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Racy Sketch of Black Fox Industry In American Paper.

Fcw sketches of the origin and development of the black fox indus- try in this Province make as in- teresting redding as the following article by Mr. Edwin C. l-fili, which appeared in a recent issue oi the New York Sun:

From end to end of this little red chip upon the bosom oi the blue Atlantic they breed silver foxes as prodigaliy as the Germans of’ the Harts Mountains breed canaries. Prince Edward Island may be little, but it is assuredly mighty in the'sil- ver fox farming industry.

There are six hundred “ranches" and each one returns a smashing profit to the owner, paying dividends in cash of from l0 to 100 per cent. In those little ranches or farms there arc this year nearly l'l,000 sil- ver foxcs, only a comparatively small part of which, however, will receive the quick, painless hypoder-

0 imic injection of strychnine, the ap-

proved method of ending their lives. The Prince Edward Islanders are

believe in crowding their market.

They pick and choose among the

pelts. always reserving the finest 1 specimens for breeding purposes and future returns, but they will takcin close to a million dollars this fall and winter when they come to sell their silver fox pelts in the great fur markets of London and New York.

Laughing at a‘ Prophet

The story oi the origin and devel- opment oi the silver fox fur farms oi this little Province of the Dominion oi Canada is a really fascinating tale. It begins sixty years ago, when an isisnzlcr got the notion in his head that ‘silver or black foxes were not a freakish breed, but that they were, or could be bred to be, a defi- nite type which would run true to breeding. They jesrcd this pioneer. calling him "Colonel Blackfox" in derision, and went about poking each other in the ribs over ths joke. Didn't everybody know that thess

‘enough found, anyway, were merely freakish offspring of the ordinal’! red fox? Hldlft people tried ths ex- periment cf breeding a pair of ths black or silver foxes and hadfit

. there been a "throw back" always?

lo tilt? lslllhcd "Colonel Slack- fax" of! the scene, but there was one young Prince Edward Islander who had the action iivtbc

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what he was talking about. This young man's name was Charles Dal- ton, a country boy who loved to fish and to hunt and who had picked up a lot oi curious information about foxes and their ways. He is Sir Charles, now and rich, all because he took “Colonel Biackfox" seriously. Just fifty years ago young Dalton happened to trap'a black fox (or sil- ver—-it means the same thing, all de- pending upon the quantity of silvery hairs occurring in the thick and lus- trous black pelts) and sold the pelt for $52. The ‘price of a. red fox skin was a dollar, and when the lad re- oeived more than fifty times that much for a black pelt he made up his mind that here was something worth looking into.

The Beginning of It.

In 1883 he heard of a man named ‘Thompson who had dug a. pair of black fol: pups out oi a den up around Cape North and had sold them to a farmer of Tignish. The pair produced a litter oi their own kind, beautifully black, with silver tipped tails and black coats shot through with silvery markings. When Dalton heard oi that he was sure he was on the right track. If one pair of bla.ck foxes bred true 00 their own type there was no reason in nature why other pairs shouldn't breed with equal fidelity.

Iibrty years ago Dalton made his real start in partnership with a New Brunswick man named Robert Oui- ton, who happened to be a breeding expert. Upon an isolated islet, Cherry Island, they set up in busi- ness and regularly produced every year a fine crop oi the finest black and sliver fox pelts. They began to make so much money that they could heardly believe in the reality of their cm: success. By 1000 they were re- ceiving as much as 82.000 for a Delt-

Money rolled in, and it wasn't long, naturally, before some of the observ- ing islanders put two and two to- gether and decided that silver fox farming was a mighty good thing to go into. Dalton and his partner, Oulton, had kept their operations as much of-a secret as possible, but it was not possible to maintain com- plete secrecy in such a small place. Presently theygwere besieged with offers for a. plar oi breeders. They sold a pair to ‘Robert Tuplin and James Gordon, who started a second farm. A few others got into the game, but up to the fail oi 1010 half l. dousn islanders enjoyed a mon- opoly because outsiders could not get the breede .

In the fallof 1010 the monopoly was broken. The older ranchers be- gan selling to friends here and thcrc. The selling of foundation stock be- came as general-as the cram for fur farming developed that peiting prac- tically ceased, ’ enccpt where silver fckls were accidentcilykiiisd.‘ A11 available foxes ivm sold alive.

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company was organized, the total capitaliza- tion reaching $12,000,000 at one time. Pairs of foxes for breeding purposes sold for as much as $25,000. A large breeder in the town oi Summerside was willing to part with a. pair oi testedand proved breeders and be- gan to sell, getting from $12,000 to $15,000 a pair. On one occasion the prospective buyer got cold feet and backed out of an agreement to pay $15,000. The breeder said he didn't care, that he would just as soon keep his foxes. The next day he got an ofler of $27,500 and sold. Ranches spread all over the little island. Where there had been a dozen in 1910 there were 200 by 1913. The boom extended to other parts oi Canada and to the United States, where money was liberally invested. Persons utterly ignorant of foxes or the science oi breeding and knowing nothing whatever about the manage- ment of corporations had no diffi- culty in startingcfly-by-night compa- nies, taking up options and making ‘a. mint oi money. This fox boom in Prince Edward Island was a kind oi South Sea. bubble, resembling for feverishness of financing and gén-

the big oil fields development, the real estate excitement in western Canada and the Belgian hare, tulip and ginseng crazes.

A business man in New Brunswick who had relatives in Prince Edward island had a. chance to buy a one- thlrd interest in a promising pair oi foxes. He put up $100 cash, with a liability oi $1,500 more. The pair produced a litter oi five pups and he made $15,000 in a few months. A small group of clerks who had ithrown up $10.00 a week Jobs made $40,000 in two years. Some oi the larger companies declared cash dividends of from 50 to 100 per cent.

The Bubble Bursts

They banked on fantastic profits. It was s, problem in arithmetical progression. 'I‘hey figured that with one pair they would have in a year s litter of from three to seven. The second years they figured on having twelve. By the third year they would have thirty-six, and at the end oi the fourth year 110. Famiers mortgaged their holdings to buy a pair of foxes. iPaopie oi all classes invested their savings in this new gold mine. Felts sold for $2.500 "in the London fur market. Then the world was came on and burst tho bubble of , speculation. "Ih the first year of ths 'wsr ths Fur Sales Board of Prince Edward Island sold ninety pelts in New York for an average price oi ‘$550. The collapse oi speculation |was the salvation of ths industry. It drove out thegamblcrsv and per- mitted reorganisation upon a sans and stable basis. . The 600 fox ranches. large and small, carefully market their output through a cooperative association.

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um MEMORIAL Ifrcsbyterian Church, Malpcquc-Prayer meeting will be held on Wednesday evening a: 8 m.

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POLICE COURT-A drunk who ‘failed to appear had his bail bond of $10.00 estreated. A prohibition case was adjourned. " POWNALL CIRCUIT-Services next Sunday as follows-ll a. m. Clifton; 2 p. m. Mt. Herbert; 7 p. m. Pownall All are cordially invited to attend the final services conducted by the Pas- tor. The oflicial Board will meet on Monday at 8 p. m. in the Pownali Church. F. H. Idttiejohns, Pastor. THE MARKET was poorly attend- ed yesterday. Eggs sold at 30c; but- ter 43c; fowl $1.75 to $2.00 and ap- ples from 25c to 36c doz. Hay 85c; straw 45c; oats 65c to 67c; turnips 30c; white potatoes 20c; blue potatoes 35c; cod and haddock 12c lb; fresh liner-ring 25c doz. and lobsters 20c lb.

MAIL’ rou ovansuAs-s mu

mail for Great Britain will be des- _

patched from‘ Montreal by the Duch- 1 ess of York on Friday the 31st, also f direct mails for Ireland and Scotland | by the Steh-mer Athenta on the same day and a direct mail for France by the Steamer Ascania. also on the ‘same day. Direct parcel‘ post for Germany will be forwarded by the iSteamer Beaverburn from Montreal ‘ion Friday, the 31st March and by the Steamer Koein on Saturday, the 1st June. A full mail for Great Britain will go forward by the Steamer Re- gina from Montreal on Sunday, 2nd oi June. A full mail will also be idespatched from Montreal by the 'Steamer Montciare on the 6th June land by the Duchess oi Athoi on the "lth June. A direct parcel post will be forwarded to Norway from Hali- ffax ou ‘Ilicsday, 4th June and adi- rect parcel post from Montreal to Denmark will go forward on Wed- nesday, 5th Jun-z.

i PREPARING FOR SCHOOL FAIR. i-A meeting for the purpose oi or- iganizing a School Fair at Mount ;Stewdrt was held in Mt. Stewart I school on Thursday, May 18, at 3.30 ‘p. m. The meeting was well at- tended, there being present, Mr. Court. Supervisor oi Schools. and representatives from every school in the centre except one. Mr. Court occupied the chair and gave o. briei Italic on the causes of dissatisfaction of previous school fairs; then outlin- ed a plan by which we hope to avoid all agitation. The following com- mittees were then appointed: Presid- ent--George McAs-sey, Mt. Stewart; ‘Vice President-Rita McIntyre. St. iAndrews; Secretary-Eliza th J. McKay, Canavoy. Committees were then appointed from the various schools, Mt. Stewart-Margaret Mc- ,Lc0d. Margaret Martin and George McAssey; Glen-Ray — Helen Weir. Dorothy McDonald and Raymond ,McDona1d; St. Andrews-Rita McIn- I tyre, Ada McIntyre. and Harold Mc- Donald; Cherry lflli-Olga Crawford, WiliiamCrswford and Cecil MsAs- sey; Bisquid West-Mary McKinnon, Chester Handrahan, and Walter Jay; Savage Harbor-Mabel’ Piggot, Hat- tie Piggott, and Roddie McDonald; Canovcy-Elizabeth J. McKay, Ai- bert McEachern and Michael McMil- ianil-lcad oi l-liilsboro-Erncst Cam- _ ercn. Albion Douglas. and Elvin Douglas. It was moved and second- ed that no children under ten years of age be allowed to enter anything except school work. Also moved and seconded that all pupils must state to the committee (of their school) in Mayvon a written list, what they are preparing to enter in everything ex- cept school work. Also moved and seconded that no children under twelve years be allowed to make any entries on cooking. After revising the Prise List. the President, George McAsscy. than took the chair. and

. declared the meeting adliourued.

lfiuard‘: month m; Coughg 4. Colqg, iced in the New York market lut year was 0680, and the average price paid for good‘ and ' poor-furs was 0181. Thst"ca.|ily_ runs ‘into money fcr the Prince Edward Islander who maintains b fox ranch as an adjunct to his farming‘ him-tats.‘ If he can send u many ca‘ twenty-rm good average silver foirpeitstc market he will rchiitc 05000.’ Many of ths Islanders nuke a ‘lot more money out oi this dabbling infoxea than

vfcLcine Service Station. will be pleased to learn that he is on duty again after a very severe attack oi tonsclitia.

PERSONALS- Mrs Miller, Vancouver, is at pres- Clark. of the Experimental Station.

Mr. O. W. Nordien, Souris. return- ed from Montreal on Lfonday.

Mrs. A. Bowness, Summerside, who has been spending the winter in California, is at present visiting friends in Monctcn. en route home.

Mrs. D.‘ McLean, Crapeud- re- turned home on Monday from Los Angeles, where she has been since November 7.

Mr. J. W. McEwen, Chicago. is visiting his old home in Summersidc renewing old acquaintances.

Miss Ethel Trainer, Charlottetown, is spending a few days in St. Teres- as, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry ~'I‘rainor.

Mr. Thomas Curran, Rumfcrd, Maine, arrived at his home at Peak- es‘ Station a few days ago.

Mrs. Thomas Evans and family, Boston, are spending a few days in St. Teresas. the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Curran.

Mrs. Lewis Connlcy» and idmily of Peak“ Station. motored to Charlot-

tetown on Friday.

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I zzworms in children work havoc. These pests attack the tender lining of the intestines and if left to pursue their ravages undisturbed, will uiti. mllfiiy perforate the wall, because these worms are of the hook variety thllt 01in; to and iced uponvthe in- terior surfaces. Miller's Worm Pow- ders will not only exterminate these worms, oi whatever variety, but will "f" W Repair the injury they have done.

In Memoriam

MRS. FLORA ANN McKENZIE

On the nineteenth day of April nineteen hundred and tumity nine. there passed peacefully into rest at St. Catherines, an old and respected lady in the person of Mrs. Flora Ann McKenzie. widow of the late ‘Neil S. McKenzie, who p. deceased her sev- enteen years aco- Mrs. McKenzie was a daughter of the late Hugh and Flora McPhail McPhce of Canoe Cove and was in her eighty fifth

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year of her age. In eighteen hund- red and eighty four she was married ‘ to Neil B. McKenzie of Canoe Cove who in later years removed to St. Ca- therines where she made many new i friends. Over sixty years ago she was received into the Baptist Church at Long Creek as a member and it could be truly said of her that ; she had lived up to her profession and walked humbly before God. She was a great home maker as well as ‘n home lover.

She iookcth well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed. She retain. ed her faculties until her eye} closed In death. and died trusting in the merits of her Redeemer. She leaves to mourn the loss of a kind and af- l fectionats mother. two sons and one ‘ daughter, viz. Hugh of Long Creek, Neil on the homestead at St. Cather- ‘ inas and Winnifred wife of.Alcx- ‘ under McLeod of Bonshaw and one , sister Mrs. Hector McLean of New , Dominion. who a in n» ninetleth I year. The funeral which was very i 11191! attended took piltid on Sun- day the twenty-first to Long Creek i cmtvry- the Rev. Mr. uewauel- i officiating at the house and gggvgy I’ Th! Pill bearers were: mmgg i Morrow. Thomas H nderscn, Jgmps i Inmont. Malcolm MacNeili, m”. i under McKenzie and Neil McKenzie. f

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MONTREAL. Que, May as-nm were 81 cattle, 1012 cslvu. 284 hogs ""1 5° liven and lambs for sale on the two markets. The cattle mar. bet was steady. Due to a light or- Mo: and min dcmandjll mm were weighed curly at incl-cuss pflq- ca. The bulk of sales were made gt 00 to m for vcals of iuat medium u, good ‘quality. i ' .

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