Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-18

| in spite of the absence of a large par
ty Of Patrons on a trip of inspection to
the Grange cottage at Good Will and
of many others who were improving
the beautiful day to go shopping. The
| session was opened in ample form
in tie Fourth degree and the records
of Wednesday were rad by Secretary
Libby and approved. Overseer Bearce
ann lunced that news OF the death of
| the mother of State Master Stetson had
been received. Mrs. 'Stctson died at 5
| P. NJ Wednesday at the home of her
son in Greene and the State master,
who left Watervillc on the forenoon
train, reached home shortly before her
| death.
One Of the first things of the fore
noon session was the reading of inVi-
| tationS from three Maine cities for the
meeting OF the State Grange in 1909.
| Thcv We're from Augusta. Portland
and Bangor. The Augusta invitation
| was from the Board of Trade, and was
| as follows:
Augusta, Me. Dec. 10, 1908.
Mr.. G.. S. Stetson.
Master Maine state Grange,
Greene. Me.
| My Dear Mr.. StetSon:
At Z meeting of the directors of the
| Augusta Board of Trade held Dec. Z
| it was unanimously voted to invite the
| State Grange to meet in Augusta for
| its annual meeting in 1909
| This city has cause to remember pre-
vious occasions when the great body
over which you have the high honor
| to preside visited Augusta, winning the
| admiration of all our people. The Au-
gusta Board of Trade would suggest
that this city is still the seat of gov
ernment; that it is centrally located;
| that the transportation connections are
good and that an enlarging Electric
Road system is making Of this city a
center with diverging lines reaching
out to the center and borders of the
i State
With the completion and opening of
| our new Augusta House and the mark
! ed improvements otherwise in Angus
| tn hotel accommodations, the Board
| feels that the city will be able in 1909
to entertain all the members of your
body who may choose to come without
| inconvenience to the city or discom-
| fort to it's guests.
| Ir due time the Board Of Trade on
| behalf Of all our citizens will be
pleased to present the invitation OF the
| city in more formal manner.
Hoping that this communication
NAV be made known to the organiza-
ton and with assurance of high es-
teen, I am.
Sincerely yours,
3. E. NEWBERT, Secretary.
The Portland invitation was from
| Clarence c. Chick. secretary OF the
BOARD of Trade on behalf of tnat or
eanization and from Mayor Leighton
who had been directed to extend the
invitation bv the city government. Inc
| Bangor invitation was extended III
three communications, one from the
Board of Trade. one from the city gov
| errment and one in personal letler
| from Mayor Woodman. The three m
| vitations were referred without ue-
bate to the executive committee. FROM
general talk heard among the members
| there seems to be a sentiment IN IaVor
of Bangor in 1909 and then at Angus
| ia in 1910 The meeting was at Bangor
| in 1905 and at Augusta in l905, Whlle
| in 1907 the meeting place was Lewis
| ton. Portland seems to nave lew
| friends as a meeting place. The exec
| utive committee will not act on the
mattor for some time and Will careful
" investigate all claims and near all
| invitations
| Durinr the forenoon various COM
r,ittae reports were made, all of which
we're accepted without debate a1ter
thew had been read by the chairman.
Tbc first was the report of the COM
n,i+tee on subordinate Oranges which
WAS read by Mrs. A. f. Fellows. ii. ..
Tovne read a brief report from the
committee on constitution and bylaws
turning down the resolution ASKING
a., amendment allowing the election OF
oa;cars in subordinate Oranges by piu-
r.I;t,, vote. Mrs. f. A. Russell of LEEDS
naad an interesting and helpful report
from the committee on domestic econ
omy
had been devoted wholly 10 pusiiiesf
', ;tbout anv pauses for pleasure or en-
tertainr,ent, and he proposed 10 nay.
a few more bright spots on Inursuas
nroeram. Accordingly he caled upoi
| Mrs True of Alma for a song. wiz
Miss Maud Andrews at the piano: MI >
True sang 1.-The Maid of Dundee anc
as ar encore gave Tine Dear oio
Farm" Mrs. True has sweet VOICE ~
much range and absolute clearness ahe
hnr songs were received with mucf
enthusiasm.
II +. Daggett of Milo presented the
following strong resolutions regaroins
+he iio,or traffic which were referred
~ the committee on resolutions:
"vvhereas. The licensed liquor deal
avs outside of Maine, by use of thu
United states mails. are systematicai
II soliciting trade in intoxicating IL
n,,ors from our men and boys through
ont the State, and are thereby expos
ing our homes to the danger of devel
oping the drink habit; and. wherea
the federal interstate commerce Ia"
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