The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-02-01
THE GRANGE


bought a farm near Palouse, Wash,
and will become a member of Palouse
Grange, No. TT. He will be very busy
for while in making the necessary
move. and we hope that he has bene-
flied himself and family by the change.
Sam II. Shell, who is in the Grange
field in Yakima County has been
obliged to go to his home in Klickitat
County, on account of his health, which
has not been benefited by the recent
severe weather. He will go back as
soon as he is able.
G. e. Flint, who has been working at
organization In Snohomish County has
gone into Chelan, where he will work
for a month or two. He will make his
headquarters at Wenatchee, while
there
Chas F. Stokes, of Spokane, has
been up into Stevens County and as a
result we received the report of Garden
Spot Grange.
We received at this office in one
mail the reports of three Oranges,
Garden City, Snohomish County, with
100 members; Euclid, Yakima County,
with 80 members, and Garden Spot,
Pretty good for one mail!
Thurston Pomona held their election
last Saturday, and r. H. Carpenter was
selected as Master, F. A. Roberts was
reelected as Lecturer, and Lee c..
Lewis was chosen to serve as Secre-
tary for the coming year. They will
meet with Brighton Park Grange on
Saturday, January 80, and will have
their officers installed.
Alcohol lamps are in great demand
al present, as we are getting orders
from all oyer Washington and Oregon
for them. People are anxious to get
good light, and as long as it can be got
without paying tribute to the octopus,
many are willing to even pay more to
avail themselves of the advantage.
We understood that the Governor
asked for an unconditional repeal of
the Township Organization law, and
have issued protest against the same,
but on getting printed copy OF the
message we find that he is not as arbi-
trary as that, but suggests that the law
may be changed SO as to make it more
practicable, and with this we agree,
and we ask our Legislators to take this
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repeal of the law.
We notice that Oscar H. Neil, of
Bellingham, has started the publica-
ton of paper, The New World, that
he is making a medium of communica-
ton between the Oranges of Whatcom
and Skagit Counties. Here's good
luck to the venture.
PROTEST.
Washington State Grange, Office of
Secretary, Tumwater, Wash, Janu-
airy 18, 1909.
To the Patrons and Citizens of Wash
ingtOn:
Legislature, there is recommendation
that the Township Organization law be
repealed Internationally.
If this is done it will take away one
of the prerogatives of the people, and
forge just so much more strongly, the
chains of machine rule" under which
we so often labor, and we, as repre-
sentatives of the Washington State
Grange ask you to protest with all the
powers you can command, this action,
as suggested by the Governor, as we as
people do not have too much free
dom at the best, and we want to retain
all that we have.
Let all Oranges and other Organiza-
tons that are interested in the welfare
of the people, take action along this
line, and send word to your member
in the Legislature, and it is advisable
that citizens write personal letters to
their representatives, telling them to
not vote for this repeal.
Yours for perfect freedom,
FRED w. LEWIS, Secretary.
G. B. KEGLEY, Master.