The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28
A VISIT TO BREMERTON


/ in was close view cf the moder1
cast and wrought iron leviathans O
| the deep, built with the object OF pul.
verizing the cast iron leviathens OF
! other nations, which at any time MAY
feei an inclination to take a fall out
OF your Uncle Samuel, and while do
ing the pulvvNzing act present suca
an impregnible surface to the enemy
that the jolly tars nestled behind the
piS' iron barriers, can go on merriIy
watbling "A Sailors Life is the Life
for Me- as the projectiles of the
other fellow glance harmlessly from
the outer bulwarks. The aim of the
makers of floating fighting machines
in this day and age is to produce q
vessel posse".ing sufficient bouyancy
TO foat, combining irresistible means
OF destruction with :, capacity Of re-
5!sting every means OF destruction
brought against it. 1t is q constant
cXertlon of mans ingenuity on the
one side to produce armour to with
stand the p,IetrG ting force of pro-
jectlles, and on the Other to invent
guns with the pushing power to hur-
tie projectil through any impedi-
melt against witch they are directed
To a man of peace it is a shocking
commentary upon the civilization oil
Ihe 10th century that the chief aim
OF natiols seems to be providing easy
and expeditions means of slaughter
ing human beings, but from the pres
ent disposition of the various powers
1t is evident that the dove of peace is
not a popular bird, as every mari
time nation is trying TO outdo the
other fellow N the size and devastat-
Lng prowess CT their eliips Of war.
Aside from the humanitarian as.
poct of the question, these monster
hoating batteries represent vast ey-
penditure of money that could be bet
ter .apilied to other purposes. More
{ ,~F, 6NcrJ fCTgy yesrrSt f-Ii5'-Z
than those who have gone before
evolves q greatly improved fighting
machine and those that have already
cost so much and from which tho
first priming coat of paint has hardly
worn off, are relegcted to tie scrap
heap to make way for the newer cock
of the waves.
Rnt ,tc Nnf t-Nta lol
sermon on mans inhumanity to man
Simply rambling story of the dock
ing of the Oregon, which has groWn
somewhat incoherent from 2 weak
ress to slide off at a tangent when
ever an idea bobs up at the wrong
period in the narrative.
There was an hour or two OF spare
time before the chief ST. mt of the day
was to be pulled off, and that time
vas devoted to staring like & typical
Iandlubber at the nautical sights, ana
they We're such as to provide much
entertainment to q deniZen Of tht
back country, where a gasoline launca
IS sufficient in the way of water crai,
to justify the trolling of a bar from
A Life on the Ocean Wave Laced
10 the wharves with enormous haus-
ers were two large completely ar
INQUIRED cruisers, two submarine tor
pedo boats and few other armOurec
craft, that presented a more or less
mOrose and ferocious appearance Out
in the bay were anchored others Of
these floating vehicles of destruction
and in their midst with the hull low
down on the water, looking like q
huge turtle that had developed sever
al abnormal warts on it's shell, HOated
the historic battle ship, the Oregon.
The lighting ships of the present time
are no more like the wooden vessels
Of the days of 1912, when the achicv-
ments of such gallant spirits as HUI,
Decatur, Parry, Bainbridge, McDon-
ough and other dashing tars shed
glory upon the American navy, than
tn present day hobble skirt is like
the balloon hoop skirt crinolnes Of
the early Cos. These present day
fighting craft are very substantia.
structures. The hulls far below the
water line are of solid plates of steel
the turrets are of steel, the coming
tower of steel, in fact everything
above water is massive steel. Here
and there these monsters show their
teeth. These teeth are the long muz-
zles of the most modern harbingers o.
trouble. They poke out forward, and
sideways, and backwards ready tc
throw CONSERVATION and misery tC
any point of the compass. Big bark
ers on the main deck. with here au.
there higher up, lighter artillery o.
| the rapid fire brand. that scatter bull
! let's Of inconvenient size for the re-
| cipient with the freedom and prodf
gality of a broad cast grain seeder