The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-05-15
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FosEsrEKs GRAND CoURr.

Oregon City Selected as the Next Meet.ni
Place-Grand officers Elected
| The seventh annual session of the
grand court of the jurisdiction of Ore
I gon, Foresters of America, was called
to order in K. of p. hall in this city by
Grand Chief Ranger S. Gumbert at II
o'clock Tuesday. The other grand
officers present were Edward Diedrich,
G. Treas. Sam Kafsa, G. Sec: S. NJ.
Dee, G. Sen. w: n. G. Jensen, G.. J.
W.: L. Brown, grand trustee. The
station of grand sub chief ranger was
filled by the election of J. S. Lawrence,
| of Coquelle, No. IS, and y. w. Horn.
of Robinhood No. 8. was appointed
| grand trustee in the absence of G. N.
| Reynolds.
Grand Chief Ranger J. A Westberg
and Grand Secretary Slayden, of the
Washington Jun isdlction, being pres
eut, were invited to stations of honor
| in the court as the especial guests of
the grand court or oregon.
The committee on credentials re-
ported the following gentleman duly
elected delegates and entitled to seats
in the grand coIfrt as representatives
of the several lodges in the jurisdic-
tion.'
Mt Hood No &c. J. Limerick.
Columbia No. 2-J. J. Engelhart and
E. A. Gessell.
Multnomah No. "A. Brauer and A.
Friedman.
Webfoot No. AZ. w. Ortman and
James Balm.
Germania No. 5-John Frielinger.
McMinnville No. 6-H. G. Burns.
Scandia No. IA. E. Schwartz.
Astoria No. 8-W. C. Pohl.
Robinhoof No. "a. W. Horn.
The Dalles No. 12-W. E Garretson.-
Ocean View No. 13-Henry Butl-,
man.
Empire No. 'I4-Not represented.
Coos Bay No 15-Not represented.
Beaver Hill No 16-Not represented.
Forest No. 17-Not represented.
Coquelle No. 1S-J. S. Lawrence.
Sherwood Forest No ia. Krantz.
The press committee, Messrs. Henry
Bultman, H. G. Burns and E. A. Ges-
sell, report the fornoon session having
been devoted principally to the exam
ination of credentials and permanently |
organizing the court. while at the af-
ternoon session a number of amend
ments to the grand court constitution
were read and referred to the commit |
tees for consideration.
The forenoon session of the grand !
court, F. of A.. was devoted almost ex-
to the consideration of
to the grand court con-
stitution and laws, but no final action
was taken upon any of the resolutions.
Final action will be taken upon the
at the session tonight.
The first matter brought up at the
afternoon session was the selection of
a place for holding the next session of
the grand court. Portland, Astoria,
Oregon City and Salem were placed in
nomination, and Oregon City was
chosen as the place of meeting for the
next grand court, which will be held
in May, 1899. r.
The next order of business was the
election of grand officers, resulting as
follows:
Grand chief ranger, W. E. Garrett
son, Court The Dalles, No. II.
Grand sub chief ranger, N. G. Jen- :
SON, Astoria, No. 8.
Grand treasurer, DIR. Edward Died.
,ich, Germania No. 5.
Grand financial secretary, Sam
Kafka, Multnomah, No. 3.
Grand recording secretary, A.
Brauer. Multnomah No. 3.
Grand senior woodward, J. S. Law
'ence, Coquell. No. Is.
Grand junior woodward, A. W. Horn,
No. 9.
Grand senior beadle, J. w Schwartz.
No. I.
Grand senior baedle, F. W. Ortman.
Webfoot. No. 4.
Grand trustees, G. N. Reynolds, b.
3eeltman and A. Friedman.
Supreme representative, A. B. Wat
ION, Webfoot No. 4.