The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-22
No Peace on Mount Ararot
Since the Ark Went Aground

watAinston. ~ C.. Sept. All
Mount Arerat. whore there has
hardly han a moment's peeco since
Ntah ana Biz 81 Erouaded upon lts'
massive shoulder. ia az present the.
hinge. tronDlt- boundaes mark be-
tween the Ottoman empire and rus.
fiA, and under Tho shadows Of the
historic peak The nRhting lines OF Os-
man4s a1d Russiaa have been swaygnr
back and forth. never far beyond the
ln*h of the frontier. begins the null
ieiip issued today BY the Rational
Geographic society. "Ararat ie the
huh % Armenia. 81 The original Acme
81 The haik people. II is also the
center "a what has ever been the most
troubled arca on earth. Tribes OF
Europe ana ~ Asia have fought each
other here ffom the dawn OF history.
and tho REMNANTS from the battles
HAYS settlcd as neishhors. hating. de-
tpoilIne. m~aeraerine one another. eau
caalen history has always been 10
hlncd and destruction. Of wage
aud sudden death. OF blacklist treach-
efs n heartlees c~ruelty-a book
whote livery pare r. written fun o.
ktilluEs an6 de@aiatiuna Dramatic
horror has ever siaiked around Ar
arat'a orood base, ana the border
warfare nov IN progress forms no
hiatus IN the land's HormaI life.
-Ararai IL one Of the most impress
slfe Of earth'q mountains for Il rises
sheer to Fhe cioues out Of an Immense
plain. with no neiHhhoTine peaks 10
soften ~ ISOLATION and TO take from
iis majesty. a mighty Mount Everest
- set wen within a mDssive, sky
touching range 81 mouatains: Mount
blauo y merely one % several Impose
ing fellows b u Ararat stands up. With
only a background OF sky and plain
~ a frame OF little emouatainF, a
splendid thing without a peer. The
dominant mountain ls split Into two
pcakr Great n Little --rarat. Great
Arnrat rises 20 a height Of 1900 feet
above the level Of the sea. Little Ar
araf. where the boundaries az thu OF.
toinaU empire. % Russia and 81 Per-
STA meet. reaches an altitude ~ IA
sac feet. Though the enaw-line here
- very high-i4.0oO fect-thc dome
az Great Ararnf Is covered with gilt
terms fields ~ unbroken white. Pas
lures begin little below the snow line.
and. below the pastures runs q belt
for the most part sterile land. Pur-
pliah-hlre Ararat rests us foot IN q
golden plain. a plain OF golden sands.
spiaahed with vivid greens and reds.
which simmer like a Persian carpet.
"A vast wealth Of legend surrounds
y mountain. which has always deep
" impressed the i~maginations OF the
peoples who have wandered. passed.
or settled beneath Il. The Armenian
priests long believed that the wonder
fui mysteries OF It's summit might
ncstr be surveyed by human eyes. and
AL thought % scaling Ararnt was con-
aidcred almost in the light Of sac-
rliege. The Armenlnns have also held
tfat they are tho FIRST people after
the food. the immediate descendants
Of Noah. 50 30 speak; for the FIRST wiz
lago hat Noah bounded after aban-
doniug the ark was Nak%hitchevan. SO
Armenian thinks, that his people
were the 1rst race OF men 10 grow up
IN the world after the food.
The name Ararat means high
The Persian name for the mountain,
Koh-i-Nuh. means 'Noah's mountain
II has been determined by tho natives
that the Garden Of Eden was placed
n tho valley Of the Araxeh. a valley