Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-15

iii would doubt the tNlHt'hN'' EN'N"
49, ,,,.t, IL n desert. For one ,hous-
wv s,n.. sonth q the Peruvian frontier
90. ~. M. no. enough trees TO furnish
800 f1r the public schools. ] rode
-. 10 miles south " Santiago
,,,sgsh Irrigated farms whore the on'y
- !, b. seen were those planted
- AZ. borders Of the bitches, ano
..,.osiy in the nelRhborhood Of Com
i.. tb.t found woods Of any size
h.r. have gone a days ride by
80 d, What ls known o. the frontier
- many vas farms cut out Of the
-. amor ihe stump-hlled holds re-
1870 me u the newly settled regions
~ oYf wooded northwest. South Chli'
,-...-,s ,,iih forscL II contains som,
., M b.,i iond IN the country and u
~. - much rain that the farms do
~, ,,,y,,s irrigation. This country has
~. vllsruefs until within recent
$50. Ngw ihe government u OPEN
,.-r, =, ss,iismeut The railroads are
,ssrr tsidny extended further south.
IND new towns and villages are spring
inr up along them
IN A CHILEAN FRONTIER TOWN
r,,. frontier towns remind one Of
,s, ew settlements Of the United
r.a. Take Tcmuco. Tor Instance,
yb.-s 1 sptni some days las, week. II
i.t..fvs yelfs old and has 10000 pc0-
III. I'd covers about a. much space as
I'M American ely N the same size. It's
rrs.ts nrc Wide and allied win black
trrl Ana iiH one ana twO-niury houses
Which Joe them aro wooden, they
tlvr riIff f0lfa. and man ynf them are
n.se ah1Hira. Every house has a mas
,stH and although the climate here "
rbIuf AZ cold as that u Washington.
al 4 h1ufr has chimney. Tho people
f-rlriUy believe that fires are un-
fs.nhy. and nkc the Chinese rely upon
haIr clothes 10 Keep them warm. The
Tfmurl streets eros one another 90
feht anrltf and In the ccntor Of iho
EN- acre. whefa the military band plays
and Whrrr ihe people walk about ON
Sunday afternoon and stare az each
other
III has a club, where you md the
htfsi EnrIIfh. German and chilean pa
pr 10 hin thfe hotels. two French
ifi one German, all Of when are bet
Or Than thr hotels OF towns Of the same
o. .u The states. n has plenty 0f Fo-
bns.wherc raw alcohol IL sold TO 60 the
f,0nh or lab1fcra and the Indians, hut
f.Nor ihau an American town 81 its
character where the liquors are drunk
on the spot. IL has Catholic churches.
and already our own Methodist Ep1co-
Pal people, who have done no much Tor
education To- chile. have established a
missionary church and school here.
The street scenes " Tcmucn are dlner-
cut irum those ~ our frontier There
an more qurrr costumcs. There are
dark.faccd Indians, Germans and we'll
dfUrsfd spanish Chllranf. Men with
r1lCh1a over their shoulders, dark faces
and The alr NJ hHgauda drive the OK
carts which lumber through them. Each
man carries a buud nfieun fcot long. and
directs she oxen by striking them On this
I'D and that Nov and then you see
teams Of aiN and eight OF these beasts
Tie oxen urc The only dr1ught animals
eNcupi'n Ethe * nEgrd horaeH which
hAul ihr tNp cabs between the railroad
station and the hutcL Il u In oxcarts
thlt ihr thousands Of bushels OF wheat
raised uolr hy aV brought 90 the mar
Kos. oxen everywhere do the pioWlnF.
ll' hauling M lumber. the draynE aud
Everything that heavy horses or mules
lo win iu, The method OF yoklnE the
HNN. NNNNNN NNNN| rs MNN MNNN = UNNNa
lle yoke rests on the neck Just back
i.hr horns. and all OF the pushing or
lllhR 1f ihe car, or pluw must be- done
WIN Ole head Tho yoke 10 a heavy
ll.'' l4 hluli 20 fastened that one OK
.AANgi move without the other, and nl
Wy % D. Impossible 10 swing IL from
hle 70 SIDE, The tongue % the frontier
20 H az hlE a. a telegraph pole. II
- iafl ot The cart Itself. and "a the
~ NNih lhfy have tho weight OF this
WIZ uh thuir horns, 40 aopma cruel
W. eNtrgne, and the oxen seem TO me
A.Nr painfully along. with protrud-
pes Aa they DRAG their heavy
now LAND rs SOLD IN CHILE.
az company with Don Augustine
ht'il, the government inspector OF
,lllaupn, ] made a trip Into the
siltfntti over the thirty kllnmctera
l,N railroad. which Is almost IN
IIlpl, but not yet ready Tor traiilc.
.lg tQad u being built by the state 10
YIN W. now lands, and u IL part OF
gsirln which viii extend from one
"a ~ % agricultural. chile 10 the other,
I.al q wen built with g0-puund
Ilslth rails ana the English 4 fcet \
t-gs' II will cost excluding the
,l.t about $4,000 gold per mile. The
,e.NlF stock VIII be American, and ID
~, u baldwin engine and ON Amer
an aand cars that We made a part of
XVI llfnsy over the line. The steel
$500 and there are two, each OF
~ cost more than q hundred thou
M, collars, We're bought from France.
nlholgh why America dld moi get the
lW.ci ! DO not know, a large mum
Nc best Of the present railroad
N. 10, h!Nlng been Imported from
Nhlied States The stations were
~, .sl a Wide space fenced IN about
Ni Them. There are AZ yet n0
,,,. about The stations. The gov
hys regulates such settlements. II
isS Wy lhe town lots, giving them AZ
prices 10 actual settlers. The rail.
20 town boomer thus has no chance
s.E lhe new state lines OF chile. Tho
n.y.. government lands are sold In
Ma W. ahd n auctions which ar
M, pllffent parts NJ the country
h ~, lWlce year. Just now money
~, tVe nero ana valuable lands ri
IN ,hsap The lana II usually sold
Al." oi 1900 acres, but one pur,
an, nly AT each sale Up 10 300,
y, lhl n he wants more he can
oufse, purchase the nddlti,na|
sr..,nt through a third party or undei
name, A. such sales a quar-,
Ny. mutton acres are sold al Z
1T Tho land brings from 81 N n
stt,, ger acre, according 10 its 20,
rp1. nu1 character. ana the buvsr.
rr,,tL,L only one-ihird cash and M.
ir-,i,.ler without interest IN ten eaua
yt1r- running through Ter
rve become 30 by buvin, 49, o' , ,nll.
sr,,5 fnnlfly Increase IN vaino. ana a.,
NH, p,eVls'on required by the govern.
80, mat the purchaaer mi
rtr,t .n.ui Tho property No. huvs.
''LEAN lMMQRANTs AND TIN
c.u. GOVERNMENT.
Imr,is,In.t,h benn very anxious 10 hav,
orsrs1 'llnn' and she mas In Tho ma