Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1935, Page 13

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 13, 1935—PART ONE. "~ ST.LOUSFURROW § s REAI]Y H]R SEAS[]N | JULIUS LANSBURGH FURNITURE CO., 909 F ST. N.W. : : i G‘Iamoroum of Old| : The |d€a| month ln et | , ~ which to dress your row,” center of the Nation's fur trade, -Pealérs are preparing for a $6,000,000 Mintey season. A re is a prosaic business now, a 1y, heritage of the glamorous g old as the city itself, on which $% Louis fortunes were founded. fln dealers still huddle in a few Buy on .’. L- Budget Plan ks along the levee in the same flocation where 173 years ago Pierre . . F ‘ ’ ) iLaclede and the Chouteaus, Auguste Nothing Added for Credit i ) » \ ' “and Pierre, established the first trad- p d ; " 2 - b wo-Piece < Wool, roots and other “in-between sqason” commodities are being shifted d - “In virtually empty warehouses which . the next few months will see filled : \ A ‘ SOIId Mahogany Frame *with the bulk of the Nation's fur i Livi R Suit sete | ivin oom Jduite In Full Swing in December. i R { g i Hunting and trapping seasons open 3 - - = ; ; In a few States November 1, and by | ¥ s Covered in Genuzm December 1 the business is in full swing. February and March bring the ! i i ’ 4 ~— & . e , \ J , FIGURED *H. L. Schafer, secretary of the Raw | Fir & Wool Dealers’ Association, pre- | L . dicting the $6,000,000 season, said he | i % expected all American furs would be | ja i - MOHAIR FRIEZE m good demand, with opossum and : : » . skunk somewhat lower in price. | LA $6.000,000 season, while somewhat | N 7 fower than the tops of past years when | : L) : conservative legislation and competi- 3 % i F > < tive factors were not so great, still E ST, % 4 “ : — . would be astounding to the pioneer % & F Gt i % > A fur dealers, to whom a $300,000 sea- son was extraordinary. Expansion Came Slowly. . . 3 2 .‘ i " e e e | . : e Just think, two beautiful pieces that and the Chouteaus established the | : y = first post. trade extended only to the | ] ) offer finest materials and careful work- T o e . " n’_lanshlfl at such a reduced figure. Both i = e : pieces have solid mahogany frames and dian frolm the Northwest or a buck- . g . skin-clad Kentucky hunter straggled i arms and are of sagless spring construc- into the tiny settlement. - 3 . A ] . . Growth of the trade and the com- | ll =~ : > A tion. The 1009% mohair frieze covering is ing of its colorful era in the city's i i o ivi . life began about 1794, when competing | ; ] =Ta both attractive and durable. dealers united and formed the Mis- | ¢ i s . . el b i gl || ' ] Other Living Room Suites Priced From pushed out into the West in 1804, and i in 1808 the trading company was re- k = organized. It began to conduct its A $ 59 to 539 5 operations over a wider field and trade | mounted to as high as $300,000 a year. 3 = 5 i Open a “J. L Budget Account—No Interest or Carrying Charges Then glamorous men of the pioneer ‘West—the hunters, trappers, scouts, boatmen—began to swarm the city. Regular expeditions were outfitted, some going overland, but most moving by keel boats up the Missouri River to its northwestern headwaters. Steamboat Brought New Era. The steamboat, which was to usher in another era of St. Louis history | end color, sounded the death knell for the hunting expeditions. In 1832 a #malf steamboat ascended the Missouri #nd returned with a cargo of furs in | About a fourth the time a convoy of boats would have required. . That event ended the day of the| toureurs, cordellers, rowers and hang- | ers-on, but the old-time hunters and | trappers’clung ‘on for about 30 years more, until in 1860 the American Fur Co., outgrowth of a union between John Jacob Astor and the old Mis- souri Trading Co., abandoned the fleld. With that the glamour of the West was virtually at an end. The Indians gradually disappeared from the plains and valleys of the Upper Missouri, to- GOVERNOR WINTHROP gether with the buffalo, beaver and | ; bear, under the influx of the railroads e ' DESICN SECRETARY More Cubans. “Tourists visiting Cuba this year total $2 7 toie v 50 —_——— . Choice of genuine walnut or genuine mahogany H ood = veneers. Authentic Governor Winthrop design, with Gorgeous Satinw hand-decorated graceful serpentine front. Spacious desk and book - ' compartment, and three roomy drawers. Brass claw 4'Plece Bedroom Su"e feet. A well constructed and neatly finished secretary. An exceptional value at the price. $ Buy on the J. L. Budget Plan. Nothing Added for Credit. i ! | : A magnificent new bed room suite, the workmanship of 7 7z ¥ o S which compares with the finest custom-made furniture. 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