The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

lumbian Highway to Bonneville, about
:nrty-fve miles distant from Portland
and giving them free luncheon near
the fish hatchery in beautiful grove
of tall pine trees. But everything
was so completely arranged that there
was no hitch in the proceedings any
where We could write columns ~on
the beautiful scenery and the mar
velous feat of engineering that made
this highway possible. 1t cost better
than million and half of dollars
and stands as monument to the
enterprise of the people Of Portland.
The parades were wonderful There
were four and they have never been
eclipsed on any former occasion in
the whole United States. There was
the parade that conducted the Imperial
Potentate TO his throne at the opening
of the Imperial Council, the night
Shrine parade that occupied four
hours to pass given point. the cleo
trical parade and the flower parade,
the last two being put on by the peo-
pie of Portland and were beautiful
in the extreme.
Leaving Portland we arrived at Ia.
coma on the 25th where we were
greeted most royalty and all seated
to as nice chicken dinner as you will
find at a church social, then we were
driven about the city Tacoma is
beautiful city and we enjoyed our
short stay here as much as at any
point on the route. From here we
went to Seattle where we parked for
the night and were given another auto
ride Most of the writer's time here
was taken up with a much needed
bath and shave and in letter writing.
In the morning we all went on board
the big boat headed for Victoria and
Vancouver, B. c. Our stop at Vic
toria was short but at Vancouver We
passed the night in our berths, our
train having been brought around
from Seattle. As we had plenty Of
myself three other Shriners and two
ladies from San Francisco chartered
a taxi and started out to see the city
and here is where we had our first
real adventure. Our ambitious driver
in attempting to show us the new ana
aristocratic part Of this berg, got lost,
and we wandered around in the wilds
of Vancouver for several hours. vi
sions of wolves, bandits, blowouts and
holdups passed through our vision and
when it began to rain our cup was
full to overflowing. The driver finally
untangled himself by making inquiries
along the road and we reached our
special some time before midnight,
little the worse for wear, but happy
in our rescue
We left Vancouver behind at $3.50
in the morning following the Fraser
river where the scenery is not only
intensely interesting but startling and
is described by many seasoned trav-
elers as matchless. This great river
is forced between vertical walls Of
black rocks where repeatedly thrown
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broken by ponderous masses of fallen
rock, it madly foams and roars. 1t is
certainly enhancing to one who has
lived on the prairie for forty years
and who has never seen anything of
the kind.
Arriving at Sicamous in the early
evening we parked for the night and
many tired eyes were soon closed but
the band and those who dance held
forth at the hotel until near midnight.
A number of the more enthusiastic
nimrods climbed out at 300 o'clock
the next morning to cast their line
in this beautiful lake with the result
of only one nice catch in the bunch.
Leaving Sicamous at 700 o'clock
d. m. we passed the glacier and shortly
began to climb the western slopes of
the Canadian rockies, and by way of
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