Show eskimo traders now use up to date schooners ners when an eskimo family which has been trading along the shores of the arctic ocean for generations sought a name for their new schooner they chose to honor a pioneer automobile manufacturer the trading schooner was built in edmonton the schooner has tin an auxiliary engine for use in bucking adverse winds according to R W hale district superintendent of the postal service at edmonton the owners of the schooner represent the best class of IE j eskimos amos which trade along the west ern shores of the arctic ocean sending their catch of white foxes through the ithe behring straits to seattle wash and san francisco calif many of 0 them are quite well off A great part of their tood food consists of fish dipped in seal oil to give internal warmth to is f withstand the intense cold unlike the indians these eskimos copy the white man only in those things which will improve thern them they cling to their native dress incle including ding parkas and mukluks muk luks which area are sowell adapted to the climate that white men I 1 including the air pilots traveling I 1 in the country have adopted it famila family herald |