13 THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 190S. PYTHIAN GRAND LODGE ADJOURNS Committees Named to Carry On Work of Order Dur ing Year. WILL BUILD STATE CASTLE George W. Hochstedler Has Attend ed Every Annual Meeting of Knights for More Than "Quarter of Century. In connection with the closing- of the twenty-seventh annual convention of the Grand I.dge, Knights of Pythias, which concluded Its sessions last night, it developed that one member was pres ent who has attended all of the 27 an nual conventions of the grand lodge. He Is George W. Hochstedler, 460 East Burnside . street. Portland. A charter member of Laurel Lodge, No. 7, of Albany, he still maintains his mem bership in that lodge, though he is now a resident of this city. He came to Portland to attend the first grand lodge or the order In this state more than a quarter of a century ago and has at tended each succeeding convention. Mr. Hochstedler Is a past grand chan cellor and has seen the' order In this state grow from a weak and strug gling branch Into the present powerful organization. Compared with many of the other members he is not old in years, but there is not another In Ore gon who has seen such continuous and uninterrupted service in the order. He was present at every session of the convention which closed last night. Start Fund for Ctstle. An Important measure adopted by the convention at yesterday's session was the creation of a fund for the estab lishment In this city of a grand lodge Pythian castle. It will be' the home o the grand lodge of the state, as the castle at Eleventh and Alder streets Is the home of Ivanhoe Lodge of this city. The resolution for the creation of the fund was Introduced by M. F. Davis, of Union. It calls for the erection of a modern building In this city, the cost to be determined later, to be paid for by appropriating 10 per cent of the yearly revenues of the grand lodge as a sinking fund. The entire forenoon session yester day was devoted to further considera tion and discussion of a new constitu tion and laws. Early In the afternoon the convention agreed upon suitable laws and a constitution and they were adopted. When that was completed business matters of minor Importance were continued. First Chancellor Present. During the afternoon session the con vention was interrupted by the appear ance of D. E. Buchanan, of Portland, the first grand chancellor of the order. He was greeted uproariously and the ovation completely suspended business. Last night teams from Phalanx Lodge, of Portland, and a- team from the Rainier Lodge competed In the drill for the, grand lodge prize. The Salem team competed on Wednesday evening. - . Before adjournment of the afternoon session the recently-elected officers were Installed and Grand Chancellor Gus C. Moser delivered an interesting address. He - was enthusiastically ap plauded. He then announced the ap pointment of Frank T. Wrightman. Of Salem, as grand tribune and of com mittees and deputy chancellors. Standing Committees Named. Standing committees were appointed as follows to erve during the ensuing year and at the Grand Lodge convention of 1909: ' Credentials Robert Johnson. Valley; C. B. Austin, Ashland; W. I Brlce. Indepen dence; O. F. Edwards. Milton; J. H. Cop land. St. Helens. , Judiciary R, O. Morrow, Portland; F. W. Davis, Union; L. M. Curl. Albany; W. F. Vinton. McMlnnvllle; J. F. Yates. Corval 11. Grievances F. M. White, Klamath; J. A. Hicks, Bllverton: J. A. Bltyen. Scio; W. R. Hicks, Cottage Grove; W. R. Cunning ham, Canyon City. Finance F. P. Baumsrartner, Portland; G. W. Knight, Hubbard; F. S. Orant, Port land; H. A Johnson,' Salem; W. G. .Hane, Hillsboro. . Reports W. W. Elfert. Medford; L. A. Whenat, Marshfleld; H. M. Lorentsen, As toria; A. C. Foster, Brownsville; W. B. Barratt. Heppner. Mileage and Fer Diem M. A Rader, Portland; V. C. Brock, Hood River; A. F. Levegar, Coqullle; August Hus, Elgin; A. B. Montgomery, Helix. State of the Order M. F. Davis, Union; W. I Bradshaw, The Dalles; L. 33. Crouch, Portland; T. W. Jenkins, Cottage Grove; D. E. Buchanan. Portland. Printing 1. R. Stinson, Salem; Edward Bailey. Junction City; Fred A. Nuhl, Ban ton; W. S. Maple, Condon; Otho Ward. Lone Rock. Warrants and Charters Dnncan MacLeod, Prlnffville; W. E. Dobson. Athena; T. T. Kahout. Ontario; Elmer Larkins, Oregon City; W. H. Booth, Lebanon. Rules 3. P. Kennedy, Portland; J. H. Guinn, Pendleton; T. W. Williams, Grants Pass; G. B. Dlmmlck, Oregon City; A C. Miller, Enterprise. Insurance C. J. Bright, Wasco; Nerl Ackles, La Grande; R. G. Conner, Cascade Locks; J. P. Province, Mitchell; J. N. Dlt mar. Granite. Military A. B. Stearns, Baker City: J. H. Olson. Portland; J. A. Perry. Roseburg; D. E. Scott, Rainier: R. L. Nelll, Sumpter. Necrology J. H. Misner, Portland; Wil liam Hughes. Portland; A. P. Luther, Glcn coe; J. H. Cornelius, Cornelius; Henry Tohl, Nehalem. Publicity Wlllard L. Marks, Albany; Clark Wood. Weston; J. E. Bralller, Sea side; James Walton, Tillamook; J. A. Chamberlain. Falls City. Correspondence W. M. Cfake, Supreme Representative. Deputy Grand Chancellors. Deputy grand' chancellors for the vari ous districts were appointed as follows: No. 1. Dr. George Hoeye, Oregon City; No. 2. T. B. Lanehery. Astoria; No. 3, George Schumelrlck, Oregon City; No. 4, J. Fred Yates. Corvallls; No. 5. B. W. Strong. Roseburg; No. 6. W. W. Elfert, Medford: No. 7. R. Bedlilion. Bend; No. 8, V. C. Brock. Hood River; No. . W. W. Smead, Heppner; No. 10, E. B. Aldrlck, Pendleton; No. 11. J. P. Morelock. Wal lowa; No. 12, G. W. Jett. Baker City; No. 14, John Frawley. La Grande: No. 15. W. W. Wood. Canyon City. The following were appointed deputy grand chcancellors for the various lodges of the state: Ivanhoe. C I. Carpenter; Myrtle, L. A. Whenat; Damon. T. G. Montgomery: Astor, C. W. Spriggs; Laurel. Ralph E McKechme; Gauntlet. A. B. Stearns; Friendship. J. T. Neff; Valley. J. Fsed Yate; Phalanx. J. A. Newall: Dowdall, A. C. Foster: Central. E. W. Hazard: Doric, W. B. Barratt; Calanthe, G. H. Pray: GU-ncoe. John Zimmerman; Granite. D. D. Good: Confidence. A. Wheel house; Red Cross. N. Ackles; Blue Moun tain, G. A. Sabert: Pythian. York Dell; Waucoma. C. E. Markham, Talisman. J. P. Maloney; Rathbone, J. H. Altken; Helmet, H. A. Dunbar; Phoenix. George Schulmer ick; Home. J. D. Drake; Leonidas. A. G. Frill: Slmonldes. K. W. McXutt; Dclphos, C. A. Roe: Hermlon. E. O. Woodall; Ver non. O. I.. Pattenbn: Homer. W. L. Brice; Pythagoras. J. F. Hendrlck: Alpha. J. C Aiken; Juventus, J. C. Johnson; Stevens. J. H. Price; Thermopylae. Lincoln Savage; Hercules. J. L Miller; Lucullus. C. L. Farrar; Aurora. Joslah Marsh: Hermes, George W. Fry; Arion. G. W. Knight: Rainier, E. E. Stucker: Welcome, James Payne: Avon. W. H. Powell: Diana. W. T. Vinton; Delphi. B. N. Harrington; Luna, C. A. King; Endymlon. W. S. Maple; Honor. C. B. Stevens; Armor Lodge, H. T. Husled; Lycurgus, V. R. Wilson; Orion, C. W. Chandler; Pleiaides, C. E. Bott: Cataract. P. P. Frey; Achilles. J. M. Burtenshaw; Tri umph, F. L. Shaw; Golden, J. N. Dltmar: Sumpter. H. L Nelll; Irvine, F. G. Jasper; Kinsman. Bruce Cox: Necanienm. J. A. Bralller: Marathon. James Walton; Hector, L. A. Roberts: Cascade. W. B. McKown; I.omax, D. G. McKenzle; Enterprise. 8. I.. Burnaugh, Jr.; Poseidon. H. I. Reese: Mar mion. G. L Hawkins; Yamhill, H. V. Stott; Klamath, C. C. Hogue; Holmes, Leonard F. Clark; Nehalem, Henry Tohl; Deschutes, U. C. Coe. Suburban Gardens Are Raided by Cows Dwellers In Lonesome Outskirts Re port Depredations by Neighborhood Bovines, and Plan Dark Hevrnge. THREE newspaper men working on the same paper but living In widely separated suburbs had similar hard luck stories to relate yesterday morning when they reached the office. The tales of woe were all touching on and appertaining to stray and hungry cows.. The trio laid a dark plot to form a band of cattle rustlers, and rid the outskirts of the vandal cattle. A Toreador Strandborg reported thaft cows broke through the palings of his MANAGEMENT OF PHILOi MATH COLLEGE UNDER COMPLETE CONTROL y OF FACULTY. Professor White, President. PHILOMATH. Or., June 18. (Special.) A new policy has been Inaugurated by which the president, faculty and business managers of Philo- math College sign a con tract for five years and assume complete control of every de partment, subject only to the board of trustees, who may com pel them to fullfll their contract. It Is stipulated in this agree ment that no debt of any nature shall be Incurred, Tind that the industrial feature, which here tofore has. proved successful, shall take precedence over all others. Professor White, -the new president, haa been In college worn, nearly all his life, and is a man of culture, high moral worth, keen business instincts and a lover of the young. garden and cropped the cabbages, let tuce, radishes and other succulent growths. His lawn was trampled n a scandalous manner until It looked like it had a clearly defined case of small pox. And days of hard work had been put In on that lawn too. Matador Withrow had a similar hard luck story, with the exception that he had wasted no time on a garden, conse quently did not mourn the loss of veg etables. His gate had been forced dur ing the night by prowling quadrupeds and the marauders had chewed up a portion of the morning paper. The sporting page was gone and the weather forecast had disappeared down the hungry beast's throat. It appeared that the hungry cows had tried to drink a bottle of milk left by the dairy man but they could not pull the cork. Picador Rogers related a weird tale of how he was kept awake by the ring ing of cow bells and that he was 'forced to stand guard and repel four-footed Invaders all night, not getting a wink of sleep. He got a unique revenge, however, for as day dawned he tied the four cows up to his fence and milked them all. He fairly reveled In huge quantities of the lacteal fluid for break fast, being quoted as saying that never before had he known what real nVlk was. The band of conspirators refuse to divulge the' method of their revenge but are known to be meditating dark and fearful methods. When they can hit upon a sufficiently horrible punish ment they will Inflict It on either the cows or their owners. BODY IS FOUND IN RIVER Tugboat "Wanda Picks . Up Remains of Unidentified Man. A badly decomposed body, thought to have been in the water six months, was found by the crew of the tugboat Wanda shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morn ing, floating In the Columbia, near Sau vies Island. Coroner Finley was notified and tBe body has been brought to Port land. As the river was dragged at this point by Hugh Brady, in December, It is believed that the body must have been caught and held by a snag. In the right heel of a logging shoe, which the drowned man wore, was one of Brady's hooks. Practically all of . the victim's clothes had been washed away with the excep tion of a blue flannel shirt, such as Is worn by firemen, and the logging shoes. The body measures six feet, and portions of a pair of corduroy trousers that had not been washed away by the current were found upon unlacing the shoes. The man had black hair. CLOSING-OUT SALE. Chance of a lifetime to secure gen uine bargains In good dry goods. An ticipate your wants for a year ahead In table linens, comforters, blankets, towels, napkins and curtains; for Im mediate use, bathing suits, hosiery, parasols; silk, lisle thread and kid gloves, notions, corsets, muslin and knit underwear, shirtwaists, suits and wrappers. We are selling goods. We are closing out the stock in order to settle the partnership estate. No other course left. McAllen & McDonnell. Today and tomorrow will positively be the last days for discount on East Side gas bills. Portland Gas Company. Metzger saves you money on watches. I Exclusive Passenger Service for Yaquina Road ADDITIONAL MIXED TRAIN First Time in History of Road That Passenger and Freight Service Have Been Divorced Schedule In Effect Next MonHay. Exclusive passenger trains will be put on the Corvallls & Eastern Rail road by the Harrinran Interests on June 22. This will be the first time in the history of the road that this line has had anything but. mixed train service. An additional train will be put on the run between Albany and Yaquina, mak ing two- trains a day in each direction. The additional train to be put on will be a mixed train, carrying both passen ger and freight cars. It will leave Al bany daily except Sunday at 7:40 A. M., arriving at Taqulna at 1:30 P. M. Re turning, the train will leave Yaquina at 7 A M-, arriving at Albany at 11:55 A. M. The regular; passenger train will leave both ends of the line at the same time as at present, pulling out of Al bany at 12:40 P. M.. and arriving at Yaquina at 6:30 P. M. The passenger train will leave Yaquina at 2:15 P. M., arriving at Albany at 7 P. M. Special service will be given on Sun day throughout the Summer between the two points to care for the beach travel to Yaquina and Newport. A train will make the round trip from Al bany to Yaquina. leaving Albany at 7:35 A. M., arriving at Yaquina at 11:40 A. M. Returning, the train will leave Yaquina at 6 P. M., reaching Albany at 11:30 P. M. In addition to these additional facil- ' ities for beach travel,- baggage cars from Portland attached to the South- i era Pacific trains and carrying baggage for the Yaquina Bay beaches will be diverted to the Corvallls & Eastern at Albany and run through to the coast. By this means much time will be saved, for the transfer of baggage at Albany has formerly been tedious and trouble some. All these changes will be put into effect in time for the annual encamp ment of the state G. AK., which will open at Newport on June 24. lasting three days. . Three special cars will leave Portland next Tuesday morning at 8:15 carrying veterans from this city and vicinity, and the coaches will be run through to Yaquina without change, being switched to the C. & E. tracks at Albany. McMinnville will run a special car to the encampment and the old sol diers from Eastern Oregon are plan ning a very large attendance. General B. F. Pike, of Moro, past commander of the state department, was in the city yesterday and he says members of the organization from Eastern Oregon will turn out in large numbers. Archdeacon Chambers of the Episco pal diocese of Oregon,' will address the encampment as the representative - of Bishop Scadding. TRAFFIC WIMi BE RESUMED Northern Pacific to Be Opened by Next Saturday. Assistant General Passenger Agent Charlton of the Northern Pacific Rail-way.-expects his line will be open so that passengers leaving Portland -Saturday may get through to the East. Thousands of workmen have been busy completing repairs to the line since the floods swept Montana recently and tied up railroad traffic on tile northern lines passing through that state. Every effort has been made to restore traffic at the earliest possible date and telegrams received by Mr. Charlton Indicate that the efforts have been successful and that trains will run through as usual by Saturday. From- Sand Point, Idaho,- to Garrison, Mont., the main line of the Northern Pa cific has been practically rebuilt. Thi" is ft distance of 300 miles. Temporary tracks have been laid to permit the pass age of trains. It Is estimated that the repairs to the line, together with the lost business during the time the system was tied up by the floods will aggregate a total loss to the Northern Pacific of not less than 5.000.00a When traffic is re sumeoX the work of restoring the per manent roadbed through the flooded dis tricts will be taken up. GITY HELPED BY FESTIVAL EVENT IS REVIEWED BY PRESI DENT HUTCHIN. Compliments Citizens on Interest Taken and Declares Future Will Bring Even Greater Success. PORTLAND, Or., June 19. (To the Editor.) I wish to say to the people of Portland that I am deeply gratified with the shower of hearty congratulations over the towering success attained by our recent Rose Festival. I have an abiding faith In the good will and splendid Judgement of our citizens. That faith Inspired In me one year ago the belief that Portland, the Rose City, possessed In the matchless rose a magic power to create here a sentiment and an annual jubilee that would attract tourists from every quarter of the globe. Just as the cherry blossom pa rades of Tokio made that 'city famous the world over. Just as the fetes of Na ples and the Mardi Gras of New Orleans have made those grand centers of pop ulation Justly celebrated on two conti nents, so will the Rose Festival make Portland the cynosure of all nations. Just one year ago I started to organ ize the present incorporated Rose Fes tival. It Is a stock company with $10, 000 capital. The Incorporators and stock subscribers embrace nearly 100 public-spirited men whose civic pride is boundless. It was voted to give a festival the first week in June that should cost "100.000. A programme was projected upon that high plain.' Enthusiasm ran high until the late financial flurry came and momentarily checked the splendid progress. Wuen the financial clouds rolled away the bright particular stan, of hope was not shining so brjghtly as of yore. Portland was facing a condi tion and not a theory. It had adver tised to the world a f 100,000 show, and it had less than 20 per cent of that amount to accomplish the object. Then came dark days and times that tried men's souls. The "weaker sisters" talked of quitting and postponing -the festival indefinitely. The Rose Festi val was not composed of any weak, vacil lating spirits, and the harder the task the harder the sponsors worked for their cause. It was painfully evident that the $100,000 could hot be obtained and then began the Herculean task of "making good" the promise of an unrivaled spec tacle. Nearly every important locality In Ore- NEW TRAINS 141 gon was solicited to participate and many of them did so. Seattle contributed a magnificent float. The Chinese and Jap anese did their part and they did it well. The Woodmen of the World and the Elks (."contributed handsomely. The Spanish War Veterans, the Hunt Club, the Auto mobile Club, Walter Damrosch and the great Pyrotechnic Pain, with his inim itable '"Vesuvius," assisted materially. The City of Portland contributed an arch of welcome costing J2500. And so it ran. Everybody was persuaded to do some thing for "Greater Portland." The Rose Festival of 1908 came and flowered and the odor of its delicious perfume still lingers in the fancy of those drawn with in the circle of its charm. Of the 131.000 raised for the festivities this year thousands of dollars were tex pended for permanent properties and ad vertising. Rose planting day was a mem orable incident of this year's exploita tion. A representative of the festival committee was sent to Cincinnati to at tend the National convention of Ad Men and to Invite them to our Jubilee. A representative was sent to Oakland, Cal., and another to Boston to ask great con ventions to visit our annual feast of flowers. Ten thousand beautiful invita tions were sent to prominent people of this continent and not less than a half million pieces of literature were mailed to people in' various sections of Amer ica and Europe, telling of our wondrous flowers, climate, scenery and resources. More than 100,000 visitors were attracted to Portland this year to witness the gor geous night pageants that were equal to any similar spectacle of the Mardi Qras in New Orleans or Continental Europe. Probably more than Jl.OOO.OOO was left in the city by those who came to bo en tertained and amused. And aside from the commercial feature HOOD RIVER vVII.l, CELE BRATE CRE4T10!f OK SEW COUNTY JULY - Miss M i-aret Klrkelsen. Who Will I tign as Queen of the Day. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 18. (Special.) Hood River will celebrate Its success in obtain ing a new county on jul 4. The celebration will be held In con Junction with one already ar ranged by Park Grange, and is expected to be the biggest event of the kind ever held in the Valley. Governor Cham berlain will be invited to de liver the principal address and several prominent Portland speakers will also . be Invited. In the parade will appear the officers of he new county, of ficers of the City of Hood River, members of the Commercial Club, cowboys, Indians and the float which Hood River dis played at the Portland Rose Festival. Miss Margaret Nlck elsen .will again reign as queen, attended by several maids of honor. The speechmaking will take place in the hall of Park Grange. of the occasion the resultant good ac complished can never be measured In dollars and cents. Portland has been ad vertised all over the world as the floral city of the Western continent. It will bring to our doors myriads of tourists and homeseekers. Portland's star of des tiny will rise to the zenith of eternal greatness. . GEORGE I HUTCHINS. W.O. WETTERBORG MISSING Collector for Ames Mercantile Agency Mysteriously Disappears. Friends of W. O. Wetterborg, 485 Pat ton road, are very anxious to learn of his whereabouts. He disappeared from his home early Wednesday morning and had not been seen or heard of by his friends up to a late hour last night. Mr. Wetter borg was a collector for the Ames Mercantile Agency but after leaving his home for the office of the firm, he did not appear there and his employers are wholly unable to account for his mysterious disappearance. His accounts are in good order and there Is no reason why he should seek to disappear. Mr. Wetterborg Js 27 years old and lives with his mother. On Wednesday morn ing, he left the house before breakfast: His mother expected him to return home for the meal but he neither did that nor reported for duty at the office. Besldea his mother, he has a number of relatives, In Portland, among them three brothers. The missing man Is a member xf the White Temple and Is well known In this city. So anxious are his friends that he be located that E. A. Smith, assistant pastor of the White -Temple, has joined in the search for him and spent yester day scouring the city In quest of Wetter- borg. Any information as to the young man's, whereabouts will be welcomed by Rev. Mr. Smith or the missing man's mother, who is distracted over his dis appearance. No hint of any trouble that he may have gotten Into has reached hi friends and they are at a complete loss to account for his disappearance. RAILROAD FILES ARTICLES Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Road Is Incorporated. ASTORIA,, Or.. June 18. (Special.) Articles of Incorporation of the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Railway Company were filed In the bounty Clerk's offlcn here yesterday by F. L. Evans, E. Z. Ferguson, H. G. Van Dusen and W. E. Buffum, as Incorporators. The capital stock is 2,000,000. divided into 200.000 shares of $10 each. The principal office of the company Is to be In Astoria, and, according to the articles, its object is to construct and operate an electric rail road and telegraph and telephone lines from Astoria to Tillamook via Warren ton, Hammond and Seaside. It Is also authorized to erect 'and maintain eleva tors, docks and warehouses and to oper ate steamers on the Columbia and Wil lamette Rivers, Tillamook Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Ordered to Fort W'orden. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., June 18. (Special.) Dr. J. C. Whlnnery, dental surgeon, and assistant will leave for Fort Worden, Wash., tomorrow morning. Dr. Whlnnery arrived from Fort Stevens this morning. 1 i - ' - c i t - i s - t $-mmM::MM::Mm0gM Mill I RETIRING SALE Underwear, Laces, Hosiery, Corsets, Fancy Dry Goods, Embroideries, Kid Gloves, Notions "57 Law yFridav shoppers should not overlook the opportunity that presents itself to V them not alone on Friday, but every day until the entire stock is disposed of. Goods are arriving daily from the .East back orders that were placed previous to my determination to retire from the dry goods business and we offer them to you as cheap as other merchants buy them. MONEY -SAVING EVENTS FOR FRIDAY'S SHOPPERS 'A manufacturer's sample line of Underniuslins has just arrived a little late, but just in time for Friday Bargain Day. It consists of Corset Covers, Skirts, Chemise, Gowns, Drawers and Combination Garments. Too many of them to quote prices, but they all go at . . HALF PRICE FHIRDfiinfTDlTC I8 inches wide, and made on fine sheer lawn just the kind LilnlilXV lUliixl Li o for 75c kinds, for, per yard f I ftlfP R APP AIM Beautiful quality of lisle; they come in tan, black AO ULU L DmUrt 111 and white only ; 16-button. Reg. 75c value for, pair Ji , ; 5 ' ; 1 AniFQ' HOIFRY celors, including evening shades; some gauze, some LAlILj IlUjILuI lace and others embroidered; values up to 85c. A O Retiring price, per pair : .tiC II I irCOne hundred pieces of them, very pretty designs and the kind that JiinLfLtiLij wash well values for, the yard FANPY T AWN ne so case' jus came m- They must be sold quickly. I- nil l I Ll I J li J Price is the only way to move them. They are the 10c C quality. Our price, per yard . . ,.. SPECIAL NOTICE TO CLOAK AND SUIT BUYERS 376 very pretty Tailor-Made Suits, all new, up-to-date models, at one-half the regular price. Seventy-eight fine rubberized Silk Raincoats, left with us on consignment. They are offered at manufacturer's cost. A good opportunity 'for you to get one. They come in all colors. Sizes 36 to 38 only. . LAWRENCE SHAN AH AN 144-146 THIRD STREET Where Your Dollar Has Double Its Purchasing Power TELLS ABOUT CONFERENCE DR. HEPPE RETURNS AFTER SIX WEEKS IX EAST. Pastor of Grace Church Says Irate Methodist Gathering Most Im portant Ever Held. , Dr. W. H. Heppe, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, arrived home yester day after an absence of six weeks in the East Dr. Heppe attended the recent general Methodist conference at Balti more as an alternate. At the conclusionv of the conference he visited at his former home in Muscatine, la. "The Baltimore conference," said Dr. Heppe, yesterday, "was undoubtedly the largest and most important gathering ever held In the history of the Metho dist Church. It was a very progressive body, ready to take the initiative In all matters that would bring the church up to date in all of its departments. It was, however, sufficiently ccyiservative. There was a larger number of young men in this conference than in former sessions. "One of the most important measures brought before the conference was the dissolving of the consolidation of the three societies of the Church the educa tional society, the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educational Society and the Sunday School Union and Tract Society. Another Important measure, which was not, however, a legislative enactment, but merely a request, was the suggestion by, the general conference that bishops as' far as possible should preside over the conferences contiguous to their episcopal residences. It was not Intended to inter fere with the present law, but simply to recommended the plan where practicable. It will, undoubtedly, be adopted at the To Be Safe To be safe confine yourself to the use of such flavors as your experience and judgment tell you are of the purest quality. IS flavoring Vanilla Lemon Orange Ro8d,et& fiarccts are just as they are represented to be. If not the cheapest they are the best, and no puddings, cakes, creams, or other table deli cacies, are spoiled by their use. s MEET ME THERE 05 AM RETIRING FROM BUSINESS corset covers and flouncing. ... ;. . just the thing for Summer next semi-annual conference and the wis dom of it will immediately be demon strated. It simply means that thq bishops will have a better opportunity to become acquainted with the personnel of his conference and to come Into closer touch with the various churches, the general needs and conditions prevailing among them. Under the present system, the conferences to be held by a bishop are at such remote distances that he has really little time to study the needs and conditions existing in any particular sec tion. "The dissolving of the consolidation of the Freed man' s Aid and the educational societies and the Sunday School Union was deemed advisable by reason of the fact that as their work was separated their Interests were constantly conflict ing. The consolidation was found to be detrimental to the interests of the so cieties Involved. It was originally made to reduce the expense in the administra tion of the societies.' "The debates on the proposed changes In article covering "worldly amusements' were certainly momentous. The fact that the matter was never brought before the general conference. In my. Judgment, ends the question for a long time. Over 5 per cent of the German and Scandi navian Methodists in America were op posed to any revision of this article. Pe titions with thousands of signers from Your Stomach I Is Your Friend If you have a good stomach and wish to keep it, steer clear of lard-cooked food. Lard is made from hog fat, and is more apt to be impure than it is to-be clean and healthful. Cottolene is the most reliable frying and shorten ing medium. It is a pure, wholesome, digestible product, that is bound to be more satisfactory than lard wherever it is given a fair test. Besides being more healthful, Cottolene is more economical than lard or cooking butter, one-third less being re quired. It will, moreover, make more nutritious food than either lard or butter. With all these advantages on the side of Cottolene what argument have you for not using it? Your own grocer, if he is progressive, has Cottolene for sale. Buy a pail to-day, use it according to directions, and we will warrant you will never go back to the lard habit. Nature's Gift from the Sunny South 19c dresses. Itegular 7c 4c the Epworth Leagues of both America and Europe were presented, praying that no change be made. A petition from the Epworth Ieaguers of Oregon to the same effect had 900 signatures. "The fact that these bodies, made up as they are, almost wholly of young peo ple, are unfavorable to a more liberal Interpretation of the article, is certainly significant. Many missionaries declared that any change in tne dlclpline would certainly have a bad effect in the mis sionary field, as they could never make the natives understand that the church still believed that the amusements speci fied were wrong, and that converts would consider It a lowering of the standard of the church. With their narrow vision they would assume, as would the man of the world, that these things were now allowable." Will Celebrate With Xeighbors. GRANTS PASS. Or., June IS. (Spe cial.) Otherwise than a small gathering of friends for a day's outing. Grants Pass will not celebrate this year, but will look to her neighbors and rural com munities to furnish the usual entertain ment for Fourth of July celebration. Among the gatherings In the country will be one under the auspices of the Grange at Wildervtlle on the Applegate River. Hamn shoe (It tbe reet. Rosenth&Ta, .Regular 50c and " -