Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-06-11
JebeI sufsa, Mountain of the Law.

prepared by the National Geographic So
clety' Washington, D. CO.
Nall the deserts of the earth the
~, ~0St read about undoubtedly is
Vt of the Hebrew Exodus, the
Gu Vipsula that lies between
ton fam NJ 'estine; but its modern
hospital don known. AS the crow
undergo a minA from the north end
Mrs. Nels Nelson came s,s Gro
Eagle River last week miles; but
or less, rfs-4fepeaI ~ Sy' ~the
graph and telephone lends ~ sere
duction and repeal of porrIurl-S En-
automobile tax, the repeal of taxeea lee
JeWelPy below certain amounts, ak y
the reduction of the stamp tax a
grain and other produce exchanb +;es
TRANSACTIONS read
The income tax changes ncue wan
the new normal tax rates of 2, DO wears
per cent and surtaXes with a year
mum of 40 per cent, are. eBut closer
income of 1924, payahve discloses that
1925. -as accommodated in
This lnt"eek,and that 88 Years
The RetroaetIrs. .nps near Mount Hor
o. INCOME odiss
MAKES IL pc anfeord is complete as to
iIiahg d ueu UI;le Exodus but many fail
IaS5uent. ,o,@is because the history of
at the tref n is scattered through six
De issued ID Testament books, the rec
governing sging back and forth from one
non o another nearly 100 times
~ ~ nageneral 1t may be said that the
taApaye section Of the route from
ile mses to Sinai is known perfectly
9h Tb the recovery of most Of the an
ofsent names simply a matter Of time
lafhe fourth and last section OF the
route from Elath, on the Gulf Of
Akabah, to Jericho is also well known
and it is of enchanting interest to
note that on this section all the most
prominent towns mentioned in the
books of Exodus and Numbers retain
their ancient names till this time.
Loop Section Little Known.
The loop section of the route from
Ezion-geber into the Wilderness of
the Wandering and back to Elath Is
the least well-eXplored portion 1t
contains the well-known names of
Kadesh Barnea and Mount Hor, where
Aaron died and was buried. Thirty
EAShl SCttiS VI IhC JOulACJ "CLC spent
about Kadesh, and it is here, If any
where the actual remains o. the
Exodus will some day be found. The
site of Kadesh Barnea has been made
the subject of dispute, but it is almost
certain thar the modern Ain Kadis
with its coDious spring, several wells
and pools, is really the ancient
Kadesh. An equally vigorous dispute
M still continues concerning the identif-
4 cation of Mount Hor.
A. The Peninsula of Sinai, within
Mfhich lies the first two sections of
the route, is that triangular region
bstween the two arms of the northern
end Of the Red sea. A line drawn
from Suez to Akabah little town at
The head of the gulf of that name, a
distance of $50 miles through the
desert, forms the northern side of the
triangle The other two sides are
bounded by the Gulf of Suez and the
Gulf of Akabah. The Gulf of Suez
the longer arm, sweeping toward the
southeast for distance of about 200
miles, lies in the troughlike depression
which separates Africa from Asia, and
together with the Suez canal forms
one of the greatest waterways of the
earth The other arm, the Gulf of
Akabah, extends north by west for 40
miles, being a continuation of the most
remarkable rift upon our planet, that
of the Dead sea and the Jordan val
ley
The area Of this triangle the penin-
sula proper. is a little less than 10000
square miles. 1t is one vast desert re
Heved by a few cases along the sea
coast and deep among the network of
rocky valleys. In the north and along
both seacoasts are vast stretches of
winds from land and sea. Further
inward are stony plateaus and great
wastes Of sand glistening with salt.
Sinai Range Is Impressive.
But just south of the center of the
peninsula, like a great lighthouse be-
tween the continents, rises the huge
granite range of Sinai to a height of
over $500 feet. The triple peaks of
Serial (6.730 feet). Musa (7,363 feet),
and Catharine $3.50 feet) all lie with
In a circle whose diameter is not more
than % miles. Geologically this mass
of primeval gneiss and granite or in
more precise Technology, of colorless
quartz, fieSh-colored feldspar, green
horneblende. and black slate, is most
impressive sight. Since remotest times
these crystalline masses have under
zone no geological changes. but have