Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-24

small cultivators who will do mixed
farming and truck farming. Such men,
should have from $500 to $1,000 EACH
and they should be prepared ITO work
with their own hands.
e THE CAPITAL OF THE TRANS
YAAT.
l am writing this in Pretoria the
capital OF the lrransvaal and the seat
of government of this now English
state. 1t was, you know, the head
quarters of the Beer government, the
home Of Kruger and the pivot of
anti England during the great war in
South Africa
In going over the country now one
SECS secs n sslgns struggle
except some dismantled forts and an
occasional monument put up to the
soldiers. The square stone block
houses which were erected to guard
the railroad between here and JOhan-
nesberg are still in evidence. But
that Is all.
INC population Is everywhere now
composed Of both English and Beers
The crowds on the streets are made
up or both nations, and the families
are marrying and giving in marriage
within stones throw OF my hotel is
the parliament house, where the
British and Beers sit together, and
where the Beers, Notwithstanding
their defeat are in the majority 1t
is Boer who Is the premier. Gen.
Botha, who led the Boer armies, now
rules the Transvaal. and he, with
cabinet largely of his own race d.
reefs the policy Of the state and, to a
considerable extent, dictates its laws.
Lac parliament of today is held in
the government buildings which were
erected by President Kruger in the
early nineties at a cost of about $780,
600, and the Palace of Justice, another
magnificent building, was commenced
by the Boer government before the
outbreak Of the war. although it was
not completed until after PEACE was
declared.
A DUTCH TOWN.
Notwithstanding this, the Pretoria
OF today is Boer town It's people
are more Dutch than English There
are Dutch signs over the stores, and
the bookshops have many Dutcn
books One hears the people talking
in Dutch as he goes along the streets,
and the farmers in the country about
are almost altogether Beers. 1t is the
Dutchmen who still own most of the
lands, and their long teams OF oxen
may be seen going through the city or
standing in the market places just as
they did when Paul Kruger ruled.
Pretoria was laid out by the Beers
and built by. them. 1t is a little over
80 years old and 1t Is named after
President Pretorius who founded It,
/ lies in a valley formed by small
tributary of the Crocodile river, and
It has grass-grown hills on evey side.
The streets cross one another at right
angles They are wide and we'll
paved. and in many places shaded
with willows, which were set out as
fence posts and grew into trees. Most
OF the houses are of Dutch architect
urc Nearly every little home has
garden about it. and The whole town
IS fun of flowers and fruit.
Of late years the business section
of the city has grown, and it now com
pares faporably witt, any town of its
size IN the United States. Il has good
stores. a street car line electric lights,
n public park and a Geological. garden.
1t mas a museum, library Of "a 900
volumes, social clubs, cricket and
foot ball grounds and a theater and
an opera mouse. 1t has a hnlf dozen
churches and among them the Dop-
per Church. where President Kruger
sometimes preached.
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF KRUGER.
Indeed everything about tho city
stun bears kruger's marks. The house
IN which he lived is here. and his
homes lie under plain monument out
in the cemetery. ] Went down the
other afternoon and looked at the
home of the former Boer president.
1t is plain one-story. building.
situated on the principal street, with
garden about it. It is not much
better than that of many a clerk In
the United States. Kruger was s,1ppos-i
ed to be rich. and statements have !
been made concerning the millions /
which he sent to Holland during the
Boer war These stories are denied !
at Pretoria and the truth seems to |
be that the Boer president came out |
OF the war comparatively poor as |
far as money was concerned His !
wealth was mainly in farms. which he |
had divided among his relatives be- |
fore the war began. While the strug- |
gle was raging he lent something like |
S25o,000 in cash 10 his government |
to keep the soldiers in his govern |
lnent in the field, and this was paid
Tor in the money of that government |
which is now worthless He also
lent about $4,000 additional which, |
T believe was n "a bande. nf