SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1v28, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, | castonally there comes from tne | printer to the King's Most Excellent | Majesty something a little out of the jordinary. The report of the Depart- | Four or five men living at a miil- | |camp in an out-of-the-way place some | distance from Truro, after a certain |amount of petty larceny, had em- YOUNG LADIES' SPORT SHOES {ment of Indian Affairs, for example, | barked on burglary. They used a mo- in the year after the 'war, told a |tor-car, sometimes travelling 50 [thrilling story of patriotism, bravery | miles in the night. and robbed stores and skill which the Indians of Can- {in small villages. A rumor that they ada had exhibited during that hour | had fired on citizens in Tatamagou- of need to the Great White Father, che was not established by evidence White Canvas Oxfords, trimmed with Black Patent and Brown Kid ci era 33.50 Dark Grey Smoked Elk Oxfords, flat Rubber Heels, trimmed with Brown Calf sve aban ae 2 $5200 Otherstyles. .......r. .. feria... $7.50--$8.00 ABERNETHY'S SHOE STORE Sev eisielslaieteis vn ty the exploits of Chingachook and oth- | these men were stealing gasolene PUNCTUALITY is easily obtained by bringing your WATCH to 1 i | isi ! | considerable " v dinary "village constable" can rare- | ) of the Mounties | exercise the authority conferred up- | . ' ! - " The Canadians Book | very strong deterrant, | 8overnment bluebook is not a parti-| call "The Story Of The Nova Scotia {take up for entertainment; but oc-| "The episode was a curious one. | Padres, a: of about 70 pages) which contains |6ide was greatly alarmed, the depre- and endurance simply related, than |thieves being pictured as armed ana ATISFA( TORY Mounted Police. { [duty it is to pass upon the govern- | dite ran their course without serious saving, and probably | ties soon brought them. to book, Our eye examination without drops leaves no chance of error, and no at- | ee -- ly be induced to take his office as | | By Thomas M. Fraser. on him. The knowledge that the i T. M. Fraser, Let us take a typical case--what "The Great W e rea ar |cularly thrilling publication, nor one | Motor Bandits." The report sum- CANON SCOTT & Co er heroes of Fenimore Cooper. There | from a garage, the property loss be- . Uglow . more of duty well done, dangers dations, in themselves considerable, 180y volumes of romance which can ready to commit murder. People slept | This report is no longer the fat |lic force is that it is to be used as a| EYE [A few years ago there was created | local authorities when required. In * ® | Bridesmaids | ment printing, and cut it down where | Interference until the services of the ter discomfort. With our "Quality" | EI VE lt |Buardian of the peace seriousiy and | Mounted Police' are available is a | | Ottawa, June 2.--The ordinary the Sherlock Holmes narrative might | I 9 {such as the average reader would | marizes it in this way: As I Saw It , The Most Beloved of Canada's Is always one small report (this year | Ing upwards of $50,000. The country- bravely faced, and deeds of heroism | being greatly exaggerated and the TEWAR I 'S | : : {come from the press this year. This | With weapons ready to band, and | i is the report ot the Royal Canadiza [Bumerous precautions were taken.' | The principle of the Mounted Po- | {and voluminous volume it once was. | striking force, to be called in by the | ER ICE {here an editorial committee whose | the above mentioned case, the ban- {it can. It claims to have effected a |federal force was asked. The Moun- | * | Gifts | Glasses your eye troubles vanish. Whether it be a costly or an inexpensive gift our selection | can satisfy you. A few sugges. CONSULT | tions are:-- i | ~--Pearl Strings. ~--Bar Pins. | ~--Pearl Brooches. --Lavilliers, | ~--Wrist Watch. | Registered Optometrist 140 Wellington St. Opp. Post Office Now Is The Time to decorate your Lawns and Oemetery lots with our Cement Flower Vases. Three varieties to choose from. . Kingston Jement Products H. F. NORMAN, Manager OFFICE: 69 Patrick Street Phone 780w. A ee eee) "A true bill" was returned in the case of Adelard Delorme by the grand jury at Montreal on Friday afternoon. The trial will take place | atest on Friday, June 9th. X-Ray work. ---- Kinnear & d'Esterre JEWELERS 100 Princess Street, Kingston PARLORS A SPECIAL SALE OF 21 Piece English China Tea Sets Reduced From $6.50 fo $4.35 SEE WINDOW DISPLAY Robertson's Limited 73 Princess St. MEN'S OXFORDS 495 Gun Metal and Mahogany Oxfords -- per- forated Tips and Vamps. Special value at --$4.95 Allan M. Reid SHOE STORE 111 Princess Street 183 PRINCESS ST, KINGSTON We specialize on Painless Extraction, Pyorrhea Treatment and | has done so--there was considerable |room for such reform; but I am not {sure that the economy which did any |thing to curtail this thrilling annual {of the 'Mounties' was worth while. Such a course may have resulted in the filing away from sight of records [of the human drama which would {have been of more value to making | than "dry-as-dust records of tarife [and trade, or the wordy passages of | Hansard, We may hold, as Dean | Swift did with the agriculturalists, |that @ man who makes one good | story spring from a source where | none or only a poor one sprung be- [fore "would dgSarve better of man- {kind, and do more essential servive {to his country, than the whole race [of politicians put together" saying {nothing of the works for which they [are responsible, ! { The records of the Mounted Police {are of particular interest at the pre- sent time, because there has recently been a somewhat insidious attack directed against them in parliament, which, fortunately failed. The num- bers of the police are likely to be considerably reduced, however. There are at present over 1,600 men on the force or about double the num- ber before the war, The time of ser- vice of some six hundred of them will expire this year, and they will not be reengaged. In some provinces there have been established provin- cial police forces which have to a considerable extent taken the place of the Mounties; and in certain poli- tical circles particularly it is said the sentiment is against returning to the old eystem. It has been charged, whether with truth or not, that the provincial police are more pliant to the will of the political heeler than the men with the proud prefix of "Royal" ever were. The real romance of the Mounted Police, of course, is connected 'with the service in the far north west-- those lonely patrols of the barren lands where the upholder of the law is obliged to pit his own strength and cunning against primitive nature, red in tooth and claw. Of recent years, the eternal triangle has reach- ed Esquimauxland, often complicat- ed by the presence--of-some white man of the lost legion, Of this kind was the tragedy of Ahkuk and Aglue- tuk. Away up in Coronation gulf, which fs north of the northernmost part of tHe mainland, and almost at the top of the map; lived in 1919 Ahkuk and Agluetuk, partners in hunting and also in the vicarious af- fections of their common wife, Nut- ingnik. Along came WOlepsekak, a beau of the northland; handsome as a totem pole, full of grease but not of grace, He looked upon Nutingnik, and found her good in his eyes. He proposed to Ahkuk that he should dissolve partnership with Agluetuk by shooting him in the back, and take him, Olepsekak, into the firm. It was. done; and straitway there was another little job for the Moun- ties. Four pages of the report tell the intimated details of the crime and how its authors were traced down through that world of empty. Spaces for two yedrs before the tem- Pter Olepsekak and witnesses to the crime were secured and brought out for trial, retribution having overta- kerf Ahkuk in the meantime at the hands of other members of his tribe. And this is only one of many such stories. In connection with the unravell- Ing of another murder case in the far north, in which the principles were 'French half-breeds, it is noted that the officers detafled on it made the first aeroplane journey on duty in the annals of the force. In the course of this expedition he travelled twen- ty-elght days, 850 miles, with dogs; 590 miles, five days, by train; 20 miles, one day, by horse; and 640 miles, 8 days, by aeroplane, With the extension of the sphere of influence of the police to the eas- tern part of Canada have come re- cords of rural lawlessness dealt with Which, if there had been no other agency of justice than the old county constabulary, would in all probabi- lity have gone unpunished. In the Maritine Provinces there is no pro- vineial police system and the main function of the constable is to serve summonses; consequently the influ- ence of a few federal officers like the Mounted Police may be effective. Very often one or two lawless charac. ters can terrorize over and impose on a whole countryside; and the or- 4 Last year for the first time the services of the R. C, MM. P. were uti- lized on harvest excursions, For many years a few unruly spirits on| such excursions had been able to in- {duce the exercise of Psychology of the mob on many of the reckless or L. C. HEMSLEY 149 Sydenham St. Just off Princess Watchmaker from R. J. Rodger thoughtless young fellows full of | indisciplined vitality who make up such excursions, so that the passing of the harvest trains was often like the incursion of a guerilla force in- jie hostile territory. Wherever the train stopped on the prairies, a Jn of the harvesters would dash | Re When in Kingston stop at HOTEL RANDOLPH THE POPULAR HOTEL Central location. Rooms with hot and cold running water. into the village, crowd into the small stores, and carry off several times | | the amount they paid for, commit- | | ting any incidental damage to pro- | |Perty that might take their fancy. | | Before any action could be taken | they would be aboard the train and away again, with no chance of ana | titying them. There 'was also much Toe A rar disorder on the train while en route. ) Last year the Mounted Police = SPECIALS corts were attached to twenty-three Mixed Chocolates Special attention to Transients, harvest trains with the expected hap- Py results, Lawlessness on harvest excursions will now be a thing of the past, The criticism of 'the forces in the House of Commons this session was directed and maintained chiefly by the two representatives of Labor in the house, one from Winnipeg and one from Calgary, and was admitted- ly due mainly to the part the police Nut Caramels ., Bananas . . CANDY AND FRUIT STORE Featuring New Designs 'at the Lowest Prices --in OILCLOTHS, LINOLEUMS, BRUSSELS AND TAPESTRY SQUARES and CONGOLEUM SQUARES -- latest designs. SIZES--2x3 --VERY SPECIAL 7% x9--VERY SPECIAL 3x3 --VERY SPECIAL 3x31% --VERY SPECIAL ~--3x4 ALSO KEEP KOOL PORCH SHADES, IN ALL SIZES, / James Reid, PHONE 147 FOR SERVICE had taken in the Winnipeg strike. It \ PRINCES IT. HON =, not only met with very little sympa- thy, but it elicited many tributes to | will be in charge of Military District the part played by the red coats in | No, 2. ' the settlement and clvilizajon of the When interviewed by the Adver- prairies, where they have acted in almost every capacity for the farm- has made no definite plans as yet, ers, from herders for their cattle to and in the main would adopt the nurse aids for their straying child- same methods used by the former ren, commander, Gen. Panet, -------------- ------------------ \PHOTO-TYPE FORMS Germany has a population of 310 FOR PERFECT FITTING persons to the square mile, Orders for individual suits to An automobile should be placed in measure are sent to the Semi-ready the shade to dry after washing. shops by telegraph, by long-distance 'phone and by mail. 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