The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-04-13
Grange Asks New
WSC President be
IF arm Minded |"
Postwar planning
ignores Grange guide
posts of prosperity

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Benton County Pomona grange
met April 9th with Horse Heaven
with all officers present. The
next meeting will be May 18th
with Rattlesnake at 200 pm.
Memorial services will be held.
"A resolution from San Juan
county asking that the State High
way commission be Empowered to
build and operate the ferry sys-
tenn serving San Juan county
to facilitate especially the truck
ing from farm to market was
left for the secretary to get fur
Their information before action is
taken. q
One from Buena Vista grange
asking that Washington State Col
lege be requested to provide at
once for a greatly enlarged pro-
gram of experimentation in irri-
cation on agriculture at Prosser
and that the board of regents of
WSC be urged to select college
president who is agriculturally
minded and who has caught a
vision of the marvellous future of
irrigation agriculture in the State
of Washington. Amended to read,
upon the retirement of DR.. E.
O. Holland" was adopted as
amended.
A resolution concerning the post
war distribution of world war
equipment was approved.
M. G. Clark reported for post
war committee. He said congress
has passed an act authorizing APP
preparations of $l,350,000,0 900 for
the work of the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Admin
istration but has not voted any
actual appropriation The United
States is expected to contribute
67h percent of a total fund of
$4,000, GOO, 900 for the use of the
UNRRA but we will have only one
vote out of "A to control the dis
be spent. He. also stated that
tribution of the money that will
post war planning which ignores
the three grange guide posts of
prosperity depends of the pro-
duction of wealth. "the compen-
sation of each should be based
upon what he contributes to the
general welfare" and "the prime
purpose of government is to pro-
tect its citizens from aggression"
will be futile.
At the March meeting the exc
cutive committee was instructed
to investigate the shortage of
sugar and the use Of black strap
used by the liquor interests. They
reported that the same amount
of sugar would be allowed this
year for canning and that the
black strap was used in the pro-
duction of industrial alcohol.
Power committee reported a
of taxes, donations and
free service in percentage of base
revenue for all electric plants in
the United States municipal plants,
26.8 percent privately owned, 14.4
making an excess of 12.4 contri-
buted by municipal plants.
Reports Of Subordinate Oranges
Horse Heaven has resumed its
two meetings month
and have taken in two new men,
bers with several others in pros
pect. They have contributed to
the Red Cross, the Kegley men,
orial and renewed their member
ship in the Inland Empire Water
Ways association.
Buena Vista held two regular
and one special meeting at which
they voted on all candidates and
initiated them in the first and
second degrees. A basket social
Melted $86.26 which was turned
over to the Red Cross. They have
256 members in good standing.
Their teams are busy initiating in
all four degrees in their own
grange and at Grandview grange.
Though there was no represent
alton from Rattlesnake report
was sent in for the quarter in
which they report four meetings,
two deaths, an elk dinner, Sc
per member Of $2.95 to the Kegley
memorial fund. $405 from the
community for the Red Cross,
sos of which was raised at a
box social by the grange, five
new members, lost six, ten at
tended the officers school at
Buena Vista and are planning to
entertain Pomona in May.
Kiona Benton has elected and
installed a new steward, taken
in seven new members, lecturer
received a gold star award, contri.
buted $500 to the Red Cross
and Sc a member or $3.50 to