The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-02-13
POMONA ASK S
MINIMUM OF
&c FOR GRASS
Ask County to Contribute to
River Improvement, En-
dorse Fair; Seek Better
Marketing Facilities

Marketing Facilities
Alice B. Ayers, reporter
Finley grange No. 414 was host tt
Benton County Pomona on Febru-
airy 8 when the meeting was calico
promptly at 2:30 by Master I. NJ
Hartman. Overseer, Steward, Ceres
and two members of the executive
committee were absent.
The lecturer reported that there
would be lecturers conference at
4:30 at the next meeting. She asked
all lecturers to be present and each
to bring pencil and paper and have
some good ideas on program num-
mers to present to the group.
The chaplain reported flowers
sent to four sick members. All sub
ordinates reported except Hanford
White Bluffs, Horse Heaven, Whit
stran and Buena Vista, there being
no representative present.
Kennewick Valley reported that
because Of bad roads Locust Grove
could not take the gavel to them on
February 2 as scheduled so will take
1t February 81. They have had sew
eral new members by initiation, re-
Installing and by demit.
Finley had held two regular and
one special meetings. At the special
meeting, January 30th. the team
from Columbia Valley initiated Is
from Finley and two from Kenne-
wick Valley in first and second de-
grees. These will be initiated in the
third and fourth degrees as Fin
ley, February Goth by the team from
Kennewick Valley. Any who have
candidates for these degrees are
asked to bring them to Finley for
that night. In the Know Your
Washington" contest they won the
fourth prize of $500 In October
and first prize Of SIS in November.
The II. E. G. have had the tables
in the dinning room smoothed and
vanished and had a cupboard made
for the dishes. The Master reported
his grange as being an active and
interested group working hard for
the betterment Of the community
and the organization.
AT Kennewick Highlands the Vale
team will put on the work February
18th. At the meeting January 23rd
J. r. Ayers was present and discuss
ed in detail the National Grange
Legislative program.
Locust Grove had a pot luck din
ner January 18th.
The second meeting in January
Columbia Valley came to Vale and
initiated, bringing five or six cand-
idates along. II. E. G. provided cloths
for the tables. At the first meeting
IN February the first and second de-
grees will be conferred.
On January Is the Master at XII
ona-Benton appointed all commit
tee chairmen and they were to Sc
lect the rest of the committee. Every
one is on some committee. They
sent a representative to the Wei
fare meeting IN Yakima, held a
white elephant sale, had roll call,
giving reactions to the A. A. A. de-
cision, had a pot luck supper on
February 5th, won a prize in the
Know Your Washington contest,
endorsed the Fair and will enter an
exhibit and have initiated one, re-
instated four and have 9 delin-
quents. A membership contest be-
tween the men and women ends on
April 21st. At the next meeting they
will drill on opening and closing
grange correctly.
The only member present from
Rattlesnake was Sister U. s. Case
and she reported meetings being
held, though she had not been near
enough to attend since last Po-
mona.
Washington Children's Home and
the Lacey Home sent thanks for
Christmas donations.
One thousand copies of "The
Grange Blue Book" containing con-
densed grange information, will be
purchased by Pomona to be placed
in every grange home in the coun-
try.
The marketing committee report
ed they were in accord with contin-
u1ng the Fair, that Pomona spon-
sored same and that Fair COM
mittee be appointed. They also felt
that marketing conditions were not
what they should be and recon-
mended that Pomona have COM
mittee of five to contact dealers to
improve said conditions and coordi-
nate in the making of prices, get
growers to not accept less than S
cents or dealers offer less than S
cents for asparagus, call two mass
meetings of grass growers, look into
the barreling of Strawberries and get
the support of merchants in buy
ing garden truck from the farmers.
Report was accepted.
A resolution was submitted re-
affirming the principle contained
IN resolution adopted at the De-