Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-10-08
NOTES from ABROAD.
Wndling OperatiOns in Turkey
hOreaSs Tobacco Smokers,

"ndling OperatiOns in Turkey
hOrea's Tobacco Smokers.
Flom consular report 1t appears
tina q number OF persons in and
aropd Smyrna. Asiatic Turkey, are
orgfized with the object of swindling
iorefn merchants. Several American
ousifss houses have suffered. Send
ing tlls of lading in excess of real
Valueot shipments, shipping raw ma
terial Of lower quality than ordered
and lying short weights are among
ene mthods employed by the swind-
lers. Names and detailed informa-
ton MY be obtained from the bureau
Oh mani features, Washington, D. C.
OF Hrea's native population of
S'5SS,S4t a total of 3,S76,0SS are to-
oacco s1 okers. using annually 4s,47S,-
S9T poulds of tobacco, at a cost of
80 cents for each smoker. The to-
oacco USED is mostly of native produc-
tion. About $500 900 worth 81 foreign
cigarettes are imported annually. ia
pan supplies half and American and
British interests the bulk of the bal
ance.
The German Orient Bank has re-
Gently established three agencies at
Mansurha, Minien and Benz Sulf, in
the cotton districts OF Egypt, and pro-
1ects similar agencies at various
points in Asia Minor.
vancouver B. c., Is very Busy, es-
pecially in real estate and building
operations. The city is making large
expenditures for grading, paving and
the laying of water and sewage pipes.
The elestric railway Is extending its
lines freely. Large lumber cargoes
are going to Great Britain, South
America, Australia and New Zealand.
Customs receipts are increasing.
7 OIL is found for a distance Of 250
miles on the east coast OF the island
of Saghalien, but its commercial value
is yet to be ascertained. Being near
the coast, 1t could readily be trans
ported. There are rumors Of active
development soon to begin
The finance minister of Canada says
that the iron and steel bount!es will
not be renewed on the date of their
expiring, December 81, 1910, in, defer
ence to prevailing public sentiment.
One of the companies (the Dominion)
got 81 100000 bounty in the fiscal year
ended March 81, 1908 Others drew
from $4,000 to $545,O 900.
G. w. Stephens, chairman Of the
harbor commissioners Of Montreal,
says: with the exception of San
Montreal is the only port
In North America where every bit Of
the foreshore belongs to the public
and Is under the control OF a public
The French navy council has de-
cided that the number Of French ships
Of line should be forty-fve. The ex-
penditure necessary to carry out this
decision will be 100000, 900, to be
spread over ten years
Canadian bank deposits are $780,
100000 larger than at this time last
year.
A sale by auction of 1000 lots at
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, the
terminal of the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway, realized $1.176,00O.
The Transvaal government will pro-
iced Immediately to construct 500
niles Of additional railway at a cost
If $4,000
Population statistics have taken a
urn for the better in France. In 1907
he deaths exceeded the births by
1882, while in 1908 the reverse was
he case to the extent of 46.451. Last
year more marriages were celebrated
han in any other year since 1873.