Deseret Evening News | 1906-10-17 | Page 4 | Abdul Hamid a Promoter

ABDUL HAMID A PROMOTER Xe tew York World The of has established 1 IL land trust to exploit tot tor his prOfit lIy ity Irrigation the company formed under his charter Is r reclaimIng 1011 i grown barren through the tite of at centuries II and nil Is restoring It to fertility but b by methods which po sc the natIve landholders an reduce leduce them to farm Apart from II Its bearing on oil the Sultans for tor fortune tune the be to 10 redeem an ancient seat of empire will arouse n a sentiment interest al As an IrrIgation project It dwarfs dwart for tor the reclamation or of AmerIcan desert lands This I Is gardening on a gigantic scale Using twenty centuries otter the ChrIs lion era em practically the same methods to keep the land fertile In the theold theold old lays Its profits ar Into time the Sultan railway and other projects