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Show Beaver Association Has Annua! Banquet in Salt Lake City Several Pleasant Grove people attended the second annual convention con-vention of the Weavers' Beavers Association held on Thursday, October 9, at Hotel Utah Motor Lodge auditorium, Salt Lake City. There were two sessions a members' busines meeting at 1:01) p.m. and a banquet at 7 p.m. At the business meeting a history his-tory of the origin and progress of the association was given. The interesting story is briefly as follows fol-lows : In 1025, Mark L. Weaver a veteran silver fox breeder started the beavor raising activity as a commercial venture. Later on he experimented with the breeding of beavers in captivity at five ranches in three states of the union. All of these attempts were a partial or a total failure. In 1923 at Stillwater, Wyoming he obtained the first litter of beaver from a captive male and female; and in 1918 he sold the first ten pairs of breeding' stock. In 1950 a disastrous fire bioke out at his Stillwater ranch and wiped him out clean. Not discouraged, dis-couraged, lie bought back the ten pairs of breeding stock and started again from scratch. Soon after 1950, he applied for and received permission from the Canadian Government to trap beaver within the' Arctic Circle. In 1957, Mr Weaver organized the Weavers' Boavers Association as a cooperative concern, similar simil-ar to the Utah Poultry Association. Assoc-iation. The activities of the association have grown until as of 1958 there are 28 ranches located in Utah, California, iWyoming. Montana, Washington, and Or egon. Also at the business meeting reports given by owneis and salesmen showed that interest in the venture is devloping rapidly. Executive Secretary and Mrs. Forrest Green reported that European Eur-opean furriers recently told them that they are keenly interested in securing beaver pelts aa soon as they are available. An Og-den clothing manufacturer manufac-turer has made a sizeable purchase pur-chase of stock and reported that beaver fur was in high demand for trim on ladies skirts and coats. Beaver growers reported that there will be no pelting for several sev-eral years, due to the active demand de-mand for breeding stock. U.S. Representative H. Aldus Dix-on was guest speaker at the banquet and a floor show featured featur-ed models wearing beaver coats and stoles. Among those who attended from Pleasant Grove were, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Butler, William C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Kay Jacobs, Mrs. Keith Jacobs, Mrs. Bill Trimble, Mr. and Mrs. John Fugal, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Saling, John Iverson and partner, and Mr. and Mrs. J. LeRoy Thorne. |