Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 19, 1917, Page 2

FRIDAY. JANUARY 19, 1917, OLD KASSAN VILLAGE. Curious Alaskan Landmark In the Ton- gass National Forest. No other locality is quite like "Old Kassan National Monument,” a unique tract of land held by the United Stares government. It co acres within the Tongass est, Alaska, and the tract cmbraces the well known abandoned Haida Indian village of Old Kassan, situated on Prince of Wales island, in southeastern Alaska, about thirty miles west of the city of Ketchikan. The village was abandoned by the Indians about ten years ago. Among the relics which remain there are about fifty Indian totem poles, five or six of which are classed as exceedingly good specimens. In the deserted village there are also eight large square build- ings which were originally construct- ed according to the peculiar plan of the Halda Indians and which, it is stated by those best qualified to know, repre- sent the best specimens of Haida ar- chitecture that now exist. The largest of these buildings is approximately 40 by 60 feet in size and is made entirely of round and carved timbers. There also remain & number of In- town,” and all reports agree that the village was well named. The fact that the village was occupied by the Indians for many years explains the local name, “Old” Kassan, by which it is widely known. Since the village was abandoned by the Indians the buildings have been rapidly falling into a state of dilapidation and decay. —Exchange. Only Way to Know Dogs. The only trug and thorough straight way to know the dog is to own one. A common residence under the same roof- tree, be it animals or humans, is the sure test of personality. To own the dog is to comprebend him in his faults and virtues, to protect his weaknesses, be anxious at his vagrancies, to catch the contagion of his love and to agonize if it so be that he die.—Our Dumb An- imals. Not Becoming. “You used to say that girl was an angel.” “Yes. And I'm sorry I said it. She got interested in flying, and, after see- ing her in her aviation costume, I must say she doesn’t look the part.”—Wash- ington Star. dlan graves, with the typical small grave houses erected by the Alaskan Indians. “Kassan” is said to be the Indian word which means “a pretty "N (The Pioneer Hardware Digest) Edited and Published by the Given Hardware Co. R. L. GIVEN Show me a man without a spot, and I'll show you a maid without a fault.— Proverb. N. E. GIVEN VOL. II. NO. 14 Bemidji, Minn., Jan. 18 Issued Weekly APPRECIATION Another year has passed and we have just finished our yearly in- ventory, and at this time we wish to thank all our customers and friends who have helped make our business for this year a success. This success has been due to the good will of our customers and also to the volume of business that you have helped us to have, and in so doing have placed us in a position to give you the best articles money can buy at the price, quality considered. For this year we continue to handle the same lines of goods, which are “by-words” in their line. John Deere Machinery, Universal Stoves, Minnesota Paints, De Laval Cream Separators, Reed Enamel Ware, Royal Granite Ware, Goodyear Tires, and goods which are known America over. DE LAVAL USERS, ATTENTION! TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, Feh. 6 and 7, are De Laval Service Days at our store, For the benefit of all users of De Laval Cream Separators we have established the “DE LAVAL SERVICE DAYS.” On these dates we shall be glad to have any De Laval user bring his separator to our store for a complete and careful inspection and adjust- ment, which will be made FREE of charge. Should any parts, due to un- usual wear or accident, need to be replaced, this will be done, the only charge being for the price of the new part used. A De Laval service man will be with us to assist with this work. 1t is our wish and that of the De Laval Co., that every user of a De Laval get the most efficiency at the least cost. No expert is required to keep a De Laval in repair. A little care with the use of & De Laval separator will keep it running satisfactorily for years, if adjustments are made when needed. P R bt Come early and avoid delays. Remember the dates, > T R Wy e i o 4d) o ioan . ) L DE LAVAL SEPARATORS . o B ) Why not get the most profits out of your cows? Everyday you are getting along without a De Laval you are wasting money. Take one out on trial—if satisfactory start your payments March 1 and makes it on monthly installments. NO. 10 wvwwn s sisis sws soiwions v ....$65.00 No. 12 . 75.00 No. 15 . 90.00 HELLO! HELLO! Have you tried the “Polyfon?”’ If not, you are losing the efficiency of your telephone. Why be bothered with a noisy line, when you can overcome it for the price of $2.00? Take one out and try it at our ex- pense. If you are satisfied pay us; if not, return it. About a dozen went cut this week. SI DRAFT SAYS Bill Jones, the leading implement dealer, says advertisin’ is the best salesman he has. Bill says the only time he loses money by advertisin’ is at night—his snorin’ publishes the fact that he’s asleep and sends his wife on a bee line to his pants pockets. SPRING IMPLEMENTS Mr. Farmer—Call in and look over our line of farm machinery and get ready to take advantage of the spring work when it drags around that time. We have a rack of literature on machinery which is yours for the asking. “POCKET KNIVES” Say, you ought to see the men and boys calling !n and taking away our “Keen Kutter” and “Shur Edge” pocket knives. They know a good tool and appreciate an article that has our guarantee behind it. FOR SALE John Eickstadt of Bemidji, Route 2, has a team of horses for sale, one 4 years old, and one 10 years old, 900 and 1,100 pounds. ALMANACS HAVE ARRIVED Last week we said to watch The News for the arrival of our almanacs. They have arrived and yours is waiting for you. FURROW LIST Have you sent in your name for the Furrow list? If not—why not? Don't spend too much time trying to figure out why the Little Black Hen lays a white egg—get the egg. . Louis Bucksen took out a set of Columbia bob sleds this week. WATCH US—-IT PAYS | QUIET AND NEAR LONDON. The Lonely Cotswolds Nearly Touch The World’s Biggest City. The Cotswolds are an example of the variety of.natural scenery that Eng- land succeeds in packing away within her narrow sea barred boundaries. Here, within three hours of the largest city in the world, you can walk in complete loneliness over a grassy road that follows the route laid out by Ro- man engineers, with a tumbled sky line of real mountains on your right and a sweep of empty fields falling] away to the left. You can take tea in an old Roman villa, where the tiled courtyard is still smooth and tight; you can sleep in an inn that has apparent- 1y not changed its habits or its bill of fare since the days of Richard the ) HEART SONGS Think of 400 of the songs that cheered a nation in the throes of eivil war; that were sung by all the younglovers for 4 generations; that were crooned by countless thou- sands of mothers in their nightly lul- labies; that were spontaneously de- veloped by a na- | tive minstrelsy; Crusader. i i As mountains the Cotswolds cannot COME TO THE teh: :'a r;;v ereSall)lbe::g pretend to any great eminence or bold- ness. They have no attractions for the man who wishes to brave 'steep cliffs or for him who would travel for a week on end through a single pine dark from every little county church in every village in the land. St. Paul Outdoor Sports Carnival valley. They are well bred little hills Jamary 21 Sn Febmuy 3 . These ian;! tthe compared with the Alps or the Rockies, Natioral Ski Tournament songss o:gs ear| but they have the true mountain flavor January 29th and 30th of loneliness and sturdy charm. The occasional farmhouse enhances the pe- culiar feeling of isolation, for a single human dwelling only serves to set off loneliness. And the roads are a perpetual de- light. The King’s highway winds through these hills—a public road that would cost the landed proprietor who owns the ground on either side of it half his fortune in legal expenses to close up.—Exchange. NEW YORK'S DOWNTOWN. - s e - Where Those “Tired Business Men” Earn Their Daily Bread. There is a region of mystery into| which the metropolitan husband and father vanishes between 7:30 and 8:45 & m. six days,in the week and from which he emerges in the late after- noon. He is welcomed, after the man- ner of all retyrping warriors, with a tender solicitude. Downtown 1is the trackless jungle into which father plunges to stalk the family’s living. After 10,000 years of civilization it is still the same. Anx- ious eyes follow him from the wig- wam till he turns the corner to the railroad station, and fond eyes greet him as he staggers out of the elevator door in his apartment house home with his prey, so to speak, on his shoulder. ‘Wives will never be reconciled to downtown. It swallows up the man of the house when he would much rather stay at home and play with the chil- dren—so he pretends—and it sends him home at night too tired to be agreeable Efi l'lg _nsserts. Thus the little game on. The primitive hunter, made believe that he hated to leave the family and go off into the dark forest, and on his return he threw him- self before the fire too tired to speak. Actually, I believe, the primitive hunt- er us soon as he was out of sight of home broke into a cheerful whistle.— Simedn Strunsky in Harper’s Maga- zine. Primogeniture. The law of primogeniture sends back its roots to the most ancient times. Away back in the patriarchal ages the firstborn son had a supe- riority over all his brethren and in the absence of his father was in every im portant sense the head of the house. Upon the death of the father he be- came by the unwritten law, which’| could not be questioned, the priest and lord of the family, and naturally to him fell the property as well as the honors of the household. Primogeni- ture wherever it is found today is the lingering remnant of the ancient cus- tom. Dufferin’s Warning Dream. There are many stories on record of the warning dream. The late Lord Dufferin when in Paris dreamed that he was in a hearse being conveyed to a cemetery. A few days later as he was about to euter a hotel elevator he was startled to observe that the attendant was the living reproduction of the driver of the hearse in his dream. He stepped back, and the lift went up without him. Before it had reached the top of the building some breakage took place in the mechanism, and the lift crashed down to the bottom, every one in it being killed. Too Much Music. Street singing is an especially Nea- politan institution, and when for the | B. A. Barker, Druggist.—Adv. first time one hears beneath his win- dows the more often than not off key versions of the snappy, lilting, inex- pressibly infectious Neapolitan songs he is enchanted and throws pennies freely. After a week or 50 of it as a steady diet, day and night, he inclines much more toward heavy crockery.— National Geographic Magazine. His Idea. “Would you say that marriage is a failure?” “Not exactly; it's more like a busi- ness venture.” “In what way?’ “Well, you can’t blame the business for the failures that get into it.”—De- troit Free Press. Saving Money. Mrs. Muggins—Don't you ever try to save any money? Mr. Muggins—Sure. I save $4 today. 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