The Republican journal., 1914-08-20
The Grange Field Day,
Held in Centennial Grove, montvflie. Aug.
18th.


\ 18th.
For number of years Waldo fomoni
Grange has held Field Day in August at tht
home of Charles E. Ring in Center Aontvilie
the genial host and hostess placing at tne o's'
posal Of the Grangers and all who chose TO at
tend. the house, the spacious grounos mo tne
large grove. Between and 10 O'CLOCK tues
day morning, August 18th, men. women ano
children in teams and autos arrived from every
direction. Oliver Wilson of Evanston, ILL.,. Ma
tional Master, C. S. Stetson of Greene, State
Master, and C. E. Purington of Bowdoinham.
state Lecturer, came to Belfast Monday even
ing and autoed to the meeting.
At the forenoon meeting the Following
Oranges responded to the roll call: Silver Har-
vest, Waldo; Honesty, Morrill,; Mystic, Bel
mont; Union Harvest, MontviIle; Dirigo,Free
dom; Georges River, Liberty; Equity and
Seaside, Belfast; Victor, Searsmont; Frederick
Ritchie, Waldo; South Montville; Sunlight.
Knox; Tranquility, Lincolnville; Sheepscott,
Palermo; Riverside. Belfast; Seven Tree, Troy;
Evening Star. Troy; Morning Light, Monroe;
Sunrise, Knox. Medomcook Valley of WASH
ington. Magnolia of Evanston, ILL.,, Bowdoin-
ham of Bowdoinham and one Grange OF Mass
achusetts was represented.
The speakers stand was decorated in red,
white and blue and contained seats for the
speakers and the presiding officer, Chas. M
Howes. Master of Waldo Pomona. Lincolnville
Band of seven pieces gave concert and selec-
tions during the day.
State Master Stetson in his opening remarks s
said that he felt obliged to give first place to
Androscoggin County as Grange center. but
also felt obliged to say that Waldo county took
the blue ribbon for getting out crowd and
manifesting the fraternal spirit. He offered a
tribute to the memory of those who forty
years ago organized Eastern Star Grange, No.
l. of Camden. There are now 10000 Grangers
in Maine and their property is valued at one
and quarter million. 1t pays the farmer to
attend the Grange. His direct message was
Legislative work and this at present includes
the equal suffrage, good roads. a more just
division of the school tax and the conservation
of Names water power. With cooperation
and unity of effort the Grange will be mighty
factor in obtaining these laws. Each individual
Grange and Granger should come into line and
push for what the State Grange declared at its
annual session. In this connection Mr.. Stet-
son told new story. A large manufacturing
plant in Massachusetts requires the name,
time late, and cause of tardiness, of all its
employees. The first usually gave the cause,
the rest would ditto it. The common cause
Iafn he lost
wrote "twins arrived at my house last night
and 19 dittoed it without reading.
Mr.. Stetson made strong appeal for equal
suffrage. He said that the records show that
80 per cent of the male vote is hauled to the
poles fer price, but women would not stand
for this, nor would they allow notification of
law He appealed to the men to get out of
the way of the wheels of progress. He spoke
of the magnitude of the good roads question.
The State has &c. 600 miles to keep in order and
he advised that the work be done for CONNER
cial interests before that of tourists In the di-
over So and the rural child gets less than ST. Are
not the country children of as much importance
as those of the city? Outside capitalists are
buying up Names immense water power and
much of it is idle. The Grange stands for
State control of this, not State ownership
The trial of the thrifty farmer in securing
competent help on the farm must find its relief
in electric power. He told of one farmer he
recently visited who used this power in every
way on his large farm and made good thing
of it. This condition, he said, will soon be
common The Grange should sign petitions
for these laws, write personal letters and also
look to the election of their class represent
tatives.
The Grange chorus, under the direction of
l. P. Critics, with Mrs. Blanche Moody john
son, organist. sang "The Reaper's Song, and
the meeting was then adjourned over the noon
hour.
The guests of honor, the Lincolnvile Band
at long table set under the trees and pre-
sided over by the ladies of Waldo Pomona.
There was an abundance of good food. The
afternoon session was opened with selections
by the band and singing by the Grange chorus
of 1.-THE River of Time," Miss Gladys Tibbetts
of North Palermo, organist National Master
Wilson was then introduced and was received
with hearty applause. followed by three
cheers and tiger. led by Hon. L. c. Morse of
Liberty.
In his address Mr.. Wilson criticised in no un-
certain terms public statement derogatory to
the farmers of Maine, said to have been made
by DR.. Harvey w. Wiley on a recent visit to
this State. He said he could speak of no great
problems; it was those common to all sections
of the country that were of vital interest. The
philanthropic movements to elevate the Amer
lean farmer were all bosh. He could look after
his own interests. He referred to the curse
of foreign wars, whose effect is near.as distance
has been eliminated, and said that the Grange
as body will stand for peace. The Grange
has always taken its position on all important
issues and never been obliged to retract. He
did not commit himself on State National
politics but said that his hearers might put him
down as "a Rational Progressive-Conserva-
tive" AS Granger he should advocate
measures because they were right. He had been
in the West and was recently in Colorado and
with fraternal feeling extended the greetings
of that State to its sister in the East. All indi-
viduals and individual Oranges cannot think
alike. but they can act together In common
intarests heln settle (1isputes and build up and