MARCH 27. 1954

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Luz. Friday. an offering of 141.- 301 inuskrat was sold at fraud- wn-, Bay Company! sales. cw york. Interat was concentrated mainly on smaller sizes with fair .0mpetitlOn from American and Lamdyan bul'9F5- Top price was :11: for New York state pelts. some 7.358 standard silver and NW phase fox was 48 per cent gold mainly to export buyers In- ,F.95L was principally on the bet- 1.; and poorer grades with med- Hm nudes pgglected. Blue fox was mostly withdrawn. No prices M-1-o quoted.

Arthur Schwartz of Frederick .'.ll'5 Inc. of New York, who re- turned over the week-end from )5Io where he has an interest. in . blue fox farm. states that about trail of the output of 30,000 Nor- uoglttll blue fox has been export- rd lo the United States with the other liaif mostly lower grades 4.715,: to France and ebewhere on the continent

The grand prize u.iiner of the annual national chinchilla at Minneapolis, Minnesota, a liiediuni grey male chm- . mnmi by Floyd Hayes of . Walla, Washington. About 400 members of the chinchilla in-

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p, w, attended the three day pm, at .A representative of a New York aclveriislng agency em-

giiiasized the importance of work- .:ir; with the fur industry through .nni:ict and tr.ide paper advertis- :iiu Front the above it will be ,n.-xi that the chinchilla-ranchers are going to leave ilo stone unturn- oil in all endeavor to make their ixpe of ills: popu)ar.....Fc-ature ,o's in Spring l'ash:on PSPBTS de- tnta considerable space to the lus- 1lY”.lS elegance of Norwegian blue lr1x....RllSElall sable scarfs are also beuig featured.

Flank C. Gothier alid Soils of Antlion, Iowa, has a page ad in he February issue of the Black l"ox Magazine and Mink Breeder (or his new type Buff mink. Or- ders are bing taken for the fall of 1954 either one mink or a xroilp. Gothier pioneered with uiid mink back in 1904 and in the '.ist 38 years has tried out if) mpes of wild min-k, most of them tn:-gotteii today. This pale Buff llllh rose underfur is IT in ills judgment.

Our mink breeders seem to tiara very little trouble with their minials compared with mink breed- the United States. One of

rill: lll 'he latest treatments for boils, strep" and ”staph" infections,

datemper. wounds and many other diseases responding to pencillin iri-atment. is a one shot peni- .-illin fortified. It comes in 50 cc. iia.ls of 150.000 units Bicillin and 150,000, units procaine penicillin per cc. It would be good business it some of our local druggists would carry a small stock of this prepara- tion which is made up by the old lPllBbi6 firm of John Wyeth 6: Co. Philadelphia. Pa.

Csino's Fur Farm. south Edmon- tori. Alberta. is advertising Palo- nino Mink with A record of seven tears of selective breeding and till largest herd of any single ranch. Palomino males are priced

OOIIEOTEI Silver Fox And I Mink Farming

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st 3300. females at 8150 and car- riers st 8100.

Anew organization known as the Mink Farmers Research Founda- tion, was formed at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on January 9. Four of the leading marketirig associations were represented by some of their prominent members and top mink ranchers of Wisconsin formed the remainder of those present. The foundation purpose to establish projects at different universities for research and it is expected that marketing associations will be re- quested to deduct one per cent at sales to finance the foundation It is quite possible that some Can- adian mink breeders will support the foundation. Their problems are much the same as their Ameri- can cousins and in the past they have contributed to similar good works.

The international mink show held at Milwaukee. Wisconsin, is considered by many to be one of the best ever held. Top cham- pion was Emil Wiesman of the Wiesman Fur Farm. Carolina, Wis. I-fis score was 5,195 points. Last year he was second. In second place was Morris Gladfelter. Val- ley Wood Mink Farm, Swanipton. Ohio, with 3.899 pointe. Last year he had the highest some and has won more awards at Milwaukee than any other rancher. In his trophy case on his ranch he has hundreds of cups and ribbons. In third place was a mink and fox farmer known all over the Do- minion oi Canada and also the U.S,, Percy V. Noble. Shallow Lake, Ontario. His points were 3.081, only 98 below Mr. Gladfelter. Percy for many years has been the foremost Canadian to sup- port American shows. He was warmly congratulated by the other competitors. In fourth place was the well known mink breeder and fox breeder, Marvin Jentzen, Wei. JOl'(llll, Utah, with 2,839 points.

A. J. "Tony" Werth. well known rancher of Madison, Wisconsin, was invited last fall to judge shows in Norway and here are some of his observations... I as- sisted in judging its Expositions, travelled through the country and visited association and auction of- ficials as well as convcrsed with fur buyers. My first impression oi Norwegian fui. farmers was one of complete friendliness. I found them to be typical good animal husbandmen, a group trying to do a good Job of raising mink and foxes and constantly on the alert for the many problems con- fronting them. seeking newer and better methods of producing their product. The various fur farms I visited had the mink well-housed, usually in sheds. which type of housing seemed best suited for the prevailing climate in Norway. The sanitation seemed good. I thought that one of the practices. that of using straw for bedding. could be improved on as some- times mink on the exhibition tables were stained and the cause of- ten proved to be the bedding.

"During my stay in Norway there ,was considerable rain and fog. This condition makes good

NOTICE

The bounty presently

being paid on SKUNKS.

FOXES and IIACCOON. and due to expire on

March 31st. has been 1954.

extended to May 15.

The bounty on FOXES and RACCOON has been increased from 52.00 to 53.00 each offse-

tlvs I-his dun.

No bounty will be paid after May 15. "I 954 Dspumnsnl of Industry 8. Natural Resources

Charlottetown, l'rlnce Edward Island. March 23, 1954.

Iiaaelton is a town about 195 miles northeast of Prince Rupert. British Columbia. It is partly sur- rounded by Bulkley River on the south and east, which there joins the skeenu River. that flows by on the north of the tcwii. It is the most northerly point on the Can- adian National Railway in British Columbia. The C.N.R... folder gives the following information regard- ing the way to reach the pioneer town of Hazelton: "I-Iazelton Town cannot be reached i'rom Hazelton South. Passengers for or from I-Iazelton Town should entrain or detrain at New Hazelton. Bus op- erates via I-Iazeltion Town five miles from Hazelton Railway Sta- tion."

To reach thn original settle- ment from the Prince Rupert Highway. it is necessary to turn off about a mile from the Hazel- ton Station and follow the road over the Bulkley suspension Bridge. that crosses that river at the I-Iagilgat Canyon, and follow the several switchbacks down the steep hill to the Indian Reserve that almost encircles Hazelton

This section of British Columbia was known only to the Indians, until the Western Union Tele- graph Company sent working par- tles there in connection with their ambitious scheme, to link A- merica to Europe by a telegraph line across Bering strait. The Company secured an engineer. Col. Charles S. Bulkley. on leave. from the regular United States Army, whoy pushed forward the work vigorously, stretching the wire from New Westminster to Quesnel, then bv Fort Fraser and along the river that was given Col. Bulkley's namn to the Skecna and on in l.'l63, far north of Hanoi- ton.

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When word came of the success- ful laying of the Atlantic Cable in Au.r:I'st M56. all work stopped along the Eulklcv and Skeena Rivers and on the frozen stepnes in Siberia. Huge quantities of poles.

wire. implements and supplies. that had been brought at great cost up the Skceiln from the Pacific Ocean, were abandoned near Ilazelton.

It was that same year that, Thomas I-fankin staked out t.he town of Hazelton on the south bank of the Skeena. and it was

in 1872 that the Hudson Bav Com- nany established their post thorn The local Iildlzins made weirdly ingenious hrid-jars of the abandon- ed material. The one they con- structed across the Bulkley Can- yon, a llltle above Hagilirat was in use lintil a frw years ago: when floods trot: it out and a splendid new suspension bridge was then F.nllSil"i'PiCd at Ficilzat. It is said that after (he Indians had com- pleted the first bridge. thcv test.- ed its strength. bv liavinrr all their fattest squaws cross first.

Mr. Voumalis. a I-Iazelton trad-'r in MRS. hired Indlins to bring freltzlit and sunplies un the Akcena from the coast. One voumz Indian was drowned during the trln: ac- cordlnrv to a native custom of that limo the father dennnderl ramm- neiisr- for his smr: life. Mr. You-

-NEWSY NOTES-

ly J. A. Clark. O.II. HAZELTON EPISODE!

mans nnlnlrvl nut that he was lint:

with the p:i'rly and

bedding important. No nest at all is better than the use of a poor material that causes discoloration. According to our standards lack of density of uiiderfur was very obv- ious at all the expositions. I checked with several ranchers and my travelling companion in Nor- way. Dr. Rockman. and they were of the opinion that the mink which were purchased in the states had about 30 per cent more underiur at the time of purchase. It seem- ed that the season after purchase the imported mink lost this heavy underfur, therefore I feel it is possibly a feeding problem and not one of inheritance, I parti- cularly noticed ths fine texture of Norwegian mink. At no time did I find a mink that I considered to be coarse: the size on the average was good. .

"Perhaps the greatest fault next to the weak undertur was off- color (reddish). This is especially noticeable in tho pastels. I noticed many wet bellies during my visit. This condition. as known in the states, is probably nutritional in origin. The standard dark mink were the best I had the privilege of Judging in Norway. These mink evidently have been bred longer and probably become more accus- tomed. to the high fish diets. They seemed to be doing better on it in comparison with the newly in- troduced mutations. Platinum mink. in my estimation. were the least desirable mutant type as re- gards all fur qualities in Norway."

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I ' MR. W. K. MEYER. Dominion Su SI-IUR-GAIN Feed Div ion, will speak "THE FEEDING AND HUSBANDRY OF LIVESTOCK

AND POULTR "

In the Presbyterian Church Hall. Summerslde,

. MONDAY. MARCH 29th. All 8 P.M. ' Also at the Clover Club, Chsrlottetown

TUESDAY. MARCH 30th. AT 8 PM. interested parties are cordially Invited to attend. This talk is being sponsored by:

The SHUR-GAIN lFeed Manufacturers' Associa- tion of Prince Edward Island.

rvisor and Technician of The

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blame for the accident, so he re- fused, and the Indian shot him. His grave is in the ilazelton ceme- tery. O I During the summer of I885 measles reached the Indian tribes on the Skeena and many of their children died. The witch-doctors blamed the white people for the plague. and all had to retire to the fort at Hazelton, where they were cut off from help for months until troops were sent from Vic-

toria and the siege reaised. There was a period of great excitement at Hanelton in 1B9.-'i

when a man named Girder started a fictitious boom. He induced a group of miners from San Fran- cisco to give him a substanital consideration to lead them to gold on the Skeena. He naturally fall- ed. and it was with great diffi- culty that the people of Hazel- ton persuaded the miners not to Lynch him. When the group re-

turned home they took Girder with them in Irons. Durng the gold rush to the

Klondyke many of the prospectors followed the old Telegraph Trail route tlvough Hazelton on the Skeena, and Telegraph Creek on the Stiklne river. Later a tele- graph line was completed from I-Iazelton to Dawson City in the Yukon. This created quite a boom period at the time for the town

of I-Iazelton. The most famous Indian mit- law. Gunanoot, was accused of

shooting two half-breed packers, who. he believed, had injured his property. He took to the bush and started off the longest manhunt in the province (fourteen years) It was not until I919 that George Bierns, who worked along the Yukon Telegraph Line. pursuaded him to give himself up for trial to the police detachment at Hazel- ton. He was acquitted and Blcrns was unable to collect the 31000.00 that had been offered for his cap- ture. O O 0

A famous packei; 'Cataline. of the gold rush days to the Cari- boo. retired in Hazelton. sold his pack train to George Bi:-rns in H912. and lived there until his death in 1022 at the age of 92.

On the north of I-Iazeltori. the precipitous rugged heights of Rocker Dcboule overtop the town. and beyond them the cm-ious vil- lage of Kispiox. ("Village of the people who hlil."i lies with its mt-dlclne-man and weird totcm poles. Further beyond it lies a limitless region that is Labor) to the "Hidden children of the Wild- erncss."

The original settlement of Hazel- toii is one of the oldest in the province. It. dates back before the

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The say tultive ideas. !

- During the summer months,-. Cmmnued.L"E pfg.P..2A. -.you might, quite unexpez-tedly,'

PI-NIU1 8'-Udy Mid IMIYSIS. Thetfind a way to cut down on expen-, time this takes may seem to slowises and there is also the possibil-. UD PFOKTES-V but UV" EM PP-.ity that you will be given an op-l suits will be worthwhile. CUfI.illlip()1iLunit,y 1,0 make some gpectap, Spending during N0V9mb6r Hndiular financial gains. If so, con-l December. lSOlldaIe them in such a way as' A child born on this day W1ll;to assure future security. Dome.-I be sensitive. intuitive and 103'-11.;i.ic, social and romantic affairs The Day After Tomorrow nilggegr gggfhllent aspects dur ENERGY and emotions mni A child born on this day will he need proper control and direct.ionl333”55”e- 5FlidC0m1d9"l' "ind exf on Monday, since it could be agllfmely 5mbm”"5- rather disturbing day if you let: existing problems get the bestl

of you. Meet each situation as itl . mm mmad 0, postponing W IIENDON. England, (GP)-Thiee

tion until you are confi'oiited'r”r.m" army sergnm” Wh” we” WW1 several problems Duct prisoners of war in North Korea Mme. yafe training for the police force in

During the evening hmlrsv ptiis Middiesex town, They have 1'! spend as much time as posslblel them" in relaxation and, if you can be alone for a period, devote your- self to quiet study and niedita- l

tion. There is a tendency toward; -

blundering on the part of man also an inclination to be argu- mentative, so do not rush into - y - . , untenable positions. i Stop Thmki Do you want lwonderful chicks, all R.O.P For the Birthday lwonderful chicks, all R.O.P. If Monday is your blrthday.l5”'9dv any breedu If 50: ?T' the next three months should (ler from Pcndleton's Chick bring a most satisfactory conclii- Hatchery,

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military decorations among

sion to projects upon which yonl

have expended a great deal of' MRS. S. R. PENDLETON, hard work and possibly, wori'y.l Kensington

In the filial analysis. howevrr,' Phone 656

you may be surprised to find thatl the last obstacles to success wercl

Cariboo gold rush and when Alaska was still owned by the Russians. It. retains niaiiv of the

characteristics of the old pioneer; village. Indian ponies with rough coats graze on the margins of tiiej dusty streets. Indian and whitci children and their dogs, playing! in the street. scatter when an Indian boy gallons his pl-my dowiil past the long porch of the Hud- son Bay store: where Indians sit smoking and watching the liorsrg drawn vehicles and dilauidatczl cars and trucks pass by. It also retains a few log cabins and stores with false-fronts. It is there that the real atmosphere of tho old

north can be seen and felt. Thin- pcrs and miners of the rcizimi use it, as of old. as their depot.

Now, with all the wonderful hut-proof materials that are available at small cost. for thr top and bottom of this design. the toaster waffle iron and col- fse pot may be wheeled around the house wherever needed. This double-deck style is especially handy beside the dining table to hold vegetable dishes and desert: to take care of used dishes and avoid those extra trips to the kitchen. Once you have this fea- cart in the house many new ways will be found to use it. The pat- tern illustrates each step in saw- ing and assembling. Use fiber or rubber casters available at hardware stores. Prlcn of pattern. is 351: postpsld. !

Address orders to the Homo- work Shop Department. Guardian Officd. m--j-7-j-jtemm

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PULPWOOD

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will be closed l

From Monday March 29 until all Weight Restrictions are rt-niovetl from the lilgliways. l

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The home of H. C. Fillmore, Grey St, Fred- ericton, from a stock plan. Con- structed by SCR Construction Co. ltd.

am: too.

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