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PALESTINE 



The same as 

 2.000 years ago 



associated with Bible char- 

 acters. The well of Bethle- 

 hem and Jacob's well are 

 both familiarly known. 

 Shepherds still tend flocks 

 of sheep on the Judean hills. 



There are two seasons in 

 Palestine, summer and win- 

 ter. The winter season, 

 which is moderately cold 

 and rainy, lasts from No- 

 vember until April. The 

 summer is dry and, espe- 

 cially in the inland villages 

 east of the coast plains, very 

 hot. The wild flowers of 

 Palestine are many. The 

 country marks the southern 

 limit of the milder tempera- 

 tures and the northern limit of tropical climates, 

 and ita flowers are typical of both. Among about 

 1,000 varieties, flowering almonds, azaleas, acacias, 

 the scarlet anemone, the narcissus and the crocus 

 are abundant. 



Palestine, for long years the home of the He- 

 brew race, was under control of Rome in the time 

 of Christ. In the seventh century it passed under 

 the Moslem power, and from 1516 to 1019 was in 

 tnds of the Turks and a pan of the Turkish 

 Empire. The dream of the Jews, that Pal 

 mipht be restored to a semblance of Israel's former 

 days, seemed to promise realization wl 

 the peace conference erected it into an independent 

 state. M \v 



Related Subjects. The following articles in these 



volumes are suggested as supplementary reading in 

 connection with Palestine : 



Beersheba Jerusalem 



Bethel Jesus Christ 



Bethlehem Jews 



Canaanites Jordan 



Crusades Judea 



Dead Sea Lebanon. Mountains of 



Galilee Nazareth 



Gethsemane Nebo, Mount 



Hebron Olives, Mount of 



Jaffa Samaria 

 Jericho 



PALESTINE, TEX., the county seat of Ander- 

 son County, situated in the eastern part of the 

 state about midway between the northern and 

 southern borders. Houston 

 is 160 miles south; Austin, 

 180 miles southwest. Rail- 

 way transportation is pro- 

 vided by the International 

 & Great Northern road. 

 The first settlement was 

 made in 1846, and the place 

 was incorporated in 1870. 

 Since 1910 it has been gov- 

 erned on the commission 

 plan. The population in- 

 creased from 10,482 in 1910 

 to 11354 (Federal estimate) 

 in 1916. The area exceeds 

 three square miles. 



Palestine is located in a 

 highly-productive cotton 

 region, where large deposits 



