Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-19
MAINE PATRONS
Settle Down to Business in
Their Annual Session.
Committees Appointed and State Mas
ter Gardner Delivers Address.
Past Master Wiggin Tells Of National Granac
Meeting at Washington.

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At 1918 O'Clock, Tuesday morning.
Worthy Master Gardner assembled the
Maine State Grange for it's 9th an
nual session, about 1000 being present.
Grange was opened in the fifth de-
gree. and the roll call of officers show
ed all present. w. j. Bickford was
called to the lecturers chair and the
work proceeded. business being trans
acted in the fourth degree Master
Gardner gave notice that the fifth and
sixth degrees would be conferred,
Wednesday evening. in full form. All
interested in poultry raising were in
vited to meet in the journal office at
80 O'Clock, Tuesday evening, to see
about forming State Poultry Assccia-
ton
The roll call for subordinate and Po-
| mona Oranges showed the representa-
ton Of the former to be about 269 the
latter IS.
F. II. Briggs. T. ]. earle, w. ]. Cor
| theil, Sisters L. Q. Straw and Nellie
Collins, were appointed the committee
upon order of business, and at the
close of the session submitted the fol-
lowing program which was accepted
and adopted as their report:
TUESDAY, DEC. IS, 1907.
Morning Session. 10 o'clock-Opening in
the fifth degree; calling roll of officers
fourth degree; calling of Subordinate ana
Pomona Oranges; appointment of com
mittees on credentials and order of bust
ness; recess: reports of committees on
credentials: order of business: recess.
Afternoon Session, o'clock-Annual
worthy lecturer; report of worthy Secre-
tary; report or worthy treasurer; report
of auditing committee; report of eXecu-
tive committee; miscellaneous business;
recess.
Evening Session, 30 o'clock-Ron call
of counties for introduction of business
for reference without debate; eXemplii-
cation of the unwritten work; niscella-
neous business: closing i'll form
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10.
Morning Session. o'cIock-Opening in
form in the fourth degree; reading and
adopting minutes of Tuesday session;
announcement of committees; report OF
special committee on taxation; continual
ton of business for reference without de-
bate; election of the worthy lecturer and
two members of the executive commit
tee; installation of lecturer; recess at
y NJ.
Afternoon Session. o'clock-Miscella-
neous business: 40 o'cIock, report OF dep
uties; recess.
Evening session. t-pl q CIDth-OISlllIS III
form in the fifth degree; comforting the
fifth degree in full form by PenobScot
Pomona Grange: closing in the NTH de
gree. and opening in the sixth degree;
comforting the sixth degree; closing in
THURSDAY. DEC. %.
Morning Session. 9 o'clock-Openins i'll
form in the fourth degree: reading and
adopting minutes of Wednesdays session;
reports of committees: reports of depu
los continued. miscellaneous business,
recess.
Afternoon Session. , o'clock-Memorial
exercises; additional reports of commit
tees: reports of deputies and masters OF
Pomona Oranges; recess.
Evening Session. 80 o'clock-Reports of
committees. continued; unfinished busl-
ness: remarks for the good of the order:
form.
c. :. Stetson. Chas. Dinsmore, r. H.
Iibbev. Sisters Bickford and Ham
mond were appointed committee on
credentials. their report to be submit
ted later.
By vote of the Grange the afternoon
SESSION was opened to the public dur
ing the delivery of Master Gardeners
address.
During the deliberations of the com
mittee on credentials, Past Master
NigCln was Cdlltd upon ~ SlNt o'iiiO
account OF the proceedings of the Ma
tional Grange together with brief
descrjption of visits to places of note
while in Washington during the gath
ering of that body 1t the national
capital. He responded in short as fol
lows:
II thank YOU for the kind reception
Won have given me and hope | shall
ALWAYS merit it. l will say. in brief,
that in company with our honored
oyerseer and wife we arrived in Wash
ington on Tuesday afternoon. on
Wednesday. the National Grange met
in the large hail on Pennsylvania aN-
enuc. There We met patrons from Cal
ifornia and Oregon. the states OF the
Middle and Southern sections. as Wen
AZ from these of New England. They
reprasent a grand order which extends
over the whole United States lis leg
isiarion for good is felt by the subor-
dinate Oranges throughout the coun-
trv. 4 large amount OF attention was
maid us. but not more than our order
merits.
some 500 or 500 met President Nc
kinlav in the large East room, de-
s.rintion Of which has been given so
many times \ special audience was
given bx the President. who was ready
"a ta1L over every matter of common