Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-10-11

gion about Adana has begun to at
tract international attention.
There are about 10000 sheer
In Turkey and nearly as man,
goats. The former yield a rather
coarse wool which is admirabl,
suited to carpet manufacture. TIL,
hair of the goats, many of which
are OF the Angora variety, supplies
the material for the manufacture
of mohair.
Savage dogs, their Threats pro
tected from wolves by heavy
spiked collars. guard the fiocks,
and some shepherds would almost
rather lose a child than one of
these watchdogs.
Women Are Conservative.
Although official freedom has
come TO the Anatolian peasant wom-
en-, they have not experienced prac-
tical emancipation to the same de-
gree as their city sisters. They
cling to their wells, resent the gov
eminent liquor stores, are shocked
by the seml-nudities of the new
periodicals. see In the motor car q
terror to their beasts, and dread
the railways, for whose coming the
men are eager. They do much of
the hard work about the farms, and
In addition spin out the wool which
their sheep give. and weave 1t to
make clothes for all the family.
The Ottoman Turks first app
peared In their present homeland
early In the Thirteenth century,
when a few thousand of them.
driven from Central Asia by Mon.
gol invasion, settled near the pres
emit Angora. sixty-eight years later
the 0sman dynasty established IT.
self and eventually conquered a
large territory extending into Eu-
rope and Africa, as we'll as Asia.
Through the succeeding centuries
unsuccessful wars followed the
earlier victorious campaigns, with
the result that the far-fiung empire
was reduced to the limits of the
present republic. But In some re.
spects the shrinking process was q
disguised blessing, for 1t eliminat.
ed many of Turkeys polyglot racial
problems.
Turkeys only large city is Istan-
bull (Constantinople). and since II
has been shorn of its Importance
as the seat of government, many of
its palaces are empty and In disre.
pair, and the bazaars, while still
wonderful. have not the variety of
attractions for which they once
were noted. The only feature
which has not changed is the
matchless beauty of the Golden
Horn and the Bosporus, as their
blue waters reflect mosque and
minaret and crumbling fortress
tower.
Ankara Full Of Energy.
Ankara, awkward adolescent.
throbs with energy. Call the new
Turkish capital An-go-ra and you
relate 1t to Angora cats and An.
CORA goats. Call 1t Ankara, as the
Turks do. and Its name suggests
the anchor, p%aradoxical emblem of
an inland city, which marked its
ancient coins.
Between the railway and the city.
what was a malarial swamp has
become a sports field, resort of
fashion. On the main street, up
big buses climb to a Shout :
der Of Citadel hill, are crowded
schools. Near the Museum, hap !
PLY conceived and magniflcently
is an equestrian statue of
the first and present president of I
the republic, Mustafa Renal Pasha. {
confidently scanning the West. q
Anatolia still colors the life of
It's capital. Bright-shirted peas
ants throng the market place.
of turkeys wander about, t
.fattening themselves for sale. q
Carts with solid wooden wheels and G
Drawn by sluggish water ~buffaloes t
poke solemn fun at the speed-sug. c
red helmet and arm band of 0
ultra-modern traffic policeman. l
Izmir (Smyrna), Adana. Konya h
md Bursa are other important [
titles. The last named is a verI- q
dream city, charmingly locat- h
ID on the forge-gashed lap of the
Olympus. not far inland
rom the Sea Of Marmora. o
Many elements In Bursa life make q
I a potential center of difficulties 4
n the new Turkish republic. 1t y
wed much Of the prosperity that 4
made 1t a beautiful city to Greeks, a
Armenians and Protestant Chris Il
who were engaged there In
ilk manufacture before the World o
var. One of the republics largest n
tiles. and long a capital and cul. K
ural center under the 0sman n
.Iynasty. Bursa has at times felt n
by the republican regime.