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Uncle Sam's Puget Sound
Navy Yard
NCLE SAM had no need to
erect formidable fortifica
tions and extensive naval and
military works, in order to
make sore of protection for the waters
and commercial interests of the Pacific
Northwest, but when our Uncle Sam
located the Puget Sound Naval Station
he assured such protection for all time
to come under all possible events, do
mestic or foreign. At the same time
he located these works in a position
absolutely Impregnable, a very Gibral
ter of security against attack or inter
ference, as an examination of location
and surroundings will show.
In the first place, the location of Port
Orchard bay, on which the station is
built, is 100 miles interior from the Pa
cific, reached only through the straits
of San Juan de Puca, that wonderful
body of water through which pours the
present enormous streams of North
western commerce. This water is sus
ceptible of fortifications and of defense
beyond the ability of the combined war
fleets of all earth to force an entrance.
Forts at Port Townsend and other
points eastward from the en
trance of the straits already protect
the passage, while beyond, as the
course lies further in toward the naval
station, the channel narrows into abut
ting natural defenses.
Should the naval powers of earth
ever force these, there would remain
torpedo, bomb, dynamite mines, chains,
and like means, of destruction of the
advancing engines of war, strung and
hung In the narrower channels nearer
the station, beyond any . conceivable
ability of present or future naval pow
ers to pass. .On such situation is based
the claim that the location, for safety
and strength, is the finest that the
world knows today. Other features
are quite as favorable, including depth
of water, character" of anchorage
grounds, shore for docks and wharfs
surrounding lands and conditions, in
cluding climatic conditions and protect
tion from all winds by an absolutely
land-locked harbor, set within densely
timbered hills.
Views of the Station, its works and
surroundings herewith given, disclose
but a small part of the interesting and
instructive features to be learned by a
visit to Bremerton, as the little city
surrounding the Station, has been nam
ed. Carved out of the virgin forest,
the works occupy an enclosure of same
eighty acres of level land, that comes
down to the water on Just the level
needed for works and docks, while far
ther back the ground rises by ridge
and terrace, glvlm attractive natural
locations for the administrative build
ings, offices and quarters. Central to
all lies the great dry dock, now the
largest possessed by the government,
with dockage and wharfs in front, and
shops and repair and equipment build
ings adjoining. Notwithstanding the
completeness of the works all is still
INTERIOR VIEW OF DRYDOCK UNOCCUPIED.
bustle and animation in extensions
constantly on foot, the largest of the
present works under construction be
ing an immense equipment building of
brick, that will be completed this sea
son. Brick and steel structure is main
tained throughout, and every species
of construction, brick, steel, stone and
timber, is of the superior quality for
which Uncle Samuel is noted. A point
of great significance as bearing on the
local adaptability and economy of the
site, is that nearly a totality of all ma
terials comes from the Puget Sound
and Pacific region, excepting barely
structural steel and iron. Stone,
brick, timber and coal, are all at Uncle
Sam's finger tips.
Details of these great works, are to
be found in the reports, but a few
items will suffice, emphasizing in the
main, as they do, the local importance
of the Station, and comparison with
the sister stations of Mare Island and
Brooklyn. Puget Sound is already
larger than either of the other two, and
with contemplated improvements al
ready under the protecting aegis of
government appropriation, will shortly
be among the largest in the world. Its
present dry dock has such rank, hav
ing a capacity of containing the larg
est battle ship in the world, and yet the
extensions now contemplated, to be
covered in the next appropriation call
ing for $4,000,000, already approved by
the department, call for another dry
dock double the size of the present one,
deemed necessary by our naval exten
sion on the Pacific side of our domain,
and our interests in the far east.
Other extensions covered in the re
cent appropriations of $1,200,000 are
coal bunkers of 25,000 tons capacity.
Bremerton being one of five such coal
ing stations ordered, the other four be
ing San Diego, San Francisco, Sitka,
and Dutch Harbor for the Pacific and
Behring Sea. This coaling provision
is now a necessity, but the future sys
tem for the Station is said by govern
ment officials to be to utilizze the Lake
Washington fresh water canal now un
der construction, ships running
through that body of water directly up
to the coal bunkers near the mines,
and in going and coming clean their
bottoms of barnacles, saving the scrap
ing process in dry dock. The rolls of
employes at present exceed 800 men,
with the certainty of constant large in
creases as the works are extended.
The present works comprise the fol
lowing: Drydock, the largest government
dock in the Uited States.
Wharf and docks, largest and most
commodious on the Pacific Coast.
Brick and steel fire-proof construc
tion and repair buildings.
Steam engineering building, with
equipment.
Brick warehouse and store house.
and Dry Docks S
Administrative building and naval of
fices. '
Marine barracks with modern appli
ances and conveniences.
Officers' quarters, five fine resi
dences for naval officials
Buildings in process: Equipment,
ordnance and other shops. .
Considering the magnitude of the
Station as it exists today, it seems al
most Impossible that it has all been
accomplisned in ten short years. The
location was made in 1891, the first
work commenced the year following.
The very land enclosed in the station
yards, was part of an original home
stead entry made In October 1875, air
though the land, which had been "lum
bered," had been entered upon for that
purpose as early as 1858. This home
stead was patented to one Williams
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BIG FIGHTING MACHINE IN DRYDOCK.
who sold to William Bremer, from
whom the-government purchased the
station tract of 86 acres, which was up
on recommendation or two commis
sions, one of naval officers and one of
civilians, Congress acting upon the re
port of those commissions. Bremerton
City takes its name from its original
land owner. No foot of the land where
the station is was cleared until the
government commenced it in the year
stated. Mr.-Bremer had built a small
dock, for the bay boats, which still
stands a pioneer finger mark com
pared with the extensive docks of
modern equipment and construction
where now float the mightiest fighting
machines of modern times.
While the government authorities
have proceeded with increasing confi
dence, ever since the establlsment of
the Puget Sound Station 10 years ago,
there has been no practical test on a
large scale, until since the close of the
Spanish war, and our sequestered and
scarred battleships- of the first class
have reached the Station. First to
come was the Iowa, followed by the
Wisconsin and latterly the great Ore
gon after Santiago and her double
chase around the continent, with the
Philadelphia as the latest comer. All
these ships steamed in from the Paci
fic, up through the straits, and by the
interior fastnesses, with probably no
small misgivings. Arrived at the Sta
tion each and all have now been
through the paces of test of the facil-
OFFICERS' QUARTERS AT
ities for repair and overhauling, with
the most complete satisfaction to all
concerned. In maneuvering, docking,
or what not, each and every feature
has been a success. As to the Oregon,
her broken plates wrenched asunder
when the ship was on the rocks in
Asia, have been replaced with the ease
that a skiff would be handled by the
ships carpenter. The dry dock thus
first tested by these greatest of battle
ships, proved adequate for even much
larger vessels. All machinery and ap
paratus worked to a charm, so that this
evidence, if needed, closes the chapter
of approval for the Puget Sound Sta
tion. Besides the mechanical test, re
sults have been equally satisfactory
with respect to health of men, and at
tractive surroundings, in fact as to all
other elements entering Into the case.
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As to the three ships first mentioned,
thafcls yet considerable to be done to
then in painting and overhauling for
two of them, the Iowa having long de
parted, while the Philadelphia is ex
pected to be made into a receiving
ship, by the removal of one of her
decks. . ;
Bremerton, the city of the Station,
to-be, has its foundation of course in
the labor employed, and the traffic of
the Station and of its officers and
managers. Suddenly rising to several
thousand of population, the little city
i3 struggling to keep pace with its own
unexpected importance and growth,
and fortunately is in the hands of en
terprising men of high character, who
are seized with the spirit and charac
ter of the enterprise that has come to
them, and who evince a disposition to
co-operate with the government pur
pose and to make their city a credit.
This is shown in the character of im
provements, in street construction and
all the municipal improvements as fast
as undertaken. There is a water sys
tem already installed, by utilization of
fine streams of pure water, with suf-
CTtr-itAm.
ficient head for fire protection, and on
a scale for all future requirements.
The young city government keeps pace
with the federal requirements and in
terests, in short there is that harmony
and co-operation so desirable under the
circumstances. Among other steps in
this direction, the town is at present
organizing a Sailor's and Marine Club,
after the manner of those clubs at
Mare Island and Brooklyn, in the in
terest of improvement, and advantages
for the sea-faring employes when at
the Station. Schools, churches, and
society of the rising order are features
of the young city of Port Orchard Bay,
which also has that modern necessity
the newspaper, the Weekly News, con
ducted by the Gale Brothers. This was
established one year ago.
Kitsap is the inexpressive name of
the interior, sound-encircled county
that has received this great improve
ment and development. A region
densely timbered, sparsely settled, and
with its chief business shore and bay
traffic hitherto, finds its solitudes
transformed into noise and bustle,
with hints of the. mighty world out
side, by comparisons of the hulls and
machinery of the world's hitherto to
them unknown fighting monsters, with
the pigmy bottoms so long their pride
and admiration. - The wilderness is be
ginning to blossom as the rose, and
numerous small towns are springing
up, testifying to the immense expend
itures by the government, and that all
sections are getting some share. The
county seat is across the bay from the
Naval Station, with no doubt an ambi
tion on the part of the Bremerton peo
ple, that some time in the near future
Bremerton will be the capital, of the
county, as it has already become the
commercial center. Farms are rapidly
developing, and the fruit raising in
dustry is expected to be large in all
that region in the very near future.
Moreover the people settling the re
gion are hardy, industrious and conse
quently thrifty people, that will soon
set the mark of wealth and high char
acter upon the region where Uncle
Sam has placed so important national
interests.
As to management, it is universal
testimony that the government has
made no mistake in the assignments
of Commandant, and other adminis
trative officers, who in the order of
Commandants since opening of the
Station have been, Lieutenant Wykoff,
Commander Morong, Capt. Whiting,
Commander Green, Capt. Coghlan, and
Capt. W. T. Burwell.
As to accessibility for the traveler
and the visitor, as well as for commer
cial communication with Bremerton,
it is easy, involving mere rail and de
lightful water trips from all coast and
PUGET SOUND STATION.
inland points. Portland, Spokane, Ta
coma, Seattle and other Sound points.
The visitor may ever feel sure of wel
come, and that instruction and pleas
ure will reward the trip. Swift boats
make hourly trips from Seattle and Ta
coma while no more delightful trip
could be found anywhere than the en
tire trip by boat from Portland, while
visitors from further down the Coast
or Pacific tourists will never tire of the
beauties of the Sound region. The Sta
tion will never, from this time on, be
without features of world-wide inter
est, being sure to have representations
ever on hand of the mighty naval pow
er of the Uuited States, and thus, by
comparison, at least, of that of - the
whole world, from diminutive torpedo
boats up to the mightiest war ma
chines the world has yet produced.
Pateat Had Expired.
Lm Field met Gas Kodgers on "The
Rialto" a few days ago. After talking
a few minutes,' Fields said:
"Gas, what's become of those patent
leather shoes yon wore last winter?"
. "They have gone to the wall, Louis."
Why?. Wasn't the leather good?"
"Yes,' said Gus, with a sigh, "but
the patent - expired." New York
Times. ':;."-"
. Noah's Trouble.
"Confound that dinosaurusl" ex
claimed Noah, as the ark gave such a
lurch to starboard that the waves dash
ed against the roof. "I wish it would
learn to stay on its own side of the
boat!" v , '
Then Nosh seized a handspike and
started below deck to shift the cargo.
uoio eiaie journal.
. History and Pugilism.
"Pa,"said - the 'small boy, "did
Peter the Great bave any other name?"
"Of course, my son," answered the
father promptly. "But there's no use
of worrjing about him no."
"Is he dead??" "
"Oh, I don't know whether he's
dead or not, but he's out of training,
anyway." .
Potting It Oefltly.
"But is she pretty?" -
"Well, I don't believe in talking
about a girl's looks behind her back.
Her father's worth about $20,000,000,
and they've taken her to Europe twice
without bringing back any titles, so you
can form your own opinion. Chicago
Record-Herald.
A Delicate Point.
"It seems to make Scaddington'a
wife as mad as a hornet every time he
boasts that he began at the foot and
worked his way up."
"Well," he started as a bootblack,
you knew." Chicago Recojd-Herald.
.Too Familiar.
He Hello, dere. Miss Smif 1
She Doan yo' flag me dat sudden,
man. I ain't never seen yo' in all may
life befo , an' ef yo' do it ag'in a lot o'
people'Il be walkin slow behin' yo
tomorrer Baltimore World.
' Summer Rest.
Mrs. Jones You didn't stay long
over at Mrs. Brown's.
Mr. Jones No; the Brown family
were all lying in their hammocks, and
when I got tired of sitting I came
home. Detroit Free Press.
" Speculation. '
Bizzer Could you lend me $100 or
so until tomorrow?
Buzzer Going to play the races? -Bizzer
Worse than that; I am going
to a church lair with my wife. Ohio
State Journal. -
Summer Angling.
He Indeed there's jolly good fishing
about here. Miss Swift made a great
catch when she was here last summer.
She Yes; that old man was worth at
least a million. Pittsbury Press.
ULCERS
the sore with washes and salves, because the germs of Cancer that are multi
plying in the blood and the new Cancer cells which are constantly develop
ing keep tip the irritation and discharge, and at last sharp shooting pains
announce the approach of the eating and sloughing stage, and a hideous,
sickening cancerous sore begins its .
destructive work In lebruary, 1889, 1 noticed a small
uesurucLive wui ori my lower lip. The doctor cau-
No ulcer or sore can exist with- t,rlod w bttt mother came and broke
out some predisposing internal cause out into an open sore. I began to take
that has poisoned the blood, and the S..S. S. and after I had taken seven bot-
j; Ji .- i tua wr.
ucu uuuuuguig
mg sore on me up, tucc. ui uvuu
nnrt rf th'ft hodv will continue to
spread and eat deeper into the flesh unless the blood is purified and the
Cancer germs or morbid mattereliminated from the circulation.
S. S.'S. cleanses tle blood of all decaying effete matter. It has great
antidotal and purifying properties that soon destroy the germs and poisons
and restore the blood to its natural condition. And when pure blood is
If you have an ulcer or chronic sore of any kind, write us about it, medi
cal advice will cost you nothing. Books on Cancer and other diseases of
the blood will be sent free. . THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, 6a,
fJ I I SOLD LAST YEAR
: SS'St. " ' ; BEST FOR BOWELS AND LIVER.
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THE TABLET
ptlexto1
a-ettlns sick
f'on.tlif&tfnn kill,
asAerwarda. Km matter what alia
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CAKAJTTKBD TO CTTKE mil Warel troubles, awsleitla, Mllavneas.
breath, bad wild mm the itoaacb, bleated bwwela, ffeal areata,
luka, ladlarstlaa. almvlaa. aalu after eatlas, liver trrable, aaUow earn.
tarter far tbe ehroala allatai
win aerer set well aad be well all the tlnee oatll m pas year ooweis
ZtwLt. Take ear advleet start with Cla.SCJaJLETS teday, aadar aa abaelate
(urutat te eare er ateaey reiuaded.
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Pontics.
Mississippi Congressman What
kind of an election, did you have up
your way? V-r'"
- New - Jersey Congressman Quiet;
very quiet. Half a dozen voters killed,
I presume. - How was it with you? :
; "Dull aa mud. The troops weie out."
People buy Hamlin's Wizard Oil be
cause they have learned' by experience
that it cures pain of every kind.
Perhaps K Was.
Mrs. Richmond What lovely antique
furniture!
Mrs. Bronxborough Yes, and do you
know, we got it almost as cheap as if it
had been new. v -
Expensive Samples.
- If we did not- know that when you
try a cample tin of Monopole spices
you would continue to ask your grocer
for them, we wouldn't offer to send you
a full weight 2-oz. tin for two 2-cent
stamps and your grocer's name. It
coats us from 10 to 15 cents , for each
sample we send, but we believe the in
vestment a good one. One trial is all
that is needed to make a friend for
Monopole. All goods packed under the
Monopole . brand are of the highest
quality obtainable. You can bank on
that. Wadhams & Kerr Bros., pack
ers, Portland, Or.
The Oauge of Strength.
"Your dad ain't near as etrong as
mine," announced the first boy.
- "How do you know," demanded the
other.
"I've listened, an ' you don't boiler
anythin' like as loud as I when he takes
you out to the woodshed." Chicago
Post. -' ; " '
- The People Next Door.
Tommy My. but them folks that's
moved into the next house is Bwelll
Johnny How do you know?
Tommy They've got a clock that
says ping, pong instead of tick, tock.
Chicago Tribune.
Decidedly Plain.
"Did you notice with what lofty airs
that homely Miss Upmann carried her
self?" - "Yes. It was what you might call
'plain sailing.' " Philadepbia Bulle
tin. " :i
Going to Meet.
As it is talked nowadays:
She Are you going to go?
Another She Yes. Are you going
to come for me? Indianapolis News.
tIT Fwaumenfto Curaa- iro Dts r nerrotuneM
r I I O after firat day's mof Dr. KltaVs Gnat Nam
Baatorar. Send Tor FREE S'J.OO trial bottle and treat.
taa, PB.B.H.M.iiUi..n .arenafa.nuiagMania.a-a
On the Move.
"They have two servants."
"Huh! That's nothing. We usual
ly have two' in our house. One coming
and one going." Philadelphia Press.
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An Armorial Opportunity.
Sidney Then you believe in a coat-
of-arms?
Rodney Yes. Almost any newly-
rich American girl can be benefitted by
adopting a good Latin motto to live up
to. Puck.
Are in many respects like other ulcers or
sores, and this resemblance often proves fatal.
Valuable time is lost in fruitless efforts to heal
ties the place healed
entirely and no
have been eeen
migat of the disease
gince.
W. V. Brown, Hollands, S. O.
carried to the ulcer or sore the healing process
begins, the discharge ceases and the place heals
over and new skin forms. S. S. S. is a strictly vege
table blood purifier containing no mercury or
minerals of anv description.
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SIX MILLION BOXES
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Black Hair
"I have used your Hair Vigor
for five years and am greatly
pleased with it. It certainly re
stores the original color to gray
hair. It keeps my hair soft." Mrs.
Helen Ktllenny.New Portland, Me.
Ayer's Hair Vigor has
been restoring color to
gray hair for fifty years,
and it never fails to do
this work, either.
You can rely upon it
for stopping your hair
from falling, for keeping
your scalp clean, and for
making your hair grow.
SI.M Mth. All inulUu
If your druggist cannot supply yon,
send ' one dollar and we will express
yon bottle. Be sure and give the name
of j-oor nearest express othce. Address,
J. C. AYER CO.. Lowell. Mass.
Not the Usual Way.
"Yes; he's going to marry th pirl
who used, to work for him. Think of
it!"
"Well, what of it? . Most men marry
a girl, and let her work for him after
ward.'.' Philadelphia Bulletin.
KEEP YOUR SADDLE DRY!
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Well Qualified.
"Do you think he would make a
good soldier?'
"Oh, yes, indeed. We've teEttd
him."
'Tested him? How?"
"Why, we found that he could
write I regret to report,' as rapidly
and as plainly as either Roberts or
Kitchener."
Mothers will find Sirs. Wlnsiow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for theii
ahildren during the teething period.
Distance Lends Enchantment.
Fisherman When' I reached home
and weighed the fish, it tipped the
scales at exactly five pounds.
Listener But you said that when
you caueht the fish it weighed two
pounds.
Fisherman I know; but the place
where I caught it was a long way from
my home. Ohio State Journal.
Man owes his feet a mighty debt,
But little interest do they get,
Or ordinary care;
Till corns and bunions come apace,
Than which there's naught torments
our race
That's worse for us to bear ;
But they may painless walk who use
ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE in their shoes
Better Plea Than Mother Made.
Fond Mother Well, how do you like
married life by this time?
Son O, first rate.
"Is your wife amiable"
"Extremely so."
"Economical"
"Very."
"And does her cooking equal mine?"
"Mother, I cannot tell a lie. When
it cornea to the culinary art, she's got
you beat a block. Chicago News.
mints WHFRF all HSF rAllS.
Best Cough Bjrup. Tastes Good. Use
In time, noia or aragginig.
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each tablet stamped C. C. C. Never sold in balk! Imita
tions and substitutes are sometimes offered by dealers Itoho
"cat prices'' and try and palm off fakes token CASCA
RETS are called for, because the fake pays a little more
profit. Get the genuine CASCARETS and with it satis
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only run 40 days; a bargain. Inquire of
JOHN POOLE,
Foot Morrison St., Portland, Or.
THE NEW PENSION LAWS
Apply to Nathan Bickpord,
Attoksky, Washington. D. C.
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Because it is made of the best material possible
to buy. The manufacturers absolutely pay ii
to IS per cent above the market price ot best
erades of wagon timber for the pri vilege of cul
ling over and skimming off the cream of the
wagon stock, which is carried for S to & years be
fore making up. which means an investment in
wood stock of nearly one million dollars.
" M ITCH ELL Wagons are unsurpassed for
quality, proportion, finish, strength and light
running.
Why take chances on any other?
Wht-not get the best? A MITCHELL.
Mitchell, Lmvrlm Stawmr Oo.
Portland. Seattle. Spokane. iioiaa.
Agents Everywhere.
An Exaggerated Impression.
"Yes," said the mystical Asiatic,
"we hope to have our people civilized
before lnng'."
"That is encouraging."
"It is. We hope, in time, to bring
out the car of Juggernaut en a strictly
modern basis, and have it operated
by electricity, like one of your auto
mobiles." Washington Star.
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Iflust Bear Signature of
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