The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-10-01
Grange Growth and Prospects
for the Future.

GnF00 new oranges, DuU Cn0y are 6n0f-
getic and will win their way in many
ways. They are in the northwestern
part of the state, whire the Grange is
power, and these additions will but
make our organization the stronger for
the work we have to do. Following
are the Oranges referred to:
-Westsound Grange;E E. M. Church
Master; Westsound, San Jaun Co. Mrs.
Florence Atkins, Lecturer, Westsound.
Organized Aug. 80, by Ernest M. Smith,
with 81 members.
323-Happy Valley; Geo. M. D. Graves
Master, Redmond, RID. l, King Co.,
J. Bossard, Lecturer, Redmond, RID
L; Miss Lila Bossard, Secy., Redmond,
RID. 1. Organized Sept. 9th by Err
nest M. Smith, with 38 members.
324-Lopez Grange, Thomas A. Blake,
Master, Lopez; o. E. Brown, Lecturer,
Lopez, San Jaun Co.; A. L. Biggs, Sec.,
Lopez. Organized Sept. IA, by Ernest
M. Smith, with q members.
We are looking toward the months
following this for good number of
new Oranges, as well as the steady
upbuilding of the ones we now have.
We expect soon to have two or three
more men in the field in different
parts of the state, besides consider
able local work by the deputies
throughout the state.
l wish l could impress upon the
members that the Grange will do
great deal for them if they only push
it, but it will do no more than it is
made to do. If all the members climb
in and sit down there will be no team
to pull the wagon, and we will get no.
where, and we are soon going to climb
Off; while, If we each do our part to
pull the grand old wagon we will get
to our destination in good order and
may accomplish much for ourselves
as we'll as our fellow Patrons.
Remember, that you can not get
more out of an organization than is
put into it. Do not expect it or you
will be disappointed. The Grange is
but vehicle for success, it is not
success itself
AS a medium for cooperation the
Grange can not be excelled, and it
should be used for this purpose. The
members can get together and make
out a combined order that will call
for a good-sized reduction in the COST
for if your HON emrechant will not
give you a fair reduction for a large
a larger town and get what you want.
A reduction of ten per cent will pay
you we'll for the trouble, and you can
generally get that much discount at
least, and in some cases much more,
according to the kind of goods or
dered Some of the staple articles are
sold at small margin of profit, SO
you can not get much of reduction
on them.
1t is getting to be time you were
getting that alcohol lamp for your
long winter evenings. You can not
afford to use a poor light for reading
when you can get good one, and
save your eyes. You had better write
to me for prices and then order the
style that suits you best. After you
use it short time you will think that
you can not get along without it any
more. Of course there are other good
lights, but this one is the farmers
light, as it is in his power to make his
own fuel for it, as we'll as for heating
and cooking purposes. 1t is next to
an impossibility for a John d. Rookie
Teller to get a monopoly on this fuel,
but it will take time to develop the
industry, and the slower we are about
making use of the light the longer 1T
will be before we have home distil-
leries for the making of the alcohol.
Political interest should be kept up,
and we should deluge our Congress-
men and Senators with letters calling
upon them to pass the Parcels Post,
the Postal Savings Bank and Federal