The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-11-28

en- texture and beauty that mere S
words fail to describe. f,
In addition to silver foxes this farm 7
also breeds mink, beaver, Alaskan il
blue foxes, muskrats, badgers, mar
ten, groundhogs, coyotes, Chinchilla W
and Angora and Ermine rabbits. a
The Beartooth Silver Fox and Fur \
Farms is now considered one of the F
most modern and best equipped in the
state. The food is kept sweet and L
fresh in refrigerating plant, and is g
prepared by electrically driven grind p
ing and mixing machines.
This farm is located in the beauti- t
full Rock Greek valley at the foot of 0
the Beartooth mountains on the banks
of Rock creek, just out of the city E
limits of Red Lodge-one of the most
ideal spots in the United States for
the raising of fur bearing animals.
Messrs. D. W. Columbus and L. w.
Lyons, owners of the Beartooth Sill
yer Fox and Fur Farms, have for a
period of five years accumulated a
wide and practical knowledge in the
handling of fur bearing animals in
! domesticated controlled state. The
eminence of Mr.. Lyons in fur animal
husbandry is so we'll recognized and
generally acknowledged through out
Montana that it needs no comment. !
However, to those who are not famil- |
lar with his achievements it will be /
interesting to know chat Mr. Lyons
has an intimate knowledge Of the
habits and characteristics of wild
animal life in general, and it is thru
his understanding of breeding and
mating problems, that the unsurpass-
ed COLLY strain of silver black foxes
was developed.
Mr.. Columbus is also recognized
authority on the fox and fur business
and attends mostly to the selling end
of the game. During the past year
he addressed commercial and civic
bodies at Excelsior Springs and Kan
sas City, Missouri. on this line of en-
deavor, press notices of which APP
peared in the News several months
ago.
Mr. Columbus and Mr.. Lyons, back
in 1924, recognized that in the con-
trolled cultivation and selective pen
breeding of fur bearing animals there
existed most extraordinary oppor
tunity for the establishment of a
highly profitable business, fundamen-
tally sound and unlimited in it's pos
sibilities
The outstanding success which has
crowned their efforts is not the re-
suit of lcuk or mere chance; rather,
it is the result of untiring applica-
ton backed by experience gained thru
I'VE years of study, keen judgment and a
ace natural aptitude for an undertaking
NY of which they have dedicated theil
IN life work.
'hu Paul E. Haines, registrar and in
spector for the American Nationa
lay Fox Breeders Association, whose
Ing headquarters are at Minneapolis, in
our spected and registered the foxes be
rue longing to this firm here last Sat
urday.
Everyone Of them passed inspection
'ce' and registration, which is somewha
IN N out of the ordinary as it is the usua
laii thing for all the way from 10 per
cent to 40 per cent Of such animals
we to be rejected. Last year only fou
i'm Of tho animals owrad Nv +be Raar
ems tooth Silver Fox and Fur Farms fail
IAN ed to come up to the required stand
ard, but this year everyone of then
did so. Mr. Haines make his inspec
ton trips by airplane. When he ar
rived here he was unable to land Of
account of the snow and had to Ian,
loly at Bridger, from which place he an,
> is his pilot, Stanley Calliar, came t
ans, Red Lodge by motor.
lzeu In an interview with a member o
tn n the News staff yesterday regarding
Cd the Beartooth Silver Fox and Flu
taVe farms, Mr. Columbus gave expression
lion to q very beautiful sentiment whic
luI- is worthy Of repetition here. l
cui, speaking of the vanishing animal lif
Vi of America he said, it is indeed,
ons
has THE END OF THE RAINBOW
meet For nearly three hundred years al
lish- ter discovery the United States re
the NAMED a wilderness, the haven of tn
for fur bearer the mecca of the trappe
rcial Then came the settlers. Their pros
ress destroyed the home of the vii
Fur animal The animals of the wild wei
was constantly driven back to make ROOF
with for the city and the farms. The tin
thru Der lines were pushed forward I
ling, make homes for the millions. Fo
e to ests that served as refuge for tt
now fur bearer were stripped bare. T.
liver day this land grows the crops
lus- peaceful countryside The cunning
rsed man with his traps and rifle, the a,
nded and the pillow have done thr worl
silk the elk, the buffalo and the fur bea