Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-30

ERREGAux. March 1i-The
French are toIonIzing Algeria
and are rapidly increasns its
value as a good farming country
n is already the granary ana WHITES
etuIt garden OF the republic and Is
hs becoming the wine cellar as well
Tho governments has q colonial 'iol'
lcnartmeut, which fs now laying o"s
,,sy towns and farm sites, some VI
tho lands are given away ana seuDrs
sold at auction ON long time 'iel1
eys agricultural banks for the os"e'''
a, the farmers. and special tn''uee
vo.nts for settlers In low rates "
steamships ami railroad uahsf,''
t,on. Immigrants are bronsn' .ieas
from Marselles. distance on ap'u.
zoo miles. al ssrsteerage rate anu
the fares For third and fourth eless a.
not much higher.
EUROPEAN FARMERS IN AZ isi','''
There are already eo0'"oo ~, ~
neans settled in Algeria More NC"
half OF these are French; bur mere 90
also many Spaniards, Italians A'," pI
ala from Malta, Sicily. and "tnsr
lands of the Mediterranean
..a,- ,hont oue-eighth Of the vh"ie
.,n,,,,etion is OF European origin ana
me hest lands of the co"l..S
,nr RAPIDLY bought of 'he Nlp'' .-.,la
dams Nv these invading cnt's'
rha European population has douo'ea
,,.,D,sn the past 80 yeafs-
.rn. o,,yea are growing There are
$50, to,vns all over the country
IL christian element is every
eilu a. control. PerregauS, Whfre
Wrere ,,.rltirr, for instance, contains
esn european inha hitants ana .e f,tas
st the surroundings OF rural c..5
es' 1-,.anca It's streets are wide ana
pl = %adeS ana IT has N large public
Na,dcn in which the band plays sew
!t.-,t times n week Its stores are iik2
80 al France and II has no ana oil
snfys and restaurants There are
seoyes OF other cities just hkc II
throughout the Tell, and many snct,
rs Biidah. Tisrncen. Crleansvllle anu
sfhors. which are more populons ana
n ore prosp erons
TIE TELL
Have YOU ever heard of the Tell7
nj has been noted for many genera
SonS assone oil the granarieS pt the
world. 1t fed Carthage from the time
when II WAS founded by Queen Dido,
,loug about 500 or 900 Years before
christ. 1t WAS the bread basket OF
Rome IN The days of her glory ana
:he Arabs and Moors grew tat upon
II for centuries before the French
came IT comprises the rich valleys
between the m Mountains running along
-he coast and the high plateaus OF the
Atlas which fall away into the Sahara,
md also of a rich coastal strip here
and there. II runs clear across AL
seTia and Tunlsa, and In round NUM-
ners lis roo or 500 miles long from
Nest to east and from 80 to 90 miles
vide, 1T contains altogether an area
almost as large as New England and
'Wlly as Large ~ the state of Illinois.
II has som ewhere between $4,000, 900
Ind $4,000, 900 acres of excellent
ands, but this is In patches, some
arge and some small, have gone
through regions, such as Oran- where
he soil is as rich as the Mississippi
yatley, and through others where the
ieinyards grow out OF a fat red loam,
ike that OF the best coffee plantations
II Sac Paulo, Brazil
Much of the Tell is like California
Dr Colorado and not a little of 1t is
irrigated. There ls an enormous dam
near this town of Perregaux which
nnds back a lake. containing II ,0o0s-
700 cubic meters OF water and an
other not far away near St Denis-du-
Sig, which contains 100000 more
Wherever the water can be stored 1t
Is conducted over the lands. and a
great deal of irrigation is also done
by means OF wells, the motive power