Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30

USE OF EuRs

Denver.--Says Practically Every
Modish Garment Will Show Touch OF
FGr.-Furs of ever description in the
greatest Guantities will be used on
practically every garment of milady's
wardrobe this winter. according to III.
l.. MacWhirter. Of q Denver dry goods
store. Instead of combining themselves
to :, few bancs OF narrow fur OF various
kinds for trimming, the style makers
Che p-odicts} viii use fur of all widths,
even up 10 70 and IS inches, n IN a
number OF rev VANS his fall.
The very new broad landings, owing
10 their extreme cost. will be used only
for edSing coats, q: about the bottom of
skirts. Thu narrow bands. however, Will
be ased on owns, on waists ana on the
new neckwear. Beaver seal. coney,
mink. skunk n sable opossum, blue
ioN. mole, Wolf, French seal, squirrel,
rhine and lynx are u few OF the count
- varieties which are being shown.
he narrowest landings are a half incl
wide. Practically no imitation furs will
40 shown by Mac Whirter.
Closed Season for Seal Has Reestab-
.i.shed Great American Industry.-Hugh
vi. Smith, in the National Geographic
Magazine. says:
The bureau of fisheries is the official
Gstodian of the most valuable herd of
iii iieI eitfrt AT 5ONSI IlsI Oh lIle
world possesses. This is the herd OF fur
seals which roam over the eastern side
X the north Pacific ocean and return
Tor breeding purposes to the pribilof Is
anGS.
After being sadly decimated by in
iscrj!linate slaughter at sea, the herd
VAS been rapidly recuperating under tho
nfllonce of an formation agreement.
Md soon the fur seals may be as num-
.rous as when they came into the pos
session OF the United States govern
fa.nt with the purchase of Alaska.
The fact thai The only land to which
these animals ever resort is two islets in
lsarlng sea belonging to the United
states gives our government a ain to
possession such as is exercised over no
timer wild creatures of water. land. or
This governmental ownership or
'5die!ion is he only reason why the
cal laas not long & succumbed to
late that it rapidly overtaking all
tsr other large marine animals.
IN the summer of 1915 more than
IOU,C0O young seals will have been
added to the Alaskan seal herd, whose
total strength vii. then be upward of
100000 individuals of all classes. For
some years only "a limited number of
seals have been utilized for the food
OF the natives: but after the
present close time law expires, in 1917.
there will be available for commercial
use many young male seals. which add
nothing to the reproductive capacity of
the herd ard may properly be utilized
for their skins and other products.
I'm fact. the seal herd may be man.
aged after the manner of a herd of
cattle or sheep. and il handled in a
strictly scientific way will add to the
federal treasury a very handsome reve-
nue., which will increase yearly as long
as the existing International arrange
ment continues.
Meanwhile q lA yn1,3ffnn will ho1o -
CURED in the worlds fur seal trade, for
the department OF anne has
changed the old order of things. and, for
the first time. this American product,
belonging to the American public and
most largely used by American
will be sold in an American market, in
stead of being sen abroad for sale, and
the peculiar dressing and dyeing pro-
cess. which is necessary to bring out
the beautiful qualities of the Alaskan
sealskin, will likewise nave been
brought from abroad and established in
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