Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-26


The average "a over - per cent, Just
now the i0g over the ciy " as thiek
as that 81 London. fur lous tine the
ar was 20 bad iha' iockllw was almost
epidemic. IL taksa a boys bare loot
aud "A rusty nall 20 produce lockjaw In
the unl,ed siaies until recently lOu
cuuld get u hete uy simply opening
your mouth. No. Buenos Ayres dd not
gatsts name from It's supcriluous okonc.
Mendoza, like C1rtez. rikirrO and the
other adventurous spanish cut throata
" hir time. had deep regard Tor she
Saifgs. he had named the city after the
VirFin Maria Dc hucnos Aires. whose
AID he had invoked for his expedition
before leaving spain.
IN the sixteenth and sevontecnth GEN.
turtles Asuncun. Paraguay and Cordoba,
n days ride by train west of here we're
far better places shan fiucroa Ayrcs.
The town long Remained a settlement
Of mud huns. although lots $50 yprds
front and three miles deep could be
bought for a suit ~ old clothes. IN
the seventeenth century some of the
central blocks of the city were sid for
a white horse and a guitar. Today the
average value OF the land per square
yard IL over go. and che house property
l. sild " be worth over tsCo.Ooo.0OO In
E1ld.
When our Declaration OF Indepcn.
people IN thlH region and only 1000 n
liuenoa Ayres. The colony. however,
begun 10 make money out OF ncgrOca
end Chlrny out " negro slaves. The
best families then iivei In matched
huts. hut they ate their meals from
dishes uf sohd silver, being waited upon
hwy their own nogroes. When John
quincy ADAMS was President nucn5s
Ayras had 2s.Qo0 people. During Gen.
Grants first term In the white House
II had lcns than ias0 900. and when Cleve.
land hcE,n his second administration
six years aRoAts citizens numbered 3D.
900 it, great growth has thus been
within the past thirty years
A CITY OF siIRBps AND PATCHES.
nuenoa Ayrcs IL a queer city. A city
made ~ ~ Hhrcda unipatches both as
e. architecture and man. Ar 20 man.
ID has people OF netrly every race
Three hundred thouSand OF ih residents
are Italians, 10000 are spanish. about
5000 French and she remainder Ger
mans. English and ArKcnunss. The Ar.
rentsnss proper DO not probably number
over 10000. and they are the only real
citizens In the SENSE chat they vote ana
take part IN the government. The rest
prefer IN keep out OF politics aud the
army. n,r thc foreign resident here has
every property right Of the cltiScn. with
Most OF fhe foreigners stick 20 thelr
old nationaiitiss. although sans Of them
would MT DARE 40 home 10 vote. The
Argentine - one Of the few countries
which have no eS,radliion trcabes.
Criminals from everywhere have taken
advantage % this. and Il IL said that
there are more men lying under an as.
sumed name here than w any city OF
the world. This II especially ~ a. 20
,hr EN- grants from Italy and until re-
Gently II WIS % "a 60 some OF those
from our country.
HAD ONE STATE LEFT.
A year or 20 arr. II II said. four
Americans were chl';lnr eoEeihrr IN
one 81 the cafes Of nhrnos Ayrrs. when
three OF che crowd began TOT n.ne rca-
son TO jerr at the fourth. lie Erew an
gry and saidi
me N you please. boz l wan, you 20
bndersiaud that there h at lear, one
Of the Tinted States that dare ~
back 20 without fear of the sheriff, l
kns,V none 81 you car say Ne much.
This. hoNevcr. IL rather hard On she
Americans. Years aFo. before Ne los;
our merchant marir-. she Americas
were among che most prou.fent OF the
foreigners here, and those who have
been coming wFhtr recent ycars ATE
mea Of hish s,andins some o. then
have large Interests here, ana az pres
on, ,he Americans as a class are much
respected,
BuEYNos AYREs PROM THE
HOUSEHOLDS.
Additionally Buey'aos Ayres II
patchwork cay. I have roous high up
m one OF Ne biggest hotels They are
nigh In price, a. well 40 In ATTITUDE.
They cist me eight Argcntine dollars a
dtV' | am on the fourth floor ari from
my balcony ! can see over most OF the
roofs ~ the city step out % she win-
dow with me AMI FAKE blrd's-@Ye
view ~ Bueynos Ayrrs, iielsN and
about ~ iits a vast ragged plain 81
one and two F;ofy houses, Whose nat
rr1fs are made Of bricks. or btiek
tll.s OF corrugated ir1a some OF thrm
rise high above The Whrrs, ara NJ
whole l5aks like q lo< n great sior'
hhNss i4mhird together along nu'f' {"
canyons. which are the streets. Away
90 the south you ses f-w smok,
siacks. ghe miniH " shps ard MS
warehou..-s Thls Is narraeis, tn
part VI the city where meat wool ara
hides are prepared Cor shipmtat -
American aad Europe, t. she norlh
Z there IL a spot % green Wouir That
i Palermo park, where an the sNelis
70 10 ride and drive every AFTERNOON,
You may sec AN'"AHtF4 NaA't"sA y
there at a tme,
mas,s add Epars llni7f she docks. *.
/ teudius on and on uffll they meet the
1 horizon. are the muddy w'afers u the
/ Rio de- Ia Plata. which connects Buenos
/ Ayres with the rosl of he world The
| river here Il tweLry-elFht miles wide
and In the fAsgy, misty air wescannoi
zee Hs opposite banks
Rueusys Ayres q only Nriy'elght
! Fed above the Atlawln ocean. and
back around and beyond u extends fhe
vast plain Of ihe valley 81 fhls river, ns
| rich here a. that - che Nississippi H.
/ IL cui ub by railroads aud spotted with
/ farms. some ~ which support clHlt
ar'i vhetp In herds ~ thouslais.
As You look more closely AZ the roofs
| below YOU you Sc that many % them
I surr0un1 bale eolria ar pltioa, This
h the Spanish style % huldirS, There
are ~ elfdens w front o. b hind The
/ houses. atd the masses here live with.
ant pflfi.s. flowers or crfes, There are
no fhlmnays TIE Argentine DO wot
/ mink nres healihful In lhoir llvlpg
tnoms You zee here ana there black
sssvrpips coming up through the roof
Those pipes are oonR7cied with TIE
Kitchens, nd WIKI tho parlols,
THE PfAzAS.
There are a few open spaces In the
| cttv II roofs. Thfse are tha uazls nr
r,Sks Timer axe twelve In the city.
varying IN size from four TO twelve