Evening star., 1925-11-05

period OF 10 months. Thus, the small
organization seems to thrive better
than the larger one.
1t is well known that the problem
of securing work for women is very
serious one, because the native farm
er does not believe that they can do
agricultural work. especially that
type of work which women have
never done, such as hoeing and dig
sing. The easier" work, such as
fertilization. pruning, binding of trees,
is not available throughout the year
These conditions make 1t difficult for
the woman worker to penetrate into
| the various branches of field work
| This Is why cooperative units for
women have been established as well
as training schools.
The man workers had to resort to
! the labor organization in order to
/ force themselves into the larger col-
onles. The woman workers will
| have to go through the same channel.
! Indeed, since the organization Of the
labor group, the number of woman
workers has increased: partly for the
purpose of doing domestic work-i.e.
| kitchen, sewing. laundry-and partly
field work. especially tobacco work, !
| nursery, picking. etc.
But soon this situation will adjust
| itself and woman will work side by
| side with man everywhere. An eN-
| ample of this is in the small camp
of Haburah,. which made provision
| for extensive absorption of woman
| workers. AS a result of this. small
groups OF woman workers, ranging
| from 2s per cent to 45 per cent,
were employed. Soon. It is expected,
| woman workers on farms will be re-
| ceived on complete equality with
| men.
! The Dead Sea.
| We journeyed to Jericho one fine
morning, arising at o'clock. 1t
| should have been two hours earlier
If you have an enemy and want him
| to suffer, send him to Jericho in
August or September 1t is the hot
| test place on earth, being / 200 feet
| below sea level. Here you can wade
! in the Dead Sea.
! | was accompanied to this place by
| the Governor of Jericho, Ruhi Bey
Abd -el- Had. a veSy fine type of Arab
And imagine, II you can. the COVER
nor and friend were going of to
spend an afternoon hunting grouse
! and partridge in a torrid heat that
| would seem to be no worse at the
| Equator.
1t is truly picturesque spot. but
| how anxious YOU are to get away
! from 1t. Yet in the Winter, | am
told, it is the wonder spot of Pales-
! tine. Within an hour from Jerusalem
with its Winter coolness. YOU can
! come to pleasant Summer heat in
Jericho.
1t is here that a great Winter re-
sort Is being planned by one Of the
men that were with us on the jour
ney. He is a physician and is aim
! ing to establish sanitarium for
| rheumatism and other ailments re-
| quiring sun given properties.
| The governor has great hopes for
his country. He said: The Jews
have done much to bring tourists and
those interested in the development
| of the property. and we are looking
| forward to remarka BILE progress in
| this section of the country"
lie told me that several scientists
are working on the possibility of val
uable chemicals being contained in
the Dead Sea. (By the way, 1t Is
almost impossible to sink in the
Dead Sea. it is so heavily weighted
| with salt. And for the same reason
nothing can live in it,
1t is claimed that the Dead Sea
| will be found to contain many i'm
portant chemicals and activities are
interest. Considerable attention Is
being given to the experiments that
| have been made by the Standard Oil
Co. as to the possibility of oil in the
| vicinity of the Dead Sea. And the
fact that this oil company intends
to continue its operations gives rise
to the feeling that oil will be found
there. If 1t is. it will prove a great
boon to Palestine and Syria, where.
! no coal mines exist.
Next to the utilization of the
potential water power of Palestine
tor irrigation and electric purposes,
no less important is the finding of
oil.
Electricity will do much to develop
this territory. which also has the
water problem. The Gutenberg
! scheme has for it's object the uili-
zation of the great natural tank of
the Lake of Tiberius. and the con-
sidera BILE difference of level between
! the Jordan and Yarmuk Rivers as
sures ability to generate up to 100.-
| 600. horsepower of electric energy
The reasliZation of the Gutenberg
project will make it possible to have
more than enough cheap electric
power for running the railways. local
! industries and for domestic purposes,
it is hoped.
1 BY means of irrigation. not only
| Will the crops he increased four or
GNn fald