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planting stock for the Superior was
secured from the Federal nursery at
Cass Lake. We hope in the near future
to develop a nursery locally to pro-
duce approximately 100000 seedlings
annually.
Once in the field, the seedlings trials
and tribulations are not over. Great
care must be exercised in the planting
and future care of each individual tree.
The original field examination des-
ignated the species of trees to be
planted at various locations. Data was
also collected on soil acidity, the pres
ence of grubs, insects and other dis
eases. Various tree species have diff
ferent requirements and are attacked
by different diseases and insects. White
pine, for example, cannot be planted
within eight hundred feet of any of
the wild or cultivated varieties of Ribes,
which includes the currant and goose
berry plants. These plants are in
termediate hosts for the white pine
blister rust, which if it infects the pine
results in its complete loss over a
period of time. An interesting infec-
ton of white pine blister rust locally
is found in the young white pine plan
tation along Woodland Avenue here in
Duluth, just north of Hunters Park.
We have also now determined the
ground preparation needed in advance
of the actual planting. To eliminate
root competition for moisture, it is
customary to remove a section of the
brush, sod and duff where the tree is
to be planted. This operation generally
is carried an all during the summer
season and we'll in advance of the
planting period, and is commonly re-
ferred to as scalping.
On large areas where the country is
open and distractions are few, plowS,
pulled by tractors, pillow burrows from
six to eight feet apart through this
area. Nearly 5000 miles of these fur
rows are now prepared for planting on
the Mesaba Unit, near Virginia.
On other areas which cannot be
plowed because of physical distractions,
it is necessary to go through the area
either prior to or at the same time as
planting and remove the brush, sod and
duff from spot about two feet square,
so that the planted Seeding will have
an opportunity to get itself established
before it has to compete with the sur
rounding vegetation.
The actual planting itself is season.
al occupation, which is carried on only
during brief period in the fall and
spring, unless moisture conditions are
favorable, just as the farmer has par
ticular time for planting his crops.
During this period all available labor is
turned over to this important job.
Great care and supervision are essential
to properly administrate the planting
job.
The seedlings are lifted from the seed
beds at the nursery and their roots
wrapped in moss to keep them moist.
Burlap is wrapped around the bundles
and they are transported to the plant
ing area. They may then be temper
arily heeled in by placing them in a
narrow trench and covering the roots
with moist soil. The planting operation
itself is divided into two distinct
methods.
1. The bar method, in which tool
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by RAY U. HARMON, Supervisor

in advance. The seed is generally Sc
cured from local sources, either COL
lected by CCC camps or by men en-
ployed by this department. The In
dams at Cass Lake collect large quanti-
ties of cones, for which they are paid
from SOC to $500 per bushel Unfor-
tunately, trees do not always have good
seed years. Like the farmer, we some
times find that our trees fail to pro-
duce crop. White pine, for example,
has a small crop of cones annually,
but may not have bumper crop but
every five years. Good crops of white
spruce cones are secured about every
three years. Norway pine, five to seven
years. and so on. Quite often, if not
planned for in advance, we find that
the seed We want to plant in the
nursery may not be available.
The cones, when collected in the fall
OF the year, are kept separate by species
and dried out so that they will open
and the seed can then be shaken out.
Some cones, such as white pine, can be
opened by exposure to the sun for a
few days Others, like Norway pine,
jackpine and white spruce, are run
through artificial dry kilns for from
six to twelve hours, often at tenn
perature Of ITO to 100 degrees.
Mechanical shakers, tanning ma
chimes, screens, etc., clean, sort and
grade the seed, after which it is stored
in alright containers in dry warehouses
until required.
Last season we collected nearly $500
bushels of cones on the Superior Forest
alone. A bushel of cones will yield or
dinarily from eight to twenty ounces
!, of seed. Seed ranges in size, and in
this country white pine may run 10000
to $4,000 seeds per pound, while white
spruce has from 100000 to 100000 per
pound.
The seed Is then run through a series
iof terminating tests to determine via
bility and terminating percentages
This data is required in order to guide
the nurseryman in his seeding in order
that he can secure from eighty to 100
seedlings per square foot in the nur-
sery beds. The nurseryman's problems
are too many, too varied and too tech
nical to describe. But the little seed
placed in a well prepared seed bed
fertilized, nourished, watered, weeded
and sheltered, on occasions from the
heat of the sun runs long gauntlet of
hazards from disease, insects, sun scald-
ing, frost, and others, before it reaches
the point in one, two, three or four
years where it is large enough and
healthy enough to be moved to the
field and planted. When planted. the
seedlings are only from three to six
inches in height.
A temporary nursery has been estab-
lished this spring six miles north of
Two Harbors. There are now 5000 900
small seedlings just appearing above
the ground. These will be planted in
the fall of 1896 and 1897. Formerly all
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resembling a spud is showed into the
ground and the seeding is placed in
the slit and the dirt forced tightly
against the tree by a blow from the
heel, is used in light sandy soils.
2. A second method is by means of
mattock to dig the hole and tamper
to pack the dirt around the trees Care
must be taken in all cases TO see that
roots are tightly packed with soil, that
they are not doubled up in the ground
or out of the ground, that the tree is
planted at the correct depth and the
correct species used in each place. The
planted tree has hard time TO eStab-
lish itself in it's struggle with nature
and it needs every advantage. The CCC
planter soon learns the correct planting
procedure and is interested in seeing
his planted tree survive and the waste
land grow into productive forest.
During this fall and next spring.
100000 seedlings will be planted on
the Superior National Forest by the
members of the Is CCC camps. They
will be Norway pine, white pine, jack
pine and white spruce seedlings. Pre-
paration is now going on in each Of the
camps for this program.
The farmers work does not stop when
he plants his crop, nor does that of the
forester when his plantations are
planted. Plantations must receive re-
peated treatments. When the trees are
small they must be released from the
grass and other herbaceous plants
which rapidly grew up around them.
and unless removed would smother the
seeding. AS the tree grows in size,
it has perhaps overlapping competition
with brush and aspen, some Of which
must be removed so that light can
reach the green foliage. After fifteen
or twenty years, the seedlings, then
from fifteen to twenty feet in height,
start to compete with each other for
light and soil moisture. Quite often
some of the trees must then be re-
moved so that the better formed, more
thrifty individuals can proceed un-
hindered and with maximum growing
conditions After thirty to thirty-five
years, the trees are large enough so
that the first commercial cut can take
place The inferior and less thrifty
trees are then cut for fuelwood, pulp,
fence posts, etc., again releasing the
more thrifty trees to continue their
rapid growth until perhaps at the age
of eighty to one hundred twenty years
they have reached maximum size and
selective logging can take place.
How these mature plantations, as
well as stands of natural mature tim
Der, can be handled so as to perpetuate
themselves, maintain continuous tim
Der cover, preserve the aesthetic values
and sustain the numbering industry, will
be explained next week.
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Respectfully submitted,
FRANK ZGONC,
OTTO HOKKANEN,
EDANK CrrJyUI,r|SED

H1uk11NIA oSI1 w E4oEIIb,
Committee on Accounts and Finance.
Moved by Alderman Schweiger, sup
ported by Alderman Skala, that the
report of the Committee on Accounts
and Finance be accepted and filed, and
that the City Clerk be authorized tc
draw orders on the City Treasurer in
payment of the various amounts due.
Carried.
Application of Frank Lozar Post No.
248, American Legion, to hold a public
dance at the Sandy Point Pavilion on
July 4, 1885, was read.
Moved by Alderman Schweiger. sup
ported by Alderman Skala, that the ap-
plication be accepted and filed, and
license be granted upon the payment
of the proper fees. Carried.
Communication from the Ely Munich
pal Band was read, requesting the City
Council to allow them two extra and
one regular free public band concerts
for public entertainment on July 4th
Moved by Alderman Schweiger, sup
ported by Alderman Skala, that the
communication be accepted and filed,
and that arrangements be made with
the Ely Municipal Band to play two
extra free public band concerts for
public entertainment on July 4th, for
the sum of $4,000 per concert. Car
ried.
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Slabodnik, that the meet
ipo od in,,ry, until T.0n D M I-;r2ou
July S, 1885. Carried.
A. o. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.
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The Eskimo l. Passing

The Eskimo, despite the preventing
efforts of the United States since gain
ing control Of Alaska, is rapidly dying
out. He suffers from tuberculosis and
social diseases. Not many of them at
tend the government schools In an
other generation the pure American or
Siberian Eskimo, of whom there are
now not over 1000 on the Arctic coast
of Alaska, will be extinct
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ASSETS.
Loans and discounts, ......$ 106,871.H
Overdrafts, ................. 1923
United States Government
obligations, direct and-or
fully guaranteed, ......... 102, $4,000
Other bonds, stocks, and
securities, ................. 36l ,8972 6
Banking house, 100000; Fur
niture and fixtures, 100000, 100000
Real estate owned other than
banking house ............ 100000
Reserve with Federal Reserve
Bank, .................... 46,54O1O
Cash in vault and balances
with other banks, ......... 301 SOB so
Outside checks and other cash
items ..................... 4,7l2.s7
Redemption fund with United
States Treasurer and due
from United States Treas
urer, 6250O
Other Assets, ............... 1,79391
Total assets, ..............$s 1899 ,Oe3 .16
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Charter No. 1892
Reserve District No. 9
Report of Condition
of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ELY

In the State of Minnesota at the close
of business on June 20, 1885.
Published in response to call made by
Comptroller of Currency, Under section
SAIL, u. S. Revised Statutes.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
ARRIESGA
RIA SU CORONA

Esta nOche, en- ell cuadrilate-
70 del 116 de Artilleria, en- w
Tampa, ell campe6n de luchas
len la Florida, ell polaco Johnny
iGrandoVitch, defendera su titu-
10 contra ell veterano russo John
Podubny. FL "bout" sera a una
caida y Unite de duraci6n de 80
minutes.
En- un anterior encuentro de
los dos ihombres, Podubny co :
gi6 una silla para agredir y
Grandovitch Sc la quito, rom :
piendosela en- la cabeza.
Nick Bacalis, ell griego, lucha
ra con Jack O'Brien, un recien
''pescado,"
Bill Sledge. de Texas, sera Ell
a~dversario del hebreo Isaac
ell ministro religioso
HGgue acerto de contrincante
a Bruce Nolan, de Seattle, esta-
do de Washington, y Jimmy Mo
iris. de Tenn, sera Ell antago-
nista Gle Jim Parker, IN villano.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

que no admitia replica; mas la
formula Swicher con un tono
tan particular, que Luis mir6le
sorprendido.
Ell anciano no cesaba de SON
reir, y aquella sonrisa cort6s,
afable, era la desesperaci6n del
condo.
Parecia subrayar las pala-
bras que ell m6dico habia pro-
nunciado, dando a entender que
callaba algo mas que 10 que de-
cia.
Luis comenzaba a perder la
paciencia, que era tanto como
perder la serenidad.
lie suplico a listed que me
liable con entera franqueza.-
dijo.
Con entera franqueza lie
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
VIII

Viendo Luis que su interlocu-
tor permanecia callado, Sc deci-
'di6, a decir, sin paciencia para
esperar mas:
y bisn. senior MIC: lie SUI
plico tenga la bondad de decir-
me para que he sido llamado.
-Es muy justo, senior condo,
.-repuso Swidher, quien, con ell
mas perfecto, observa-
la a su visitante, como 81 quiz
siese descubrir en- su rostro 81
era un canalla o un desgracia-
.do.-Se trata, en- primer ter
.mino, de la alienada cuya per-
manencia en- esta casa paga us
ted tan generosamente.
-iAh! iSe trata de Soledadl
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

haolo,-respondi6 ell medico.-
LIE advierto que es facil que su
pfoteglda recobre la raz6n; es-
10 es TODD. Al hacerle tai adver-
.tencia creo cumplir un deber.
-iAh! GConque es decir que
no NE 10 participa listed, sino
que me 10 advierte? ESQ parece
lndicar que supone que a mi
puede convenirme saber de an
temano 10 que me comunica...
81 lie convene a listed o no,
esa es question suya ,senor con-
de- no mia. Pero en- case de que
mi advertancia tuviese TODD ell
y TODD Ell significado que
uS'ed le concede, opino que no
nay en- ella NADIA que lie ofenda,
anteS por ell contrario, una
muestra de interes y considera
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
DEPORTES
CON LOS GUANTES

81 la ccmisi6n atl6tica de Ben
jamin Field aprecia los senti-
mientos del pUblico y Sc atiene
a la raz6n, declarara "no efec-
tuada" la pelea del viernes, en-
Benjamin Field, cuando Ma
nuel Quintero fu6 agredido ale
vosamente.
81 la comisi6n sostiene ell jul
clio del arbitro, deseatimando
las ~protestas, ell pGblico no con-
currira a un segundo combate
entire Mano y Ell Chino.
Alvarez puede pegar todos
los p~unetazos que quiera suje-
tandose a las reglas; tpero no
hacienda 10 que ell viernes hi
ciera, en- contra de la caballe-
rosidad de los pugiles moder-
nos.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
Brooklyn &c, 5h, De.

Otra vez los Phillies contu :
,vieron a los Gigantes, que tie
men 638 puntos, en- ell primer
|puesto, contra 612 los Cardena
les y 600 los Cubs. Walters Ian
70 por ell club de la victoria, Go
mez, Ia 2b del Filadelfia peg6
un hit. Hal Schumacher cargo
con la derrota.
New York DC, 6h, De.
Filadelfia &c, 11h, De
Piratas y Rojos Sc dividieron
los honores del doble partido.
Cincinnati &c, 5h, De.
Pittsburg sc, 11h, lie.
Cincinnati DC, 5h, De.
Fittsburg &c, III, De-.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
BASE BALL
LIGA NACIONAL

Ell veterano pitcher Root do
min6 aver a los Cardenales, con
teniendo la Marcia de estos ha-
cha la cdspide Fue su quinta vic
toria en- II desafios.
st. Luis &c, IA, De.
Chicago &c, 10h, lie.
Los Dodgers vencieron dos
wees a los Braves, la primera
con Earnshaw y la segunda con
Ben,2e y Zachary. Alfonso L6-
PEI bate6 un hit e hizo una ca
,rrera en- ell primer desafio.
Boston Sc, 11h, lie.
Brooklyn 7c, 13h, 2e.
Boston &c, Ion, De,
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
TX

Luis palideci6 mas adn de 10
que estaba y guard6 silencio.
La curaci6n de Soledad. era
ell peligro determinante de la ca
tastrofe.
Ell ancianO doctor sonreia.
-SupongO,-dijo, siempre
con tono cortes y raposado,-
que 10 que acabo de decir sera
del agrado del senior condo.
-Si, sin duda,-repuso Luis
esforzandose en- disimular.
Y anadi6, miranda al medico
frente a frente:
-Pero creo que no sera para
decirme ESQ solo, para 10 que
Sc me ha llamado. En- la carta
Sc me advierte que Sc trata de
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
UNA ALCALDESA LIE PEGO
AL 'SALTARIN" SAVOLDI


Wildwood, N. j., Agosto 12.-
La unica mujer alcaldesa del Els
tado de New Jersey, Doris Brad
way, presenciaba aQui un match
de ludha entire "Saltarin Joe"
Savoldi, ell exfutbolista, y Stan
Sokolis, excapitan del team de
football de la Universidad de
Pennsylvania. Disgustada por
las rudas tacticas de Savoldi, la
alcaldeSa agarr6 un garrote Y lie
peg6 dos wees desde su asiento
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
Ell TEMPO

Lluvias para hoy y manana.
Maxima temperature aver,
80 grades; minima IS.
Saleael sol a las 5:58 a. m. Y
Sc pone a las 1908 p. m. sale
la luna a las 5:51 p. m. y Sc po-
ne a las $40 a. m.
Marea alta a las 2:04 a. m.
II :08 p. m. Marea baja a las
6:22 a. m. y 1888 p. m.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

de primera fila. Minutes des-
Ipues Savoldi perdi6 una zanca-
dilla y Sc fue por entire las So
gas, cayendo en- ell regazo de la
alcaldesa.
Estremecida, la Sra. Brad :
way Gambia de asiento; pero
mas tarde volvi6 al frente, wen
do como Savoldi dominaba a So
kolis, en- Al minutes.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
LA ISLA DE RODAS CON
VERTIDA EN- HOSPITAL

LondreSo. A2ost2 1O.-Un dies
radao de la agencia Reuter- DIES
de Atenas dice oyle la isla de
'Rodas esta convertida en- un
hospital para las bajas que tia
liza pueda tener en- ell Este de
Africa.
Estricta reServa Sc mantiene
sobre las actividades de Italia
en- esa isla y en- Ia de Leros.'
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

|un asunto de la mayor impor-
|tancia.
-GNo 10 es ,acaso, la cura-
Ici6n de esa infeliz?
BESIDE luego,
-Entonces...
-Pero en- la carta antes alu-
.dida, anade psted que Sc trata
de un asunto que a mi mas que
a nadie interesa.
-Efectivamerte. listed es ell
que paga la estancia de la allie
NADIA en- este establecimiento;
10 cual me hace Greer que a
nadie interesara mas que a us
ted SUI curaci6n.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Milou Pladner, ell frances, re-
tara al campe6n mundial del pc
50 bantam, ell espanol Sang
chill, vencedor de All Brown.
.Pladner combatira primero con
Dubois y de5pues con ell ciuda-
.dano de Valencia.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Continuance manteWndo
que Manuel Quintero es supe-
rior a Chino Alvarez, los fieles
10 saben, en- d~estreza, agilidad
iy experienced.
Frente a frente, sin acometi-
das ilegales, el Chino no puede
Iderrotar a Quintero.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
ANUNCIESE EN-
LA GACETA
81.
/ Como sigue?

81.
d Como sigue?
-Algo mejor, y espero... Sen
Itiria que 10 que voy a decirle lie
hiciera concebir esperanzas que
lluego no Sc realizasen. Tenge
listed en- cuenta que la ciencia
mo es infalible y que hablo STEM
pre- en- sentido hipotetico.
-Bien; siga listed.
Mi ahijado confia, Y 20
'p~articipo cast de Su confianza,
EN- que ell estado de Soledad me-
.jorara mas adn.
i Recobrara la raz6n?
Tai vez; aunque, como he
advertido antes, es cosa que no
puede asegurarse en- absolute.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
La Gaceta Folletin No. 25O
LAS PENAS
QUE REDIMEN

sentado frente a una pUertecita
que habia a uno de los lados del
sofa, Y de modo que la luz lie da-
ba de lleno en- ell roStro, de ma
nera que era muy facil leer en-
el todas sus impresiones.
Swicher sonreia tranpuila-
mente, segun su costumbre,
mientras Que, por ell contrario,
su visitante no lograba disimu-
lar la ansiedad de que Sc halla-
ba poseido.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Muchas felicitaciones ha re-
cibido n%uestro companero Mi
guel Lorente por su articulo del
sabado denunciando ell ataque
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Esta enfermo ell notable bo-
xeador itaiiano Carlos Orlan-
di, campe6n eurqqeo del peso Ii
zero. FL portorriqueno Monta-
hez "acost6" r~ecientemente a
Orlando, derivando:e la enfer-
medad del golpe,
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Cuando Ell p1blico tenfa In,
pesetas e iba todas las emaM
a Benjamin Field, lie alejarof}
los malos 0 interessdos jueces|
y los bouts desiguales. Al
bra que estaba animandose "
hueVS, lie obseqSian con la agre
Zion del viernes, 10 que volvera
a desalentarle 81 no Sc actua en-
justicia.
ner especial cuidado en- la selec-
ci6n de los jueces, de modo que
el publico no pueda dudar de
su unprecedented.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Esta objection era tan l6gica,
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Cleveland Toe, 17h, @e.
st. Luis 7c, l4h, lie.
Cleveland 7c, 12h, lie.
st. Luis 7c, 12h, lie.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Ignacio Ara, Ell gladiator a.
Iragones, peleara en- Lisboa, Ia
capital de Portuz al, con Anto-
Mo Rodriguez, la llamada es-
Iperanza portuguese.
Ara ha firmkdo tambien un
contrato rara batirse con e!
frances Lepesant.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

]omo la pelioula espanola a.
Anciada nc Ecgara hasta el
Idia para egta fed-a Sc ha "A
la function organizadaj
lipor ell Comite de FabricaAf~
de la Orden Caballero M la
Luz.
Las papeletas prestas a la
venta tieneS Ia fecha del Is y
seyiraa para! dia 21 y tam
bien parasel %, cuando Sc rega-
lara un acioso objeto de arte.
Ash nos 10 informa la secre-
taria Srta. Marc arita Pita.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12
Freddie Miller, Resemble Pm Mickey
\ Walke1keh1fan en- esta en-

las tres peleas mas amportan-
ties del programa de la semana
en- toda la naci6n, aparecen Ere
die Miller, ell campe6n del peso
de pluma para la Association Ma
cional de Boxeo; Make Rosen-
bloom, ell e~xcanfpe6n de los Sc
mipesados, Y Mickey Walker, ell
excampe6n de los pesos medios.
Miller Sc batira en- Cincinna-
ii, Ell microbes por la noohe, con
Roger Bernard, dnElint, Michi
gan, a diez asal e ROD
senbloom tendrj
Oakland, California; &orG
so negro Hank Hankinscn, y
Mickey Walter Sc dara de pu-
netazos, en- Filadelfia, hoy por
la noe e con Lou Poster, de
Pottstown, Pa,
He aqui otros de los comba-
ties de la semana:
Lunes.-En San Francisco,
Able Israel contra Tony Cha :
veg; en- Oakland, programa Ro-
standardization, "Small"
Montana contra Bobby Olivas, y
Johnny Pena contra Gene Espi-
nosa; ell negro Leroy Haynes,
vencedor de Tony Cancela, pc
leara en- Filadelfia, con Al Ell
tore, Paul Pirrone con Jimmy
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Jimmy Sniff; en- Miami Beach,
JoeNSpeigal. u Pittsburg, con
ira AraRie Hughes, y Billy
Hood. de Orlando, de oponente
de Stanley Savage, de Fort Lau
derdale; Eddie Zivic reaparece
"a, en- New York, frente a AL
y Leonardo dawGenio
tendra de rival a Abe Wasser :
man.
Mantes.-Mickey Makar, de
Bayonne, N j., contra Billy
eMahon. en- Jersey City.
liercA- Rudy Mendoza
perearasan Francisco con
Fred hostile; en- Cincinnati, ell
cambsBn Miller contra Roger
Bernard, y Carlos Denton con-
ira Eddie Anderson.
Jueves.-E negro Desconoci
do Winston, de Tampa, Sc bati-
"a con Frank Wariac, de Utica;
en- West New York, Leo "Un Pu
netazc' Williams frente a Ter
Iry Mitchell, de Boston.
Viernes.-Lon Branch, New
Jersey, presentara a Georgia
Levy. de Trenton, contra Harry
Carlton, y en- Hollywood, Al
Manfredo peleara con AL .Ro-
Nero.
La gaceta., 1935-08-12

Chino Sc Ilallaba a varfg
pies de su esquina, en- canine
de la de Mano, cuando la cam
ipana son0.
The Washington times., 1935-07-09
BERLIN BUSHES
NAVY To EQUAL
! FRANCE,ITALY

BERLIN. July 9 G.NS0 .-Prac.
tical equality with France or Italy
for battle purposes, actual fight
ing strength exceeding IS per cent
of Britain's and supremacy in the
Baltic will be attained by the Ger.
man navy by 1887 under the pro-
gram announced today.
Keels have already been laid, or
will be laid this year, for los, 500
tons in ships.
Two 25,000-ton battleships, two
10,000-ton cruisers, 16 l,625-ton
destroyers. and % submarines are
on the list for completion in 1885.
One 250-ton submarine is al
ready in commission, and two
have been launched. Twenty
more of the same size are prof.
ected, plus six submarines of 500
tons and two of $50.
Indicative of the speed with
which Germany's naval designers
have worked since conclusion of
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Britain. it was announced that
work will begin shortly on an
airplane carrier. Sixteen destroy
ers have already been launched.
The battleships' guns will be
OF 1923 inches, and the cruisers
1874 inches.
Carrying on the program for
two more years, Germany will have
q new fleet of ships of the latest
design that, according to experts,
will be more powerful than IS per
cent of Britain's navy and equal
to Frances and Italy's, many of
whose ships are obsolete-unless
the other nations start building
promptly.
According to semiofficial sources
eight 28-centimeter guns will rep,
resent the heaviest armament of
the new battleships. which will be
constructed along the lines of the
French heavy cruiser Dunkerque