the care of their
products demands a DE LAVAL machine. Remember that one will last
from fifteen to twenty-five years, and that it will more than earn its cost
the first year of use. Write today for new catalogue.
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO.
Randolph & Canal Sts.
CHICAGO
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PHILADELPHIA
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know they're all satisfied.
Write us regarding our speckd rales to rural
communities now. The tome of year for buOding
lines is dose at hand.
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Put Facts and Common Sense to^
work on a Tubular Cream Separa-
tor and you know it must be easy
to operate. Put Facts and Common Sense up against
a back breaking, hard to wash, high can "bucket
bowl" machine and you can't make yourself believe
it IS easy to operate. In the light of truth, the out-
of-date, "bucket bowl" separators go to smash.
Which kind for you, the
Tubular or
JjOW Can or
Simple Bowl or
Enclosed Gears or
Self Oiling
"Bucket Bowl"
High Can
Bowl Full of Parts
Exposed Gears
Oil Yourself
Catalog'O 222 "tells all about Tubulars. Write for it.
The Sharpies Separator Co.
Toronto, Can. WEST CHESTER, PA. Chicago.
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Hebron, Pa., May, 1907.
The Sharpies Tubular Separator is
doing excellent work. We formerly
used the can where water and milk
are mixed. Since using the Tubular
we get one pound in three more than
before, and the quality has improved
nearly as much as the quality. The
gain in four months Will more than
pay the cost. The Tubular is the
most profitable investment we ever
made.
Mrs. C. BOSLEY,
G. F. BOSLEY.
Cambridge Springs, Pa., July 30, 1907.
We are very much pleased with the
Sharpies Tubular Separator. It is so
simple and easy to run. We make
more butter from four cows, using the
separator than we did from five cows
the old *vvay, setting crocks or pans.
Also the butter is far superior to the
old way of making. It keeps bet-
ter and is much better flavored. We
think the Sharpies Cream Separators?
the best machines of the kind made.
Mr. and Mrs. A. WHITELEY.
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HARNESS DRESSING
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a back breaking, hard to wash, high can "bucket
bowl" machine and you can't make yourself believe
it IS easy to operate. ' In the light of truth, the out-
of-date, "bucket bowl" separators go to smash.
Which kind for you, the
Tubular or
tmo Gan or
Simple Bowl or
Enclosed Gears or
Self Oiling w
Catalog O 222 tells all about Tubulars. Write for it.
The Sharpies Separator Co.
Toronto, Can. WEST CHE8TER,PA. Chloago.
"Bucket Bowl**
Exgh Can
Bowl Full of Parti'
Exposed Gears
Oil Yourself
Will Soon Pay For Itself
Hebron, Pa., May, 1907.
The Sharpies Tubular Separator ia
doing excellent work. We formerly
used the can where water and milk
ate mixed. Since using the Tubular
we get one pound in three more than
before, And. the quality has improved
nearly as much as the quality. The
gain in four months Will more than
pay the cost. The Tubular is the
,most profitable investment we ever
made.
Mra. C. BOSLEY,
G. F. BOSLEY.
Tubular Best Separator
Cambridge Springs, Pa., July 30, 1907,
We are very much pleased with the
Sharpies Tubular Separator. It is so
simple and easy to run. We make
more butter from four cows, using the
separator than we did from five cowa
the old way, setting crocks or pans.
Also the butter is far superior to the
old way of making. It keeps bet-
ter and is much better flavored. We
think the Sharpies Cream Separators
the best machines of the kind made.
Mr. and Mrs. A. WHITELEY.
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destruction of San Jose Scale. If your orchards are Infested with this troublesome pest you
can clean them out with this preparation, and make your trees healthful and prolific fruit-
bearers. It never fails^ but can be relied upon to do the work when used aocordinff to
instructions- It is
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harmless to trees or fruit, and effective In operation. It is a soluble oil, which, when dllnted—
one gallon of oil to 20 gallons of water— can be applied with any good spray-pump without
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effective than a Lime-Sulphur wash, reqnirels no skilled labor, and there is no risk of injuring
the tree.
Target Brand Scale Destroyer
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Try it if you want satisfactory results Endorsed by leading fruit-growers eversrwhere.
Write for our new illustrated Spraying Catalog and price-list, and Bulletin, "Dipping vs.
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for the Patrons of R nnsylyania and our neighbors in New Jersey, New York,
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio.
VOL. IV. No. 4. NOVEMBER, 1907.
5 cents a copy
25 cents a year
W. F. HILL,
EDITOR.
I. F. CHANDLER, . W. T. CREASY,
£ditor Executive CJommlttee Dept. Editor Legislative Committee Deixt.
MOflTIMER WHITEHEAD,
Past Lecturer National Grange, Editor In National Field.
0flle)al publication. Issued monthly. Entered January 13, 1906, at Chambersburg, Pa..
as second class matter, under Act of CJongress of March 3, 1879.
EDITORIAL
TME ORGANIZED FARMER'S GEN-
ERAI/ CLEARING HOUSE
Owing to the vaviety of our soils
and the great range in altitude and
elimatic conditions, Pennsylvania
farmers can and io grow almost
•very agricultural product known to
any portion of the United States.
"While this great variety in products
Miakes our State strong and independ-
ent yet it has the effect to separate
the farmers into many cliques. The
*alry farmers when threatened with
an invasion of oleo or renovated but-
ter rally together to defend this
against a common foe. The fruit
crowers have a united concern in how
best to defend their property agamst
the ravages of the San Jose scale or
•ther enemies. The live stock breed-
ers meet annually to devise ways and
Kieans for th« protection and ad-
vancement of their special interests.
The tobacco growers are incited to
action when Mr. Duke of the Tobacco
frust threatens to lower the price of
their product below the cost of pro-
Itable production. The wool growers
are moved to get together to speak ab
•ne man whenever they fear legisla-
tion which they believe will adversely
affect the price of the clip. And so
It is. Every special interest is ab-
sorbed in self. It works only within
its own little circle. The burden of
Its thought and the hope and work of
Ms organization Is narrowed down to
lielping along some one particular
specialty. The members don't seem
t« realize that by helping each other
Ihey x!an help themselves more. Are
»«t the men engaged in every one of
liiese specialties interested even In a
larger sense in equality in taxes; in
improvement of our public roads and
public schools; in the equitable ad-
justment of freight and passenger
rates on railroads; in the extension of
trolley lines into rural districts with
the proviso that they shall be com-
pelled to transport freight to and
from the farmer's home; In the curb-
ing of the vicious trusts and combi-
nations of power that so arbitrarily
now fix the price of the things we
have to sell as well as ot the things
we have to buy ? Are they not inter-
ested in helping to establish a parcels
post system in this country and to get
a larger use of the machinery of rural
mail delivery which we now have ? A
much longer list might be made of
the good things which we might have
by unitedly going after them. All
these special organizations by carry-
ing the principle of organization a
little farther can assist in this larger,
broader field. The way is clear. Join
the Grange. The Grange Is the recog-
nized representative spokesman for
agriculture in Its entirety. It Is the
great clearing house In which the
projects of Individual minds, and of
specific organizations are thrown, di«
gested and correlated. At a meeting
of the State Grange all these resolu-
tions and projects are considered from
every point of vieyy and every specific
agricultural interest Is represented In
this great gathering of farmers* Its
prestige and influence made easy the
securing of legislation favored by that
body while any agricultural project
that the State Grange positively op-
poses Is settled. All large cities have
clearing houses and It is fitting that
PBNN,SYJ:.VAJ^PIA GIRANOE NEjWS
the immense interests of agriculture
throughout this broad State have in
the Grangie a Clearing House. Its
machinery is susceptible of much
larger use to the organized farmers
of the State. Let us avail ourselves
of the benefits and advantages of this
great organization by affiliating with
it, participating in its deliberations,
and by helping to carry forward its
aims and purposes.
W. F. HILL.
are getting training which qualifies
them to take responsible positions In
these banks. If there be profit in
banks, if there be special advantage
afforded by our government through
the National Banking system, then
let the farmers share In those profits
and let them participate in the bene-
fits of special privilege which hereto-
fore has been going to the capitalist
and the monopolist.
GOOD BUSINESS POLICY
Brother Bell, of Vermont, who held
the position of Governor while he was
Master of that State Grange and is
In an exceptionally good position to
know, stated in an address at Mantua,
C, that the people of Vermont were
putting their money in savings banks
rather than sending it out west ror
mining stock, etc., as they had done
in former years and where they would
never see it again.
The Vermont farmers do well if
they have learned, and pi^acticed, the
plan of putting their money in their
home institutions. One bank in Ver-
mont has been in operation for thirty-
four years, has never lost a dollar and
has never invested a penny outside of
that State. Pennsylvania banks have
ample opportunity for investing their
moneys at home and if our Grange
banks in encouraging this business
practice can keep the farmers hard
earned money in their own communi-
ties instead of having it concentrat-
ed in Wall Street, they will confer
a great blessing upon the State. The
idea of keeping mure of the money
in the community in which it origi-
nates is gaining strength and appeal-
ing more and more strongly to broaa-
minded and public spirited men.
This State is in a position to lead
in that respect. Banking statistics
show that smaller centers and towns,
and country districts are getting their
own banking institutions. They show
about three hundred banks organized
in Pennsylvania last year and our
Grange people are enabling the farm-
ers to participate not only in the
financial benefits that may incident-
ally come from the ownership of a
little bank stock but in a still larger
sense to share in the educational and
business value that comes from his
connection with his own bank. He
now has opportunity to have a bank
account for himself and a savings ac-
count for his children in his own kind
of an institution.
When it is known that a farmer ^
had a bank account and keeps his
money there he has an added prestige
in his community. The temptation
for thieves to burglarize an isolated
farm house is removed. Many of our
Own farm boys and Grange members
OLEOMARGARINE
A threatening danger ever present
with us is the illegal sale of oleo-
margarine. The good prices farmers
are now realizing for butter will prob-
ably tempt a good many dealers to
violate our present good oleo law in
order to try to make more profit.
When they buy oleo for what it is and
then sell it for butter a high margin
of profit is realized. And in matters
of money-making many men are void
of conscience. It is only the rigid
enforcement of our protective dairy
legislation that prevents a more gen-
eral practice of this fraud upon the
general public. It is in this, as in
many other things, that we realize the
force of Lincoln's statement: "Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty." The
Dairy and Food Commissioner, Mr.
Poust, has a corps of agents constant-
ly looking for violations of this and
other food laws and when guilty
parties are discovered the proper
punishment is meted out to them.
This State is large. There are many
sly schemers who, for profit, will vio-
late law and take the chances on de-
tection and punishment. If viola-
tions of any of these laws come to the
attention of any of our Grange mem-
bership anywhere in the State the
facts in the case should be reportea
at once to Brother Poust at Harris-
burg, to State Master Hill or any
other officer of the State Grange.
The State Grange had a great fight to
secure the passage of our present
good oleo law, its next fight was to
secure its proper enforcement by the
then acting commissioner. Our pres-
ent commissioner is thoroughly de-
termined to enforce the law. Let ua
be watchful for violations in our re-
spective communities and co-operate
with him for the law's enforcement.
MUST CONNECT TELEPHONES
A decision rendered by Judge Hunt
of the United States District court in
Montana held that competing tele-
phone lines must serve each other
and a commission appointed by lUo
court will fix the division of the
charges when such use is made of
the connecting lines. This decision i«
of great importance to farmers. Thra"
PElNKiSTTLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
it connection by the numerous rural
lines may be secured with trunk sys-
tems so as to reach distant points. As
railroad companies are compelled by
law to furnish conection for the trans-
portation of traffic from one line ovor
others so this Montana decision rec-
ognizes that telephone companies are
also public service corporations. It
is sound doctrine that public service
corporations should be compelled to
serve the public.
SPLENDID GRANGE liOYALTY
The splendid spirit of co-operation
^hich is manifesting itself all over
Pennsylvania is most gratifying. In
Tio previous year of my adminsitration
has there seemed to be as much en-
thusiasm in Grange work in Pennsyl-
vania as there is at present. The
many letters that go out from this of-
fice to patrons all over the State are
greeted with cordial and prompt re-
sponse and a great majority of
■Granges act cheerfully upon requests
made to them. It is only thru such
loyalty that we may hope to grow and
prosper. A house that is divided
against itself will surely fall. It is
always essential that we be thor-
oughly united and harmonious in our
efforts if we are successfully to pro-
mote the growth of our various Sub-
ordinate Granges and wish effectively
to extend the order into new ter-
ritory. I wish to express my appre-
ciation of this spleTidid loyalty and to
assure patrons everywhere that this
united and harmonious effort is tell-
ing in grand shape for the uplift of
the order.
W. F. H.
NATIONAL GRANGE TRIP
Arrangements are now complete for
the trip to the National Grange.
Those who go by the way of Harris-
burg should arrange to be there to
take the Seashore Express which
leaves Harrisburg at 12:01, noon.
Monday, November 11. This will get
the party to New York at 5:23 that
evening. We will spend the night at
Grand Union Hotel, near the New
York Central station. The party will
go on from New York on Tuesday the
12th, to Hartford and be there for
the opening session of the National
Grange on the 13th. ^rom informa-
tion at hand at present it will be as
well to use mileage book to New
York. This will give a two-cent rate
and is as cheap as can be obtained.
With mileage book a passenger may
stop off at any point enroute without
loss. And as the new Pennsylvania
mileage books cost $20, are good for
any person or any number of per-
sons, the unused portion if any can
be disposed of easily at cost price.
Up to this time I have not been re-
quested to make any hotel arrange-
ments for any one at Hartford. But
on another page in thid number is
published a National Grange circular
giving this information and parties
may write direct to the clerk of the
hotel of their choice and ask for such
reservations as they may desire. Any
of our Patrons who cannot con-
veniently or advantageously join the
party at Harrisburg, can join it at
the Grand Union Hotel, New York,
on Monday evening, November 11.
W. F. H.
ONE-EIGHTH HERE
The Secretary of the National
Grange tells us that one-eighth of all
the Granges organized and re-organ-
ized throughout the Union last year
were established in Pennsylvania. The
Grange in Pennsylvania must be
standing for what the farmers want
and it is getting for them the things
they need or it would not be increas-
ing so fast. As a tree is known by
its fruit so policies are judged by their
results and the workers and Grange
members in every township and coun-
ty of the State have ample reasons for
congratulating themselves on their
magnificent achievements. Taking
courage from the reward that is com-
ing from our past efforts let us buckle
on the armor and go outward and for-
ward to still more valiant service next
year.
PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING
A Nebraska fire insurance commit-
tee has reported that buildings prop-
erly rodded were never struck or in-
jured by lightning. The secretary of
a Mutual company with over five
million of dollars of insurance has
said that they have not had a single
loss by lightning by a rodded build-
ing in seven years. If insurance com-
panies would discriminate fairly and
take insurances at less cost on prop-
erly rodded buildings, more rods
would go up. This does not mean
that the old-fashioned lightning rod
man would get a chance to repeat his-
sliinning process. Each company
adopting this policy should recom-
mend the kind or kinds of rods that
are reliable and should issue instruc-
tions as to how farmers may put up
their own. Good rods properly erected
afford protection from lightning and
the man who puts tlicm up on his
building should get a cheaper rate
because of that.
NEW DIGEST NOW READY
At the last session of the Natiozial
PENNSYDVANIA ORANGE NEWS
•range that body took action making
several changes In the Digest. Broth-
er Ailman is now able to supply these
new Digests to Patrons at 25 cents
•ach. In this new Digest will be
found the action of the National
Grange which forbids the nomination
•f candidates for office In any Grange,
•ither, Subordinate, Pomona, State or
National. As no action of the Na-
tional Grange becomes binding until
it has been promulgated this, along
with the other actions taken, becomes
•fCective from this time forward. This
action of the National Grange covers
both the State, Pomona and Sub-
ordinate Granges as well as itself and
having been duly promulgated it is
new incumbent upon every unit of
•ur organization to respect and obey
It without any regard whatever as to
what may have been tne practice
heretofore.
WON GRANGE BANNER
Wayne County Pomona Grange has
recently offered a banner to the Sub-
ordinate Grange that obtains the larg-
est number of new members for the
quarter. The banner is to be held
by that Grange as long at it can keep
this title, but as soon as another
Grange adds more members during
a quarter, then the banner goes to it.
Cherry Ridge Grange, No. 1071, was
the successful contestant first to win
the new banner and upon the evening
when the banner was presented with
fitting ceremonies, a goodly number
•f visitors was present to congratu-
late the Cherry Ridge Patrons upon
their success. Grange News is very
clad to note the increased interest in
•range work in Wayne County.
GRANGE FAIRS
These fairs are becoming quite pop-
ular. One in Lackawanna County
is attaining good-sized proportions.
Limestone and Sugar Loaf Granges In
Warren County, each held fairs last
month that were attended with con-
siderable interest. Brother A. W.
Dennison and State Master Hill ad-
dressed each one. It is the expecta-
tion that both" Granges will repeat
their experience next year. Grange
News would suggest to the Warren
Patrons that inasmuch as there is no
fair held in the county they should
work to get the appropriation from
de State to help them along.
SHALL WE HAVE THIS ?
Grange No. 89, Erie County, sug-
ffests the Sweet Pea as a good one to
he made our State flower. They say
It is of easy culture, can be cultivated
•like by rich and poor in any part of
the State, suitable for house decora-
tion or button hole bouquet and Is
one of the few flowers that produce
our national colors. Let us hear from
the next Grange. The editor hopes
that at next session of the State
Grange some flower can be selected
and then we will go to the Legisla-
ture and press the Legislature to have
that flower designated as our State
flower.
WILL THIS HELP YOU ?
Sister Sarah E. Shook, Lecturer ef
Grange No. 1333. Franklin County,
has a printed program for the last
quarter of the year. This new Grange
meets twice a month and the program
for the next two months Is as below.
Nov. 2 — Do pure-bred fowls give
greater profit than the mongrel. If
given the same care and feed ? W.
R. Diehl.
The daily newspaper a factor for
good, Walter Diehl.
"The daily newspaper a factor for
evil," Clarence Shook.
"What is a balanced ration fer
hens ?" Jacob Whitmore.
Reading: "Maud Muller sets a
hen," Catharine Whitmore.
Nov. 16 — Resolved, There Is more
profit from $20 invested in hens than
$40 invested in cows. Affirmative, W.
R. Diehl, Elizabeth Ebbert, Alice
Whitmore. Negative, D. M. Omwake,
U. G. Shook, John Harmony. State
Lecturer's topic, "How may country
children be taught business habits ?"
Dec. 7 — A review of our past year's
work, D. M. '^mwake, A. E. Ebbert.
"Our outlook for the future," felbyl
Kuhn, Sarah E. Shook.
Dec. 21 — Election of officers. Be-
port of State Grange.
Ever try depositing your money ta
a bank and paying by check ? Your
obligations must be paid, this «loes
not take any more money and Is a
good deal more business like. The
bank becomes your bookkeeper end
you get a receipt for every Mil you
pay. Any of the Grange Banks are
ready to co-operate with you aloug
this line. They came Into existence
as you know largely for educational
purposes and to enable farmers every-
where to adopt more business-like
principles and methods.
More than one-eighth of all the
Granges organized and re-orgahlzed
in the United States last year were
established in Pennsylvania. Hurrah?
for that "Pennsylvania Grange Army
100,000 Strong."
Victor Grange, Centre County, re*
ports adding about 20 new members
this summer.
pb(nnistl.va:nia orange news
WANTS TARIFF TAIiK
Hditor Grange News :
Everybody is talking about the
tariff. We "have "stand- patters" and
"reservers;" the parties are lining up.
Where does the farmer stand on this
question ?
Have not forty years of Grange dis-
cussion and the discipline of experi-
ence qualified him to draw his sword
and enter the arena of conflict ?
Let us try. I believe we can handle
It, at least our end of it. There is
am article or essay or theme on this
phase of the subject, worked out,
theoretically. It ought to go before
our State Grange first for the diges-
tion of the scholars of that body and
then to the National Grange. Un-
fortunately, the National Grange
meets first and if we wait for the ac-
tion of the State Grange first, it will
be too late for any good to come out
of the action of the National Grange
of 1908.
What shall we do about it ?
For one, I am in favor of plainly
Indicating the demands of our great
calling now, and not waiting for other
people's views to be handed to us.
Let us take the "initiative" at the
National Grange, and then have a
Zve&t "referendum" to our Granges
over all the land.
DAWSON LAWRENCE, P.
30 years a Granger.
M.,
DEATH'S EARLY CALL
It seems sad that a young woman
Just blossoming into womanhood
ahould be summoned to depart, yet
this call recently came to Cora, the
oldest daughter of Brother and Sis-
ter G. W. Oster, Bedford County.
Although only nineteen years of age
yet her Christian character and sweet
manner had surrounded her by a host
of friends and their grief found ex-
pression in many beautiful floral of-
ferings at the funeral. These ser-
Tices were conducted by her pastor
and concluded by the beautiful
Grange burial service. The many
warm friends of the family scattered
throughout the State sympathize with
them in the loss of this loved one.
TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP
Don't you hear the tramp, tramp,
tramp of that great "Pennsylvania
Grange Army ?" It is getting nearer
•very month, every week, yes, every
day. One-eighth of all the Granges
organized and re-organized in the
United States last year were on
Pennsylvania soil. Existing Granges
are also strengthening their lines and
special dozen classes were and are
being added to the membership in
Oranges all over the State.
Grange News would like to har*
that neighbor Join your Grange.
Can't we help you land him ? Try
letting him read a copy of Orange
News. Let the Grange pick out a
number of families In a community
and have Grange News sent to them
for a while, paying for it out of the
treasury. If he is anything this side
of a "wooden Injun," this double team
will fetch him.
The Hague Conference meets for
peace and the betterment of all con-
ditions of life everywhere. The
Grange strives for the same high
Ideals. With that "Pennsylvania
Grange Army 100,000 Strong" we will
be strong enough to still the troubled
waters and to command more respect
and better conditions for the farm and
home and all Its interests.
Of the 292 Granges organized and
re-organized in the United States dur-
ing last year almost one-third of them
or 87 were in New York and Penn-
sylvania. These two States contribute
a good many thousand dollars to the
National Grange annually and their
importance to the order Is not to be
overlooked.
Let your Grange teaching show by
having tidy home surroundings, cleaa
fences, good crops, and, of course,
inside the house you will have plants
and flowers, plenty of good reading
matter, good light in ^11 living rooms
for both day time and evenings. Noth-
ing equal to a bright, happy family
in a Granger's home where love reigns
and system everywhere prevails.
As Grangers let us "keep ourselves
unspotted from the world," by being
free from profanity. Profanity ought
never to be heard in social or business
conversation. Its use Indicates de-
pravity as well as intellectual poverty.
Our Grange boyg cannot afford to be
in such a class.
Looks as tho the Grange workers
In Pennsylvania were working along
right lines, doesn't it, when they add-
ed more new and re-organized
Granges last year than any other
State in the Union except one. That
"Pennsylvania Grange Army 10 0,0 Of
Strong" is coming.
Is the farmer getting a square deal ?
If not then organize and go after it.
A single squeal does not amount te
much but a united demand will bring
results.
Isn't a gun about the best kind et
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PENNISYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
sheep dog legislation after all ? If
a few other worthless curs get in
range pull the trigger just the same.
The Grange Banner is unfurled to
the breeze. It Is at the head of the
procession. Keep your eye on its
glorious colors and keep step with
your neighbor, who is also enlisted to
do battle for "our order, our country,
and mankind."
Hear the music of fife and drum
as that "Pennsylvania Grange Army
of 100,000 Strong" goes marching on.
We want still more soldiers. Get
your neighbors to enlist. We want
their help while we all turn in to get
better things for them.
Wi^tt ^taift JEastftt'si Jilr Jting WvibU
Dear Brother:
In reply to your inquiry asking for
Information as to whether it is neces-
sary for a Grange to ballot on an ap-
plication after the Investigating com-
mittee has made an unfavorable re-
port thereon I have to say that the
ballot must be taken. In every large
Grange embracing considerable of
territory applications are frequently
received from people that are almost
if not altogether strangers to a por-
tion of the membership. It is the
function of the Investigating commit-
tee to ascertain the character and
habits of the applicant and upon their
findings should depend the character
of 4;helr recommendation whether
favorable or unfavorable. This rec-
ommendation Is of an advisory na-
ture. While It should be specially
helpful to those not personally ac-
quainted with the applicant yet it Is
not contemplated that an unfavorable
report shall either In itself reject or
necessarily result in a rejection when
the ballot Is taken.
Fraternally yours,
Worthy Lecturer: — In yours of re-
cent date you inquire whether I can
give you the exact language of a let-
ter written at that time. A copy Is
your Grange in November, 1903, in
order to settle a controversy. I en-
close you herewith a copy of the let-
ter that I wrote to Brother Wilsop of
kept of every letter, of every charac-
ter whatsoever, that goes from this
office. Every letter that is received Is
preserved and with its reply is filed
for future reference should occasion
require. This has been my practice
for years and a good many thousand
letters are filed away by a system of
filing which enables them to be re-
ferred to in a few minutes. The cor-
respondence and other records of this
office are often matters of consider-
able Importance and they are filed
carefully and preserved for years.
Fraternally yours,
Worthy Sister:
Tours of the 2 2d at hand and I wish
te congratulate you on the growth of
y»ur Grange. I Infer from your let-
ter that you have a different degree
team for each degree. In this event
there would be a considerable of
friendly rivalry to see which one could
do the work most nicely. In balloting
for candidates In subordinate Grange
each candidate should be balloted for
separately. While you have several
to ballot for at the same meeting It
Is expected that each candidate will
stand on his or her merits and be
balloted for separately.
Fraternally yours.
NATIONAL GRANGE MEETING
The, forty-first annual session of the
National Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, will be held in Hartford, Con-
necticut, beginning Wednesday, the
13th day of November, 1907.
The Following Directions are Sub-
mitted for Your Guidance :
1. Tickets at full fare, on the
certificate plan, for the journey going,
may be secured not earlier than No-
vember 9, nor later than November
14. Be sure that, when purchasing
your going ticket, you demand a cer-
tificate. Do not make the mistake of
asking for a receipt.
2. Present yourself at the railroad
station for ticket and certificate at
least 30 minutes before departure of
train.
3. Certificates are not kept at all
stations. If you inquire at your sta-
tion you will find out whether certifi-
cates and through tickets can be ob-
tained .to place of meeting. If not,
agents will inform you at what sta-
tion they can be obtained. You can
purchase a local ticket thence, and
there take up a certificate and thru
ticket.
4. On your arrival at the meeting,
present your certificate to C. M. Free-
PEiNNiSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
man. Secretary.
5. A special agent will be in at-
tendance to validate certificates on
November 15. A fee of twenty-five
•cents will be collected for each cer-
tificate validated. If you arrive at
the meeting and leave for home again
prior to the special agent's arrival, or
if you arrive at the meeting later than
November 15, after the special agent
has left, you cannot have your cer-
tificate validated, and consequently
you will not get the benefit of the re-
duction on the home journey. No
refund will be made on account of
failure to have certificate validated.
The trunk lines extending these
■courtesies are the New England Pas-
senger* Association and the Trunk
Liine Association, only in New York
■east of Buffalo.
DATES OP SALE — Tickets to be
sold on three days, Saturday, Mon-
day and Tuesday, November 9, 11
-and 12.
RETURN LIMIT — Tickets to be
good to return, leaving Hartford,
Conn., until and including November
26, 1907.
TRANSIT LIMITS — Tickets to be
limited for going passage commenc-
ing date of sale and for continuous
passage in each direction.
FORM OP TICKET — Iron-clad sig-
nature and punch descriptive form of
ticket to be used, requiring execution
by joint agent upon payment of fee
■of twenty-five cents.
Headquarters for the National
Grange will be at the Hotel Garde,
•one block from depot, two from
<3rrange Hall.
Rates per day for each person,
American plan, $2.50. Por rooms
with bath, per day, for each per-
son, American plan, $3.50.
Allyn House, $3.50 to $5.00 per
day.
The Heublein, European plan only,
single rooms, $1.50 to $2.50; double
rooms, $3.00 to $4.00.
Long's Hotel, European plan only,
rooms 50c to $1.00 .
Hotel Hartford, one block from de-
pot and hall, American plan, $2.00
per day each, two in room.
New Dom, $2.50 per day, double;
$3.00 per day, single.
Sigourney House, American plan,
$2.00 per day, single; $1.50 double.
The program for the session is not
yet complete and will not be until af-
ter the opening of the session, which
will be called to order in the Sixth
Degree by the Worthy Master, the
Hon. Nahum J. Bachelder, at 11
o'clock a. m., Wednesday, November
13, 1907, in the Foot Gard Hall,
where all the meetings will be held.
The first week after the Memorial ser-
vice on Sunday, the 17th, the session
may convene in State House Hall of
the House of Representatives.
Wednesday, roll call, 11 o'clock, a.
m. Annual address of the Worthy
Master, first following reports from
other officers and Executive Commit-
tee. Public meeting and reception 1h
the evening.
Thursday, the First, Second, Third
and Fourth Degrees will be exempli-
fied, and the Sixth Degree conferred
by the Connecticut State Grange.
Friday afternoon and evening the
Seventh Degree will be conferred and
again on Saturday afternoon. State
Master Wood, of Connecticut, is con-
fident near 2500 will take this degree,
and we have every assurance the Na-
tional Grange never had so much in-
terest centered in one annual session.
Before we meet the National Grange
weekly paper will have been issued
and read by every Grange in the land
with much interest. The committees
selected at the Denver session will be
ready to report on some definite plan
of life insurance.
The biennial election of officers and
one member of the Executive Com-
mittee will occur on some day here-
after selected.
J. H. Hale, chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of Connecticut State
Grange, will have a,n office in Hotel
Garde and another in a' side room of
Foot Gard Hall, open both day and
night, where one can apply for rooms
iu private homes, either office only
two squares from the depot.
Per order of Executive Committee.
C. J. BELL,
Secretary of Committee.
East Hardwick, Vermont, October 1,
1907.
ERIE COUNTY POMONA
At its recent session passed a reso-
lution asking the next Legislature to
make provision for establishing an
agricultural course ■pf study in our
Normal schools. It was thought in
this way the teachers in the common
schools might be fitted for teaching
nature study to their pupils. The
Pomona also commended the effort*
of Prof. Mixer of the Waterford high
school and the directors of Waterford
township and boro for establishing an
agricultural department in the school,
the first in the State. .This county ia
fortunate in having; a county superin-
tendent who is highly favorable to
agricultural education. Prof. Bayle is
a member of our order and those who
attended the State Meeting at Erie
will remember him as chairman of
the Committee on Education at that
session of the State Grange.
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PBNISnSYDVAiNiIA CRANCtE NEWS
THE NATIONAL FIELD
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD, Editor.
"Good, the more
the more abundant
communicated,
grows." — John
Milton.
+ +
At this writing I am nearing the
end of the long aeries of meetings
covering three months and in seven
States. The Ohio ^ratherings arranged
for by Brother Louis J. Taber all
passed off well. Kentucky and In-
diana had theirs and now in Pennsi'^l-
vania once more, and on the "home-
stretch." I have not found it possi-
ble to reach all the points in the Key-
stone State from which I have had
calls, but they will be looked after
later on.
In all this long trip with its many
experiences, one central truth has
been impressed upon me more and
more as the days passed by, and that
is the fact that the farmer as a class,
is coming to his own, and that our
Grange organization, more than any
other one cause is the power that is
pushing on and leading the wanderer
out of the wilderness. This testimony
comes not from our membership
alone, not from farmers alone, but
from many of the very classes who at
one time, like Saul of Tarsus, "perse-
cuted the Christians with zeal," but
now like Paul are willing to confess
that they have seen the light and that
"the stone which the builders rejected
has become the head of the corner."
A prominent merchant said lately
In a convention: "The farmer not
only feeds and clothes the world, but
his rich, warm « blood coursing
through a healthy body, his brawny
musble, made hard and strong under
the skies and in the sunlight of heav-
en, his brain clear and comprehend-
ing, free from unhealthy environ-
ments, must vitalize and re-vitalize
all the* functions tnd endowments of
the human race and hold it in the
line of advancement and progression.
And yet they are doing this gigantic
work for humanity without general
organization or co-operation among
themselves, and without the power to
protect themselves in trade with these
very people who are so dependent on
them.
"I welcome this grand movement
that is destined to bring to the farm-
ers what is their own, but which has
so long been withheld."
•h *¥ *i' <i*
Sister Mary E. Lee, an organizer
for the Ohio State Grange, strikes a
high notOv in one of her "extension
leaflets."
"The Grange is the logical out-
growth of the old New England Town
Meeting, the forerunner of those
magnificent instruments, the Consti-
tution of the United States and the
Ordinance of 1787. Meeting under
the trees in the school houses t»
discuss how to rear in the new land
the best possible form of government
that would guarantee to every citizen
life, liberty and property and protect
him in the pursuit of these blessings,
and to be so organized as to secure
them, was the aim of these meetings.
History records how proudly they
succeeded. Wherever the New Eng-
lander went he carried with him the
Ideas expressed by Manasseh Cutler
in the Ordinance of 1787, "Religion,,
morality and education being neces-
sary to good government, schools and
the means of education shall be for-
ever encouraged." The Town Meet-
ing was one of the means. As the
territories gave way to states, and
new 'states were carved out of new-
territory, problems presented them-
selves of which the forefathers never
dreamed.
"Only the highest intelligence of a
community could be gathered to-
gether and from these gatherings
came the leaders in statesmanship,
literature, war, philosophy and sci-
ence which made the middle period
of our land so justly famous. Then
came the literary society and the ly-
ceum. Gradually the meetings be-
came confined only lo the towns, ex-
cept in country places where unusual
intelligence prevailed. But the meet-
ings could only affect local political
units. There was no strongly organ-
ized central authority."
"Forty years ago the Seven Immor-
tals projected and carried to success-
ful issue the first organization of a
national character for social service
in this country. It is a matter of
proud interest to agriculture that
from the farmers came the first Na-
tional organization with subsidiary
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11
state organizations, formed for the
sole purpose of education and social
uplift. Had these promoters given
their attention to organizing great
industries instead of the intelligence
and the highest thought of a class ol
people, they would today be recog-
nized as great captains of Industry.
The new organization survived the
ordeals of the first few years and this
year celebrates achievements of
which any nation might well be
proud. With every charter issued
went the injunction, 'Educate, Edu-
cate, Educate.' Education must pre-
cede wise and Just action. The wis-
dom of this Is seen in the economic
and social value of legislation. State
and National, secured by the
Grange."
Another item found In a St. Louis
paper as I ride along on the cars :
"That the American farmer has
held his own smd has even forced
prices to an unprecedented level. Is
due to his bank reserve, which allows
him to bide his time. He h,as paid
off his mortgage; he has Installed ma-
chinery to eliminate manual help of
which he can never secure sufficient,
and he has arrived at the point where
he is not at the mercy of speculators
who are at an advantage when debt
burdens the farming States."
+ * * *
A Chicago paper sizes up the situa-
tion about right: "The farmers gen-
•erally have attained to that condition
in their affairs as to enable them to
put their live stock on the market at
& time when prices justify. For years
the packers during November and De-
cember, have "beared" the stock
market until they got prlfces down to
make sure to them a large margin in
pork. They began the same old trick
this year, but have failed utterly in it.
The hog farmer has waited a good
many years to get hold of the reins,
but he is driving now, so far as his
hog products are concerned, and,
having learned how he will be likely
to repeat his skill from year to year."
* + + +
The Southern cotton farmers have
made another great deal this year,
by co-operating directly with the cot-
ton spinners of England in selling
their crops. This has now been done
with great success by the growers for
several years, adding millions of dol-
lars to the farmers' Income, which go
to buy more manufactured gpods for
farm and home and keep factories
srolng and hands employed,^ adding to
the general prosperity. This is away
ahead of the old way of a few biff
fellows in the cotton buyers' trust,
putting the price down until they had
possession of the crops, and then
pocketing millions at the price fixed
by the laws ^ supply and demand.
The world moves and the farmer is
moving with it. Don't forget that
every time you go to your Grang«
meeting you are helping all thes«
things along. When you stay at home
you weaken our "firing line" just that
much.
+ + * Hh
The oleo interests are making thwlr
annual efforts to secure the Iditlng
down of the legal bars which the
united farmers in the Grange put up
when they secured the passage of the
national oleomargarine laws. Some
of the newspapers are being filled
with the talk of the alleged public
demand for a cheap substitute for
butter, and complaints of the hard-
ships to consumers in paying the Te»
cents a t)ound tax; hut the writer for-
got to state that the uncolored olee
can be bought practically without tax:,
and the consumer who really wishes
to buy a cheap substitute can obtalm
the uncolored article at a compara-
tively low price. The real difilculty is
that the absence of color prevents the
dealer palming off oleo as genuine
butter, and the foTindation of the
whole movement to change the oleo
law lies in the desire of makers ani
dealers to sell the product under false
pretenses. There is no more right to
make counterfeit butter than to make
counterfeit money, so said the Grange
years ago, and it will stand by its
guns. "Eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty."
W. H. Taft, now quite prominent in
the public eye, lately said:
"I say to you that there are re-
wards which are unknown to him
who seeks only what he regards as
the substantial ones. The best of all
is the pure joy of service. To do
things that are worth doing; to be in
the thick of it. Ah, that is to live."
Denatured alcohol Is running on.
Any fiarmer can now put up a still on
his farm and they will be sold for $60
to $75. The wholesale price has al-
ready dropped from 65 cents to 30
cents per gallon and it will soon go
still lower. Stills will be put up on
the co-operative plan like creameries
cider mills, etc., and farmers will soon
be producing their own fuel, light
and motive power. Thank the Grange
for it.
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PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
"We are going to have better gov-
ernment because we are going to have
better citizens because party ties are
growing less each >ear, and love of
•Itizenship is becoming more. — Tom
Johnson.
Even little Japan has a parcels
post, with a maximum of about 12
pounds, carrying 1% pounds for &
cents and the maximum 25 cents.
And what have we ?
"The forces that tend for evil are
great and terrible, but the forces of
truth are alive and courage and hon-
esty and generosity and sympathy are
also stronger than ever before." —
Theodore Roosevelt.
Here are a few more pointers on
the Parcels Post which will be one of
the special Grange issues before the
next Congress:
The parcels post system of Ger-
many leads the world.
It carries packages weighing as
much as 110 pounas. People send
chickens by mail, or eggs, or wine, or
fish. Sometimes school boys even
mail their linen home to be washed
and returned.
The German postoffices use the
zone system. Around each distribut-
ing center are imaginary circles, at 10
miles, 20 miles, 50, 100 and 150. An
11-pound package will be carried
anywhere through the whole empire
for 12 cents.
Parcels weighing as much as 11
pounds, when mailed within a city,
are delivered anywhere in that city
for 2% cents, though a rural deliv-
ery may cost as much as 5 cents.
Postal parcels may be mailed just
as Our ordinary letters are mailed, or
they may be registered, or sent special
delivery, or C. O. D. In the last case
the Government collects the money,
charges a small fee and returns the
collection to the original sender. A
small extra payment insures that the
parcel will be sent by a fast limited
train and delivered by a special mes-
senger.
Germany's business men consider
the system indispensable. They say
they could not get along without it.
In 1904 the German Postoffice
handled 6,894,899,000 pieces of mail
matter. At the end of the year the
postofflce was $14,624,095 ahead.
In England, where the parcels post
charges are higher, the business is
not quite so large. But even England
has outstripped America, for she car-
ries one pound for 6 cents, two pounds
for 8 cents, and 11 pounds for 24
cents, though she limits her postal
parcels to 11 pounds. In 1885 she
began extending her parcels post sys-
tem to her colonies.
When for some time past I have at
Grange rallies and other meetings
told of the rural mail service, and
have prophesied that In time we
would have two deliveries a day over
our rural routes, so that we could
answer our letters the same day they
were received, and that the quicker
and more frequent service would be
by automobiles, many in the audi-
ences have smiled in a way to make
me believe I was away off, but it has
already come. A rural carrier, who is
a Patron, in the Cumberland Valley
of Pennsylvania, iises an auto to de-
liver his mail. They are also in use
in Milwaukee.
[The carrier referred to is also-
Worthy Master of a subordinate
Grange in Franklin County. Right up
to date.] — Editor.
I note in the Grange News the com-
ments and suggestions for a State
flower for Pennsylvania, and the
question as to which is our National
flower. This subject was before the
National Grange several years aga
and the patrons of each State were
asked to decide by vote their prefer-
ence. No flnal conclusion was arrived
at. At that time I made a suggestion
which might still be considered; and
that is for each State to select its
flower, and then as we are a union of
States let these be formed into a
wreath as our national floral emblem.
State pride will be satisfled, each hav-
ing its choice, and the flower which
by soil, climate and tradition repre-
sents them best, and thus in our na-
tional wreath the trailing arbutus of
New England, the magnolia of South
Carolina, the sunflower of Kansas,
and the poppy of California will be
together twined In emblem of a union
of hearts and hands. On all national
buildings, in sculpture and other
adornments, on our money, etc.,
the wreath could be used while on
State buildings, etc., the State flower
could be more prominent. The sug-
gestion of Sweet William for Penn-
sylvania in memory of William Penn,
is a good one.
When this issue of Grange News is
going out to its readers, the pilgrrim-
age to the National Grange will have
commenced. It is sure to be a great
meeting. I know the New England
PEJNNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
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Patrons. I know them well. It is es-
timated that 5,000 Patrons will be
there, and thousands should expect
to take the Seventh Degree. Every
good Patron should aspire to this,
Hkie highest honor in our order, and
so reach "the happy top."
Once more I And my space all taken
and some notes of meetings during
this last month of my trip, and other
items of Grange news and interest
will have to be continued in our next.
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD
^tvAi^ %T^x^iixxT^v^^ ©orrt^r.
Worthy Lecturers:
The August topic for discussion was
"How can the Grange assist the local
school ?" The schools are now all
in session and it is a good time to
consider this important question.
There is an old saying, "as is the
teacher, so is the school." True as
this is, there is another equally true:
"As is the community, so is the
school." The school is a reflex on the
community in which it is located, and
is a safe index to the spirit and ad-
vancement of the people.
It has been customary, and too of-
ten is still customary, to throw upon
the teacher the entire responsibility
for the shortcomings of the school.
The Grange, composed as it is of the
patrons of the schools, has a duty to
perform, and upon her rests a great
responsibility. The Grange will assist
the school materially and the cause of
education in general, by assisting in
the selection and election of compe-
tent and efflcient Boards of Directors.
This should be done in a non-partisan
manner, politics being as great a
menace to school, as to Grange work.
In the selection of directors, there
are many qualifications to be consid-
ered. They should be men (or women
and the more the better) possessing
personal dignity and free from affec-
tation. Each member should be
chosen on account of some special
qualification which fits them for the
position.
They should be persons, either of
known business experience, high in-
fluential social standing, pronounced
scholarship, or all three. They should
not be taken at random or appointed
for some political services rendered
a party or social club; but should be
chosen carefully, intelligently and for
some good reason.
Having done this, the Grange
should assist the Board in the per-
formance of all its duties, and es-
pecially in the selection of teachers.
There is no disputing the fact that the
Grange has been too indifferent in
considering the importance of this
duty, and too negligent in rendering
needed assistance in the performance
of the same. The teacher selected
should be In sympathy with the envi-
ronments of the pupils in his charge.
He should be a close student of na-
ture and a lover of rural life if he
Would successfully teach the boys and
girls in rural districts. Whatever his
position, the teacher should display
tact and care in his relations with the
community.
Perhaps in no other position in life
is a person so liable to become im-
patient of public opmion. The ideal
teacher realizes the shortness of the
time in which the character forma-
tion of the pupils is in his hands and
becomes more anxious for results-
Unless encouraged by the Grange and
patrons of the school, he is liable to
become discouraged because the pub-
lic do not respond readily to 9,11 his
plans in relation to the school. He
must remember that "Confidence is a
plant of slow growth," yet when it
has been secured, it is a powerful ad-
junct. In assisting the local schools
the Grange becomes a moulder of
public opinion. When wrong, public
opinion can be changed only by pa-
tient, persistent effort. The Grange
shbuld adopt only such plans and
measures as will, after careful dis-
cussion, meet with the approval of
the common mind, which readily re-
sponds to reasons within its grasp
when they are supported by the sense
of right. Public opinion cannot be
forced, and manifestations of impa-
tience often neutralize the efforts put
forth to represent it. It is said, "That
Rome was not built in a day." "The
years go wrong, the ages never."
The citizens who elect the oflficers
are directly responsible for their acts,
and when they fail to carry out the
ideal school work formed in the pub-
lic mind, they will elect others more
in accord with the public will.
In a recent issye of Grange News
the writer suggested that committees
be appointed to visit the local school
and report at a subsequent meeting.
In the October issue the State Mas-
ter repeats this sug'gestion, and says,<^
"That is a good way to help the
school." Worthy Lecturer your work
and that of the teacher is much the
same. You should be ever ready *
and willing to help one another. In-
vite the teacher to join the Grange
and assist you in the literary and edu-
cational work of the Grange. In re-
turn, visit the school, encourage the
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PBNTSnSYIiVAN'IA GR/ANKJE NEJWiS
teacher In every honest effort, to de-
velop a better citizenship. The good
seed you sow today may not fully
ripen in the time of the sower, yet it
shall grow in due time aind yield both
flowers and fruit; and the fruit sha8
be after its kind — sweet and pleasant
to the taste and nourishing to th*
people.
E. B. DORSETT.
ISxjtiCixixICft^ ®jcrtntniitje;e W^i^ifuvitinxt^nt
I. FRANK chandler; Editor
I feel as if a few lines relative to
the next State Grange meeting at
West Chester may not be out of place
at this time. The committee having
in charge the arrangements for the
same have been at work almost con-
tinuously since it was Rnown that the
meeting would be there, in order that
everything could be done for the com-
fort and enjoyment of those intending
to attend the meeting. We want no
one to stay at home thinking that the
accommodations would be limited, for
the citizens of West Chester and vi-
cinity recognize and realize that the
farmers produce the bread and butter
of this country, and when the farm
fails to produce the sustenance nec-
essary to keep body and soul together
all other business will fail. While
our hotels can accommodate only a
limited number of our members,
some 500, the citizens will throw
open their houses for our happiness
and our accommodation, feeling it to
be not only a duty but a privilege to
entertain the class of people we rep-
resent.
At first it was suggested and they
almost insisted on it. Congressman
Butler and other public spirited citi-
zens, that they would entertain vm
free of charge, but we said, no, we ar«
willing and expect to pay a fair rec-
ompense for what we get. Such is the
feeling that pervades the borough of
West Chester today. They want yom
to come; make your stay as long ai
you wish; they will care for you and
make you comfortable and feel that
It is good for you to be there. Th«
citizens of West Chester were disap-
pointed to know- that we met for
business, and while that was our first '
duty, we would not spurn anything
put in our way to make our stay
pleasant as far as it was possible t»
do so. Come to West Chester, visit
the largest and best Normal school Im
the State; the Separator Works of P.
M. Sharpies & Co., are the largest Im
the world, It will pay you to see them;
the wheel works, etc., etc., and don't
forget the new Grsjtnge bank whick
will be ready for business at that
time.
I. FRANK CHANDLER.
MxiiQ^i^^ ttiocnx i\rfj^ Staije ^j^icxj^iufcsi^
RAIIiROAD RATES TO STATE
GRANGE
I had hoped to be able to announce
in this issue of Grange News the rail-
road arrangements for the coming
State Grange meeting at West Ches-
ter. The application for rates was
sent in at the usual time and its re-
ceipt was duly acknowledged by the
president of the Trunk Line Associa-
tion. In his letter he said the mat-
ter would receive consideration at the
next meeting of the representatives of
the roads interested. After the meet-
ing he wrote that owing to the un-
settled state of railroad passenger
rates action had been deferred until
* the following month. After the
next meeting he wrote to the same ef-
fect and again so the third time. We
have no definite answer, as yet. At
the most fares will not be more than
two cents per mile. It is not likely
that they will be much, if any, less.
Due announcement will be made im
the December issue of this journal
and a copy will be mailed to all of th«
delegates in plenty of time.
Since writing the above the follow-
ing letter has been received from Mr.
Farmer, of the Trunk Line Associa-
tion :
143 Liberty St., New York,
October 9, 1907.
Mr. J. T. Ailman, Secretary,
Thompsontown, Pa.
Dear Sir :
Referring to your letter of Auff.
21. Beg to advise that the questlom
of reduced fares account above occa-
sion was considered by the several Im-
terested lines yesterday, but in view
of the fact that the regular fares im
the State of Pennsylvania were re-
duced by Legislative enactment
PBiNNeYLVAJ^IA GRANGE NEWS
16
October 1, 1907, to two cents per
mile, and the lines feeling that they
eannot make any concession there-
from for special occassions, the un-
dersigned was directed to inform you
that persons desiring to attend above
occasion will be sold one-way ticket
at regular local fares.
Very truly,
L. P. PARMER, Commissioner,
This being the case it will not be
necessary to issue any further instruc-
tions as to railroad matters for the
State Grange meeting. All will pay
full fare. The one advantage in this
is that you can go when you please,
by any route you wish, and stop
where you may want to.
The coming meeting promises to be
the most largely attended and one
of the most interesting meetings of
the State Grange ever held. Mem-
bers coming through Harrisburg
should arrange to stop off and see the
Capitol. The trip also enables one
to see one of the best farming sec-
tions in the United States, if not in the
world. Any one who can attend this
meeting cannot afford to miss it.
Fraternally yours,
J. T. AILMAN.
State Grange Representation.
New and re-organized Granges, no
matter how recently organized, are
entitled to send two delegates to the
State meeting, proviaed, of course,
the delegates are husband and wife.
If the wife or husband of a delegate
cannot come, no one else can conxv
in his or her place and have fare paid
by the State Grange.
Granges that are not more than two
quarters in arrears to the State
Grange are entitled to representation.
All Granges, however, should make
it a point to be paid in full so that
there may be no question of the right
of their representatives to seats. Most
of the Granges in the State have
already reported for the quarter end-
ing September 30,. Any that have
not done so should lose no time in
sending in reports.
The question how to awaken and
maintain an interest in our Granges
is often discussed. One way, and by
no means an unimportant one, is to
do the business at the right time and
to do it with dispatch, acting on the
old motto that whatever is worth do-
ing at all is worth doing well. Pro-
crastination enervates and finally
kills.
State Grange is sent to the Master of
each Subordinate Grange when the
books are closed for the year. Ac-
companying this is a blank credential.
Any mast who has not received this
by November 15, should notify this
office and duplicates will be sent at
once. These credentials must be
filled out and signed by the Overseer
and Secretary.
Delegates must keep these creden-
tials and bring them along to the
meeting and present them to the
credentials committee. Do not; send
them to this office as is sometimes
done.
IN liACKAWANNA
The Lackawanna County Pomona
Grange met last in the church at
Walls Corners with West Abington
Grange No. 1200. There were three
sessions, morning, afternoon and
evening. Worthy Master L. Winship,
of Covington Grange presided and
Worthy Secretary J. L. Thompson, of
Newton, recorded the proceedings.
The doors were closed to the public
until 8:30 p. m., when a literary and
musical entertainment was rendered
by local talent to a large and appre-
ciative audience.
Much enthusiasm and interest was
manifested in Grange work and the
presence of several members from
Wyoming county added to the suc-
cess of the meeting. Dinner and sup-
per were provided by the members of
the home Grange in the district school
house near by. The next Pomona
Grange will be held at Daleville with
Covington Grange on Friday, Nov. 8,
at which time the oflficers will be
elected.
DEIiKGATES' CREDENTIAIiS
A statement showing the standing
•f each Grange on the books of the
haijIj dedicated
On Wednesday, Oct. 9th, State Lec-
turer Dorsett dedicated a hall for
Tunkhannock Grange, No. 209.
The hall was recently occupied by
the E. v. denomination from whom
it was purchased. It is a fine building
and will make Tunkhannock Grange
a home second to none in Wyoming
County.
The Grange served a chicken din-
ner for the occasion and received
about $75 to apply on the purchase
price of the Hall. There is no dedi-
catory ceremony that is any more im-
pressive than that of the Grange; and
the many visitors from the town and
other Granges, listened with interest.
After the ceremony short addresses
were made by State Lecturer Dorsett
and Senator "Bob" Edmistbn, of
Bradford County. Which Grange will
be the next to provide a place wherie
its members may sit around its own
hearthstone and benath its own roof-
tree ? ,
Lef lis Talk Together About Ne;
As the year 1907 hastens to a close It is meet that we look ahead t«
another year. "The work of another day demands our attention."
In the year that is closing the management of Grange News has ea-
deavored to make a magazine that would interest and instruct the great
number of Patrons of Husbandry to whose homes it went each month. That ( «
our efforts have been, at least to a degree, successful, is attested by the warm ||l
support that has been accorded us by not only our own people of Pennsyl- I
vania, but Patrons everywhere. Profiting by our past experiences, therefore, jiil
Grange News plans for 1908
A BIGGER AND BETTER MAGAZINE. A MONTHLY
REVIEW OF GRANGE ^WORK AND GRANGE DOINGS
WHICH WILL BE OF INTEREST TO EVERY PATRON
OF HUSBANDRY, NO MATTER WHERE LOCATED.
DEPARTMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR
The editorial department will continue in charge of W. P. Hill, Worthy
Master of the Pennsylvania State Grange. He will devote to his writings that
same energy and keen insight into affairs that have made his department
deservedly popular in the past and that have been used by him in making such
a strong and influential organization of the Pennsylvania State Grange. The
State Master's Writing Table will be continued and will remain an arbitration
■council for matters of general interest. Questions answered here will serve
Granges everywhere and enable them properly to conduct the esoteric work of
the order and to render parliamentary decisions with assurance.
The Executive Committee will have a department in charge of the Sec-
retary and business affairs of the State Grange will be handled there. This
department will be better than ever in 1908.
WHAT THE LECTURER PROMISES
The Worthy State Lecturer promises that his watchful care of his depart-
ment will continue with greater vigor than in the past. He will see to it that
topics of timely interest will be suggested thru Grange News and will discuss
matters in his usual vigorous and capable manner. Subordinate Grange Lec-
turers will be amply repaid for their subscription to Grange News by the
State Lecturer's suggestions alone.
IN THE NATIONAL FIELD
Grange News has been fortunate above every other publication in the
country in having upon its staff him who is probably better able than any
other living man to spread the true Grange religion. Past National Lecturer
Mortimer Whitehead has transferred his journalistic affection to Grange
News and announces to the Patrons in every State that he will give to them,
thru the monthly visits of Grange News, the best that in him is; that his love
for the great order that he has lived for these many years will prompt him
to extend his knowledge and gifts to all those friends who strive for the "edu-
cation and elevation of the American Farmer." Brother Whitehead will
make his department greater in 1908 than it has been in 1907.
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Among the great objects, of the Grange there stands out prominently the
desire for Legislation that is founded on the greatest good for the greatest
number. The Legislature of Pennsylvania has been fortunate in years past
to have as one of its members William T. Creasy, whose undoubted honesty
and fearless presentation of the people's rights have won for him national
fame as a defender of the people. As a member of the Legislative Committee
of the Pennsylvania State Grange Mr. Creasy has been the logical representa-
tive of the State Grange in the Comomnwealth's Legislative halls and he has
taken care of the Legislative Department of Grange News to the delight and
instruction of our readers everywhere. For 1908 Mr. Creasy promises in-
creased devotion to his editorial duties, vigorous in attack and conservative
yet alert in defense.
STATE SECRETARY NUGGETS
This department, as of yore, will continue in charge of Brother Ailman.
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t Next Year's ^^Grange News"
His work in keeping: touch with the hundreds of Subordinate Granges thru-
out the States makes him a busy man, yet each month is he able to collect
Bufflcient nugrgets, from the great mine of information at his disposal, to dis-
tribute quantities, and quality, among the members of the order who are
readers of Grange News. In this department may be noted the growth and
expansion of the order in the State and Nation, and the interesting happen-
ings in the Pomona and Subordinate organizations generally.
OUR GRANGE HOMES
In this section of Grange News for 1908 will be continued the excellent
articles from the pen of the Worthy State Ceres, whose advice upon sanita-
tion, ventilation and the general care of the home and school room have been
of so much value. Sister Lyons is trained for her writings and they alone
are worth more than the subscription price of the magazine. This depart-
ment will also contain communications, which are invited on topics of in-
, terest, articles from the pens of Patrons, items of household interest, fun and
. frolic.
speclaij features
During the year articles not attached to any one department will be
printed in Grange News, the editorial standard will be made as high as the
talents at our disposal make possible, and all in all we are ready to ofCer to
those interested something worthy their attention. When it is considered
, that the price asked for Grange News is but twenty-five cents a year, it is
hard to understand why every Patron in the State should not willingly for-
ward his or her subscription. The price is nominal and as low as good busi-
ness allows. When Grange News shows a profit, it must be remembered,
,1^at profit goes to making the magazine still bigger and better, with illumina-
tions, illustrations, and so forth. True co-operation shall be the basis of our
success
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The Public (W) 1.00 1.00
The Technical World (M) 1.50 1.50
Vick's Magazine and copy of popular book (M) .50 .50
Everybody's Magazine (M) 1.50 1.50
American Magazine (M) 1.00 1.00
Youth's Companion (W) 1.75 1.75
(All Youth's Companion subscriptions must
be new.) »
Apple Specialist 50 .50
Rural New Yorker 1.00 1.10
Hoard's Dairyman $1.00 1.00
M. denotes monthly; W. weekly.
(See Combinations on Next Page)
We have done our best to make it worth while for Patrons to extend
their subscriptions to Grange News. On these pages we announce com-
bination subscription offers, that have been made possible by the co-opera-
tion of other publishers, and if you desire good reading at reasonable cost,
refer to these offers. On the other hand we have decided to offer, for a
limited time only.
ir 5 Years for $1.00
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Here is a carefully arranged list of
standard farm and home newspapers
and magazines, publications which
will grace any home. It will be noted
that subscriptions to Grange News
with each and all of them are prac-
tically free. We have gone to much
effort to make these offers to our folks
and will be disappointed if many do
not take advantage of them. While
the above are attractive, yet we are
in a position to make SPECIAL
CLUBBING OFFERS. For instance :
No. 1
Review of Reviews (M) $3.00
Woman's Home Companion, Good
Housekeeping or American
Magazine (your choice) 1.00
GRANGE NEWS 25
$4.25
THREE FOR $3.00
No. 2
The Ohio Farmer $ .75
Woman National Daily 1.00
GRANGE NEWS 25
$2.00
THE THREE FOR $1.35
No. 3
The Public $1.00
The Technical World 1.50
GRANGE NEWS 25
$2.75
THE THREE FOR $2.00
No. 4
Successful Farming $ .25
Vick's Magazine and book 50
GRANGE NEWS 25
$1.00
THE SET FOR 75 CENTS
No. 5
Woman's National I>aily $1.00
Successful Farming 25
Apple Specialist 50
GRANGE NEWS 25
$2.00
THE SET FOR $1.15
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The contents of The Youth's Com-
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interest of all tastes and ages. The
father, as well as the son, enjoys the
tales of adventure; the mother renews
her girlhood in the stories for girls,
while the paper always abounds in
stories, long and short, which may
be read aloud in the most varied fam-
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Full illustrated announcement of
The Companion for 1908 will be
sent to any address free with sample
copies of the paper.
New subscribers who send $1.7 5 at
once for 1908 will receive free all the
remaining issues of 1907, besides the
gift of The Companion's Four-Leaf
Hanging Calendar for 1908, in full
color.
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AN UNPARALELLED OFFEai
Between now and January lirst the
Philadelphia North American, daily,
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$3.00, the price for the great North
American alone. Hundreds of Pa-
trons should take advantage of this
offer.
In ordering combinations address
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PE1NN1SYL.VANIA GRANGE NEWS
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GRANGE GROWTH BY STATES
During the year Grange News has
frequently told of the good progress
and growth being made in Pennsyl-
vania. The records of the office of
the Secretary of the National Grange
now show that New York alone has
out-stripped us, having 51 Granges
credited to "it as being organized and
re-organized while Pennsylvania has
36. The next highest State has but
23 so it looks as tho we were surely
going to have thai "Pennsylvania
Grange Army 100,000 Strong." Over
12 per cent, of the entire gain for
the United States is in Pennsylvania.
Surely it speaks volumes for the en-
terprise and energy of the order here.
We print below official record of the
National Grange and all true Patrons
ot the Keystone State will find much
therein to encourage them and to re-
pay the workers for their efforts for
up-building the order.
Thig National Grange of the Patrons
of Husbandry. Office of the Sec-
retary.
The number of Granges organized
and re-organized from October 1,
1906, to September 30, 1907, both in-
clusive, is as follows :
Organized
California 3
Colorado 6
Connecticut 4
Delaware 1
Illinois 3
Indiana 2
Iowa 2
Kansas 9
Kentucky 3
Maine 11
Masyland 1
Massachusetts 9
Michigan IS
Missouri 3
New Hampshire 2
New Jersey 15
New York 48
Ohio 2''.
Oregon , 9
Pennsylvania 31
Rhode Island 2
Vermont 22
Washington 19
Wisconsin 6
Total 252
Re- organized
Indiana 1
Kansas 7
Maine 1
Massachusetts 4
Michigan 2
Missouri 2
New Jersey 1
New York 3
Oregon 2
Pennsylvania 5
South Carolina 1
Vermont 1
Washington 1
West Virginia 9
Total 40
Your fraternally,
C. M. FREEMAN.
Secretary National Grange.
The New Digests are finished. Same
price as before.
THE ORGANIZERS' WORK.
Since the last issue of Grange News
the following organizations have been
effected :
No. 1361, Lycoming County, by the
veteran, Hon. Frank Porter, with 29
charter members. Master, George
Seitzer, Williamsport, R. D.; Lectur-
er, Verna Brownwell, Williamsport,
R. D.; Secretary, Harry K. Ott, Wil-
liamsport, R. D.
Reorganizations.
On Oct. 4, 1907, Kiskiminetaa
Grange, No. 570, Armstrong County,
was re-organized by S. S. Blyholder,
Neale, Pa., with 21 charter members.
The officers are : Master, S. B. Alls-
house, Avenmoore, R. D. ; Lecturer, J.
N. Kunkle, Avenmoore; Secretary,
Mabel Couch, Olivet.
No. 327, Mercer County, by W. N.
Hoyt, with 13 charter members. Mas-
ter, E. E. Foulk, Hadley; Lecturer,
Mrs. A. E. Bell, Greenville; Secre-
tary, Lizzie Foulk, Hadley.
GAINED OVER 100 PER CENT.
Canal Grange, No. 1548, Venango
County, will soon be on the map. It
is already beginning . to sit up and
take notice. It was organized March
18th with 52 charter members. We
have now about 106, a gaih of over
100 per cent, in six months. We like
the Special Dozen idea. Our last
claSs had a dozen and thirteen.
J. M. C. HaSSON, Master.
[This looks to us like a class of
twenty- five. "Good.l^Ed.
HAD PICNIC; GOT MEMBERS
Mountain Grange, No. 1307, Mc-
Kean County, had a very successful
picnic August 31. Brother H. H.
Hall, of Potter County, was the speak-
er, we have as a result, ten memoers
to initiate at our next meeting.
A. T. LARSON, Master.
AliliEGHENY POMONA
Allegheny County Pomona Grange
held its regular quarterly meeting
with Locust Ridge Grange in Snowden
township at the farm home of Broth-
er W. W. Wilson. All the Subordi-
nate Granges of the county were rep-
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PEINNISYLVAINIA GRANGE NEWS
resented, as was also a Grange of
Washington county.
An excelelnt and abundant dinner
was served as was also supper, by the
good Patrons of Locust Ridge. The
regular routine work being concluded
in private session, the gates were
opened to the public, and the follow-
ing named subjects were interesting-
ly discussed:
Roofing Substitutes for Slate and
Shingles, by Brother Rankin, of Up-
per St. Clair; Stock and Poultry
Foods, by Brother W. W. Wilson;
Woven Wire Fencing, Brother J. H.
McElhaney; Round table talk on the
advantages of the country over the
city, by all present.
Brother Wilson is a practical farm-
er and his well kept poultry yards and
farm speak of careful and industrious
management. He believes in the up-
lifting influences of the Grange and
spends time and money to promote
its welfare. The next meeting will be
held at Carnegie, December 5, 1907.
LECTURER.
PLEASANT PICNIC
The Lackawanna County (Jrange
picnic held in Thomas Smith's beau-
tiful maple grove, near Dal ton, on
Friday, August 30, was a grand suc-
cess. The condition of tho weather
was fine and the attendance large.
The orator of the day was Hon. Loui?
Piollet, of Bradford Cojtnty, who
gave some very good thoughts and
logic worthy of due consideration.
Several selections of vocal music
from the Grange melodion were ren-
dered and the Revs. Van Cleft and
Thompson, of Dalton, and Blandy, of
Wallsville, spoke briefly, each one ad-
vocating and' emphasizing true
Grange principles. All told, the affair
was all that could ve expecte<l an.i
was no doubt the means of increasing
Orange sentiment among the people
as well as affording them an oppor-
tunity for a day of social enjoyment.
A GOOD TIME
Our Grange picnic held at Blue
Ball, Clearfield County, was a success
and I believe, a stimulus, to our
Grange at that place. We had ap-
pointed a day to meet and clear up
the grounds and we erected some
tables, seats and a stand for the
speakers and had an organ. The Mt.
Joy Grange choir came as a body, be-
ing led by our Worthy Brother, M.
J. Owens, and with our own choir,
furnished some excellent music. E.
M. Davis, the friend of all true
Grangers and agriculturists, kindly
consented to act as chairman of the
occasion and filled the place with
honor.
We had with us as speakers. Dr.
Thomas F. Hunt, Dean of the School
of Agriculture, of State College, who
made an excellent address, showing to
our young people the good positions
to be obtained by the farmer boys
who have the grit to fit themselves
for the many places now open to
them. Dr. Hunt was followed by
Hon. Peter Gearhart, member of the
Legislature, whose address was an in-
spiration to every Grange to go up
and possess the land. He set forth
very clearly some of the good things
the Grange has been doing for us.
We had a stand where edible re-
freshments were sold, which paid our
expenses and left a balance of over
$14.00 to be turned Into our Grange
treasury. We also had with us our
friend, C. C. Hess, Master of Masham-
er Grange, who gave us an earnest
talk on the advantage of our boys who
avail themselves of the opportunities
afforded them by attending our State
College.
We organized Blue Ball Grange in
November, 1906, with 14 charter
members, and it no\v has 49 mem-
bers, an application in for the fiftieth
and fine prospects for a good strong
Grange. At our last regular meeting
we conferred First and Second De-
grees on three young men and Third
and Fourth Degrees on three others,
at the close of which we served re-
freshments, consisting of ice cream,
C8.kes, coffee, and sandwiches.
Our friend and Brother, Blake
Owens, furnished good entertainment ,
at our picnic by some of his eloquent
recitations. Fraternally,
J. M. GEARHART.
RENOVATED BUTTER
The high price of butter through-
out the country will doubtless result
in renewed activity by the Renovated
Butter factories of the west and else-
\^here. This "boiled butter" after it
has been mixed up is, like oleo, hard
to tell from the real thing. Because
of this, this inferior stuff is likely to
be sold to the confiding public at the
regular price for fresh, sweet butter.
We have a law in this State for pro-
tection against it as well as oleo-
margarine and the Dairy and Food
Commissioner is inaugurating an ac-
tive campaign along this line. The
Grange wants all violaters of our oleo
and the renovated butter laws punish-
ed to the full limit of the penalty.
A BIG PICNIC
Richland Centre Grange, Bucks
County^ had a picnic this year which
was so complete in its appointments
and presented such a large line of ex-
hibits of all kinds as to be a rival
to the best of our county fairs. The
PBNNiSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
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The State Executive Board
P. of H.
has made a special contract with us to manufacture
Organs and Pianos for members of the Grange
in Pennsylvania. . . The State Committees of
Ohio and Michigan, hearing of the success of this
arrangement and of the superior quality of the
Weaver Organs and Pianos, have made similar
contracts. Not because the organs and pianos we manufacture are
cheaper than all others, but better. We are in a position to give the best
of satisfaction to all who want good instruments at reasonable prices.
Write for catalog and full particulars.
Weaver Organ and Piano Co.^
Manufacturers to the Grange,
Department G. . . . YORK, PENNA.
OraingerS
We are now enjoying to its full powers, the Pure Food Law, which went
Imto ifuil effect on the first day of this month. This law, as you know, is
almost a direct C^range Law, originating as it did in the Orange and always
backed by the Grange.
It brings new prices to us — almost all considerably higheir than a year
aigo, but we now know that with our desire for PURE goods we can obtain
thiem, by paying a reasonable advance over last year's price.
Watch The QuaUty
More Than The Price.
We wanted pure goods, now let us enjoy them. We carry nothing but
the best and assure you the lowest price within reason when quality is taJken
Into consideration.
OUR FALL, OATAIiOG IS NOW READY— BE SURE AND SEND FOR ONE
UAe Gran|(e House of—
THORNTON BAKNES
43 N. Water St. PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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PENNSYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
Quakertown Free Press devotes ovei
two columns to It, announcing the
names of the premium winners, etc.
Sister Bromall, of Delaware County,
was the State Grange speaker and
pleased well the large audience. To
Brother Hartman and his various
committees much credit was given for
the decidedly successful occasion.
liOndongroTe Grange Growing
Londongrove Grange, No. 63, Pa-
trons of Husbandry, has take,n on
new life since buying the old Avondale
Methodist Episcopal Church property
some time ago, to be used as a Grange
hall. The building has been well
fitted up for the purpose for which
it is designed. At the last meeting of
the Grange 22 new members were ad-
mitted. — West Chester Local News.
PliElASED WITH SCAIjDER
The hog scalder which Brother
Richman has been advertising for
some months has found its way to a
number of homes. That it is giving
general satisfaction is proved by the
above letter, which is a sample of
many that Brother Richman has re-
ceived.
Chester Heights. Oct. 10, 1907.
Mr. H. B. Richman,
Sharptown, N. J.
Dear Sir :
The scalder arrived and I am
more than pleased with it. Thank
you for the extras. Hope I may bo
able to put some business In your
w^ay. Very truly yours,
D. G. FUREY.
STATE GRANGE MEETING
Headquarters Y. M. O. A., West Chester, Pa.
As it is desired by the commi'itee of arrangements, to assign beforehand,
as many as possible, of the delegates and other Grangers intending to be
present at the State Grange meeting, to be held at West Chesier, December
10-13, 1907. they are requested to notify the undersigned at an early date.
Arrangements have been made with the hotels, for aocom;modations at
the following rates :
GREEN TREE INN — Board and lodging per day, two in a rooim, $2.00;
over two, $1.50.
MANSION HOUSE — Board and lodging per day, two in a room, $2.00;
over two, $1.50.
TURIiS HEAD — Board and lodging per day, one in a room, $2:00; more
than one, $1.50.
EAGLE — Board and lodging per d>ay, single, $2.00; more than one in
room, $1.50.
WEST CHESTER HOUSE — Board and lodging per day, single, $2.00;
moire than one in room, $1.50.
FARMERS — Board and lodging, per day, $1.00.
A large number will be accommodated in private families, the rarte be-
ing $1.25 per day.
The assignments will be made in the order of application and as far as
possible the wishes of the applicants will be respected.
D. C. WINDLB, Secretary.
West Chester, Pa.
Write for Cash with Order Terms; Special Autumn Proposition
BUCKWALTER SUPPLY CO., Sales Agents*
I^ANCASTCR, PA.
PENNiSYLVANIA GRANGE N^WS
2S
If You Use
Stock or Poultry Conditioners or Remedies Why Not Buy
from a Patron at Patrons' prices? The Buckeye Company is under
contract with the State Grange; its goods are absolutely pure and comply
with the National Pure Food and Drug law; I can furnish you the very
best goods in this line at factory prices and it is to your interest to ex-
amine into my proposition.
Patrons save money by buying Buckeye Goods. For full informa-
tion write
J. E. HOYT, Gen. Representative.
420 Edwin St. WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Member CoyalsocK Grange, No. 1323.
I now offer the farmer and butch-
er The EXCELSIOR STEEL
HOG SCALDER and am confi-
dent in my assertion that when once
used they will not dispense with
one and return to the old method.
The Scalder is not heavy to trans-
port from one place to another and
can be set up anywhere and fired up
for work. In fact they are o. k. in
every respect. This is what some
of my new Pennsylvania customers
say..
CHESTER HEIGHTS, Oct. 10, 1907.
Mr. H. B. Richman. Sharptown, N. J.,
Dear Sir: —
The Scalder arrived and I am more than pleased with it. Thank you for th«
extras. Hope I may be able to put some business in your way.
y/ery ..ruiy yours.
D. G. FUREY
H. B. Richman,
Sharpstown, New Jersey
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m NEW 1907 - 98-PAIiE NACIIINEIIY CATALOtUE
tells all about the Celebrated Far-
quhar Saw Mill, Boilers and
Engines. Ask anyone using a
Farquhar Mill about its merits.
Farquhar Mills are known the
world over. We have been turn-
ing them out at the rate of over 100
per month the past few years.
We lead, others follow. Farquhar
Feed Cable Attachments and Ac-
curate Quick Receding Chain Set
Works, with a lot of other good
features, make the Farquhar Mill
famous. We have the only suc-
cessful Friction Log Turner for
portable mills.
Write at once for 68-page Catalog of Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills and
Threshers, mailed free to the readers of Grange News.
A. B. Farquhar Company, Ltd., York, Pa.
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Victor Manganese Steel Safes,
Bank Furniture— Metal Furniture
For Estimates Write
H. STIFFEL,
Lancaster, Pa.
In answering advertisements always mention Grange News.
PDNT^TLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
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Lithographing and
Printing Company
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We have the largest and mo»t com-
plete plant in Pennsylvania, equipped
with all the most modern machinery.
Our facilities for the outifltting of banks
and corporatlona of all kinds are unnex-
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The Jones Improved Loose Leaf Sys-
tem saves time and expense. We can
furnish It, together wittti many up-to-date
and useful forms.
Special Blank Books of every descrip-
tion, lithographed Bonds and Stock Cer-
tificates, Fine Embossed Stationery.
A list of necessary articles for the out-
fitting of Banks and Trust Companies
furnished on application.
Bank and Trust Company Outfits.
i^d
TO PATROXS OF HUSBANBRY :
The undersigned bank extends greeting and best wishes, and invites
you to open an account with us, depositing all or any part of your weekly
wages. Sven if you liave to pay it out during the week, we advise you
to pay by check, as the cancelled checks are receipts for money paid out.
We assure you that it v^U be a pleasure (not a trouble) to us to
handle your busiiiess, even ithough it may be small. We shall appreciate
your business and are glad to help and encoura^^ aU who are trying to
better their financial condition.
There are many Patrons in this Ck)nmionwealth who have not as
yet started an account with this bank, and we appeal especially to ithesn.
nils bank has added influence and prestige to your orgaiiization and will
continue to do so, then why do you hesitate to open an account, when we
can give you the same liberal (treatment and aooomnKodations as other
banks. Think over this and start the new year of the bank by sendhig
us a deposit.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
UNTIED STATES DEPOSITORY
Savings department pays 3 per cent,
compounded semi-annually.
SEND FOR BANK.
By your patronage your first Grange
Bank grew to eight times its or-
iginal eize the flnst year.
Let us double that this year.
GRANULATED UME
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for one year, and Girange News for
two years . * . j . v*L * . < . . .$3,9^
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R-E-L-I-A-B-L-E
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Dairymen choose the U.S. because they KNOW it can be depended
upon to do the Best work ALL the time, and the Longest time, too.
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VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO.
Bellows Falla. Vermont 478
SPECIAIi POUIiTRY COURSE
Last year the Pennsylvania State
College Instituted a special course of
twelve weeks in poultry keeping. This
Is one of the five winter courses in ag-
riculture which begins December 3,
1907. Mr. J. W. Clark, Cainsville,
Ontario, has been selected to give
special instruction on this subject.
Instruction in this course consists
of lictures on general principles of
breeding and feeding; the breeds of
poultry, their origin, characteristics,
care and management; and diseases
and parasites. Practical exercises will
be given in dressing poultry, capon-
izlng, keeping records, judging, run-
ning incubators and brooders, and in
the construction of colony houses and
other poultry appliances. The course
will be under the direction of Prof.
T. I. Mairs.
Farmers' week at the Pennsylvania
State College occurs this winter from
January 1 to 9, inclusive. There are
thus four days of the last of the first
week and four days of the first of the
next week instead of three days in
each week as last year. From re-
ports already received a large attend-
ance is expected.
Creamery and Cheese Courses
The shortage of labor seems to be
as great in the creamery business as
in any other. The Pennsylvania
State College dairy school has had
more calls for creamery butter-mak-
ers, cheese-makers and dairy farmers
than it had men to recommend.
The courses this winter will begin
December 3, five weeks earlier than
heretofore, and continue to February
26. This is the season of the year
when butter-makers and cheese-
makers can best get away from their
work to study the relation of bac-
teriology and dairy chemistry to the
practical work of making starters, to
cream-ripening anj many details
which the modern butter-maker and
cheese-maker maust know all about.
At least one-half of each day is de-
voted to practical work in handling
the milk and cream from ninety
farms. Young men who have had
experience in creameries and cheese
factories as helpers will find this
course of pracitcal instruction very
helpful to them in securing better po-
sitions the coming season. Prof. H.
E. Van Norman has charge of these
courses, which are a part of the five
winter courses offered by the college.
WHITE WYANDOTTE
cockerels for sale. Dus.
tin Strain. Fine fowls
from prize winning stock.
HOWARD DORSETT,
Mansfield, Pa.
Are you arranging to attend the
State Grange meeting?
PBUSTNISYLVANIA GRANGE NEWS
27
"Shall We Dip op Fumigate ?"
This is a question which has been
puzzling nurserymen, orchardists,
farmers and tree-planters consider-
ably of recent years, therefor any new
light on this subject we are quite
sure will be greatly appreciated by
our readers. While this problem has
not yet been completely solved, there
have been great strides made in deter-
mining the value of dipping in com-
parison with fumigating. Fumiga-
tion is very effective when properly
done, but it has such serious disad- •
vantages in that few are capable of
doing the work without positive in-
jury to the trees that it is really im-
practicable. Another objection is
that it is a very costly method, and,
again, it must be done at a time when
the nurseryman is extremely busy.
Of recent years we have heard
more or less of the success resulting
from the dipping method, and we are
coming to the belief a much more
convenient method of controlling In-
sect infestation on nursery stock has
been found, and It would seem fron»
the experience of those who have beew
dipping their trees Instead of fumi-
gating them that it is a far more effi-
cient operation.
In a recent bulletin issued by the
American Horticultural Distributing
Co., Martinsburg, W. Va., on the sub-
ject of "Dipping vs. Fumigation," we
find several quotations from promi-
nent horticulturists. It seems to u»
that these "experience lessons" are
what our readers are looking for.
Theory on subjects of this kind is all
right, but actual demonstration beats
it all hollow.
We believe that the bulletin sent
out by the American Horticultural
Distributing Co. is one of the best
articles on this question that we have
had occasion to read, and that it i&
a practical talk on this subject. We
recommend that our readers write
to them for a copy, as we understand
that it will be mailed free to any or-
chardist or farmer in the United
States, Canada or Mexico.
Everything for the Grange
BADGES, BUTTONS, BANNER*,
REGALIA, ©CBNERY, WORKXNG
TOOI/8, STAFF MTGS, OWLS, AQATBS,
LABOR SAVING BOOKS.
Under contract with Pennsylvania asxd
tno»t other State Granges.
Send for Catalogue
C. J. BAINBRlDGEt
Syracus«, N. (Y.
The largest dealer In Grange Suppli«« In
the world.
Green Tree Inn
WEST CHESTER, PA.
61 LAS WRIGHT, Proprietor.
Headquarters Penna. State Orange
duHng week of December 9, 1907.
GRANGE CLOTHING STORE
under contract made In the year 1876 for
supply of clothing to the Patrons of
Pennsylvania.
We have a largre line of Men's and
Boya' Clothlnff, rangringr in prlee from
$5 to $15
made In the regular tailor made style.
Also line of piece goods whidb. <we make
to order from
$15 to $30
Samples on application.
GARITEE & SON,
514 Market St. Philadelphia, Pa.
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PBNNISYL.VAI«IIA GRAJsTGE NEWS
A complete list of Business Houses
under contract with the Pennsylvania State Grange, re-
vised up to February 1.
G, In writing for prices or information or in ordering
goods, always write under seal of Grange or trade card.
FOR INFORMATION OF MEMBERS.
It is the duty of the Masters of Subordinate Granges to keep a supply of
Directories on file in their Granges, and see to it that each family is fur-
nished with a copy for their information and use. Additional copies can ho
4iad from the State Grange.
BUSINESS CO-OPERATION.
In the Declaration of Purposes unanimously adopted by the National
•Grange, It Is declared as one of the principles of the Order that for our busi-
ness Interests "We desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers and
manufacturers, into the most direct relationship possible."
To carry out In good faith these principles, the Executive Committee,
under the instruction of the State Grange, has made business arrangements
with the following houses for the benefit of the members of the Order thru
which they can buy single implements or In broken packages, to suit purchas-
ers, at wholesale prices, without the Intervention of agents .
Thornton Barnes, 223 North Water
Street, Philadelphia. Groceries.
Garitee & Sons, 518 Market St.,
Philadelphia. Men's and boy's cloth-
ing.
Derrick Oil Co.. Tltusvllle, Pa. All
kinds of Illuminating and lubricating
oils.
George W. Oster, Osterburg, Pa.
Thoroughbred poultry, and eggs for
hatching.
Patrons Paint Works, 234 Plymouth
Street., Brooklyn, N. Y. Liquid rubber
paints.
The Garver Bros. Co., Strasburg, O.
Groceries, dry goods, hardware,
•queenaware, boots and shoes, drugs,
harness, pumps, clothing, wall paper,
carpets furniture, household goods,
buggies, wagons, salt, oils, wire, nails,
«tc., etc. We can save you big money
on your purchases. Send us a trial
order and be convinced.
C. H. Dlldine, Rohrsburg, Pa.
Chester White and Poland China hogs
and pigs.
Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.
J. Badges, flags, emblems, buttons,
working tools, etc.
The Demorest Manufacturing Co.,
Williamsport, Pa. The celebrated
■Columbia sewing machines, best on
•earth.
M. L. Coulbourne, 348 N. Front St.,
Philadelphia. Will sell all kinds of
•country produce for Patrons.
The Whitney Noyes Seed Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. All kinds of grass
«eeds.
George H. Colvin, Dalton, Pa. Po-
tatoes grown especially for seed, 14
^rarieties, prices right, list free.
Patterson & Evans, No. 52 Vine
St., Cincinnati, O. Grass seeds of all
kinds.
Heman Glass, Rochester, N. Y All
kinds of farm and garden seeds.
The One Price Clothing Co., llth
Ave. and 12th St.. Altoona, Pa. Ready
made clothing, hats, caps, underwear,
etc., etc.
Lester Shoe Co., No. 1409 Eleventh
Ave., Altoona, Pa. General line of
boots, shoes and rubber goods.
HARVESTING MACHINERY.
For Information relative to binders,
mowers, hay rakes, etc., at special
prices to Patrons, write under seal or
trade card to
I. FRANK CHANDLER,
Toughkenamon, Pa.
CREAM SEPARATORS.
Centrifugal cream separators can
be furnished Patrons by a special, pri-
vate arrangement. For full informa-
tion and prices, write under seal or
trade card to GEO. W. OSTER,
Osterburg, Pa.
The Thellman Seed Co., 1517 State
Street, Erie, Pa. Seeds of all klnde,
onion sets and garden implements.
Cooper Commission Co., Minneap-
olis, Minn. Grain, flour, mill feed,
ground feed, oil meal and cereals
straight or mixed car lots. Write for
prices.
Edward F. Dibble, Honeoye Fall*,
X. Y. Seeds and potatoes.
Charles W. Ford & Co., Fishers,
N. Y. Seed potatoes.
R. H. Thomas, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Working tools, staff mountings, ballot
boxes and seals.
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The Buckeye Co., Lorain, Ohio,
dtock and poultry food, louse killer,
«tock and worm powder, cow vigor,
crall cure, etc.
Buffalo Fertilizer Co.. Buffalo, N. T.
Fertilizers and fertilizing materials.
C. J. Bainbrldge, 202 W. Water
St, Syracuse, N. Y. Badges, buttons,
celluloid goods and a full line of
Orange supplies of all kinds.
Black Rock Mills, Buffalo, N. T.
Bran, middlines, mixed feeds, grain,
glutens, cottonseed meal, linseed
meal, poultry foods, etc.
Theodore Z. 'Root, Jamestown, N. Y.
Author of the book known as "The
Dark Side of the Beef Trust." Thl«
work is a blow at the beef trust, and
should be read by every Patron. Can
be ordered from Secretary of the State
Grange. Cloth, 55c; paper, 35c; by
mail, postpaid.
Douthett & Graham, Butler, Pa-
Men's and boy's ready-made clothing,
hats and caps.
Pennsylvania Telephone Co., Har-
rlsburg, Pa. Write for Information
on contract for rural lines, etc.
The C. M. Clark Publishing Com-
pany, Boston, Mass. Books and
special library offers to all Granges.
PATRONIZE TRADE ARRANGE3IEXTS.
Patrons, your Executive Committee have made numerous and valuable
arrangements for your benefit. These trade arrangements can only be main-
tained by giving them a liberal patronage.
A number of duplicates of the same line of trade, therefore, must receive
a liberal patronage or the contracts cannot be continued. These houses will
generally secure special freight arrangements when requesteJ.
Be free to write them for Information; but you have no moral right to
use this information to beat down the price of local agents and retailers,
•which will tend to injure the Grange trade as much as the retailer, beside*
Incurring unnecessary hostility to the Order.
IDEAL CO-OPERATION.
The ideal co-operation is direct trade between producers and consumere,
farmers and manufacturers. The Grange has been making rapid progress
in this direction and has established the most satisfactory trade system
Icnown to modern civilization.
It only remains for Patrons to utilize its advantages, and they will save
more annually many times than it costs to be a member of the Grange — to
•ay nothing of other educational and social advantages.
RULES.
1. It is the duty of the Subordinate Grange to furnish every member
with a Trade Card at the time of receiving the A. W., which will be good for
the current year.
2. Individual members desiring information of prices for supplies will
enclose their Trade Cards with the communication to any of the business
houses arranged with by the State Grange, whereupon the house will, by re-
turn mail, quote prices or fill orders at wholesale prices in packages to suit
the purchasers, returning Trade Card to member with bill. The Grange is
not liable for goods bought under Trade Card orders by Individual membew,
as such orders must be accompanied by cash or certificate of money deposited
tn bank.
2. Subordinate Granges inquiring for prices or purchasing goods of-
ficially under the seal of the Grange, signed by the Master and Secretary,
thirty days credit will be given on bills of purchase.
4. The trade prices quoted are confidential and for Patrons only.
5. Grange business houses must ship goods as ordered, otherwise it Is
the duty of Patrons to promptly return them at the expense of the hous*
chipping.
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PBJ^NISTLVAJSniA GRANGE NEWS
The Pf DDsyivania State College,
STATE COLLEGE, PA.
School of Agriculture
Six four-year Courses; many Corres-
pondence Courses; Farmer's Week.
In Other Schools
Courses of Engineering, Chemistry,
Mining, Home Economics.
Send for Bulletin of Course you prefer.
Address the Registrar,
PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE,
STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
COIL SPRINe FENCE
Made of high carbon Steel Wire
Uorse-hlgb, Bull-strong, Chick-
en-tlght. Sold diroet to the
Farmer at lowest raanufae-
turors prices on 30 Days Free
Trial, freight prepaid. 100 page
Catalogue and price-list free.
KITSELMAN BROS.,
Box 198 MUNCie, IND.
^he Jacobson
Engine
The Jacobson Gas or Gasoline Engine
Is the most simple on the market — hav-
ing one-third the n>umber of parts of
•ther engines— all parts even the cylinder
bushing being interchangeable. Highest
cylinder compression, therefore a saver
•f fuel. If Interested in an engine or
an entire outfit, write
R. F. VAN WINKLE,
Manufacturers' Agent Jacobson Gas and
Gasoline Engines, Feed Grinders,,' Elec*
trie Light Plants, Etc.
LINESVILLE, PENNA.
D# ۥ Kauffman,
j^ York, Pae j^
Hand and Power Sprayers*
Fungicides, Insecticides, Poul-
try and Apiary Supplies.
G£T MY PRIC£S
The "CALLAHAN'^
Built In size from 4 to 100. H. P.
Portable, Stationary, Pumping, Hoist-
Ing Engines. Also mounted on skids.
The JUNIOR CALLAHAN is a very at-
tractive engine for the farm. We would
like to have you see them where they
have been In dally service for years.
Send for Catalog and prices of Callahan
Gas Engine Oil.
ROBERT F. FOSTER, Sales Agent,
720 Arcade BIdg. PKIIadelphra,
Bell Phone, Spruce 2573A
anofher season.
MONEYBACK GLOVES
Wear Well - Look Well - [Sell Well
Buy Direct and Save Merchants' Pro-
fits. They Make Splendid Christmas
The '"Moneyback" Gloves are made
from long fiber strong wool yarn in
black, brown, gray, and the child's with
fancy hands. .They have long, well It-
ting wrists and suitable for dress •r
• work, and for men, women and childrem.
State whether large or small hand also
age of child. Will send all of one size
and color or assorted. These glovea are
made to sell at 50 cents per pair.
Price Direct, prepaid, 3 pair $1.00
Price the same whether for one pair
or 100 pair, and Moneyback If not aat-
isfacton^.
THE MONEYBACK GLOVE CO.,
Box 326 Spartansburg, Pa.
^^^ Use a Klnir Harness 60 months.
i^^ It will resist every jerkjiwist, strain.
We graarantee it. Kins Harness has
been made for a quarter century. Some
now in use were made more than 20 years
Bgro. Deal directly with the makers— save
ssperoent- Big assortment. Write for free
catalog: G now. ^ Owego, TiofaOo.
KiBcHanMBiOoM K H.T.
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Gasoline Engines
For|all purposes
Write for catalog
LANDIS BROS.,
Eastern Distributors,
RHEEMS, PA.
I Want A Scale on Every Farm I
ORIGINATOR of the
to the farmers at r eason-
AND ONLY MAN to
HIGH GRADE SCALE
Wby not bny mine? I am the
plan of selling scales DIRECT
able prices. I was the FIRST
offer the farmer a RELIABI£
at a fair price. I have made
and sold scales '^,
for 42 years, and
trhile to-day
■there are hun-
dreds of other
scales made and
gold EACH AMERICAN FARMER who hnys a scale is under OBLIGA-
TIONS to me for having made the FIGHT against the old munopolitits and
haying put the price within reach of all. I am now fighting the ENTIRE
SCALE TRUST AND COMBINATION tO keep the price down.
I have a history of the scale business, called the "Reason why you should
buy a Scale", which I will send FREE to anyone asking for it, together
with a full line of pricbs on all kinds of FARM SCALES.
AddreM "JONES, He Fays The Freight".
Binghamton. N. Y. Lo<dc Box vv
KELTON THOROBRED STOCK FARM
Write us for prices on Barred, White
«nd Buff Plymouth Rocks— White Part,
ridge and Siiver Laced Wyandottes—
Rose and Single Comb R. 1. Reds — Buff
and Partridge Cochins — Buff and Light
Brahmas— Registered Hampshire Down
Sheep — Chester White Swine — R. C.
Collie Dogs — Bronze Turl<eys.
Buff Wyandottes and Bucl<eye Red
chickens.
C. L. W3EBSTER, Keiton, Pa.
Stoke's Standard Seeds
l^y varieties and strains of
VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS
have no superior. Send for catalogues
and prices. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO
PENNSLVANIA GRANGERS
POULTRY SUPPLIES
of every kind. Agent for Cyphers Incu-
bators and Supplies.
STOKES SEED STORE
WALTER P. STOKES,
of the late firm of Johnson A Stokes.
£19 Market St. PHILADELPHIA.
New and Liberal Homestead Regulations In
WESTERN CAMAM
New DiiBtricts Now Opened
for Settlement
Some of the choicest lands in the grafai.growins
belts of Saskatchewan and Alt>erta have recently been
opened for settlement under the Bevised Homertead
Begnlations of Canada. Thousands of Homesteads of
160 acres each are now available. The new Begnla.
tlons make it possible for entry to be made by proxy,
the opportunity that many in the United States have
been waiting for. Any member of a family may
make entry for any other member of the family, whe
may be entitled to make entry for himself or herself.*
Entry may now be made before the Agent or Sub*
Agent of tiie District by proxy (on certain conditions),
by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or
sister of an intending homesteader.
"Any evsHMiumbered ••etien of Demlnlen Lands to
Manitoba or the NoHhweal Pravlnees, exeepllns • •■'
te, not rosorvod, majr bo homostondod by any pomon
tho solo head of a family, or maio evor IS yoara of
ago, to tho oxtont of eno^uartor soetlosi of 100 aoroot
more or loon."
The fee in each case will be CO. Churches, sohoola
and markets oonventent. Healthy climate, splendid
crops and good laws. Grain-growing and cattle*
raising principal industries. .^ , ..
For further particulars as to Bates, Boutas, Best
Time to Go and Where to Locate, apply to
GEO. A. HALL
8rd floor. House Bldg.. Pittsburg, Pa.
Canadian Ck>vemment ,
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peinnisyl.va:nia grange nejws
BANKERS WHO CXAMINC
THI* SAFE BUY NO OTHER
THE VICTOR SOIiTD SPHERICAL MANGANESE STEEL. SCREW DOOR
BANK SAFE
Tioga, Pa., November 2, 1906.
To whom it may concern : —
At the meeting of our bank, April 3d, 1906, we installed an Inaproved
Victor Manganese Steel Screw Door Bank Safe, and we can not say too much
In its praise. It fills the bill in every respect, and we are delighted with
Its workings. It gives us great pleasure to recommend it to any who may
need a first class safe. Very respectfully,
GRANGE NATIONAL BANK OP TIOGA, PA.,
S. P. HAKES, President.
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DE LAVAL
THE WORLD'S RECORD
Cream Separator
DE LAVAL Separators are truly "World's Record Machines."
Considered from "every point of the compass," so to speak,
In original inventions, in skimming efficiency, and important
Improvements, in durability and ease and economy of operation,
as well as in widespread usage and number of sales, the DE
LAVAL has no competitor, or one that even approaches its
record on any one of these points. The DE LAVAL was the
original cream separator and by such all-important inventions as
the "Alpha- Disc" system and "Split- Wing" device is has always
led and is to-day from five to ten years ahead of all other ma-
chines. In close skimming, durability and ease of operation it
shows an unbroken victorious record covering more than twenty-
eight years. Thousands of tests have proven that it will save
from $2.00 to $5.00 pep cow each year of use over other sepa-
rators. Nearly 900,000 machines have been sold to date and are
used in every country, being distributed by miore than 10,000 DE
LAVAL branch houses and agencies in different parts of the
world. Over 98 per cent, of the world's creameries use only DE
LAVAL machines, also all government and state experiment
stations and every dairyman who has had real separator ex-
perience. The latest DE LAVAL models are ideal in every re-
spect and represent the experince of over a quarter of a century
in building separators.
SEND FOR NEW JULY, 1907, CATALOGUE OF THE
"WORLD'S RECORD" SEPARATOR.
The De Laval Separator Co,
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be prepared to guard your crops against sudden
weather changes. Have in your home a
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Now is the time of year to build lines — don't
wait until hard winter weather sets in, but get
started' now, by writing us for our special rates to
Rural Communities.
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CONTRACT DCPARTMCNT, HAMtlSMJRG, PA.
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