.THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 26, 1918. 9 B OMAHA LEADS AS PELT MARKET Western Trappers Build Up Industry As Fur Prices Soar Animals Shipped to Omaha Make This City One of Na- tion's Greatest Skin-Producing Centers, Ranking With Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis, Bringing In creased Wealth to Trappers Throughout West. Did you know Omaha is one of the nation's greatest primary raw fur markets? If not, you're a stranger in your own country. Nebraska pro duces annually more than $2,000,000 worth of furs, and Omaha is a ship ping center for all the west One Omaha concern markets the furs of wild animals shipped here by 50,000 trappers. Listen Nebraska today is a more important fur-producing region than it was in the days of Lewis "and Clark, John C. Fremont and John Jacob Astor. Nebraska trappers last year shipped to Omaha more than 1,OOO,OQ0 muskrat skins alone. John H. Kearnes, a member of The Bee family, after careful research, has pre pared the interesting special article below: By JOHN H. KEARNES 1 Many well informed Omahans are of the opinion that the prestige of this section, as a fur market, faded with the pass ing of the French courier du bois, the frontier trapper of the Lewis and Clark period, and the romantic race of traders of which Manuel Lisa, founder of Bellevue, and Peter Sarpy" were splendid types. Yet Omaha today stands in the same relation as a fur mar ket as it does as a live stock and grain market, sharing with St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City the distinction of being one of the great primary raw fur markets of the United States. It is not a matter of common knowledge that the little wild folk of fur and claws are an important asset in Nebraska's wealth production, but the fact is that this state produces more than $2,000,000 worth of furs annually, and is today a much more important fur-producing region than it was at the time of Lewis and Clark, John C. Fremont and John Jacob Astor. Animal Population Growing. Othe remaining beaver colonies of the ' .A surprising feature is that the ani mals that bear the valuable furs of commerce are increasing in number in this state as civilization grows and density pf population increases. There is one firm in Omaha, that of Lotz liros., which receives ship ments of furs from more than 50,000 rappers! scattered over every state in the union, Canada and Alaska. During the season this concern sends out more than 1,500,000 circulars and market reports to trappersmany of -them located in isolated wilds in re mote Canada, Alaska and in the lone ly valleys of the Rocky mountain re gion. Nebraska looms large as a fur-pro-'ducing state. Trappers within its boundaries last year marketed more tha 1,000,000 muskrat skins. The price of the raw fur of these animals advanced during the current jear 300 er cent, and choice skins sold at 1 apiece. The best muskrat skins in he world come from the sand hill country around Valentine. In that section,, too, and in the vicinity of Hyannis are located the largest of Toronto Then and Now - Editors Note The following observation of Canadian conditions, by Tom Botterill, Hudson distributor at Denver, Colorado, will id us to avoid hysteria and self-pity. If the war last for any length of time conditions of this sort will conifront ns here. We mntt recognize the fact that we are at war. Be kind and sympathetic, but war is war and we mutt carry one thought above aU others -thst we mast adjust ourselves to the new conditions and fight doubly hard. We must throw aside our personal ambitious and pri vate sorrows and keep op an everlasting fight in spite of them. "In May, 1915, I found the city of Toronto depressed and pessimistic. The people wee saddened and con fused; business was bewildered and demoralized. A few weeks ago I visited Toronto again. "On the trin- going over from Buf falo, I counted in a single dining car, at one time, eighteen men with legs shot off; some with one, some with both. . "The sight struck me dumb. Noth ing I ever had seen had so affected me. The horror of war came close; its cruelty became vivid. "I was almost afraid to go on to Toronto. "If the city was so de pressed in 1915, what must it be now?" I kept asking myself. "When the train reached the To ronto station, those eighteen war crip ples hobbled through its gates al most unnoticed. No one there seemed depressed at seeing them. "And then I began to notice some thing else. I noticed that the men themselves were not depressed. They stumped along as cheerily as though nothing ever had happened to them. Not a gloomy face among them; not one made piteous by fear of the fu ture, j "Within an hour 1 knew that I was in a changed Tvoronto. There was no depression. There was no pessimism. Confusion, bewilderment and demor alization had vanished. "The stores were busy. The thea ters were packed. A cousin in the silverware business told me his factory never had had so great a de mand, nor at suchprices. The far ther I searched the less I found of the old stagnation, the more of ac tivity and high hope. "I stayed some days and I came away with a new comprehension of the effect of this war. -"The people of Toronto are not less tender-hearted than they were in 1915; not less appreciative of the sacrifices men are making; not less anxious for peace or less prayerful that war may ever come again. ."But they have quit all idle dream ing. Shaken off all lethargy faced the situation squarely and settled to work to "see it through." 'Thv art fiaat jiierticcinar itm fart th't it is "a bad situation" and are middle west, The eastern part of Nebraska and western Iowa produce the finest of skunk, civet cat and opossum skins. Fifteen years ago there were very few opossums in this state, but now they are very numerous in the counties of Otoe, Nemaha, Johnson and Richardson. Hundreds of the finest skins are being shipped to this market an nually by Falls City trappers.. In the same section red foxes and raccoons, which were not indigenous to the country two decades ago, are multi plying rapidly. Southwestern Iowa is already supplying large numbers of foxes. There are plenty of coyotes in the eastern part of the state, but their skins are not valuable, being used only for the cheapest robes and coats, but the coyote skins sent in from the region north of Chadron, when tanned, dyed and worked up, sell as fox skins. Trapping by School Boys. Among the fur-bearing animals re ceived at Omaha from shippers in this state are white weasel, badger, wild cat. lynx cat and lynx. These, of course, are rare, as are the otter. Mink, which produce very valuable Creighton College Fraternity Furnishes Thirteen More Men to Help Fight Huns tint Juki D. M. Nigro. ' ' ' ' E. T. Uangner. F. P. Cogley. S. Parker. COLLEGE fraternities, as well as" business houses and industrial plants, have given more than their share of members for service in the army and navy. An instance of unrivaled royalty . to the colors is shown by the fact that, every one of , & ; , o now concerned only with "making the best of it." - "They give and give and give, and they work and work and work. But they do not moan. Time is too vil uable for that. Cheerfulness is so much more helpful. "They have decided it will be a long war. So they "have arranged matters on that basis. They are pushing business not to enrich them selves, but to keep themselves oc cupied and keep their armies financed. They know that idleness and inac tivity beget fear, and that stagnant commerce can pay but a feeble tax. "The fighting man has found his work and is doing it The business man has found his work and is doing it. "But having found their work, they make no burden of it. Smiles and laughter are everywhere; stout pluck and a fixed determination written on every face. It is the greatest spirit the finest spirit I eyer have been. "I thought you might like to know of it. For surely that is the spirit we must have here, a our boys get farther in and the calls upon our courage multiply." ' TOM BOTTERILL Wild Animals Market a Important Facts That Relate to Fur Industry Pelts o.' muskrat, mink, raccoon and opossum are at their very best from February 1 to May 1. Nebraska laws permit the trap ping of these animals from Novem er 1 to February 15, only. Hundreds of thousands of dol lars would be added to the wealth of the state each year if the trapping season were extended to April 1, and there would be no detrimental effect on the future supply of animals. An attempt to amend the laws of the state to permit trapping to extend to April 1, was killed by the ridicule of one member of the legislature who was ignorant of the. great value of the industry to the state as a source of wealth Skunks should be protected after February 1 to November 1. Be sides being fur producers, they have an economic value to farmers as destroyers of rats, mice, gophers and field squirrels, destructive ver min ihat cause great farm losses every year. fur's, are numerous and on the in crease in this state. Most of the trapping is done by boys who work at it at odd times before and after school and on holi days and who average about $100 per season for their catch. In the western part of the state, however, there are trappers who make from $1,000 to. $2,000 net in a season! In the lake regions of the sandhills are bodies of 'watef which are populous with muskrats. The farmers who own lakes lease the trapping rights to hunters for com1 fortab'e sums each season. The idea that the best furs come n.. A. McCabe. A. J. E. Reichstadt. G. J. Ebert. V ; U r if4 .til' ' 3 Jtf S-l -stfSrU o, v P. J. McCrann. the 75 active members of Alpha chap ter of the Phi Beta Pi medical fra ternity of Creighton college have en listed for military service. The graduation of seven seniors of the Creighton Medical college, who are members of the Alpha Aloha chap ter,, adds that many more to the list of enlisted medical reserve men. Six other local members of the fraternal chapter J. E. Mannion. S. Parker, E. T. Gangner, E. A. McCabe, J. P. Cog ley and J. Ebert are enrolled in the medical reserve corps, but by special permit of the War department will finish their schooling. The seven who will enter the mili tary service of the United States im mediately after finishing school in clude D. M. Nigro and R. F. Mullin, police surgeons; P. J. McCrann. G. R. Reith, A. J. Callaghan, R. L. Traynor and Emil Reichstadt. ' The naval reserve corps will claim of Nebraska Supply Fur of Nation With Choicest Pelts Wtttk IIWA F from Alaska and northern Canada is erroneous, for Missouri produces the best coon and opossum, Nebraska the finest skunk, mink, civet cat and muskrat skins, while the region around Sheridan, VVyo., is noted for the "silver" beaver, one of the best fur-bearing animals in existence. There also is a local market for skins of house cats, two grades being quoted, black and angora. Buyers come to Omaha from all the large manufacturing centers of the United States for their raw material. For their inspection during the sea son as many as 100,000 muskrat skins. 50,000 opossum and 25,000 skunk skins are shown at one time. Where Omaha Leads. While St. Louis is popularly known as the largest raw fur market in the world, Omaha is far ahead of that city as a manufacturing center for furs. In fact, Omaha is one of: the principal centers of the United States for the production of fur goods, and the half dozen ot more furriers here turn out over $500,000 manufactured product every year. Twenty years ago the output of this city in fur goods did not exceed $5,000 annually. Now single garments are made which sell at retail here for from $600 to $1,000 apiece, these gar ments being made of sealskin or mole skin. Garments of this character, made in Omaha, and shipped to New York for retail trade, have been known to have been sold to Omaha persons for $200 and $500 more than the asking price here. Before Germany entered into its campaign of military conquest of the world, it had a monopoly on the pro duction of tanned and treated furs, especially of the cheaper kinds. Leip sic was the great center of produc tion, and that city shipped its product Callaghan. R. Reith. R. L. Traynor. R. F. Mullin. five members of the Alpha Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Pi medical frater nity on June 15, when they will leave for an American port for special naval training. G. R. Reith and R. L. Traynor will enter the medical corps of the army on that date. Several of the embryo officers of the medical branch have had military training at their respective alma ma ters, and they look forward to their military careers. A recent call by the War department, ordering an in creased number of physicians in the medical branches pf the army and navy has given the newly enlisted medical students high hopes of cross ing the Atlantic within a short time. D. M. Nigro, R. F. Mullin, P. J. Mc Crann, A. J. Callaghan and Emil Reichstadt will see service on war ships. They are ordered to repo. t to thejr respective enlistment headqi 'r ters on June 15, two weeks following final examination. 4 J. Mannion. Pi J; to manufacturers and furriers the world over. The prestige 6f the city as a pro ducing center was maintained by the system of farming out the work of converting furs into manufacturers' material to families skilled in the hand treatment required. This labor was cheap and conditions were such that no other country could compete wi the Teuton fur specialists. Now Germany is eliminated and American manufacturers have devised machines and erected modern factories where furs are shaped up for furriers' use under ideal condi tions, by well-paid labor at prices that would compete with Germany. G. E. Slnikert, who has been in the fur manufacturing business in Oma ha for 33 years, and who was a large importer of German furs in peace times, on Wednesday of the past week, sold to a lady who was having a fur scarf made over 24 Si berian squirrel tails, the last items of German importation he had left of a heavy stock he had on hand, and which was purchased before the war. Fur Demand Growing. The demand for furs is greater now than it has ever been in the world's history and the prices commanded by choice skins, in the raw and manu factured stage, are sometimes fabulous. In the quartermaster's depot, in this city, are 5,000 buffalo skin coats, which had been purchased in the early days for the protection of soldiers stationed in the lonely frontier posts to prevent the uprising of hostile In dians. These coats, sold on the mar ket would bring large sums. Uncle Sam, however,' is keeping theni year after year, and it may be that in generous moment he may send them to France to protect men holding the western line against the Huns when the severe winter weather sets in. Why Men Have Boils On Their . Necks In an article on boils and carbun cles, the Journal of the American Medical Association says the greatest preventive is scrupulous cleanliness, especially of those parts of the body that are most liable to infection;1 for every boil is an infection, The reason that men so often have boils and carbuncles on the back of the neck or in the hair of the lower part of the back of the head is that they neglect having their hair cut and shampooed. And the irritation of the edge of a collar, especially if this be not absolutely clean, furnishes a means of entrance, to the staphylo cocci that cause the pustules. Scratch ing with dirty nails makes matters worse. A crop of boils arises from 'infec tion transmitted from some focus of infection in the nose, nasal sinuses, tonsils, teeth and gums. Carbuncles are multiple boils with several openings. They are very dan gerous, because likely to infect the blood and also the deeper parts of the body, such as the bones. A history of repeated boils and car buncles indicates a focus somewhere, and this must be sought out and erad icated. As for treatment, the surrounding skin must be kept carefully clean with, a mild antiseptic wash. At the begin ning the boil can often 'be aborted by opening it with a toothpick dipped in pure carbolic acid. When it has opened a wet alkaline poultice is ap plied until the swelling has gone down. No squeezing is allowed. One-third of a yeast cake dissolved in a glass of water twice a day is recom mended as internal treatment. Vac cines sometimes work wonders; sometimes they fail. Many Women Volunteers Serving in German Army Amsterdam, May 23. More than 30,000 women volunteers are now en gaged in work directly connected with the German army in the field, accord ing to an official telegram. Swimming Speed of Fish. The speed at which fish can swim Is sum marized by the Sclentlflo Amerlcsn from recent studies as follows: "A B'lKlan authority O. Denll, while studying flshways, concluded that salmon could swim at a speed of 3.15 meters a sec ond for at least 14 meters. A Canadian, O. P. Napier, from investigations In the Frazer river, expressed the opinion that the limiting velocity of a steady stream up which a socknyi salmon 'could swim a very short dlstnnce was between sis and seven miles an hour. Finally, M. von Bayer of the United Htatea Bureau of Fisheries de clared that the velocity of the current In ttshways should not exceed 10 feet a sec ond. These various figures, arrived at In dependently, are substantially )n agreement.. From his own studies on flsherways In Mansachusetts, Emerson Btrlngham found that a common species of alewlfe could swim for at least a few feet through water flowing about 10 feet a aecond, about the limit for flshways." NORA NEAL PIANO Faculty Member Sherwood School of Music. Studio, 613 McCagua Bldf. Fhon Doug. 4S04. 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