Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-30
Monmouth News

Capital journal Special Service)
Monmouth, Ore, Jan. 29.-Polk
county Pomona grange met here in the
i. O. o. +. hall Saturday with very
good attendance. All the granges-of the
county were represented. Worthy Mas
ter p. O. Powell, being out of town,
Past Master Robertson of Oak Grove
acted in his place for the day. The
morning session was given to reading
minutes of last meeting and to hearing
reports from the several oranges of
the county. An excellent dinner was
served at noon and a social hour en-
ioyed. The following program was then
given during the open session: Reading,
Mr.. Baker of O. n. =. who responded to
an encore; reading, Mrs. Frank Lough-
ary; short talk by Mrs. Minnie Bond
of Eugene; song by the grange; read
| ing, Mrs. J. r. Stockholm; discussion
on grape culture by Messrs, Harvey,
Stockholm and Riddell; State Deputy
Grange Organizer Hurd was present and
gave splendid talk on The Grange
and its Possibilities; among other
things he said that the grange as an
Organization was missing great oppor-
tunity by its failure to take itself ser
| iouslv, and to do the fine things that
lie wholly within its province. He be
lieves that any grange, to do effective
work should be divided into several de
partments, and that each member be
placed in the special department for
which he or she is best fitted. He said
there should be a cooperative depart
ment with committee to attend to co
operative buying and selling; depart
Iment of farm development to solve the
problems Of soil fertility, drainage
stock improvement etc; a department
of education which would take in Tx
school teachers and other educators anC
would do away with the need of a par
ent-teachers association; social com
Imittee, of which the lecturer would bt
chairman, to look after programs an(
entertainments membership commit
tee keep up and increase the member
ship. and last but not least, legisla
tive department with committe,
whose business it is to investigate al
. bills and measures to come up betor
the people or congress, and especiall,
those which directly affect the agricul
tural interests, also to investigate tn
tax budget. Mr.. Hurd said that Their
b.
mower and told of q recent underhan'
scheme of misrepresentation to mflu
ence legislation to the detriment OF tn
farmer, and said that the grange mus
be constantly on guard. lie menuone'
the community parasite, one who ac
cepts and enjoys the blessings and prlV
ileges brought about in his communit,
and who has not done his share in tn
work. At the evening session Maste
p. O. Powell presided, Mrs Mimi
Bond, state grange lecturer gave
/, very interesting and helpful talk; tn
new Officers elected at the Mccoy meet
ing were installed by Mrs. Bond. Flv
new members were initiated in tn
fifth degree, among them being Mrs
Winnie Braden of Dallas. The resolr
ton was passed that the Pomona grang
90 ON record as favoring the office Q
dairy and food commissioner in its pre-
! ent independent statei also faVorln
! the bill to provide for five cent boul
= ty on gopher and moles. Mrs. Nelf
! White was elected delegate to the stat
= grange which meets at Astoria IN May
The next meeting of the county grang
, will be at Oak Grove the fourth Satul
+ day in March.
u Officers of Monmouth Co'operatlV
Creamery elected at the annual meetin
OF the stockholders recently were; Pres
I ident, Frank Loughary; secretary, /
{ 10. Powell; board of directors, Gu
D Hewett, II. H. Gentle, H. D. Tiff, e
!. Rodgers, ] R. Toy and Jacob Smiti
l Under the present management tn
7 creamery has prospered, and is mo-
!. doing a good and increasing business
h patrons receiving about one and on
!. half cents above market price for bu
!, terfat during the entire time since tn
5 organization took place. Now that tn
3 Monmouth creamery has voted to Joi
5 the Cooperative Dairy exchange, Il