RECLAIMING GARDEN OF EDEN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15321, 17 September 1920, Page 6

RECLAIMING GARDEN OF EDEN

Turl-es'an I*. of curse, primarily an agricultural country, and cotton the | i.najup cj»op. The other industries still i await development. There is a tremend- -i oi|s flnicj fpv lh c cultivation ~oi vine- ; yards and rice and other cereals. At : the same time the development of agri- : 'culture, will greatly stimulate tbe stjeep- : falsing industry, Which is now m. the 1 hands of ppimijive natives, uninstructed i ill modern 'fnefhods.. ' The fruit industry : awaits the guiding hands of mpflepn science. With the help of Californian specialists, Turkestan could be* transformed into an enormous fruit garden. There is at present only one factory fpr fruit ' preserving. 'Similarly, the fli-p. teeiping ' In. t)ip Jakes, and rivers need, only the iqtroductipn of modern industry to place them uppn the food markets of the world. The silk industry, if properly organised, : would easily bepbme one of the most important m the world. The mountains of Turkestan are rich m unexplored minerals. Gold', iron, popper, coal and maUY rare and ppeplons stones apd metals atfflit I the pioneer, I There ig an ojd legend m Turkestan that the Eden of the' first man' was placed m the Valley of Ferghana and that for his sin Allah laid a curse upon, the country and. transformed it into a desert. The quickening touch of water restores i the desert to richness and fertility sur- \ passing all legends. Who will bnild Eden anew?— Baltimore American.

! mmma^mmiimmmmmmißmm Four burglaries have taken place m Vauxl)all rpad, Devonport. within the last couple of months.. The latest haul was. a copper boiler from a >vasfthouse, the receptacle having been removed boaHy.