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imitations of the silver fox are made by “pointing" a dyed black fox pelt; this is done by planting on the hide glue-tipped badger (shaving brush) hairs or listrs from damaged silver 10X Delil- A Willi-- ing Job that might fool the novice can be done for about $10, but to- day there are only four fox-point-

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lludson’: Bay tin.

Beaver House Great Tri ity Lane

—' ing concerns in Manhattan and 140F119“, "B13511 The December 1st issue of the months. The daily ration is about their business i! smell M6111“ 0! Maritime Farmer, published at a. pound of these foods prepared the low price o! the ordinary 811V“ “FOR” ‘ Sussex. N-B-. has an excellent in hash form and the cost of fox pelts with which s pointed fox

LVER FOX PELTS

‘THAN IN-

BIIEIIP MARKETING SERVICE ,We Welcome

COMPETITION

and invite

COMPARISON

of the services of different Marketing outlets.

In addition to our regular SUPERIOR MAR- I\'I~J’I‘ING SERVICE we are the Only marketing organization with a

must inevitably SPEED UP SALES and render cvcn BETTER SERVICE. Our representative “as for 20 years with the firm of Frcd‘k Huth & (‘n., which was recently absorbed by C‘. M. During that time hc was in charirfi of Huth‘s General Catalogue which iunction with his activities in the Private Sales Department brought him in contact with the en- tirc Fur Trade. He represented Huth Co. on the London Fur Exchange.

in con-

The appointment of this representative is in keeping with our policyflthat ‘TI-IE BEST WAY T0 GET BUSINESS IS TO DESERVE IT.’

(‘ash Advances arranged.

Free Tags, Bags. etc., on Request. _

Mail charges are allowed and Express Charges paid on all pelts shipped to us.

.-\ll pelts whether mailed or expressed arc in- surcd under our Blanket Policy from the time shipped to us. '

1 Prince Edward Island FilfvPtitill

I write up of the Provincial fox show at Charlottetown by its Editor-in- cliicf. w. J. MacLeod. These are short cxtractsu-“Tliie show from first to last was remarkably inter- 95191118 8-1111 Wes no doubt the best heid under the auspices of the 11px Brccdcrs’ Association. The week was a trying one, thc weatherman 111111111118 out a snow storm, zcro F weather and altogether undesirable

travelling conditions. Both ex- jhibitors and spectators, however, . never grumbled.

l One of the outstanding features of thc ivholc sliow was tho finc tpirlh of give and take sportsman- .~.1up, or wliati-vvi" you like to call it. that \\'."i.\ so completely in eyj.

,of wood will that moans much in i tho dc Jopmcnt of an industry. It

is thi. kuiil 0f coniriitlcsliip and I ooli spOrtr-illfllllllip flint is caus- illlg iiic Charlottetown F‘ox Show to undergo dcviiopiiiciii and bo- conic thc most popular feature of

iiitcrcstuiq iiiioiuiat‘ liii-li v.1‘, bolirvc our rcadcrs will bc glad to have. -

T7711‘ lirruliw-tiriii of silvcr foxcs 11115 3121i" in tliv Unilcd Stairs will I be in thc ll('l"III)Ol‘IIOO('I of 150.0001 Loss than 1-"0 of there will bc cauizht in traps. The r ‘ and rcircd on f a fciv Crop.» of ca.i sqiilricd u!) thcir niscs with an oil can or from Ilf1\ 1g their ribs step- _ suddenly stop- ped. Knircs will rip down the back of their legs. dozvzi llic lcngih of their wliitc-tippccl tails. and their pelts will be pcclrd Mf. their carcasses dricd out. ground up, and sold as fertilizer.

Already silver fox pelts are be- slnnlng to rcacli tho markct and by next fall wlicn the sclling sca- son ends tho rcst of the skins should all be sold. If the 1937 prices are as good as those of 1030, these 150.000 skins will have brought about 88.000000. which is a little ovcr l3 pcr ci-nt. of the annual 500000.000 U. S. raw pclt predile- lion. Tho fl\'(‘l‘fll!(‘ wholcsalc pricc

feeding one animal for the eight months that it is alive will run between $10 and $15. depending mostly on the local price of the broken down horses that are used for food. Add to this about 820 for the cost of labor, insurance, pro- perty taxes. kennel maintenance. serums and disinfectants, and yell can see that an average price of $45 per pelt would not leave the bii.’ nme fox farmer much meriliv W take care of losses both from sick- ness and from poor pelts, called "culls" which may scel for aslittle as $5 each.

‘i? The more than 4.000 U.S. farm- crs who are spending all their time raising silver foxes have com-

London the English fox brccdcrs now hold an annual show of their prizc live foxes, and Norway rind Swcdcn have iii tlic last two years ciitcred the market with a croj: taken from zilmost 12,000 fox ranches. ‘There are fox farms all

cru half of the country from Muinc to thc Pacific, but 42 pcr cent. of tlic foxcs are bred and raised in \\1l.\(‘0ll§llI where the two largest fur farms in tlic world arc located, Fronun Bros. and Hcrbert A. Ni"- nian ik- Co, This _V(‘l\l‘ Nicinan own- vd some 42.000 foxes. Fromm 36,000; of this total of 78.000 foxes. some 31.000 wcrc breeders and about 4'1,- 000 wcrc fox’ pups intciidcd for the marker. But disease has probably killed off from 8,000 to 10,000 of the pups so that together Fromm and Nicman will not be able to put more than 40,000 pelts on the mar- kct. ‘Fromm claims that last ycar it spcnt $70,000 for scrum to pro- tcct its foxcs from encephalitis. but this disease still takes its toll. And Fromm and Nicman may reap far fewer than 40.000 pelts if they think that there is any possibility of glutting the market. in which case they would add thc surplus fu" pups to their breeding stock and wait for next year.

The Promms and Niemnns are cousins. In 1914 the Fromm boys took up silvcr fox ranching and 1n 1920 John Nicninn started ranch- ing and for ninc years the two

porting of the ways and this year

can hope to compete.

To improve the value of s ting- ed or “rusty” silver fox, one Men- hattan fiml. the Major Blue Blend- ing 00., has discovered e wsy to blend the pelt by spraying the hairs with a dye that will elimin- ate the reddish color without at’- fecting the white band. As far as wear is concerned, the silver fox is about on a. par with ermine or squirrel, i.e., only slightly more durable than the broodtail. chin- chilla, mole, or rabbit, which are four of the most perishable of furs. Two or three years is about the average live of u silver fox piece."

the losses on the Fromm and Nie- man ranches run s0 high. Just a week ago I had authoritive in- formation that they had lost 7,000 foxes by disease this fall. It would seem as though they are operating literally with the sword of Da-

become contaminated and there is- no possible ivay in which they could bc effectively disinfected. Sanita- tion on the Fromm and Nieman ranches could not be carried out with any dcgrcc of efficiency. It may be that within five years time their whole method of ranching will have to undergo a change. That is to say. they will have to come to board floors and sheds in order to perpetuate their activi- ties. One of the largest ranchers in the Canadian northwest farm- ed on the Fromm plan for many years, but lust season came the

and next ycar lie will build miles of sheds to accomodate the foxes that arc to be pelted.

Tom Fraser when here. said something that I did not get the ful1 significance of at the time. It was that when the last bugle sounded in the fox game-if such ever came to pass—-the survivors’ would be the individual farmers raising the number of foxes that they could comfortably take care of on their farms In addition to their other work. Certainly it does

SPECIAL AUCTION SALE

of SILVER FOX FIIRS

Jan. s, 1931

(lent-c all through the exhibition. 11°t1m°11 “P1°11'Y~ 931111111 11“ 61°00 Commenting on the above article. __.__.-. --_ ._._ Tm (1,,.,,‘,,0,.S of U“, she,“ the on ‘ ranches HIIGIpICriIIIPtiIIIIJIOJIISI. 15385511 which I believe my fox forming Last receiving date III . . ,,. . ,- _-; _,‘-'.' i’ _ _\ Fair Comparison 0f xfl Rflums [ls the only l. iilsand iht (xlnbuois ‘co-open 1 icntugorgpfvtsé I111 ic " “met ‘ friends will read. with great inter ‘ London ' v _ . U ‘ h _ lutive ‘ullue .it.<l fully ui making ‘U115 ycai-‘s i (15- 118-011 11919 "K Y est, I would say that’. it is surprls- b standard h) “111911 19 mhlhure t e 1e ‘ i-rcnt outstanding. Ii. is this kind ‘W0 198151101011 10X 11111115 and 1" ing to say the least. to learn that D866!" GI‘ v

Latest shipping dah from Charlottetown

December II. I936

Send or bring your furs

. , - its kind in the wholc irorld." "Y" 151110119- 1'11 Rll-“lil- 111 619911“ niocles suspended above them. l0 perlllanent Resldenl Represenldhve _-___ Illll(l. in Japan. in South Amcrica, mi ‘ _ __ Dr. \\'. A. Yoimig p; opal-g,- 0; lu Naska. in China. and in Icc- ma“. ranches would be ext1.eme_ M L In London and Europe. '1‘1ll1~_ 1111111 11°‘? 11°‘ 111111111 ‘ "and 11111111‘ llllilliftulit mt- 111ml No our 1111011“ 11011‘ 11111111’ ly tlifficiiltohrs todisiiirect 01‘ take C ure n‘,_.,-,_.]y visit an occasional Auction — IIOdS ON tors. iii i-ouifvciloii with Fromm 10X 111415 1111‘ $11111 1111111111115,’ precautions Willi, as the pens are l)l"I‘Y PIVERY DAY DURING THE ENTIRE ' $11111‘ F"! Flllllls- HIIYYIIJIITFZ. 111111111111011151111 “'°1‘1<1 11111 11 811955 °1 very large and the breeding foxes a d YEAR dcvotinil,’ ‘lll his‘ time to YOYR INTER- 1“5f"1""“1"1“11 1111 "MP1" (mwo 111mm probably b? “m” 111° k911i’ ‘m the Krmmd “d the n ‘ ‘h ' I -' ‘ ' ' '| t‘ ‘t with ‘III Izuic untitled whcrc near the correct figure. pups ffiigfll on the ground, but , lflhlb- 11¢ “111 m1“"1“"‘ d“) ~" c?“ “f, ‘ < -————- shifted from their breeding pens ‘MacKn1non Si! s‘ Ilouscs. “I111 the 111131111! 1'11? 1171119 11nd volt-d l;u-."i_-l_v to the Iil‘l11'.\' opcra- In ihc Unitcd Statcs fox furm- in August to large runs in north- with our Head Office. Such a Ctlllllllfltllltill lions 11rd 11n- f"lI(" rct ri-s arc Sftfittervtl ovcr the north- cm Wisconsin. Iiiese- runs also

112 Kent St. ’ Charlottetown

W. CHESTER S. McLURE

Entrance to Hudson's Bay Warehouse Where your Silvers are sold

If your pelts are ready take advantage of this pro-Christmas Sale

m’ p ntuinniffifiug (Iiniiipang.

D. A. MacKINNON, LT. CO1. -‘

Receiving Representatives

pups cost. Hows-ver they too are liable to experience at any time, trouble from disease which the fox farm- er here raising his toxee on board floors and in sheds is not so apt to encounter, providing he uses- dis- infectants regularly in the process of cleaning out the various oom- partments.

The P. 'E. Island Fur Pool, through its manager, Mr. P. G. Clark, entered into an arrange- ment while ln London to have a

on accountEfRinAe of f aria of Ballan- try in which the queen had becnin- volved. Two years after this ill-assor- ted marriage Hcnry became King.of England (1154) and his reign op- ened auspiciowly. “He was young -—only twenty-one — of inatchlcss strength of body vrhloli nothing could tire, learned, guy, kind-heart- ed, brave, active, industrious. and with splendid abilities." It was he that founded the law-courts and the assize circuits, to cnvw f‘ ‘~- tice to his subjects, and with the same object lic IIOIIIDIIaILRI iiics o.

were gro ent-ourzifcd them‘ to rebel against H(‘lll')',\\'l105(‘ lust days were embittered by their uniilisl conduct. It was during the trouble,- that sprang; 11;! 1.x; iul sides of Henry, that, Illi‘ tgwrcii mode her way to Woodstock, and. (it is said) by mean.» of a i\sal;‘lll clew, traversed the labyrinth to Rosamonds preuance. An old bal- lad, printed in Iondon in 1012, says that the Quccn forced hcr to drink a cup of poison, but nonc of the antiquarics of the time rccoril such a deed; nevertheless all iigrcc that

f - ‘(.1 _ m ~ u f _ _ 599m that the 30st, of raising a m; permanent representative resident l 1 n bum m sub .. R0 0nd .1, 0 veniedhe, L. - d ktltsoiivilli mifitiynil. iierouuiid mtg, far?“ Wmkig 11111111 indliaii‘<lil.rsci€§n on the Fromm or Niemim ranches, in that metropolis and in contact ltftlllaenrgfla: ca’? es sglpgge, aims“, mgyflfwd m, long

IIIIIEQ with a high pricc of $500, which is Y3“; f,” I iiwgfgrethcg “Show”, notwithstandins the low nrlce o! thmfmm "1111 1111 11111" 1111mm“ Almost at the beginning of his after." about the pricc railgcs of sables. gpecfidolrlrge Sums on advertising “mm L; much greater than m this man's‘ ‘nus gentleman w” m’ reign he became cnamourcd of the Rosamond was buried in the

I‘. G. CLARK. Pres. and Managing Director

Summcrside, Prince Edward Island

In ‘.\Iontague:—

R. W. STEWART. Clark Bros. Store.

In Charlottetown —

The silver fox is iaaluablc today hccausc it is the oiic fur that is flattering to female faces of all description; a fact that generally

outweighs any woman's prejudice against. wearing what everybody else swims to bc wcarinti. The silver , fox ncckpiccc has indccd becomo almost a commonplace, but in the

Have your skins cleaned and you will

realize best prices. Prompt Service-Personal Attention

EMMETT GIIIIIII

All of whi h i ds - h t 1 ERB aiftitoxin that has lxir-n found for 119i’ 111° 693011111’ 111T 1mm fillllll-EIVK other EdwurEi-tlliglszvenflllie a? thxilt ‘Ilhogeeirllrlggoh eyes of angend _ this vi a». irhlch attacks the tissue 'i—" name. Before - ‘ ‘ ‘v _ R L f n r _ t he came to the Eleanor F M A L E S ., coming ilic brain. m arcs obla k ‘in no ure is rim-om; he --k,.pt open nous‘, like ‘ Do hum ma‘ day and nigh“ a -—-—- 1" 111110 =10 1 1-1 v icflls llfffi a good old English gentleman, all Fair Rosamond! Where shall we ' BEc‘u.. The Coim- Of the 511v" foxis fur thtxr skins co-t rncrc than thc 5:‘-

The GRAND CHAMPION

ADULT

I" 1932 w" “ SUPERB SILVER

bnof. fish, the evident admire!‘ f u his M’. kl h, d tn s. Wh ‘N w“ a t'f‘l‘tli'll.\ and‘ vr-uctnblcs. with moat i1i1csl5gcllt°cllllllfl thtléollofelr. “One of tush tedotllile zgld (English anfigligvtie, m‘ was a parent, and fish piodums fonnhig '70 pct‘ s a mrers, who had been up- Stowe, we have almost the first

i" 1935 "r "or SUPERB SILVER Paris

“I 1936

The 1st Prize Medium Adult hlalc

was a SUPERB SILVER.

The 1st Prize Pale year old Male

was a SUPERB SILVER.

The Reserve GRAND (THAMPION MALE

was a SUPERB SILVER. ‘

The Borden RESERVE CHAMPION MALE in I935

The last male sl‘r‘ed two first. one second, one fourth and the

was a SUPERB SILVER.

Reserve gimmpion year old malc at Charlottetown this year.

The lirc silver fox looks like a dog and acts like a cat. It is an unusual color offshoot of the red fox. requiring in captivity as much coddling as an undernourished in- lwiit. Bccausc it ls a hairline brccd

MALE

in spitc of a partially effective

is dctcrmincci by sclcctive brooding. but a careful and elaborate dict 1s necessary to kccp it the right shade cf silrcr black. It sccms to thrivc bust on liorsc mcai,

cont. of the dict during the winter

on FOXES .mn ALL rim- BEARING ANIMALS PPLVEX kills Instantly i\ll flflul, ll?!

unil cks iiml iirrventu Immediate to. Iiifvlitlltllin.

KILLS rnnu nrr nun imsrs riii-zii on".

their foxes at style shows and In women's fashion magazines as wcll as In the fur journals. The Fromms took their share of the foxes and went the way of promotion, bent on featuring foxes with pelts almost white with silver. And last year

province.

On the bther hand, the fox farmers of the Canadian northwest with their proximity to low cost foods have a. present day advant- age over us of some three to six ddlars per pelt. and they have

Fromm spcnt 0150.000 atlvertising its "bright. with silver" foxes, an

today us wcrc sold in 1929, the fox farmers in this country would seem to be in a thriving industry. But last year a tremendous Nor- wcgian crop came flooding onto the London markct. and cvcn with

production in the domestic mar-

vcr fox pclts. But with white foxcs plentiful and red foxes too plenti- ful. it is today an easy matter for the (lycr to prorlucc an almost por- fcct imitation of tho block fov,

PELTIIIG TIME IS HEARING

best possible returns your pclts this year

_ USE Royal Fox Cubes

market.

Be sure that YOU get the from

They will give your foxes the finish that will top the

bccn getting along mostly with ground floor pens; free from the

twenty years 1n the employ of Fred'k Huth 8c Co., London, and had considerable to do with l-Iuth‘s fur business and particularly the private treaty department. He is now en route to Bummerside where he will become conversant with conditions in this province from thc fur farmer's standpoint, and complete arrangements with Mr.

The divinity that doth hedge a King gets many a jar in these enlightened t?) days. On the oc- casion of the garden party in Lon- don nt which the pilgrims to Vimy Ridge were present, His Majesty King Edward VIII had to run the

of the olden time," and sometimes his company entered themselves not wisely but too well. In the bil- liard room one night. the Prince was winning all along the line, to

plying himself diligently to the whisky decanter, in his exuberance reached out and slapped the Prince on the back. in appreciation of s lucky sfrokc. His Royal Highness, who, despite his natural geniality. never forgot the deference due to a man of pedigree, straightened up, looked coldly upon the offender, 111111 1111111118 to the company, quiet- ly said: "Take that gentleman home!" 'I'iu1t gentleman must have felt cheap when he thought it out afterwards A kind of modern eq- uivalent for "off with his head; so much for Buckingham!"

A few years ago, there was quite l! VOEue oi’ back-lapping here, and I remember feeling that the gest-

accepted writings of the historians; and with very little exception it is equally worthy of belief. While reading one of 'I1ennyson's earlier poems the other day. I was st- tracted by the verses—-

turn for her story? Tennyson hints that Queen Eleanor, consort of Henry II, was to blame for her death, but‘ no mention is msde of her by the historians Greene.

crude account of the supposed tra- gedy in these words: “Rosamond. the fayre daughter of Walter 10rd Clifford, concubine to Henry II (poisoned by Queen Ellimor, as some thought) dyed at Woodstocke (AD. 1177) where King Henry had made for her a house of wonderful working." Let us go back and consider the dramatis personae. Henry the second, one of. Eng- land's most efficient rulers, was a strong ibut not a silent) monarch. In his youth he bore no higher title than Count of Aniou, but his marriage with Eleanor of Guienne brought him most of western France, and gave him more terri- tory than that of the King of

beautiful Rosamond Clifford, and his attachment being rcturnctl, ha‘ built for her u. “wordcriill lion " at Woodstock, the lower story (as Stowe sayr) designed like a ".ii..;1i~" with many intricate passages, so that none could gain access to the fair occupant but “c “that was in- structed by the King or such as were right secret with him touch-

Henry,.W1lllam and Geoffrey — William surnamcd Longue-espe (Long-sword) became Earl or Sal- isbury. Geoffrey, Rosamonifs youn- ger son, became Bishop of Lincoln. An old MS. In the Cotton Library says of "Geoffrey Plantagenet":

middle of the choir at Godswllhill the nunnery whcrc .lic had 01111‘ lived "in the innocent 1iart of lici

‘ life." Among the iniiny fine sculp-

tures on her tomb was a Cup 0i‘ Chalice. and perhaps this. in after times, gave risc to thc .~ior_v of the poisoning. The tomb I\\'IllCI'i borc u. puunhig kind of epitaph bra-lil- nlng "Hie Jacet in tumbn. 3°50

'. 1,4, ,1 I, 1 ' avenue °f “m” $1“ p“ f°x 9°11’ ,b0 hi h hed raised Clark. re representation overseas. ing the matter." "This house af- mundl non Rosa miuida"—) re- i J x WEBSTER 156 Richmond 5L ,3;,.ke§r§§,,§°?,: snld- John Niemim kept on relsq h r expense w c 5 tier some time was named LB/byrin- rnained unmolested till 1151,1741?" 1 - ‘- . i ,0 keep n a aisunmve f“ mm,“ 1m: foxes wlthout liellvhw or thus Ol’ Dedalus work '—thtlli is. Hugh, BLshop of IJIICOIII emerge , n“, years ago me Silver fox was emphasis on My particular Jviw- | ‘some called this house "TheLaby- the church to prav, ciiquirvduiffrf ; Valuable because it was a m“, mh 30m 1111116 prospered. but owing t0 i g rinth.“ Hearnc, iinotlici‘ ontiquary, was buried thcrc. 11c “(is align- , mm, freak and in £11058 days a the present prefercficctof mnlst U? Kiting in! 171B, saldlthat Ugo lllfélllll- ed tgutéhitt was llslgnliflllgllle0llenuinén I - ~—~ _ — Capo of t“,mny ponas‘which today WOITIQH D1‘ OXCS 1R lift‘ ITilVI OILS O R VCTY REFS u Hg ITIDII B. r35 I h B h.