The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-29

mile The woTsrnen Lived In esr., -
they pat up along the railroad - -
were Supplied with provisions eru-s |. -
vision car. ~
4 Grocery Store On wA.
This provision car 81 the 49,.
curious railroad institution wSs-s
not seen elsewhere. II is called a -
0ertas and IL is. In fact. A istf,e wrs
and department store on wheels T.aN
is lifted UP wiSh shelves. uv.or- -
are clothes. tcaacco. liquors.. r.s.-.-s ss
ard in short everything thar the ~, -
possibly want, II has a stcr.ks~r-. "a -
who furnishes goods Ia TIE raaIrs.s =
AT the lowest possible rates.
The company supplies the sass,.
pays ali the Bills. II keeps a sa., - s 40
worth % goods ia stock and sells tAss. -
Its men Al such rates that rs So. =
are about ) per cent. 1t pa,s -. : . ssA.s
at sGca prices that the men kraw -
can guy more cheaply Of the proysass,,
than at the stores
For instance. good Italian win~ !. -,
for about ~ cents Ut Argentine - y
quart This is less than Is cen,s -
can. Beef costs aaout { cents -
money a pound. and clothing i .rn,s-@
tionateiy cheap. Among The ev-.r..
things I saw in one az these stores -
London jams and Indian eAatney
olive OH. maearoni and ali kinds az So
ers.
/ was interested In the track lay,~. =.
visited them in their camps. I Wa ~
that a man could live On aAcut d -
or Our money day. aad that ,he -
age man received ahas,s SIS rola a -
and saved about 50 cents A day oa, = y.
wages. The nen compaained TIA. & n
tents were TOO small. They werr =, =.
4 shape, SO little that only sony -
could he placed in each tent, Rzs ~
men were Allotted 10 a tent, ana = :.
man had 20 sleep on the ground.
Freight Cars With saba
Among the diseomsorts OF rs,lrcaA -
Ing in the Argentine are those which -.
from the wind. 1t blows on the 49,
at times with all the force Of a H.,-.
blizzard. l am told that while the -
from Buenos Ayres to Mendoza MAS "a
ing the cars were sometimes ho.n - =.
track. and that II was customary - -
sails on the freight trains and a,.es q.
wind to push them along over thu "a
This. however. doubted. a am urcss
to do other stories told here In tAss 81
of luxury. lazinees and lies.
Where IL Rains MA. s
l do not doubt, however. the xtori.s :.
TO the dust There is no land vhsr, q.
dust blows more than Ii does here. =.
dust storms are thicker than snow s,szus
They sometimes stop the ears, nIlinx 8.
grades and cuttings so that ycu nssx !,
plow 10 get through. During a storn 1
few years ago II took eIao iYfea I va
TO clear the track OF one OF the rosax
Such dust storms sometimes ohsc,rs 4.
sun, and II a rain comes while thu -
is in the air IL brings down a shove
mud which paints the houses aud fea.sa
and everything with Il sticky mass II -
rain continues the wood Is secured A.
by the mud. but IL not. 1t Is left In -
6eplorahie condition.
I have heard OF dust storms which IN
fled the 9oors OF the cars. the dust 49,
so fine that IL went through the wsu3ess
and doors. and know 10 my sosrcu ~
such O storm will coat your FACE "a
Clothes in ten minutes with a thick at
OF dirt, and make white man and Inasa
African and Caucasian OF the same Es5
complexion. II vii! cause your lies 3
crack and coat your tongue 50 that ~
feel as though you Rad been biting snss
one of the apples of Sodem. and had nj.
ten therefrom mouthtul OF ashes
FRANK G. CARpEN1N