BEAUCEVILLE, Que., A group of mining men look for gold in on old - fashioned rocker near Beauceville in Quebec where gold

has been rediscovered after min-

ing had lapsed for years. Drill

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cuttings are placed in the rocker when separates the fine gold from the rock.

Worker with shovel is unidenti- fied. Others are (left to right)’:

TIMTEIY NOTES ON FUR FARMING

Despite notes of depression, .which we come across frequently in describing conditions in cer- tain industries in the United Sta- tes, the mink industry is having almost complete sellouts in sev- eral of the auctions. Ed Gold, reporting on the’ Hudson‘s Bay Company sales in New York, states that of a total of 314,758 EMBA mink pelts, 92 percent was sold. At the same time, B. G. Coward, I-l.B.C. president, termed the six-day sale the “most astounding weihave seen here .in many years." '

The dressed Argenta collection was very favorably received, with prices very much higher than

the previous year. An analysis of the sale traces the advances to the still-growing importance of mink and the fact that mink now has more handlers at more levels than at any time in the past. European interest -is grow- ing and may become an even greater factor in coming seas- ons, if present indications can be taken as foreshadowing the fut- ure.

The potential of the European market was disucssed by a close observer of the auction in these terms: “There seems little doubt” he said; “that Europe is under- going as similar trend as we have had regarding mink. This

M. J. Boylen, Toronto mining man whose companies have stak- ed 75,000 acres in the area; 0. A. (Sandy) Seeber, chief Boylen geologist; Kosti Nordlund, New

trend is very definite in Italy, and it could be conspicuous in Germany. If it becomes impor- tant in Germany, it could be very important for the American mink industry.

NEW TREND

Germany, it should be remem- bered, has virtually‘ held up the Persian Lamb industry during the post-war period. It is a very fur- conscious country. And while oth- er Europeanscome her to buy the cream, the Germans buy the lower-priced stuff. This European drive for mink is most felt so far in Sapphire, but interest was shown last week in Palominos, better Silverblues, and quite a bit of the Pastels. They also boos- ted Tourmaline. It is a trend to keep your eye on."

We notice where the Finns are having a second big acution at Helsinki, capital of Finland, and that the mink consignments con-

Westminister, B. C., placer- mining expert for the Boylen organization; Robert J. Isaacs, chief Boylen engineer; and Robert Corriveau, geologist. (CP Photo)

sist of 25,000 standaigds, 40,000 pastels, 10,000 silverblues, 3,000 sapphires, 2,000 miscellaneous minks, and 1,000 foxes.

Thefts of furs has assumed such proportions that some of the best brains in the United States are discussing means of coping with the situation. Rich- ard D. Auerback, head of the Chicago office of the F.B.I.,_ pre- dicts that.the policy of marking furs to discourage thefts will spread across the United States. He said the principal problem for the F.B.I. in tracking stolen furs is the lack of marking. He he- lieves the Chicago marking sys- tem is the best, and hopes that it will be emulated on a national scale.

At the Nordic Fur Auction Com- pany sale at Stockholm, Sweden, January 26, silverblue prices rose considerably highter than in the December auction. Considerable

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Mon_ February, 3. 1958

Signs Government May Have,

Whopping Deficit Next Year

By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) -—- The govern-

ment may go deep in the red in the next fiscal year in attempts to cure unemployment and some authorities anticipate a deficit of between $400,000,000 and $500,000,- 000.

But the experts appear none too concerned. One view is -that Can- ada has c-hopped her national debt by more than $2,000,000,000 in the last decade -..:d an expan- sion of the $11,000,000,000 debt will do no material harm to a basically-sound economy.

In fact the government’s esti- mates of expenditures for the 1958-59 fiscal year are being kept open for -any last-minute addition to spending programs.

At first there were indications that spending, including outlays on old age pensions, may reach a record of $5,600,000,000—about $100,000,000 higher than during the current year which ends March 31.

But indications now are that next year’s spending will perhaps soar to more -than $5,800,000,000.

The. outlook -for increasing fed- eral revenues is none to bright.

buying was for the United States and South American markets; 87 percent of the silverblue, first quality male, which numbered 6,281, were sold at an average price, of 98 crowns, with a max- imum price of 132 crowns. (The Crown is worth approximately 19 cents). Other types sold from 85 to 100 percent. The total offering was 10,580.

RAISE STANDARD

Officials of the Mutation Mink Breeders Association have made known that they have raised the quality line on EMBA goods. This will result in a tougher standard for the EMBA label.

Chinchilla farming is making strides in California, where hun- dreds of ladies carry it on as a sideline. At the recent Nebraska show, which was open to all wes- tern United States, and had en- tries from‘five of those states, the Somavia Chinchilla Ranch, of Hollister, Cal., won the Grand Championship, and won 9 of the II Divisional awards, including the Reserve Championship.

We wonder if any chinchilla still frequent the very high trees in the Andes mountains of Chile. That was their original habitat, and it .was a Major E. Harring- ton, a native of New Brunswick, who brought out the first live chinchillas for breeding purposes.

Claifornia has taken a great in- terest in this type of fur farm- ing, and has developed some

very beautiful chinchillas.

Although production is expected in 1958 to remain near last year’s record $3l,000,000,000, there likely will be a changing composition in production with a rise in personal income accompanied by a drop in corporation profits.

The view among some officials is that the government will have trouble maintaining revenues at this year’s estimated $5,400,000,- 000 and a drop in revenues for 1958-59 is not unlikely. That would tend to widen the gap between revenues and expenditures and deepen the anticipated deficit.

That means an increase in fed- eral borrowing from money mar- kets, providing new stimulus in the demand for money. To some extent such a development may offset a decline in the demand for for money by capital invest- ment planners.

The pattern that appears to be followed by federal authorities is of tra.ditional cyclical budgeting- to budget for surplus in good times and for deficits in bad times.

The federal hope is that in- creased spending for new works projects and for aid to the prov-. inoes and municipalities may help open up new jobs for the un- employed.

Great emphasis is being placed on increasing outlays for public works. Other increases will be through federal payment to the provinces under -the new tax- sharing concessions.

3 Months For Vote Padding

last Monday to 36 charges of for- gery and uttering and two charges of perjury and was sentenced to six months. ‘

Three other persons were tried Ipreviously on similar :Mi's. Kathleen Vollum, 0, was ac- quitted on six charges last week. Thomas Middleton, 49, was sen- tenced to six months charges and Bernice Price, 27, was sentenced to one month and fined $300 after being convicted on 18 charges.

Dec.

TORONTO (CP) - George Ew- ing 57, of Toronto ‘Friday was sentenced to three r )l1ICI'lS in jail on charges arising from alleged vote padding in Toronto St. Paul’s riding during the last federal gen- eral election campaign.

He was convicted Monday on eight charges of forging and ut- tering forged documents.

Paul Katz, campaign manager for Roland Michener, Progressive Conservative candidate in the rid- ing, testfiied at‘ Ewing’s trial that Ewing was a “paid informer” for the Conservative party.

Ewing testified that he signed election forms but said he did so to gain the confidence of Mrs. Nora Gamble, 44, of Toronto, the former Nora Conacher, a Liberal party worker in the riding.

James Rooney, Liberal candi- date in the riding who was de- feated by Mr. Michener, said to- day Ewing w-as never employed at his Liberal campaign head- quarters.

Toronto Girl, N. Y. Man Held

HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) —- A 17- year - old Toronto girl, reported missing from her hometown since 18, 1957, and a man who said he may he wanted as a wit- ness in a Toronto stock fraud case were held by police here Friday.

The FBI was called into the case.

City detective C. K. Waycott said the man, Peter Gene Mar- tin, 30, of New York told him he may be wanted as a witness in the case of Peter Crosby, New York financier ordered Jan. 17 to stand trial in Toronto next spring on four charges of false pretences in a $1,100,000 stock deal.

The girl picked -up with Martin was identified by officers as Joan Hilda Searle, l7.

Waycott said both made oral statements about the Crosby case. Charges against Crosby, former husband of actress Denise Darcel, involve share certificates repre- senting 314,268 shares of Mica Company of Canada Limited, a small Quebec insulating firm of which he was president.

Toronto police and officials of the Ontario Security Commission which brought the action against Crosby said, however, they have never heard of Martin in con- nection with the case. A spokes- man said "we do not plan to call him as a witness."

Three Cabinet Ministers In China Fired

PEIPING (Reuters) —— Three non - Communist cabinet minis- ters were fired Friday on charges -they betrayed/ Commu- nist China's constitution and “lost the peoples’ trust.”‘

The dismissals came on the eve of a session of the National Congress—-the nation’s major legislative body of more than 1,200 deputies.

Mao Tse-Tung, head of state, issued dismissal orders for Com- munications Minister Chang Po- chun, Food Minister Chang Nai- chi and Timber Industry Minis- ter Lo Lung-chi.

The men had been among the

Peoples’

OTTAWA (CPI——Lab0I‘ Minister Michael Starr, whohas beent in; sisting that a particular se 0 government figures represents un- employment, was reminded in the Commons Friday that he had. a different viewpoint when he W35 in opposition.

Opposition Leader Lester 3- Pearson tackled him on a Com- mons speech Mr. Starr made March 3, 1955, when he used as the total of unemployed the flgufe

of those registered for Jobs with the National Employment Serv- ice. Mr. Starr. as minister, has con- tended — and reiterated Friday —-that the official unemployment figures are those made in a monthly estimate by the bureau of statistics on the number of jobless seeking work, always C011‘ siderably lower than the employ- ment service total. . LATEST FIGURES Mr. Starr was asked in the House Friday for the latest un- employment figure and he pointed to the 386,000 estimate of the bu- reau for Dec. 14. For Dec. 12, employment service registrations were 570,674 and have since risen to 796,000 for Jan. 9. Mr. Pearson drew attention_to Mr. Starr’s 1955 speech in which he said in an unemployment de- bate: “Unemp1oyment has reached _a figure of close to 600,000_and this is indeed an alarming figure. At that time, the _employ-_ment service figures on Job registra- tion were 570,000, while the hu-

for work was 362,000. DIEFENBAKER INTERVENES Mr. Pearson asked in what sense was Mr. Starr using the word “unemploymen " _in 1955. Prime Minister Diefenbaker jumped in to say that was the last question in the world Mr. Pearson should be asking in the daily question period. _ House Speaker Roland Mich- ener asked whether Mr. Pearson

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