The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-30
Most Excellent Time Was Had
In the Western City

Waldemar =. SCherer returned to
Mankato yesterday from Seattle.
where he has been attending the an
nual meeting OF the Imperial council
OF the Shriners.
We left Mankato on the eighth
day OF July" said Mr.. Scherer today
Il WAS with DR. c. H. and Mrs. Ner-
bovig. We went from here to ST.
Paul To join the Osman temple pill
grimage To the Imperial council at
Seattle Both Or. Nerbovig and
play in the Osman temple shrine band.
DIR Nerbovig and his wife went
by rail from Seattle 10 San Francisco.
They meant 10 take in Oakland. San
Diego and Los Angeles. They were
to go by boat 10 Vancouver and take
the same route home that | did.
expect them here after about two
weeks or ten days. They have rela :
tiyes in California.
The pilgrimage left st. Paul by
a special train over the Northern Pa
cfic on July Q. at>S:30 O'Clock There
were l75 in the party Forty were
in the band and the patrol included
twenty four The train included ten
cars and il was indeed magnificent
one. II was claimed to be one OF the
finest trains that ever pulled out of
St Paul. There was buffet car. IN
observation car. parlor car. state
rooms and about everything else that
ever heard OF in the way o. train
equipment
Made Stops En- Route.
we made st0pS at Fargo 3iilineS
Butte and Spokane. We were enter
tanned at all of those places by thu
mobiles of the various temples. \,
Seattle there were fifty thousand Wis
ting Shrincrs during the week The
program commenced on Monday. July
-. and lasted through that week We
were entertained AT Seattle by Nile
temple. Those mobiles made every
body have good time
There We're two paradcs. There
were about a hundred bands and
about the same number OF patrols
The morning parade was on Tuesday
and the evening illuminated parade
was on Wednesday, Or. Nerbovie
and | were both in the Osman TEN
pie band when il marched. The line
OF march lay over seven to eigh
miles. up hill and down hill and over
cobble stones. | understand that i,
was one of the arandest parades tn,
western coast ever saw We marched
for two hours and twenty minutes.
| Was Great Imperial Meet.
Il am told il was one Of the best
| Imperial council meetings that ever
was held. The crowd was so ably
handled and the city was so fine that
everyone seemed to love the place
and hated to go. never heard sc
many regrets at leaving a place as
did there.
, Il must not forget how we'll Mr.. l.
y. Hunt took care Of his friends
Among these were DR.. and Mrs. G.. II
Nerboyig and myself Of Mankato. job,
Fishel of st. Paul and Colonel Georg,
5. Whitney Of Faribault Mr.. Fishe
is state secretary OF all the Masonic
bodies and recorder OF Osman TEN.
pie. All the time we were at Sc.
attic Mr.. Hunts car was at our dis
posal at all times. He made sure thai
we saw all that there was To see il
and about that city.
AT Seattle the pilgrimage part,
got scattered. There was n party o.
seven Shriners. including Mr.. Fishe
and myself. that took the boat from
Seattle via Victoria to Vancouver
We came home over the Canadian
Pacific by way of Bann. Lake Louis,
and Glacier To Winnipeg From Win
nipee we journeyed 10 ST. Paul ovcl
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