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Show The commanding officer of the Oregon militia will see to it that no hostile fleet ever enters the Columbia, if the government will but supply the needed ammunition. One would think the web-footers would naturally take to the submarine. submar-ine. A couple of submarines stationed at Astoria ought to be able to defend the mouth of the Columbia in time of war, while in time of peace they might be employed in fishing just outside the bar. A submarine manned by divers could go down and pick up by hand a ship load of salmon every thirty minutes. A block and tackle fixed to the periscope could haul them in. |