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Victory Bonds i Bring your Victory Bonds | due November 1st, 1927, to us, we will redeem them. BANKING] Do this at once so that you FIFTY do not lose interest. ~ QL] ,. For five hundred miles n Shield" and in that territory there is just ° il | YEARS y--its Yun mile after mile i believable i nal e, e, poplar, any e of the train window and sco tase objects re- a gn Sry me STANDARD BANK yambrian Shield" may some day cease to be the ! the ecy of Canon by becoming the D between Ontario and Manitoba. There nist be OF CANADA BE vast area somewhere, and the magic touch PORT PERRY BRANCH--H. G. Hutcheson, Manager tor will yet unlock the treasure, Branches also at Blackstock, Little Britain, on Saturday from Toronto and arrived in Winai- me ton: Sunderland ring. is gave us a day to look about before j Eaton's store was visited and we had the Two other articles of Indian and Eskimo make attracted much Mr. Minty, Miss Kathleen Meharry, and Mr. attention. One was a waterproof made from the intestines of the of whom-are looking well and_happy. whale, trimmed with feathers. It was very thin, but quite dur- vre, Ne glimpse of the Grain Exchange--an extremely able. The other article was a ceremonial blanket made from the portant Jot, 3 7 8po buying and selling are conducted under condi- wool of the mountain goat. Two or three women will work at this at Pontiac Michigan, pany i : d cheer the heart of the small boy, who dearly blanket for a year, and woven into it are symbols that would in- x C id not know much about what dicate a wide range of social and religious life. There are now NEW SCHOOL OPENED AT : place their goods only two women left among the Innuit Indians who can make these * SCUGOG CENTRE i b ceremonial blankets. The new school at S. 8. No. ay 0 : . : : : Se ] . 3 rnin nly a few of the relies of the Innuit Indians and Esquimeaux 3 FoR Str 8 j Scugog, na Sticlally Opened Fo bids, go have been mentioned, but every item in the collection is valuable 4 a DT no" Dur N rer 7 much and he beg I as indicating the kind of life these people lived a WE. SERVE TO 'PLEASE § afternoon, Novem . Prayer to 3 ect their own holdings: and so Teal "the le Eskimo, 'Seater of r > 4/ Wad) : : : i was offered by Rev. Fred Joblin after 1t is an exciting scene, and often spells tragedy nnuit means the people" Es imo, "eater of raw mea . : SEA he Be : B which Mr. A. W. Jackson, Warden ' ' participants. Those who have dealings with the Eskimo are delighted with his Try our Bread "Buns and : jf the County, turned the key and de- { rings about town it was suggested by one of the fine sense of business honor which compares very favorably with you Be Confectionery, a Turning to the relics of the Hudson's Bay service there are ] be please . 2 : pd. z most | some a first copies of the charters and authorities given by King Charles Toh I i : : =: ¥ : cot II, in 1670 to the Company and creating Prince Rupert the first . Governor, There is also a fine model of the sailing vessel, which under Capt, Zeehariah Gillam, brought Grossilleer out on his first voyage, ; courteous in his explanations. It is not possible in this brief-survey to give a correct group- ® two main features in the exhibit: 1. Those ; : ire a | ey ¢ p artidles which pertain to the I ndian and Eskimo. 2, hone oor. ng oof these relies: that would require a book. But they can be cles which n to the Hudson Bay Service, clared the building y opened. ve visit the h i ' that of the white man, In fact the white man is generally the Inside the of 'an o Bug e historic gection of Hudsons Bay Store, cause of the moral undoing of these natives, 4 tustaki h Two articles that were closely associated--the fur press or Es he pa "5 ng the Lojer used at lower Fort Garry, and the beam scale made by Free- Address by Mr. R. A. Hutchison, " " ut when pa. of London, England. They were both of great strength but py CRB , H very rough in appearance. Near them was the Red River oxcart, 11€ Duet--Lillian Fralick and Jean 3 . equally strong and lumbering. This vehicle is made with wooden 3 Pr a mi wheels which are more than five feet high. No nails are used in We sell 3 the construetion of this rigs Sverytuing is Jastensd Sogether with di o d hae a J wooden pins. e expe: uyer of a Red Deer cart, always made latable, nutritious and | : There were no roads for the early Eskimo. His highways sure that it ecreaked right noisily ; otherwise it was not nat 3 REE or Address--Rev. RB. T. Richards, B.A. Were the lakes and rivers. .Bome sort of boat was essential to 3% 3 ~If you want it geod 5 God Save the King. + his welfare. Of these water craft, one of the most interesting a good cart. 4 Lily . En ap : G The whole program was well en- Was the kayak. It resembles somewhat our duck boat, but it Specimens of the furs native to those northern districts were BERT MacGREGOR hot ions Berformance added a Was covered with seal skin, which had to be of great plishility i. exhibited--Iynx, otter, racorn marten, beaver, mink, wolf, fisher, . Willdothe rest. _ Ring up Phone 72. Thanpegioto hog, terest to the order that it might be stretched over the boat frame h.. Wolverine, etc. ~ In those days imitations were practically un: saa W. Je reat, oT By od Thanksgiving holiday. It is not pos- phability was secured in a manner that would be of doubtful KNOWN, and names meant just what they said. To-day only ex- East oa ble: to. -on-all 'the items of Pop ty in the households of to-day--the women chewed the PCT's know the real names of fur. m-------- EN RANMA the program, but for the benefit of skins until they were pliable, They algo chewed their husbands The medium of exchange for these furs of course varied urd 7 Se 0a the historian, who may he searching boots to keep them soft. Of course, this process doubtless had its greatly. At first mere trinkets were eagerly taken in exchange Fis i : TF AN these records two thousand years domestic ad as a seal skin cover would occupy the un- for valuable furs, much as modern people now-give hundreds of e x 1K KK from now, we would state that the divided atte, i dollars for a diamond. Then the useful articles were discovered-- i MY ) was enlivened by the in- of time. k 1 "wi needles, knives, hatchets, rifles, all had a very high value when i A 2 i reminiscences of Rev. J. A. walru, , baid in furs." Two needles would buy a beaver skin, If a modern BAS gp Ri RE : 3 , who taught at 8. S. No. 2 in i i i adh will be buying Alsiks again this year, If Miller who taught at 8. 8. No. as properly k wa J ile was desired, this weapon was stood straight up and fur pelts x 7) i rhs PK ed up until they reached the top of the barrel. The lot was BED. price. id oe ees fuilding. This is the derg'can be performed by the Hakim, po ios, 10 they coul teri is g this very dur- they could get more for less, and then the bai tering began. After SE third to stand on the same spot. When able material. The story is told of an Eskimo who gravely that came currency--an oaken stick six inches long, a the first building was put up we can- ers of an inch wide, and one-quarter of a inch thick would equal in acceptance value to one beaver skin. One of the most remark- set of able pieces of currency was a "copper." This valuable piece of He will make needles, Money was hammered out of the native copper, was about tvn needle cases, thimbles, and numerous ornaments. The only too] feet long, about a foot wide at the top, and flaring out into V shape available for him in this highly skilled carving was" what looked &bout half way down, being about twenty inches wide at the and like a jack knife with broken blades. Of course tine was of no bottom. For this "security" as high as 2000 blankets were given. ow Jailding. aad con and 2ccount to this workman, i To own a copper" proclaimed a ma; and a picture a ho architect at and © actor Pri The same unremitting effort is seen in the decorated buckskin of this Security Wwas- sometimes displayed in the Indian Lodge "§ ® good job. No.2 has & achool that Suits, the beaded moccasins, belts, and the other finery of the that all might know the owner's wealth. : oe chief; and in the mats, birch bark baskets and other articles The wants of such people as these were largely summarized : where beads, porcupine quills and walrus ivory may be used for by two words--food and clothes. A staple and ever dependable -decorative purposes, It may be noted in passing that no floral article of food was pemican. It is made by drying buffalo, cari- designs were used in this decorative work until after the coming bou, moose, or deer meat until it can be pounded into powder, then of the white man. This of course is mainly Indian work, it is mixed with raspberries or other similar berries, and over the ~ Speaking of birch bark, it is amazing to note the uses to whole is poured the melted fat of the animal, The mixture. is this material may be put. Of course everybody knows that then packed into & skin bag and will keep indefinitely. The speci- was used for making canoes, sewn together with fine strips of i (Willow thread, spruce root, cedar bark, re also used for sewing- purposes.) : : ge comes from very large much The attendant had made this statement to a somewhat fas. comI So Ontario and very much bigger than tidious lady who was horrified at the.idea of ea hat the railway out to Winnipeg. and said so quite plainly. hat is not generally known is that birch bark is used for from Alaska was standin ' making cooking utensils, which are held high enough above the lady's attitude. He said fire to avoid burning, but low enough to permit food to boil, to cook your muklak iY . * akin ; would represent a little £lad to have a meal of pemican ee lp EE like 8 loose combination A meat. spit is shown in which the cook might broil eight ducks nd included a ba on the shoulders for carrying the and three roasts of meat. There were also to be seen the single bead we k and fri are wonderful. It is difficult ox yoke for the Red River Cart, the scales t at weighed th, , at amount of hand work on in the Caribou gold rush, the first post office. of" effort for the durability of country which was merely a packing box Siate up ; moulds; a pair of skates 3, & copy of a 1000 year lease of Droporty 15 tes , in which the annual rental was one for hunting, and many other curios. article is over long now, but the ect is of ESE Rea. "in a sample. We BY ow iT ae +. rw Tite ut remained fixed to the punni Ee : : host sam ot / No. Speaking of walrus ivory it is interesting to note what won- given in exchange for the rifle. Later the natives found that PY