Milford chronicle., 1926-07-23


place in . this country, and upon
which national attention will be
keenly centered, is to occur Friday,
July 80, at 4 P. NJ. at Washington,
D. c., in Rock Greek Cemetery, when
formal dedication exercises will be
carried out around handsome gran
ite monument erected to the memory
of Oliver H. Kelley, founder of the
Grange organization 60 years ago,
and affectionately known among the
membership everywhere as Father"
Kelley.
Appropriate dedication exercises,
with ritual ceremony, will be carried
out under direction of Potomac
Grange at Washington, featured by a
dedicatory address by National Mas
ter Louis J. Taber, and the unveil-
ing of the monument. This memorial
is erected by the family of Mr.. Kel-
ley and, with the cemetery lot, is
presented to the National Grange
which organization will assume the
lperpetual care of this historic spot.
Grange members from many parts OF
the United States will attend the
dedication exercises and throughout
the nationwide membership of more
than 100000 Patrons the July 80 oc-
casion will attract keen interest.
Father" Kelley, who, with six
associates, founded this national
fraternity of farmers six decades
ago. was born in Boston, Massachus-
etts, January Z, 1926, typical Yam
kee. a student and philosopher, but
a man of vision and courage, who
dreamed of the possibilities of or
ganizing the tillers of the soil and
whose dreams crystallized in the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry, IN
whose creation he was assisted by
six other men, constituting group
universally known in Grange par
lance as the Seven Founders of the
Order. During his residence upon
farm in Minnesota and over a long
period of life at Washington, D. c.
Mr.. Kelley gave unstintingly Of
time, strength, thought and money
for the creation of the farmers fra
ternity of which he dreamed, and
when he died in 1918 practically all
the earnings of a lifetime had been
devoted to the Grange cause, in
whose promotion he was constantly
assisted by his wife, Temperance
Lane. and four daughters. Again and
again Mr.. Kelley made long, weari-
some trips in behalf of Grange pro-
motion, and he lived to see his sac
rifice and efforts rewarded by a far
mers' organization bounded by the
two oceans and extending from the
Dominion on the north to the Gulf OF
Mexico on the south, with an 1ntu-
ence in community, educational, So
cial and legislative affairs of rural
that has never been ap-
by any other organiza-
ton of farmers in the world.
It is easily within the facts to. as
sert that no other one American has
made so large a contribution to the
welfare of the rural people as Mr..
Kelley, through the organization
which he so wisely planned and
which has functioned so effectively
over so long a period and in such a
variety of directions. Mr.. Kelley's
close association with the Masonic
fraternity aided him greatly in the
preparation of the Grange ritual,
which is considered one of the most
impressive of all fraternal express
sions, especially built around the
seasons and the growing life OF Ma
ture.
Several others of the group OF
Grange founders are also buried in
washington and the National Grange
has placed suitable markers upon all
these graves. Rock Creek Cemetery
is beautifully located in the capital
city and on the Kelley family lot'
around the beautiful granite me-
mortal, will gather on July 80 a
noteworthy assemblage, not only or
Grange folks, but of agricultural
leaders from all parts of the United
States.
@eS
IN THE TWENTY YEARS, 1900 to
1920, the population of the United
States increased almost 40 per cent,
while the number of persons engag-
ed in agriculture increased 4 per
cent.
During this period the
Production of wheat increased
$50.
Production of corn increased
$50.
Production of cotton increased
4796.
! Production of cattle increase
{ 379o.
Production of hogs increase
$50.
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