Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-12-15

CHANGERS DEMAND
MANY REFORMS

A large audience gathered at TIN
Armory, at Sunbury. Tuesday even
ing, the occasion being the public re
oeption to the State Grangers. A yer,
interesting program was carried out
1.-THE principal features being addresses
by Attorneys @. u. Clement, 1. Olin
ton Kline. and q. s. Knight. of Sun
bury. and a response by Master Hill.
The SunBury City Band. also the
Maenner- Gesang Verein Concordit
Singing Society. Mrs. H. B. Smitf
and Miss Christina Dietz. of Sunbury
furnished instrumental and voca
music. and Miss Elizabeth Russ, Of
Sunbury, gave reading.
NJ. s. Bond, of this city. represent
ing Pomona Grange, Northumberland
county, also made an address as did
Mrs. Valns West, of Warren county,
Worthy Ceres of the Grange.
| During the afternoon J. Il. Altman.
Grange secretary, reported 500 work.
ing oranges, with an Increase of 700C
members in the last year. Reports OF
officers showed the excellent physical
condition of the organization.
Treasurer Nivin, of Chester county.
reported as follows: Balance in the
treasury DeoeT ber lst.. 1904. $l3 092 :
Is; receipts of 1905. $12. 5sl. .46 expen-
ditures during the year. $l2, 2l0. 10.
Balance in the treasury December 1st,
1905. sl3. 462. rs.
Professor H. A. Surface, the State
Zoologist, brought two important mea-
sures before the Grange. One resoIu-
tion calls upon the Legislature to pro-
vide for a permanent bureau of horti-
culture, while another demands better
protection for the farmers against
agents who sell bogus fruit trees,
1t is said that many cases have been
reported where slips have been pur.
chased in the belief that they we're ap-
pie or peach trees, which have turned
out to be worthless shrubs
From a number of sources measures
were introduced with view to pro-
cure equalization of taxation. A gen.
eral statement of tax rates through the
State was read by Miss Florence Rhone
of Center county, daughter of a form
er master of the State Grange.
Election laws also came in for atten-
tion. IL is expected that the Grange
will endorse Farmer" Creasy's pro-
posal to establish an official envelope
for voting as the majority of the men,
bers believe it to be the best method
yet advanced to insure the secrecy of
the ballot.
Perhaps the most surprising Of the
moves contemplated is the attack on
the statute making vaccination COM
pulsory in the public schools. This
resolution which was referred to the
Committee on Legislation. was intr o.
duced by the Legislative Committee
of Shiloh Grange, having been adopt
ed by that body previously The reso-
luton reads as follows:
Whereas, An act entitled Ito provide
for the more effectual protection Of
the public health in the several NUM-
cipalities of this Commonwealth" was
passed and approved in 1895. and
Whereas, A section of said act re-
quires principals and teachers to ex-
olude from admission to schools all
children not vaccinated and all that
have small pox, therefore, be tt
Resolved, That the attempts to en-
force said section is an injustice to
the patrons of the schools; and it is
running our schools by the general an
tagonism against vaccination, and that
it's enforcement in rural schools where
smallpox has never existed, is unneces-
sary, uncalled for and unjust and be
it further
Resolved, that we ask the State
Grangers to do all in their power to
have the law repealed or amended.
f. L. POSSINGER,
M. L. BOLLES,
JACOB LAGAN.
Yesterday the session was held in
the Opera House, at which time a re-
oeption was rendered .. H. Kelley,
the only surviving member of the Or
ganizers of the Grange. The reports
of the State officers were also made.
Trouble for food adulterators and
oleo dealers in Erie county is scented
in resolution fathered by Archie
Billings, master of the Erie County
Grange. calling upon the Legislature
to appoint special deputy dairy and
food commissioner for that county.
The resolutions describe at length
the menace to Erie county dairy in
terests contained In the activity of the
oleo agents. and the Legislative Com
mitee is expected to report favorably
on Billings resolution.
From the Crawford county Pomona
| Grange a petitiou has been received