Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-27
.TENSON'S TRAVELS.


s.a.,. 1,,o o. tsq7.-After living
- Co.. Inn, four hours Of Tyre. |
NJ ""Vi'O' - ,....,. .,,,, ,ftcr I
we resuIheu our Jun N'
midnight, and at 1880 n. m. anchor was !
.c tr,tr, aftor aailirp So miles |
-, or ,,,,tcs las. eop from !
from hugiu"' "il" o' - ..a {
Tyre. Haifa, situated NJ tH' l"'' i
on the north slope Of Mount Carmel /
,,,,,or r,net nicturesuuc and pleasing |
'Pp," ''''' -. a. cro,,
to the eye, as one Approaches 49,,
the sea side. At 5:l5 q. m. lonat"
,,.a ,.ol,,od obout half a mile to the |
,,.t,,,., Z bod no difficult
Seiiiiuh -. az s,tnts
ty In finding the ohiy iI'"''
residing here. namely jacob ill' N"N
,,,ifa with whom the Elders from Zion
WIG 80. ta,,o made their
wheh Nlslti"s nan" -, -, tobor,,
home OF late; here also Hlc' 'ut"',
George Gran, who has been In Juan
-, ,,.,o,co he came with u mission
iiO'ii 49,. d. now attending to
temporal duties connected WIN
rronarty in Haifa. He lost his wire
80, -, ,,o sister Caroline Hit
seNerH ye"is :, t-a,..i ore the
and sister ChrlStlhe - -
only two other Saints In mana nun
- Sas. a4st11N
'"e - ....,.,,,,s ,,aptized in PAL
twenty-three perso"' arot
estine since the Inlaslvh 80. a,,I
opened up here IN ihe'i , ia two
grated to Zion, four f,liNs fa,,r in
are now liylnE az - Who mas re-
Haifa, besides Bro. 1tau W. NieYan-
turned; TWO nave rctii'n, ti,s irhntirh
dra, Egypt, ana one 70 ni t 10, tIoifn
neither Of the hNe hlehlug'5 , ~
could talk or unuerstuliu ,,t,t,i,J coli
got along with them ,cl ii ~ gi,rr,a,,,
my very llnllteu NM 5st Heather
again doing eXcelleill Se 49, ,,.oirny1e 10
and Sister HIT inuue ~ 49, m
their spitality-somethinB u'a ~. Grgt
preciated highly Us ,nIS Nc leaving
Saints ! had met WIN -, mr. Crnu
Australia. During my s'.s ,,,, wants
was also very nttehNNu ~. sbort cs,.
and accompanied NJ ~, ~, nts Of in
curslonS to the ulhelsht p''
terest in and around hhile. ,.,,,,od ~,
Haifa Is plCturespueis ~, md
the south angle OF the pay VI ~ ~,
at the base OF Mouilt S,,,et,in ia
tween the shore ana my IA ,,hIch Ia
only a narrow strip OF ntiu' ,,at-
covered with houses shIuS"s IL 1jyo
ticularly toward the west WIN o'iNc
trees and an occasional stalely P"t w..
The town itself mas cohsluuluDi; IA
creased and has quite out groWh - IL IL
walls IT contains anout "-oo '",''sV' y,
tants. including 100 EuroIe1iss' ~ ~
whom are 400 Gcrmuns' HUI tIc n"-
tives are Muslims, about 2,-OO NoIllHu
Catholics, 800 Greeks, the retnahluer
Maronels and Jews. There nie tWu
morgues and several CHRISTIAN
churches
Haifa Is the Sycamimum OF anclenl
Greek and Roman authors, ana IN we
Talmud both names occur In INV
naifa was beseged and taken by storm
by Tancred, but after the battle OF
Hattln II fell into the hands OF Saladln'
In the eighteenth century Halia eN-
tended more towards the promontory
OF Carmel, but IL was destroyed by
Zahr-el Omar pasha Of Acre, In lI6l
after which the new town sprang ur
further to the east. Since the steam
ers have been in the habit OF touching
at Haifa the town has enjoyed increas
ing commercial prosperity ana mas AZ
tracted to itself a great share of tbs
trade of Acre. Wheat maize sesame
and oil are exported In cpnslderAbl'
quantities, and sonp is manufactured
on q large scale. The harbor, however
Is not good. and the strcamers nave L
cast anchor ut considerable distanc
from the shore.
The German colony dates back I
1863. when the German Templnr
founded settlement here. Their clea
and neat dwellings, built in Buropeu
style, situated northwest OF Haifa pro
per, present plehShut tpHtibat
the dirty houses of the Orientals. Tn
townsite is also laid out with tast'
and the main streetwhich reaches clea
from the base Of Cnrmal to the Sc
and is perfectly straight, IL one OF IN
finest thoroughfares | have seen in III
Orient go far. Shade trees have bee
planted on each side of the street wit
much regularity. and flower garden
also abound In front of the house
nearly all OF which are two stori,
hirh. Northwest Of the TOWNSHIP li'
tbe farming lands OF the colony, mo
Of Witch Is well cultivated. VIM
lords have been planted by the coli
yies ON the slopes and on the top
Mnunt Carmel. from which eXcellel
wine 10 produced, The Templars no
number about 24O souls. and POSSESS
,nnctinr hoitse and n school; the nur
nrniis Germans in the colony who a
NOT Templars have also established
school
hS,ar resting myself IA short time
~ he,,ss 81 Prnther and Sister Hit
~ Gormon colony at Hnifa, l walk
ta.l "a the native town. where l ga
arri,,,a stnrting out with passcnge
. - ~ ;o,yn of Acri. situated on I
49, stdo ~ tho hay. l Immediate
oon,,rad n scat and rode about twel
,,,tlea along the beautiful sandy bea
-, ,,Ioet Interesting and histol
~ ea'"' pet,yeen uaifa and Acrl. a
60. 60, Tho former place,
S,e,sad tho brool; Klshon, OF Bil
e M, bench lie strevn with bea
s.Is,n ,bclis and among them are 81
gsn,,,a thn r,urex brnndaris and muir