Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

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.riyht 1905, by Frank @. Carpen-
ter.)
COMA Saskatchewan. --For the
n ,he past two months ! have been
.r,veling along the Canadian
~ frontier. have been living In
,ahv towns OF the wild west, and
rome unarmed through some OF
.sa least settled parts Of the country.
TSe conditions here are far different
- those which prevailed In our
IT, ,.rn states when they were f,rst
'.onsd ND to immigrants. There are
COWBOYS dashng through the
",,.e,s shooting up the towns there
nm hold-ups on the railroads. and
-, chad man from Bitter creek IL
sncuo,ls by his absence. There are
~ bar rooms connected with
nile hotels, but the old settlers do
,,oke the tenderfoot dance by
letting at his toes with revolver.
y. murders and lynchlngs are fewer
',I than in the settled states of our
west and sou'h'
cANADNs MOUNTED POLICE.
1,,e secret OF this good order comes
Am, Canadas mounted police and the
40, that the man who commits q
o,lue Is bound TO be caught and pun
.,ed Tho mounted police In one OF
40 most remarkable military forces in
.~,yence. II comprisese less than 800
nan hui II keeps order throughout a
o,r,rv more than half as large RS
,he Tinted states. \ vast part OF It's
territory Ia wilderness. II runs from
here 10 the Arctic ocean. II has Its
st,tlons about Hudson's Bay. on the
pace river and IN the mining camps
a, tbe Yukon. Its members patrol
every part Of the new wheat belt
where American and other immigrants
arc taking up homesteads. and they
GALLON up and down the boundary be-
,Ue.n the United States and Canada
AWARDING against smuggling and cat
Aathleving and settling any minor
troubles which arise between the two
peoples
One Of the largest stations of this
territory is here at Regina, The
mounted police have barracks about
two miles from the city, and most of
the new men are broken I'm at this
point before they are started out into
the service. There are other large sta
lions at Prince Albert, Calgary and
Edmonton. They may be found near
every Indian reservation and on ev-
cry spot where trouble is likely to
come
TALK WITH THE CHIEF.
During my stay at Ottawa | had an
Interview with Col. Frederick White.
The head of this organization. and the
man who, more than any other. has
Mad TO do with bringing It to it's pres
eut efficient state. Col White has been
connected with the police for more
than IS years, He has seen II grow
from 200 members to almost 600, and
he has been associated with II in vari-
oas capacities through all parts OF this
great British northwest.
asked Col. White TO tell me some
hing as to the extent of the territory
under his jurisdiction. Said he:
our police precincts run from the
boundary Of the United States to the
Arctic ocean. We have altogether
about million and half square miles
under our jurisdiction. Take Edmon-
ion That town lies over three hun
bred miles north OF the boundary OF the
United States. We have policemen
on guard there and all along the line
east and west to the Pacific ocean and
10 Hudson's Bay. We have men hum
dreds OF miles to the northward. and
We keep large force in the mining re-
glons OF the Klondike. Indeed, we
nave practically the whole OF the
sparsely settled and unsettled portions
Of British North America"
EVERY FARMER A POLICE RE-
PORTER.
Give me some idea of how order Is
kept IN such country" said 7.
Our arrangements are such that we
come in contact with all the settlers.
II is now our policemen ride on
horseback through every part of the
ands which are being opened up. Ey-
Try man has his route, and he gallops
uVIl farm to farm and town to town,
ssSlhs every colonist whether anything
Mohg mas taken place since his last
S,e " The farmer has no complaints
asked 10 sign a report to that eff
~ ana II the contrary his troubles
are at once investigated. We have a
'svord of all the settlers, and we go
o'er the route and make the policemen
HOance these signed statements, show
Ms mat each man has been visited. II
ma. De that the farmer will claim his
sue nave been stolen II so, the po-
ueenan goes with him to trace the
,,s,eVes' and II they are found he sees
way lhey are brought to justice and
,Istshed. In many cases such COM
rIa,n's are false alarms, and the po-
h.eHlah and farmer find that the stock
s merely strayed into some valley
sar py' Nevertheless, we make many
ests Ihere were more than 3,000
,O.tictions for crime and other offenses
~ we northwest Territories last year.
sn any OF me offenses We're petty ones.
" "h. lns number. all told, covers a pop
o o,luon OF more than 100000, scattered
,,,, he enormous region I have de-
anu' II seem TO me small"
, ~ you nave many murders?'
we nave had A In four von 70 uaId