Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-12

mutton rhopa for breakihHt ,iA at,,i
s1n f,r dinner. and sllos on ,,'tt,H,i,
ton Tor supper or lun,n. - arc ve1.
s,ll'li -, ,e,er. / heard 90 one Voc
$50. ~, bsa not been 90 lvWu l'i
,H,i,,.,. yesrs Her last vst wa Mne'
~ came to p0rt stanley go nt M,ltl.i'
Think III living away gut ~ 49, Wy ~
~ ruo1rinud. under the ot .,., ,,,I,,t
JOB a two-romcd cutiaEt 49, ~ .,o,7...
Ky, ,,,,, opiy once in eighteen years
TRAVELLING scHoOLMAsIhl's'
W., ,,.,,,id ,hink the children brought
.orh conditions would uo
..ra Ia uneducnted. Thcl atc NOT
me 9r. na Intelligent and Won IMAM
..,.t rt1fron aa YOU would ma ln any
.uurtIy community. Iheg nav ~
uIAr Institution NJ ue ",.,i.,..
uuWn aa the travelling SUI l.s' .'
io a paid by the g1N- ,',. -, ~, ..no
|..hrrI family 10 another ANA team
Boo. DbiIdr.n The Nme Wlul,tl lh
H,h family ia % f1rtulshl' nnu pr wy
.w.Ilaa can bring 'helf 'hlli'H ''-
either they thus get hiN No." r.
school The sch1olm .t't Ivy.
su.ks with each family, N'i "t .N'
WA Of The time. having ial. out
.aursr Of home study Tor th' chIlui 'i.
H H.rt ON horseback hy shc fhrlN'ii
tI %. next family when may pr Nf
ne twenty miles away. w ~, 'lN.f'
ll time h. gets back 90 hH gu uupia.
NHmiuos them IN what thi9 nav t,l.'
aud then tnkca them no. muvh further
Un the road to learning ~ h.a l"'
weeks stay will permit ln' ufunp
aud rHfson nf Port stanley who htu
s paid by the government mako
t.ur uf the island one" % tWl,' q l'W
To- examine the children 'i cam lhnl.lF,
bot only on their cat''hI'm' DUO ou
tht.r secular studies. During n recent
tour % Tho Islands the rpvcrnlr slr
Grey. Wilson. aid tho Same. N" tNllH
mo be- was much surprised nt me adj
yurtgmont shown BY ;heac Ntilo ec"t %
children away down mere on lhf inn'il
myers OF the Falkland. IhH'H emile
drau are. however. from The bHHi stock
1f the highlands % Scotland Ih"lf
ancestors are among the thr.iuDat pnls
ule " the world. Indeed. many " the
shepherds save money ana rHi a gov
have taken their savings 90 panHInla
and have there become Sheep farmers
Themselves. There IL today not b's-
gur Iu the Falkland irlaudt
SIN. the chances COR the poor man
here are not great. ~ NJ the good
lands are now taken up, ana nothing
Do fYI sale or rent. Many N the lnulH
ufH held under twenty zone -yoAr leAnrf
inm tho English government Ih"
| iHIdH urp leased IN blocks Uf COO acres
nt the rate 81 500 RI year. 10 viii be-
ysau before such leases viii run uuL
and the value OF the land la now n1
Wrll known that tho renewal ~ the
| I'Htra viii hr az such prices ~ 90 lrnvo
lttle profit 60 the outsider. There " a
yer, limited labor market Ia the Faik-
lnruf. ThuHe who are employed set
good pay. but the coming To- " huu.
drrd new hands would necessarily re-
/ Hult DO the discharge " that many
] men who now have work. Tito shop
/ herds themselves have largo families,
and some ~ thgr children Will have 10
| ru elsewhere a. IND work
/ THE CAPITAL oF THE FALK-
LANDS.
Bui let us take a look at Port stan
/ los. the capital " these islands ~ has
only 100 citizens. Including che governor
/ and all BIZ officials, but u has more
/ thrift ana business than many towns
/ OF i've times itH size 40 u perhaps the
| Richest capital ~ the world Tor every
one u o. inhabitants has al he can
/ eat, ana 20 spare. Pori Slntaley u ste
/ uatod on Stanley htrbbr Just beyond
/ cape Pembroke. az the eastern end ui
| East Falkland. IT, harisor = Hnf'
/ lnnd-hcked bay, about half mile
/ wide ana fiNu miles long, with an nns
] trance % narrow that large rhIr
could hardly turn about To- a. Upon ihs
south side ~ the hnfb1r. running up a
gently alopIng hln are a hundred 81
! al neat one and twosHinry cottages
| They are made ~ wood uf stone with
rdgc roofs 81 corrugated Iron. Thii
! ~ Port stanley, A. you Look 90 10 from
! The steamer Z, makes you think or 4
German village. ana aH you come closer
90 10 yuu ma fhat every little house
has lis front yard and garden. ana that
a 90 A..
/ the cottages have NcHilhulra This ~
20 shield the visitors and the f1mllIri
from tho cold Wind, IN nearly cvcri
| window you see uuiipd plants and
| inWorH. Such things VIII not EruW nuI
~ doors, and / venture that there q
~; town To- this HiEf ln the Noflt
which has no many greenhouses and con
HrrvaturlcH.
Reside each house la pile " eha
looks Tx cubes Of Well.rltird manure
This IL peat Peat forms 'ho fuel ~ thi
town, and u comes from the bog on M
top of the hlll. at the foot ~ which Pnr
stanley Hos, Every one h'rr can gF
hiH own fuel FOR thr dIFginE, an,
nearly every Householder In hNrl stan
Icy goes 90 me moor ana chops gu
hi own peat blocks for he winter.
Some of the houses are quite preien
il0uH The manages VI the Falkland
company has q huuHt containing a d1z
on rooms. ana tho cottages NJ The GOV
ernor cover perhaps ouc-quarier Of Al
acre of ground. There are ihrs,
churches, one ~ watch r. called M
cathedral This tH presided over hy M
bishop ~ fhe Fn'knnda. Annthe
church n Roman Catholic ana n thlu
n Baptist. Thert are two hotels n
puhics houses where ylu can get a. hcl
or drink n you want the latter ynl
may have good Scotch whisky f1r
cents FlnsH and Base ale for Z cents
There n butcher shop which Hell
delicious mutton, at Z cents plun
and fairly good beef Tor cents
pound. ~ YOU see ihe necessities %
me- are cheap.
Port stanley has a posionice az while
NE monthly Newspaper mail average
. i've pounds per family I, has plstl
SAVINGS bank ln which the deposits MOI
amount ~ $50. 900 There are only gW
thousand people In the Falklands am
The deppHliorn in the postal saving
bank number 500 The town has
governor appointed by the queen RI
. England, who gets "a salary ~ $1,000
. year, II has other ofnclals Who's
I salaries foot up 10000 annually n IA
an American consul, Keniuckl
named Miller who seems 20 be han
and glove wth the governor and VII
% trying hard % earn his salary n
these fnr-away Islands where there
no American trade ana whore there az
not dozen vessels ln a century. IN
consulate a a little cottage uf 'hra
rooms and a lcln-tn such HH could b
built Tor 500 in the United states.
n one % the most useless consulate
To our service, ana there "a no carihl
reason for lia existence except 90 Ely
some politician place. hy the tim
/ I.H Hs ID. "a.