The Sunday Oregonian., January 13, 1918, SECTION FIVE, Image 59

SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to 12
Women's Section
Special Features
VOL. XXXVII.
PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1918.
NO. 4 2.
FORMER JOHN DAY DRUGGIST ESTABLISHES
FARM FOR PROPAGATION OF SILVER BLACK FOX
KNIGHTS OF COLU3IBUS WAR CA3IP FTIND DRIVE JANUARY 14-20
Plant ofUnique Industry Is Located Where the Sumpter Valley Railroad Crosses the Dixie Range of Mountains,
in Grant County, and Has a Promising Future. - . ,
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T the pass where the Sumpter Val
ley Railway crosses the Dixie
range of mountains over in Grant
County, in Eastern Oregon, amid the
evergreen pines, spruces and firs, is
located the beginning of an unique in
dustry for Oregon, the pioneer of its
kind on the Pacific Coast outside of
the Alaska country.
At this point, atout is mnes from
Prairio City, P. A. Snyder, for many
years a druggist at the town of John
Day, has located a fur farm for the
breeding and rearing of the valuable
silver-black fox. Mr. Snyder, though
a druggist of energy and ability, has
laid aside the spatula and the mortar,
the graduate and the pili ttle for that
which appears to him to be a more
profitable field for exploration than that
of his former profession.
Cold Weather Is Essential.
In choosing a ' location for his fur
farm Mr Snyder had to take into con
sideration the fact that there must be
a goodly season of snow and cold wea
ther in order to perfect a fine quality
of fur. The Dixie Pass, with its semi
Arctic climate and its four to nine feet
of enow in Winter, seemed an inviting
location, and through the courtesy and
kindness of the officials of the Whit
man National Forest an ideal site was
secured.
Here Mr. Snyder has built a little
bungalow equipped with hot and cold
water and a modern bathroom, all sup
plied with purest spring water and
modern, sanitary drainage system. The
living-room, with its beamed ceiling,
built-in bookcases and more than ail.
an old-fashioned fireplace, built of
rough boulders from the surrounding
hills, gives it a cheer and comfort that
the deep snows and the long Winters
cannot diminish.
Peai Are Strictly Moden.
So far the farm consists of four pens.
each pen having one pain of foxes. Two
pairs of these foxes are pure-blood sil
ver-blacks and two pairs are three
quarter bloods. Imported by Mr. Snyder
from the breeding farms in Ontario
Can. These pens are each 60 feet
square, with 12-foot walls of poultry
netting woven of 16-gauge galvanized
wire. The top of the walls is provided
with an overhang of 24-inch wire net
ting, supported on brackets, to keep
the foxes from climbing out over the
top. for foxes will climb this wire net
ting like cats.
The walls of the pens are carried
down below the surface of the ground
to a depth of three to five feet, depend
ing on the character of the formation.
and have an L turned inward, corre
sponding to the overhang at the top.
This is to keep the foxes from digging
out.
A fox has no engineering Instinct,
and knows nothing about going back
j and starting his burrow and gradually
tamiviiis 1L Lin ua iJaaacB uiiuci ills
sunken netting, but Instead he will be
gin his digging close up to the walls
and soon comes in contact with the
netting, which stops his operations. A
fox will rarely dig more than two to
two and a half feet deep, and then of
no considerable horizontal distance.
Animals Are Protected.
These four pens are arranged In the
form of a square with 10-foot alley
ways between. But Mr. Snyder has
found this arrangement to be a distinct
disadvantage, owing to the heavy enow
fall, which obstructs the alleys into
which open the entrances to all the
pens. A better arrangement where the
snows are so deep is to place them side
by side.
In the center of each pen Is a neat
NEW YORK HAS GAY AND vBRILLIANT TIME
DURING PERFORMANCES OF GRAND OPERA
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Holiday Sasom Is Made DiTlghtful by "The Daughter of the Regiment," "Samson and Delilah "La Boheme and
Other Productions in Which Famous Singers Take Part. '
BT EMIIJE FRANCES BACER.
NEW TORK. Jan. IS. (Special)
Holiday week at the opera
brought some of the most de
lightful performances of the aeason.
General Manager Cattl-Cassua, chose
a repertoire so varied and Interesting
that It several times lured capacity
audience from Christmas firesides.
The livdlsposltlon of Geraldlne Farrar
brooch I another brilliant performance
Daughter of th Ktgimiat."
with Frieda Herapel again triumphant
In place of Thais." and Mme. Frances
Alda sang Marguerite In "Faust" to
save a change of opera.
Saint-Saens' "Samson and Delilah"
was given on Monday night. Mme. Lou
ise Homer portraying the siren as ad
mirably as she has often done before.
The return of the American singer to
the organisation Is bringing great
pleasure to her coontless admirers.
There may be more beautiful Delllahs
than alma. Homer, but the writer does
not recall them, and seldom has the
lovely aria "My Heart at Thy Sweet
Voice" been as appealingly sung.
Many curtain calls were demanded.
Caruso was a worthy Samson, and
his Impersonation of the biblical role
la now considered one of his best. The
tenor was In splendid voice and sang
as only Caruso can. But the Philis
tines found Samson's weak point the
other night when they dramatically
effected lis overthrow and sprained
hia ankle. . in spite of tho pain, Caruso
Insisted on finishing the performance.
Had the people in the audience realized
the disadvantage under which he was
"slowly and painfully pushing the
heavy mill," Caruso and not Samson
would have received their sympathy.
Mr. Amato drew a vivid picture of the
high priest.
A special Christmas matinee brought
a crowded house to hear John McCor
mack in "La Boheme." And thousands
who have yearly laughed and made
merry with "Hansel and Gretel" on
Christmas day sighed and cried over
the tragedy of the much-beloved Bo
hemians. John McCormack has made
a well-known talking-machine record
of the Racconto: he has repeatedly
given it in concert: but the great Joy of
the number is hearing the Irish tenor
himself, garbed in poetic attire, sing it
to a Mimt as attractive as May Peter
son. This was the first appearance of
this singer in the Puccini role. Though
nervousness marked her opening
scenes, it 100a wore away and she:
little kennel about 'three feet in the
clear in the Inside, built with double
floor and walls' and filled in with fine
shavings to render them less subject
to noises and extreme changes in tem
perature and weather conditions. In
side the kennel is a small compartment
about 15 inches in the clear with re
movable top, -and junction of the walls
with the floor chamfered. This acts
as a sort of maternity chamber and
nursery for the mother fox.
A door is built into the front of the
Kennel, while the loxes nave access
through an opening in the side con
nected with a shute, or runway, in the
form of an L, built of 12-inch boards.
This camouflagees the fox into think
ing he is running into a hollow log.
one of his favorite refuges in his wild
state.
Foxes are monogamous. in. this hab.
its when once they mate for life. Were
the members of ' modern society as
faithful in their relations as are these
little dumb animals, there would be
small business for today's divorce
courts and the divorce lawyer.
Common Feed Satisfactory.
The fox breeds but once a year, ordi
narily the latter part of February or
the first of ilarch, and the young are
born in about 61 days or the latter part
of April or the first of May. The num
ber of pups in a litter varies all the
way from two to ten; but where a
breeder gets one litter of 10. he will
get nine litters of three and four. Fox
men are quite satisfied with an in
crease of lutper cent of their stock.
Prospective mother foxes have to be
watched at the time young are ex
pected, especially if there is deep snow
in the pens. One inexperWneed young
mother, fox on Mr. SnydePs farm last
Spring, instead of using her warm lit
tle kennel for a hospital resorted to a
deep snow burrow which she had made,
with the result that all her babies died
from the cold.
Foxes will live on almost any kind
of fdod, but their favorite diet is fresh
meat, about 12 ounces being required
for each fox daily. This quantity may
be materially reduced provided they
are supplied with a liberal allowance
of fresh milk. Boiled meat or a meat
pie composed of graham floor batter
thickened with fine chopped boiled
meat and baked will be accepted in
the absence of fresh meat. They will
eat mush to some extent, but the more
nearly a food approaches to the
straight flour or vegetable diet the
less they care for It, and only hunger
will cause them to eat it. -
Fox Reproduces Color. .
Most people believe that the silver
black and the black fox are freaks or
sports from the red fox, and that he
cannot be depended upon to reproduce
his color. This, however, is not true.
If you have a pair of pure-blood blacks
or silver blacks they will breed truo
to color every time, and reputable
breeders will guarantee the animals
they sell to breed true to color or they
will replace them with animals that
will or refund the purchase price. In
the fox family there are several dis
tinct colors. There is the red, the sil
ver black, the pure black, the blue and
the pure white, all of which are. valu
able for their fur.
As to the cost of production and
value, a word may be said. In any
country where old, wornout or crip
pled horses or other livestock which
has no market value may be had, it will
cost from 97 cents to 1 per head per
month to feed foxes. A silver black
fox eight . months old will have cost
to raise him to that age not to ex
ceed $10, but the pelt of this animal
in the open fur market will bring from
$100 to $600, depending on color, size
and quality of the fur.
For breeding purposes a pair of
these animals, if of a good strain, will,
command a price of $1000. Some breed
ers will sell a pair of these pups on
contract at birth for $500 and the
buyer assumes all risk of their dying.
Other breeders will sell a female and
ranch her and guarantee a litter of
pups for a certain per cent of the in
crease. Financial Returns Good.
From a financial standpoint the
propagation of the silver black fox of
fers an inviting field. The cattleman ,
who sells a big fat steer for $75 that
cost him possibly $25 to raise and put
on the market feels that he is doing a
good business, and so he is. But the
man who raises a silver black fox that
cost him $10 to make ready for the
market, and for which he can realize
from $100 to $600, is doing a better
business.
The fur of the black fox and the sil
ver black is the most valuable of the -fox
family. However, the silver black
has held its value more steadily than
has the pure black, for the reason that
the fur dyer will take the common red
fox and dye his fur black and pass it
off for the genuine black fox. When
the fur dealer offers you a piece of
fur as genuine black fox for $75 he is
perpetrating a fraud. The real black
fox article would cost $500 or $600.
It is quite beyond the ability of the
fur dyer to imitate the silver black .
fox, and this is why it' has held its '
value " in the fur market with only
minor fluctuations.
Fur farming is only In Its Infancy,
but it Is a legitimate and profitable)
Industry. The breeding of foxes in '
captivity beigan less than 25 years ago
in Eastern Canada, and today on Princo "
Edward Island the value of the foxea
and fox farms runs into millions and
millions of dollars. In the United ,
States the industry Is growing in popularity.
gave good account of herself .as the
opera progressed. A second perform
ance of "La Boheme" doubtless will
reveal the young American a Miml of
great charm. Ruth Miller was a dash
ing Musetta, and in especially good
voice. The other old favorites of the
Latin Quarter were skillfully por
trayed by De Luca, Didur, . Malatesta,
Audlslo, De Segurola and Leonhardt.
Mr. Papl conducted them through a
pleasing performance.
The Wednesday night performance of
"Thais" was withdrawn, as Miss Far
rar was unable to sing, and the
"Daughter- of the Regiment" was sub
stituted. Frieda Hempel, who had
sung the role the night before Christ
mas night in Brooklyn, played the vl
vandiere with the same delightfully
rollicking note that marked her first
performance. Her drum solo again
brought down the house, and her sing
ing of the Interpolated "Proch Varia
tions" revealed once more the wonder
ful qualities of her voice.. In answer
to an insistent encore the soprano
sang "Home, Sweet Home in English,
simply and beautifully and tears and
cheers were her reward. Scotti as
Sulpizio leaves nothing to be desired
in the gruff and adorable Sergeant,
and Mme. Matzenauer is a dignified
and haughty Marchioness adds much
to the Donizetti opera. The melodies,
gay and sprightly, have an insistent
way of lingering in the memory.
"Franeesca da Rimini" was given
for the first time this year on Thurs
day evening, with Amato and Martin
elli In the roles of the brothers, which
they sang in the premiere about a
year ago. As Giavonnl, the villain,
Mr. Amato was as crooked and
swarthy and hateful as anyone could
wish a villain to be. He gave a vivid,
picturesque interpretation of the d'An
nunzio role and sang as he has not
sung before this season. Martlnelll
was a lover of lyric and personal
beauty, and Mme. Alda, as Franceses, j
was a maiden worth fighting about.
Angelo Bada, as Maletetino, and lime.
Perini, as .the slave, were splendidly
cast. '
"Faust" was given the following
night, with Mme. Alda substituting for
Miss Farrar. Though Mme. Alda has
not sung the role for eight years and
is just emerging from her first ap
pearance as the Princess in "Marouf,
she gave a fine performance. Mr. Mar-
tinelli as Faust repeated his former
successes in the role. Lila Robeson
sang Martha in place of Kathleen
Howard, who was indisposed. Thomas
Chalmers was Valentine and other
members of the cast were Rothier,
D'Angelo and Delaunois.
Saturday afternoon brought "Rigo
letto," with -Frieda Hempel singing
Gilda for the first time In four years.
She sang gloriously and it is hard to
conceive of a finer Interpretation of
the role. Caruso, as the Duke, as usual,'
won new honors. DeLuca sang the
title role, Mardones was the Sparafu
cile, and Sophie Braslau, Marie Matt
field, Minnie Egener and Mario Laur
ent! were others in the cast. It was
a gala performance before a capacity
audience that enthusiastically ac
claimed the singers.
The week was brought to a brilliant
close with a stirring performance of
Boris Godunoff in Italian. The Rus
sian opera at popular prices was heard
by a large audience. Didur sang the
title role, Raymonde de Launols was
Teodoro and Margaret Matzenauer,
Marina. Others in the cast were Le
nora Sparkes, Kathleen Howard, Lila
Robeson and Angelo Bada, also Resch
igitas, Rothier, De Segurola, Reiss and
Rossi, with Papi conducting.
So ended a marvelous Christmas
week of grand opera, of which General
Manager Gatti-Cassaza may be justly
proud.
Mnskrat Meat Recommended.
WINONA, Minn., Dec. 30. Muskrat
flesh is to be recommended to the Na
tional Food Administration as a sub
stitute for meats now in use, accord
ing to a report submitted to the Winona
Chamber of Commerce by local trap
pers. According to the report, the trap
pers assert 1,000,000 pounds of musk
rat flesh goes to waste annually in the
upper Mississippi Wiley. The trappers
point out that the muskrat is a clean
animal living on vegetable food and
the flesh when properly prepared, can
scarcely be distinguished from chicken.
The average carcass weighs about a
pound. The meat has been offered for
sale in Winona at from 5 to 7 cents a
pound.
DEATH WARRANT IS SIGNED
Accused Man Will Be Electrocuted
During Month of February.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., Jan. 3. New
chapters in the Rider murder case were
recorded recently when Justice Kallsch
signed a new death warrant fixing the
week of February 18 for the electrocu
tion of Giovanni Iraca, the only one so
far convicted in- this case.
This is the third time that Iraca has
had his death day fixed. . On previous
occasions Governor Edge granted re
prieves that he might testify in the
trial of Millie DeMarco, who was ac
quitted on December 15 of connection
with the crime.
At the same time Justice Kalisch has
granted an ojder for the release of
Frank Ladonne and Frank Vassella
from jail, where they have been for
more than 14 months awaiting trial, and
have now been given their freedom un
der their own recognizance so far aa
the Indictments against them are con
cerned.
Light Wines Replace Beer.
LONDON, Dec. SO. Hotels have been
asked to urge their customers to buy
light wines instead of beer, so that there
may be a greater supply ot the lattec
beverage for the working classes,
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