Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-22
FRANK 6. CARPENTER

nor and although mere may not W
stranger Within fuy miles the men
,yIII an.a4r nighf after night IN even
inc Suits ana tro ladies' in decoIltte
dresses while the servants who wait
uror th.m are Loo livery INA travelling
,R,.ugr M. country here every gentle.
man carrie. dress suit with HIM J.,
ba r.es away G0m the railroad be
usually ras au extra morse Tor his bag
gap.. or ue may take ms boiled shiilS
and stores clothes In saddle bags on
me back 0f his horse. The people are
the soul OF hospitality and u Is taken
for granted that when ever you call YOU
Wil BE- asked T. stay
FORTY.MlLE RIDE TO A DANCE
The social NE on these big Austria
Han farm. H. largely made up u parties
uI dances and afternoon teas. u o.
not an uncommon thing tol a young
man 0r young woman T. ride or drive
five ten o. 6ftefr miles 10 take a cup
OF tea with friend. ~ the dances
people wll come forty and hity m.les,
riding all day 20 get % the place Ut
fcstlvty dancing an night and then
starting back home as the day breaks
The Australians are fond OF racing.
and there are racks connected Tilh eV.
err town which are attended by ne
men from the stations from q hundred
miles about. Their are hops and re-.
ceptlons at the larger stations. and
there Is something going On IN nearly
every section an The year through.
Both men ana women pay great
deal Of attention 10 dress. S0mo OF The
bellies " the Queensland Bush come
regularly TO Brisbane and carry back
wardrobes 20 astonsh their rivals The
fair country girls Of New South Wales
get their fashions from sydney and
those Of Victoria send annually 20 Mel
bourne for their clothes. a great deal
Of ordering Is done by mail, and the
latest fashions are az much desired on
one Of these station a hundred miles
from nowhere as 10 the Australian
metropolis,
THE SUN-DOWNERS.
Speaking OF Australian hospitality
calls attention to the tramps or sun
doWners. These men are Of the same
character as our tramps in the United
States The most Of them will not
work, but they travel about on foot
from station 10 station, each carrying d
cane and a blue blanket From tht
blanket they are sometimes called
Humping Bueys." When they arrive
at the station they call upon the man
agcr and ask for rations They are 81
common that a fixed ration has been al
l0tted 10 them. This consists Of one
pound Of -four one-half pound of sugar
and one.elghth Of a pound of tea. Ii
some places there are little shacks OF
/ shantes which have been put up to ac'
commodate such men over night. They
cook their own meals and their blanke
Is their only bedding.
STATION EMPLOYEES.
Among the employees Of every station
are the boundary riders men who ride
| about the fences day after day and SEE
/ that everything is all right. These mel
| spend all the time In the saddle, ridint
/ forty fifty and sometimes a hundred
miles daily They carry their blanket
with them and at night sleep on th'
ground, hobbling their horses besld
| them. Some of the boundary riders arr
apprentices, and a few Of them, sen
out here to learn the business, get NJ
wages
Indeed, they have nlcknames here 70
the different classes Of bands on a sta
| ton calling them jackeroos and class
ing them as gold tails. silver tails
and copper tails" The gold tail jack
ERGO Is a young man who has com
! from England to learn stock farming
| He pays something for the privilege o
| watching the sheep and learning how
/ to handle them. He usually stand
well with the proprietor and has some
| thing Of a place In society. The 'silye
tail pays nothing and, as a rule, get
| nothing except experience. while tn
copper tan is paid small stipend TO
his work.
Every station must have Its manage
| and It's overseers. On the larger sta
| lions there are bookkeepers and store
| Keepers Nearly every one has IT
| tlacksmiths and carpenters. It's garden
| ers hostlers and men Of all wsrk. Tn
! managers get high wages. They ar
/ skilled men, and it depends largel
upon them as 10 whether the static
| furnishes a profit or loss Some Of ther
! are eXperlmenters They study sheep
/ breeding and claim that they can In
crease the wool clip by doing So on,
! for Instance who has charge OF 1900
! sheep. recently asserted that he ha
| raised his wool crop more than 7i0C
| pounds a year by improving the charaC
/ ter ~ the stock Seventy-ive thousan
! pounds Of wool az 10 cents pound al
| worth $500 and an increase of S7,5'
! 10 the profit account viii more than pa
| the salary Of an expensive manager.
THE sHEARERs AND THEIR UN
IONS.
Sheep shearing Is profession
! Australia, There are thousands OF me
/ who DO nothing else. and they form OF
| OF the most important classes OF Aul
tralan workmen. They have one OF Il