| Show F t r S p W. W s 1 r rr j r sf F sr c M. M x y s e y 4 y s 3 cf t i jq 7 r s ii c 1 1 A Bus Busy Man Iao Is He lie C. C J J. J I i Sanders at work in his taxidermy taxidermy taxidermy taxi taxi- dermy shop Upper left Sanders matches the deer horns with the papier mache form U Upper p per rig right h t He touches up the eyes of a pheasant with some of his trophies f for forming o r m i n g a back- back g ground r o 0 u p n d d. d Lower Sanders fleshes out a hide preparatory preparatory preparatory I tory to tanning 4 c 0 N fi k I v i W 1 l X L f r n Jr S' S rr 3 i J Jc c S. S f r is I II I I I II I I f y r qi I F s g nr t fir rt sal r f 1 Jl Y l n i t l I i ii i 4 J Ii 1 5 I 9 A tIdY tId Y y ii Y f fy y 1 r r v hit N h hi i v. v J AI t G Gw w cry ti t S. S L l. T Taxidermist Says Business Mounting By John Mooney 1 Thirty years ago Clement J J. J Sanders Sanders Sanders San San- ders 2631 S. S State was feeding trout at the Murray fish hatcher hatchery when an acquaintance inquired Sanders why dont don't you go Into business for yourself Youre You're never going to make any money working for the other fellow Sanders then just a young oung fellow fellow fellow fel fel- low started thinking that day as ashe ashe ashe he ground feed for the fish Why shouldn't he go into business for himself But what could he do A friend offered a suggestion he hc had seen ah advertisement from froma a taxidermy school pointing out how the graduates were coining money while engaged in a profitable profitable profitable profit profit- able hobby Sanders was interest interest- ed Hed He'd always been an outdoor man and this appealed to his in in- in terest In time he enrolled In the school and today 30 years later Clement J Jr J. Sanders' Sanders taxidermy shop is a rendezvous for all sportsmen in interested interested in- in in preserving trophies of their skill and prowess Since 1927 when he really branched out into the business as asa asa asa a time full-time job Sanders estimates hes he's mounted a hundred animal heads a year mostly deer and elk although occasionally some lucky nimrod will bring in a bear cougar buffalo or moose for tor mounting Sanders has the central Utah territory without competition and hes he's snowed snO under In fact with his son in the service at present Sanders must promise a delay of oC several months before the mounted head may be collected from his shop But hed he'd rather turn out a workman-like workman job and complete less each day than rush the work and have customers dissatisfied In mounting a deer head for example example ex ex- ex ample the skin is removed from the skull carefully fleshed and cleaned and then salted until such time lime as Sanders is ready for it In this way he can keep the trophies trophies trophies tro tro- several months with no danger danger danger dan dan- ger of their spoiling Meanwhile the horns are cut from the skull which is measured and then discarded dis dis- dis- dis carded The horns are arc tagged and filed away until such time as Sanders Sanders Sanders San San- ders is ready to work on them Then the hide Is relaxed In a chemical solution while the horns are arc screwed to a wooden base which fits in the papier-mache papier form of the neck and skull When this is completed Sander Sanders fits the now preserved skin over o the new skull places the eyes touches up the head with paint and the new owner can collect it |
