The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-04-21

main and vita them and ct thsr1 are or,ts-=.t
and orderly living
Ii the story OF how this came abou. * - story
OF the Royal Northwest Mounted PuLIcs
The mounted poLtcet Deaf YOU rsusube-
when you we're Z icrTe chap, how you locked a1-=.
the uniformed nan On tie glossy tav a. b. can
tered Through tha park- and how gCr had 10
taarec dream Of glory than 10 be Ike htrls Even
cow. t1CG YOU t=zI rh= Old toytst thrill II TIC
stshE Of EL1=c3f1ts.t. erect Eg-re n lie sable
At = crowded CITY crcsalg, Il y,1- ID rc-. T.u
are I grown uE"-sadG=s. at LIheLz-a1t viii
.GgruET MORE 20 Tie Ne7=-- -Nzvec-N4Tzr Land
8I- scr IL ~Incur-bI= cht-t-er' t-= sigh. .!
ch@ mounted policeman zr1I cE-ches z- those ol.
i5Er--sTrt-EE
and Il I'll TITS far he tI1=-.ra-sd t-sss-cu.-
t1uaa. h1rsecac Of ths paris ard c7J-I=Tarrts
wta1 Gf cha1 1-tzr torsera1. ch= cc= WHO rides
aLaCs vI1E rh= sJrsEch 1t e1dI=sa pra1rt=s tor tz
beat, viii Tie criminal v1o 1Ql5s I life i. les.
Gha1 1ai1gh-~ lis quarry, S1r=LT even goJ.r ---=t
tn-agInattou- za0r, C1-te-pt-t=G+ E-ovu-r1s can
catGh sre family from The gI=au ot his zcart=;
cca--
Recruited chiefly truz -sa 71urE=r zo1s a. we'll
t1-t. a-5 even -+1Tee+ In gzn families rE= Noc-t-
west Mounted PoEt-= has B11g been an tnzc+tu-
tt11 where IN English university uau can work
OF th4 hEhtIfrg fratt Of / drop Of gTDsy blood
and warden dt his church, IN the main 4 co-,ec-
tier Of Eorlg men for WHOM The Red Gods call
too wildly Eel with daredevil dash IN their
l1aEaup- =h1 Leave England because they ara i'm
pecunfouz because q z row With their fa-t-
Hes or for sheer love Of adventure Come with
us To Regina or Edmonton and you will hear
stories of men who gave the recruiting officer the
name Of plain John Smith with something of
cynical s-ila-ald it was bad form for the re-
crLfttrg officer 10 notice this SI1ie-neu who had
habit C reaching for q nonocle that wasn't
thsrsr Of taking with the correct London pronun-
cation, and Ehrashing the telIow-trooper who
called attention to this fact
And any story you ever heard CT the heir-pre-
sgnptIva 10 English narquisata patroling
sd0-azte heat along the Arctic circle can be out.
matched On the written records OF the force and
IN the memory OF any officer. Fifteen years ago
EngitshUea Of EfpItng's gentleman rankar" type
made Up fully hzt OF the force and the other half
was composed Of Wild lrishnen with ali their
cngntrF's love ct fight. old pIafnsmeu and Indian
fighters, the Silent z1eadF@Fed- hard-ridirg men
who gather aE the trunrfar where the savage falls
away before the ragged vanguard Of civilization
AID they t4zva done their work so ~aII that thsy
ara fasE driving away their OWE excuse for b.
ing. The crescent northwest is no more what IT
was IN 1874 than buzy Winnipeg Of today is th=
old Fort Carry TO which the first truop o. rts
mounted came 80 years ago They have znsG=
western Canada What it is out Of The IsE.ess
ritary almost preposterous undertaking.
oua-9-arreT Of The number OF policemen IN New
York I'd go7ern country 250,9@9 square 1-fI.s
larger han the United Ststes,
N short the mounted police hare a-crzEa-
British law into western Canada, and firmly ea-
tabsished It The homesteader can 20 into srr
OF the provinces and take out MS claim secure IN
the assurance that he can work his land ul6fs-
surbed and harvest his crop gntrfure. Tie h1u.e-
stszder is doing it by thousands and The Lasc
West is vanishing The froztIer-5ha last frqu-
tier OF America-is being prusafcaIIy PIawed by
the practical man in blue oversIIs, who daesu /.
carry even hunting knife. except TO CUT of hia
chew OF Granger Twist
= The Indian has been re4rcaG to- hta Bowesr
terms When men Of the Tntt=d States were
building the Union Pacific acruss the plains they
were obliged to employ CncE= Sans trocps to
guard the builders. II the ghnstz Of tna dead who
died violently in that first veFears' fight for the
west were 10 line up along the right OF wa7 there
would be almost enough OF them TO mark the
miles.
On s0nile ride from the North Sazkatcha-
wan last fall. met dozens of teams driven almos.
wholly by Indians and hafbreeds. They were
haultrg the long logs that were to be driven
twenty to thirty feet into the sands of the Sas-
katehewan TO carry the false work of the Grand
Trunk Paetfc's stee. bridge.
What 4 contrast. Instead OF hindering as was
once The case the northern Indians are helping TO
hhzfId the railroad In the construction of the
nsw government transcontinental line, the In.
dams ara employed wherever they can be used,
for the road is being rushed with all possible
speed consistent with good work The Indians
are useful also. to the pathfinders as guides:
they know the forests OF new Canada: they know
the mountain fastnesses of the Peace river and
they know all the crooks and canyons of the
Coast Range. In short the red man of to-day is
the trusted guide aud faithful servant of the Dah
finder. He hunts for the white mzn still but quite
differently from the way he used to hunt for the
pioneers of old.
Thanks 10 the Royal North=sst Mounted Po-
lice civilizations house is in order To-day the
be long before the mounted viii be a