Show z X X X E z X X X X X X X X X X X X J r X X X X X X X X X X X I Birch-Bark Birch Canoe Not Popular With Indians I I Though the birch bark canoe Is the traditional vehicle of the Indians of ot I northern Canada Carrada few are to be SC seen seu ll today oday among those Indians Indiana frequenting frequent frequent- big ing trading posts or mining camps In Ontario or Quebec writes Courtney Cooper In the Saturday Evening Post ost There Is an art urt In making a birch bark canoe Phat only the tire old old- aimers truly know Then there Is work to It and an au Indian and ond unnecessary work are ure about as os well weB mated as u M bulldog and a black Jaguar Far better bet bet- ter ler If he Ire can trap enough rats or or corral cor cor- ral ml enough ermine skins skins he own owns a chestnut canoe with an outboard motor motor mo mo- tor with which he be can scoot alon along the streams and tikes akes In serenity and swiftness while the tire wind waves his bin I hair and creases I a grin across iris his face tace comparable only to La an Oklahoma her Cher ber 1 oke enjoying his oil royalties and new motor There's Theres a only one thing close more exciting and that Is Js to stand enough to the track to ballast in get the transcontinental his eyes as he be watches the go by |