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Show THE WONDERFUL SKEE. Hemming Inttlpprnmliln to Americans nf tlie Nnrtliwrst. During the Inst ten jenrs skeelng hns grown to be almost ns much of a winter win-ter sport In the Northern nnd Notth-western Notth-western Stntes ns tobogganing In Can-adn, Can-adn, snys Country Life In Amerlcn. Where the snow tall, as In Oregon, Nevada. Ne-vada. Michigan nnd Wisconsin, lies on the gtottud for weeks together, to the depth of serernl feet, skees virtually become the life pieservers of the Inlinb. Itnnts. They furnish the only means by which the mall carriers can reach the Inaccessible and outlying mountain districts of the Itockles. Skees differ radically from the ('nividlan or Indlnn snow shoe. They are about seven feet long, four Inches brond, nnd tnper from an Inch thick at the centre to three-quni three-quni ters. The Western sKpc runner can cover on an nveiage about four to eight miles nn hour, going up and down bill. Down bill nn experienced runner can let himself go, but for a beginner It would be like turning on a clutch vnlve of nn automobile without knowing where tho brike wns, Skees were first known to hnve been used In the tltlt tcentli ceutur). Light centmlcs pnssed before the trappers, lumbermen nnd vvondchoppers of America learned the vast snperlorltv of the skeo over the Canadian snowshoe. In a century more the latter will be looked at In the museums ns a clumsy Implement of the bygone nge. |