The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

have just begun to appreciate furs
and to wear them in becoming man
ner," declares A. B. Shubert, presi-
dent of A. B. Shubert, Inc, Chicago,
which claims to be the largest house
in the world dealing exclusively in
American raw furs. THE man whose
business compels him to be outdoors
a great part of his time, who drives
his w automobile, knows the
necessity of a fur-lined overcoat and
appreciates it. The up-to-date man,
who has many social functions to at
tend, recognizes that he has to have
a fur-lined %top-coat. He makes his
selection according to his means. A
short time ago one of u leading
retail dealers sold a coat lined with
Russian sable for $4,000.
A lady's wardrobe is not complete
without furs . The fashionable lady
is obliged to have several kinds, err
mine for the opera or theate-, silver
or blue fox for social functions;
skunk, lynx, fisher; red, cross or
white fox, or one of many kinds of
furs for ordinary use, while the auto
list is obliged to use the more hardy
furs similar to raccoon. Furriers,
this season, have sold some very r
tistically designed mink coats.
Hudson Seal Highly Serviceable.
THE Hudson seal coat, made from
the better grade of muskrat, has
come to stay. In many respects it is
superior to the seal. 1t is cheaper
and gives good service with half the
weight of the seal garment.
THE future is bright for the
American trapper and he will receive
extremely high prices for his cat III
this winter. If the European war
should and the markets of the
world open to u North American
furs, it is no idle dream to say that
all previous high price markets for
American raw furs would be passed.
"The market is particularly good
for coyote skins. If the ranchers and
sheep growers had their wish, there
would be no coyote in North Ameri-
ca. The ranchers and sheep growers
think that the only thing coyotes
were made for is to kill cattle and
sheep. This is a wrong impression.
The coyotes must have sore other
calling in life or the good book
missed fire when it said: Nothing
was made in vain My opinion of
it is that the coyote is here to give
up the ghost and surrender his pelt
to the furrier, who, by the way,
makes good use of the good coyote
pelt, but has little use for the poor
one The better grades of coyote
are being dressed and dyed and used
in imitation of fox, and on account
of the great popularity VI the ami
NAL scarf, coyotes are in strong de-
mand and bringing higher prices
than eve before. The coyote is the
only fur-bearer that can be used in
imitation of fox.
War Increases Demand.
"The European war created an
outlet for the poorer grades of coyote
and they are being used for coat lin
ings for the man behind the gun and
requires but little work-it answers
the purpose.
S~eventy-five per cent of the best
grades of the collection of the coyote
of the northwest are used in Ameri-
ca. Our manufacturers know better
how to use them and our dyers dye
them better than the Europeans. We
make better and nor attractive ar
ticles out of coyote than are pro-
duced anywhere. A soft, silky CO.
vote, dressed and dyed, and made in
to an animal scarf can hardly be dis
tinguished from a fox, except by an
expert, SO trappers should get after
the coyote and trap as many as they
can, as the present high price for this
article will pay them we'll for their
time and efforts.