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Show f ..... " v ,." , "MILLION DOLLAR BABY"? No, not quite, but everytime baby Chinchillas are born they represent hundreds of dollars to the fortunate owners. They can be raised very easily too, by almost anyone who has a basement in their house, a spare room or a garage with a little room in it for something besides the family automobile. There are still only about 350,000 of the very valuable little animals in the United States with some 9,100 members of the National Chinchilla Breeders Association owning the majority of them. The headquarters oi the National Association is located in Salt Lake City and has members in all 48 states. They have just announced that the general public is soon to have an opportunity oppor-tunity to view and get better acquainted with these valuable little animals with the fabulous blue-grav fur. The Utah International Fur Show is being held at the Fair grounds in Salt Lake City on November 2(j, 27. 28, 29, and 30th, and will have the nation's top chinchillas, mink, and m irten on display. Nationally famous fur judges will be there from New York and Hollywood to award the blue ribbons and loving cups. The general public is invited. H ' y III f FORGOTTEN LINCOLN PHOTO . . . Helen Nicolay, daughter of Lincoln's secretary and biographer, gives researcher Russell Bowman Bow-man proof in Washington that Lincoln appeared in photo at Hanover Han-over Junction, Pa., on way to make Gettysburg Address, upsetting up-setting old argument Lincoln wasn't photographed on the way to make his famous address. Picture by Matthew Brady was found in national archives and had been misfiled under an August date. Others In the photo were unidentified. |