Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-12
MANY SCENES
At JERUSALEM
ARE WITNESSED
Ancient Main Has Lost In Name
and Location In the Fleeing
of Years, Says the Rev. Mr..
Young in Letter.
&C. G Young.)
Jerusalem. March Is, 1907

dretn Drought US AGAIN over tde plaAn
of Esdraelon which is about &c miles
long and about 1--WE wide, now thescene
of active farming operations. The peo
pie are really hard at work, and would
be fairly prosperous, even with the
crude equipments. If they were not
taxed beyond any. reasonable limit. The
tax amounts to about twenty cents
on the dollar, and of the manner of
taxation | will speak in another ar
ticle.
About six miles north Of Nazareth
we stopped at ancient Main which has
not lost its name or location in more
than two thousand fleeing years. Here
1t was that our Lord raised from death
the widows son, and from the miracle
probably the Masonic order gets one
of their sublimest lessons in their ira
ditional work. Just be--ond Main and
to the east is the sote of ancient Endor
where the witch lived 10 whom King
Saul went under cover of darkness.
and for the purpose of consulting about
the battle the next day. The battle
field Is near by and / can see
from the location how Saul
could leave his soldiers in
camp and with doubt in his mind go
to consult the witch of Endor From
here we visit ancient Shunem whose
site and name are still preserved from
the time of the prophet Elijah and
where he made many visits from Mt.
Carmel Further on in the same morn
ing's journey, and where we had lunch,
Is Jezreel built ION a high hill. Down
below in the very rich valley over
which we have passed is what was
once Nabotn's great vineyard. The
high hill down which Jezebel was
thrown from the palace window is still
there and the locations so well CORES
pond with what was written long before
the time of Christ that / am even as
tonished at the accuracy. All day long
we ara riding through the province of
Gallilee which we have been ever since
Syria. At night we stop at Gennen
which is near the line of Samaria and
Gallilee provinces. Here again we see
the rule of Turkish authority. Every
where are seen the soldiers and police
and could not see the reason for it,
May be it is to keep up with some bad
men who ply their trade in these parts
and rob people. An incident of this
kind happened just few days ahead
of us. An English teacher was trav-
cling alone from one TO another vii
lage, and was bound and robbed and
thrown in a cave. He defied them
to kill him, which they dared not do.
for the fear of English powder. He
finally was found and went about his
business and the soldiers have done
nothing about it. This is the way they
do business, and why l said l could
not see the reason of so many of them.
We feared nothing from any attacks,
for we had an armed dragoman with
US, and they would fear to attack tour
lists more than resident teachers.
The next day we passed the place
where ancient Dothan stood. We saw
pits just like the one into which Jos
eph was cast by his brothers and about
one mile from Dothan is the old Egypt
road from Jerusalem which hss been
trod by caravans for thousands of
years. Here we met several trains
of camels going to and from Egypt
Such a picture of the ancient time. Al
SO near Dothan is the grandAst sight of
my life in an olive orchard. There are
thousands of acres and my dragoman
told me it was the largest and Oldest
in Palestine. The best authorizes
agree that some Of the olive trees
here and in the garden OF Gethsemane
at Jerusalem are fifteen hundred years
old. And even some OF the original
roots are older. And one thinks so
in seeing them with great trunks, kecot-
ted and twisted and aged in appear
ance. From Dothan we enter the pro-
vince Of Samaria, over mountains and
through valleys, and even a more pict-
uresque country than Gallilee. The
first place Of historical importance is
the city of ancient Samaria which was
the capitol of the province. The gran
lite pillars of Herod's place are sail
standing. also the pillars and foun-
dation of the theatre of ais time The
account of Samaria in its best days
tells US that the street on the moun
tain slope was one mile long. That
Is true today. This ancient and pros
porous city street is now a public
road and in the mile counted fifty
FIVE solid granite columns still standing
as the lonely sentinels of Samaria's
departed glory. The columns are Ia
wonderful state OF preservation and
they would grace the front OF any pub
lie building In Douglas where corin-
THAN effect is desired. The tombs OF
Obidiah. Elisha, and John the Bap-
list are In Sanaria, and over them was
milt in an early day a Crusaders
hurch, the remains OF which are still
tanding. It is massive temple with
rails six feet thick. and / am not
surprised that 1t has stood Sc long.
The reader win remember that Samar-l
Ia was Herod's capitol IN Roman oc-
cupation OF Palestine and that he was
living here when he ordered John
the Baptist beheaded- In two hours
more we are in ancient Sechem, now
a city OF 10000 people 1t Is now called
q name It has borne since
Roman time. This was one of the best
cities Of the ten tribes after the king
dom of Israel was divided. and has
h<n<, Cor al time fha canfto1 Of the