Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-02-27
NATIONAL GRANGE NOTES.

| California.
| New York stands at the front among
grange states. State Master +. n
Godfrey reports the membership III
| about 5000. There are 659 subortli,
| nate oranges. thirty eight hs wing been
| dre insurance associations are strong
factors in financial sense. They rep
resent nearly $l0O,OOO,OOO OF risks.
There are 1T2 grange halls owned In
the state, the total value being re-
| ported at $S43,076. Much has been
dols by the state grange in legislation
| beneating rural conditions.
State Lecturer Thompson is one OF
Names enthusiastic grangers. He
says there are over 400 oranges in the
state, and over 800 Of them own their
own grange halls, which range in value
from $1,000 TO $1,000 or more. A
grange Of 200 members IL almost Ger
tain to have Its own hall, and this
gives n permGHence to the grange
movement that Is unquestonable The
grange mem bership has Increased from
10000 to 81 600 in twelve years. The
largest grange In the state and per-
haps in the United States IS Houiton
grange, with 800 embers. II has 4
grange store, which did business Of
100000 last year, and there are half
a dozen more younger stofes in the
state.
National Treasurer Mrs. Eva s. Nc
Dowell of Rome, n. Y, reports the
financial condition Of the national
grange as follows:
RECEIPTS
Balance oct, !. 1906. se. sss %
From various sources. 4a.2l25s
~, los. .ss
PAYMENTS
Balance Oct. /, 1907 1o, ,3S7. %
~ IS
The total resources Of the national
grange, including the above balance
and money invested in bonds. savings
bank deposits. ETC. is $102, ,921.44.
State Master George W. F. Gaunt of
New Jersey says: THE past year has
been the banner year in grange work
In the Garden State. Sixteen new sub
ordinate oranges have been organized
and two Pomonas. making 11s sub
ordinate and fourteen Pomona oranges.
Nearly 5000 new members have been
added 20 our membership. making q
grand total of $4,000. Our Grange
Fire Insurance company has been stead
our patrons. We have nearly $1S,0oO,-
600 worth Of property insured. For
number Of years subordinate and Po-
mona oranges have been cooperating
In the purchase OF farm supplies at
great saving This has been. however.
Of local character The Grange Com
mercial Exchange has been recently In
corporated with capital stock of
$125,OOO, which it is expected will be
very helpful 10 the members Of the
grange"
G. w. P0drce, state master OF the Yer
mont grange. reports thirty new sub
ordinates and one Pomona organized
the past year, adding 1000 members.
Questions were freely discussed, and
education was the watchword. Agrt-
culture and nature studies were being
introduced into the common schools.
The grange stood for better roads. bet
ter methods and better everything. He
will not be satisfied until there are as
many oranges in Vermont as there are
towns.
c. d. Richardson, state master In
Massachusetts. says a great growth is
going on with enduring results. The
problem of child education was engag-
ing the attention Of Patrons in Massa-
chusetts. Growth Of membership was
had some definite object. The grange
is winning Its way to the front.
The exemplihcation of the rituaiistic
work was never better than this year.
The first degree was eXemplified by
New Britain Comm grange officers,
the second by a Cheshire Comm team.
the third by ladies' degree team from
Keene, n. H.; the fourth by ladies'
degree team from North Brookfield.
Mass The fifth degree was beautiful.
ly presented by Central Pomona de
gree team of Connecticut and the sixth
by the officers of the Connecticut state
grange This work particularly IN the
lower degrees, cannot fail TO be an in
spiratiou to all who Witnessed 1t, and
through them the various subordinate
oranges here represented will be In
cited to improvement In this very I'M
portant phase Of grange work.
Governor Woodruff of Connecticut
gave an Informal reception to the na-
tional grange and visiting delegates
just at the close Of one mornings ses-
sion In the receiving line were Gov