Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1909, Page 46

THE OMAHA ne Nor Amerions | late. Many an opposum hide is abroad pany ot fan Francisoo, ex |on the street under a similar misrepie 1900, This lease allows sentation bout 15,000 scalé annuall 5 D f ¢ An interesting process in preparation market for of certain furs, as for instance, baaver, the al, I8 the “plucking” of the coarse hair woquired along | leaving & smooth, dowry, fine nap of the e Alaka Beautiful B : Eastern under fur. This 18 accomplished hy sha ing the inside of the hide until the roos e Red Fox Mink Coat: roots wre much deeper than those of the \(\uw e »‘./“‘)‘.A‘MI‘-:::| " . Set E i) ]‘faf&]{uff i . under cout of fur weal and are thus ea trimmed ‘without touching the finer hal holder has continued RuGNN ) &Y L ; : SHOWN BY When the roota are clipped by the ke L Nebraska e / : . . Ehavie s i Soura e ae ani . J detached and easily shaken out of the fu Glofhm CO. i B A s This work calls for some of the most d the present coniract the lessee @ A % { of workmanship, as a wingle mis-stro he rate of $10 for ewch I 5 ! 3 y 4 ) with the keen-cdged knife may serfous! FIBeRt d4TERIRInGS he RIS 2 5 3 § damage a fine sealskin worth a few hu st MR i L i J “XE \ dreds of dollars. e it LA 4 2 g Workers n furs arc able to change tho is B % 1 A shape of & skin almost at will by simpiy ; ’ stretching it. The fur may be made wido and short or long and narrow without a Ry A age 0 | 3 \ { : | tecting its quality, but If the area e in febrained By ¢ of skin A i y i creased fhe thickness of the fur must one of which §s than elgit 1 A | § suffer, In this w A little fur may be d a half pou " The “bache- | 3 5 \ 2 i made to go a long way In the making of . A by themee nost of the kilk ¢ ‘ Y the lower grades of fur fittings. n, 80 the et:on ¢f (he animals [ y i One of the jokes of the fur shop is (I exerelued | “Belglan lynx.” This compopite name h which holds the le or speaks A bBit of the truth in hiding the seal lslands furnishes the natives with the ldentity of the far. ' “Belgiin lyng”. is drled ealmon, salt and walt barrels for the | simply rabbit skin, the hide of the Belgia. preserving of - their meat supply, elghty hare. The iden of a simple hearted beast SRS OF OBl W ¥ comfortable dwellings like the hare appearing In the role of a #chool houses and teachers for an elght ¢ fire-spitting demon of & wildost like tho month term of school. competent medical p R 3 BobeRt I e tE 1R PSR, ta sous!i sttendance and the necessitles of Iife 't 3 10 Nt the SEURAGL WL 1) SN ANGW win TR oW, SERATS, Maee e AEIEN o0 dow smile. 1t would seem almost as the Inhabitants unable to provide for them thodh 0. CAMDEAABT NG MAMh - iard g it e i Al A gt g would be a better creature to furnish the i Wi o il St gt . | tmitation 1ynx hide. to hundle on these Islands at a wage fixed by the secretary of labor and commerce The govenment is taking care that the gove A fur which is assuming partioular Ir | portance this season 1s the Russtan pon seal are not allowed to become extinet and | wanton Killing practically extarminated f g, garment. His money earning power s |skin or caracul. This is the pelt of the a force of inspectors Is ¢mployed to them. The fur seal herd was depleted i y ’ . Iiterally at his finger tips for It Is almost |young of a small, thick-haired Siberia that the regulation’s of the “KIlI" are not |to about 200,000, A closed season was es- E J 3 entirely to his sense of touch that le|pony, glossy black and fine in textu: transgressed. The fleel of revenue cutters | tablished from 188 to 1846, during which o - determines the grade to which each hide | This material & much used in the making And naval vessels is there to prevent the |seals wero killed only to supply immed- 3 o A ¥ that he handles belongs | of coats especially marauding of the islands by pelagle seal- | fate needs for clothing and food for the | / P St ¥ Striking deftness and skill must be the | The growing scarcity of furs of the wild ers. natives and the killing of females was s & I gIft of the women who sew the askins to- | animals, with the consequent increase in The Pribflotf Islands are the breeding | prohibited for all time to come. 3 'y ¢ gother in the formation of cloaks nnll;p,.".‘.l has made it profitable to grow the grounds of the major herd of the Pacific| This decisive treatment bore fruit and the (O / S capes and muffs. After the cutter has 1aid [ funbearing animals in preserves. Thus in fur seals, and the greatest mource of fine | herd was gradually rehabilitated. During p i { | out the parts they must be stitohed to- | {ha northwest are to be found bear, mink wealsking In the world, These islands wers | the first twenty years of American pos- 7 ' | gother in such a way that the seam Wil {ung tox farms and establishments for tho discovered by Gerassin Pribllof, a naviga- | session, 100,000 male seals were killed an- y. 3y i "nm show and externally the surface will breeding of many other fur-bearing ani tor for a Ruseian trading compal in 17%, | nually to supply fashionable fur for the 4 / : bear the appearance of being a single | ., They are located In tho Bering sea, about | people way around the world. From their I f 5 L& | continuous plece, | Out in the western part ot Nebraska ono 2,000 miles north and west of Seattle, Wash, | discovery to the present day no less !’Ium 3 P g Mfl’::;‘nfl:;“'“; ‘\’Ardy‘::: l.’;m‘:;"':"'_“l:u"P“;"!r'l:""lf venturesome man is making a fortune ou The group conslsts of five Isiands, com- | 5,000,000 seals have been taken from these F 4 of e B e | 5t the muskrat industry. He took n pietely lsolated from other land. The | islands. The United States government wh'b 0x ! ¢ {Ress, accarding 0 the K"‘d““ ‘“’ ";\‘ under | | ge and rented-an absndoned mill pond nearcst port bears the lonesome Sounding [alone has realized $10,00,000 from these fs- | s et ? : » B """":"m"n";:l_‘::“:‘;"lh:fl“e"’m_" hou | and slough at & price that seemed to bo name of Unalaska, on one of the Aleutian | lands since 1870. * SHOWN BY \ : !A}I‘:'s;‘"l,m“ ‘broduced by these machines | 8IMost {mpossible. He sold several hu: fslands, some 200 and odd miles to the| The people of these islands are most in- " g | | ¢ ! ’ o d s in Omaha a few weeks | ¢ % AR 4 3 is infinitely finer and more acourate than |dred muskrat skins in C south | teresting. They are the original produce Aumum 4 > lany that possible could be done by hand. |a80 for enough to pay for his leage and ‘The Pribilof islands are peculfar in that|ers of much finery in the rough. They ¢ : | 4 | The secrets of the fur dyeing trade are | 1€8Ve @ handsome profit for his work be while they do not reproduce a thing to|are know as Aleuts. These peculiar folk hidden benind factory walls in smoky |Sides. 1n the meantime his crop fs still support human life, except fresh alr, wild | were brought to the island by the Rus- ALK N HauERly (RRHAT L Avehi B flowers. of the most exotic beauty abound |sians to carry on the work of the sealery. e sealskins is the speclalty of these estab-|&ny cultivation. All this fur-bearing farmer during the summer months, These seal | They come from the chain of islands des- |lisments. The London houses have beon |needs Im the way of machinery for his islands are credited with being of vole | ignated as the Aleutlans. These people practically monopolists in the dyeing of |ranch is a hatchet and a short club. Thers ortein are quiet native folk, related perhaps In | seals for more than a century. The |1s no expense for fences and the deprecia- Life here, as In other of the outposts of | a distunt sort of way to the Anui. The Parisian dye is considered second class, | tlon of the mill pond will be slight the fur industry, is like 0 be rather glum. | gosernment looks well after fits wards according to the furriers of Omaha. Fur styles for the season of 1908-10 have For a large part of the year navigation is [ there and the islands are In an absolute | The use of dye is the means of many [set the mark of approval on seal for the much restrictod by (he heavy fogs Which |state of peace and serenity. These simple | cunning deceits in the making of fashion- |long garments and skunk for the smaller hover about the fslands and the surround- | people have no local government. They {able furs. The tawny pelt of a muskrat [pleces and trimmings. Seal s making its Ing seas, The native bidarks, a canoe|just catch seals and sleep, that's all. mean ar. absolute total, for many thous-|about where Fort Omaha now Is, accord- | we buy from the trappers who come to|Can be mauled, manhandled, massaged and |appearance in the real fur and all manner made of skins, Is about the only vessel on | All through the dark forests of the great | ands of dollars’ worth inevitably escape | ing to the lore of the old-timers. Omaha cost us not lese than $8.50 a hide, [4ved Into a semblance of mink that none [of Imitations that the dyer's art can pro- the Islands which can be used with safety, | Canadian northwest, big, rough, silent|the statisticians. The preparation of the furs and their | This southern animal is lighter in color and but the expert can detect, except after a duce, and In both tallored and trimmed ond that only in the hiands of a skilled fmen are working Wwith their traps and| Most any day one will find one of these | manufacture into garments is an Interest- | of not quite so fine & quality, but still a |S€a%OR Of wear and then the buyer s too models of unusual grace The use of the Aleut. The only time that the residents of | snares in the deep pines and thickets. this Yuletime Thule come In touch witn | These trappers work far up to the north- | establishments, selling his catch. These | trappers at some of the Omaha furriers’ |ing part of the industry. Many of the| highly desirsble fur.” | Omaha shops receive their furs directly | 'The workers in furs are among the the outside world {s when tho steamers of | ward, even beyond the Arctic circle. There|men are cuiet fellows and will tell a|from the trappers and from the traders|highest paid of those who labor with their the North American Commercial company |are the haunts of the rare sliver fox, whose | stranger little about their life and work who buy them at the trading posts out on |hands. Strange to say the deft American call twice a year, and at rare fint s |pelt when worked into a little neckplecs | The Nebraska trappers are to be found | the frontiers. has never turned to the furrier's art. In when the revenue cutler puts in for a few | may bring so much as $1,000. The catch | out along the Krenchman, a stream in the | At a vieit to one of several furrler's|all the fur shops of Omaha there is not hour of the north includes the valuable martin, | southwestern part of the state, and the | shops in this eity will show the visitor |One native born American workman The Pribilof islands are the breeding |the northern mink, wolves, lynx, wolver- | Dismal, in north central Nebraska me surprising and little understood de- | Furrier's, like watchmakers, must be men grounds for the American fur seal herd, | ine, and many lesser beasts of prey The fur business has besn the making of | partments of the fur buelness of great patience and care. The furrlers [ which, even though much depleted, Is the | The arts of the trapper are his secrets, | Some of the world's greatest fortunes.| “Here is a geaulne crown sable from |A&re almost uniformly Slavs, with here and largest fur seal herd in all the world. The | perhaps as much through his Inability to | John Jacob Tstor, the founder of Astoria, 1a an Omaha furrier, reaching | there a German. The Slavs have been scals breed on two Islands of the Eroup |sxpiain those mysterien which the big | Ore. began life as a fur trader, and his | into o rack In his blg storage vault, t|Workers in furs from time, Immemorial 1417 FARNAM STREET 1 HONE DOUGLAS 6446 during . A @ the ar is h the summer, and annually In the | gloomy woods teach him as his tacturnity, | Millions are an important part in the |is a top grade skin worth about $1§0." and the are is all th fall put out to sea and cross through the growing for another harvest and without - It 1s a lonely life he leads. A gun, & sled | WOrld's finances of toduy ¢ B T LR BT R A SOyt the el ae bR Lol A s ering sea and th sses vee! o ; .| In Omaha there are a few men whose e of a lady’'s handkerchief. This bunck z ¥ Pbie bir s .y pas “‘_(::‘“NU":”!"I“ load' ot 'Shoh “ny) provisiahi and i teve| 2E MR ISR b O e (O | of tan=qr them basKed JOE ka x.m\- Tagt | week for his labor. His is the tunction of A o S o, ot s e e | T, e et 0 S o 3 S e T | 0 R o MANUFACTURER P R e 8 | rigors of the wild. A few times in the| tAE /Y FPECS MR 1 AECh C Tl iden at | and dollars cutting of the garments. By kiliful manipu- b 8 alifornia. year he may visit the trading post of the | PR ! i 44l _[lation he pulls and stretches and stiches A few of these scals remain to brave | “gactor as the head officer of the out.|°n® tme could be had at a standard prics| “Here i a box of mink skins from New | f 0% 8 T80 TG they assume the arctic winter. The annual migration | posts of the Hudson Bay company is|°f 8bout &L and In the memory of wen | York state, the one finest fur of its Kind |y o form that he approves. Working with begins in November and by the end of De- | known, Human company is not one of the | *t!!} active in the affairs of Omaha, they | in the world. This mink is worth about|e,s that cost into the hundreds of dollars | cember they are all gone but those Who |rapper's needs | could be bought for 8250 by the carload. | 82, s It stands and much more after our | for every few square iuc he cannot | linger through the long cold perlod. The| mThe trapper's territory is not restricted, Now the buffalo robe is a rarity. v turn it out in wearable things. |atford to make mistakes and he don't. That migrants come back in June. Howeven o the wilds of Canaa. Even in| Ib the early days thers was @ tradiug ) There is o imported gag about mink—|{s one reason why he is paid so well The fur riches of the world sustained a | the state of Nebraska there are not a few | “tation of import in the Sublett Trap- | that Is one article that Burope wants to| At a second table stands another high Heavy 1085 1n the depletion of the fAUNG Of | Hiewerns et e waie tholt Jiving foom | PINE COMPADY's system near the pres import. from from its sheer quality |priced workman sorting furs. He selects these islands following thelr discovery by | the nttle turrs animals. The reports snow | 51t 0f Bellevue and another somewhero | alone. Why, even the Nebfaska mink that | those which will go together to make a the Russians. The Russians found sea | that fn 1007 this state produced about ‘ e ——— otter, walrus, sea lions and foxes, but the | $35000 in furs. This, of course, does not S Largest Assortment Nobbiest Styles Absolute Reliability Superior Workmanship Bl B4 For the Holiday Season Lowest Prices . a2 A few special prices on furs suitable for Christmas gifts HESE FIVE reasons why o Ermine Searf and Muff, value $100.00.........$70.00 . you should buy Hubermann K \'\'l.n.h- ¥ ox Sr:n‘rl' unnl' R:(n:l', \':;{lnt- ] :i”l:'f |’ S;?{(I)”((’)O furs are bold assertions, but we “»:‘Ill. h Columbia Mink Secarf and Muff valuc *$é500 ¥ Jaas. (;an (;;)nvmce hiad ifhyou w";z giv,e’ Russian Pony Coat, 48 ins. long, value $125.00. .$90.00 our line a look. It will cost you nothing a wil surely save you money, We are showing a large as- i FOR THE MEN sortment of fur sets in mink, Jap mink, brook mink, Seal Cape, worth $12.00 ................. .....87.50 marmot, black lynx, fox in black, Isabel and Sitka, Seiil Caps, worth $20.00 . wolf in black, brown and gray, and pointed opossum Seal Caps, worth $25.00 in black, brown and gray -in fact, everything in any f§| ; : Seal Gloves, worth $20.00 fur at any price. Raccoon Auto Coats, worth $IU1J..U(> Ask to see our classy Auto Caps in muskrat and raccoon. Latest Novelties Fashionably Cut and Designed in ::c):;;: I;r::u x; .wi" hold your choice for future i A ’ b h ) o S ula aug Minks, Lynx, H. E. HUBERMANN | 1618 Farnam Street. i Ponies, Hudson Seal | We have a few moreof those ‘ i o 2 ¥ Baltic Lynx Sets at $9.75 S G — S s afld Foxes lOthfll advertise them at $15 R = S = o Make your selections at once, while the assort-