Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-12
Government Plans Paid
On Apache Strongholdg

orbitant, one can lodge free of charge
on the slopes which run along the
moat. where the ground belongs to
the state. There is not however, very
much OF the state-owned ground which
remains unoccupied at the present
moment. Some of the more astute Of
the early settlers with a dozen stakes
and some Wire nssting, marked out
considerable domains, and now offer
portions of them for rent at from 81
to So a year payable in weekly in
stalments.
The prices that prevail III this curl
GUS country are probably as reason
able as are to be found in any place
in the world. For instance. it is pos
sible to have ones hair cut or ones
face shaved for the bestowaI of d
| crust Of bread or cigar-end on the
delighted barber. Many Of the inhabi-a
tants who have some trade, such as
carpet-beaters or tattooers, are wise
enough not to ply them in the forth
fications, but make daily journeys in
to Paris and obtain the better prices
there possible. 5s
HOW THEY LIVE. K
CURIOSITY enough, each gate of the city
of Paris has it's distinctive settlement
! and types. AT Levallois a dozen of
these miserable outcasts. living from
hand to mouth, have formed So.
cialistic company, combined labor,
built several shanties, purchased q
grinding wheel and reduced the
amount of work necessary to live up
on to the very least, for they take
their turns with the wheel in making
the rounds of the streets of Paris
sharpening scissors and knives. The
entire dozen live on the proceeds of
these excursions and thus it is only
necessary for each man to work once
in every twelve days.
Near the gate of Vincennes curious
business has grown up. that of provid-.
ing rabbits for the Partisan restau-
rants at 10 cents apiece and the small.
ness of the price will be understood
when it is said that the rabbits are
really cats. At Malakoff and Mont
rouge, the manufacturers of halfpcnny.
toys abound. Old broken boxes are
transformed into windmills, spades and
countless varieties of toys for children
by the ingenuity of the workers. 1t is
at the Montrouge gate that one of
the most famous characters of the for
tifications lives. He IS NJ. vitcoff and
he claims to have invented no less than
2S toys, many Of which have had enor-
nous sales on the houlevards. He has
been an exhibitor at Lepine's famous
toy show In Paris since 1901 and upon
one occasion won the project of policies
gold medal, upon another a silver me-
dal and in addition, 10 diplomas which
he proudly hung about his shop. Prac-
tically all his toys are made out of
rubbish and the majority of them out
of old tin which he buys at one dollar
per hunded pounds. With such an out.
lay in the course OF a year he turns out
500 boats, 10000 swings, and 10000 head
ings for looking-glasses. His wife, who
spends most of her time in teaching her
neighbors the art of making toys from
old tin boxes, is a manufacturer of pa
per flowers and dresses for children's
balls. and she proudly tells of being
congratulated upon her designs by the
divine Sarah herself.
THRIVE ON RAGS.
Between the gates of clignancourt
and Poissoniers in the innumerable
multitude of miserable huts. there is
thriving rag business. 1t is remark
ably well organized and the workers
form, in reality. a cooperative society
with considerable capital and stringent
rules The members have recently
erected a large sorting shed and ware
houses at a cost of almost $500. Each
member delivers his harvest at the
central depot where the weight Is
checked and the purchase price paid
according to tariff fixed by common
consent. An account is kept and every
six months the profits of the business
which in 1904 amounted to $4,000, are
divided pro rata with the receipts OF
each of the members
In this district, also, is to be found
picturesque Individual known as
the doctor. who. gave me the start
ling information about the promiscu-
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