Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-15
toWE took the coach Tuesday morning,
June 9th, to- attend the; Second AnnualSes-

lcAAE Ouis9 W. HbtctIA VIC GcCQuu AIllUdIn aS-
sion of the Territorial Grange of Mohtala.
On arriving atlHelena land, learning Of the
Wretched condition pfnitle roads, of the
swollen and almost impossible Streams in
eyery direction, Of Jibridgesu being swept
away, and seeing that the wheels Of com
merce We're in q manner clagged; ,andt fbusi-
tppess and travel almost entirely suspended,
we concluded ~that,noWing. tel these facts,
there would not bqa QuerAnli present., and
abandoned the trip. Had WI constituted
one, OF the business members OF that body,
could our pTesencel in any way have rcep-
splreG to prevent .the,meetingl of those who
did come together being hl oyain, we would
!bayyee continued oslr Journey and beelt ON
hand, if human, agencTpould have carried
us there. We regret, however, that i bJhas
occurred thus! Very Important business
would. have. came: up for consideration and
we, regret that, it shollldthaveshad toabe post
poned. However, man GcaInot control the
elements. though he may change the tideio of
human efairs, hy%leemhined effort, atmill.s
co-oPERAr1oN WIN HNeLisH soerErriiEEss.
. Brother Wrightssi c3oonftclItJpdinlgga .aud1d thr'asyb b44I
fore the Cooperative Csoo ng5rdessEsI will be I ffouilid
most interesting reading. iOn. one 1poiif iii
members IF tie order will be ffoauuIdI. to d Beth h
perfect accord WITH hirrnlallld theft rs d tftigfEpt
ton would have Been more complete if his
explanation had gone to the length Of i .ff4-
pudiation-that9 is, Concerning Mr. +. 81
Worralrs conhectiohh' With the Scheme orig 5lriigg
inally knliow|hh is Tie Mississippi Valley A lss5
'ciation.e The idea was asa good oonlee,' if hot rot
particularly NiiiettMt,. since already the Georgia
Direct Trade UhioiHi and tie California 'assoo-
'ciatioHs HID sitteceEsssfful1lilyyo Conducted enter
prfses'of the SAME tachalffaad5ter: Bat as the
World snd'th e g5rathhg st71 papers IF .Lto5uiissiaahh;a
then showed, there were very serious OBJ
j%ectiohs' to the man s'3Nflllo Who p pIlateed himself at.
its head, iii Sd far iaEs Tsattirons ii; leesaist 3 We're
conte8ettnneea. Mr. NWTo(fattthl+s l career calrrtesear. oaat III New
6tleaiiss had not been ssuiechltaass s to dotbpttAifh Him
the estaeM 81 respect tt Of those 7l Who, i knew ineN
him BEST nor We're the EN- methods vvaaiticfil lie
had taken Strictly HONORABLE. 'Hlse.o o5bbtaiiniNeddII
recognition aid POSITION in England by flte1pb-
ifAessentibbgg himself To Have inhtueihccae, 1 with ttflle
PaatrroYhis.o Of PuusBdnldfryy,s and tHddi tlieeln., liz ei1ccaan1n1ee
here adhdd strovee qto1'ihttiNp3faeasss the. Patrons Of
Hu1ssbtani3dfi.yF bby tie rteccGog1tiheohh ala position Us
ssop dbtaitheAd::i IT :. Was 1hho6t likely. that; such sti!h
tlatcatffeesl ecodh PROVE! 'st1cctteeggsstiilf d. bfgs i re re-
main urfdetected,,' and 50, it was hot u llofig ere II,
MI Wtorrasa1lI vwaass seen II. his tribe Ight and
the Patrons brought forward ti1effrE ooWN1h
scheme, TIE lleadsA6fdwahic arepi presented
in Brother Wstgllt's1address The 4concluL
siofs to which the Cooperative Cos9ggRtess
came unanimously at its c~onclusioif Are
herewlthtsfesehted q Ltth s.Joh tlo9ffl 81
-aiMoHed by Mr. HolyOalse: :aildi seconded by
NV. Slattery efi That this Congress, fstilli APP
proFiilg ofadhei gTeat idea of international
cooperation betWeen En glg ndl and AmericaI
continues willing to advancesthat. .oljectby
any practical means which may be most in
telligible .to, the delegates, ~ ettdeems it right
Il, fnethraafih from ex lpdr,e any ahNlittheeff }bbbi+
foh upon the plans Of the MisssaftssAipJIp5i h Valley
Trading Cbbimhppann,yt, and rec aNyonalithheidBs of That
the COMPANY Win SOON. ~annitfounccg 1 som 1e M
mediate decision of the course they are 1pHfee-
pared to pursue o'FMovedby MI. Hffoolyo5ake,,,
q That this conlgr9sssss, having g. learned Ii In
nnia'li!yv i ~saayisAAby the official Publications i 1t
the Ndtionaid Grange or iA1Lrneetrficca, BY '1 per
sons speaking III ii their Id ana BY official
.eao1m1fmnjfGaiicatiiodihss fro5mif'4 fheln1lM2loof the interest
tflleeyp take i'll 'Bfitish cooperation, and Their
desire that friendly ana helpful alliance may
arise between the co-so5pflefraattors OF both Mt
tiois, this Congress desires tt say ttlatit has
this information With great pleas