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9 Don t Worry d. ~

Come in and get them this week at reduced prices. . . .

roa morass - SISTER

Reg. 52.95-93.95 . For, ‘Sl 9842 98

Reg. 81.50-52.50 For 98c-$1.29

TOR THE LITTLE ONES

Runny Boolces MOCCASINS,

CAVALIERS REG. $1.00 - $2.00 FOR 98c - $1.89

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Silver Fox Fol-minty

When these notes s in rlnt it will be just aboutpm to glib, and “HIP?! New Year" will be Pissed around everywhere you Io. W; take this opportunity of pass- ing greetings too-a bit ahead of time, but anyhow there are no rules to bar the dissemination of chcerfulneas.

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Not so long ago we must admit having been somewhat depressed with th outlook for our particular commo ty, Silver Fox, but that feeling has passed away since the results of the December suction has reached us. It certainly was s wonderful sale and we were in- deed glad to receive returns from sales made there. They were expectations. Women's ly of New York has a correspondent in Montreal who sends them the results of each auction. This is what he reports...

MO Dec. 18—~Actlvs bid- ding throughout and keen contests r e best pelts featured today's special sale of 10,000 silver fox at the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. (Quebec) Ltd., including a large and attractive collection of color phase silvers. In vigorous bidding by New York dealers and s couple oi British buyers an un- usual number of> mutation silver lots sold well over $100.

The salesroom estimate that per cent of th mutations were sold. was confirmed by the company's report, which figured 91 per cent sold at $81.29 average, an advance of 8 per cent over the company's - September sale, upon which all comparisons are based. About 80 persons were present.

T017 price was $195 for pale plati- num. Other platinas ranged between $72 and $125, with $105 for ring- necks. Pale full silvers brought $90 to $130 for the best sorts, and ring- necked whitemarked skins sold freely between $72 and $80. Pearl platinum skins were not so appeal- ing to bidders and ranged between $26 and $50.

a Few Whitemarkod Distinctive

A moderate catalog oi white- marked skins received a fair recep- .32

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tion. Few of the lots were real

distinctive, with the result th

high prices were infrequent. The best marked skins, including ring- necks, sold from $74 to $86, with a slzeable portion between $37 and $60. Average price was $42.18, the company reported, with 67 per cent

was unloaded from H.M.S.

moin dock here.

IONDON —(CP)-Nea.rly 17,000 churches and ecclesiastical bulld- ings suzffered war damage in Brit- an and Northern Ireland. The

Commission has equitable compen-

be installed at the British

or Damage worked out an the world’

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TEAM. England —(C P)_ “ham Gift food from the Dominlons, 1n- g1ng iuwfifl ‘Summaries livid-ins 90.000 mristmas puddixm dmompmflm,g_

DHIFCUP. K118105042 —(CP)—Th0 10110011 D8111’ Telegraph reports that nmchinerw and equipment to

Experl

mental Station for atomic energy herew-illbethemost-lmmdntg in

sold at an advance of 3 per cent.

A-possible return to favor oi the one-half to three-quarter silver wrJ noted in the avidity with which a small but good collection oi 149 skins was snapped up. British buy- ers favored this article, and the en- ' tire offering was sold at prices ranging between $28 and $40, with an average of $34.90. The company reported a 100 per cent sale at the surprising advance of 44 per Cent-

ATTENTION H00 SIIIPPERS

receiving hogs Tuesday, Jan 1.

ed Monday and Wednesday.

DAVIS Q. FRASER LTD.

caannorrsrowu P. s.

FOXMEN i!

SUNGLO BREEDING RATION FOR DECEMBER - JANUARY.

both.

SUNGLO out in'front for big production. SUGGESTED DIET:

SUNGLO BREEDING RATION (MEAL) 25%

Red Meats (Beef, Horsemeat, Rabbits) 35%

Offal Meats (Liver, Tripe, Spleen, Kidneys, Brain, etc.) .

Fish, Fresh, Frozen or Canne

Sprouted Grain or Vegetables

.... .. a “...-H...

10% 5%

....¢--n.-.-

Ave. 12 to 14 oz. per damper fox 100%

SUNGLO BREEDING CUBES . 15 to 20

INTERNATIONAL FOX 8: ANIMAL FOODS LTD., SUMMERSIDE. P. E. ISLAND L. W. HANCOCK, Managing Director

Attention Fox Ranchers

Our receiving station at F. ii. _McLaine’s is now open for the season. We are receiving furs forshlp- meat to the leading markets.

-. Ten years of successful selling and marketing for ~ Iatnchers in the Msritimes is your assurance of good ~ ill llfill.

We believe the Far Market is going to be strong " ‘ throughout the season so this should be s good year to ; ship to the . -

j slunmns run root, no. ’ ma. asthma.

Yi-btqI Representative

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has ausxahr su» m 11,1, Brit: than i l .

Due to New Year's holiday next week we will not be

Hogs regularly received on these days will be receiv-

Without good production and good Pelts you are lost. With only one you may break even. Stay up with the leaders by using SUNGLO Breeding Ration and getting

Dozens oi Canadian Ranchers will attest they find

Of the small offering oi 392 selected full silvers, higher quality was in demand and the less attrac- tive skins were not. Full silvers ganged from $52 to $76, and silvery sorts from s36 to $84- New Y°Pk bought some of the best. The com- the offering 64 per

pany reported cent sold at an average of $49.1 which it estimated as an advance of 14 per cent.

Fair Portion Absorbed

Steady but unaggressive biddinl! absorbed a fair portion oi the large- offerlng of regular full silvers at prices ranging from $37 to $50 for fulls and 826 to $43 for silvery lots. New York. British and Canadian dealers and manufacturers shared the purchases.

The company reported full silvers 75 par cent sold, averaging $34.80 andt showing an advance of 20 per een .

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Thursday the 27th was closing date for entries to the 8th fox pelt show under the auspices of the Sil- ver Fox Breeders‘ and Exhibitors’ Association oi Prince Edward ‘Isl- and. We telephoned Canadian Nat- ional headckuarters, Sumrnerside to find out ow things were going and were informed that pelts were coming in in great numbers and that there was every indication of th show being a great success. Th s is as it should be. Our pro- vince saw the birth of the" Silver Fox industry and it is fitting that we should place on display the very best Silver Fox pelts and muta- tions in the world. While this may not be possible as Others 110V" through ingenuity and hard work progressed more than we have. yet by using our brains and care in selection there is no reason why we cannot overtake them and excel them. Wé do not mean that we are in an inferior position for all types

Red Meat Chunks 4 to 5 ozs ....-...-------..------ - __ ' tb ‘a 5_ 0cm Meat Chunks ...... . . . . . ... a to s ozs. ‘€v§°’§.§i.°i§i.1y“°p§$%u.§ "€fi’.."‘iln2n platlnums in the world and as good

silvers,’ but there are new types of blues and probably better white faces being bred elsewhere.

I For Sale Foxes

12 Pearl Platinums - Males; Two Females — Standard Silver and White Marked Males and Females.

l‘ span NEILSON, Little Shemogue, N.B.

A _ ‘ - ‘ . . Iill .01 bl - a on o .cnm-, - ¢ = . a mists arid‘ ......“ °'...——....... .... ca." "r rs.".c....”-"n2 ... ......“ °' ...,,,~ .... tlons. Iron: what walesrnthflcyp- 11am. the Garden wegisas o notclsim to-havo-ss‘ ma of Time ‘ '. =~ I swd quell?» silvers as theytouv from: momma-of tbtsllerry Dc!- merlydid uttmsreve oer,‘ v on. about u» q wax-chill- pla- Iron mists and the fog m: tiaums. " 4 i. lnmgugle-r‘ , - ~ ‘ . f. ‘ - a the no bass mom- The program m the show n as ‘I'M Hvdmumoemonnv. Loa- e hm canals n. follows. . .Dec. 17th closing an, don. England, announce that W!‘

(or "m"; p“; 3g}, “d "m. will offer the following spp ~ That csmaout 01. , Elli ma" gllalliflgltionibilllyzgh January no. Qgsagaggiigg Itlheglflrgumn - "l" an , _ e n ver ‘= '

with nomlpfl; 53.23%: "fl-ff, l-lail London, on ash 14’ 101a We have struggled and _

Grader asuiudge. The pelts will be 5.000 silver fox 1 platins I110 11117011 b? i110 "l4! t

i“.."...'...°“..l.".. "g. 1,““g§*,’,"“,"' "5 9" 101.1’??? §i§t1§2f.'..h°.f."&"°a.i! w’ “$1 "nidbriiim-m “h Q

ranchers will b: moitiinfim, t: wegian sources as what we call Md‘ .“ hi: w!‘ “Mb i‘!

watch the roceodings. The results will ap sr this paper each morn- ing er the judging, and all the pelts will be shipped on Saturday,

aauary 5th, to the Canadian Fur Auction Compan ‘s January sale where they, to e er with the Ont- arlo and New runswlck pelts will be offered.

January 7th to 11th will be show dates for the Ontario fur breeders and possibly thsnjudging will take place at the K g Edward Hotel. Toronto. Ranchers in Ontario make much of this show and endeavor to place the very best of their pelts on it so as to keep Ontario to the fore as a province when», the finest in iurs are ranched.

The December numbers of the Canadian Bllxer-Fox and Fur and Fur Trade Journal of Canada have reached us and they are certainly very excellent productions, con- taining the results oi the various fox shows and a wealth of other information. All ranchers are in- debted to these publications for keeping alive interest in our in- dustry and giving publicity to it. In Canadian Fox and Fur is a very good photo of a class of six glacier blues at the Charlottetown fox show. They certainly look attrac- tive and no doubt when placed on the market will bring good rices. It is noteworthy that the orwe- gians claim to have developed a

Dec. 1945 No. oi % Sold Avg-l skins price Specials 720 91% $81.29 White-marked 765 67 42.78 5i - d6 Silvers 140 100 34.90 Selected Fulls 302 64 49.11 Regular Fulls 2W9 75 34.39 Interiors 4619 82 25.38 Rejects 805 95 8.01 Total 9819 80% $32.68 l

Although a high percentage oi skins were sold at comparatively high prices, the collection in gener- al was not of a high quality. This was to be expected, since the col- lection necessa liy consisted chief-

rae cnantorrcrowiu

"platinum" foxis always called‘ “plstlna" fox in Norway and no doubt the 3.000 blue fox are the new types which they claim are very, very beautiful. '

The Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association have is- sued s special letter dated Decem- ber 21st covering the December sale held by the Canadian Fur Auc- tion Sales Co. Ltd. in Montreal, Tuesday, December 18th. The, fol- lowing is taken from it _

The offering of Silver fox con- tained 9,819 skins. and consisted of silvers and mutations. There was a good attendance of buyers, with representatives of the Trade from London, England, South America, Mexico and 17.8 A., competing keenly for the merchandise. along with Canadian dealers and manu- facturers.

The result of the sale contrasts strikingly with that held by the Company in September last. and particularly with their December 1944 sale. There was a sharp in- crease not only in the average rlces realized in the various class- fications, but also in the percent- age of skins sold. \

The following table summarizes the fox catalogue, and shows the comparative results against Dec- enliber 1944 and September 1945 sa es.

vs known / On the way of life that we've PM’ .-

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Monies. Orbeiifivginiiodwhocreated

things ~ Aswemarchdowntbaltosdtothe graves; of the time we have in

for molt mortal men- resson of more given

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1s "thefour-score yes-rs and ton.“

‘that has been allotted by God's Own ecree .

Aawritin the Book and the Scroll-

For us in inhabit this mortars

Before we six-render the soul.

That mgsloaoiits “way to the por-

Om, into the space of the blue- Far over the cloud banks and shad-

ows of night And into the Mom's Light anew;- Like the Star of tho East that

stoo over the Place Where the Grail and the Infant Child la irgln of L e In a grip that was mangere‘ with ay-

To give life everlasting to all mor- men Who are destined by First Sin to

Dec. 1944 Sept. 1915 % Sold Avg. % sold Avg. prlco price 58% $82.72 09% $75.57 37 37.74 '16 41.48 i6 23.82 d5 24.21 i 55 39.38 05 42.91 _ 29 $.64 50 28.9) g 17 19.04 02 19.28 41 5.40 50 5.52 30% loam 64% 830.52

cess in his new home. He certainly: does understand the fox business as during his connection with Internat- ional Foxes and Furs he raised the standard of quality of their breed- ing stock tremendously. Two year

ly of early‘ pelted and unprime skins. It shou d be pointed cut al- so that in the 15-76. classification, the medium and lower quality skins were not included, but were sold in the "inferior" section. e “Bpecials" consisted chiefly of platinums and platinum sllvcrs, and although the average price realized was $81.29, rices in this section ranged from to $.35.- 00, this being the top price for a lot of dplatinums. Platinum silvers reache a high of $125. Consider- ing the quality of merchandise of- fered, mutation pelts were in strong demand.

The recent opening of the Lon- don market was felt, particularly with reference to the darker color phase silvers the greater part of these being bought to fill orders

l. from that market.

We believe the present overall situation in the Fur Trade “(Quid indicate that the present season will continue to be a satisfactory

view. ,

Our first 1946 "Special Collec- -tion" will be offered on the Can- adian Fur Auction Company's Jan- uary sale; the last receiving date at Summerside for pelts to be uf- fered on that sale 1946.

The sudden death of our very great friend of many years, W. P. Callaghan, at Bummerside early this week has saddened many friends and relatives. Mr. Callaghan early became identified with fox farming, being a friend of Charles Dalton, Robert Oulton and other pionee . His breeding stock was pure Dalton and we well remember seeing them and remarking on the clear blue black color and bright silver they possessed. Wheu fox shows were instituted Mr. Calla- ghan attended them and won many awards. Breeding stock from the Callaghan ranch helped found the industry in the United States. In late years Mr. Callaghan was associated with the Dominion Fur Pool, Ltd, oi Summerside as one of its Directors, but in recent month's he has been confined to his home through illness. Mr. Callaghan was a man of most friendly nature but he never hesit- ated to give an opinion on any sub- ject and his clear mind and known honesty made him a valuable coun- selor. To his family we extend our very sincere sympathy which we known is joined in by thousands of other friends.

George Lilly, well known rancher of Marshfield, leaves on January 2nd for Elrayton, Ontario, which is situated about thirty miles wast of Guelph. Mr. Lilly hss purchased a fox ranch ther and is moving his foxes and fsndly and will can-

on the industry there. 1t is not t at Mr. Lilly wants to lesvo Prince Edward Island, but the fsct is that it is much cheaper to ranch foxes in Ontario than here. For instance feed will cost him about half os there is s plentiful sup ly _of hor- ses in. that vicinity an they can

be procured s very reasonable Elces - and other oftsi is also ob- inside. m. u while here

made many warm ends who will regret his move but will hope that

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A NOTICE.

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he will have every measure oi_l_u_o-

INCORPORATED

Their Plant

one from the producers point of. 110d“ are reponed mush“.

is January 5th. . l

ago we had the pleasure of soeing a bunch of pelts which he took off from that ranch and they were ex- ceptionally good. Mr. Lilly is an expert in pelting and has invented a new type oi pelting board, or rather pelting iron frame, which is said to enhance the value of a pelt by several dollars. Of a genial disposition and with always a good word to say for everybody, Mr. Lil- ly is sure of making many friends in the new locality which he is‘ journeying to.

Eight Missing After Ship Explodes, Sinks !

GALVESTON, Dec. 27 -— (AP) --Eight crew members of the Swedish ship Sveaborg which ox- loded and sank at Texas City

G. Engh, first mate, said l2 were hurt, two critically. The ship has a crew of 37 men.

Divers planned to go into the flooded compartment to bring out the bodies unless officials decide to wait until the ship is refloated.

The blast occurred at 4.10 a.m. from a donkey engine boiler ex-

plosion. The shi was loading gasoline at the tme. SOME BIRD

The great albuttzss has a wihg' 2 1091..

spread of l1 1- DrlVG ouiACHEs s ‘ .4 /

Athis lcth

When 5.? flesh of this life rests awhile in the grave

While the soul waits its way to the Sky.

Now let us be happy and prayerful

B .

(lhristmastido in a world at is Famed:

our lie yearns s dear one h has not r , mourns a loved one

Tholgh w o

And our heart deceased

-—Peter A. Reilly. 82 Westland Avenue, Boston Mass. December 23, 145.

C. N. B. CHANGES IN LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT

MONCTON‘, N. B, Dec. 27 -With thy, retirement of E. C. Masher, locomotive foreman for the C.N.R.. at Truro, N. 8., after many years of faithful service changes in fore- men at other terminals was an- nounced by regional headquarters of the railway here. Eugene C fin Mosher was born at Kennet- cook, N. 5., Nov. 11, 1885, and join- ed the railway service in Sept. 1900 at Moncton as a machinist! apprentice. In February 1907 he

went to Truro and in‘ Dec. 1008 M‘

became a full-fledged machinist. In April 1911 he was appointed charge- hand at Truro, Oct. 1918; assistant foreman; Nov. i982 locomotive foreman.

Grant MacLean, a native of Mui- grave, N. 8., succeeds Mr. Mother as locomotive foreman at Truro He joined the railway service in Dec. 1918 as machinisfs helper at Truro and in July 1919 went to Dartmouth. N. 8., as night forc- man. In July 19% he became s machinist at Halifax and in Oct. 1910 returned to tmouth as foreman. In Nov. 1943 he was ap- pointed locomotive foreman Sydney.

Curtis Sleeves is appointed fore- man at Sydney. He was born at Lewisvilie, N‘. 3., and entered the employ of the railway at Moncton in Feb. prentlce. becoming a machinist v Feb. 199i from which time h was engaged off and on as a welder and machinist and later became an engineer an the “Lady" liners in the Canadian National steamships West Indies servlcn

Robert Gordon Mills, a native of Bay Du Vin. N. 3., has been ap- pointed assistant foreman. Moncton roundhouse. He entered the em- nloy of the railway in February. 1925 as machinist! apprentice and

,in March 1980 completed his train-