Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-17
GRANGE POINTS.

-Forty-One Oranges were organ
.zed in Virginia in May.
There are IA Changers who
to run for Sheriff of Cass
county, Indiana.
"A Grange has been organized
At Horseshoe Bend, Boise county,
Idaho.
Mrs. Shelton, Deputy Grand
of Oranges in Idaho Terri
tory, has organized seven Oranges
in that Territory.
The Changers at various points
of Willamette Valley, Oregon, have
gone into the butchering business,
and are retailing meats at six cents
pound.
Better than farming-Last year
the National Secretary of the Grang-
ers. at Washington, received nearly
S., 600 salary and arrears, besides
other perquisites.
The Rice CO., (Minn.) Grange
Mill Company has purchased SIX
acres of land In Fairbault, paying
So, 900, and work has already been
commenced upon the mill.
The Grangem mill at Janesville,
Wis, has just received an order
from Kentucky for the shipment di-
rect to a Grange in that State OF q
car load of -four.
The Sacramento Council of +.
of III. has formed a Joint Stock
Fruit Drying Company, with q
capital of $4,000, and will erect
suitable buildings at once.
The Kansas Executive Commit
tee warn those who organize Crane
res i'm occupied territory that in the
future they will have to consolidate
with other Oranges or surrender
their charter.
The Kansas Frmerobjectsto the
Order taking so much money out OF
the. State. and shows that If the dis
p~ensation fee were S. instead OF Sl5,
tine sum of $4,000 would have been
retained in Kansas.
The Order is prospecting wonder
fully in Texas. Already 40Q
Oranges have been formed and 1t
Is expected that fully 1000 Oranges
will be represented in the State
Grange, which meets in August.
The jewel implementan regalia
question still continues to excite no
small talk in Kansas and the far
West, where certain officials are
accused of cooperating with East
ern monopolists in attempting to
force upon the Oranges inferior and
expensive articles.
The business men of Dixon, So
lano County, CAL, each received a
card on Saturday last, of which the
following is a copy: CAT a meet
ing of the Grange held July 4. 1874,
at Dixon, the following resolution
was adopted; Resolved, That this
Grange will withdraw their patron
age from all business houses keep
ing open on Sunday.
The spirit of all secret orders is
too often lost sight OF, mere form
taking the place of that purer, high
er, and more loble sentiment OF
fraternity upon which all secret or
ders, and especially the Order of
Patrons, are professedly founded,
the moral instead of the men,
tai faculties-the heart instead OF
the head should guide and
govern the thoughts aid &C
tons of Patrons in a far greater de-
gree than they do. We do not full
fill all our solemn obligations vOlun-
tarily taken, when we go through
with all the forms and ceremonies
of the ritual there is, or ought to
be, q holier motive for Our actions
than the sordid gain or excellence
in prescribed formality.-OurH0na
Journal and Rurdl Southland.
A Patron gives this advice to his
brethren; "Do not NEEDLE with
any business you know nothing Of:
Have order, system, regularity and
promptness. Do nOl kick every
stone, unless they lay directly in
the path. More miles can be made
in a day by going steadily on, than
stopping by the wayside. EndeavOr
to avoid all hard words and per.
sonaljties. Learn TO saw mo- No
necessity for swapping it out
dog-fashion, but say it firmly and
respectfully. A Grange of honor re-
spect their word as they do their
bond. They aid but never beg.
Pay as you 60. Never fool in bust
ness matters. Have no ~confidents;
at least, the fewer the better. Learn
to think and act for yourselves IS.
Thoroughly investigate before going
into any business of great impor-
lance. Keep your tables and stands
well filed with journals of scientific
matter"
If the Western Changers are
not becoming potent in a political
way, they certainly exhibit a Won
derful activity, collectively, in push
ing the individual interests of the
farmers. This is especially true In
Iowa, where the hayseed elements
have carried the Grange system
into more branches of every day
needs than In any other State.
The Order has attained i'm
mense strength in the State. A
recent meeting for business showed
that Councils are in operation in
each county, and the total member
ship something like 200, 600. Under
these, forty-one county Councils
have been organized to attend to
the purchasing of supplies for the
different Oranges and to assume
the management of the cooperative
stores, mill, manufactures, etc, al
ready begun. A law was passed at
the last session of the Legislature
enabling the Councils to organize 10
cal fire Insurance companies, of
which twenty-nine are already do
ing business. They usually include
about four civil townships In each
assigned territory, giving the offices
of president and secretary to some
local members, and charge only
from one to two mills on the dollar;
and as yet there has not been a fail
ure to meet a liability. Several Of
them are carrying from 500, coo to
$500, 900 each in risks, and the salts