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;m.Y 5. 1952 . . .--.-,,.,g,”-,mm”W-M mm", 1-HE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN g g X W , gm, WV - IKGE sutvsu :",seHcH4o . :53, t-hlfggt ;;1,,1',., nil, number in 10,. lung mm. .m?'ey.u In more ....t,..e..&..p3..;3.,Q,.w , - TIMELY sores on mics . sac ”t.'.i.”.."::t..::.'”"" W” "M -"”-W . . .

1 - i ' ' ' But J. D. Eilbermsn, president - " H V Y V t d e E I twihegemare also bighranclli-es.cillile xi” tl;snAmerican guru Mercitilgirits a e 0 e , - p I 1 human ranc es : oca on, urges a some rig By J. A. Giark, D.!e- . : Sllver Fox and mu. .::::.."::.2:. 532?. i:.:.:r;.t".:”&:.”.;..&l;” ':"”"”- 1:33: - -1...... ........... , . V - , : , , , from 500 to more than a thous- Chinchilla breeding, in order to Early Island Mali Routes in at the last moment. In pulling E , i and breeding animals. A few old- avoid a situation that would re- the boat out of the water unto N ' ' i W! I-nd' mink men have fleet adversely on the fur indus- During the early British occupa- the ice. the occupants climbed V - - ;',.eu-0-vswcuu” U c rMAA -- : AM .u T Chinchilla units. No try. This opinion is held by some tion of the Island of st. John, the out and each caught their own

chinchilla Fur - Boom or Bub- Breeders of America, at my 1; editorially discussed by Doc of the National Fur News, Denver, Colorado. This in part i, me pro and con of the ques- tion . . . Is the Ohinehilia busi- ng, as it exists today, mainly a emotion for the sale of breed- ing stock? Or is it the beginning of . sound, permanent fur busi- neg? On this subject there are two schools do! thought, diametri-

lly oppose - wThe truth will, in our opinion,

known only when Chinchilla

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animals to one another and

b PS1. prices have become establish- newcomers in the game. Tidy pro- ed by auction sales and when fits have been made from "ranches"

chinchilla garments are offered in cellars, attics, the American public. This is from three to five years distant. accord-

ing to the National Chinchilla

which time, it is estimated. there will be the 200,000 breeding females of sufficient high quality to sup- commereiai pelt-

Whaiever the answer, the pos- sibility ,- however remote - oi chinchilla becoming an important American-grown fur can no long- er be ignored. Last year the na- tion's 8,800 Chinchilla breeders did a 810 million business selling live

caves and con- verted chicken houses. There are about 250,000 of these little blue- gray animals in the 11.8. and Can-

(which rode into popularity on a mighty wave of promotion), has been so richly publicized. Mathias Chapman's Original Eleven have been so embellished with the ro- mantic background of the Incas, Spanish Conquistadores a n d snow-capped Andes that they are now legend.

Magazines. newspapers, radio and TV have carried the Chin- chilla story to the people in con- tinuous streams. That these regal rodents do have news value is proved by the large public attend- ance at Chinchilla shows. Some 14,500 spectators were clocked at the Eastern Regional Show in Boston last February.

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HAYLOADERS

ii the pelts sell?--live Chlnchllliss several advantages. They are clean and odorless. Vegetar- ians, their feed bill is only .54 or :5 a year. with sound ranching practices, mortality rate .is com- paratively low. They are prolific,

other fur, not even silver I"ox'

auction company men. Many a fox farmer. caught in the trap of fickle fashion, may well wonder at seeing "society fur farmers" getting rich selling Chinchillas at from 01,000 to 51,500 a pair, while he was forced to pelt out his beau- tiful, unwanted animals at much less than cost of production. , other fur farmers, with an eye to the future. in be asking themselves if Chinchilla can be a profitable second fur. Only time can reveal the destiny of Chin- chilla fur. But when a little busi- ness becomes big ' ' s in such a short time. we believe it de- mands the objective study we hare tried to present. 0 O

mails and passengers to and from the Island and Nova Scotia were carried by boat from Wood Is- lands to Pictou Island and from thence to Plctou. Governor Wal- ter Patterson inaugurated the first winter mail service, by per- suading some men to attempt a passage by the above route in February, 1775. Using a small canoe they succeeded in reaching Nova Scotia a distance of about 23 miles. This was a long and hazardous route and sometimes a number of weeks would pass in the winter when no crossing could be made.

Mr. Donald Mclnnis and Mr. Neil Campbell made a crossing from Cape Traverse to Cape Tor- mentine during the winter of 1827; the distance betwee. headlands being about nine miles. The tides in the Strait are also said to meet near this point in the Strait. The superiority of this route over the former one to Pictou was such that some of the mail was sent that way the next winter. An agree-

Howard McKendrick and Mrs. McKendrick of Glasgow, Scotland. are visiting relatives here. Howard is the son of the J. C. McKend- rick, who was a prominent fox rancher in the great days of the industry, and Howard learned the business from his Dad. some years ago he took a shipment of foxes

strap to pull. once in doing this, as the boat was being righted it fell sidewise, striking the writer

of ice on the Cape Torinentine Reef that had been rafted up and grounded was the greatest obstacle on the trip, perhaps because every- one was hungry and tired.

Once safely over that and unto the board-ice we arrived at Capo Tormentine about 3 p.m. A i.l'n'.il was waiting and there was no chance to eat until we arrived in heavy rain at Sackville. Having

sea-biscuits since very early in the

Senator, when waiters at the hotel, would not serve us at that hour, raided the kitchen, each one serv- ing himself and paying the hotel for the meal.

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on the shin and laming him sol that he thought the bone of hisi leg was cracked. A very high ridgel

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AN OLD SERIIIOE

ATTENTION FARMERS giving between one and three lit- to NorwayA and ranched them t t d l t bt Vegewble and ("M I”'""" 1”:

ters of two to make an average there, afterwards leaving there I:iiI.lainwt!”..apeenTIilaIaversenSartigswaiiig I'M” W””e5”"5hI" dL'?”I” "5; A , . k H . d 1 yield of 3.85 per year. And Chln- for Scotland where he ranched the Island Government in 1829 so plammig ” pI3e”"'5h”0"m3 weekii Vie haVe 1” Stoc 3 mlte SUPP )7 of Pushrbar chiila has no competition from foxes for some years, but he is now that during the winter all mail to The PIWI5 ha"? been dkmailins,

crops to the extent of thousands of pounds.

rive ouIACHE " 7 4 t i,;.

either wild or foreign furs. "There is definite need for 9. new fur, and Chinchilla will em- erge within the next five to eight years to make fur history," said Esther Dorothy, famed fur designer of New York. Another Chinchilla champion is Willard George, Los

a. manufacturer of plastic novel- ties and is doing well. They plan on staying here about two months and we are sure will receive a warm greeting wherever they go. During Wallie Scantlebury's visit to the Old Country last year he was entertained by Howard and

the mainland went by the "Capes

Green hayloaders, also cylinder rope-loaders, also Route."

tractor and horse mowers. Order now and be sure of your loader. Phone orders given prompt attention.

J. E. JENKINS

OURS BEGAN WITH OUR FIRST SALE 52 YEARS AGO AND HAS CONTINUED EVER SINCE, NOT ONLY TO OUR OWN CIJSTOMERS BIT T() ANY- ONE THAT NEEDED IT.

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There were developed for this service small, sturdy vboats with

"inner! On either Side 01 the keel. We are prepared to Sf'ri'P you with iln- I wry

EA E Angeles furrier, show in (1 his wife (Walli 's site) i h ci 'th i , i ' h ii . - . . COCIIliS1gEnTTR1?verL R Chinchilla breeder. lie dsgia.eid,”3iI brought back soine ofs tlhe ;iI4lJ(- Iceo arid! snorv3.n Thiay Bvlvleigg Sgreif host quahtly Con.) and Com” and ms" WMI mg” grade y predict a price level of s3,000 for ducts of l-loward's factory, and structed so that they would with- Furnace FUPI Oll-

stand rough usage and yet be light enough for the crew to haul them up out of the water unto high floating ice, over pressure ridges and rafted ice and through drift- ed snow. some of the early cries were sheathed with tin to with- stand the grinding action of new- ly formed ice, when the boats were propelled by sail or cars. A definite type of boats were even- tually developed known as "ice- boats."

They had good strong leather straps attached along each side of the boat with a harness that iitted over the shoulder and around the waist of boatmen, and the passengers who paid 52.00 per

short coats to as much as si2,000

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on our desk we were very proud to show a memo pad which Waille brought back for us. We discussed the status of the fox business now and the desperate drop from the days of its great prosperity and asked him if he thought it would ever come back. "Well," said Howard, "one thing I can tell you is that I have seen more silver fox made up and worn in Glasgow lthe past few months than I ever saw before. .

i "It is being llopularly priced and people who could never afford it before are buying capes, single and double skins and other make- ups." We mentioned the big sale of furs mode by the Norwegians

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to dthe London brokers and he crossing, if they worked their pa.ss- , i V - sai "There is another lndica- age. by hauling Her Majesties '- i . L ” Lion: Those people don't buy al- mails, and such passengers as paid A L. La

most a million dollars worth of furs without being sure of an out- let for them."

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saoo for the privilege of remain- ing in the boat during the whole H3-E-T-Ha trip. RAT-MOLlivE Es7Eli'-HNAYOR

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Two capes made of Norwegian

WHO IS ELIGIBLE? i I blue fox were presented last week

Not the Park Sheraton Hotel, New iY0Ykv I337 "15 NDFWCSWI F"? rafted ice, and for steady long iBreeders Association. One was hauls that-, sometimes lagtgd for 'presented to Mrs. Eleanor Roose- hum-5 and over many mug; of V0” E15 11 809dWlI1 895'-KY9 The smooth new ice or rough broken Other W38 SW0", I0 M155 EYE ice cakes, that scruffed the rub- Lu0H19- W110 35 M155 NOTWRY 33 1" bar from overshoes, like when ithe United States on tour. Both waigmg on cm-31 ggmatiom, The capes were made for the Nor- waist-belt was to hold one up when iiijegi I ASSOCIIIUOII by Glfllskin lit the ice gave way or an ice,cakc , j”"” Imnufacturms 5199- tipped and the passenger dropped Clans” Of New Y01'k- into the icy water. When such a dip occurred on a frosty day, one had to keep moving briskly, so as to keep the clothes at his knees pliable and not interfere with his movements. His frozen garments shut out both wind and cold.

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SPECIAL COMMERCIALip A one year course forboye T1 H g M ,'-Grade Certiscate.. Small Classes permit indiilduoi M311; All full-time teachers; fullylqualifzed. Monthly to parents. .... T 0

for heavy pulling when the boat had to be hauled out onto the ice or up over pressure hummocks or

Ohtainable at your near-

ANY HOME OWNER. est store or drugglst.

WHAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE FINANCED UNDER THE PLAN?

Re-roofing, re-siding or Improvements to an existing home, remodelling and additions.

HOW DO I ARRANGE FOR CREDIT?

Fill out a simple application form at the office of L. M. POOLE & C0.. we will gladly assist you in selection of suitable materials required for your job. Our staff is specially trained to assist you in your building and remodelling problems.

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The writer made his first trip by ice-boats and considered it a real adventure, later trips, how- ever, were made only when it seemed absolutely necessary. It was difficult, dangerous and hard

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DOESTHIS PLAN TAKE CARE OF BUILDING E N: work and great credit is due the

sturdy, efficient ice-boat Captains , No - It covers both labor and materials. . , m, then. hardy crew, who mam.

h'4lI.9 T ' , , tained for so many; ye!arts Prince . .2 .. I l d' m- ARE THERE LIMITS AS TO AMOUNT . AND THE TIME . I 5,1,v,:gg,,,;33,,,;:;',g,1";,,f;,,g? g , 1 ' ,, one trip stands out in the writ- ; .. er's memory as represent an

ALLOWED FOR PAYMENT? ordinary routine crossing; eight

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Yes. The minimum credit is 0100.00 and the maximum 02,000.00. The m,bom loaded Wm, man, in. repayment plan provides for equal monthly instalments in round figures cluding one trunk in a mail bag. over periods of six, twelve, eighteen, or twenty-four months, as you gig; BT;l;;l;lg:V aig'0u1:”:e3gf,::k1”:g may select. OIL BURNEIS NOW ON

the morning. The thermometer was below zero and a li ht wind WHAT IS THE DOWN PAYMENT BEFORE I CAN 8 i GET A JOB STARTED? usv reams, WITH E550 FURNACE Oil

was blowing that increased with temperature moderated. When N0 DOWN PAYMENT IS NECESSARY CONTRACT ASSURED

leaving the board-ice sails were hoisted and i.he crewmen rowed for several miles until they reach- ed a field of newly formed glare ice. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting the boats up onto this field. The boats af- ter breaking the thinner ice along the edge separated at least 10 yards apart; No. 1 boat was placed in position with the bow sinking the edge of the ice in the water and when all the others were in a. similar position, the Captain gave the word for No. 1 to start and keep going, each other boat was in follow a parallel course and start at about one minute intervals.

We were all soon going at a dog- trot, with a bow-wave of a few inches in the ice in front of each boat and'the rear of the runners cutting through the thin ice, so that when the eight boats had

the coming of daylight. and the For further particulars see

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.wIlZziT?(pNTtiE mivme ' PIINPT passed in the long angle forma- d. with . get f I S . QANGE you 5pAN;4 EVERV . Electric ' tion. a section of the ice field V V ”. '”” R". "P" ; 90 Fihroy SI. - Ch town from 80 to a 100 yards wide was Bailoonsycanada 3 Nol 1 hm pant

BALL 900 YARDS OR MORE all cut into small ice cakes.

S1-WGHT Dow" WE WDDLE I The d"'””” M” ”” be m""'' for miieage saietv and vsIuc . , ,

V " ' tained for about 2 miles until an Macmad & older ice field was reached. Af- ..:.t';79.' Greene ter B. brief rest, this large field of 5- Vii,” Montaxilo PI""'9 35 rough and broken ice floes was v, ,0! crossed, pressure had piled some 1 l ' cakes on edge or over on others. If R There were patches of open water, " ' and what was much more difficult , , , . Macmm to navigate. there were arm of In addition to a liberal trade-in aIIow-

"lolly" or "Fraall" ice, which would not support any weight but too firm to allow a boat to be moved by oars.

To crou these areas. one boat was shoved into the lolly from the solid ice. then it was pushed forward by piacin the bow of an- other boat against its stern and shoving each boat in turn its own length. on one occasion it took the whole eight boats to form the bridge across I heavy strip of lolly made of snow and finely cr hed ice. The crews tied the ho together. crossed to the solid ice and hauled the whole line of boats across.

when leaving solid or rafted ice and going into open water, ever! volunteer and crew member had to pull the boat forward, then Jump

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