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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

ALASKA. Nov. a.
= During the past few weeks
= have visited some Of the largest
fox farms Of Alaska There are
altogether. perhaps. ten or T. in tho
territory. There are several along the
) ukon river and some not far from
Prince william sound There Us one
1T Cooper Center on the trail between
Fairbanks and Valdez. which is said
10 have zoe foxes. and to have sold
three lives ones not long ago for Just
about $4,000.
There IS a farm al Baker Hot Springs
,-1--cb has paid as high as SlrhN apiece
q. the Indians for black fox pups. ana
one near here which has interested
eastern capital 70 the amount OF SS't--
0Hn Judge Moran. member OF the
Alaska legislature, has estabIsleq .
fox farm al ShunEnak on the hoeuA
river in artic Alaska He IS raising
white foxes as well as blacks fels
and crosses and says that these anima $
can be reared Just as easily as ca1'-e
AIasakan FurS Are Higher.
During my stay i'm the hiondike- ]
had a raIk with Albert r Lamb about
The FOX farms at White horse an9
Tt.. --son- ATr. Lamb IS the Hsslstrar OF
v-l--on territory and secretary Of one
OF the fox-farming companies He SAYS
there are four fox farms in that Vicin-
irv. and that the furs they produce are
far superior % those Of eastern can
ada and Prince Edward iSianu
Alaska and Yukon furs Of all kinds
are quoted by fur houses AT % per cent
higher than those or eastern America.
and fox skins from this region are
worth 30 per cent more than those
caught around Hudson baV- Indeed. me
iasf furs of the world come from the
very cold climates. such rs siberia and
Alaska. and The day will come when
the fur-farm- uc industry or these llEi-
tudes viii be one Of the great cloth
ing industries Of the world
CapitaI of Saa.0OO.0OO Invested
The business OF FUR farming was be-
gun by the Canadians about . years
ago The f-st fox ranches were on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

third had tied UP the parcel: the fourth
had addressed r. to the bank
Drink Money Leads to arrest
They were catechiscd separately one
OF the four. when questioned snuoA
and trembled like the proverbial aspen
leaf Tie showed al the Seneraliy-ac-
cepted signs Of guilt though As
matter OF fact. ne was wholly innocent
The really guilty, party as lll az
urOvcd was the adresser- Serious SuS-
nicior first rested upon him when II
was found that he had spent Ssi--3 ~
one afternoon. after office hours Tor
Ire had run into debt in Baltimore
before coming TO Washington. MOST
imprudeutly. he began paying What
he owed and IN every instance ne pdld
with 500 notes When he saw "eteC-
tfon imminent. he tossed bundle con
rainipa- ST. 900 OF the stolen money INTO
the veSrihule Of the treasurer res
fdcnce ON 7 street 4 government sieu-t
saw him do Il. He was arrested anu ii
one OF his pockets were tounu lllui-
r1ingS OF -re mania paper with Wnlcn
he had stuffed the package Eighteen
months IN the qenitenfiaTy was MS
Two wears earlier. clerk in the
cash room named BENJAMIN 1allocN
stole $4,000 i'm treasury notes OF Sr"V
an attractive denomination Lhe
notes were not new they were nuI
rrr-, bere6 conSecutivcly therefore ana
b. was difficult TO trace them ia ltlS
ireft HalIocS had two acconpiceS-
saloon keeper named ottman ane
zuo-tiug character known as reg
i.e.-- Pro-vn Ottman confessed turn .
5r.~ states evidence The other eScapec
through disagreement Of the jury IN
.ie sam never got any Of the money
Woman Il Clever Thief
The most remarkable theft from the
treasury. however-cnd the only one
ever known to have been commiJte c
rv a wowan-was perpetrated pF NiS-
r-rneSt5n7 Becker. an expert restorer
of damaged surrency. in the redempti :
division She invented a method OF
making nine notes out OF eight Sne
would Put together fragments OF eiSht
a1urflatef bills (sent I'm by banks 10
bc reGeemedl ir such fashion as 10
leave enough over to make nntn-
The ninth was for Ernestine. lnasmuch
as she never dealt IN this way with
notes Of less denomination than so
and usually with fifties or hundreds
her profit was very satisfactory.
But one day she had asked Tor an
rfteruoon off. and departing from tiie
office ar noon she leit OF hel "a - ~,
% number Or money packages done up
neatly with paper straps one OF them
was knocked onto the floor. and 4
re1Iovv-worker picked Il up. incidental
d. ~eco-fnt-uE e.. she dfscoN cred ina
the numbers ~ the tops and bottoms
o. the bills did not match The notes
We're soaked apart. and the iJtie zane
was revealed
Ernestine was never punisre- NJ.
uuscrupulous rcal-eState agent go an
her money away from hey soon after
wards. and she died of canser three
wears later in a NeW York hospital
How much She stole will never he
known. bur her profits on her last DAY $
work ff she had got themi We're S+Np-
and IL was only a half day at that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

your friendship DO 7 presume past
pardon Always faithfully your num-
BILE servant-Randolph Pickens
Poor chap Agnes half sighed,
rs1f smiled Her own worries made
har very commissioned or course ne
may come 80 see me do not pelleNS
that he could ever agaln summon
courage to make the mistake OF talk
ing affection to me am sorry Tor
hin, IL was pitiful-his offering me
those sweet peas while JhoSe sLsds
flaming roses were here on the taple-
Her reu1em nrancc Of the incident was
distinct as she answered Ar. Elchens
letter
YOUR friend" she wrote. and II IL VIII
give you any pleasure or lessen your
loneliness 10 come TO see me some.
times. j viii be glad to have you
mt hone he viii not come too
often she unused as she laid the let-
Ter where she would he sure to see IL
and take it out TO be posted tonaofro"
morning
Returning TO the sitting room, she
bent over the roses They were very
beautiful, Yet her nearl o eal -. ~ "a ~
as she thought who had sent Inelll- 6uI
she could not forget that Mr. BAN
bridge was very kind to her, and that.
lust now but for him. her hte WouIu
be colOrless-
went downstairs the following day.
She had been i'm the oftice TOT max
hour before Mr.. cambridge entered
Good morning he sreeteo me- me-
todayc Better. 7 hope
She had a very comfortable night,
the girl said. then added hastily,
want 20 thank YOU Mr. cambridge, IOr
The roses YOU sent me- they are Won
der-l1I And so were the tirSt YOU
sent T did not suspect win ilttie
laugh OF embarrassment that those
others were from YOU. or I would nave
thanked YOU for them
~Ahe Who did You suppose sent
them he Queried teasjngly-
Sbe flushed as she remembered that
she had actually fancied they had come
from Philip Hale
I'LL do not knOw-I had no way
{ Of knowing she stammered-
There was no card with them
NO. he said. II put none INTO nc
box. for ] was a bit afraid you might
dfsapprove OF my sending YOU even Il
. rrifline- remembrance. I am glad you
; ala not know the flowers came from
me"
Why
BaInbridge Proposes
Because" he explained. Il saw that
Won had presented the fair Miss Room
ey with some Of them 7 hope that, had
F YOU known they were from me. You
+ would not have given any OF them
away. Am 7 very presumpr
He drew nearer as u he would take
her hand She felt vaguely uncon-
. Portable and Withdrew little
-T don't know she said. Perhaps
/ ] would have done So no matter VINO
/ gave the roses TO me
ii hope not" he repeated softly, his
I eyes fixed steadily on hers II ike 70
/ think that YOU would value my gifts
| too much to give them 70 another girl
Continued on next paEe.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

brought them IN for sale and they are
doing so now. There IS q closed season
for killing foxes. lut some Of the
farmers have been paying the Indians
for the live young they eaten, l .-,
shipping them 10 the east as ranch
bred The Other day the government
fur warden here. found - live FounS
u the hands OF Indians. and turned
them all loose. This number included
rs blacks worth al least $1,000 or more
apiece. Wher they let the Io-rs 90
from $4,000 20 100000 fled OH INTO
the woods The Indians could help
themselves for telr az the law
Tn the Yukon. when an indian finds
a fox nest he watches 10 until the
closed season is over. and then tries 70
trap the foxes with traps so protected
bv wrappings that they VIII hold the
animals without inJurine them
There has been great cnauEe IN
tine prices OF foxes and fox skins since
the breaking out of the great war m
Europe Immediately following that
time the great firm Of L2mpsons IN
London. which handled practically all
oC the furs of The world. closed its
doors and declared it would hold no
sales during the war This knocked
the life ont Of the fur trade and prices
fell This was So during 1914 and
1915. ordinary fox skins dropped 10 l-d
their value and the fine ones were pu-
away. Beavers brought less tnan half
price and marteu and lynx skins We're q
drug i'm the market. Tn the latter part
% 1915 furs began to go up, and thct
are now fast comug back TO their old
figures They Will continue 20 advance
and silver FOX skins viii probably De
worth more than ever before
AT the last sale at LampSon'S the
average price OF wild silver FOX skins
was S200. and that for the skins from
the best ranches Sl-uu
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

N SOMEBODY Is all The time pick
w ing U-cIc Sans pocket. only
few DAYS ago ii was discovered that
2 clerk in the treasury had stolen sew
,ral sheets oL unsigned bank-notes
from a vault Such notes. of course
90 not acquire the signature Of the
sank officers until after they have
reached the bank for which the are
printed by the government But with
out the autographs they are perfectly
good spending money. Who looks TO
see whether a bauk-note IS signed 3
The methods by which Uncle sam
is robbed are often most picturesque
on one occasion a negro night watch
man III the san Francisco mint got
away with So 900 worth Of gold. He
took IT from the separating tanks IN
The refining room with "a spoon-just
3 spoonful. worth about 80. al
The loss was noticed. and. when IL
was ascerrained that the Waterman D..
whose name was Henry smith, hau
been selling bullion. me was arrested
His humble home was Searcheu- the
floors were taken ups the nodes
furniture WAS knocked 70 pleceS-'il-
without luE result Finally MS ~ q
bed Of Bausies the sercet service men
uneafih-H "a s-- '--.l - - -aITo,c
metal smith tWho had meitru ---a
sfeaIine= in crucillel went 10 jail
Jones Had Original Idea
The notion of substituting cnlll -s '-
nase metal lot -,l-- o-..' -, I-.i..i,,.l :
uliAei-tli-e 90 Or - .,--.-,,+ 7,airer-
and refiner i'm the Carson mint he
looh l'-elllO-l 81 80 no. Is rot
lnal lhe 3udLit- o- = 80 H., 400 enc
SHOWN 's itS 49,. -. ~ o.. niece.
a1u r. ~ ''-
O. Gu hlisr -=+, d, -,--s,7l.-- few
Jones eot .tN - \. -1l- o. - l-a,
ounces al ,l'l-,- --r-l T-l-e i,.,r-
300 ounce ne "ol.- ~ ne "a III IT.
Nnoi. ~ e-,-i+gfi,-,- me ASA "
stamp rms "i go -.,.---.,.-l,-
square i1l tl'v ~ +ba
came AROUND anu to'N - ,,,5ee7-,a
De-5- =.i ~. .-.,71 7,a,. mana .-el
Id ,- - che mimi en-
tle ono Of
pio- - 'oI H. --le -rTre--
49, --i ,-,r.. finally QUAR-
49, ,-s- rba=- shares OF The pro-
le-lS 80 - -g--ed in 70 steal
SSeu9,, H 81 -'I,.,,-,-e Of rho rle--
~ -.l.i 49, bsrs 1aIT ~ which
H. .l.-7,as IRON, rre mines. contain
= me. - --oi,i, 80 freared To-
htotS - --..,-, KS-I,au
separate tl-I - s -.oiifue-
ne 49, -I,-.- became a
$500 - ~, .-,1.7 re7r 10 The Mt
-. - ay75frI, -,oyyfe- resembling
- 49,, - -.7,.1--5 Few ounces
Llie = - 80, -.-.1, 1-er-1af71l
'i-1 f.et~ s--..O0a.
This vent on Tor cutie q while.
F7enev stealing granular gold rom the
Hsles - --5rg Tones and the
ISLllliAi- N'--i Go -,,-r-. 90
- ~ =.--=,,- i-e isrs for the gold
~, - ~ ~ -Ie rb--e took $500 al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

such combinations They say that on
man in eastern canada lost inter on
silver foxes because he would NOT pay
a high price for a cat The mother %
the foxes had died. and I'm looAlus
around TO find a cat I'm the proner con-
dirfon the farmer discovered but one
only The owner OF the cat app eci"'
ed his need ed refused TO sell ms car
for less thrn $500 The foy farmer WaS
Indignant and refused. The result We
that he lost five little foxes tnat ni5't
have. been worth S15.0o1. and all lot
$500 cat One foN raised by a cat mere
at Fairbanks had pelt when was
valued At $500.
The breeding Of the foxes is very
carefully handled. Al mating time the
animals are sensitive to strange Signs,
noises and smells. and the ranches are
Dogs and other animals are kept out OF
the neighborhood. and the keepeIS
sometimes watch the pens from IA. n
chamber. out Of which they HOOK
through a small window
Ii takes 50 days or more after mat
ing before the animals bear. They
have only one litter year. and litter
may consist OF from one 10 nine pups
a fox viii continue TO bear UP TO ten
or eleven years OF age and VIII mate al
eight months OF age 7 ne young lu'N7
like dog pups and play and bark Just
like DOGS 7 am told that silver gray
foxes usually breed true TO their color
and that cross foxes viii some times
throw black foxes a cross loN Is the
marriage OF the black and the red
Wild Foxes Needed For breeding.
There is a. great demand among the
FOX farmers for wild foxes for breed
ing. When the Fairbanks farm was
started they paid as high as SlurN
apiece Tor black foxes and 800 and
upward for red ones The Indians
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04


Prince Edward Island. and that little
island TODAY has the largest and most
rrofftaIla farms So the world There
are s10 different companies engaged
in the business and their capitalization
is about $50. 100000. The most OF the
conpanies are paving dividends. and
+beir nor nrofftS I'm 1873 were over
81 900 0OD The island has about 500
COX ranches. and she business has
enread TO other parts OF Canada over
500 Cownauies are engaged in L in
Nova scotia. Newfoundland and New
GrunSuvf and farms have been
started also in euebee. Ontario and
Western Canada There are several
fox farms in New England. some IN
Wv work state ans q number iu the
far northwestern part of the con-
Dalton started the Industry
-rr.. chief originator of fox farming
ms f-r4rlss Dalton rfo is now "a mill
I5.,-,.s5-s ,,,.,--ra.- If usrliarrenf lie
- - 81 ,.-r,.51 and started life
~ nm trader and rrapper sc
,,ss1izeJ che ,slre OF foV skins aud
.,C-,..T-,.7..- ID So n 10 could nor raise
80 .. ..s..tf,-.+,- 10 started with red
80 mn ,,fo-f 81 ,-esrs 20 was able
- - r,,-r, -,sfr- Of s5lv.re which he
bred on his farm ON one OF tile islands
He succeeded and kept on buying Wl4d
animals and breedlu- r--=e ones
Banks Refuse Dalton Money.
lie was known To nave many fine
skins. but NO one knew Of the wealth
ne was making uGtI the small banks
Of the uef.hhOrhosd refused 20 take
any more of his cash FOR deposit IL
then lea ked out cnat he was selling
skins produced ON his ranch for prices
which averaged hundreds OF dollars
per skin and THAI he WAS fast grow ing
rich 7 have before me record OF -n@
skins sold by MIN from his farm 0u
Prince Edward Island The sales
cover period Of - years In
that time he sold -02 fox skins. which
brought him in Just about Sl5n.n0n. or
on the average S-1S-2S per skin Dalton
also sold foxes for breeding \. ne ~
he sofa nus fahcu III "a" ~ Ne'- 30
SILVER ioAee upon IT, ~
for IL or an average OF f-''''' per
pair
IN the meantime t-t HSNS -
tons success mad spread over 'Ie
world other fox farms were eSloo-
lish"d and We're caF- eli1eo a. LN
sums, accorolnS 70 me num-
breeding animals thes laI- "'"'-l a.
them nave paiu iaI-e ut, tpt-l'i'- @ ~,
has been SHOWN thai' tl5n,iS l-., i.-. ~,
there is no other iiNe STOCK nous
that can procuee ans ,htht -Ne 'i'1
profits OF the raising OF l'NeS
Hf- Farms On Ten Acres
But suppose We visit some OF the rl+
fox farms Of Alaska say biz. hui
there are none OF them u nich cover
more than five OF ten acres. and n on
want to start q new ranch Alaska
gives YOU an oUt OF door to select
from The first farm we shall see is
situated i'm the Tanaua valley. mile
and a half from Fairbanks. IL consists
of ten acres OF cleared land the great
81 part Of which Is covered with pens
900 which these little animals live, move
and have their being Looking NJ ii
from n distance. the fox farm has the
appearance q a great chicken yard
with walls Of woven wire aud hen
cooDs Of various sizes inside them
Each OF the pens is 80 feet Iouz eight
feet wide and about ten feet high
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
GIRL AND a MAN
Hasbrook Bainbndge Proposes To Agnes.
BY VIRGINIA. rERHuNE VAN d. wATEF.
Copyright 1916 star Compau
CHAPTER XNXVUI.

envelope showed her the Spencerian
handwritins of Randolph Pickens
It seemed "a strange coincidence that
with this second gift OF roses near ner
she should receive a message from ne-
discarded sutton. She thought swiftly
of his poor little bunch Of sweet peas
Dear Miss Morley" Randolph wrote
while ] understand the wisdom OF
your kindly expressed decision ON the
a., casion Of my last call upon YOU /
am now presuming TO take the hperty
To- ask il YOU will be so gracious as TO
forget the subject matter OF our last
conversation and allow me 10 come 10
see YOU occasionally as friend /
promise not TO trespass TOO frequently
upon your goodness II YOU condescend
TO grant my request
You have always been an inspira-
tion 10 me. I am j lonely man. and II
would cast a ray of isnt across my
pathway could / have the honor o.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04
Raise $1,000 Foxes Like Chickens;
$3O,OOO,OOO Invested In Industry
BY
Frank G. Carpenter

Make Owners One Has Cat That ctherS
Thousands Of DolaTs-Bg Farms OF Ohy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

N night OH the evening that
" Bainbridge's roses arrived,
Miss Morley recoIIected something
Did you see the letter i put on the
nantel in the sitting room" she asked
suddenly.
What letter. Agnes questioned
oh. dear-Im so sorry TO have for
gotten 10 mention it, Hiss Lucy apollo
gized. 1t came for YOU this alter
noon
"AH right Agnes said
She nut out her auut's light and went
back into the front room. she was
curious TO know from whom the epislie
was. Letters were not daily Occur
renee with her She had for moine9 T.
a secret hope that this one might ne
from Philip Hale. but glance al the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-05-11

Special plans have been made for
the boys and girls in a morning Chau-
tauqua in which they will enjoy
games, picnics, story telling hour
and score Of interesting things This
Junior Chautauqua will be in charge OF
a trained play director, whose duty it
will be to see that the boys and girls
are given big time while the Chau-
tauqua is in session.
The committees plan is TO make the
Chautauqua as much community af.
fair as possible, and they will begin a
thorough canvas for the sale Of season
tickets about a month before the date,
and an efficient advertising campaign
will be carried on throughout the sur
ronding country.
Get busy and begin to boost for
OUR Chautauqua.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-05-11
GREATER VERMONT ASSN.
ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting Of The Greater
\ Vermont Association to be held al
Montpelier on July IL and l3 promises
TO be a worthy part of the celebration
of Vermont's anniversary year, 1916
There will be meeting in the Hall OF
Representative in the State Capitol
on the afternoon of July 18th. Among
the speakers will be John Barrett, Di-
rector General of the Pan American
Congress; President Smith of the Cen
trail Vermont Railroad; Major General
Wood of the United States Army.
This meeting will be followed by a
dinner in the City Hall of Montpelier.
The toastmaster will be Mr.. George
Harvey, Editor of the North American
Review. One Of the after dinner
speakers will be Judge W. p Stafford
of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, who will speok an "Spir-
it of Vermont
Il t1t tllIluDldSttN liiltiNsS VI sAtN1~
two Vermonters is a good augury for
the character of the occasion. In spite
of difficulties attendant on meeting
this engagement, Mr.. Harvey writes:
II will make it somehow, though the
heavens fall" and Judge Stafford;
/" May my right hand forget her cum
ming and my tongue cleave to the
roof of my mouth if | forget the
Spirit of Vermont.
Thursday, July 18th will be devoted
to a great conference on organization
work ard board of trade problems un-
der the leadership Of Lucius E. Will
son. an organizer Of national reputa-
ton, whose home is now in East Dor
set, Vt. There will be morning, after
noon and evening sessions on the 18th
and a session on the morning OF the
l4th. Different phases of organiza-
ion work will be discussed under the
leadership Of this specialist who has
helped boards of trade achieve per-
nanent success all over the country.
officers and committeeman of Vermont
organizations, and all members espec-
ally interested in organization work
.hould attend every session Of this
conference.
The influence Of these meetings and
will be felt for many
ears to come. No Nermonter can
ford to stay away
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-05-11
A BINDING SCRAP OF PAPER

In contemplating the remote posi-
lbility of a state of war between thi
country and Germany the most dis
turbing thought has been that it coul'
not be war at its best or even war a
its worst. Necessarily there could b
little or no actual warfare either ol
d2and or sea. What some have feare'
| is that Americans resident in Ger
many, or Germans resident in Ameri
ca, might be subjected to such indig
mites and such losses of property a.
Germans in London had to bear no
long after the beginning of the war il
Europe. 1t is interesting to know that
this possibility is specially provided
for by a treaty concluded by US with
Prussia in 1928, and still in force, by
which each government is bound to
protect the citizens of the other any
where in its territory in time of war
between them. The language of the
document is so clear and specific on
the point as to make it plain that both
countries were anxious to leave no
doubt of sincerity. The United States
was encouraging German immigration
to this country, and the Prussian Gov
ernment was anxious to guarantee the
safety Of the immigrants and, it is
possible, to retain their allegiance to
itself. Such motives operated toward
the adoption of an extraordinary dip
lomatic paper in which at is declared
that neither the pretence that war dis
solves all treaties, nor any other pre-
tense whatever, shall be considered as
or suspending this article,
but, on the contrary, that the state of
war is precisely that for which it is
provided and during which it is to be
as sacredly observed as the most ac-
articles in the law of ma
ture and nations"
The article of the treaty so strongly
stipulates that, in the
event of war, merchants Of either
residing in the other shall
nave nine months time in which tol
,lose up their affairs and depart, and
hat, as to all others, whose occupa-
ions are for the common subsistence
md benefit of mankind, they shall be
illowed TO continue their employments
md not be molested in goods or person
nd that, if it be necessary to comman-
Iecr their property they shall be re-
Louis Globe Democrat.