Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-26
q eclal Correspondence.
Observation-Disclosures

4. oclal sponleh'e'
lIeppo. syria Nov. Z, ls0O.-At Aintab
on october g.h. We received a visit from
President Albert Herman OF the Turk
ish mission. who came down from Sie-
vas. Armenia. ON a bicycle 70 visit the
branch at Aiutab President Hermans
Intentions were. after visiting the
branches at Aintab and Aleppo to go
on TO Haifa. Palestine. where there are
few Saints. It being safer FOR two or
three TO travel together than 20 travel
alone and Elder J. w Booth and my
self having nc this time received biz
cycles from America. we were given
permission 90 accompany PresldentHer-
man ON his tr.v.
Travelling n the interior OF Turkey Is
generally done on horseback, though In
some places where suitable roads have
been built 20 good many carriages are
used but whether travelling is done on
horseback 0r carriages. 10 Is slow, gen.
orally about thirty miles a day, and the
travellers have with them their bedding
and stop at the khan on Turkish Inn at
lAANIIAH NfI| ~ hNNF n HAfNA N'fNA Va
time and patience expended in making
up companies. looking up drivers, and
making bargains, as it Is quite unusual
20 have "a scale Of prices OF any Kind
In many districts whenever you travel
the government VIII send along with
you one horse soldier who VIII also show
you the road IN mountainous districts
where Il Is hard To- End. and who are
generally quite an 0blIgng set OF men,
40 that travelling here as compared
with that OF other lands has dstlnc-
tive features Of IFS own.
IN Alntab q city of about the same
population as Salt Lake and which has
a college well known In most parts Of
Turkey. no bicycles are owned and
hardly any Of the residents have ever
seen one. The cry Of "jansusat" soul
less horse, yelled out by the crowd
wherever we go ls amusing, ~ also
are some OF the questions asked In re-
gard TO our wheels
INQUIRE ABOUT THE GOSPEL.
Elders j. A. Holloway and Lester
Mangum. also came 10 Aintab, and at
a meeting held by the five Utah Elders
In the Turkish mission, IL was decided
from the amount Of inquiries In regard
to the Gospel among the Armenian peo-
pie. that II would be better FOR Elder
Holloway 20 travel north, and Elder
Booth and Mangum northeast, and that
l should look after the branches at
Aintab and Alepp0. and attend 10 what
business we have nj AleXandretta This
arrangement 10 commence early IN 1901.
On October 3lst, having made ar
rangements for our bedding and valises
10 be carried by mule 20 Kills, some
thirty-fve miles distant across some
low mountains Elder Herman Booth
and myself arrived there. This place.
Kills has about 10000 inhabitants.
and makes the growing OF grapes and
melons a specially Grapes are eX-
tremely cheap. and II anyone should be
extravagant enough to ask IN the mar
ket during the months OF August or
September for ten cents worth OF
grapes, he would be apt 90 receive more
than he could digest good at one meal,
ms he would receive about forty pounds
weight OF beautiful grapes.
Here we were met By Garry Resleau.
an active teacher IN the Church living
here, and spent the night az his place.
He has a little son, Johannes, who Il
about three years old This little fell !
low can recite fairly and when asked !
Will preach saying Faith. repentance.
baptism by one having authority FOR the !
remission OF sins, etc, etc, making ap-
propriate gestures At Aintab last |
sprlng this little fellow was asked 10
preach. but I being n stranger % him.
he was a little bashful. and 70 encourage
him. | gave him a munger "a small !
coin. being fifth Of one cent? which he
took, but afterwards returned, saying
II was not right TO preach FOR money,
The next day President Herman
started for Aleppo, while Elder Booth !
having arrangements 70 make In regard !
10 the shipment OF some Turkish rugs.
started for AleXandretta some eighty !
miles distant on the coast OF the Med |
iterranean.
MAKING TURKISH RUGS.
To assist some Of the members OF
the Aintab branch, who were in very |
poor circumstances, we employed their |
families 10 make Turkish rugs and are /
now sending some fifty rugs TO Salt |
Lake for disposal
II any OF your readers should wish 10
purchase anything OF this kind either |
III regular or In any special design. we |
VIII be pleased n they will cali on 4. |
{. NJ l., Salt Lake City. In regard 10
same
Traversing the plain OF Kills. Afren
ana Kara. See. fertile lands that az one
time supported vast population. but |
now very sparcely Inhabited. and meet !
ing many hundreds Of camels loaded |
win hcorice root or copper matt going |
TO the port or loaded with European |
ary goods ana manufactures Of iron go |
ing east, at night we came 10 the Ber. |
ian pass, a steep pass OF about 1000 |
feet. but with good roads. which PASS |
has been from time immemorial the |