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PATRONS. OF HUSBANDRY. WVE cheerfully invite members of out Order to contribute to this department. Short, pomted arti cles for the good of the Order, news of its progress, co-operative .business plans, educational interests, etc., especially solicited. D IIE C T.ORY, NA'rLONAL GRANGE. MAsTER--JOTIN T. JONES, Arkansas. iECRETARY--O. II. KELLY, Louisville, IKy. TREASURER-F. M. McDOWELL, N. Y. TERRITORIAL GRANGE OF MONTANA. MASTER-BRIGIIAM REEDl, Bozeman, Gallatin County, OVERSEER-G. . . BATTERTON, Deer Lodge City, Deer Lodge County. LECTURER-A. *IYE.RS, IIelena, Lewis and Clark County. STEWARD-J. C. LANGDON, Nevada City, Madison County. AssISTANT STEWARD-J. UNDERWOOD, Boulder, Jeflirson County. CHAPLAIS-G. iI. OLDIIAM, Beaver Creek, Jefferson County. TREASU.RERil--L I. MOOD, Bozeman, Gal latin County. SECRETARY--J. D. M.cCAMMON, Bozeman, Gallatin County.. GATE KEEPER-W. M. WALLACE, New Chicago, Deer Lodge Coulnty. CERES--MRS. G. 'W. BATTER/, ON, Deer Lodge City, Deer Lodge County. PoMoNA-MiRS.. JNO. CULVER, Raders burg, Jelferson County. FLORA-MRS. A. W. SWITZER, Virginia City, Madison County. LADY ASIITANT STEWAND--MES. J. C. LANGDON, Nevada City, Madison Co. EX NTCUTTVE COMMITTEE. BRIGHIAM REED, Bozeman, Gallatin Co. G. W. WAKEFIELD, " " " DAVID BURT, New Chicago, Deer Lodge Cbottnty. P. P. MTLLS,,B'oIlder Valley, Jefferson,Co. A. W. SWITZER, Virginia City, Madison County. . 7W. M. WALT ACE, New Chicago, Deer Lodge County. A. F. BURNS, Helena, Le.is and Clark Co. DISTRICT. DEPUTIES. 1st District--l)AvII BuaT. 2d District-J. JoN.s. 3d Distict--P. B. MILLS. 4th District--A. W. SWITZER. ith Dist,rit--JT. O. .HOPPIG. * SUBORDINATE GRANGES. 19tnr of the"West2No: 1-Meet±first and third Sat urdhy nights of each month. G. C. McFadden, Biaster; J. W. Kemlper, Secretary. Bozeman Grange, No. 2-Meets WV. H. MeAdow, Master; John McCormiok,,Sec'y. East Gallatin, No. 3--Meets second and fourth Saturday nights of each month. C. L. Weaver; Master; W. J, Sipe, Secretary. Keystone, "o. 4-Meets first and third Wednes day eventi of each month. A. Johnson, Master; A. L 4.Cor ,r Secretary . Farmingto. No. 5--Meets, on theothird Saturday evening of~acbt month; 'a`7 o'clock p. m., from the first of g be to thq.flxst of April, and 2 o'clock, m: m.frol the ,'sa t of April to the first of October. '1. L. Luce, W. M.; B. M. Daws, Secretary. Elk Grve Grange No. Q,--Meets second and fourth Satirdvts in each month. S. B. Cope, Master; Jos. Plum, Secrftay,, . .. Prikly Pear, No. 7-Meets second and fourth at a fitach mothh :it half piast one o'clock, P, 4l, on.?oi0.no , ,laster J, H. Jones, SeS'y. Canton Grange9 No. 9-Meets, Jacob Powers., Master; Mes6s Doggett, See' y. ,~ , ks Grauge No I--Meets • . 1 " MIfi, Master; Joseph Burrill, Secretary. 1a4ivbyw* Grasb N6. i12.-Mets stecbona anti f It tys4yqn ae: s Mnt tt N. MB. Ftirnum, Mster; JFa'u2n l;mmngs, Secretary. Sheridan, No.. 14--Meets the first and fourth 'TLues day voenalga of ea . pntti G.; T 'lLowis, w ~ester; cObtlet No, 17.=.1 ebetsilhe Be ond imnd fouiith Sat t.oda. Ihts of each ;tn h, John B. Gatlln, Mas tero; w. B. Harlain, . ,.Ury.t Fort Owei, No. 1 '9.Liet$ second and foiurth Sat urd~aynightis of each mQntk. WE.. :Bais, l aster; M1. D. t'ulkorson, Secretary. . Flint Creek Grange No. 19.-Meets on the last atd in each toupth ,PDaidJ urts, lIasterj J. . 3yror, ~Secretary. MAdlsoi, Nb. ` 2-Meets the ldtt and third Satur S4ay-nIhts e moetth.. . At.. M.aM rd, Master; 0. G.. mi t%, Secretary. bM&b.ntatn Va1lle', No. 23.-Meeti the third Satiir da ,of etaei. m at~h,. J,. A. Bailey; Masted; P1. B. MIlls, Secretary. Lone Star 2'o. 24-Meets every fourth Saturday nlflttof each month. A. Macooiier, Master; W. J.. Clark, Secretary. ti ea~.)at Valley No. 25--Meets the second and fot eVf rturdays of each month, at 1 o'clock p. m. tew gtwklrk, Master; Geo. Arnold, eo'y. prouiuise, No. 26--Mbets the first and. third. yObtf cth morith, atl o'clock,' p. x. B. F ,, ,·Ms ter; J. B. Harvey, Secretary. ° { BOZMAN, Mairch 28, 1876. I ejn h ptof a nuimber. ,of " Patrons Pocket Comp 1d06o, l' oh I can furn:sh to Patrons, pre pa$ dby maf, *ubw rtysaix cent8. J.- 1D McGAMON, • '.ygTerritgpril Grange. Ta PFarmen a PlW.~d says theie is now a genuine Grange of genuine straight-up-and 84Qw fArmers in the lCty, f Philadelphia. Thee are enough fartmere :within ;the city l*peiy-toD o; mposep two pr thwee large niu.s, perhaps fifty sqmuare miles of II.ef &rhmipg :land. The Grange tr ~9Sieos4ted in the rural portion .Athity :hloam as '' Bustleton," A FARMIER'S SONG. We envy not the princely man In city or in town, Who wonders whether pumpkin vines un R1 up the hill or down; . We care not for his marble halls, Nor yet his heaps of gold We would not own his sordid heart For all his wealth thrice told. We are the favored ones of earth, We breathe pure i i' each moti'n We sow, we reap the golden grain,. We gather in the corn, We toil, we live on what we earn, And more than this we do We hear of starving millions round, And gladly feed them, too. The lawyer lives on princely fees,ý" Yet drags a weary life; $, lie never knows a peaceful .ir,..... His atmosphere is stTife.\ . . The merchant tlumbs his yard-stick o'cir Grows ragged at his toil; Hie's not the man God meant him for Why don't you till the soil? The doctor plods through storm and cold, Plods at his patient's will; When dead and gone hee plodsagain To get his lengthy bill. The printer (bless his noble soul!) lie grasps the mighty .orth, And stamps it on our daily sheet,. To cheer the farmer's hearth. Wesing the honor of the plow, And honor to the press Two noble instruments of toil, With each a power to bless: The bone, the nerve, of this fast age, True wealth of human kind One tills the ever generous earth, The other tills the mind. BOUtLDER VALLEY, M. T. April 18, 1876. "Mr. Editor: At the last annual session of the Territorial Grange, the following pre amble and resolutions were read and referred to committee. Now sir, (lid that committee report? If so, what? If not, why ? Being somewhat interested, I have looked long and anxious ly for their report, but must confess my dis appointment so .hr, is a complete success. If that committee did not, or have not re ported, is there no redress? Has the Terri torial Grange no rights which that cominit tee are bound to respect? The ways of providerce are very mysterious and unfath omable, and I may safely add, the ways of some mortals are past finding out, iaving the appearance of supreme obstinacy. The committee having had ample time to report, and failing so to do, are not articles of impeachmentt now in order? Are there ndt embodied in that instrument, questions of vital importance affecting the ambition and future hopes of a fair proportion of the Grange fraternity in tlis Territory ? 7Till not matrimonial progression, and ;densus statistics, be of slow growth if those res0ou tions are wholy ignored? ' Would riot the best interests of the Order be more advanced by a heavy importation of the sch.Ool-marm sqx? To what extent; if any, is that corn mittee iesponsible for the inability bof many nmembers to comply in response to the final benediction at the close of, the last fTerrito rail Grange? It is said, " it is :niotgood for man to be alone ," arid that ." ahi1i ha~il- fdisake his parents and cleave unto his wife;" (or words to that effect.) Now, will ' that committee please inform us what bhances many of uis haive to cleave in this Territory, and if it is not good for man to be' alone, how' is mait to.help it-? Must he domesticate a squaw, or emigrate? Now, Mr. Editor, can you throwa ny light on the above inquhiries, and help to : smehmor ate the condition of a much abused,: though" innocent" section " of the human race ? If not we.will abide by the report of the cornmttee. O-REs-TEms. ·VHERiAS, Through thie Cd6rse Of events froth Oauses unavoidable, there is a great prepondernece of the'male oter the female sex in this Territory, which is detrimental to the social and intellectual advancement of our-beautifthl country, and WnimREAs, Believing woman to be all that the muses hlave sung, ahd poets described' and belllving her compatltonship is the only true, and legitimate eleiftint for man's no bility and refinement, and WHEREAS, The oold Scottish saw,' "A man's a man for a that," is regardedby3 some as a bubble long dinee exploded, and WnHEREAS, ,It is a mooted question,; and open to endless controvrersey, and upon which there has been h1 ofileal desions, whether a man can be a full granger or not without a wife, and WHEREAS, Therie are hundreds of old bachleldis in this Territory, With hearts as large as the Ter'ritorial debt, and brim full of affections, and are ever p~aiying for immi grationi schemes, railroads and quick transit. Resol ed, That this Territorial Grange now in annual session, do take immediate action in the preniises looking towards the early organization of female immigration enterprise, to induce and encourage, and to furnish transportation for marriageable la dies to come to this country, where good homes and true hearts await them, and be it further Resolved, That a'.er capita tax, equal to the emergency be imposed upon each mem ber of`the entire fraternity of this Territory to carry out the enterprise. AN UNHAPPY SUBSIDY. Some of our best friends in different por tious of the Territory, are somewhat indig nant since the defeat of the Northern Pacific Railroad Act, because we did not haul off our coat, swing our hat and hurrah for the road. To such, we would say our course has been consistent throughout, as the files of the HUSBANDMAN show. Our position was clearly, and faithfully defined from the beginning. While we were:willing that peo ple should exercise their own judgment; vote for the bill or not, as they saw fit, we were not willing to try to induce them to vote for it. We are indebted to the New North- West for the following, which is but one of a thousand instances, where experi ence raises its warning voice, saying: Be ware of Railroad Corporations. Something like a year ago the citizens of Walla Walla county very much desired a narrow-gauge railroad from Wallula to Walla Walla-a distance of 32 miles. The immense exports of grain and produce and imports of merchandise seemed to render it imp eratively necessary to connect by rail with' water transportation. The company agreed to build the road if subsidized to the ;amotint of $25,000. That amount was eventually raised and the road built. The company claims "it is the best and most cheaply constructed narrow gautge railroad in the Union." They now charge $5 per ton freight on the 32 miles, and claim it costs the company 15 cents pier' mile to inove it. The Walla Walla people are in dignant. Teamsters' rates are. lower by wagon, and now, a ]irge proportion of freights are shipled no wagons, notwith standing the autilrioad destroyed the old wagon road in grading for theirs. The matter has come to such a pass that the County Commissionelrs have appropriated $3,000 to re-establish a good w.qvgo-road, and the press and people are mnljng a !e tern}ined fight against the imposition. ..he following proceediog of the Distr~it o}yp cil of the Wallal Walla grain, p. of H., held March 18, 1876, wll serve toQ show the status of affairs. It may also show to some of our Montana people that the gates of Par adise are not always butted openi by locomo tives: From the Walla Walla Union, March 25th. At a meeting of the District ,Council of the Patrons of Hi.abandry of Walla Walla, Columbia and Umatilla counties, held at Walla Walls, Saturday. March, 18, 1876, the following preamble and resoluti qos were adopted: andEREaS The. action of the TWalla Walla anld Columbia River Railroad Company, in adopting an unreasonable and exhorbitant rat o1 freight charges, isnot only detrimen tal, but ruinous, to the agricultural interests of the counties, and WHEREAS, These oppressive rates are not demanded by sound policy on the part of the railroad company, whose true interest is to foster the settlement and stimulate the. productions of the country, and WtEREAS, It is an admitted fact that rail roads can transport for one-tenth the cost ot transporting by wagons and teams, and yet we have the spectacle in Walla Walla of teams successfully competing with the rail roads; therefore, be it Resolved, That we deem the charges eg acted by saal railroad company as opprs sive and injurious to the interest of tI1e farming and producing classes. Reeolved, That the flagrant .injustice tof these charges is best illustrated by compar 1ison with the rates adopted by the o. S. 1N. Company, .which, corporatjon, i ig r wo railroadsanoil three steamriboats, Fli lring five different handlings of freight, c arges $6 per ton for 216 mlesnr-of ..'ai.gW .ftation ; while on the valley railroad, making 1ess than one-sixth the distance, in an mnbroken line, the charges are $5 per ton. Resolved, That in view of these. facts we most heartily approve and endorse the ao tion of the County Commissioners of Walla Walla county in appropriating five thou sand dollars to open and improve t lie wagon road to Wallula, and that we reco mnmend them to appropriate a still larger sum if it be necessary to open a good wagon road to the point named. Resolved, That we recommend the Cotm ty Commissioners to demand of the railroad comrn pany that:they make another and equal ly as practicable a wagon road to Walllula asthe one appropriated by said company when grading their track. Resolved, That we recommend to the various Grangesin Walla Walla, Columbia and Umatilla counties to pass resolutions, and have each and every member of their Granges to sign an agreement to patronize teamsters in preterence to the railroad, when the teamsters' freight charges are not more than the rates exacted by the railroad company. And further, that on being credibly informed of the fact, we will not patronize any merchant or trader who gives his or their freightlto the railroad in pref erence to the teamsters, when said' team sters will freight at the same rates charged by the railroad company. W. S. GILLIAMl, P res. JAMES MIADIGAN, SOc'y. GRANGE ITEMS. The Order of Patrons of HIusbandry has developed in this country more speakers and active parliamentarians than any school or combination of coil cges ever started in any country. This fact shows what an ed ucational power there is in the Order, it nsed to advantage. There are tifty-one Granges in Indiana which have saved their mem!bers on an aver age, $5S7.50 to each Grange, and eighty five others, $407.. 25 to the Grange. 9 an average, by making their purchases direct of manufacturers. Here we have a saving of $71,191,25 by only 136 ofthe 1,991 Granges in this State. We, have no reliable in formation from the other, 1,857 Gran ges, but it is fair to presume. that many of them have made large savings by direct dealing, and the whole amount would doubtlesslas tonished the members themselves. The members of the Perry, (Ga.) Grange have unanimounsly resolved that its men hers prepare and plant, each, one anci',' or lahd ind wheat; this season ; and thelrineni ber reporting the best yield from' h'ite be entitled - to and :receive" one bushel 'of wheat from each member ,of ithe GC~Tn who may' engage 'ig id contestti. the premium-each" contestalit ; to' 1Lf lh"itte Grange with- a description' of hilh'hd, jihA' aration, fertilization, kind of iw heat sdwth, and' Mi $he :hrti tia1rs of eultiatiilbn. '.alsoi, as many hs may incline to 'lut 'in bhne acre of oats, stibjet' to' the sa.me regtilatibd.i and premium.- Also, to raise, one pig to the age of one year, and the' one sue-essfuil in raising the fi est hog to receive it ahai from each membei. Every memnber of the Grange Is considered-as taking part'iiitlise contetst, unlesslhe notifies the Secretary'of his declination.. A!Grange store will soon'be in operation at Farmington, the county seat of Jefferson county, Mo. The co-operative grange store at Bowling Green,Ky., is doing a good business, anbdgiv ing general satisfaction. The grange stoe at smith's Groyvs, Ky., started on a small capital, has bromght down the prices of goods .i that place. Dissatls. ed sometimes with tihe results of obtaining goods by combined purchasing, Providence Grange (357), Mo., is going to try the co-operative store. That I fair; try b'otii ethods. DI~li'nqueht members are not considered as eIppeled members, but may be, by a law of 1the Grange, suspended until paymrnit of a,.ues, is made. 'Ihey are nowt entitled to the A. P. W., and consequently, cannot enter a Grange or enjoy its privileges and bene& fits,