The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-10-20
Certain of these regions !,

pers. Certain Of these regions IN
said to be among the most fertile
the world. producing In abundance N
only the finest Of wheat and barb,
hut grapes, apricots, peaches, nectu
ines, pomegranates, figs and melon
which are unsurpassed among M
fruits OF the temperate zone. Coum I
and tobacco thrive, ,and roses, as w,l +
as other flowers, gloriously desert
the frequent association Of Aa
names with that OF Persia.
Now Has Chance TO Dsvelop
The day Is at hand as one Of IN \
by-products OF the war, when Pera
has the opportunity to begin to lean
from British experts, not only hW
to reclaim more desert land by build
ing better aqueducts and by throEks
barrages across mountain gorge
store the surplus OF the spring fresA
cts, but how to establish closer con
municatlon with the outside vOi
and to develop her great potential n
sources.
Lacking In the energy. lnltatlH|
and cooperative spirit necessary b
develop their country themselves ID
Persians have suffered from the jsiIl
Gus rivalry Of their nelghbors, al
from seclusion forced by nature vi
belled by their central geographic
location, I'm all the recent hlstoryInai1
Ing disturbances In the Near and Mt
die East.
In spite Of her position as a va
liable Asiatic Belgium, Persia
strangely cut or fIom world lnla
course by those same natural ~
rlers which so affect her climate.
At the opening of this century n
single highway suitable for Wheel
conveyances pierced the mountains
the plateau. A few foreign ofic'
and infrequent venturesome trayee
made their toilsome way by cara''
over tortuous passes to the PerSl
capital or to other Persian cities u
the Perslans themselves for the no
part stayed at home. But about "
gOvernment-subsldiZed Russian Co
pany opened a post road, as a ID
tary-commerclal venture WIZ
climbed from the Persian poH
EMAIL, on the Caspian sea, 10
capital city, Teheran.
Five years ago three or four y
carriage routes and narrow's''
railway running Ave and haif M
from Teheran to a suburban sur
were the only competitors OF the
turesque but slow-moving caravan
Teheran's Fine Location
No one knows how long there
been a city where the present y
tai OF Persia stands. 1t has MOI
ways been called Teheran, nor nn'
always been in the same spot pu
city has existed In the Locality /"
I back as Persian history reso
] Such a suitable site could haruv
b overlooked. II is at an altltuus
r nearly 1000 feet. at the foot OF .o ~
$ ing mountains, at the junction Oi '
: great Aslatic caravan routes
Q mountain passes, and beside an ~
+ supply OF water. Favored III
Q ways, II has accumulated a popu'a
i OF more than 100000 since the W
ming Of the Nineteenth century
). The latitude Is that OF CAPE
;, teras. The three summer mohlns
exceedingly hot and dry, but i
5, wishes the luxury of a summer y
s. 1t Is at his door.
IS Although occupying an ancie%.
e, Teheran is a modern city
y been the capital of Persia ony
$, tie more than a century ana nus
)r an important metropolis for
IS shorter time than that.
In jOurneying to Teheran iIO''
II, Caspian sea, so sudden Is lnv
re sitlon from desert to city thal +
err one realizes that the Journey
re an end he finds himself e'ue
RI across the stone causeWay o's'
r. moat toward the most SURPRISE
IS, gnteways, a great multicoloreu n n
Of Overlald with gay mosaic ol :,
he ing tiles prS '0pped win nu'
of minaret1 "a " III u"
fashion.
he Teheran 4, rose nun
m cities hetwesn r. and III,
I'M Nos raS, , Je.%' cor ,r ,odlAcail
ell Kip,lng's oft-qu 80 ~,
eS- East and West h.. -"