The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30

story structures which could be built for
from 81. 70 Sls&'e n the United States. I,
shows yea. however. that all % the people
here at the tail end Of creation are ne.
poor On the contrary. x>un-a Arenas has
more rtca men. perhaps than any frontier
town OF rs size In the world. /, IS the me-
troisoiis % the great sheep Industry az
southern Patagonia and there ara rich
sheep owners here who 1--we airnoSs as lQx-
urian;iy as do our millionaire miners IN
Denver. There ara sh;rty-threA men ard
companies VINO each own and control from
twenty-five thousand acres 20 two and one
half mi4lioa acres OF land They have their
sheep oy The tens OF thousands and several
% them have an annual wool clip worth
more than the salary OF the president Of
the United States.
They Are Cosmopolitan.
The citizens OF .Psfnta Arenas come from,
al parts Of the world. You hear English.
German. Spanish on every corner. and
your ears are dinned with the Jargon Of
the Austrian. the Italian and the Russian.
Some OF the richest OF the people are Rus
siens and Others ara Scotchnen who have
come from the Falkland islands 10 engage
IN sheep farming herr. There are .reach
erous Spaniards. S'looth-tonguei Argen-
tines and aardlookiag o-igan3s from Chile.
The lower classes are chiefly sailors and
shepherds. and among them YOU may End
as many rough characters as in our mining
camps in the west. There are no licensed
gambling dams Or sporting houses. but
there are plenty or saloons. managed by
hard-featared young women who SIT in the
doorways during the day and smoke cigar
cites. Knots OF bearded meE. with their
TROUSERS In their boots. and clothes Of ali
descriptions are 10 he seen on IT, street
There are plenty OF Span!aris. and have
several times been warned 70 be careful IS
I go about after nightfan "a the Spanish
knife has just now a magnetic attraction
for the Americans body. and az most OF
these men are prone TO stab IN the back.
The order Kept Is. however. very good,
considering the population. The governor
of the Magellans lives here. He Is ap-
pointed by the president of Chile, and he
rules not only the Magellans. but the whole
Of the islands OF the Terra del F'uego
archipelago He has four hundred soldiers
stationed in the city. You hear the mill
iary bands Paying a. 2 in the. morning.
sunset or about o'clock in the afternoon.
The soldiers act ar police Each. OF them
has long sword at his side. and he does
not Scrun's to use Il in making an arrest.
OF late some Of the soldiers have been
using sword-canes. You think they have
nothing but A walking stick. bat II YOU re-
sist them they Jerk the stick apart and give
you a thrus, under the 9Th rib with a
sharp hiaia Of steel | took u photograph
Of some If The policemen today IL front or
the Quartet or police station and mo-
ment later net the governor coming out
Of the club and. with his permission. photo
graphei him.
A Town of Clubs. Cocktail. and
Champagne.
Ii seems funny 10 think Of club down
here on the Magellans. In the home OF the
guanaco, the seal the whale and the naked
aborig.nes. But Punta Arenas has it's
clubs, where the better class Of men meet
FOR social good time. a game OF poker and
BIT of liquid refreshment. The club is
also the fire company, for i'ere as In many
OF these South American cities. the fire
company is composed Of the hes. men in
the place. In Pun,a Arenas the club par
Tors are over the engine room. They are
wei furnished. They have two billiard ia
bles. two poker rooms. reading room and
last bat not least a bar. The bar is to be
found In every club and every hotel In
South America. 1t ia. as Il rule. much pat
roniZed. AT the German hotel where
am living in punta Arenas you can get
any thing from a bottle of champagne 70
Manhattan cocktail from sherry and
bitterS 10 a glass OF vermouth or a pouese
cafe. There is a great deal OF drinking at
the hotel. We are go far south here that
Il Is dark now AT p. IN. The guests have