Logan Republican | 1903-08-26 | Page 2 | World's Great Fur Market

WORLD'S G.REA1 FUR MARKET, Ruatlan Tradera Gather Annually al Irblt In Siberia. The great fur market of the world Is held annually In Irblt In Siberia, It Ilea 1,000 miles east of Moscow and tho Russian traders have to cross the Ural mountains to got to It, Every year the fur morchants havt adventures enough In trying to reach Irblt In tlma to All a whole library ol romantic stories If thoy would only tell them. But it has beon their busk ness all their lives, so they thlnty nothing of It, and they havo no time to spin yarns, for as soon as theji have bought their furs la Irblt they must hasten back to Russia again tq prepare them for further sale and then they usually hurry to Lelpzlc In Germany, which, In addition to being the great book-selling center of Eu rope, is also the biggest fur market H of tho world west of Russia.