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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1952)
I 1 10 The Stat man, Salem. Oregon, Thursday. February T 1931 Expensive Pair, But They Wear Well , , ,..- - I t ,hiir' rm 4 I , . , i S - . . t .(- ru; -.--' " , . Sir 1 -. ' r. ,. x - v - - " the-.. Afc ff iiim " - i-... - i FOUK CORNERS A patr of two-year-old chinchillas at the Marsh Chinchilla Ranch, 750 S. Lancaster Dr., Foot Corners, is pictured above. Four Corners Ranch Has 37 Chinchillas; Wrap for Milady Requires 100-Plus By EFFIE MATE WHITE Statesman Newt Service FOUR CORNERS Mink is a popular lur for coats, but for sheer luxury that rarest of all silken fur, the pelt of the chinchilla, is some thing milady dreams about. Bill and Beryl Marsh, who recently purchased the Lee Haworth property at 750 S. Lancaster Dr., Four Corners, call it Marsh's Chin chilla Ranch. There one may see 37 of these bright-eyed, gentle ani mals all ages from tiny babies to maturity. The history of the chinchilla is s fascinating as the Arabian Nights. Going back to its pre historic ancestry we learn that this highly-prized bit of fur-covered animation once rivaled the hippo potamus for size and has been identified under the name of Megamys. The process of the ages resulted in the chinchilla of today. The exact date the chinchilla fur was used is unknown but the first possessor of a chinchilla, coat was Queen Isabelle of Spain. This coat was taken to her by a captain of the Spanish Conquistadores as tribute received from a Chincha Indian chief who was wearing the coat. Hence the name chinchilla. Nearly Became Extinct The animal is a native of the Andean foothills in South America and has been found nowhere else in the world. With the discovery of this loveliest of all furs the de mand exceeded production until it nearly became extinct. In 1923. M. F. Chapman brought 11 chinchillas to the United States. From that small beginning most of the world's chinchillas are now being raised in the United States. The Marshes began their chin chilla venture three years ago in California, coming to Oregon in 1950. They have 13 pairs of breed ing stock and 11 young chinchillas housed in a snug building where the temperature range is 40 to 55. The ' chinchilla breed from six months to a year and the average litter is two. One has littered the unusual number of 10 In one year. Gestation is 111 Days The chinchilla babies are born fully furred, soft as silken down, eyes open, with teeth, active and about the size of a small day old chick. The young nurse 45 days. Gestation is 111 days. The grown ones drink from a small tube in a bottle elevated at an angle that supplies a continuous drip. They are fed a specially-prepared dry food, dry aflalfa hay and kale. The chinchilla have a number f unusual characteristics. Where other fur bearing animals have one hair per follicle only the chin chilla have as many as 80 hairs per follicle, giving to the fur a fine sheen unrivaled for beauty, for Is Sturdy Despite its delicate silken tex ture it is a very sturdy wearing fur. Chinchilla do not like to bathe In water. Instead, they take a dust bath daily in fine sand and un- scented talcum powder in which they delight. They weigh from 16 to 28 ounces at maturity, are odorless, free from vermin and generally monogamous. Being nocturnal, they take their beauty nap in the day. The pelts are prime in Feb ruary and March of each year. The number of pelts reauired for a coat varies considerably ac cording to. size and style. For a medium-size plain style 100 to 125 pelts are required for a coat. Macleay Community dab Meets Friday Itatesaaaa News Service MACLEAY Mary Lois Mond loch, health nurse, gave immuni sations at Macleay School Mon day. The Community Club will meet at the schoolhouse Friday, Feb. 8, t p. m. Sedonia Burton is back to school after havinx a tonsilectomy last week. Vclie Up To Here Comfort Without Nagging Baokacho Vmttimm W sW. fc el pe aa4 ertr, Mcheaaa4 eSasteaes smay Bito slew m ml kMm feactioa. Decern aav Ce4 U4ms fnajettaa ie very kapemat to moo4 fceattk. Wheaeem everyday eaekiHieewaeck mm atreaa aa4 atraia. eaaaae that imaertaat faajetieataatoweVaBjyfoatoeasUraa. fiac aaeearhe feel aUenaMa. Mlaor Ua4 eW U-rttatMe m te cole er wrea e"iet aaay eeaaiaiilieaayaiahtaevfieqatpea ee. Deai1 aialut ymmr kMaaye if then ecadi tiea bother yea, Try Doaa's Fflla-a. auks ettaretie. V4 iiifeaaa felly by imaaa sor werMyeara. If a aaiailae; he aaaay thai as Peaa'e oo baaay relief ireaa taaeo eUaeoee jorta aeiatiailSeiaaaefkteeytaeeaaaeal. tan aah eat waeto. Cot Doaa's Fills tooajl 4 , $ . ''1 -1 v 5 . fcir-t, r-v-w - ii if II lff f Passes j,::.: 5 5. -.': " Dr. A. J. MeCannel Fund Started In Memory of Dr. McCannel Statesman News Service SILVERTON A memorial fund for Dr. Alexander J. Mc Cannel, Silverton physician who died Tuesday, is underway by friends here. The memorial will be placed in the new Methodist Church, slated to be constructed here this year. In charge are Oaig Clark, The Rev. Douglas Harrell, and Ralph Francis. The latter is comman der of Delbert Reeves .Post, Amer ican Legion, of which Dr. Mc Cannel was a charter member and past commander. Final rites will be held at 10:30 a. m. Friday at the Ekman Mor tuary. Members of the Legion Post will conduct graveside services at Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland. Trad and High MODEL ' ' " 36" fast-cutting sow for heavy-duty 2 an felling or 1-mcn bucking. 3 HP en gine. Balanced, compact for maneuver ing in right spots. Automatic dutch. Improved round side-cutter planer chain. 1 i ii 4. 4 s " M 4 Valley Obituaries Statesman News Service Ben Harper AURORA Services for Ben Harper, 88, Butteville resident and onetime Dallas hotelman, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Miller Mortuary here. Interment will be at Butteville Cemetery. Harper died Monday at Butte ville, his home for 10 years, fol lowing a short illness. Born in New York, he lived in the Midwest most of his life. He operated a hotel at Dallas about 1900 before returning to Wisconsin where he lived until 1942. Survivors include the widow. Lucy, whom he married at Neils- ville, Wis., Sept. 18. 1885; two sons James H. of Mineral Park, Calif. J ""S a . a- m - a ea ana -nesier n. oi cunevme a daughter, Beulah Harper, Neils ville, Wis.; two brothers, Oscar and Fred Harper, both of Portland; a sister, Mrs. Ann Butterfield, Wood burn; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Julia Hibbs UNIONVALE Funeral services were held Friday for Mrs. Julia Hrbbs, wife of Royal Hibbs, who died at a Salem Hospital after a long illness. She was born June 1 1904, in Falls City, moved to Iowa in her childhood and in 1922 came to live with her brother, Charles on Grand Island. In 1926 she was married to Royal Hibbs. She was a member of the Union vale EUB Church, the Webfoot Grange, and Electa Chapter, OES Surviving besides the widower are two children, Mrs. Lois Beck er, Sutherlin, and Ray Hibbs Union vale; a sister, Mrs. Darrel Bird, Dallas; and two brothers Charles Ferguson, Salem, and Al ford Ferguson, Falls City. Inter ment was at Evergreen Cemetery RosecIlJe Nurse Now in California ROSEDALE Agnes Smith daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith; is in Los Angeles where she is taking a nursing course at the Los Angeles County General Hospital. She will attend school there for 3 years. She had been working at Salem General Hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Cammack and Marita spent several days in Washington. They attended a Friends Quarterly Meeting in Ta- coma and visited relatives in Seat tle before returning home Mon day. FARM If Compact Mall Chain Saws 11 CHAIN SAW 410.00 THE VALLEY NEWS COLUMNS From The Oregon Statesman's Valley Correspondents 10 Boys Join School Qub At Sublimity lUtawsna Newt Service SUBLIMITY The St. Boniface High Lettermen Club held initia tion for 10 new members Monday night. Initiated were Theodore Stuckart, James Birkholz, Robert Doerfler, Bernard Miotke, Gerald Kintz, David Parrish, Richard Minden, Louis Heuberger, Harold Toepher and Robert Wolf. More than 35 men of St. Boni face Parish are planning td take part in a week-end retreat at Loyola Retreat House. Parish com mitteemen discussed completing the addition to the gymnasium Monday night at a meeting. Roger Minten, infant son oi Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Minten, was nos- pitalized at Salem for three days for treatments recently, ne was reported "getting along fine" this week. The Rev. Joseph Scherbring and the Rev. Franz Schubert went to Salem Sunday to help witn con firmation ceremonies in St. Vin cent's Church and in St. Joseph's Church. His Excellency, Arenm shop Edward D. Howard of Port land, administered the sacrament to large classes in both parishes. Mountain View Area Will Vote on School Hot-Lunch Program ORCHARD HEIGHTS The Mountain View Community Club will meet at 8 p. m. Friday. tertainment will include motion pictures. Parents are urged to attend as a special election will be held on the proposed school hot-lunch program for the coming year. The group tooK m more man $100 on the rummage sale con ducted Saturday. Valley Briefs Statesman Newt Service Lake Labish The Community Club will sponsor a no-host dinner at 7 p. m. Friday at the regular meeting of the club. Mrs. William Duffis is in charge or tne enter tainment which will have a Val entine theme. Willamina Mrs. Sophie Sand- berg is recuperating from surgery at a McMinnville hospital, xvirs. l,. E. Page also is connnea mere ror observation. Terry Waibel was hospitalized Wednesday for a ton sillectomy. Turner Margaret Prather, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Prather, has completed ner iirst semester at Linfield College, Mc Minnville, the school reported Wednesday. A freshman, she is majoring in sociology. Gervais The Past Matrons Club will meet Friday at the home of Mrs. Lucille Booster, 1285 N. 25th St., Salem. Liberty Cubs Scouts of the Liberty - Salem Heights area will hold their annual Blue and Gold Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Liberty Community Hall. Awards will be presented. Hubbard June Burke, home demonstration agent from Salem, is conducting a project - leader training workshop in upholstery at the American Legion Hall here this week. Units from Hubbard, West Woodburn, Donald and Un ion are participating. Pioneer The Sewing Club will meet at the hall on Thursday. Mrs. George Van Goethem will be host ess and a covered-dish dinner will be served at noon with a valentine exchange in the afternoon. STORE If" MODTj 12-A CHAIN SAW 325.00 18" siz for 1-man operation felling and bucking. 1 8M rouhd-ena7 guide plat permits plungey-cutting to avoid pinching. 3-HP engin whh reed valves. Chain, remioning device on transmission end. Died in Action - i - 4 , ' ' ' ' ' 1 t ? ' ' - -is-" i"v A John E. Van Loh Jr. G. T. Club Meet At Roberts Today Statesman Newt Service ROBERTS Mrs. Herbert Mil ler will be hostess Thursday for members of the G. T. Club at her home on Homestead Road for an all-day meeting beginning at 10:30 a. m. The business meeting will be held first, and the balance of the time will be spent sewing for vet erans. Members are asked to bring a sack lunch and coffee and dessert will be furnished by the hostesses. Mrs. Keith Austin and Mrs. Austin Cator will assist Mrs. Miller. Get thero faster United! North bewnd Malnttnan leerva at 9:10 A.M.; 2:35 P.JUL and 7:45 P. ML PORTLAND . SEATTU . . 30 mln. l4 hrs. Seythbewmi Mainllner devt e fc25 A.M.; 4:45 P.M. and 8.-00 P. M. MEDFORD . . . 1 hrs. SAN FRANCISCO 4Va hrs. IOS ANGELES . . 7 hrs. UNITED AIR LINES Airport Terminal. Call 2-2435 cr an authorized travel agent. Phone 3-3191 i 1 I 1 JF--:-S--.. - ' Fallen liberty Serviceman's Body Returned Statesman News Strrice LIBERTY The body of John E. Van Loh Jr., who was killed in Korea, Nov. 20, 1831, was to ar rive in San Francisco this week. Memorial services will be announ- Van Loh was born Feb. 1, 1929, at Salem, graduated from Salem High School in 1947 and attended Oregon State College. He worked for a Salem woodworking mill and for the State Highway Commission prior to his induction into the ser vice in October. 1950. He went overseas last August. Surviving are nis parents, Mr and Mrs. John Van Loh, and a sister, Jacqueline Wetherbee, all of Liberty. r- TERRIFIC PRICE REPyCIIOKIS LARGE SELECTION OF NEW SPRING COLORS, PATTERNS AND WEAVES GET IIJT0 THE EASTER PARADE III A IIEW SUIT FROII JJ.'s AT THESE GREAT flOOHEV SAVItK POKES Ocr 'Entire Stock Of Hew 1952 Style Clothes Hast Go To Hake Boon For Hew Spring Stock Dae.Sooa Open Friday Night Til9P.Il 2 Doom from Estimate on $85,000 Dam Came Close Statesman Newt Serriea SILVERTON Making an es timate Just $649 short of actual cost on an $83,000 project is com ing "pretty close," Robert E. Bor land, city manager stated Monday night, as the city council went over final reports of the new city water supply dam. The dam, with connecting pipe line is now fully completed and final actual costs were submitted to Mayor Errol Ross and the city council at its Monday night meet ing. Work on the dam was started during the first half of 1951, with the estimate of the engineers, t. P. Lord of Portland getting the bid on an estimate, of $84,427 for the entire project which included some three thousand feet of pipe laying between the new site and the old site, both on the Abiqua, about four miles east of Silver ton. The entire cost was $85,076. Broken down the estimated cost of the dam was $39,395 against actual cost at $45,507. But the pipeline balanced up with an es timated cost of $45,032 and an actual cost of $39,568. UVIU a AI'IAZIIIG J.J. CLOTHES SHOP SALE OF THE FINEST QUALITY SUITS THAT II0IIEY C All BUY DONT DELAY I SALE aYi n aWkaauaaal la Jam mmm IIOU 35' 1 00 o o DoxD Comer f Liberty-- Kd to Ilartman's Jewelry Etore The word "clock really signi fies belL ' I Tele-fun Dy Warren Goodrich "I wish you'd look up th cor rect number when you Invite) someone to dInnerl"...To get the right number, please look it up in your latest directory . . Pacific Telephone. ENDS 8OONI 25 to 33 OH SUPER QUALITY 100 wool worsted uit, lcmjtr lec tion in all sizes, recjulars, shortKrlo&as. stouts. II0V7 $39 IIOTT $65 io $75 - 2 Panls Sells s 7.50 ?57.55 SPORT COATS - SLACHS SUIT PAIITS j u 25 . 33 Redao4 'Hons Youll find It pcrys all wetys to buy yott clothes at JJ.'s. Salem's Quality Clou lers k Men and Young Men. - . :m r "7 i - . '
