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The travellers who had already been so bountifully sup¬ 
plied during the day with the good things of life, made a 
brave attempt to eat for the third time that day, but though 
the meal was tempting and the good ladies of Toppenish 
urged the good things upon the delegates, they could eat but 
sparingly, their capacity being limited. 
At the conclusion of the meal, Mr. Allen, President of the 
Commercial Club was introduced who gave a brief sketch 
of the city, its foundation and progress after which Mr. John 
Hall, Secretary of 
the American Asso¬ 
ciation of Nursery¬ 
men was called on, 
who extended the 
thanks of the 
travellers t o the 
Washington N u r - 
sery Co., the Top¬ 
penish Commercial 
Club and all those 
who had extended 
courtesies during 
the day. 
During the ab¬ 
sence of the party, 
two large crates of 
cherries were put 
aboard the car by 
the Kennewick 
Commercial Club. 
At six thirty the 
“Special” was at-’ 
tached to the Yak¬ 
ima local arriving 
at Yakima at 7:15 
p. M., when as the 
guests of the Commercial Club, automobiles were taken 
which conveyed the party for an hour and a half through the 
wonderful fruit districts and highest class orchard belts in 
the State of Washington, returning to the rooms of the 
Commercial Club where they were entertained for some time. 
At 12:30 midnight the “Special” left for Seattle, arriving 
there at 8130 a. m. 
After a hurried trip by steamer down Puget Sound to the 
Navy Yard the party returned to the city where as guests of 
the Park Depart¬ 
ment and guided by 
the Superintendent 
Mr. J. Thompson, a 
trip was made in 
automobiles over a 
part of the beautiful 
Park system, re¬ 
turning to the depot 
just in time to catch 
the 4:10 p. M. train 
for Portland, at last 
completing the 
flight of the “Nur¬ 
serymen’s Special” 
from Rochester to 
Portland at 10:30 
p. M., Tuesday 
night, every one 
tired but greatly 
pleased with their 
trip and gratified by 
the hearty welcome 
extended by all 
those with whom 
they had come in 
contact. 
Delegates at Portland Convention on Board “S. S. Bailey Gatzert,” on Excursion up the Columbia 
River, Saturday, June 21 , 1913 
UP THE MAGNIFICENT COLUMBIA RIVER IN THE 
STEAMER “BAILEY GATZERT” 
Saturday morning saw the members of the two Associa¬ 
tions hurrying to the boat landing to take the ride up the 
Columbia River. 
The steamboat “Bailey Gatzert” had been chartered for 
the occasion and was just comfortably filled, not over crowded. 
A vocal male quartette and an orchestra furnished music 
during the day. 
In the early morning the clouds were heavy predicting 
a rainy day but “Jack” Pilkington scouted the idea and 
guaranteed that soon the clouds would roll away and we 
would have a fine day. His predictions were not entirely 
fulfilled, but the effect of the clouds rolling up the side of 
the mountains will be a sight long to be remembered. 
With tooting of whistles and clanging of gongs the boat 
pushed her way into the middle of the river, through the 
great steel drawbridges down the Willamette then up the 
Columbia passing great log rafts in the river, and immense 
lumber mills on the shore and gradually on to where the 
mountains rose in majestic heights on either side. 
The wonderful rock formation and the sides of these 
mountains clothed with rich green evergreens and the water 
at times trickling down the sides of rocky precipices, or again 
dashing over immense heights in great volume caused a 
feeling of awe and wonderment to fall on those who viewed 
it from the deck boat. 
At noon a regular salmon dinner was provided and later 
in the afternoon a strawberry and cream lunch. 
At one point the boat was tied up at a landing to give 
an opportunity to the visitors- to inspect a large salmon 
