The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-15
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Their Touring Ind :West.

Their Touring the West.
 The following letter from Captain Halsey B. Philbricx, who is with Wash ington commandery. Knights Templar. in the tour of the west, gives in detail the points visited by the tourists:
 san Francisco, Sept. ', 1904.
 My last letter to you from the Washington eommandery party. who were to go through the Yellowstone park. was written at St. Paul. The trip through Montana was uneyentful, with views of the Bad Lands. We orrived lat Gardiner all right and had our trip through the park. We were fortunate in that we had engaged our rooms three weeks before we entered the park, with the result that while the park and ho- tels were crowded as never before, our sooms and teams were very comforta- ble. We took the rides in teams that |carried five persons, instead of the large coaches with twelve or eighteen passengers. The beauties of the park have been so often described that will not make the attempt. Suffice to say that we all enjoyed it. and think it is worth the cost of the entire trip to see this part of it. While at Lake Hotel, E. J. Smith and George H. Sage went out on the lake and in an hour caught ltwenty-two large trout, which were cooked for breakfast. This will be the banner year for the park as more than six thousand persons had made the trip through the park at the time we were there, and there was still month be- fore they would close. ... .. *. .....
 At Seattle we were quartered at the Hotel Washington, called the finest one on the coast. It is situated upon the highest point in the city and reminded us of our capital in it's location. We were given trolley ride all around the l city and through the outlying districts, which took all the afternoon and gave us good idea of the city. The Text l day We went to Tacoma by boat, through Puget sound, which was rest lful ride after riding in the cars so much.
 At Tacoma we were given another trolley ride around the city, and in the evening attended a reception given by lthe local conlmandery of Knights Tenn lplar to the visiting knights and their ladies. They have just dedicated a new
 Masonic temple and were pleased to
 show their quarters to their friends.
 At Portland, as we had two days to Istay, a party went up along the Colum- bia river forty-1ye miles by cars and took steamer for the ride down the river to Portland. This proved a very Interesting trip, as the scenery along the lower Columbia is very remarka b.e,
 At one place the train stopped and we lall got out to view the falls of Mutno-
 nah, which are eight hundred and sixty fleet high. It was beautiful sight. We saw other falls of lesser height and many curious rock formations along the banks of the river. We met Herbert
 Parish here, who used to live in Hart l ford, and has been located here for a year past in the shoe business.
 The second day of our stay the main ipart of the party, who left Hartford August 26, came into the station, and we were very glad to see them and to Iget news and papers from home; also
 to learn that the strike, which was on when we left, was settled, the appear
 ance of Major Andrus attesting to that i fact. We passed the time in Portland lin trolleying about the city and to the heights back of the city. We left Port Hand and reached San Francisco Sun
 day forenoon. We were received by a
 delegation of Golden Gasl commandery
 and escorted to our hotel. Since then I've have been viewing the city, includ- ring, of course, the Cliff house, seal
 rocks, the park, etc. Tuesday we took
 part in the grand parade and were com lplimented on the good appeadance and
 marching of the commandery. To
 night we leave for Los Angeles at 1902 |