The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-09
WORKS As A ST0kER
Wealthy voyaeer ShoveIs Coal to
Keep in Health.
Traveller Pays His Passage. but Likes
the Esere'se-chemieai Engineers
Operations During Two Year,
Passed In Argentina Forest

Passed IN Argentina Forest.
New When you have 10 work
in a tropical resion Il Is necessary TO
keep your body In the best possible
trim. according 10 A. r. Chandler a
chemical engineer Just back from the
Argentine Republic. That is Why Mr..
/ Chandler says he makes a practice
every day OF passing coal in the ships
stoke hold On the way across to
Europe from Buenos Ayres. and all
the way across from Southampton. Mr.
Chandler says he spent two hours
every afternoon stripped to his under.
/ garments. shoveling coal into the fur
Faces. although he had paid for his
passage
ITS the only way | know In which
\ you can keep yourself hard as nails
on a sea voyage said Mr. Chandler
at the Breslin and It's easy TO get
/ the privilege 10 you cultivate the &C
quaintance OF the chief engineer OF
the ship.
Il have Just been spending two
I years up In the Chaco. or forest re-
gion. OF Argentina" said Mr. Chandler.
| Il have been working for an American
company. which recently sold out to
a German concern We were engaged
| in getting quebracho wood. which Is
used for tanning That district Is in
I the extreme north OF the country. and
/ to reach II you have 10 travel 500
miles on a narrow gauge railroad and
/ then on pony back the rest OF the
way There are plenty OF Wild In
dams up there though for the most
part. as far as foreigners are con
cerned. the half breeds. who are a
mixture OF Italian and Indian. are
more dangerous. as they are up TO all
sorts OF tricks.
The wild Indians who are a branch
! of the Guaranis. hate the Argentlnlan
| troops and II Is easier for a commits
sario OF police to handle them than
for a commandant OF soldiers Not
long before left that region a band
OF 200 OF them attacked the town OF
Ombu one night and killed between
10 and IS OF the garrison OF 60 men
u
their living by hunting a sort OF otter
and killing the beautifully plumaged
birds OF that region for their feathers
Two or three days after the attack
on Ombu. another American and !
went out into the Jungle on a hunt and
slept within 100 yards OF the band
that had made the raid and We were
not molested Yet II soldiers had dared
venture into the jungle they woulc
have been pot shot.
The Argentine government Is try
ing to have those forests cut down az
fast as possible In order that the wa
ter may drain of better. so that the
region may b. turned into a cattle
country That. however. will take
many years
Many Germans are trading In that
part OF the country Their custom Ia to
take store OF simple groceries and
merchandise and 20 up the Parana
river In a small launch. trading their
stock for otter skins. puma skins and
aigrettes. The Indians also shoot
many monkeys for their skins, which
are bought largely In Europe for max
ing gloves
There is a lot OF good shooting to
be had In the Chaco. Almost any Sun
day I could go out on a COW pony. &C
companied by an Indian. and stir up a
bunch OF 200 wild pigs. They are dan
gerous TO deal with unless you shoot
at the last ten or so. II you happen
to hit the leader. the whole lot will
attack your pony with their Ions
tusks. Almost invariably | could
count upon losing a dog to them.
Il used 20 see Tex Richard. former
ly well known in the pugilistic world
often In Uruguay lie told me he was
not sending his cattle out to this mar
ket as yet lie is trying TO fatten them
up and get his beef "streaked' like
American cattle before shipping them
Argentine Is growing toward the
north rather than toward the south.
for the reason that 30 many OF her in
habitants came from southern Europe.
and seek the warmer parts OF the
country when they come down there
to settle. Most OF the Italians that
are now entering the country do not
stay In Buenos Ayres. In some OF
the interior towns they preponderate
over other nationslities. In the town
OF Santa Fe they constitute 70 per
cent Of the population.
II did not ind the Indians danger
Gus, personally. They make lots OF
threats to kill. but none ever got
furtber with me than to draw n knife"