Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-11-10

Twenty years ago James K. Corn
wall, then a STRIPPING in quest of adj
venture, marched through Montana
with General" Coxey's army of the
unemployed. A few days ago he sailed
from Halifax as a lleutanant colonel
of the Sportsmen s battalion for over
seas service in the Imperial British
army. He is one of the outstanding
figures of western Canadian life, h S
served in parliament and is known
throughout the dominion as "the
prophet of the north" because of
his faith in the great country in the
far reaches of northern Alberta
through which the Peace and Macken-
zie rivers flow, and which is being de-
veloped SUCCESSFULLY agriculturarlly,
largely through CORVALLIS efforts.
Some years ago he became interest
ed in a fur trading company, with
headquarters at Edmonton. In a few
years he owned the controlling in
terest in the concern, the trading
posts of which dot the Mackenzie
river, its farthest northern outpost
being where that great waterway of
the north empties into the Arctic
ocean.
In order to keep these posts sup
piled with goods Cornwall organized
the Northern Steamship company,
the packets of which steam up and
down the Mackenzie and Peace, and
navigate the waters of the Great and
Lesser Slave lakes, and Lake Atha-
basca, Alberta's freshwater sea.
Prophet of the North
Beloved by the Indians.
Cornwall knows the north country
as does no other white man Although
he was a competitor of the Hudson S
Bay company he accumulated a for
tune in the fur trading business, and
has been adopted as a blood brother
into every tribe the = bitat of which
is north of the international boundary
line. He has put through many gov
ernmental measures for the help of
the Indian, and as a result has been
the stiffest kind of opposition for the
Hudson,s Bay company. He is the
chief of the Order of the White Dog,
the Indian secret society, which unites
all the red men of the north country
into one great brotherhood, and a
ceremonial dance was given in his
honor by the White Dogs about a
month ago at Peace River Crossing.
Hundreds of Indians attended this
ceremonial, to say "oodby and wish
well the white brother who had done
so much for them.
The chiefs of a dozen tribes, all
members of the order, attended, and
orators harrangued by the hour in ex-
tolling the virtues of Cornwall.
The Sportsmen's battalion is made
up very largely of hockey and foot
ball players of northern Alberta, and
two of the companies are made up Of
full blooded Indians and breeds,
friends of Cornwall.
Alberta Has Sent 10000
Soldiers to the Trenches.
Alberta has raised over 10000 men
for overseas service in the Imperial
army, her proportion of the $780, 00
men which Canada proposes to con
tribute to the support of the mother
country in the great European
struggle. AS there are but l,500.00C
men of all ages and conditions in
Canada this means one man in three
for war;.
Recruiting Officers of persuasive
speech, attend church Sunday even.
ing. When the services are concluded
the minister will announce that Lieu
tenant So-and-So of such and such {
battalion is present and desires t.
make a few remarks.
The recruiting officer will then de
liver a short address in which he viii
tell of the great need of the mothel
country, of the wonderful work thu
Canadians are doing, and will con
clude with an appeal to the patriots
women to give up their husbands
brothers and s~weethearts for the com
mon cause He will prObablv say tina