The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-06-01
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pussy III the u0lu IudC CuSy w uOC Ililhh
they have time for such matters as
organization. However, we nave
these to report:
3O4: Progress Grange-Wm. Mon
roe, Master; Alice Moody, Lecturer;
Eugene Taylor, Secy., all of New
Kamilche. Organized April IA, by
Fred w. Lewis, with twenty-siX mem
bers.
9O5: Hartford Grange-John Item,
Master, Hartford, Wash; Mrs. Anna
Robinette, Lecturer, Everett, R. D. L;
A. H. Baker, Secy., Hartford. Organ
lied April %, by G. E. Flint, with
thirty-two members.
800: Halls Lake Grange-H. H. Bur-
Lesson, Master; Mrs. H. H. Burleson,
Lecturer; Guy L. Holmes, Secy., all of
Edmonds. Organized April %, by G.
E. Flint, with thirty-six members.
307: Purdy Grange-Horace Knapp,
Master; Mrs. Jessie Knapp, Lecturer;
L. G. Sorenson, Secy, all of Gig Har-
Dor. Organized April 81, by w. H.
Kaufman, with sixteen members.
3OS: Whatcom Central Grange
Hemmi, Master; Bertha Marchand,
Lecturer; Walter Muenchen, Secy,
all of Everson, R. D. 1. Organized
May 1, by Ernest M. Smith, with
twenty-six members.
-: Timon Grange-Fred Nottier,
Master; Lena Knitted, Lecturer; Otto
KNITTED, Secy., all of Everson. Organ
lied May II, by w. H. Kaufman, with
thirty-fve members.
-: Woodland Home Grange-C.
w. Smith, Master; S. S. Snodgrass,
Lecturer; Senaca Smith, Secy., all OF
Custer, R. D. 1. Organized May II,
by Ernest M. Smith, with twenty-one
members.
-: Oakview Grange-E. P. Nc
Clure, Master, Centralia, Hurn Route;
Elmer D. Kirklin, Lecturer, Centralia,
Hurn Route; j. H. Lozier Secy., Cen
tralia, R. D. 1. Organized May IA,
by G. w. Erase, with twenty-eight
members.
Eight new Oranges is not so bad
for this time of year, when every one
has about all they can do in their
home work There will be several
more organized before the close OF
the quarter, so there is some hopes
of our winning the pennant for this
quarter, although there will DOUBTLESS
be some good work done in Michigan
and other states.
Before this issue reaches it's read
ers the Washington State Grange will
have held it's annual session, new Of
ficers elected and a plan OF work Tor
the next year will have been decided
upon.
| may address you no more as Sec
rotary, but if SO I wish to assure you
that I have enjoyed the work very
much and that I have tried to do my
full duty in all things. I have made
mistakes, but they have not been OF
such Importance as to cripple the
work to any great extent, and gen.
orally have been remedied easily.
I can not but feel proud of the work
that has been done in the Grange dur
ing the last two years. We have
made a very large growth, having
gained 1909 during this time, having
been raised from 80 to 189 Subor-
dinate Oranges, and the Pomonas have
grown from to 10.
We have two Juveniles, both of
them having come into existance DUR
ing the past two years.
None or the Oluer Orange SIdCoo
can make such a showing as this, but
the National Grange has an advance
to show, also. We have added the
states of Idaho and South Dakota to
our list and all over, especially in the
live Grange states we can point with
pride to good growth. On the whole,
the Grange is having good healthy
growth, not boom as in the early
seventies" when farmers went wild
over the organization, and thousands
of new Oranges were organized every