The daily Alaskan., 1914-04-24
NEM COMPANY
 Is ORGANIZED

While fox farming has been en-
 gagged in for several years on @. small scale in southern Yukon, it has not been until recently that regular stock company was 1 organized and steps taken to l secure a charter for the purpose of
 the extensive propagation and sale of foxes and other species of fur ! bearing animals.
 The advent into WhitahOrse about
 year ago of G. P. C0lwell was 1 the precursor to an entire change in the methods that have heretofore been employed, and instea1 of beins 1 pursued exclusively by individuals l the industry will beuceforth be con- ducted in manner that will sur pass in the scope of it's operations the famous fox farms of Prince Edward Island, in the Calf of St Lawrence.
 A few weeks ago a stock com- |pany under the name of tue Colwell l Fur Farms, Ltd, with an authorized capital of $l50,0O0, was organized, and a charter applied so~. The .in- corporators of the company are { C. p. CoIweu of St. Johns, N. B., Capt. P. Martin, WhiJehorse; The Hon. Geo. Black, commissioner of ! the Yukon Territory; A. F. Engle- bardt, Territorial Treasurer, Yukon; IWm. Ca,nro, Manager at Whiteborse ! for P. Burns & Co; A. T. Devers, Dawson Daily News, and Howard ] Pearse, member of Yukon Counci3, 1. Dawson.
 The ncorporators have in con temptation the establishment, at some point not yet decided upon in southern Yukon, of an extensive farm for the breeding, rapring and sale of foxes, mink, marten and
 fisher. The farm will be laid out in inc most up-to-date manner and each len built of the very bes. 16 guage, double galvanized fox wire. ten feet high, with a two foot oyerhaug, and extending into the ground to a
 depth of four feet, with 9 two foot
 carpet wire, making it impossible
 fer the inmates 10 escape. As an
 additional preeaution, however, ten foot guard fence will re erected
 all around the sixty odd pens which
 it is the intention to build, the out
 side fence being about 25 feet dis
 ,auJ from the inside iucIysvrc.
 The interior of the farm is to be
 provided with all appliances cal
 cuIatc 10 pro-ec and insure the
 animals from injury. The houses are 10 be constructed in conformity with
 lhc mos. modern ideas fer the sue ccssruI ,arc and breeding of foxes, and will be rendered secure and
 warm, as well as thoroughly veu-
 ulated, so that during tae critical
 periods of the breeding season the temperature may be regulated to
 suit atmospheric conditions.
 The same care as that given to the foxes will be eXcerciscI in look
 ing after other captive animals.
 The ranch will be looked after by those who have had years os eN- pericuce in this particular !ine, and gives promise of starting out sue cessfuIly from its inception, as AIr. Colweu, who is to manage the aC- fairs of the company, has been ac- lively engaged in the fox business tor the past three years, and is thoroughly posted upon all its re- qutremeuts.
 The farm will be stocked as soon l as it is ready for their care with Is foxes of selected breed and il is thought by 2Ir. Colweu that with l in the next twelve months the num- Der will be increased to at least ] sixty.
 AIr. Colwcll is now OH his way 1 East but he will return north the l middle of July when work upon l the farm will be vigorously pushed ! tO romDIatfOu