St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-22
Grange Notes.
Annual Meeting State Grange in
BurIingtOn.-GOOd Growth in
the Order.

The 3Sth annual meeting of the Yer
,,ont State Grange was held in Burinp-
TON last week with very large attend
once. there being nearly 500 delegates
present. Another feature of the meeting
was the report OF the great growth dur
inc the past year, Secretary A. A. Priest
reporting that since the last meeting 26
oranges have been instituted, as follows:
No. 1922, Sharon: 424 Memphremagog.
Newport; 425, Montgomery; 431
Success, Vershire; 43+, Alberta, Marsh
field; 1856, Thetiord Star, Post Mills;
437. Mount Norris Eden; 43S, Lowell;
439. Black River Irasburg; $40, Unity,
Bolton; AL, Mansfield, Jericho; 442,
Fairfield; 443, Groton by a. E Whit
comb; 444, North Branch, Worcester;
42O, Jacksonville; 421, Lincoln, North
Springfield; 1926 Marble Valley, West
Rutland 427, Cold Spring, Wells 42S,
Bromley, Peru; 430, Mill River, East
Walingford; 432, Mount Aeolus. East
Dorset, by c. S. Hopkins; 419, Con
ncctcut River, Weathersfeld; 423, Ply
mouth Union; 400, Prospect Fair
Haven; 433, Camels Hump, Huntington,
BY Mrs. L. H. Morgan; 435, Pomfret
by G. c. Flint.
Some Large Oranges.
Woodlawn 249 and Franklin 341
have surrendered their charters. Missis-
uuoi Valley, No. 354, held no meetings.
Nine oranges have a membership of over
200, as follows: Protective, 448; Rut-
land Valley, 292; Bridgewater, 272;
Northheld, 269; Randolph, 257
Williamstown. 226; Washington, 22l ;
Middlebury, gig; Bennington. 900.
Seventy-six have a membership OF be-
tween 80 and 200.
The oranges in good standing number
100, with a total membership of rs ,494,
and they are divided by countries as
fllows: Windsor has % oranges with a
total membership of 2, IA; Rutland 26
and $3.50 members Windham % and
2.O5S; Caledonia Is and ,437 Orange
II and / ,7S9 Addison 5 and 1854
Washington 16 and 1911; Orleans IA
and 1857; Bennington 10 and SS7
Lamoile and ST. Franklin Q and
SAT; Chittenden 8 and ESQ., Grand Isle
and 273; Essex and 2Sl.
Six Pomona oranges have been insttu-
ted since the last meeting, as follows
Lake Champlain, c. F. Smith, Justin S.
Morrill,, Winooski Valley, Wiloughbv
Valley and Wiloughby Lake. The total
number OF Pomona oranges is "a with a
membership of {, 46S.
Dues and fees from subordinate
oranges have been received to the
amount of $5,273.15; from Pomona
oranges, S406.40; from the National
Grange for extension work. $426.73
9th degree fees, $l7S,09; G. {. Wright,
$780, instituting Pomona oranges
$4,000 delinquent grange 1924
making a total OF Sc, 4l2.52.
The Masters Address.
Worthy Master c. f. Smith delivered
an annual address which was clear and
comprehensive and laden with some very
excellent admonitions. q. He said in part
The order throughout the country has
made the largest growth the past year
in 50 years In Vermont a large share
of the oranges report an increase OF mem
bership. Ninety oranges have been or
ganized in the State within the past
three years.
The time has come for a comprehensive
plan of cooperation on the part OF the
grange that will build up the order and
give the farmer more of what righttully
belongs to him as his share of the fruits
of his labor. The grange store is a rock
that rent many OF the older oranges in
the State and caution should be used IL
working out any plan of cooperative
buying and selling.
A committee should be appointed from
the Pomona oranges to investigate ano
ascertain if saving cannot be made &c
the subordinate oranges in their Juris
diction, by buying some of the necessi
ties, at least. in car lots.
Mr.. Smith has some decided views or
the training in the public schools, anc
believed that as normal school and higl
school graduates as rule teach in The
rural communities, they should them
selves be taught the science of agriculture
and home economies, domestic science
sanitation and the laws of health
, Pupils should be learning in school The
simple principles of their work at home
MIR. Smith has some decided views or
the subject of taxation. I'm attempting
to solve this question we should lay
down some fundamental principles ant
keep as close to them as possible" sale
he. First, property of equal value SHOULD
bear equal burdens; second all property
should be taxed once and only once
third. there should be no exemption o
any species of property, either real OF
personal, except such as are exempt by
the constitution; fourth, all property
both tangible and intangible, should b,
uniformly appraised, either at its cos
value or at the same per cent. below
cash value.
Equaize the care of paupers by making
them a State charge, instead OF neigh
boring towns spending large sums O
money to prove location. Let all bur
dens that are not of a purely loca
nature be shared equally by the who'll
State.
Reduce the expenses of county court
by compelling a larger share OF tina
work to be done by municipal courts, d
away with side judges, reduce tn
Judges to five superior, and thre
supreme, and save $40, 900 to 500, 900
year that is now" wrung from the peopl
to be served up as plum sauce
Mr.. Smith came out strongly and earn
estly for another referendum on tn
liquor question. He believes that tn
Legislature made mistake in failing. t.
pass the scientific temperance instruct1o
bill
The good roads question is nationa
one and the government should assis
the States in building good roads. W
nc a cta+a re cneudiup as much as w