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Show 811 Wolverine Fur to Eskimo. Selling furs for consignment to the Eskimo sounds like a paradox, but that Is exactly what took place at the opening day of the sale of the Canadian Cana-dian Fur Auction Sales, Limited. The explanation was more simple than It looked, P. H. Pingres, general manager man-ager and also auctioneer for the sale, said that the Eskimos of Alaska have plenty of beautiful seal, fox and similar sim-ilar furs. But each Eskimo with any pretensions preten-sions as a beau desires above all things to have a wolverine headdress for himself him-self and his favored Bquaws. So the Alaska dealers load up with the choicest skins they can get from the Eskimo and bring them to auction sales In Montreal, where they barter them for wolverine skins, which they take back to Alaska for the adornment adorn-ment of the Eskimo beaux and belles. The Eskimos are satisfied, and the various bartering processes are not done without profit. Exchange. |