Putnam patriot., 1917-05-18
Putnam Grange

There was an interesting meeting of
Putnam grange Monday evening. The
feature of the lecturers lhour was a
Maybasket luncheon. Pretty baskets
filled by the ladies were auctioned of
to the men, Frank French acting as
aucIioneer. The bidders were liberal
and several baskets brought & and So
each. Nearly SIS was realized
The address of the evening was by
County Agent b. w, Ellis. He APP
pealed to the grange as the largest ag.
riculturaI body of the country, to do
all possible to stir up interest in food
preparedness. He urged the members
to plant more crops than ever before
and quoted figures TO show the present
shortage of food Stuff in the country.
He outlined the work of the Farm
ers' Association and the end sought TO
be accomplished. 1t Is TO aid the
farming business and the farmers in
general but can only be made success
by the individual farmers cooperating
and using the association whenever
necessity requires.
There was singing by trio consist.
ing of Misses Katherine Byrne, Vera
Duffy and Mae Evans. MRS. l.. T.
Jones reported the completion Of five
comfort bags for the Red Cross. DIR.
and Mrs. Z. l.. Simpson and Raymond
Durfey were admitted to membership
In the 3rd and 4th degrees. America
was sung at the opening Of the lectur-
ef's hour.
The following motto, suggested by
Mrs. ". J. Bartlett, was adopted:
"In essentials, Unity.
In non essentials, Liberty.
In all things, Charity
Mrs. Bartlett then made the follow
ing announcement:
just now the executive committee of
the National grange is in earnest ses-
sion at Washington and in conference
with 1t is the legislative committee of
the same body, called for a significan
purpose.
National Master Oliver Wilson wires
from Washington; "Tell every patron
everywhere that we are going to make
q mighty effort to win for national
prohibition rand every grange in the
land has been called upon to enlist"
Putnam grange promptly answered
the call and adopted the following res
olutions:
"Whereas, the consumption of cere-
al grains and corn in this country for
distiiiation and brewing amounts TO
1000 900, 900 bushels annually, or APP.
proximaLely one-sixth Of our entire
crop, and,
Whereas, that portion of the grain
which Is lost In the liquors and beer
would give the American people one
sixth Of q barrel OF -four per capita and
also furnish 100000 dairy cows, or
one third OF the entire number In the
United States, seven pounds Of grain a
day for every dsy Ia the year: There
fore be 1t,
Resolved, that Putnam grange IA.
vors the closing Of all distilleries and
breweries In the United States AS a
war measure; and that a copy Of these
resolutions De sent al once TO wood
row Wilson, President Of the United
states, also one to each Of our United
States senators, asking them TO sup
port such measure"
Mrs. Bartlett announced that the
next meeting Of the grange will be on
the evening of May %. This will be
patriotic meeting and the members Of
the Grand Army are to be invited rs
special guests and automobiles provid
ed for their disposal. All other patri-
otto organizations in the city are to be
invited. Coming just before Memorial
day in this year Of war, the occasion
will. be used for making one Of the
most impressive of meetings OF pat
riotic nature.
At The regular III citing on June 18th
June Box social " i'll be held. The
men will furnish aud fill the boxes
and the ladies will bid them off. F.W.
Barber will deliver a patriotic address.