The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-04
PORT ANGELES BOON.
The Pacific Squadron to Spend
Several Weeks There.
WHICH MAKES PEOPLE JusllANr
Aghaa ~ the Eoormcas Supplies Re-
ssirsd and . Belief That seattle
VIII Be Called rpon.

Port Angeles % + Q state 81 rrssf tsss-
lsrsor. ard the cz:zse cf II = a Letter from
AGrtrsl E~arxsfes Se-re xsscA letter MAS
exY~r,es frur-, that sensasmsz as Part An
geAs h2s 6cre her hes. rossskte 70 give
him pleasure when &c called there vita
It's Philadelphia. she had taken h.sn out
fishing aa9 photographed him xsth . ssrlrx
CT fish ~ his own heiga, and vsssar. ana
hsc driven eeR under the noses Of his
sEsssirs ss,cefs. and had then drop dad
there
Tho letter. therefore was not unsxpe-t-
ed. but iis ceatents. stating whst Admiral
Bs1rdsies tsssrpesei Doing in return for the
eoarte~ses shown hin. VAS heyonA the rsa-
eorAese expectations Of Port Angeles TIE
a1rnirxl -ays that he viii be there On June
I. With his flagship. th9 PhEaaslpala. AMI
viii also bring with him and hsse sacho-s3
In TIE prstty bay tie hastisShir or>xaa
the coast deferss ship Ao1sdneck the
mentor &cntefey. the cruiser Alert aaS
Possibly the cruiser Ranger Tire ssriYaI
makes a sTsclai acfe az Interest in regard
to tie Alert II Is row In South Aueri-an
nj te-s. and has not been psst Of sor eleven
months TIE admiral tells his Port An
reies friends that he Is trying - Save her
psiJ CT e. Por- Azxtlsz and probably no
yx-~f % his communication evoked as mach
enthusiasm cs th.s
These vessels firm Tire Faeiii- squadron,
D Z
tire admiral proposes 10 have extended me-
ne-v-rs on shore. =asm eastl - marches
far into the Interior. b.sil3.1S ~ intrench-
r--fss sns hastily Constructed stfeEsss en-
tht s5,it ant. of c1grse. target practice.
II regard 70 Tire latter. Admsrgi Bearaslee
says that Port Angels Is the finest port
for artillery Practice In the Taitei States.
tecaLks you can there FIRE tile heaviest
gxsrs witt cut tnIerfer1nx with ccn-erre-
why the Pert Angeles peorie are so
tUbaant is because Q. the prcn- they Will
make euf % the visit OF the Pacific sqrai-
Ton When abogi the same st.s-i squadron
vas at Non:ev deo for seyea weeks the
caterer for fresh meats. vegetables. ice
and general supplies made a prUnt Of So
oa. Pert Angeles. with the experience
gained during the recent visit CT the Phila-
csiphia, IL aiIsssy counting asr pr3fits
The crews Of there vessels Will be about
as follows. Philadelphia. 5f5 nen: Oregoc,
81. Mnzadnock rs. MantSrsy, lis: Alert,
ls0. Ranger. i5S THIS will be GO men TO
be fed. and leo rnea 20 spesid their wages
On shore This latter Is a more important
Point than can rs estimated AT a glance.
Port Ars esss is whatAdrirai B-ardslee, with
his old-;ln naval notions. calls a liberty
Tert. II a blue jacket gets shore leave for
limited number Of hours. ana 10 the pleas
tires of the moment oversteps his tine
limit. whoever returns him TO his ship gets
reward Of $40. which Is stopped out Of thu
bius Jackets pay. Marsbals and police Of
hcsrs. therefore. lay for the blue jackets
in Some towns. When the Phsia.elphsa
WAS In Port Angeles the blue Jackets were
made free Of the town. and when one vas
returned 20 his ship the officer refused
any reward. No wonder. therefore that
ahs blue Jackets hurrah for Port Angs'es.
How the iis,ie town will supply y-ovis-
Ions for r.Se men Is problem the Pert
Angeles people are wrestling with. When
a wsrsh,p orders, II orders by the ton.
When last there the Philadelphia gave an
order for potatoes. and the order had 20
be sli-d from Seattle. and IN all prcbab!i
the merchants OF this city will bensat
largely from the sqaadron's stay at Port
Angelica