, 1881-07-22
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Leaving home to attend the Grand
Lodge ul Wurkmrn, we had an op.
pur,unity Of keeping olfaciory
nerves and tyTipauura unohstructed
Tor week in order to perform the
duties at a "chieI abrawd takin
notes" Puget Sound, with its re.
v.yiug business, It's good times and
abundance uf work for poor men, 5
hopcfal towns, grand numbering bus
incss aud great expectations, was
slun lrft Lchiud aud we were whirl-
iug along toward the land Of the
web feet, wondering how it would
impress a stranger after several
years absence
PORTLAND,
The ambitious railroad centcr-to-be
the "ouly original" North American
mogul, spread its broad expanse of
magnificent buildings, extensive wa.
tee front and preteniious mauufdcto-
riss With an air Of greeting 10 the
visitor, as much as To- say, "lnok at
me; amt superh?" Well, we found
maur improvements there all made
within a very few short years. Bus
mess goes with drive and a rush,
the second growth Of houses take on
a substantial look Suggestive of pros
perity aud solid advancement Port
land is head and shoulders above all
other Pacific coast towns north Of
San Francisco-aud this is no recent
discovery, either. Whether she re-
mains in the lead or not is yet to be
seen. II she could only get that
dreadful ''bar" skeleton out of the
closet and annihilate it, the question
would be solved already.
Proceeding onward, past Oregon
City aud other interior towns, the
'iron horse" landed US ut Salem,
placid aud Sabbath like in its enjoy
ment Of state capital honors. Here
the i. o. U. WIS congregated to
the number Of hundred and over
to legislate for the jurisdiction of
Oregon, Washington and British
Columbia. One of the papers com
piinented the Grand Lodge by styl-
ing il the ''6nest looking body of
men ever assembled in the place, not
excepting the state legislature" Oh
course, most Of us were travelling on
.-oaE good looks, so to speak. After
consuming a day in organizing, and
another day in very important ~
business of electing Offices (hours
aud hours being required to decide
who should act as Grand Watchman,
Guide, &c, &e.) we finally managed
to get down to one or two questions
of Legislation Just before the dele
gates had to commence leaving for
business and other reasons-they
not anticipating a session longer ,han
two days, Some legislation of inns
portanee WAS enacted ere our start
ing homeward, of which we will
speak more fully hereafter. The Of
ficers .Slected were: w. ID. Hare,
Grand Master IA splendid selection);
G. NJ. Bradshaw, Grand Foreman IA
recognition of Port Townsend's
claims and appropriate ehoice); Jas.
P. Goodhue, Grand OverSeer (pro
motion of the leader OF
the British Columbia delegation.)
Messrs. Newcomb, of Roseburg, Or,
Chapman, of Walla Walla, and Skid.
more, of Southern Oregon, were re-
spectively selected as Grand Record
er, Grand Guide and Grand Watch
man. Olympia was selected as the
place of holding the next session OF
the Grand Lodge. The ration OF
repi esentation was changed TO one
delegate for every 100 members, in,
stead of one for every so, as hereto
fore. TIE salary of the Grand Re-
corder was raised to 1900 per an
mum and he WAS required to devote
his entire time to the duties OF the
office. Many other important changes
were made, including legislation to
comply with Supreme Lodge regula-
tions creating the Office of Grand
Medical Examiner, to inspect and
report upon the medical certificate
Of every applicant for membership in
Subordinate Lodge.
Continued next week.