Show UTTER LETTER FROM AUST AUSTRALIA RAbIA elder john mitchell Mito hell holl writes con corning western australia and the labors of the elders eldera there 28 catherine st Subi Bu biaco aeo perth W A aug 20 1908 editor clipper I 1 talio tako this opportunity to arito you a fow few lines from tho the capital of west australia australi it and I 1 will ivill endeavor avorio to explain a fow few things about the tc country and towns perth and add F romantic aro what wo we may call tile the supply and residential cities of tho great reat 13 old fields of and co cool 0 gardle and a number of minor mining camps fremantle is located on the iho fremantle Fre mantlo harbor which is tile the indian ocean as there IS is only an all island out boino distance which forms a sort of liar bar bor and it is also tho the ino mooring oring place for all boats as tho sya swan 11 river is not navigable owing to shallow places r which are being dredged at present perth which is the capital is located eleven miles up the tIlo swan river and has a population of over and is the main center of trade having a number of large markets where vegetables fish and meats are sold by bid and bought by hackers and gold field shippers there is also some manufacturing carried on such as the country demands deman ds but bat nothing much for export as they depend largely on imported goods such for instance as 7 meats potatoes butter etc while they export a great deal of timber called jarrel which has tho the appearance of mahogany and is claimed to be the best wood on earth for jetties betties and railway sleepers being almost ant proof which is a bad thing on most other timbers here and is said to stand water longer than any other wood known there is also a great dealoe deal of sandalwood sandal wood send from here to china for their use in burning inhouse to their gods this last named brings ardin 20 to 00 per inn teesa try another industry I 1 is is walet malet bark which is exported for tanning purposes and the last export I 1 will name will not be the least but greatest and that is gold which is taken from tho the parched into interior bior which is ob bained under difficulties as water has been unobtainable tho the first means of obtaining water was by condensing salt water which was found in some under ground lakes but tile the government could see that this would never open opan up the coull country so it undertook the largest water pumping acl scheme leme of its kind in the world costing xa ta or this wonderful price of engi 0 ile deoring oring starts up in the darling 0 range of mountains near mun mull daring where the tho helona river is dammed up in a canyon making a tine fine largo sheet of water which is a few hundred yards across and extends up the canyon for nearly seven miles and is bordered on both sides by jarrah blue and white gut gin and trees and with shea oak and a palm palin like liko plant and many other peculiar bushes including 0 blackboy black boy this last named grows up like a palm with a scattered bit of grass like foli 0 on top of it and looks something thin t like an imago 0 scare cr crow OW its trunk is composed of like chips which give 1 I va tile the on outside t bid 0 on an appearance of a mock kraii orange c cones and is found to contain 0 a great deal of resin and when sin smashed ashod up into chips makes it a ready kindling for starting I 1 ne ti tires r s and in burning resembles a piece of pitch phio pi no this is also spotted with a number of different kinds of beaucl beautiful ifal hewers flowers which complete vla ito natures finishing touches ml malios it pleasing to tho the human eye I 1 will quit tile tho surroundings its as I 1 realize that there would be enough if prop properly orly handled to fill a dozen papers and a I 1 am not that tat able person I 1 will ill stay as near to w us ag possible los sible and then won wont t miro mire J just lini imagine agine M the leaving this beautiful ul spot and eute entering ring an all enormous pump to lo ile 10 lifted some hundreds of it feet to bo be handled by another of tho the same size izo and s so 0 on until it litts has passed through ai elgham eight of thase and traveled ea od a di distance stanco of nearly kilps into a 11 place whore where bitter conde condensed sed salt gulf water has at times cost cor over 0 25 5 couts cents a gallon und then only allowed enough 0 to drink and ana it a said by some that thoy they havo had to do all kinds of scheming to got get enough to wash their faces and dishes in the samo sama water mid anti thon then it may bo be said chub a dodou faco faces had byon been blushed in it these places iro are now supplied sappl iud with gallons ol of water a duy bathis by this and the peo plo lilo lire are uble able to enjoy nice squares and cricket gardens and thoy they cain C I 1 sport somo some pretty nice lawns where it is ia said that only tile thy lead horse of an eight horse tram team could bo be soon scon for red dust you cail can see by this that all tile tho people of australia aront arent black as shown by our goonra P ghys phys hys and maps and I 1 ean can cofty soy that during tho the eight months that I 1 have been hero here 1 I have been disappointed not havin having tile the chance to see any of tile tho n natives in their native dress and in short I 1 seen as many dark people its as wo we have in our 0 own wn towns not saying saying that there arent any natives for there aro are plenty out in the interior tho the natives here herb are a vury very shiftless lazy sort Th they eyare are a great reat deal like the mogro said lie he was when tic ho said he was not aframe of work but could lay down by the side of it ib aud go oto to sleep A nother another thing is you do not find them around the cities where tb there ereis is much work I 1 will not endeavor to urite avrit A much more this tado as it is my lily cook and nearly dinner time lime we are ft a happy family of oc el ders dera here each knowing his hh work and ad doing tho the samo aine with ft a c cheerful heury 01 spirit anti and of onies when one of us u aro are over the wash board taking the part of wash man mail you could ima imaging inc that a ray of sunshine had crept in some whore where could you hear bear tile the sin singing C imn but at the bottom tom of it is tho knowledge c that it is one more week cose closer r homo not to say that wo aro are not en 7 1 our oar labors ands and kloa tre tret 6 ment wo we rot got here for wo ITO ila ha c a now field I 1 und and it a largo large sap copo 0 ot of country which us good 4 exercise atti aind d insures the eating ot of amateur coul boulting ting which of i timed helped hella out by one tr g noble it it binkis i ho hi occil t bulit I 1 I 1 Y solid in ti largo ja f buye 01 tables or meat plo and doati stop tit at this but and pie s caus cafes nud and oil n top af f th iti i vito us out to tea and tru brutus us to tho the best in thola ild I 1 must not nob omit to iwanij iian ij my iny companions and give hein their ollices elder is is our president and halli hails froth grouse kreuk anid and is our boxi cook elder boeso Is from bair be 00 ward cacho ind and is tile shopper this week eldo elder whitehead lead is scrub inan unmoor for thi weel cand could liis ills mother motet bior set see him tin saturdays sho she n no 0 d doubt 0 ab t would keep him at it v ahen en lie ho r ro 0 turns as he is becoming tin nu ux ox pert aud and last but bat not nol least alio tho cook and I 1 have bavo made mention of I 1 him before we tiro are having some nico nice spring weather now and it makes things seem cheerful chooro ul as the people ale aro are shedding their overcoats which by the way are as lie heavy avy as those worn horne home although altho U 11 wo we imre have no ice nor snow here the little messenger iii esson I 1 receive t from your obilee culled the davi county Oti aupper keeps mewed me dejl joseud on my illy neighbors neigh boes who are at tit home me a and nt ut of cu bourbo rbt wiio my illy thou ills hs often wonder and it 1 is 1 7 41 received with it a glad hand I 1 will conclude by saying that tile tho work oi of the lord is s progress aug in in thi i part of his vineyard and that ittai wo we are encouraged t in our work mork finding tho the people p i hero of a fair fut r mind hut bu t dittli little i feilden aven to religion 0 ve meet with some contro versales by the josephites but am ain glad to relate that at present oky ok y diu ale corn rig to see it i goud good to bi ba of an unfair wina mind and continually hunting contention coo 1 ereie afi |