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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
FOX BREEDING EXPANDS.
investment i'll Silver Black Industry Is
Put at SI.279.S3O.

approximately 4,S49 silver black
foxes are being bred in captivity in the
nted states, according tc reports to
the Bureau of Biological Survey. United
states department of agriculture, from
10 fox ranches, representing a value in
ANIMALS and equipment estimated at
S4,2l9,S2O. All reports have not vet been
received and conse,s ative estimates
place the number of silver black
foxes IN this country at from 5000 to
5000. Some ranchmen estimate the
number as high as 10000.
Statistics on the fox ranching bust
ness being gathered by the bureau indi-
cate that fox raising i'm the United
States, especially in the northern tier
OF states, Is rapidly becoming an i'm
portant industry. The information
sought has to do chiefly with the loca
ton and number of ranches, number Of
foxes and money invested
Prince Edward Island. Canada, is re-
garded as the center of the industry.
Many foxes are now bred in captivity
IN great number of states. including
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont. Mas
sachusetts. New York, Pennsylvania,
OHIO, Michigan. Wisconsin. Minnesota.
Illinois, Iowa, Montana. Idaho, Oregon.
Washington. Colorado. California and in
Alaska. 1t is probable that there are
other states in which fox farming is
carried on, as the records of the bu-
reau are not yet complete.
Officials say it il very difficult to OBJ
tain authentic information. for the rea
son that some ranches decline to fill out
and return the missionaries sent
them. Many ranchers, who volunteer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
OUR RAISIN INDUSTRY.
Within Much Less Than Generation
lit Has Grown from Nothing.

One does not need to be old or even
middle aged to remember when an Occa
sional box of California raisins was eX-
hibited as a curiosity. The adventurous
school teachers from San Francisco who
led the first colony" into what was
then the wilds of Fresno were objects
of sympathy as sure to lose their hard
earned savings. \ raIsin vineyard ad-
Joining or near the present university
farm at Davis had not brought wealth
to anybody and the unpruned stumps of
the vines were a warning to passersby
on the railroad not to engage in rash
speculations. There was optimism, of
course. We have always had that in
California Hope was expressed that
sometime a way would be found to pro-
duee raisins commercially in California.
But il was thought too bad to inveigle
innocent school teachers into losing
their savings in wild speculation.
And look at our raisin industry now,
The problem is not to produce raisins
commercially but to find consumers for
And we are doing that and not only
doing it but are creating demand for
raisins in what seem to be unlimited
quantities and certainly in volume tar
beyond present ability to supply. Our
California raisin industry Is the one ag-
ricultural industry which has not
slumped. The raisin growers are stlI
buying bonds and riding in new auto
mobiles Just as if war was still going
on. Fresno and neighbOring counties are
good places to move into.
1t is fitting that the legislature and
the governor should officially take note
for California. San Francisco Chron-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Harold Lane and John Blake are in
Boston attending reunion of Y. ID. vet
Grams.
Miss Arvilla Wardner is working for
the Huntress-Adams Co. during the clos
ing out sale.
Carl Manley will go the first of the
week to Dorset to work on the old Manley
farm through the summer.
Rev +. 5. Hewitt has just returned
from Woodford, where he had been spend
ing a few days with friends.
Miss Grace Thomas has gone to Buck
land, Mass, for the summer, where she
is staying with Lysander Lord.
Miss Eloise Cummings of Townshend
is visiting this week at Miss Wilma
Pixies home on Chestnut street.
Miss Minnie Johnson. principal of the
Ryal Side school in Beverly, Mass. came
last night to spend the summer vacation
with her mother, Mrs. c. c. johnson of
Forest street.
Miss Veda Chairman viii begin a va
cation of two weeks tonight from her
work ~in Houghton & Simonds'S store.
She will go Monday to her home in Cole
brook, y. Fl.
Miss Doris Hutchins. Miss Stella FEES
sender. Mrs. Lucy Lazell and DR. Eliz-
abeth T. Bailey will leave Tuesday morn
ing by automobile for Westerly, X. l.,
TO be away a week or 10 days.
Miss Beatrice Crawford will return
today from Winchendon, Mass, where
she went to attend the senior reception
and dance given by the Murdoch high
school, Miss Crawford has been having
IA vacation of two weeks from her work
in the Office of the Holstein-Friesian as
ISOLATION.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
MILLERS FALLS
HERE TOMORROW
Hearts SET on Trimming Athletics
Camp Marquette of SpOffOrd Lake
to Play Here Monday.

Dear Lester:
You probly no morn I do bout baseball
but so thare amt no use IN" tryin to tell
Yer nothin bout that game las Sunday
cause yer seed for yerself that it warnt
the team wot was Sposcd to come. Nun
of the fellerS wat was cumin frum Flor
ence canned cause Florence wouldn't let
EN- and they changed thare residents
cumin up frum East to Northampton
but didn't do EN- no good fer | cud sea.
Well, anyway if they couldn't play ball
they was durn good bunch of kickerS
fact was they dun 50 much of it they got
peeved at each luther speshully when the
Athletics pulled off that skueze play on
EN-.
Sum of them fclIerS frum the city can
kun up hear in the woods an larn lots
a things they don't no.
Now lisSeu Lester Burn" tOle me on
the quite that tomorrow them fellers
frum NIllers Falls wat always has a
good ball team is cumin up and vile they
mite not have Dug Smith with EN-
they'd have enuff other Smiths to make
up a ball team cause that's the original
Smith town and everybody watts got that
name Down thare plays ball an good
BAH two. Anyhow they always like to
beet a TEEN frum Brattleboro and that's
wat they plans to do tomorrow so if you
don't wunt to see them Athletics guys git
trimmed better stay home.
That the dope fer Sunday. Now on
Monday mOrnin~ rite after breakfast or
bout ten o'clock theyS team frum Camp
Marquette over at SpOfford lake watts
cumin over to show the Athletics sum
fine points of the game
Most n the guys on this team is gOin
to college so they prObly no lots a things
and maybe they'll larn sumthin they don't
no anyhow after they take a coarse in
the mornin frum the Athletics theys
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02

information, reported in such a manner
that 1t Is sometimes very difficult to
interpret. Then, too, in addition to
raising silver black foxes, some ranch
ers Keep red and cross foxes, skunks,
martens and muskrats: the amount of
money invested and reported, therefore
III such cases naturally covers the whole
PROJECT, making it impossible to allOt
the correct amount for breeding silver
black foxes. Some ranchers board foxes
for other breeders, which also adds to
difficulty of obtaining correct informa-
ton. These facts, it is said, should be
born i'll mind i'll determining the value
of the following figures concerning sill
yer black foxes. These figures are pre-
limlnary as the reports lave not all been
received Approximate value of silver
black foxes and the fur farm equipment
reported is as follows: California, $50
900; Colorado, $4,000: Idaho, $1,000;
Iowa. 5000: Illinois, $1,000: Maine,
S530,35e: Massachusetts, S75S 200; Mich
igan, S990,375; Minnesota, S3l7 800; Mon
tana, $l34 600; New Hampshire, $4,000;
New York, S733.205; Ohio, Sll2T00
Pennsylvania. S6l500: Wisconsin, S493,-
200; Vermont, $4,000; Washington, -,
600.
The permits issued by the department
of agriculture for the importation of
foxes into the United States from Can
ada for the year 1920 totaled sos, as
compared with $50 in 1919. Here again
it is impossible to ascertain the exact
number of foxes coming in for the rea-
son that many are brought in for exhi-
bition purposes and then returned to
Canada. The number of silver black
foxes in Canada in 1919 is given in
preliminary report of the Dominion bu
reau of statistics as 6.433. with animals
valued at S3Ol3, lis, not including equip
ment. There were 1920 Npelts sold at
total valuation of $4S2, 2G4. These fig
ures, it is said, are as nearly correct "a
it is possible to obtain. but it is thought
that there are undoubtedly many more
foxes i'll Canada than are here reported
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.

Games To-day.
Boston Mt New York.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Chicago at St Louis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
TWENTY HORSES
ENTERED FOR RACES
Schedule of Three Events for July I
at Valley Fair GrOunds-Free-fOr
All, 225 and 30 CIaSSes

If the weather permits, followers of the
horse racing game ought to be right in
their element ON Monday afternoon, when
local fast horses meet on the Valley fair
grounds
The schedule provides for three good
races, the free for all. the 225 class, and
the 2.4O class. About 20 horses are en-
tered for the races. The track is in ex-
cellent condition and the races should be
good ones. Following are the horses en-
tered and their owners:
Free for all-May Queen. Potter :;
reginald Red, j. l.. Brown; Guyer,
Stafford
30 class-Prince Real Horse. Lowell
of Putney Louis W. Walker of Chester
field; Brownie, Haskell of West Swan
zey Mollie o., Fuller of Putney.
40 class-Kaiser, \. L. Brooks :;
Dixie Girl, c. Brown; Tonic c., Mrs.
Crane of keene; Redwing the Great.
Lowell: Miss Minnie Gerode. Knapp !;
Shreman Girl, Fuller of Putney; Darda-
MIA, Dalrymple; Sadie Hall, Leonard of
West Swanzey
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Mrs. Roy B. Miner and daughter are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Vail in
Ludlow.
Miss Gene Plimpton will go tonight to
her home in Wardsboro to remain during
the month.
Miss Rene Lyston has moved from the
Barber building to the Manley apartments
on High street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred S Thompson and
family are at Spofford lake to spend
months vacation.
Miss Mary Gary of New York. who
had been visiting relatives in town, has
returned to New York
Joseph Eckels and Clifford Rate of
Hartford, Conn, are at their homes IN
town over the holiday
Attorney NJ. L. Maurice and family
have gone to Cold Springs camp, Averill,
to be away until July Is.
Miss Florence Z. Allen. teacher in the
Greenfield high school. is at her home
on Canal street for the summer.
Miss Mary ID. Henshaw left yesterday
for Harborsde, Me-, where she will re-
main until the latter part of August.
Frederick Knight, Charles Crosby and
Holland Smith left this morning for a few
weeks stay at Camp Abnaki, North Hero.
Arthur p. Simonds and family are
moving this week to their cottage at
Spofford lake to remain during the sum
mer.
Miss Patience Wilder, operator in the
telephone exchange, will leave tonight for
a weeks vacation at her home in Bellows
Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Tidd went
today to Newport. \. H.. to be guests i'll
the home of Walter c. Halliday over the
weekend.
Miss Ruth Frederickson and sister,
Miss Ellen Frederickson, left today for
Boston where they will visit few days
with relatives.
Miss Irene Moquin. clerk in Goodnow,
Pearson K Hunts department store, will
begin twO-weeks vacation from her
work Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. ]. Taggart and daugh-
ter of Greenfield are expected to visit
over the holiday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William NJ Brown.
Miss Margaret and Miss Anna Fleming
went this morning to New London. Conn
to remain over the holiday in the home of
their sister, Mrs. Joseph Corcoran.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell Atwood. who
nave been spending two weeks at the
Wood cottage on the Connecticut river.
left today for their home in Everett.
Mass.
Miss Juliette Newton. one of the trim
mers in DOnnell K Davis'S millinery
store, will finish work there for the sea
son today. She will go tomorrow to her
home in Newport, y. II.
Among those from Brattleboro who
are attending the Dempsey Carpenter
tight at Jersey City today are Thomas T.
Britain, Jacob Z. Estey, Joseph q. Es-
tey' Paul Chase, Dennison B. Cowles,
Roy Il. Miner.
Miss Mabel Snow, chief operator in
the telephone exchange, who has been
spending n weeks vacation with relatives
in keene. will return Tuesday. Her
mother joined her there today to visit
over the holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert {. Shaw and
TWO daughters will leaveSS tomorrow for
Exeter NJ It@s to attenufta reunion of
the Shaw family. Mrs. Shaw and chill
dren viii go from there to Portland, Me-
To remain for a months vacation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Francis w Crosby of Cleveland was
visitor in town yesterday on business.
Mrs w. j. Bigelow and daughter. Miss
Ruth Bigelow, went today to Walpole,
Mass. to stay over the holiday.
Miss Arlene Allen viii finish work to-
day for the season at Donnell & Davis
millinery store and will spend few
weeks vacation at her home in West
Brattleboro.
Merton c. Robbins and family came
from Pelham, \. Y, yesterday to spend
the weekend in BrattleboFo. Mr.. Rob
bins's son Merton is making a two
months trip ON horseback through Vel
lowstone park with a party of friends.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
YESTERDAYS GAMES
American League.

ftFIItI IIdII IItIBUbs
Philadelphia, > 6
Washington, ] o
Moore and Perkins Johnson and Pic
mich. First game.
Washington, l
Philadelphia o 3 o
AIOgridge and Charity; Hasty and
Perkins. Second game, u innings.
Chicago, II 20
st. Louis. > 3
Twombly, Kerr and Schalk; Palmero
and Collins
New York Boston rain.
No other game scheduled.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
National League.

HalneS and North, CIem0ns, DlIhoeter
Alexander and O'Farrell.
BOston-New York, rain.
Brooklyn Philadelphia, wet grounds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
SPORTING NEWS

goin to go back to the Camp after din
ner ware they has got new ball field
and take another lessen. KNOWN as how
yer gifts things mixed up I'm gonta tell
yer all over 50 yer viii understood. Mil
lers Falls plays here tomorrow afternoon
and Camp Marquette Monday mornin.
Cause Ill spect to seed yer tomorrow and
Yer better cum up Monday unless yer
have ter do the waShin.
~. SpUD.
i. s. Coarse if its gonta rain all sum-
mer maybe twill make sum difference
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Mrs Alice Johnson and granddaugh-
ter, Miss Rena Johnson. will leave Mon
day for Salisbury beach for weeks out
ing.
DIR. and Mrs. Dean c. Bangs and two
children of Milford, Conn. are visiting
few days at II. +. Wheeler's on Pearl
street.
Thomas W. Hopkins, formerly of
Brattleboro, underwent a serious oper-
alton for stomach trouble this week
in the United States marine hospital in
Portland. Me. His condition is reported
to be as good as could be expected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
centered in SER.

"Some men," said Uncle Eben, sis
so selfish dat dey'd be wiIlin' to let
the whole country suffer frum drought
rather than take a chance on a shower
spoilin' DER own little picnic"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
Should Have Been PIncned.

Two London policemen, in order to
obtain evidence against a club, played
poker therein, but 1t was a piker's
game. They lost only nine shilllngs
between them.-Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

New York at Boston.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia 1.-TWO games)
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
st. Louis at Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-30
NEW YORK COTTON ux. Aa.Aatx.t-I Dr-aa
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

New Orleans, November 29-A trad ing market prevailed in cotton today with fairly broad price swings both above and below the level of yester- days close. In the late trading sell ing pressure increased and the close was at net losses on the session of Il to 25 points. January closed at 16. SAC.
 On the opening the tendency was to do better on favorable cables, tut after advances of 3 to points there was a drop to levels of 13 to 22 points under the final prices of yes- terday as the result of telegrams from Houston stating that the spot basis there was easier. From this decline the market again was lifted to net advances by the rumor that "a large spot concern was long of about 50 900 bales of December in the New York market, upon which 1t would demand delivery of cotton, and by more favorable international political news, or what the trade construed as such. Soon after mid-session prices were 27 to 32 points up. with Janu- ary at 1T 37c.
 In the afternoon the market soft ened under attempts to realize on the part of early buyers and under the report that notices for 5000 bales to go on December contracts in New York still were circulating New low levels were made by most months. the list showing net losses of 13 to 26 points. At this stage January traded down to 16. .S3c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-30
By BRIGGS

Liverpool futures came over about as due this morning, their sales rather light, however, at 5000 bales with good middling up 12 points. our market opened unchanged to down and was depressed 20 points further in the early trading on selling by the New Orleans crowd and local traders but when this pressure ceased rally of 40 to 50 points took place, run ming values 25 to 35 points above the highs of yesterday, mainly due to short covering. In the evening prices eased off on liquidation of December on about 30 notices which were cir culated in New York and reports of the southern spot demand being very poor. Exports were 10000 bales
 Southern spot sales yesterday were small at 6.000 bales. It appears as ii practically all the cotton is now hedged So the only contracts are those created by speculative or straddle shorts. Naturally when they start to cover prices run up quickly. A scalping market seems in order at present and purchases on setbacks look safest.-S. R. Stewart & Co.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-30
EARLY DECLINES
 WERE FOLLOWED
 BY SHARP RALLY
Cotton Prices Closed Easy at a Net Decline of Twelve to Thirty-Seven Points on
 the Day
By Associated Press

New York. November 29.-Early de- clines were followed by rather sharp rallies in the cotton market today, but prices broke again in the late trading and closed easy at a net de- cline of 12 to 37 cents. January sold up from r 4Sc to IT 95c, and broke to 1T .46c, closing at that price compared with IF 65c at the close of the pre- vious day.
 The market opened steady at de : cline of points on May, but general ly unchanged to IS points higher in response to relatively firm cables, but easel off right after the call under southern and scattering local selling. Reports of a continued dull demand with sagging price tendency in the goods market contributed to the de- cline, while the circulation of Decem- Der notices representing about 2,900 bales caused scattered near month liquidation.
 There was also some selling of a report of q sounder basis in the southwest and before the end of the morning December touched IT .53c, or 37 points net lower, while later months showed net losses of 15 to 20 points, with March selling at 17 40c. Offerings were comparatively light, however, and the market turned firm CT during the middle of the day on re- ports that pink boil worms were be- ing found in other sections of Texas and talk of probable bullish ginning figures for the period ending tomor- row night.
 Wall street was a good buyer on the rally which carried December up to 1Sc and March to IT S9c, but the mar kets weakened again, reaching the lowest prices of the day in the late trading under liquidation by early buyers and New Orleans selling. March sold off to 17 3Sc and closing prices were practically the low of the day December notices seemed to be circulating during the greater part of the day, although it was rumored that part of them had been stopped by trade interests.
 The earlier advance in Liverpool was attributed to covering and bet ter spot demand, but the later cables were easier, being influenced prob ably by the unsettled ruling of the local market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-30
REACTION TAXES PLACE IN WHEAT
 TRADING IN PIT
Corn Went Off, While Oats Finished Unchanged to Twelve Gents 0ff-Pro-
 visions List Weak
By Associated Press

Chicago, November 29.-Wheat un- derwent a material decline in price
 today largely by way of reaction
 from the recent advance of more than 12c. There was an unsettled
 close. 2A to 3c net lower with De- cember $1.11S to S1.11% and May S1.15% to s1.151s. Corn lost l B e lKc to 1%@2c; oats finished un-
 changed to 1zc off and provisions
 down 21z @1oc.
 Many traders in wheat took the po- sition that a setback in values was to be expected, as the technical po- sition of the market had been weak ened bv the big advance of late. With
 such an opinion current, selling on the part of the commission house be- came more general, and there was l considerable liquidation of December holdings. Bearish sentiment acquired further impetus from advices telling of general rain in Argentina, and from assertions that Minneapolis millers were seeking No. northern | wheat in Canada with bids only cent from a working basis. Further- more. resales of hard winter wheat at Liverpool s cents under cost were announced and it was said Argen- tine wheat was being offered at
 s7.274 c. i. f. Europe against sl.Sl Q1.31k for United States wheat by way of the Gulf of Mexico. No lm- 1 portant rally took place, and the fin 1 ish was at about the lowest level or the day.
 Corn was depressed by lack of sup port and by predictions that colder
 weather would bring about enlarge | ment of receipts. Oats were better sustained as a result of buying on the part of the elevator interests. Pro- visions averaged lower with hogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-30
TRADING ON WALL STREET ACTIVE AND
 BROAD YESTERDAY
Bonds Were the Center of At- traction, Especially Govern ment Issues, Liberties Co.,
 ing to New Records
By Associated Press

New York, November 29-Today's s trading on the stock exchange was usually active and broad, as evil denced by sales of S5O,0oo shares and turnover of about S26, ,5O0,000 par value in bonds. The latter exceeded any total in several months.
 Bonds were the center of attrac- ton, especially government issues.
 No less than seven Liberty series mounted to highest records for a year.
 Railway shares again dominated the stock list, and oils, coppers, mo- tor specialties and tobaccos kept more or less even pace. Backwardness vas shown by steels and equipments and heaviness of miscellaneous is sues contributed to the markets un- certain trend.
 Sears, Roebuck common and pre- feired again were under constant de- precision, and several agricultural is- sues reacted. Aside from rails, which held firm, the general list eased under liquidation in the final hour, call moneys rise to 512 per cent causing selling for both accounts.
 Dealings in foreign exchange were light. The demand for sterling, francs and Scandinavian remittances were nominal, notwithstanding the approach of December, which usually brings heavy purchases of food and cotton bills on leading European cen tcrs.
 European war issues did not share in the rise of Liberty bonds, but South American issues, especially Chile Ss and Brazil Ss, were strong. Many rails and industrials, including nited States Steel 5s, strengthened perceptibly. and several new undr- writings for moderate amounts were tNersubscribed.