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Evening star., 1935-09-15

The Ambassador Of Argentina and
Sonora de Espil will return to the
embassy the first of this week from
Hot Springs, Va, where they have
spent the Summer months.
The Royal Italian Ambassador,
Signor Augusta Rosso, has gone to
Bluemont, Va, where he leased the
estate johannesburg for the Summer.
to spend the week end. The Ambas-
sador will return to Washington to-
morrow.
The Ambassador of Germany. Herr
Hans Luther. returned to Washington
yesterday with his family from At
lantic City, where they spent a fort
night, and has gone for the week end
to Ophir. the estate near Leesburg
which he leased for the Summer
months.
The Ambassador of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics and Nine.
Troyanovsky have returned to the
Capital after spending several days
in New York City.
Mr.. Neshui Munir, son Of the AM
bassador Of Turkey and Nine Munir,
who has spent the Summer in Wash
ington with his parents at the en-
bassy, will leave the last of September
to return to England. where he will
resume his studies for the Winter.
The Ambassador of Mexico and
Sonora de Castillo will return to
Washington tomorrow from New York,
where they went to attend the ball
given Saturday evening by the Mexi-
can consulate in New York and the
various clubs formed there by the
members of the Mexican colony.
Nine. SEE. wife of the Ambassador
of China. will return to the Capital
tomorrow from Blue Ridge, Pa, where
she has spent the Summer. Nine. SEE
will be accompanied by her children.
Miss Betty SEE. daughter of the
Ambassador and Nine. SEE, will sail
September 81 on the lie de France
for England, where she will attend
school this Winter.
The Minister Of Austria and Nine.
Prochnik will have as their guest for
a few days the Austrian consul gen.
eral in New York. DR.. Frederick
Fischerauer, who will arrive in the
Capital tomorrow.
The Minister of Albania, Mr.. Faik
Konitza, has resumed his duties at
the legation after spending six weeks
at Swampscott, Mass.
The Minister Of Guatemala and
Sonora de Recinos will come to the
Capital tomorrow or Tuesday from
Ventnor, N. j., where they had cot
tage for the Summer.
Nine. Alfaro, wife of the Minister
of Panama. and their family will re-
turn to Washington today from Cape
May, N. j., where they have been
spending some time.
The Minister Of Portugal and Nine.
de Bianchi plan to arrive in the Capt.
tai the middle of October after spend
ing the Summer and early Fall
motoring in the West.
The Minister of the Union of South
Africa, Mr.. Ralph Close, will go to
New York September % to meet Mrs.
Close, who will arrive there the next
day on the Aquitania. Mrs. Close has
spent the Summer in England with
her daughter, Mrs. Wilfred Mann, who
visited here early In the Spring.
The Minister of the Netherlands,
Jonkheer H. M. van Haersma de With
Is spending the week end at Hot
Springs, Va, where he is the guest
of the former Undersecretary Of State
and Mrs. william r. Castle.
The newly appointed Minister Of
Lithuania, Mr.. PoWlaf Zadeikif will
be Joined by Nine. zadeikif and their
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17
[ INITIATED
 BY EAGLES AT
 MONDAY MEET
Douglas Aeric Member ship Being Boosted as
 Prosperity Returns

That Douglas Aerie IT, Fraternal Order of Eagles, is well abreast of the approaching better times for Douglas is evidenced by the recent increase in new membership. At the regular meeting last night seven candidates were initiated as fol- lows: Richard Macdonald, Marcus F. Jensen, James E. Bis, Tauno Niemi, Harry J. Peterson, Walter H. Bacon and Carl Lin d u m. Earlier in the week, James Man ming, Orrin and Glen Edwards pledged their utilization to the Aerie.
 During the 30 years that the Eagles have had their organization here they have been leaders in all movements tending to advance the best interest or the town. During the long years of local depression their membership became scattered throughout the States leaving but few at home tc carry on the strug gle for existence. Now, however, with the Douglas Bridge soon to be opened to travel the rapid restora- tion to it's former standing position is inevitable.
 Noteworthy in connection with the banquet which followed the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17

awarded in Alaska, when he broke 104 targets in succession. The Du- pont trophy for 100 or more suc- cessive hits is no longer awarded.
 Last June The Empires 20 Years Aga" column contained an account of Truesdells exploit in 1915. Some of his friends jokingly asked him if he thoughi he could do as well today.
 The local trap range had not been used for three years. Truesdell re- paired the equipment and tried to revive interest in trap-shooting with little success. When everything was in readiness he tested his skill. T told them would keep shooting until I missed" Truesdell said. T broke 84. pr. w. w. Council was there and he broke 46 or 47 out of 50. Bill Kirk had a lucky day and broke "A out of 25."
 Truesdell has many guns with beautifully checkered stocks an d carved handles. T do very little of that work for anyone but my self" he said. Tt is hard on eyes, but if I get in gun I take a fancy to, I fix it up to suit myself. I am now starting checkering the stock of .22 automatic Winches- ter. I don't like it the way it is"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17
FRIGIDAIRE AWARD
 STILL UNCLAIMED

At joint committee meeting yesterday at which members of the American Legion and Fair As- sociation were present, decision was reached that the holder of ticket number 1115 would have un- til October l, to present that ticket and receive the Legionairre Frigidaire as reward. Should the winning ticket not be present. ed by that time, No. 911 was drawn, by the joint committee as second choice, and number 995 as third choice.
 The Legion's smoking stand is still waiting for number 789 to claim it. If this is not done be- fore october 1, number 370 was drawn as second choice and num- Der 14 as third choice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17
Collection of Firearms by Truesdeu Is Perhaps Most
 Valuable m United States

Is of that model. I have one of the original Is. They were too ex- pensive. Guns were cheap in those days and the .45-70 double barrel Colt sold for $175 and $185 The one I have is in good shooting con- dition and is the only one in work ing order in existence.
 Gives Proof
 Some fellows will stand and swear that there never was dou- ble- barrel high power rifle made in the United States Even the Colt Factory disputed it. I wrote to them several years ago about am- munition for my rifle. They claimed they never made any such gun. Three years later man from Savannah brought one of the guns to the factory to prove they did make it. They finally found an old man that used to work for them years ago He said he made 18 of them in 1871. Some of their papers were destroyed in fire long ago, so that they didn't have any record of the most powerful gun made in 1871. It shoots a 800 grain bullet"
 Extraordinary Marksman
 
 Truesdell is an extraordinary marksman. He has won several shotgun championships here and in Yakima, Washington, wfere he lived for several years before he lived before he came to Alaska. The Nobel Ballistite cup, won in Yaki- ma, stands in his window. Cues tioped about other trophies, he said, "Oh, I've got a half dozen or more around here somewhere. When my wife came up here in 1913 she left about a wheel-barrow load-we got tired of looking at them
 In June, 1915, he won the only Dupont Long Run" trophy ever
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17
MRS. CARTER IS
 VISITING HERE

Mrs. N. R. Carter, the former Miss Josephine Gilpatrick of Ju- neau, recently arrived from her Sitka home, and is now the guest of Mrs. Carl Collins.
 Mrs. Carter says she has heard from her sister, Georgia, now Mrs. Jack Littlepage. saying that she and her husband are now in Ne vada for three months vaca- ton from MT. Littlepage's position as a mining engineer for the So- viet Republic. The couple expect to return to Moscow this fall.
 Mrs. Carter will return to Sitka1 on the North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17
FROST

A heavy frost struck this area during the night Sidewalks in Ju- neau were slippery early this morn- ing until the sun came out and got in it's work.
 On the Eagle River Highway, ice was formed and swipers froZe to the windshields Of the automo- piles.
 On portions of the Glacier High way there were traces of ice and the ground in places was slightly frozen.
 Many gardens and flower beds look a trifle i'll this morning and crops, plants and bushes were
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17

the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, has signified his accept ance of an invitation to be present at the regular meeting of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce Wednesday evening. A very inter- esting session is in store for the members who are urged to be pres ent, as well as all others interested.
 The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 o'clock sharp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17
ROAD SURFACING HAS
 REACHED LAWSON CREEK

The adding of the base-fill on the new highway le a ding into Douglas yesterday cached the Lawson Creek bridge or two-thirds of the distance to be covered. By the last of September is the ap- proximate date when that work will be finished and the putting on of the finishing surface of uni form crushed rock will start.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17
BoRsEN IMPROVED

Ben Borsen, who has been a pa tient at St. Ann's Hospital since September 2, when he was struck by gravel truck on Willoughby Avenue and apparently suffered a fractured skull, is reported much improved. Hospital authorities said today that Borsen will probably leave the hospital within few days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17

initiation last night was the pres
 ence at the table with the new members, of John Feusi, the last remaining charter member of the
 Aerie on the Channel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17

GALLEMoRE IN HOSPITAL
 w. A. Gallemore, A. J. employee, was admitted to the hospital yes- terday for medical treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-17
MIR. BRADLEY TO BE GUEST
 LOCAL CHAMBER WEDNESDAY

Philip R. Bradley, President of
Evening star., 1935-05-05

teaching. writing books. working out
scenarios, running a stock farm. Now.
with her family grown up and the
clatter of New York living lulled to the
still serenity Of life in South Salem. she
was restless.
In . gentle white house half asleep
at the end of a long driveway Of
maples. with nothing in sight but the
amiable Westchester hills. she began
turning projects over in her mind.
Long experimentation had showed her
that what interested her most was
business, teaching and animals. She
decided on animals, and got the other
two thrown in for good measure.
Having tried every sort of domestic
animal On the stock farm and wanting
a change, Mrs. Fox found the idea of
fur bearers sensible and exciting. The
obvious choice Of these, however -
silver foxes - she rejected As an un-
wieldy and noisy Undertaking (the
foxes howl all night and bark all day..
Then a friend suggested mink ranch
ing. and that, she decided, was the
thing. But che knew that half-baked
hobby il duller than SIX bridge parties
a week. So she studied minks, in the
pen and in the forest primeval, for a
year before she did anything about it.
She found out all the Department of
Agriculture knew about raising minks
in captivity. She travelled through the
East. the Middle West; looked over
the few mink ranches there were and
learned that no two breeders agreed
and that about IS per cent of the
ranches were stocked with Mississippi
minks.
Finally she went to Canada, where
the royalty of the species hunt musk
rat and rabbits through the cold
wastes. The finest minks known come
from the north shore of Labrador.
Their pelts are as dark as sable, with
fine thick hair and light leather. Goats
made from these Labrador minls, she
knew, use hundred skins and retail,
in an average market, at from 5000
to $12, 600. whereas an inferior grade
of mink brings from $500 to $500.
From a rancher in northeastern
Quebec, who got a few animals alive
Evening star., 1935-05-05

Woman's Exposition of Arts and In
dustries, asked Mrs. Fox toexhibit her
pets. Feeling like Tarxan at a church
fair. she came in to the Astor with her
wild animals. setting up her cages be-
tween a fine needlework booth and .
table of beauty preparations.
After that week. however. she had
to get q secretary to answer her mail.
Her hobby had become business. So
many people have wanted to start
ranches IN their own back yards that
Mrs. Fox has never been able to pelt
any of her animals. All Of them except
the ones she has kept to build her own
herd have been sold for breeding stock.
She has taken q personal interest in
all the minkeries which have grown
out of her own, and in the people who
have started them Cher students, she
calls them. She keeps motherly eye
on each herd for a year after it has left
her home pens. She teaches these ANA
teur ranchers how to make pens. how
to take care of them, how to Lay out
and organize a yard. She keeps
monthly bulletins of trade conditions
in the fur market going around.
There is no Thornton Burgess
tradition growing up around the busi-
ness of ranching minks. 1t is made up
of impersonal, orderly procedures,
filed with feeding and mating charts
and scientific detail rather than
picturesque anecdote. In that basic
soundness lies its greatest satisfaction
- in that and in its essential quality
of humaneness. On a ranch the ami
mails die quickly and painlessly, usu-
ally by chloroform. The shadow of the
torture of the trap is banished forever.
Mrs. Fox, however, has a gift for
human relationships as well as for
raising wild animals, and has welded
her body Of students into sort of a
pleasant mink fraternity. She re.
members their romances, several of
which began over the mink pens. She
talks with pride about the teacher of
biology who started her ranch with
one female and a stud service. She
laughs over the clergyman who went
off circuit-riding and left his minks
with her to raise: the deaf old lady who
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Mrs. Gert,xde Fox starred mink raising a.
hobby. Here is the story efa evoman
acho pioneered tn her back yard
by RUTH WOODBURY. SEDGWICK

T\HE last thing which occurred
to Gertrude Fox when, at
Il fifty. she decided she needed a
hobby was that che was destined to
pioneer in a new industry - to build
up a growing and solvent business
enterprise. A woman of magnificent
enthusiasm and energy. sfe simply
knew that she hadn't enough to do.
and set about righting the matter.
The wife Of . doctor. the mother of
q growing family. she had filed IN the
few gape in q busy life with elocution,
Evening star., 1935-05-05

planned to end her days a prosperous
fur rancher - and might have. if her
son hadn't walked out.
Nothing much out of the usual tidy
routine happens to these amateur
ranchers, however. On the Fox system
the minks do we'll. Her innovation of
cages with wire 6ooss raised off the
ground has done away with the vermin
problem. once the dilemma of mink
raising. Sometimes a careless mother
will let one of her kits fall through the
mesh onto the ground, but that is
rare catastrophe.
Sometimes mink will get out. but
he usually hangs around until he is
discovered and put back into his cage.
If rat approaches the pens it takes
him about three seconds to discover
his mistake. Nobody has ever seemed
to be attracted by the idea of stealing
minks out Of their pens.
Perhaps the most exciting thing
which has happened was the time
when a stupid truckman delivered
banana grass full of tarantula eggs.
instead of swamp hay. for bedding.
and one of Mrs. Fox's students lost
mink and almost her own life.
With head full of the good, earthly
lore of wild animals. Mrs. Fox is
amazingly good company. Wild minks,
she will tell you, are lonely animals,
shrieking their ugly battle cries as
they sneak along the banks of frozen
streams. A militantly feministic spe-
cies. the females do not, like spiders,
eat their husbands - they merely
murder them whenever they can. Like
many s,rly wives, however, they are
excellent mothers. Fog all their sharp
teeth and bad manners they are a
dependable lot.
They are almost invulnerable to
disease, except pneumonia; and they
seldom have that if the hay in their
nest is dry. They eat from four to six
ounces day of mixed horse meat,
beef. ground bone. cereal. fish, eggs.
milk, tomatoes. Sometimes they have
cod liver oil. They are always curious,
in a hurry. Winning, as they keep their
exercise wheels whirring.
The males run fifty miles a day; the
Evening star., 1935-05-05

from the trappers each year. she
bought her stock - eleven males and
nineteen females, pure Labradors one
generation removed from the wild -
and had them sent down by express.
On the South Salem estate abe set up
her pens. organised her Westchester
minkery: began her years of expert
menting. Of seleetive breeding. A far
a. anyone knows she was the first
woman to raise minks in captivity.
That was in 1929. In 1890 Mrs.
Oliver Hartman. chairman Of the
Evening star., 1935-05-05
PARKE HANLEY
"Hosss Plsy"

"A young man, a milk wagon
horse. and a girl. Parke Hanley.
whose stories are winning him
a wide and rapid popularity,
mixes these three ingredients,
and the result is a rolicling
story that no member of the
family will want to miss.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
RUPERT HUGHES
s'Men W3eIboss Q Hosss"

The second installment of
the touching love story of
Mary Goodwin and John Payne,
the homeless actor who wrote
"Home, Sweet Home; by
Rupert Hughes, popular bog
rapher, historian. novelist and
mort story writer.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

Who started the radio amateur
cra7e1 Why are these programs
% popular7 Are they here to
stay9 Lowell Thomas. the man
whose finger is constantly upon
the news pulse of a nation,
answers these questions IN our
next issue.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

II
Mrs. Fox and
Minkette, probably
the worlds only pet mink
females twenty-eight. They like to
splash In their baths and apparently
do not miss having rivers to swim
across. II a mink happens to escape
from his pen and the mink yard, he is
likely to come back after a few days.
bedraggled and hungry.
Captivity makes a mink lazy as a
hunter. but never as q fighter. Each
animal has his own pen. protected by
small-mesh wire or sufficiently isolated
from the other pens for safety. II even
the tongue of a neighbor comes within
reach it will Immediately be bitten Of.
Once year minks produce from
two to seven kits. the average litter
being three. Sometimes the females
take a Sabbatical year.
Always at mating season. which is
in March. they behave outrageously.
screaming. splitting. running away.
Nobody knows whether this is CO.
quetry OF vindictiveness.
Fifty days after mating the kits are
born. Each mother keeps her children
hidden in her nest box until they are
four weeks old.
Always looking for something more
to do. Mrs. Fox. in addition to rum
ming her Westchester Minkery, owns
and edits ''The Black Fox Magazine"
has just brought out a book on ''Rais-
ing Minks in Captivity" is buying
another ranch in Maine with a herd of
600 on it. Her warmest sentiment.
however. still goes to the minkery of
South Salem. Those animals are more
than letters on a chart, numbers of
pelts on a bill Of sale. They are her
friends. She knows their moods and
respects their WITNESSES.
There is Chief. the grand old lord of
the herd. There is Minkette. Minkette
was one Of a litter of ten. She was born
in 1882, before Mrs. Fox had learned
that baby minks. in case of an excess
sive litter. can be given to another
mink or to a cat to raise.
Mrs. Fox took Minkette and two of
her sisters leach of the three az big
around as pencil. four inches long,
hairless, blind into the house. The
others died. But Minkette, fed with a
medicine dropper. warmed on an
electric pad. lived and thrived. When
she could waddle around she began
following Mrs. Fox like a kitten. 1t was
taken for granted that she would re.
vert to type when she grew up. but
she didn't. She continued hurrying
around the house. looking after every
thing. She preferred her bath in the
family tub.
Nov. at three, she continues these
endearing habits. An unwavering
spinster, she has a rubber mouse for
which she makes a nest every spring.
She croons over it jealously for a
while; then she forgets the tender I'M
easiness of motherhood and goes back
to playing hide and seek on the lawn.
She loves Mrs. Fox. runs up her sleeve
and chuckles in her ear. And where
Minkette 10 concerned, Mrs. Fox is
wax.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

Ten years ago a book sky-
rocketed a woman to literary
fame. The book, wild Ceese";
the author, Martha Ostenso.
In her first appearance IN
THIS WEEK. she tells the
poignant story of q young girls
awakening to life.
, 1935-02-20

afternoon. Assisting lD serving the
tea dainties were Mrs. Bob johnson,
Mrs. u. Polak and Mrs III. W. Dis
mukeS-
Educational and social meeting
OF the Methodist Missionary Societt
was held Tuesday afternoon at the
church with Mrs d. Il. Ewing as
program leader. Following the
devotional a playlet was given by
the following members: Mrs Ewing,
Mrs. Morris Chaudoin, Mrs. Eugene
Torbett, Mrs. Frank Martin. Mrs. "A.
X Klein. Mrs. II. O.. Bennett, Mrs.
W. L. Rice, Mrs j. l.. Landlord and
Mrs. l. q. Nichols
Refreshments or fruit drink and
cookies we're served by Mrs. Joe
Woods circle.
Members OF the Sunshine Class
OF the Methodist church win meet
for a business and social meeting
Wednesday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
al the home u the president, Mrs.
II. ~. Smith.
Mrs. J. NJ Longfellow who has
been III at her home for the past
five weeks Is reported as greatly
improved.
Mrs A. M. Ietzerich has returned
from Nordheim where she visited
relatives.
Mrs. Charles Swallow OF Alamo
visited In Harrington Tuesday.
Or. and Mrs. Zachary Thomson
Scott OF Austin and Mr.. and Mrs.
william p. Kimbrough. Sr. OF Itta
, 1935-02-20
FreSnos
Meus, Notes
Especial u The Heraldl

A0RG&AA4 W A4I AANAaA4l
LOS FRESNOS. Feb. 20.-The
penny supper which was 10 have
oeen held Wednesday, Feb. Is will
be wednesday, Feb. 20. This supper
Is being given by the Woman's Mis-
Sionary society Of the Methodist
church.
The regular meeting Of the Los
FresnoS Home Demonstration club
will be held at the home Of Mrs. 5. d.
Baker. Feb. %. The study OF the A
A. A. program will be held instead
OF the demonstration to have been
given by Mrs. Archie STYLES.
The regular social meeting OF the
Parent Teachers association was
held Friday evening al the high
school auditorium with The follow
ing program and with Mrs. LaakSo
as leader: Duet. Mr.. and Mrs. Is
the Name" and Let Me Call You
sweetheart" Ina Way Coates and
Margaret Richey, with Mrs. F. G.
Richey at the piano; tap dance. Ina
Way Coates; dialogue, by j. r. San
ders and Lawrence Gobar; dialogue,
Tired OF the Church" by Amy Lou
Billue ana Elmore Washer; The
Surprising Quarette," by Byron
Brown. Bobby Groboski. Jack Harris
and Chester Macomo; solo. Mrs. Hall
Palmer. My Wild Irish Rose" and
'HoIe On the Range"
Following the program Mr.. Ralph
gar. tax collector and assessor for
Cameron county, discussed a num-
Ter of phases o. the tax situation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Krogman enter
tanned friends Saturday evening.
Games Of Bridge and Hearts were
enjoyed throughout the evening and
at the close OF the games delicious
refreshments were served.
Mrs. Jack Suchan honored Mrs.
John WalSdorf with a shower this
past week. Bunco was played dur
ing the afternoon with a salad course
being served later in the day.
The Los Fresnos Altar Socie-y will
rect Wednesday with Mrs. William
KretZ.
The meeting OF the Wcman's Ser
vice club which was scheduled for
"wednesday with Mrs. Harry Lupton,
-Till be held Thursday. Feb. 81 with
Mrs. A. D. Butler because Of illness
in the Lupton family.
Nj. and Mrs. Roy Carlson were
dinner guests recently Of Mr.. anod
Mrs. Ed Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Farmer are In
San Antonio on business.