Agriculture: Fur Farming, 1938-1940

1. Newspaper Clipping: Mink Farm Prospering - Ranch at Charleston has 200 Per Cent Increase Since January - Forbes Thompson is Owner. Benton County Herald, December 8, 1938; New Industry for Beaverton, [no newspaper given], November 15, 1939.

2. Newspaper Clipping: Fur Farming Increase. Oregonian, April 21, 1940.

3. Newspaper Clipping: Fox Raising is Most Profitable Polk Industry - Fine Pelts Raised in This County - Feeding Uses Meat Otherwise Waste Report. Independence Enterprise, December 9, 1938.

4. Newspaper Clipping: Fur Business, Which First Lured White Men Here, in Comback After Many Yrs. Astorian Budget, March 22, 1939.

5. Newspaper Clipping: Rare Chinchilla Will be Raised on McKenzie River. Eugene Register Guard, June 13, 1940.