Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-12-02
THE PROGRESS OF OUR ORDER.
success.

The Grange is now a power III the lana, from ocean TO
ing felt. The selfish desires of men that were fast carrying
a fe gt thf is idaaeucs p ps4 {Re G. 5ns wor Tht tngG IS Os scsre eet9' a
community throughout the length and breadth of the land
that d nsws not of i 3s %"raines THIS hds iscf, yet rase s5fa"f {e to p say' eo Of
Montana, save through the Eastern press. The progress Of
s MoHfan Of r ofr TerT nas not t o sImd nfr en4irej H0i ioaoIan 1h , of w Gnf
is being done in the other. Not being able to support an
n many disa oi tna5r mtf siiehtiiy fh byt n niHe u laapssd ge eon 5nas,
until at last they are able to reap some reward of their toll.
Not, howeyer' s until some ~ae ea have f. falt ter ha and turned terned a AVA.
warm, have fallen away and ceased to be members. They
n 9TH them N a a la 9el.tH I POSITION es f tn" It Would d" enable them &c
to take the place of the {" middle man. and live by their
w wart. B Bof M intellige they m leaanea lkj that better It onliy 9r MEANT moore moore
generosity--when they discovered that its chief object was
T II n1ak we're nes'f loo GRilzsns fa ara so nefshIors, els seey 11efea a1 that
would make them rich without an effort. We are glad,
tory. The majority realize that it is not the work Of an
hour to make a change in any .long..existing evil, and are
Of a lifetime. These determined people have put pd their
shoulders to the wheel and are proud of their success. They
have found it a relief to turn from their daily routine of toll,
meet each other in the Grange-rOOm and spend an hour or
two in each others society, to discuss questions relative to
good things Of life together. In add addition to these ! pleasures as res
they, or the majority OF them, have found it to be protita-
IN December, 1873, at Deep Creek school-house, in the
Missouri Valley, the first Grange in Montana was organ
man, and then followed, in rapid SUI a number IN Of
Oranges in Gallatin county. On September p. 1874, the
representatives OF the various Oranges met at the Fair
grounds, near Helena, and organized the Territorial
Grange. There were at that time twenty-three Oranges,
all in good working order: June 2, 1870, the first annual
session OF the Territorial Grange wa held at Gallatin City.
Several new Oranges had been added to the list, and the
membership had increased to upwards of 800. This was
nothing to boast of. The Improvements had been of a To-
cal nature.
Progress, in cooperation had boen generally retarded for
the want OF a more rapid means of Communication among
the members than that Of written letters, and to-day,
though they have suffered much from the lack of facilities
that would ensure the rapid completion of any business
aging.
A number of the Patrons, in different localities, are reap
ing q great benefit from arrangements made with merchants
with respect to the purchase Of farm supplies, and also from
their ability in an organized capacity to take and fill CON
tracts for hay, grain, flour, etc. ~"
New halls are s~pringing up in every prosperous com
munlty. Prickley Pear Grange has established a school
one which, in the near future they expect to make the best
institution of learning in the land.
Taken altogether, we have reason to be ENCOURAGED. We
are yet just upon the Threshold of progress, a new era is
naWning upon! Montana, progress has commenced. A bril-
nant 1uture IS IN store for us, only wait a little longer..'