The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-14
GIVES LOCATION
OF EDEN S GARDEN
POPULAR THEORIES ouAsHED-
QUARREL BETWEEN CAIN AND
ABEL OVER WATER SUPPLY.

where the ark struck real land after
the deluge. and having demonstrated
additionally that Noah was much Civ.
en- to the juice Of the grape even
though he invented the water wag-
on" Sir William Willcoks. the British
adviser to the Turkish ministry of pup.
lie works. now has come along with
a statement as to the precise geo
graphical location of the Garden OF
Eden. According to his measurements
the homestead of Adam and Eve
was situated in the Harlah district.
just about $50 kilometres north OF
Bagdad
This spot, so it is explained. is az
oasis situated In the center of a vast
deso'ate plain, which is trayersed by
-four arms of the Euphrates, which rep.
resent the four rivers that are men
toned in Biblical stories OF the gar
dent of Eden. OF the four rivers re-.
ferrcd to the Euphrates apparently is
the name. and the Hiddekel has been
almost universally identified with The
Tigris.
The object of commentators who
have sought TO put = literal construc.
tion on the passage therefore, Egs
been TO identify the Pon tni The
Gihon, by finding two rivers, wm.h,
together with the EuphrateG and the
Tigris fulfill the conditions stated in
Genesis And a river went out of
Eden to water the garoen. anc rrom
thence it was parted and became into
four heads" As there is no river
which forms a common sourcce fo~
the Euphrates. the Tigris and two otn-
ors recourse has been hal 70 n srraln.
ed contraction Of one kind or other.
The quarrel between Cain and Abel
so Sir William holds arose. according
to local tradition, over the water sup.
q ply. Cain and his followers were agri.
d rultursts, who cultivated the banks OF
- the river, while Abel was a shepherd
and it was necessary for his flocks
j. that the plsturage on the plain should
p be irrieated. That is to say, If the
|. river flowed in its natural bed the
a tillers Of the soil would prosper but
q if the waters were spread over the
;. plains the shepherds would prosper.
a As the result OF the row victory rested
n with Cain.
As to the dcluge, Sir William sug.
gests that the dams or dykes built
by the pastoral dwellers to conserve
the waters Of the Euphrates ana the
Tigris burst and the plain between the
=" rivers was submerged, the greater part
s. OF tho population being drowned. Noah
" having advance information as TO the
~ condition OF the dams an dforseeing
Il their collapse, butt the ark and thus
Y escaped the big flood when !, ,d
s. come Hence his voyage may not have
T. been as long in point of distance ira
- yerscd as often has been credited il
n his maritime record.
r Many and various are the attempt.
a. that have been made TO determine tn,
u precise geographical location Of Ad
4. ans claim Tho most ancient trsdi
tion, going back to Josephus. makes
Havilah equivalent TO mdla ana III,
Pison one of its rivers, while Cusl
Il Is Ethiopia and the Gihon the Nile
u \ popular theory has placed Eden IL
he
nectel it with the dwelling OF Parma
pishtim the Babylouian Noah. at tn,
' confluence of streams which is sup
5 posed to have been in the Persian
gulf.
Sir William Wilcoks. who nov
makes hi announcement is a noteC
o engineer who after | years of associa
tion with the public works department
3 of India entered the service of tn,
Egyptian government. and designe,
e. and carried out the Nile dam az A.
l. souan He spent practically all o
r his life in India, having been educate,
at the famous engineering college a
Roaykee until he went to Egypt. a.
advisor to the Turkish ministry of pub
d lie works, he is responsible for tn
great irrigation schemes which hav,
Is as their end the regeneration OF Ne
sopotamia, once the garden of the
d world, but now an arid desert, when
a If present plans work out, is destined
to blossom as the rose" as the polIti
y cal orator has IT,
i Every baby under one year OF age
Y In Carter county is entitled to a fine