The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
MEETING OF NATIONAL
 GRANGE IN HARTFORD Forty-First Annual Session Beginning Wednesday,
 November 18th.
ELEVEN DAYS SESSION
It Is Expected That 2,5OO Members Will Take
 Seventh Degree.

The forty-first annual session of the National Grange, Patrons of Illus bandry, will be held at Foot Guard hall in Hartford, beginning on We'd nesday, November 13. The National Grange is composed of all masters of State Oranges and their wives or hus- bands, if members of the order, as voting members and afl past masters and their wives or husoands, if mem bers, all past officers and the surviv- ing seven founders of the order, as honorary members. All fourth degree members are welcome at the business meetings of the sessions. It is said that no such interest has ever center ed In any session as will be given to this one. The seventh degree will be conferred during the week and 1t is stated by State Master Wood of Con nectlcut that nearly 2,500 persons will take it. Other degrees will be con- .ferred and the biennial election of of Ulcers and of one member of the exe- ,cutive committee will occur.
 Unusual interest will De aroused in the convention by the fact that the weekly paper of the National Grange twill have been issued before the ses- | sion Is assembled and will devote its efforts to arousing enthusiasm. Com mittees selected at the Denver ses- sion will De prepared to report on some definite plan of life insurance The headquarters of the National Grange during the session will be at the Hotel Garde and J. H. Hale,
 chairman of the executive committed of the Connecticut State Grange, will l,have officers alt both Foot Guard hall and at the Hotel Garde, open both day and night, where arrangements for the comfort of visiting members Twill be made.
 The program of the session Is not fyet complete and will not be until af- ter the opening of the first meeting but the following events are an Inounced:
 Wednesday, i a. rn.-Call to or lder in the sixth degree by the worthy master, Hon. Nahum J. Bacheldori Troll call; address of the worthy mas ter; reports of other officers and ex- iecutive committee; public meeting
 and reception In the evening.
 Thursday-The first, second, thiro and fourth degrees will be exemplified land the sixth degree conferred by the Connecticut State Grange.
 Friday afternoon and evening and Ion Saturday afternoon, conferral oi
 the seventh degree. Tne biennial cleo 'tion of officers and of one member oi the executive committee will take place on some day to be selected here lafter.
 | There will be memorial service or Sunday, the 17th, and during the weel following the session may convene IT the Hall of the House of Represents Itives.
 circular giving very careful direc
 tons for the guidance of members ha lbeen issued by C., J. Belly of Eas
 Hardwick, Vt, secretary of the execu
 tive committee. A complete list of th' hotels in Hartford is included and 1 lis added that the indications seen
 to be that to secure rooms it will b' necessary to make application in ad
 vance. One State master has alread.
 engaged sixty rooms for the members from his State.
 Great efforts have been made to SC
 cure railroad tickets at reduced rate
 for members attending the session
 The New England Passenger Associa ton and the Trunk Line Association
 only in New York have made ar
 arrangements for excursion tickets. Del
 egates from California, Oregon an'
 washington are offered tourist fare
 good for nine months and reaching t New York Of Boston, by the Westerl
 Passenger Association.