Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-31
times arc hard and business is decided

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/ ~ dull. ~
| And still Johannesburg is only about
| II years old When our boys who are
] to last their first votes at the coniiiig
| presidential election were raw, red ba-
| bles the country about hero was a viii
| dcrness and a waste. covered with
! grass during a5ftw months OF the year,
and a bleak and burned dtsert for the
| remainder. II was then IN Its fegin-
ming as g mining camp and Its most.
| striking features were canvas tents.
mud huts and OK wagons. The first
| lots We're then selling for few shli-
limgs apiece and It was mol until some
time that buildings OF tin and galean-
| lied iron began TO rise.
| THE JOHANNESBURG OF TODAY.
! The Johannesburg Of today s made
| of steel. stone and wood. II has many
| five and siS-atory structunss, although
| tho skyscraphrs Of Denver are absent,
1t III not az well built az Denver. but II
is u mn -uidcent city considering It's
source OF supplies and that II u away
| off here in the Silds. The town mas
| Just about til. same population rs Den.
| yer 1t numbers about 10000 souls,
| but 60, 900 Of these are blacks inaGnup.
| OF katfirs from all parts Of south Afri-
| Gu.
johannesburg IL laid ont somewhat
I VI
| cross each other NJ right angles, ana
| they rruN far out into the country
| There are something Ike 300 miles OF
! roadways. and the town altogether ntth
q municipal area OF more than 80
square miles. There are town lots tar
out In the country and enough streets
| have been planned to accommodate me
| growth Of tho next 100 years,
| Denver has as good n street carsys-
TEN as any city of It's size In the world
| Its electric lines cover every part OF
the municipality and reach far INTO the
| country beyond Johannesburg has
about tho best car system of SOUTH
| Africn, and the lines belong Ia INC
municpality ! understand that tneY
| nav we'll and leave n big profit every
year IN the city treas.iry. Tho street
cars arc all uhe-deckers There Is a
covered COMPARTMENT on the roof anu.
for "ticket"--that 1873 pence--you can
20 to any part of the city or It's sub
urbs.
/ do not know how many churches
Denver has. The city is supposed to
lie wicked but venture there is no
denomination In the United States.
which has not at least one house OF
God there The game is true of this
Misunderstanding town of the Trans
vaal 1t produces enough OF the yeiioW
metal to make u big herd OF golden
calves every year, tUulF IltNGiiiS'Soo -
keeps the Sabbath and has no end
Of Protestant and Catholic churches.
The English church, will hold eleven
hundred people and It cost over 5000,
900 to build. There Is also large
Jewish synagogue. about 80 free mas
fonry lodges and some other seml-re-
llglous organizations.
AS to amusements. these South At
rIcan towns epay more attention to
such things than we do in America
Johannesburg has athletic grounds
which cover 30 acres, including fields
for crlcketing, bicycling and golfng.
There Is a ladys bicycle track and
outside the city limits there Is race
course, where races are periodically
held throughout the year, At the sum-
mer and winter handicaps the prizes
amount to $4,000 or more, and there Ia
a meeting each season, when the races
last for three days The town has
a turf club and social clubs of var
Gious kinds. 1t has a recreation and
concert hall which will hold $500. i
think its citizens pay moro attention
to run than we do. There is no busi-
ness done after noon Saturday. and the
people then go to the races and club
grounds. The city has fairly good thea
ters. 1t has a public library, n uni
versity and excellent schools.
Johannesburg has. In proportion, a
larger colorcd population than Wash \