Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-16 | Page 10 | Bits of Information

II BITS OF INFORMATION I I Telephones arc rc to 0 be he introduced into the Iio Turkish empire and ind an operate 1 l 1 y I the hc government on the thc as ashe the he mail and ind teJe telegraph raph service I It j is iq reported that an in n J-II J lish coin coin- pan pany hns applied for the tobacco monopoly mo in Turkey lurker after the expiration tion or of tho concession of tho the present prent re regie io It is js prepared i it is is said s. to offer n loan Joan to the tho government o of at nt 4 per jer cent in the thc event o of oC the concession bein being granted New cw Turkish post postage t tamps stamps arc beng being be be- iD ng ing printed the central design igl of of which is the Ottoman parliament build build- in ing ng Liko Like tho the medals Her which are bong heing he bo- ng ing struck in commemoration of the promulgation of tho constitution they thy will wm carry tho the date of July luv 10 1321 1 3 I which is equivalent t to tc July Jul- 21 1008 The fez may bo be gradually abolished in n. n Turkey as a n. head covering Austria Austria Aus Aus- tria for years cars has enjoyed a practical monopoly of the tho fez manufacture The Tho Ottomans are adopting tho the homemade o JJ which liko tho the fez lends itself to tho the Moslem customs custom while the brimmed hats and caps do not