The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-22
LETTER FROM
EDITOR TRUBSHAW
Tracyton, Wash.

Tracyton, Wash.
Well here we are in another world
as it were. Arriving at Seattle on
Monday noon we were met by Mr.. and
Mrs. Haskell and quit riding on trains
for a few days. They live across Pu-
get Sound in place of their own
away from the hustle and noise OF me-
but in beautiful place, at that. YOU
do all YOUR travelling by boat and 1t
seems so funny to us. The boats make
regular trips to and from touching az
the various landings en- route VI
course at these places they have stores
and postoffices but they d. most o.
their big trading at Seattle which
takes about an hour and hal1 10
make by the big boats. The other Gay
we went up to Bremerton, i've miles
away over the Sound in Mr.. Haskeiis
launch. which has nice cabin you
can 90 in when it rains--and II rams
,,,ite easilv we noticed out there. But
the trip was one Of much interest "
nc We went all around the govern
ment navy yard which was place Oh
great activity during the war; many
thousands of men working during that
time in the yards. There are not very
manv working there now since Inc
war ceased. If you want to see the
immense waste you can do so mere
Anchored in the waters just pelow tiie
wards are three third-class battleshlps:
the Missouri, Seattle and CharlotIe'
They represent millions OF dollars'
ara now useless and we are informed
that thew will be used for targets TOR
orr gunners to shoot at cost Oh
manv thousands of dollars a shot
such waste, yet congress is busy ap-
propriating billions for more war
ships to follow in the wake OF these
once mighty forces Of destruction. we
say stop building war ships, let the
United States look after itself and let
other nations do the same and turn
all this expenditure Of money into put
ting men, out of employment on farms
out here and giving them a start IN
life instead of sinking it into ships and
munitions of war. Maybe that is a
selfish view to take but it is view OF
self preservation as against reckless
waste. No wonder the masses are DIS
satisfied and when we see mill a1teI
mill closed down that once hummed
witt, the wheels of industry we DO not
wonder at so much dissatisfaction IN
the country. We have a great coun-
try with enormous possibilities, not
only out here but on the prairies OF
~. Dakota as we'll. We took ride
dom the Sound also and saw that
great battleship Oregon: that immense
engine of destruction which was sent
around the world by President Roose.-
welt as a mighty example of the naval
power of this country and which was
the flagship of Admiral Dewey in the
Spanish American war. AS we rode
around it's huge proportions, deserted
now only for solitary Waterman or
two on it's once great decks, we rea-
lized how soon these great war vessels
BECOME obsolete. The ship was once
the pride Of the naval world, to day
she is only relic of the past and will
soon find watery grave in the ocean
while in her place we are. building
greater and more destructive ships
chat in few years will become obso-
Eete and will follow the Oregon to
watery grave-such is the evolution
of time and genius, but also the waste
of much money that could be sent into
channels of development and progress.
Politicians argue that we must keep
prepared for war but we will never
live to see the day when a forty mil
lion dollar battleship will amount to
a row of beans in warfare. Some guy
from abroad will sail out from for
eign shore in years to come. flip a big
bomb over board which will drop on
one of our gigantic ships, and bling!
the ship sinks below the waters of the
Atlantic or Pacific as the case may be
Wars in years to come will be done
from the cir. But l hear some guy
back there say Trub is talking thru
his hat about something he knows
nothing about. Perhaps he is right
but one cannot Lelp UuI SeI g 'lol'Ai
Of what IS now and what is to come.
We cannot all see alike. We had a
fine time at Tracyton where Frank
Haskell and his better half are getting
a mic, living on a pretty place, sur
rounded on the one side by fruit trees
small fruits such as raspberrles
Strawberries, blackberries, etc. He
Keeps chickens, has a COW and has
every thing a person wants if they ar:
satisfied to live there with the broao
sxpanse Of Puget Sound in front Of
you. / would not like this but they
are happy in their home and they are
the most concerned. No one need &C
hungry. We can pick great big black
berries all along the road side here
and if you want change Of diet yor
can &C out after the tide retreats anc
dig all the clans you want-we dc
and had q fine meal. The tide comes
and goes here twice in every twenty
four hours and we seem never to ge
tired watching it cob and flow. Thurs
day morning we left for Portland ant
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