Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-11-25
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
ACCOMMODATION OF PATRONS At THE
CENTENNIAL.
OFFICE OF SEC'Y Penn. STATE GRANGE,
Mechanicsburg, Sept. 20, 1879. J

Mechanicsburg, Sept. 70, 1919.
Worthy Sir and Brother.-The projected
Patrons Centennial Encampment, for the
entertainment of members ofour Order ano
their friends who will visit Philadelphia next
Summer. isnowina fair way of being carried
into effect, and I respectfully submit the iol-
lowing for your consideration: !,
A lot of sixty or eighty acres OF GROUND
will be procured on one of the great mes Oh
railway, within a few miles OF the Guy Oh
Philadelphia, and the grounds lald OUT III
such manner as will be most conducive W
convenience and healthfulness. Supstahtlal
hoard tents will be erected ana 1urhlsileu
with all articles necessary for com1ortaole
LODGINGS. somewhat On the style OF the great
UNCONVENTIONAL camp meeting GROUNDS at
Ocean Grove. Landisville and Mt. Union. A
railroad station will be located on the
grounds, so that visitors from all parts OF the
United States and Territories can stop at the
encampment and can be conducted at once to
their tents. Railway passenger trains VIII
be run at stated intervals, between the en-
campment and the Centennial Fair Grounds,
and passengers conveyed to and fro at uery
lou rates Of fare.
Boarding tents will be located at con-
yenient points OF the ground for the accom-
mediation of those who find it inconvenlent
to bring provisions with them, and boarding
furnished at prices not exceeding Sl.5o per
day. The camp will be furnished with
good water ; thoroughly drained lighted at
night, and placed under the supervision OF
an efficient police, and every effort put forth
to guarantee the comfort and protection OF
visitors. In the centre of the grounds will
be erected a large building, a portion OF
which will be used as a Grange hall
and reception room. The officers OF the
association will also be located in this build
ing, and good fireproof safe placed therein
III which visitors can deposit money and
other valuables during their stay.
The above is merely an outline of what is
proposed by the Encampment Association
the great object being to establish a home
for the Patrons and farmers of the United
States where they can stop during their visit
to the great Centennial Exposition, without
running the risk Of being 'fleeced" by the
hotel and boarding house proprietors Of Phil
adelphia. Lodging and boarding at this EN-
campment will not necessarily cost any one
over $500 per day, and where visitors bring
their provisions with them, their expenses
will be much less. The capacity of the en-
campment will be amply sufficient for the
entertainment of from 5000 to 1000 people
per day, and it is hoped this project will be
the means Of inducing many thousands of
our agricultural people to attend the centen-
NAL, who, under other circumstances, would
not be able to spare the money to remain
any time in Philadelphia. For the furnish
ing Of the means to Carry out this great ell
terprse, a temporary association has been
formed, and a charter applied for under the
following general provisions:
The ASSOCIATION will be styled the $ Centen-
NAL Encampment Association Of the Patrons
OF Husbandry." Capital Stock. $4,000 0
Number of Shares, 5000. Par value of each
Share, $50. The subscription Of stock to be
paid in at such time and in such in%stallments
IS the Board of Directors may hereafter de-
termine upon. As soon rs 500 shares Of
stock nave been subscribed, a meeting will
be called ut some convenient place, and a
permanent organization effected by the cleo
ton Of a President, Vice President, Treas
urer Secretary and a Board of seven Direc-
tors, to be chosen from among the stodShold-
ers.
1t has been determined that for the pres
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cnt, no Grange or individual Patron shall be
PERMITTED to subscribe for more than one