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SECTION E PAGES 1 to 4 MEDFORDk medford, ore., thurs., dec. 6 Big Future .. . , Is Predicted For Cashmere j By WALTER LOGAN New York - (UPD - Nimble footed goats with long silky hair have been scrambling about on the lower reaches of the Himalayas for years, leav ing a trail of goat hair hang ing onto the brambles and bushes waiting to be turned into cashmere. It was a lot of trouble to pluck it off the brambles and weave it into something wear able but Robert Blakewell predicted way back in the 1790s that if enough were found the British Industry would soon convert the down Into fabrics "of more value than their weight of the purest gold." It was almost thai way for awhile. A coat of cashmere sold for hundreds of dollars it takes 30 goats to turn out one coat. It still is expensive, but not that much, and is Just as hard to find. A lot of it still comes from r Iran, Mon golia and areas :- bordering China. , ' Cashmere Coat Marco Polo wore a cash mere coat when he returned home from his travels in the Far East. The world was im pressed with the soft and lux urious fabric but it, cost so much that for years only a few kings and princes could afford it. Caesar's toga was made of cashmere. Eventually the combination of oriental luxury, shrewd British trading and fine Scot " tish spinning brought the price down. Sir Robert Daw son, a Scottish industrialist, had a monoply on the downy fleece for many years but that changed in the 1920s. ' A Frenchman invented a dchairing machine and in 1954 it was introduced into Woonsocket, R. I., and a man named Marcus Weisman be gan producing his own fine virgin cashmere. Eventually he produced so much he be came known as the King of Cashmere along Seventh Avenue in New York. Weisman, a Briton who be came an American citizen, used it for making cashmere coats for women through his firm, Country Tweeds, Inc., which' Is how ho got be the cashmere king. But women's ideas often influence men's nnd Weisman predicts a big future for cashmere in the men's field. Imnorls Yarn " Weisman, who imports rachmore varn from a firm in Belgium, said use of the fab ric in mens topcoais, over- roals and snorts coats is in rrpasine. This vear alone, he said, 8.000 pieces of goods are going into men s wear ana he predicted total output at about 100,000 overcoats and 50,000 topcoats - a big jump over previous years. Weisman -acts as cashmere adviser for a number of men's clothing manufacturers such as Botany and he is constant lv wnrkinff In create new pat terns. In the old days there was nnp nattcru - plain. But he displayed a number of twill weaves, one a grey and black diagonal stripe, des tined for the world of men's flnthincf Weisman insisted cashmere Is as practical as many other fabrics and demonstrated the imsiln strength of some of the threads. Men wear their coals lots longer than women so they have to be stronger he said. THUNDLffi BIRD'S BI6 ANNUAL STOMil Exams Available For Federal Posts Examinations have been an nounced by the U. S. Civil snrviro rnmmission for fill ing the positions of student trainee -veterinarian and for occupational therapist. Fnr additional information contact L. B. Nelson in the rivil service office at the Medford post office. Converted Bus Used As Families' Hotel Natit-lt. Mass. - IWD - Rich ard J. Parcce's family "car" sleeps ciRht. Actually, the "i-ar1 i a 27-foot bus which he bought secondhand for S500 and converted into a hnmf on wheels. Utx torn nut the seats and put in folding bunks over the rear wheels. He also equipped ihm vehicle with a refrisera- (nr shower. 50-sallon water tank, heater, gas stove and oven, sink, generating plant and most of the other con veniences of home. Parece. his wife and three small children take long trips in the 1948-model bus with a maximum of comfort. Thursday, Dec. 6, thru ....... Wednesday, Dec. 12 10-TON BELL Niacra Falls, N. Y. - ITU -The 55 bells in the Rainbow carillon on a point just below Niagra falls weigh 43 tons. The heftiest bell is 10 tons nd the tiniest weighs a scant 1 000's of Specials In -All Departments r-, 1 f, fri vat HMiiiiMKiiliBiti BIG SAVINGS 0M APPLIANCES; TOYS & GIFTS - 1 '" : : ' i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'i 'I HAMILTON BEACH MIXETTE PORTABLE MIXER 3 Speed Beater ejector Lightweight but powerful Reg. $(Q)99 $15.95 2 REG. SS.95 FOSTORIA CrK I I SYIVAKIA ; I I BA V I I UUHI DULDd ... 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