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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-01-03, Page 3Race The Romance of Men in Scarlet cv,i 's Side 'Records of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Replete With Stirs obtain , Heroism and AdventureDetachnnent Stationed S.tll Ile Change n Public Senti••E b.. merit Toward Heir Showrn. i. „ r' n ,,<.ondon Press Comment dramatized midnight meet n en fatherr > and son in -King G ri as1 ,11• Ca 'sick room coining the (. g4)g Max' to the, Prince. of Wales's spec- taeular 0100Q -mile' dash from the Wilde of central Africa to the heart of the Mittel' ,t,li mpire, a suiltle but neve tireless unmistakable ohunge in public seutirnent toward the:heir to the throne may be detected by obser • vers Of opinion here, The 'spectacle ;of the King's eldest son and heir' hastening back .from hunting trip le one at the most inac- cessible parts of the empire to the bodaide of irls father, 'lying critically ill to his palace in London, has ap-i pealea to the pyrirpathetic imagination of a the people as a truly dramatic episode, unparalleled even in the rich history of our tlnres, World Watches Race. Thos Paleee has never run a mono wouilerfpl'race than that headlong flash from Dar-es-Salaam to .London, and ,everj' phase et. his journey of 0,000 mil in which all existing; re- cords in land and sea travel were left far behind, was watched with anxious interest by the civilized world. Na- turally, it was followed with the .ut- most intensity by the Briish people heinsetves, «There were moments of acute suspense when King George's life; "tappered to be • hanging by a thread and .when the Prince appeared to be 'lighting a losing battle. with ' time and space. Hopes that a reunion of the King and his son would' be achieved—by the swiftly ordered plans of British authorities .and the instant co-opera- tian of friendly governments—at the earliest' moment human agencies. could make it . possible, and that it would find the King well on the way to convalescence unhappily were not fulfilled, But the same. circumstances of the reunion; when the Bing still was light- ing .desperately for ;ha life and only just able to recognize his son, served to stamp only more firmly on the pub - lie mind a different sentiment toward the` -travel -worn, weary and anxious. Prince, who hurried straight from the train into his father's sick room, from that held toward the Prince who set off.' so light-heartedly for the African jungle three months ago. Prince Wanted to Fly Home. ' That the Prince of Wales himself has .lost none of his adventurous imitate which has endeared him to the •spoet-loving British people, was stress- ed 'by:the tressed'by,'the disclosure since his return that -not satislied with the speed of rail •'and warship—urged by his keen anxiety, which hasleft obvious marks mean him, he wished to brave the haz- ards of flying horn a from Central Afri- ca at the worst season of the year, end was only dissuaded by the most urgent remonstrances of his family and the British Cabinet. Public feeling toward the Prince, nevertheless, has changed unmistak- ably. In the minds of the British peo- ple on hie' return there were vividly present the Prince's own words, oaken at Ottaiva on August 2 'of last year"at a dinner tendered him and Premier Baldwin by the Dominion government during their• tour of Can - eau: "If some day it should fall to my lot to assume that high responsibility (the crown) I trust I may be found worthy of it:' This simple but solemn reference by the Prince tothe prospeet of his ' succession tothe throne was inevit- • ablyrecalled by the tragic circum- stances of his home coming and pub- lic 'sentiment, consciously 'or uncon- sciously, has reacted to it. The change of feeling was cautious. I's(' summed up editorially' by , "The London Times" on the morrow of Iris return, "Those who have known him misses a diffident boy, a gallant young soldier, a hard -riding, -pleasure -loving young Prince, have seen no more than • the first sketch of the picture.It is the fashion, perhaps, to regard him as a modern version of Prince Hal, who must some day renounce• his youthful companions and moderate his 11g1it-hearted impatience, but there is something more serious 1 nthe pfd- titre than that superficial view might detect.' ' "It Is certain he has long realized in e'vory detail, and will always observe with absolute fidelity, the duties and limitations at bis position. In helping -the -King he can best help also to build for himself hereafter the same sure .and •pcirrnanent place In the heart of the British people." ]•.loon Leopard. This am' wrinkles under the moon's at jasper National Parts o anThere _ .v It m cedies ,hard.. is some -gelate , the santtsry c.,nditiozrs, see thing wrong with the judgment of that the siele were attended to and to those who dolefully shake their heads the burial of ae dead, settle hundreds at this mechanical age and long for of disputes, girt information and per - "the good old days." It they only knew form the legatee police duties." And it, there is, as much glamor about a it was tea from she summit to Daw- twontieth-4entury expeess train as 'sen City. Longstretli calls it ,'The there ever was about one of the good Triumph of the, Ynlon," and quotes old-fashioned, creaking, jolting stage- incidentafter incident to bear out his coaches—and, a hundred times more chapter: title. comfort. What the Weill ones for- et is that romance keeps with The Taken passed into history, and g the force, out of the glare of the the times. Romance' ig,eternal: it does limelight for "a time,went on quietly not die; it ehanges. The Rival Cana- witb its work, It worked quietly in then • l\dounted Police was cradled in secret service during the war and in- glamor and in glamor it has grown to mediately after; it is still working manhood, Times have changed since quietly—indeed it has adwaYs worked the Blaekfeet went scalping over the unostentatiously, even when events plains, in .the seventies; the fever of threw it into he spectacular. The tke ltlondilte has glimmered out; the Nor^th West Mounted became the plains have given themselves to fermi Royal West Mounted Paltee and, a and cities.; but if times have changed, few years ago, with its territory 'ex- the "Mounties" have changed to meet tending over the entire Dominion, the them: imey have pughed to the far 'Royal Canadian Mounted Police: roaches of the ' white' North; they Today, the stories .of the "Mounties" have taken to themselves a new glarit- have to clo with the grhn North, "the or. The tradition of the romantic past White Frontier." They have to do and -the romance of the present are with lonely patrols in the `Arctic eymboiized'in the scarlet tunic: It 1s circle, with• blizzards and desperate no wonder' that .girls •from Kansas single-handed battles against the and. California, who come to Jasper freezing winds, and with the same, old National Park on vacations, insist on patience, the same old dogged de - snapping their Kodake In front of the votion, the same high'aminded ideals tall, sraight 'men with the yellow of justice combined with the old syan• stripes 'down their brasher and are of understanding of circuit:- thrilled to the marrow when.someono stances: The man in,the-scarlet tunic suggests :first they be photographed has brought magio into the North, A with the "Mounties:" !white trader is murdered by 77sltimos. When the City of Winnipeg was months Months pass. Out of the sky drops the scrap horn of shacks, almost indite Law, The Sergeant is alone, but he tinguisbable from the mud, the North, becomes Justice of the Peace and West ,Mounted Police force was born,' policeman. lie issues warrants and It was in the winter of 1873. Canada, -executes them, He gathers evidence. itself, was only six years old. As and witnesses. He turns -into coroner. someone has said, it was significant He becomes jailer, The Judge wins that the force should come to Ilfe in en his wig aro gown and the murder- winter. It was prophetic of the hard_ ers care sent oft into the country ships the policemen were to endure where white men areas thick as mos - and of the courage and steadfastness quitoes. witls'wisich they were to endure them. I There is in Jasper National Park a Quartered at Lower Fort Garry, on man who' fulfills in himself all the tra- the Red River, near Winnipeg, the ditions and all the romance of the 150 clerks,' farmers and carriage -mak- force. Sergenat J. R, Paton, who won ors who were the originals threw his 'Miitary Crises in the war—he was themselves into rigorous training.' It adjutant with the 16th Canadian Scot - was they who were to start the ball tisb—was on parol in .tbe far' north of rolling to fulfill the dream of Sir John- British Columbia, with Inspector A. Macdonald, :the. Dominion's first Sandys Wunsch, and a constable premier, for a mobile force that would named Cooper. The Liard post is cue patrol the outlying stretches of the of the most isolated in the province, wide country, linking far-flung British because of distance and because of Columbia with the eastern provinees,'rougbness of the country and the die deal with the Indians, 'collect customs acuities oe transport. The object of an$ prevent whiskey -smuggling, They the ,patrol which worked in from were paid 50 cents a day and if their Wrangell, Alaska, was to get in touch feelings exphded in the vicinity of a; with wandering Indians and meet non-commissioned officer they were white trappers and prospectors. It liable to lose a ten -dollar bill out of it was in January last year. The tem - in. fines, .But they were allowed some perature had been .40- and 50 below liberties. "A11 individuals of the pollee zero but it had risen to 35 below. force can please themselves," accord- Paton. was ahead on the trail, feeling leg to one of the first regulations, "as ;the ice of the river with a pole.. He to wearing whisker's, mustaches or suddenly slipped and fell, plunging beards, but those who prefertto shave 'his left arm up to the elbow in the ley must do se% daily" I water and wetting his right mitt as 'As the handful of greenhorns who i he scrambled to his feet. He was in had to administer 300,000 square peril and he knew it. He ran to a de - miles of territory, was added, in the sorted cabin and shouted to his cens- oring, another handful of greenhorns' panfous to help him. They whipped much • greener, because the first 150, up the dogs and followed, Paten's after a lusty winter, were now swag.: bands were frozen white and solid. Bering veterans. I Wunsch and Cooper worked for hours, In '74, the scarlet made itself seen :rubbing them with snow and, slush. in the West, Handicapped' frightfully Their own hands began to freeze and by inexperience, by lack of etiuipment, i Paton lmplored :them • to leave him the force crossed the plains from Win_ alone and look after themselves. But iiipeg and went to the foot of the, they kept on, until circulation was re- Rockies. Those were the genuine wild stored and the white became •black and woolly days when a letter such and green. Paton suffered agonies as this, from a man at Whoop Up , .without - a word of complaint. In - manifested the temperature of the Jared themselves, the Inspector and country: 1the constable ,made a carry -all of ons "Dear Friend, my partner Will:of the dog sleds, and brought their Geary got to putting on airs and I comrade' safely to the post. Every - shot him and he isdead the potatoes' hang possible was done for him but is .looking well. Yours truly Snookum "for weeks his suffering, was extreme, Jim." - In March, Inspector Wunsch bad to In Red River carts, squeaking and, amputateone of the finger joints tvith shrieking to the four winds of the a razor. For months Paton was help prairie, on weary horses, on foot,- the:less and in painand to -day he is a "Mounties" of '74 made their historic !crippled man. But his only regret is trek to the .mountains. They battled that he will never be able to go north prairie fires; they suffered heat and' again. hail and drenching rains; they were I "The fortitude displayed by. Ser• plagued by grasshoppers and misled geant Paton and likewise the self -for - by mirages and deceitful guides. But out of that travail, out of those slread ful 1,000 miles, was born the esprit de corps for which the force is famous to this day After the_clays of Sitting Bull came the 'days of Louis Reil, the rebel, and. Poundmaker. Gradually the Indians and the whiskey brigands faded out of the picture and the doleful began to thlnit that romance bad gond with them; -But '98 and the Klondike broke upon the, world and tho North West Mounted Police rose to heights of the greatest. efficiency. "The work of tine police," says Longstreth, Pn "'The Silent Force," be- gan et " the summits of the Cbilcoot and the White' Passes, wber'e the shock troops met the wild-eyed stain peders, examined them and . their goods, and .sped them on after comb ing out the bandits. The bravo of these good-hoarted,opportnnists melt- ed away, their backbones bent into a posture of humorous docility, and these very ;terrors, wire, on the west- ern watershed had slit a man's th1•oat if they could not conveniently reach his pocket, became patternsof correct behavior:" As an illustration of the superhu- man tasks besieged 'upon tile, force, nothing could be .better than this: "The detachment at Lindeman, con - silting of A'ser'geant and a constable, had to keep 4,000 people in order, re- and Lila as sielky leopard tanned reluct- ,ty. coke est the share aro pre rho nt beasts rAree, hard, dark heads to lap up the eon; 1 hear :.been ,dribble and suck at the aparigy wood's, • etr•eteli out upon their knot - eel heeds, t`oi;l and gray and gaunt: but I' can- not touch That trembling golden leopard the moon leads. is when aboiling steals market lea in cool that the water becomes „evido'ut, ISSU E Na, 52—'28 l.,American Citizens Free Press: A Dres : An American c I citizen is an American citizen, wheth- er he was born in the United States 1or outside it. Only the right to be- ! come President separates the .foreign - born from the native-born. Other wise they are politically identical.. Futuristic art is nova ______-0,____,,,., ing faked, ,but there is no proof yet that the fake is any better than the original. Record I5 established bY -imports of rubber. This is getting to be a.bounc- ing country, Minard's Liniment for Grippe. gettalness evinced by Inspector( THERs TiruturG an4�r7ontltablo Cooper spices, TO 11® r. 1 dilly upheld the best traditions of the OF ALL (y�� ��11 Veleta" salty Supermendent Pettus. A4aatRJr1 GIRLS Tile Mounted Police' detachment at Jasper consists of one inspector, a ser, goaat, and four eonstabtes, Tho In" If Your Daughter Shows SIPS specter is Capt ii. G, Froi e, who, at - ter service in 1DasterP Canada, aim,' in • of Anaemia a Tonic Is Needed. the Arctic emus to Jasper, Jas er, in 1$2G,' Anaemia issimply a lacko£-b blood, Th Sergeant ie J , R, PatQn, M,C,;It is one of the most common and at hero of tbo Liard patrol, tine San finis ,most dangerous trowi All 1)olice work in Jasper National tiles Brom which growing gins sufer. Park is attended to by this little force It is sermon because the blood So Patrols both by 4%ors° an4 motor often becomes impoverished (luring, cycle, take me a, good deal of time, par- development, when; girls oftenover. trcularly in the summer months. The work andv tud . It is, dangerous" members of the Tabus' force, In: their be I o yrs y! because. of the stealthiness of its' ap= -scarlet tunics, may: be seem in the broach and because of its tendency to viaittitY of jasper Ledge every season, grew steadily worse, Every growing The barrack building, which was ea i aheuld eccasienally take a tonic completed In the syr ng of 1920, is to ward off this insidious trouble. 11 self-contained,' consisting of an office, is because of, their' powerful action In mess -room, living quarters, bedrooms rebuilding the blood that Dr. and ;recreation risonrs, a kitchen, .and 'Barrs' Pink'Pills have made a world - guard rooms (or cells) bor the law- wide.reputation. - Tho rase of Miss brealeere, 'Claire Sullivan, Pineber Creek, Alta., Honor Pollee Heroes Lana lY proves the value of this medi- � p A prophet may be without honor in eine. Miss Sullivan says: "During his own eountr•,y, but it is different my school days I suffered a great deal with the hero: The foundations of from; thin and watery blood, I was Canada's North :and west were laid continually weak and tired; MY appss with heroism and Canada does not foe- tite was poor, my sleep' unrefreshing get herpioneers, Themounted police. arid:I was troubled with backaches. To man has always been a figure of ro- male matters worse I was attacked mance in Canadian history, and it with acute appendicitis and the opera- was a typically Canadian gesture that, tion left are in a very weakened'. state. when it came to the name of stations :My mother, learning of the value of along the Hudson Bay Railway, two Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, had me take nrounties, wlio, 30 rgd e thein and after using them for some death. of heroes, shyeaoulds beao, remediembethr- tine I can say the result was simply ed, ` wonderful, as they completely rester The point which has 7ritherto been ed my health, and now when oppor- known as l\file 178.80 will be known'tunity occurs 'I always recommend. in future as Hoskin, and farther along these pills to weak, pale girls' sufler- the line is a place called Wilde, Corp. ing as I did." oral C, H. Hoskin woo killed, fn 1897, Yo'u can get the pills from your by the Indian, Almighty Voice, and deuggist, or by maul at 60 cents a box Sergt. W. D. Wilde was killed by an- from The Dr, Williams Medicine Oo., other Indian,.. named 'Charc`bal, the Brockville, Ont, -Year previous. Both men died at their duty, trying to maintain the law. In the revision of station names along the Hudson Bay R,ailway,' a number of other men, whoa , lives have not been so spectacular, but who have worked in their way for the opening of the new ountry, are com- nreruoratecl. Rawebb is named after Ralph \trebb, termer Mayor of Winni- peg, and there is a -'point hearing the name of General Paterson, President of the On -to -the -Bay Association, both Of whom have been unrosting in their efforts to bring the North to its own. Jacam' stands for J. A, Campbell, former M.P. for The Pas, and Bind is named after the present member for Nelson. The recent visit of Right Hon, Amery, Secretary of State for the Dominions, is commemorated at Mile 356 which becomes Ainery,—Can- adiau Nttional Railways Magazine. ('����v gp f, pewj (+g� p� 1 �i CO S1iP AT1Z1� l.flILDREIf Constipation ' is one of the most common ailments of 'childhood and the ,child suffering from it positively cannot thrive. To keep the little one well the bowels must be kept regular and the stomach sweet, To do this nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. They are 'a mild but' thorough laxative; are pleasant, to take and can be given to the newborn babe wAth perfect- safety. Thousands of mothers use no other •medicine for their little ones but Baby's Own Tab- lets. They are sold by medicine deal- ers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' . Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. resas THEY'RE BEAUTS \\ She: The West bas wonderful mountains—so beautiful. He: Yes, lots of them are buttes. r Hearts, Not Treaties New York Sun: It is ironical to re- flect that Bolivia, whose belligerent attitude is causing so much distress at the Pan-American Conference on Conciliation and Arbitration, is one of the nations that have officially ad- hered to the Kellogg pact for`the re- nuncation of war, while Paraguay has not signified an intention to sign that treaty: "The heart of a nation is more important than treaties," said Presi- dent Coolidge in his message a year ago. It always will be. The United States and Canada could get along for another century or two without war and without' peace .treaties, because these are peoples who think in terms of peace. Check Colds with Minard's Liniment. A Dangerous Precedent Cleveland Plain Dealer: A New Ha- ven man is suing for divorce becau0e his wife snores. Petition should be refused. The precedent, under suff- rage, would give wives the right to sue on the same grounds, and the in- stitution of marriage would be wiped out. An amateur gardener hassucceeded in crossing a cabbage with' an onion. This 'adds another horror to the Christmas gift cigar. Interesting Japan Customs Centu'sies Old A SCENE AT THE CORONATION OF THE MIKADO The religious parade of ,the lllikoshi who gathered from ail parts .01 the Empire to fiance before the Irnperihl Palace on the morning of the coronation as thou forefathers' had done for oyer two thousand years. LAFF (QI WITH i u" ti Y Et) lf G.osel. Daring: tileGo' Fsritish ' QP®pn Ghampiete ship gale yaI•us old and new were "swopped" by many of the leading contestants. Here's one, One more - Ing early two Lonclan newspaper men were enjoying a walk over a cele - braced golf course, when they espied in itis distance a famous protessioua1 giving lessons to a distinguished Icer'•, nonage. Scenting copy, the reporters made a furtive detour, and crept be - bind' a bunker to overhear the con. sensation. What theyheard was not the interesting backchat they expect- ed; but the following' terse speech from the pro.: "Will your Highness kindly endeavor to keep your High- ness' stomach In?" People expect too much of a boy who is at the growing age. When he has done his eating and his growing' he has put in a pretty fuU day. Questions We Can't Answer. If Niagara Falls will Horseshoe Bend? Will they ever bury the Dead Sea? Why was Austria Hungary? Will the Florida Keys open any- one's nyone's cellar? Are the Northern Lights equipped with dimmers? If "there were an explosion on the British Isles where' would Glasgow and where would Scotland? When the office seeks the man it usually finds him dressed up ready to go. • Among Ulm nuts both large and small, Of any age or any clime, Man is the only one of all Who can be skinned the second time. C:llaietd .1,tv-f', t1lgXRO .64 ., 01,11.411 0„1„, , ,ne mutinies Dept i ("Sri)r'a Gbit At" 1� 7 U It b, 1)i.ilii.tal I'NO, i ,.1W LS :luras 'tide rtetars a sp «:slily I.Gr.•.... iwss, sole,aoo� lea thea ,-,hut r. i, ( Pup. stere. :tabes tor' sale 1 tri on uffe. rv, palrinc old' rubes.. S0 rear h g r lvra.o. Write tor tree pries ll i "i"v o uY Twining : Co., J,lmtteth. Colllag'raoil, .V! ,fat, ' 'n'Ya :'..inventions••. and t• r.lt Infar..iattnri pout r•'r.e en Request. sora r.42,20.4:2- 073 Banir St.. ottta.rva, Oat, The _Pee ranted Tem* ditttt R4 sIees Four Toilet Cootiolete Clatieltra Tialllcatl.am'a Powder Detic"teZy dV0edic"tcd one .9:ret ireptia Break Colds Colds are quickly broken with. Minarrl's. Rub it on chest and' throat and Mee inhale, Keeping up appearance and keeping down expenses just can't be did by the same people., The Goiter—"They're all, afraid to. Play.me. What do you think. my handicap is?" r The Girl—"Oh, I don't know. It may be your face." Speaking of handicaps, we heard of a boy that was born to: the Cass fa- mily and -his fond family decided to call him' Jack, Smallpox Vaccine Rushed by . lkig . s._ ;n Epidemic Breaks Oiit at Holy Cross in Yukon Cordova. Alaeka,--A dog team car- rying a large supply of vaCoin e was racing clown the Yukon to Iloly ernes, recently in an attempt to stop a small- pox epidemic that is rp eadrnginland from the coast. Amateur radio stations at Anvik and St. George Ishuel 1i•i shod 0 tuo:40- age from d.' W. (:l:c:ponan, po,tufa 1sr at ` Anvik, to Governer Gs: 1;r.• ,A Parks at Juneau, telling (•f :11, c•pi- demic. Half of Anvik's supply at vactiao lrasbeen sent to Holy (rocs, which is 50 miles away. There is no app u•:nt 1 sit of - inc t A vik t1 indicated. Wo call our youngest bol "Frank- holy Cross is situated ‘',o,'u 50: lin" because he has air•cooled teeth. and 00 miles clown the faneee seeem. ;• river from Anvik. 0itpatche:= 0:,1 :cot, The Folks We Like. however, give the condlion , f the trail. If the snow is nr,v and uaq, which it likely would be it a . p be ars arduous journey, howr.ver chart The man I like Is old man Iiriss He eats his soup In silent bliss. A elan I like Is Willie Minger's. Eats his chicken ' With his fingers. A man I like Is' A. Z. Poise, He eats his toast Without any noise. "Opportunity seeks and finds only those who have paid the price of pre- paration." -there must be a lot ofmoney in the show business, Few -get .out of it with any. Owning a harem is all right until your wives start taiking'turkey. 4. philosopher is a man who can be cheerful about your toothache. BEE L000 Debtor•: 7-ETS cantHAVpal yI10 r---ynu c u,t„ get d rnip. Crehlooditor:rut (preof•arinatufor- actor)~. 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