The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11
M'M|lLAh OF JUJA FARM
WILL ENTERTAIN
ROOSEVELT ON HIS AFRl-
CAN FARM.

When ex-President Roosevelt visits
British East Africa on big game hunt
| ing intent, he will not only find himself
among a host of friends and admirers
but among compatriots also. For en-
| terprising foreigners are welcomed in
this part of the Dark Continent"
with the consequence that there are
goodly number of Americans settled
therein. And notable among them is
William Northrup Mcmillan, owner of
| the famous Juja farm.
Mr.. Mcmillan is the son Of the found
| er of the American Car and Foundry
company of st. Louis, and brother OF
the late United States Senator James
Mcmillan of Michigan. He is of heroic
proportions, standing six feet four
inches in his stockings. With his wife
/ he enjoys a reputation for wholesouled
hospitality, which exists over three
continents. So it was the most natural
thing in the world that the first init
nation of the presidents hunting in
tentions should be followed by the an
nouncement that he was to be the
guest of the McMillans during his stay
in East Africa.
The farm gets it's name from the Ju
and ia rivers, between which it lies,
and which in turn were so christened
by the natives in honor of couple of
ancient and heather divinities. The
farmhouse-in reality a mansion of as
bestos and steel-stands on the site Of
the reed end mud temple once dedi-
Gated to those gods The estate, which
covers approximately 10000 acres, il.
about 35 miles from Naitrobi, one of
the largest towns on the high plateau,
of influence in East Africa. 1t is
fenced in on three sides by wire net
ting, while on the other side the River
Athi forms a sufficient dividing line
between it and the rugged country be-
yond, for this remarkable African
farm is in the heart Of the big game
country.
On the Mcmillan farm there are six
lion dens, and last year II magnifi-
cent beasts were killed in the neigh
bornood of one den alone Outside Of
it's sporting aspect, Juja farm is in
teresting in many ways. 1t seems to
have solved the much discussed prob
lem whether European or American
can live and physically flourish under
a tropical sun whose rays are tenn
pered by high attitudes and incidental
cooling breezes The cattle, horse and
ostrich raising and the agricultural de-
partments employ nearly 400 persons,
a good many of whom are natives.
The farmhouse was brought in sec
tons from England Besides the house
itself, there are within the compound
an office building, a bachelors mess
club, four sets of quarters for married
members of the farm staff ware
house, a store, granary, stable for
thoroughbreds, corrals used for the
nightly penning and protection of
scores of ponies, mich cows, mules
donkeys and goats, quarters for the
Somali and a menagerie. Outside of
the compound are the matched and
y.attled huts of the other native en-
ployes. Near by are an ice factory
and power house, both belonging to !
the farm.
Mrs. Mcmillan, who is an American |
by birth, is almost as daring and en-
thusiastic in matters of sport as is her
husband. She is a crack shot enough |
to have brought down a large lion be- |
sides other big game. Also, she is |
daring rider and fine swimmer. Dur |
ing the several exploring trips which |
Mr.. Mcmillan has made in Africa his |
wife accompanied him all the way, or |
the greater portion of it. She spends |
a good part of the year in London, !
where she and her husband have a |
house on Berkeley square. Mrs. Nc
MILAN is an authoress, having written |!
several books and articles on life in |
Africa.