PAGE TEN 0000449-vooo-0 to iI'lMEI.Y NOTES OI TOPICS Silver Fox and l I i CONNECTED WITH Mink Farming The January issue of the Cana- d;an Home Journal has a two- i-age article entitled Elegance - our Own Breed by Mentie du Val. It is a very interesting write-up of Canada's silver fox and mini-. pi-otluctions. tracing the begin- nings of the fur industry in the iurly part of the 17th century and then the establishing of ranches Kins is an extract: "It was Cana- tiiaii Sir Charles Dalton who rais- ed the first foxes in captivity. get- ting as mtich as 52.500 for a sin- gle pelt and starting a stampede for fox breeding that. matched the mild rush in Yukon. Stories of those pioneering (lays in fox farm- ing are as rich in tales of spec- E dealings, exciting episodes. imphs and disasters. heroes and l'.lliiJllS as the sourdough yarns of mine and ltimber camp. Because: the live foxes were exported '-i other countries in those early (lays eventually Canada lost con- trol and there was a glut on the ma r k e t. Abundance gradually b:'ou;zht. the prices down. Fur ::mrhcrs to save the industry be- ilflll to experiment with new beau- hful mutations, such as standard platinum. pearl platinum and royal !.FlDIlhll'8 fox - delicate hueu furs that have stirred fashion imagina- tions the world over. not only be- cause of their intrinsic beauty but: because of their universal flattery and special talent for blending 1-. ii if any color." , The article then goes on give the history of mink and particular- iv the mutation mink such as sap- phire, best of all the blue-toned ml.-ilk and now being bred widell in Canada. It was this fur which last year established a record for new prices. First bundles at auc- tions brought 5350 average per pelt. The average uUBlil.'v' mink 003”- however. range in price from 82,00-'1 in 54.000 and it takes about 60-odd nrnk skins to make up a coat. The ntticle is beautifully illustrated showing a stunning hio-length jac- l:et in standard platinum fox. a vraist-length cape in pearl plat- inum fox in the new royal sap- pJi.rc tone and also another model iitnring an evening cape stole in r.t.indard dark ranch mink. The zbove splendid publicity has been sponsored by the Canadian Fur Farm Advertising Committee of vhzch D. 0. Stewart, Summerside. is the secretary. The Hudson's Bay Company gen- rral auction of raw fur skins will he held Tuesday. Jan. 15. when 10.000 silver and mutation foxes will be offered. On Wednesday. Jan 16 red fox. cross fox. while fcix. blue fox. beaver. otter and inuskrat will he sold. And on Thursday. squirrel. ermine. fisher. marten. 22000 mutation mink. 10,- 000 wild mink. 11.000 silver-blue pizitinum mink and 1.000 miscel- laneous imitations will be on sale. On Friday, Jan. 13. 80.000 ranch in.nk. standards and half-bloods will be offered. This is one of the finest collections of fresh seasons pelts that has been offered at auc- tion either in the United States or (:ana(la and a large attendance of luycrs. including American and Ellcillicall are expected. In New York Lampson. Fraser lend I-Iuth announce the offering cf the new. fresh 1952 collection of nationally advertised EMBA mutation mink. 60.000 will be of- fared raw Jan. 22 and 38.000 dress- cd Jan. 23. Among the noted ranchers whose collections will be fouiid on that sale are Herb Nor- gcrden. Cloquet. Minn.. Dr. Seth Osiiorn. Waterville. Minn., Carl Schmidt. Ottawa. And the E. C Priebe Fur Farm. Waseca. Minn The above collection is one of the largest and most varied we have ever noticed advertised, and it will be interesting to see the amount of money they will bring. l!udson's Bay. London, England. announce the January auction sale at Beaver Hall. London, with 7,000 Hue fox l0,000 silver fox. 1.000 platina fox. 300 pearl fox. 15.000 ranch mink and 1,500 mutation r.-;'nlt and 6.000 wild mink. Thats a place we would like to see. We have some very happy recollen. tl:ii;s of January sales we attend- cd there from 1927 to 1931 At one of them a fox pelt consigned by Milliizan an". Morrison. North- am. through us, sold for E250 equal to about 31.200 then, and the entire lot average 5266. over 5:300 The Hudson's Bay warehouse loiitl sales room was completed in ,l.'l.'l6 and is the finest in the world iTheir rzraders are the most e):j)t'l'i. v-nrticularly in mink. that can be .i'ound anywhere. One of the furs that caught our attention parti- cularly was Russian sable. They are taken off in round form. mid- vay in size between a tea plats- and a dinner plate and several lots sold tip to 1:100 per skin. Q' course the EEC. auction has :1 great many belts from their hosts in the Far North of Canada. Their white fox, beaver and wild mink are the best obtainable. Also many other furs which they specialize in The companvls stock has been so- im: up in price because of the dis- covery of oil in Alberta and pos- rililv in Saskatchewan where the H30. owns millions of acres. A' one time thev owned the entire West. but a deal was made with the Canadian Government which allotted them the land mentioned and a certain sum of money. In addition to its fur activities. the company conducts wonderful stores in the west and has a great many side lilies. shch as Hudson's Bay lilrmkets that are the best obtain- able. The United States Government's law prohibiting the importation of seven tvnes of furs from Russia and satellite countries goes into effect Jan. 15. It is said. how- tver, that many of these furs will be shipped out in devious ways and handled bv other countries and it will be difficult to enforce the law. George Mayors of Lainpson. Fraser and Ruth was the principal speaker at in meeting of the Rocky Mountain Fur Farmers Co-0pe-”'- tive Arsociation held recently. I-I: crvered the field of mutation and color phase of mink from tlin point. of view of market popular- it.V and relative market values for different color nhases. At the ure- sen: time he thinks the p'astel is CATERPILLAR Diesel En POWER CATERPILLAR Diesel Marine Engines 37 to 400 Ii.P. CATERPILLAR Diesel Electric Sets 19KW to 3l4KW For full information and price: Write or call at: A. PICKARO MACHINERY LTO. Cliarlottetowii, P. E. I. gines ........ .. 44 to 500 H. P. 1 I & O V Oooocooccoooooi Gas Pipe Lines The Chinese. who used natural gas for lighting and heating more than a thousand years ago, used bamboo pipe lines to convey the gas from its source to their homes. The first record of ratural gas be- ing conveyed by a. pipe line in America was at Freuona. N. was laid for five and a half miles to Titusville. Pa. Improved Methods Two parallel eight-inch gas pipe lines were laid a distance of 120 miles from the gas fields of In- claim to Chicago in 1091. These lines carried gas with an initial pressure of 525 pounds per sq. lllch. From 1925 on. very amt advances were made in the manu- facture of steel gas pipe, this and the improved methods of electric welding of steel pipe made it pos- sible to lay large diameter pipe .3155 to; great, dlatal'lC8S under; high pressure. By 1931, there had, iheen fourteen major pipe linesy laid in the United States. Thesey iron-..cd in size from 18" to Ill”. :and carried gas from the South Central States to such distant ccntres as Denver, Omaha and Mlioieapolls. The outstanding event of that year was the com- pletion of a 24" gas P1139 hm fmm the Amarillo gas field in Northern Texas. across six states, a distance (1. over 1000 miles to Chicago. It was followed by a line that reach- ed the great automobile manufac- turing centre of Detroit in 1936. The San Francisco Bay region was supplied with natural gas by a large llCtWOI'K of pipe lines up to 26" in cilameter .from the Kettle- man I-llll, Buttonwillow and other s3-i9o-Q-cf9-i&O9&OOO00t:O9&e0o& .. - NEWSY NOTES - By .I.'a. Clark. n.sc. ' been given in 1824. when. from a. 27-foot gas well, hollow logs were used as pipes. to light two stores. A two- inch lead pipe line, 2 1-2 miles long. was laid in West Pa., in 18-33. At Rochester. N. Y.. in, l8'0. a wooden gas pipe line was laid for a distance of twenty-five niilcs, its inside diameter was. eight inches. Two years later. the. first iron. two-inch gas pipe line , 4 THE GUARDIAN. ed at Little Rock. Arkansas. the "Big-Inch." contractors at that time equipment heavy enough for the job. The urgency and the risks led to a division of the work. This 'was decided by lots drawn from a hat. During the construction y., work, these two were known as: the "Big-inch" which was 24" in diameter, and the "Little Big- iinch." 20 inches in diameter. lThesc two were turned over, after lthe war, to a natural gas com- pany, to supply gas to the Atlan- tic seaboard. Since the building lot these lines. nicknames have to the "Blg-inch- iers.” "Super inch" is a 34" giant pipe, making a 506 mile link in a system from the Texas and New xirxico gas fields to California. It crosses the Mojave Desert and goes over the mountains at an elevation of 4600 feet. More than 200,000 tons of 60-foot sec- tions' went into its construction. A monster 31-ton ditching nia- chint. dug a ditch 44" wide and 5 1-2 feet deep at the rate of one mile per day under favourable conditions. Pipe lines go directly up and over the top of steep hills and mountains because of the danger of land slides breaking the pipe. A gas pipe line between West Virg.niri and Maryland across rough mountain terrain, is known as the ”Toughcst Inch." Over a million tons of dynamite were used in preparing: ilic trench for this 262-mile line that cost 3:79.000 Der milc. Loczifinr; Gas Lines Prelim-inary surveys are made by airplane crews. In this way the 1B-io-mile transcontinental gas line was laid out almost in a straight line from the Rio Grande to New York City. This is the longest pipe line so far construct- ed. in the world. its original spec- ifications. which were for a 26" line. were changed to 30 inches, and plans are under way now, to lay a parallel 35-incher, and have it completed by 1955. After looking fields. There were 55,000 gas wells in the 20 states that were produc-l iizg natural gas, when the second; world war started. and within at year 2,400 billion cu. ft. were sold, in 3-1 states to 9 million customers: in 5150 communities. This sup-' plied 4.2 million people through networks of 85.000 miles of main, gas pipe lines. and 00.000 miles oft local distributing lines. The Big-Inehers . ”Big-inch" pipe laying is a tough. r.sky job. The organizing. of a crew of over 300 men to han- dlc a thousand tons of . equip- mect. within I. self contained unir. known among pipe-liners as It. ”spread,” is equivalent to or- ganizing an army division. It was. in fact, in connection with the "Big-Inch" was coined. It was de- clc-ed, in 1942. to build two pipe lines, parallel most. of the way, from Texas to the Atlantic sea- board. at Staten Island. to carry oil for military purposes. Pipe- llncrs. as they are called, gather- tlie best money mink. with the rapphlres coming rapidly to the front. Mr. Mayers became so ab- sorbed in classifying color phase m.nk that he overlooked any re- ference to the future of silver fox. when this was brought to his at- tention he apologized for his fall- i.re. He said the present outlook :or the revival and rehabilitation of fox had not improved. He said that the fox farmers could con- tinue to console themselves with the knowledge that it is one of the most mcrcriai and suddenly change- ailc of any line of business It can. and does at. times, change ever the weekend. It is affected by world conditions. the same as 23:1 other lines of business. plus the sudden emotional swings of fash- ion. He said "I know of no ex- ;--stlenced person in the field of fur who doubts that fox furs will again be popular and profitable to raise." OUT OUR WAY- By J. R. Williams HERE --WHEN YOU BANG THE PANS ON THE EDGE OF THE GARBAGE CAN. l .2, 11.1111 j t, .. xv ,' lliiiii" lllm(ltI""- 71 illlltlli ; ” 9 . ; sf BANG THE LIPS T00. 30 'THEV'LL I '3 GET. any g V . .- N,..,y;.'. if t It was military necessity, during the sec-, ontl World War, of constructing the famous 24-inch War Emer- gency Pipe Line, that the term the route over from the air, the 'pipe-lzner" has to visit it from me nearby roads, and arrange for the purchase of a '15-foot right of way. one company who had to secure about 5.090 tracts of land. had to contact. 20.000 persons, some of them in distant places. This transcontinental gas line crossed or was la.d under 619 roads, I10 railway traclrs, and 40 streams, including the Hudson River near the George washing. iton Bridge. The New Jersey Pal- isades made it necessary to adopt a new method of laying the pipe. assembled in 300-toot. llengths. welded and then moved koui. on hfll':.:cS to the prepared lriver bottom ditch, which had ibecn dredged. on account of the 1'-'"l'1t"10ln3 clay bottom. There iare now about 120 major gas pipe lline.-. in the United States. 3 (ins Storage I 1 The winter demand of many 1 cittes is now so great that it is es- sential to have gas storage. The "Big-lnclicrs” are really immense storage units as well as conveyors of gas. The great gas tanks that were once built, held only from 10 to 15 million cubic feet each, and t eir cost of building and upkeep as high. Today there are gas wells that produce 100 mllllonicu. feet per day, and one gas com- Dans. when the thermometer GTOPS 3-0 Zero. uses 815 million cu. feet per day. Fortunately there were. in the neighborhood of some 0I' the large cities. exhausted gas fields that lay abandoned. These hazi held gas for millions of years. and by "tightening-up." that 15. taking care to close every well ihat had been drlllec. near them they can be then filled up again by pumping gas into them. so long as the pressure is no; raised beyond what the containing st;-.1. ta will stand. These under- ground storage pools have made it possible to use the gas lines at f.ili capacity in summer as well as winter. There are over 100 storage field: in use in the United States, and one company has storage for 100 billion cubic feet. An American company has re. cently offered to build a ”Big- inch" gas line from Edmonton. Alberta. to Montreal, for 5253 million. The distance, - 2240 miles would make it the longest "Big-inch" in the world. Suggests New Farm Organization In li.B. 1”REDlIR.IC'PON, Jan ll-(GP) - Reorganization of the New Brunswick Fnrmers' Association was suggested in a report pre- sented Wednesday at the Associa- L'on's annual meeting. Under the proposals. the As- sociation would become the only general provincial agricultural or- ganization in the province and mold represent all farmer groups i r was invented by the fan Laennee in 181 rench physio- - Q. '9 . Mr VVHY HAVE SORE V4:-X, FEET? for the securing of contracts to build only 25 pipe line had The stethoscope used by doctors Cl-lARL0'l'l'ETOWN ” gm just as in drinking hard liquors. r owever for the data used W.C.T.U. ” NOTES I the editor has drawn from the material provided by eight leading physicians in an American city- Ona of these phvsiclans lays II- tcr thirty-five years practice. "I think beer kills quicker than any other liquor - my attention was first called fo,its insidious effects when I began examining for life insurance. Ipuaed as unusually good risks five young business men, who seemed in the best. of health and to have superb consti- tutions. In a few years I was amazed to see the whole five drop off. one after mother. with what ought to have been mild and ena- lly' curable diseases. on compar- ing my experience with that of other physicians, I found they were all having similar luck with continued beer drinkers and my practice since has heaped confir- mation on confirmation on our conclusions." Another of the eight physicians BEER DRLVKING - HOW DANGEROUS? Canadians are drinking a great ydeal of beer these days. This does not mean that they are drinking proportionately less hard liq- uors as the advocates of beer drinking argue. They are actual- ly drinking more spzrlts than they used to. they are also drinking a great deal more beer. In fact. ac- cording to figures for the year 1947 (just now the editor does not have authentic figures for a later year) Canadians drank 14'! MIL- LION GALLONS OF BEER. That. is. anyone will admit a very. great deal of beer. It meant a little over ten gallons of beer for every per- son in the country. that is. grant- ing there were 14 million people in Canada in 1947, and that may be too high a figure. There is ev- ery reason to believe that the amount of beer consumed in Can- ada is today much greater than it W3..T four years ago. There certain- iy are more outlets and more out- lets usually meant increased sales anywhere. in centres west of the Maritirnes where there are almost yearly population increases. new outlets are being set up yearly. In lNova Scotla whether the popula- tion increases or not. new outlets in the form of taverns make their appearance. Add to these increas- ec. outlets the many schemes de- vised and carried out by the brew- "Mbst physicians. like myself dread being called upon to take charge of a sick man who is a habitual drinker. The form of Bright's Disease known as the swollen or large white kidney is much more frequent than among beer drinkers than any other class of people." still a third wrote, ”It is diffi- cult, to find any part of the con- firmed beer dririkcr's machinery that is doing its work as it should. This is why their life cords snap off like glass rods when disease or accident gives them a little blow. Beer drinking shortens life. This is not mere opinion. It is a well settled and recognized fact physicians and insurance compan- ies accept this unquestionably as one to see that their product is . continually brought before the my om" umusputedh mcth V 5" attention of the public. Every- 'dmce' A fourth 0! t we D Isl- cians had this to say in part of thing adds up to one conclusion: ms testimony to the (menu 01 This is that R VERY GREAT DEAL OF BEER Is BEING Cobb beer drinking: ”(The brain and its SUMED IN CANADA TODAY membranes su er severey an . , , ' after irritation and irritation comes dullness and stupidity. In view of this situation it is en- tircly pertinent to ask some queg. tlons about how dangerous beer drinking is. There is no end of re- liable data that can be brought forward in answer to such ques- tions. and stralghtway it can be added that it emphasizes the dan- gers there are in beer drinking There is no question in mind that many brain diseases and cases of insanity are caused by exceulve beer drinking." ' In conclusion. let one more phy- sician have his say. He simply underscores what the others have already said; "I have told you the frozen truth-cold. calm. scienti- fic facts. such as the profession CANADA . PROVINCE OF r.nywhere recognizes as absolute lmzmcg EDWARD ISLAND truths. I, do not regard beerl IN rm: PROBATE covnr here I has this to say in his testimony: ' no one can tamper with with any " mg JANUARY 12, 1952 C R O S S W O R D JDAILY A DOWN 18. American 1. Female 1. 'f'ernP9l' MR9" parent: if-011011-) WE"-" , 5 Dlplgmgcy 2. Miscellany 19. Longfellow s 9'. scum 3. nuufu-i middle g mags villagu M-H10 10. Set of boxes 4. Slumber 11- A908 (0:-font.) 5. It is 24.. stroke 1;, net, (contracted) H8?"-IV 12. Branches 0. Piluter 26. Sorrow 14.l'lnh 7.Consurning 28.82111 . , is. Eswptun W. gzmlgoun Yesterday 0 Auto! 1. e's 11. gorfental 8. Arfleahy nu'ts 41. Bristle-like hung (Hill 32 Dflllk P 1l:Not many 11. Put slowly 43. Dicftlllu 20. Kitchen through 34. Monetary II POW" upon," .g, glgva unit (U. 5.) 45. D100) in 22. Luxon 13. Irish 35. Cebino the middle native I'll!" "'9"k9Y' we 'r'”"" 33, 3,...” wri t. 38. Danger W010? 215. Gesture of deference (Gila ) 31 Period of time 29.!-Inwailnn food 30. Savor: 33.001-icludu 36. atop. as 31. Gratuity 39 Gazelle (Tibet) 40.Godoflovc 42. Bench-like seat 44. Chinese measure 45.-Bop down 41. Fence plecu 40.Girl'o nuns I50. Peruvian Indian 51. I4m;.cocne nap of cloth 52. book asknnce DAILY CRYPIOQUOTE-Here's how to work it: A X Y D L B A A X R IILONGFELLOW One letter simply stands for mother. In this example A is used for the three Us. X for the two 0's. etc. single letters. apor trophies. the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each day the code letters are different. A Gut gum Quotation IZPUAU BPUN IL MTAUU LR BPU KBMTU. BPUXA HRMRXGXBN XK IL!- IUASHW-KPUAXIMR. Yesterday's Cryptoquote: AND SAYS. IF LADIES BE 31!! YOUNG AND FAIR, THEY HAVE THE GIFT TO KNOW IT-- SHAKESPEARE. orinking as safe for anyone. It is a dangerous. aggressive evil thaf safety to himself. There is only one safe course. and that is to lei The 4th day of January A.D. noise. In Re Esinte of INA G. BEER. late of Charlottetown in Queen's County in the said Province. Married Woman. deceased, tes- tote. To the Sheriff of the County of Queen's County or any Con. stable or literate person within said County GREETING: WHEREAS upon reading the petition on file of Clifton I-I. Beer 7. of Charlottetown aforesaid. Doctor WEIRE jug-(' 0' Denml SllFf;0r.V and Fredcri A. Large of Charlottetown aforesaid, Up Bnfrislvr. Executors of the last will of the 'ahove named. praying that :1 citation may be issued for the purpose hereinafter set forth: You are therefore hereby required to cite all persons interested in the said Estate to be and appear before the Judge present at a Probate Court to be held in the Court House in Charlottetown in Queen's County in the said Prov- incc. on Wednesday the 6th day of February next coming, at the hour of eleven o'clock forenoon of the same day to show cause if any they can why the Accounts of the said Estate should not be passed nnd.the Estate closed as prayed for in said petition and on motion of Frederic A. Large. Esquire. Proctor for said Petitioners. AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a true copy hereof be forth- with publlshed in some newspaper published in Charlottetown afore- said once in each week for at least four onsecutive weeks from the date hereof and that a true copy hereof he forthwith posted in the following public places re. SDGCUVCIY. nhmely. in the hall of the Court House in Charlotte- town aforesaid, at or near the UUR BOARDING H0 HAK-KAFF-.' UM- KUMF ! MV WORD--' . xi fl x X AM V" CE. gl-IARMING r QDRPRISE 2 IT'S oven- WHELMING - (xa;”vV it alone . " USE Maior. Hoopla iii? Iervlee. im.r.u. I .u. 1. at.Dt1. 'Tr-Z” Royal Bank of Canada Building in Charlottetown aforesaid. and at or near the Bank of Nova Scotla Building in Charlottetown afore- said. so that all persons interest- cd in the said Estate as afore- said may have due notice there- 0 WITNESS His Honour Harold Leonard Palmer. Judge of the said Probate Court at Charlottetown in i - ' Queen's County. the dav and year first above written. By the Court. gel.) M. ELIZABETH WRIGHT. (LS3 Registrar. will be held at the soclatlon. than January 15th. PROPANE GAS For Hot Water llenflnlg. Cooking and Cabin lleaung Exhibitors are than one of which is Entries should 8Tllll.EY, siuw, & miiiirii I.l'll. Diatnbuion of aiutiiuy Propane (ha Range Mono no (It. tin an nonu- A show and sale of Commercial and Standard Brand Beef Cattle Provincial Exhibition Grounds (chltown) The show will be sponsored by the Pure Bred and Commercial breeders of the Province in oo-ope ion Departments of Agriculture and the Provincial Exhibition As- ' All animals shown must weigh least 700 lbs. and be not more than three years of age. They must: be owned by the exhibitor not later Non-Poisonous - Olen - g ,1 Thanimalawlllbe laeedb tli beatbeef ttlo d liable mm aw? hat and will go sold following the above, byetho best aI:tloneje':- gIeVaI?bIe in - so" M Eastern Canada. - not later than February 1st. The Drovhciiil Exliiliitioii Association siitiiiiiiraiiaiinrrirairiiiiiiiriar-.iia1ii;iiisiciti:i.i .-lIEJEJIEEJIEIEIIEIEIIEIIEIDJLEEIlilEllEUElIElE'lEllElElEllEllilEDJEJEDEDIEIEEJIEIEJL ' PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND SHOW and SALE MARCH 27 - 28 ntlon with the Provincial and Domin- limited to not more than five animals, not more a heifer. ' be sent to the office of the Exhibition Association l'5JlElEa'lEiJii5l1E,li'illl.5ll! no a x