Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-04-25

Oh order, and now an assist
y ant game warden in Brit
ish East Africa.
! first saw the major In South At
rica, and / got to know him. as few
other men know him. while we were
both serving the British East African
government This friendship between
us is one, for my own part. which
years can not lessen.
What history the man has back
of his forty-odd years! What name
he has won for himself on the field
of battle and in police dutiesl It
seems almost impossible to tell all he
has seen, accomplished and endured.
Perhaps one day some one will ven
ture to record in book form the many
deeds Of daring this frail-looking Aus
tralian has to his credit. 1t would be
a mighty task, but the result should
be worthy of the effort, for know Of
no man who has more material to
draw upon, vivid true-to-life happen
1ngs in a varied career Of excite
ment.
Ross was born in Australia way
back in the seventies or may be the
sixties Emigrating to America when
still a boy, he held first one post
and then another, until finally he drift
ed to Canada and enlisted In the
world famous Canadian mounted po-
lice.
Sometimes, II you can get him into
a laxative mood, he will tell you Of
riding many miles to capture danger
GUS criminals single-handed. Ross tells
with a smile that he was never known
to fail on one of these hazardous I'M
dertakings If you look at his face,
you can understand why this ID so.
1t is not easy to get him to talk, but
fortunately his record is so well
known that 1t is not a difacult matter
to gather material on his life.
/ remember one day when we went
in camp together in East Africa
keeping law and order in a new dia-
mond field rush, which turned out q
fixzle-Ross began to talk after din
ner of some of his adventures with
the gunner and Illicit liquor men In
the northwest of Canada.
He told US Of one day capturing a
band Of four bandits, who we're noto
rious for the number of men they
had killed. Ross was sent out with
a trooper to capture them alive IL pos
sibIe. Ye gods! think of It'll Two
men to capture the four worst mer
in Canadai The two men rode across
the plains for several days unit
they finally came upon the camp Of
the bandits. W.
I'VE got en-" ended Ross. Be
ing pressed for further particulars, hC
reluctantly told us a few details o.
the capture,
Our arrival was a SURPRISE" ht
continued. II walked into their cam
accompanied by my trooper. Neithel
of us had drawn a gun. Bandits Of
no bandits, they all know they can
fool the ~ w. M. Police. One darn
ed fool drew a gun, but I'm might!
quick with my pea-shooter and winget
him. The others submitted, and W,
brought em back to the. chief. l
was sure some soft snap. that TIL
poor fellow / had shot was buriet
where he fell by his comrades. The,
didn't like doing 1t. but a six-shoote
covering you makes man do wha
he's ordered. Leastwise, 1t Away
has In my experiences"
It is only by looking into his eye
and catching the lines of his mouth
hidden partially by "a 2heavy mus
tache, that one can read that behin
this hardened exterior turks a hear
full Of kindness for comrade In dis
tress. Strange to relate he is a DOW
er with women. All women like him
and he himself loves the society @
the gentler sex In the summer q
1910 Ross was happily married In Lor
don and has taken his wife back t
East Africa with him. Many a fai
lady's heart will be Jealous of tn
woman who has become Mrs Ross.
One day. when riding togethe
across the Athi Plains, Ross told m
that he had spent some years /
Utah l asked him IL he was
Mormon.
Sure thing. young Teller. I'm a bisl
OPP in the church, he laughed, and tn
merry twinkle in his eye warned m
that little coaxing might bring on
a good story. And presently b
told me about his stay in Salt LAX
City.
Il gotten run out of there l mi
u remember what for. The Mormon ri
Y Iigion is sure some fine thing. A
your wives save up all the yeller-leI
ged chickens to try and coax you
favor them. ! don't believe In no su
fragette; Mormon ladies for min
Say. guess you better Join that GU
fit. All you gotta do is to stand u
one day in the Tabernacle and al
nounce that you've had a revelatio
for Sister Jane. and she becomes
number five or whatever number
next vacant in your catalogue / SUI
had some mighty fine revelations !
Salt Lake City. Saw Young faJIa