The history of pilgrimage of Washington Commandery, No1, Knights Templar, Hartford, Connto the twenty-ninth Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America, held in the city of San Francisco, California, September fourth to September tenth, nineteen hundred and four . \lany peo-l>le from the East live liei-e. and each one had a goodwiud for Portland. The day was sjjent in carriageaiiil trolle\ richs about the city; some visiting oneof tile Large saw-mills. Sir Knight Therkelson, ofPortland, took lit of us through one, where we wit-nessed the saw
The history of pilgrimage of Washington Commandery, No1, Knights Templar, Hartford, Connto the twenty-ninth Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America, held in the city of San Francisco, California, September fourth to September tenth, nineteen hundred and four . \lany peo-l>le from the East live liei-e. and each one had a goodwiud for Portland. The day was sjjent in carriageaiiil trolle\ richs about the city; some visiting oneof tile Large saw-mills. Sir Knight Therkelson, ofPortland, took lit of us through one, where we wit-nessed the sawing of a log 20\4 feet, into i)laiiks oftwo to four inches thickness, which contained about1,.)00 feet: time, six minutes. They cut 4r)0,000 feetper (hiy. We saw one log that was twenty-two feetlong and six feet in diameter. These logs are cut,and down the river, from a distance of 30 toSO miles. The onl\ fuel used to make steam at thesemills is We were taken by a steam yacht several milesup the AVillaniette River. On our return our guideescorted us to the Commercial Club and entertainedus. The loop by trolley to Portland Heights was aride long to be remembered. When we were two anda half miles from the citv, we had attained an alti-tude of 800 feet. We left Portland at 5 i>. m. via. Southern Iacific Railroad. With the Yellowstone carKillarnev, we had seven cars in our train. Wetraveled all night of Ld. and all day andall night of Se|>tiinlier -d. through Oregon and Cali-fornia. We were met by a Connnittee of the Grand Coraiiiandcry, ;it Oreaoii. During the dayyour scribe rode on a wood hnrning engine for -^6miles round the Ilnrscshoc and over Wolf Creek toGrand Pass. At ^rcdtnviI. < trriimi. we saw a familiarsight, no hss th;iii Kiiii:!inns (ii-cns liaving a streetparade. \\u rniitr \vc |i;i--( cl a large dam, which cost$3()().00(). At Ashhind were several girls wearingShrine Fezes. They were giving away peaches aslarge as cof
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