The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-09-25
TAKE A TRIP TO
THE PANAMACANAL
Magnificent Volume to Be Presented
to Readers for Mere Expense
Of Distribution.
GREATEST OFFER EVER MADE
Beautiful Book Of Rare Photographic
Reproductions and Water
Color Studies.
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@ Color Studies.
Get ready to take a trip to the
great Panama Canal. This does not
mean that you should pack your
travelling bag, nor will you need to
get a new white SERGE The clothes
you are wearing will be sufficient,
and just leave your linens where they
are now. You won't need to make
any preparations further than to see
that The Pioneer is delivered to you
daily. .,../ ...
The trip in question is in the shape
of great big beautiful book, filled
with word paintings as we'll as water
color paintings which vie with each
other for predominence, and yet para
logically harmonic at every angle.
The new illustrated book is called
panama and the Canal in Picture
and Prose-" and each section of this
title is fully covered. First, it tells
you all about Panama, that crooked
little neck of land which has been
divided so that the entire world may
be more closely united; then it fully
explains all that is of interest relat-
ing to the great canal itself: finally,
it pOrtrays rare views of the coun-
try and the people in Photographic
reproductions and artistic color
plates, describing them in beautiful
word pictures that hold the attention
of the reader to the very end. u"
The knowledge to be gained by a
close reading of th4 volume will for
ever after be valuable asset to
every man, woman and child, for this
great waterway is destined to be-
come an important factor in times of
peace as we'll as in war. It will revo-
lutionize the shipping of all the ma
lions of the world; it will bring
about changes in the trade and COM
merce Of all the earth; it will open
up new avenues of trade and estab-
fish new relationships between the
various countries of the globe. -
The Pioneer realizes the unusual
| educational advantages offered in
this volume, and has arranged for
great distribution to it's readers.
While parents will want the book
for themselves, they also must not
lose sight of the fact that the school
child Of today is the one that will
face the problems presented by the
changed conditions of the future
when the canal shall have become
a working factor among the nations
of the earth. So the children as
we'll as the older members of the
family should have access to this
standard work; should learn of the
wonders of this gigantic engineer
ing achievement; should study the
characteristics of these strange peo-
pie on the zone; should know of
the history, purpose and promise OF
this mighty interoceanic waterway.
The book itself is indeed a work
|of art. It is more than double the
dimensions of an ordinary novel;
is printed from new type, large and
clear, on special highly finished pa
per; bound in tropical red vellum
cloth, with the title stamped in gold
and the front cover inlaid with a
beautiful stippled color panel show
ing the famous Culebra cut. 1t con
tains more than six hundred mag
nificient illustrations, many of which
are made from unique water color
studies and reproduced in their ar
tistic colorings to full page size
No expense has been spared to make
this splendid big volume the stan
dard work on Panama and the
Canal. ..-, .s.a;
Willis J. Abbot, the author of this
book, spent many months in the
Canal Zone, and his intimate ac-
quaintance with officials in charge of
the work afforded him every oppor-
tunity for gathering his facts. The
result is a full and complete story of
the canal from it's inception to its
realization, a story SO accurate and
comprehensive that it will ever be
referred to by those who would know
the true history of the great problem
which has at last been solved by the
skill of modern engineering.
Every place of business, every
home, every school and public insti-
tuition should have copy of this