El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26

force is scattered over this territory.
said he
we have one constable stationed 500
miles up the POrcupine river from Fort
Yukon. Alaska. We have one on Her
schel island. II the Arctic ocean. and
another at Fort Mcpherson. which is
80 miles distant. We have a station
at White Horse. and others scattered
about here and there so as to cover all
the mining camps of the territory
Tell me something Of the duties Of
these mem"
Zach constable has one or two men
with him. and sometimes an Indian or
SO as we'll Together they patrol the
whole country. They make long trips
visiting the mines and reporting what
is going on among the prospectors-
They administer justice as TO small
matters in the out of the way districts,
and they keep order among the In
dams and the EskimOs. They also see
that the poor and the insane are cared
for and brought TO the asylums. In
fact, they do almost everything except
grant divorces. We have cases where
they have performed the ceremony of
marriage. but their chief business is
the keeping Of order and the punish
ment of crime"
Keep Track of the People.
But how can you keep track Of the
people in such a large territory. Mai.
MoOdie2 Your whole land is a wilder
ness and for more than half of the year
1t is ali snow and ice
We manage 10 know pretty well
where everyone Is all the time" was
the reply We have regulations by
which every hotel and roadhOuse is re-
CURED TO keep a daily record of all who
stop there. The arrivals and departures
are reported to the police, and this is
SO in the towns as well as in the wilds
Every hotel in Dawson has a full list
of its guests on the page IF the hotel
register every morning. This is so OF
those who have come days or weeks
before, il they are still in the hotel
The register shows the name of every
person in the house; and 1 may say
that we know about where every man
in the territory sleeps every night.
Get Names of All Travellers.
we get reports of all the passengers
who go up and down the river. and
from every telegraph station they pass
on the way When a steamer leaves
White Horse for Dawson. the purser
hands in the names Of his passengers
and they are telegraphed here. If any
one gets off on the way mis- name II
telegraphed. and we check up the list
when the boats come in II a man
starts out in a canoe to go up or down
the river it is reported, and if three
men start out and one is missing we
can see this from the difference n the
report on that canoe as IL passes the
next telegraph station The police also
patrol the country from their various
stations They send in reports Of Just
who come in and who go out of their
respective districts. and also what they
are doing while they are there"
Give me some idea of the amount OF
crime committed in your territory
Our record is fairly good. I have !
here the jail report for the past year,
which includes the penitentiary as well /
The total number confined during thar
time was s. and Of these - We're males .
and were females. Three Of the males F
were insane Our daily average of I
persons in jail last year was less than /
nine, and the most We had on any one ?
as large as France. and for pOpula- J
ton largely made up OF frontiersmen !
and miners.
Five Men, Two Women in Jail.
ent?"
Just seven. Of these. five are men.
ana two are women who are serving
a year for picking the pockets of men ,
VINO were in state of intoSicatiOn.
Two of the others are sneak thieves, !
one who is in for assault and another !
with having attempted murder while :
drunk Indeed, we have so few bad
characters under arrest that il is diff
ficult II keep our barracks in order
and the lawn properly moved We
made the prisoners work The two
women do hard labor in the laundry
and we are sure of that much help in
our washing for the rest of the year
Only "a Murders Since Gold Discovered.
Have YOU many murders in the
The records show that We have hal
only Il since gold was dis
covered, and that the murderers we're
all hanged No I am mistaken -hev
were all hanged but one. He was shot.
That covers a period back To 1895
Some of the murder stories Of this