Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-19
STAUFFER PARTY
HOME FROM TRIP
Wen Known salt Lake Physician and
Family Returns From an
Interesting Trip.

DR.. Fred Stauffer. Mrs stauffer and
their two sons returned homo Monday
night. after having spent five months
Ia Europe, Asia and Africa, where they
| went on account OF Mrs. Stauffer's
health, which has been greatly benefit
| cd by the trip, also for the education OF
the boys, and that the doctor might
visit some Of the most renowned hos
| pitfalls in Austria. Germany and Eng
| land.
We had a splendid trip" said the
doctor to The News today. but we are
glad to get home again. We visited
several OF the Islands OF the Atlantic.
Gibraltar, various points OF interest
along the Mediterranean, ana spent two
weeks IN Palestine. | was there 20
years ago, and note wonderful
changes in that time, especially from
Jana to Mt Carmel, the plains OF
Sharon having been trans formed from
desert places into beautiful fields ~
wheat The lands are owned by tn
Turkish government. II has sold some
tracts to syndicates which are promot-
ing them, but most OF the lands are
leased to the people.
Jerusalem now has a population Of
GO,00 70 10000 people. Of whom prob
ably 50 per cent are Jews, the others
being Mohammedans, Arabs and Eu-
ropeans. Quite a modern city has been
built on the outskirts OF the ancient
city, which has undergone little change
since ! was there before
For while zammerin and other
villages which the Rothschilds and 9th
err influential Jews attempted 10 build
up In an effort to encourage the re.
turn OF the chosen people to their
ancient lands. fourished: then owing
TO the burdens placed on the Jews BY
the Turkish government the towns
dwindled Taxes were so heavy that
oven the trees were cut down as zach
tree was an object OF special tax. Nov
the Turks have relcnted, the Jews are
once more coming In and the new vii
lagos have takeT on their former life
while Palestine once more is a land
81 promise 20 this scattered and op-
pressed people.
Most Of the people are agrlcultur- |
lists. the grape, with It's wine Industry. |
being the principal crop
About the time we were there a |
heavy snowfall had occurred In the |
mountains, and the historic river Jor- |
dan was on the rampage the water /
overlooking its banks. They had a 30
inch fan Jerusalem IL 5000 feet above
tho Mediterranean. while the Dead sea /
near by IL 1900 feet below we visited
most Of the sacred places in Palestine.
"on our return, we visited Constan-
tinoplc. Athens and Oberammergau,
where We attended the Passion PLAY. 1
The play begins at in the morning.
and ends at In the evening. with an
intcrmisslon, there being four hours
in the morning and four In the after
noon. The charges run from 80 cents
TO 81. There are 700 people IN the cast.
and the big auditorium will seat B 600
people. The village has a population OF
/ 500, and IL Is taxed TO its capacity
to take care Of the thousands of ylsi-
tors, the mon1steries being thrown
open for the accommodation OF tho
While there Or. stauffer heard
man remark, The Jews killed the Sa-
vior and here they are making money
telling how they did H." There is n
lot Of grating there" concluded the
doctor and Americans ore not want
ing In the game"