White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-01-27
DEPUTY STATE MASTER
SPEAKS TO CHANGERS

"The Grange rests upon the
foundation of four great principles
cooperation, education, legislation and
recreation, each Of which is important
in itself but more important in it's re-
lsticn to the others,P said Ira Shea,
deputy State Grange Master, in an
White Bluffs and Hanford grangers
and a few invited guests at Grange
hall in White Bluffs on Thur day
evening Of last week.
Mr.. Shea is making trip over the
state organizing new oranges and
helping strengthen the established
ones through the addition CT new
members and by putting little pep
into the older members.
In his address here Mr.. Shea de-
voted mcst of his time to the four
principles of the Grange, taking each
separately and explaining just what
it meant when used in establishing
new oranges and in maintaining those
already established. He said that
neighborhood misunderstanding and
personal animosities were the biggest
hills that had to be climbed in es-
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was necessary in order to cooperation,
without which no grange could live
any length Of time. He recited some
of his own experiences in his home
grange tc bring out this point clearly.
The speaker said the Grange was
a firm believer in education and ready
and willing at all times to lend its
aid anc' influence for the establish
ment and maintainance of schools,
particularly in the rural communities,
where in scme instances the taxable
property in districts would not yield
sufficient revenue to maintain schools
for nine months in the year while
other districts had more school money
than they could s.. To equalize
this he said that the Grange had
secured the passage Of a bill in the
last legislature throught both the
house and the senate, but that the
Governor had vetoed it..
Under the head Of legislation, Mr..
Shea listed number of bills that the
Grange would like to have enacted
into laws, the most important OF these
probably being the constitutional
amendment to be voted on at the cleo
ton this fall by which it is hoped a
more equitable taxation program can
he established. AS it is now, he point
ed out much intangible property es-
capes taxation altogether. If the con-
stitutional amendment carries, it is
believed it would. be possible to get
this propo'ty OH the tax rolls and help
to bear at least part Of the tax bur
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this amendment at the election in
November.
Recreation, the speaker. said, always
spssyess an Important parrs in the activi
ties of all successful oranges and in his
talks to the different locals in the
state, he said, he always cautioned
them against neglecting this part OF
their work.
Another point brought out by Mr..
Shea in his address was the statement
that the State Grange is no longc.
urging the establishing of retail stores
in the rural communities. He said the
chain stores in the last year or two
made it difficult for the grange stores
to compete and that while the sixty
odd grange stores in the state were
in healthy condition, the chain stores
had solved this problem and that there
would probably be curtailment
rather than expansion of the grange
retail store policy in rural conmuni-
tics. He added, however, that serious
consideration was being given to the
idea Ct establishing retail stores in the
large consuming centers through
which could be sold direct to the con-
sumner the products of the farms.
In connection with MI. Sheas adj
dress, the local grange put on an inter
esting and entertaining little program
consisting Of humorous n1onologue
BY Miss Weber, violin solo by Mrs.
A. T. Hostetter and a vocal solo by
Mrs. ]. E. Leander Each nurnbe':
pleased the crowd and all were forced
to respond to hearty encores.