Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29

buchos Ayrls Tor the purpose. aa were
also the cuurntCra, tho brIpkIavnfYt
and. ln fact. nll 90 ths ilhorors con.
neciCd with o. The bricks were AZ,
Imported. Every bit Of she furniture
VIII como from Europe. and the h1urs
when finished will be- a. comfortabis IA
any in Paris. 10 De-. however. the only
h1uHc " lis Kind in punto Arenas. a.
must NJ thH other dwellings b.Inr one.
story structure. which could bs huUf
Tor from 500 90 $500 ln the United
stnies ~ shows you. however. thIt I'D
Of the people here no ihc tuii end of
creation 1rc not poor. on the contrary
Puntl Arenas has moro Hon mon. ~.
haps. ihln any frontier town " Sc
E'ze To- Che world II Or ths metropolis
or the gr'pt sheep Industry Of SOUTH
cfu Patagonia. and there hfc rich Fh1up
owners here who live almost ls lux.
urlaniIy aa DO our millionaire miners On
Denver. Their are iluriy.ihfoe men
and companies who each own and r1n-
troll from twenty-five thoulaud acres %
two and onc.haif million acres of land
They have their sheep by the tens 90
thuusindH, aud several ~ N m have an
annual wool clip worth more hln the
salary % the President Of the linked
States.
THEY ARE COSMOPOLITAN.
The ciuzena OF Punta Arenas come
from ali parts Of the world. You hear
English. German and Spanish un every
C1rnef aud your ears are dinnci with
the iirFon uf the Austrian. the italian
aud the russian. Some % tho riches.
" she people arr Russian, and pthera
are scliohmon. who have Cumc from
the Falkland Islands 90 engage lu
sheep farming herr. There are trcach.
efuus spanlarda, rmOoth-tnnwu6d Ar
niines and hatd.iluklng hr'EaudH
n MA ola Ia
Uhipny sailors and ahoph flt, and
among them you may nui as many
ruuEh characters a. To our mining
comps N the west. There urr no
| licensed gambling dcna or sporting
| houses, hu thern ore plenty VI saloons,
mHuurrd hy hlrd-fosturvd young wua
men. Whu ~ 10 The duurwayH durng th.
! day and smoke clglrHtioH. Knots ~
boarded men. with ihCir trousers On
their boots. and clothes ~ oll dcacrlp-
lions, are 60 Dc seen on tho HtrCei
/ Thpfc are plenty ~ Sp1nlariH. and !
have several times hcUn warned Co b.
| careful ns I go about after nlEh,fall,
a. the Spanish knife has Jus now q
ma gnotlc attraction Tor the Americana
1 prone % stab IN the back The order
| Kept o., however. very good, considering
] thU uuuulHtiuu The governor ~ tho
/ Mngcllaun lives here. lie n appointed
| by the president ~ chile ana hc rulrH
not only tho AiaFoiians, but thc whole
N those islands % The TIorm drl Fug-
] gan Archipelago. lie haH four humid
4 rcd soldiers stationed iu tho city. You
| hear tho military bands playing A. 2
| To- me mprurg, whop ihry beru their
! drlu. and Hriln az SUNSET. or ut about
| Z o'clock ln me afternoon, The sole
| oilers act or thr police. Each % them
has a long sword ui h.s side. and h.
does not scruplr 90 u.s. 70 ip making un
! Atr,fg. OF late some ~ the soldiers
have been using sword canes You
| tmrk they have nothing but a walking
| stick. but n y1u resist them they lrrh
the stick apart ana give you thrus'
under the NTH rlh with q sharp blade
NJ steel. took a photograph o. aomi
OF tho policemen today ln front OF th'
quarrel, nr uo'Icr s'tNon' ana mo
mont laesr. j met che governor c1mlnr
OUT N mo club and. with his prrmis'
| sion. photographed him
A TOWN OF CLUBS, COCKTAIL,
AND CHAMPAGNE
II seems funny 90 think of clul
down here on the MhErllanH, IN "a
! home OF the Euunacu, the seal, IN
| whate and the naked ahlrlgineh' hu
punta Arenas has lta clubs. where m
butter classes " men meet Tor a Hocla
good. time a game OF poker am "
I
tho dre company, Tor here, A. IN mani
III .he south American cltler, ths mr.
| epntpauy Il composed 81 the best mel
/ in The place. In punta Arenas the elul
| partors are over the engine room
rhey are well furnished. They hAv
two billiard tables, two poker rooms,
! reading room ana last but not least
bsr. The bar IL 90 be found In ever
! / club aud IN every hotel IN soul
America. II IL. ~ a rule, much patron
lied a. the German hotel where l an
living ln puntl Arenas you can e.
anything from bottle OF Champagne 2
"A Manhattan cocktail, from sherr
and bltters 10 q glass of yem0uth or
, pousaa cafe. There ~ a great deal q
J drinking at the hotel. We are % ia
south here that 10 IL dark now al !
Z m. The guests have no lnanng plae
T but the bar room, and every night a
! about four sheep farmers, merchant
3 clerks and others drop IN q Eet thel
NIP before dinner. A. dinner does na
4 come on until hnlf-past they hav
, / plenty u time 20 mn up before tia
. | Tho fayorlte method of buying drink
+ Is by each man 100 tho party THROWN
j. | dice and the loser paylng The bill. II
IL qu0rs are very hlgh here rms 90 q
/, 11tyylthstandlng that Punta Arenas IL
:. | nee p1rt aud no duty IA charge,
q Champagne costs twelve silver dollar
( "A hottie. This last ! know 20 my Roi
! row, Tor In d generous mood while tam
IA ink sheen with a number OF farmer
: last night I ordered champagne Tor N
crowd. The bin was astounding
SHEEP FARMING ~ TIERRA DE
FuEGO,
h You can't toll man down here by h
. cl6thea. one OF those sheep formers,
. young fellow Of thirty whose incom
,, runs Into the tens Of thousands a yea
r. wears a faded $40 vvlyeteen SUIT, a u
+ cent wool shirt, a SLOUGH hat ana pa
a Oh hirh boots. Han thr tmc his shirt
" unbuftoned at the neck and 10 look
a MIN YOU would not think him worth
n cont. Ills sheep farm 10 as big as a
: Dblo county. and al the last cuuntlu
~ Ma sheen numbered 10000 head. Al
a ofber u the party was young ~
u rilrhwan.tgh0 was dressed IN custuu
e tb1i would not have been out of pla,
N In HYDE Park. lie had swell rldlr
L blots. with a wcll-cut suit Of Sc0tt
I. tve.d. no was only am Dmpluye az
4 bIr sheen station, A thlrd mFn W.
~ dressed much Ike 100 American huslue
= man. Tie was the manager VI the hll
IN rest sheep ranch ln rf7ra del Fueg
NJ III had the supervision Of more than
hundred thousand sheep ana OF a era
!. ,nr territory OF two and one-half mi
4, sheep farming has now become n
~ great Industry " this part OF the w0rl
=, a large part of lower Patagonia Is ri,
n en- ~ 20 II. and all OF the avallab