Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-09-02

of them pay good round
price for the service. although there
are some people who go in the steer
age rather than miss the trip. But
there are many American college
students and perhaps some others
who go to Europe and who do not
worry ahead OF time about cabin
quarters or staterooms. They are the
fellows who work for their passage on
cattle ships.
Without doubt the experiences OF
sze who crosses the Atlantic as a cat
slenan are unique. Twenty or thirty
Fears ago man was paid from $50
10 $50 together with all of his ex-
penses to cross the ocean as a cattle
man, but now there are two men in
Boston whc are getting rich charg-
positions (fer want Of a more approp-
Rate word) on cattle ships. The boys
ret no more for their services than
heir passage and board.
Having been assured that we would
lavo to rough IL" and have lots of
work to do. college friend and /
vent over to the Cunard docks in East
Boston on beautiful morning. There
We signed UP to work for our passage
1s cattlemen and to get accemmoda-
ions same as the seamen. We didn't
tnow what we were doing, but we
thew ten days later. There we met
he rest Of our party"
CattIennen Third Class.
There were 400 cattle on board. The
hip carried 70 first-class or cabin pas
Iengers and, according to our friend.
he Scotchman, the cattle were second
slRss and we were third class. be-
ieve he was right. At any rate, the
petty officers of the ship wasted lots
" good time telling us that we we're
sattlemen, and can not and must not
10 tkis and that.
We sat in a fine-looking group on
he for'ard end of the main deck as
Ihe ship left the Boston harbor that
morning. There was little wind. No
sne was seasick, and each was deter
mined not to be.
Up to this point We knew nothing of
what we were to do and Just what
Iort Of accommodations" we were to
have. A petty ofncer. with shining
lace and shoes, and the characteristic
hin mustache, which is quite the
hing among the young Englishmen,
informed us that our dinner, stores
Ind dishes" could be had at the gall
sy. Hs gave us, in large black pan,
big chunk of greasy meat, together
With soma potatoes which had been
boiled dry and then boiled again. In
mother largs pan was the hash-fa-
mous haah-with nameless ingredients
ina a terrific odor.
Our nrst meal and pan washing ON
he main deck sttrasted too much Of
he attention of the cabin passengers
N the deck above, and the captain
ient down orders for us to repair to
he cattlemen's quarters in the fo'cas-
lie. The seamen pronounce that word
n two syllables. The name applies to
he quarters OF the seamen and the
.attlsmen, with a partition between
hem running back from the bow of
he boat to the first hatch. We were
IN the port. or left, side. Our quar-
.ers had been used as a storeroom for
Everything that had bad smell, such
Is rotten rope, heavily tarred; pulleys,
lhsins and paint. We slept there the
irst night, but the odor was too much
or US; we all awoke more or less sick.
The cattlemsn's Work.
Now, something OF the work that
alls to the lot Of the cattlemen. We
we're called by the night watchmen
when they were not asleep at 4
'oiock in the morning, and we literal
rolled out Of the hay Our crowd