Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-26

art trip: the Weathe' "
"a ali along the line accoruihs 10 ''e
o nt ciimes we have passed.
dnei ,h. s,ll. the voyages have been
~. the seas have been seeming
w .o,cd to order. our ship Waes-
ts,t her own record In years over
lan", ,,,ic and landed us a day ahead
:, time in Liverpool. Inc meu ha, ,y,, ont
o. Uni ber storminG over Mheh We But
had AT, "sl,,mhbly that we might nave
there W rnvnre. as we are otherwise
pleasant
poor s"Iriyed in jana Thursday, Feo'
rd being In charge OF MesSls'
I'm as, cook and sons agent, We
assed the customs wlthou, uns ,,,o
pas N,,,. brother Hagob Gagasihh' tne
and oui ,vho is with us also, slipped
ArrhelL Y.,tholt detention and received
his pas lana we went by land two
~ tournev to Haifa, where we were
days, received by the Saints.
While journeying TO haiia We Pu.
nm one night at El kheueta, =" Sew'sn
up,onv This is II new move, having
colon' established since your cores
peeh t ,yns here before. rms move
lo,ite unlike the former JEWISH col
Is q,,np schemes inaugurated ny the
uiab Jews who have supported the set
he Jews OF FL Nnth'ih ~
uvisa.rdnnt and they hail mostly from
inueII They felt that as they were
i.l,.s, from pillar to post by the Nari-
driver ,i,rs and that. as they were now
"i,g nprsscuted by the Russian gov
pelns II would be very opportune
sar them 10 go to the land of promise
and MAKE an attempt to redeem inc
Hp u wastes. They did so about
pat par, ,.oora ago and 1t resulted in the
yls,inr az M Khedera. There are
,,. nor. twenty Jewish colonies In
~ land OF Palestine.
'ny ,a Russian Jews formed COM
~, and at once set about for husi-
us They found one Mr.. Lelim
,,t.s,,,v at Beyrout, Syria, who had
nv n. W iond for sale and bought of him
Nv w., o00 acres for Sl26, 600 or at the
apuu as nor acre. This seemed stiff,
20 ,oursp hut they obtained a nice
- niece of land. The village was
.aSodilpd and n fine location was
t,n5 on n hill from which the Med
i,nrrarean can easily be seen. 1t IL
ii,,ia south Of Cesarea. the former
Soms of the pious Cornelius, prob
n vi, r.ithIn four miles of that ancient
az ~ rhnir village is built to hol-
w. so,,ara opening out to the north
mM S sas nnv about twenty-five houses.
S NJ. "" have splendid soil around the
,,isorr.,t and a well near supplies the
. ,rha,, have nIonted many grape
N , ,bich hear we'll. They find "A
M inr their grapes at Samnrin
n,ai ~ liirsch's wine press. Figs
AZ A.. gro,y for home consumption: they
w NV nre not profitabie for them
et Oranges and lemons can be
n,a, in abundance hut these two
svSs If fruits reauire special atten-
, s,,'9 and. water. they are therefore not
@ iarltfnI n nroduce these fruits
w 49, "a h,,iId reservoirs and pro-
VA ~ails and hosting works i'm order
w bave water.
The reader Will remember that Pales-
,,ns "a \ noorly wntcred country out
siSs N The Jordan valley and n couple
~ othsr places, Water is. however,
raisad In sufficient quantities In the
mos, primitive forms either by buckets
or by an az and a wheel so that after
All the fruit Is not so expensive.
AInonds olives and pcInegranates and
tha Ike can be grown without artifi-
clai asfering. the rains .eing suiii-
Gent Many shade trees are planted
TO make the country mere healthy.
prominent among which are the cy-
press and the eucalyptus; wheat, bar
ley peas, horsebeans and mandrake as
well as some other products, are grown
for home use and expectation. Nege-
tables of all kinds do exceedingly well.
The people looked to us to be rather
nice specimen of the Jewish race.
They appeared clean and Interested In
ihelr Undertaking and all together we
we're very faNorably impressed with
lhelr appearance ana also with their
puck and determination. They We're
and 10 us ana entertained us wiling
~ and very atable and learned
man. Dr. sellm Soskins, kindly gave
us an the information we desired con-
'etnlhs lhe Whole scheme'
now II IL NOT an sunshine m puild-
he up a new country anu parucularIs
20 IN man clVii'zen lahu. hlght IN the
mast OF q village OF Beuoulns We're
camped' Ihey worked Tor the village
ana al hikht the men We're watchmen,
ptihs neld Responsible Tor anything
W." rms nllght seem soeu enough
Oul lhose Dlack nelshpors ana not look
te! i.Nluhs' ihe Jews however. saih
Inat theE We're perfectly sate ana that
no one nolested them.
me! hau' however, ihf worse en-
gnly 10 contend WIN IMAM the bedoulhs.
tuis en,hi! manages 10 urive them
oue VI ihe'r Vlllage TO some other more
yon s', M p'ute lur TWO months each
two ,,r,, 's unslls soI'ceaieu l.seiI IN
~ ~ arg sWuthps tor Ten months III
the year, and In August and Septem-
osr the enemy swarmed out In myriads
49, 'Ner Eernis' forcing the settlers TO
~ u, sanv thtlr ives.
:, 9 remove thls enemy they nave had
su,o an II, great COST ana nave now
~ III nralhing one swamp, but
,a nr one % the west mas not yet been
Ma ~ eu, mus VIII cost upwards ofsSO,-
sh,a " uIa'n properly. Inc colony Is not
meet w Wv 'nls ~, present, put they eN-
Tba, $50 '"ri,''Sn II IN course OF time.
will grow rnnij,y n , Una, cions