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their own. Under the influence of
this man the Indians had been led to
think that they were unfairly treated
by the laws and they sent in an absurd
bill about their rights. The govern
ment treated the "bill'' with the con-
tempt that it merited. Riel hoped to
found an exclusively French province
in the northwest, and rule over il him
self, and to this end he gathered the
half breeds about him and soon
large number were armed. Some of
the Indians promised to join them
when the fray began. The secret
agents kept the Mounted Police in
formed as to the movements of the
rebels and when the storm broke the
police were well distributed over the
affected area.
There were several skirmishes-the
one at Duck Lake being the most seri-
Gus, for had the Rebels been able to
carry out their plans the whole force
of Mounted Police at that point might
have been annihilated. The massacre
at Frog Lake was perhaps the worst
act of the rebellion. Many people
were killed and the town was ran
sacked by the Indians and half breeds.
The survivors hocked to Fort Pitt and
how they lived for days in stockade
protected by only handful of men
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an attempt was made to arrest him he
resisted and raised small sized rebel
lion. Finally the Police had to bring
nine FOUNDER field gun into play,
and there was a skirmish in which
number of Indians were killed and
several members of the Mounted Po-
lice badly wounded; Almighty Voice"
was finally shot. He, however, died
game as he was in the act of raising
his gun to shoot at his pursuers when
a bullet ended his life.
In The Yukon Country.
The part the Mounted Police played
during the gold rush to Alaska in
the nineties of the last century is a
remarkable example of the power Of
these men to bring law and order out
of chaotic conditions. When the gold
rush began, in 1894, it was deemed
advisable to send a detachment of
Mounted. Police to the new Ell Dorado.
When they arrived there the mercury
was II below zero, and there was only
four hours of daylight. To make
matters worse candles were selling at
one dollar each. The police, however,
finally completed log barracks and set
about to weed out the undesirables
who always flock to mining camps.
There were two routes to the gold
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forms one of the most heroic annals
in the history of the Mounted Police.
Big Bear, the Indian chief, made sew
eral efforts to have them surrender
but failed. He, however, finally pur-
suaded the people to come to his
camp. where he promised that no
harm should come to them. The po-
lice being thus deserted the Indians
opened fire and one policeman was
killed, the others barely escaping with
their lives, not so much on account
of the Indians as of the ice in the
river through which they were COM
PEELED to travel The disorder con-
stinued for several months and gave
the Canadian Government no little
concern. Finally both Riel and Big
Bear were captured. together with
seven other Indians, who were ring
leaders in the affair All were exc
cuted and the famous Northwest re-
bellion came to an end.
No sooner had the rebellion been
put down than troubles with Illicit
whiskey men broke out again, ana
under the influence of bad liquor the
Indians again took to horse and cattle
stealing. These difficulties continued
and led to the killing of bad Indian
named Almighty Voice. This Indian
stole COW and killed it. and when
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Construction Camps And Bad
Characters.

The construction of the Canadian
Pacific Railway brought new work for
the Mounted Police as the railroad
camps were frequently scenes of dis
order. The utmost vigilance was
needed to prevent the wholesale sup
ply OF liquor to the workmen who
found themselves with money in their
pockets and very few ways to use it.
Then too there were hosts of unde-
sirables who always frequent these
camps ready to prey upon the work.
men-gamblers, thieves and other
scum Of humanity focked to the scene.
Strikes were numerous and even the
Indians at times tried to interfere with
this new invasion Of their territory.
But the Mounted Police kept law and
order in the camps and during the
entire construction there was not a
single serious crime.
The RieI Rebellion.
Perhaps the most serious affair with
which the Northwest Police have had
to contend is what is known as the
Rie1 Rebellion, when Louis Riel, a
half breed, melted the half breeds into
forming a provisional government OF
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Plenty OF Men And Equipment.

1.-THE United States Postal Service
ed Mr.. Praeger. we began arrang-
ing for it Immediately on the out
break of war. AS early as last June
a number Of officials. went abroad
and studied the situation. They made
a complete survey Of the Army Postal
Service in London and of the British
Field Service at the front. AS the
result of their Investigations we were
able to establish a most satisfactory
system"
John Clark, formerly Superintend-
ient, Of the 9Th Division of the Railroad
Mail Service, will be at, the head of
the service and the Postmaster Gen
lera1 has given him the title of United
States Postal Agent in Europe. A
base post office has, been established
at one of the chief ports of France
and routes will be opened up as the
exigencies Of war demand them.
Mr.. Clark's Three Assistants.
Associated with Mr.. Clark in re-
sponsible capacities are three assist
ants. The first of these is Major
Clinton L. Wright, who Is superin-
itendent of finance. 81.
The second assistant Is Mr.. John
H. Collier, former assistant. postm as
ter of the City of Washington, who
will fill the important post of superin-
tendeat Of the money order division.
The third assistant is Mr.. John
Lieck, formerly chief clerk of the rail.
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the opportunity to become fed up
on reading matter-in other words the
supply never meets the demand. A re
cent order Of the Postmaster General
should do it's part in remedying this
condition.
This order specifies that unwrapped
and unaddressed copies Of magazines
may be, sent by other than publishers
to the expeditionary forces in Europe
for one cent a copy regardless of
weight. Magazines for mailing under
this order must have printed in the
upper right hand corner of the front
cover the following:
Notice to Reader
When you finish reading this maya
zine place a 1-cent stamp on this no.
tice, hand same to any postal emp1oye
and it will be placed in the hands of
our soldiers or sailors at the front.
No wrapping-No address.
A. S. Burleson,
Postmaster General.
Adjutant General Henry P. Mccain,
U. s. A., who is making every effort
for the welfare of the soldiers in Eu-
rope, is inaugurating a special divi-
sion of statistics in his office in the
War Department relating to the health
and casualties of the men abroad
This is being done largely for the
benefit Of friends of soldiers who wish
to know of their condition while
abroad. The General, however. ad-
vises dependence largely on individ-
ual correspondence.
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mo system we can devise or OPP
crate, unless we used direct cable
from France will get information to
France as quickly as a soldier can
himself dispatch it by ordinary MAIL"
he says. THE plan we are working
out is an extension of the statistical
work of the office. We shall include
in the plan the designation of in
dividuals in hospitals to write post
cards and letters for soldiers who
cannot do so themselves. This will
enable every soldier to get word to
friends and relatives back home as
quickly as possible without cabling"
Lessons From Spanish-American War.
Necessity is the mother of inven-
ton and bitter experience is the moth
er of all this care for the fighting
forces on foreign soil. It is recalled
with no little sorrow that at the time
Of the Spanish-American War made
quate mail facilities caused undue
hardship to the men at the front as
well as anxiety to the families at home
and in many cases was the cause of
unnecessary privation on the part of
postal officials and clerks with the
troops on the fighting fronts and at
the home camps who endeavored to
do their duty under conditions which
to say the least were painful.
The field post offices established at
the various military camps in Spanish
American War times were rough, tenn.
porary buildings thrown up at slight
cost, and with SO scant force OF
mail clerks that assistance had to be
sought from the Army. number OF
chaplains generally being detailed for
the work. Needless to say no jaunty
uniforms proclaimed to the world that
Uncle Sans mail men with the fight.
ing forces were strictly on their job
as these same insignia are telling in
France today.
Mail Service In The Navy.
The United States Postal Service in
the Navy is an old-established institu-
ton and fully efficient for all needs
and will only require some extension
and reimbursement to meet the condi
lions of full war strength. Every
| warship of the fleet has its fully
equipped post Office with its corps OF
mail clerks, who at time of arriving
at and leaving port have their hand:
| quite as full as they desire with the
handling of their mail bags of spas
| n1odic expansion and contraction
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Incoming mail is sorted by divi-
sions, the petty officer in charge of
each division reporting at the post
office after announcement has been
made that mail is ready for delivery
Each petty officer is. in turn. RESPONSE
BILE for the delivery of mail to his
men.
"It really is very interesting to see
the excitement the arrival of a mail
boat Creates said an officer of
the fleet recently. There is hardly "a
man who isn't hanging over the rail
or holding on to fellow who got
there first
When the vessel is ready to go OUT
there is the same feverish scramble for
pens. ink and paper for sending final
word notes as attends the leaving of
the last boat from the side of any of
the great ocean liners of peace times.
Mail boxes have their place on boa I'd
the big battleships, too, for the use
of Jack Tar exactly as he has them at
home. and letters are collected by
the mail clerks assistant with the
familiar mail pouch suspended from
his shoulder.
Work OF Navy Mail Clerks.
On board ship there are two men
l
| nominated by the commanding ofI1cer
and appointed by the Post Office De
partm ent as Navy mail clerks These
men are required to further bond to
| the Department, and in addition to
their regular pay the chief clerk re
ceives $50 a month, while his assist.
| ant gets SIS.
In addition to the regular mail they
also handle a money order business
| It was said recently by one in the
service that since the fleet had been
away from shore duty. at a certain
point on one pay day which followed
| the declaration of war with Germany
$4,000 in money orders was sent GU.
from one of the ships to relatives or
as bank deposits.
This goes to gdisprove the fallacv
that Jack Tar is notorious spends
thrift. Many of the sailors of this
United States Navy have substantial
accounts, which have found their way
to the banks throughout the homeland
by means of Uncle Sans splendid
mail service.
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the military and civil guardians Of
the Yukon territory. Their boat
"vidette,'' patrols the Yukon River.
and does excellent service in the early
spring in assisting in opening the
channel.
Jack OF All Trades.
All sorts of duties are required of
the police in the great northwest for
in many places they act as forest
rangers and assist in fighting the great
forest fires; they carry mail to outly-
ing camps, act as timber agents, health
officers and court bailiffs-in short
the Mounted Police are a sort of "Jack
of all trades.''
The headquarters of the free Is at
Regina, where all recruits are drilled.
Men who enlist must be between the
ages of twenty-five and forty years of
age. and at least five feet eight inches
in height, of good character. able to
read and write and of sound constitu-.
ton. He must also be able to ride.
although he is not necessarily mount.
&c when on duty.
The training requires about twelve
months, as the man must be drilled.
set up, taught to ride cavalry fashion,
to shoot with a carbine and revolver.
acquire knowledge of his duties and
powers as a police officer, understand
how to take care of a horse and be-
come an efficient prairie man which
requires smattering of the art Of
cooking. He must also attend a,
course of lectures, learning the differ
emit laws Of the Dominion.
Only Protection OF Northwest.
Today the Mounted Police are the
only protection of Northwestern Cam
ada as that section has sent hundreds
of men to aid the mother country in
her hour of need. The northwest is
being rapidly settled and already the
Province of Alberta has her own con-
stabulary, thus relieving the Mounted
Police IF covering many miles. Per-
haps the time may come when the
Mounted Police will no longer be
necessity, but in future years when
one looks over the comfortable homes
and fields of waving grain which cover
the thousands of acres-once prairie,
the work of this splendid body of men
under the greatest difficulties and In.
the midst of danger will be remeri-
bered as having laid the foundation
] for an orderly Eovernmant
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felds-one through Dyea over the
famous Chilkoot Pass to White Horse
and the other through Skaguay over
the White Pass. Both were equally
difficult and many gold seekers lost
their lives. Others were robbed and
suffered understandable hardships. Both
Dyea and Skaguay became lawless
towns where murderers, thieves and
of these camp followers tried to enter
the Yukon country. but were prevented
by the Mounted Police, who turned
them back at the frontier.
To protect the honest prospectors
from thieves, and adventures. who
came in with the throng and to bring
law anC order out of a molly crowd
of forty or fifty thousand people was
no easy task, but the scarlet uniform
soon became a symbol of good be-
havior. At Dawson City splendid log
barracks together with Jail and pen
itentiary were erected. Other posts
were established and today there are
fifty-three Mounted Police stations in
the Yukon territory, with three men
at each post and seventy-five men at
Dawson and as many more at White
Horse. A weekly patrol is maintained
between the stations and people going
or coming over the winter trail are
required to register at each station
and state their destination. This
makes it practically impossible for
persons to be lost on the trail any
length of TIM. for if after registering
at one post and starting for another,
they do not arrive promptly there
whereabouts will be speedily ascer-
tanned. Small boats going up or down
the river are numbered and the oc-
cupants must register at the Police
Station before starting. Their names
and descriptions are sent to the vari-
Gus stations along the river, and
should an occupant be missing when
the boat reaches any one of these
stations a satisfactory explanation
must be given before the boat may
proceed.
There is an export tax of ten and
one-half per cent. on all gold taken
from the territory and the Mounted
Police do the inspecting and search
baggage for gold.
The Mounted Police are civil body
in the eyes of the law and the officers
are magistrates and the men con-
stables and they are practically both
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ought to go write &c. o. d." and the
obliging United States Post Office De-
partment will answer for its safe
delivery upon the receipt Of the miss
ing 2-cent Postage due" at the house
door.
Fine Work OF Red Cross.
Right here a word of appreciation
may be said for the efforts Of the
American Red Cross to Increase the
mailing facilities of the country's sol
diers. AT home as well as abroad its
are in attendance on
departing troop trains and transports
to carry back the last missives PEN
ciled by the men about to leave. The
service gives the touch of personal
interest and counts for much to the
lads or for duty in foreign lands.
A seeker after information on mat
tiers concerning the soldiers mail in
France called at the office of the
Second Assistant Postmaster General,
and was pleasantly received by Mr..
Otto Praeger, who fills this position.
at can assure you that we are
happy to be able to say that all the
men and all the postal equipment for
the United States postal service lii
France arrived there safely and In
tact, and that the service is now run
ming with satisfactory smoothness.
We have men there and equipment
for much larger service than Is need
ed at present. The reason for this is
due to our having sent over three
complete installments of both men and
material with three transports arriv-
ing at different ports.
why? Cannot you guess? We
had to feel certain of one set at least
being safely landed and took no
chances, as the mail service must of
necessity be established. In spite of
anxiety all three assignments reached
their destination.
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The Postal Path To Our
BoysAtthe Front I Be
Kept Clear By Uncle
Sam France Helps
bly-ReadingMatter
for urFighters-Trans-
ferring Money.
Copyright, 1917. by The International
6yndicate.


Ia OTHERS. WIVES and sweet
hearts may have no fear of
not reaching their boys in
u France by mail If they will
follow the few plain instructions that
have been given out by the Post ONCE
Department relating to the forward
ing of letters. papers and packages"
said an off1cialof that service recently.
Tho Government has seen to it that
her Ssyhting men are to have a postal
service which has never been equaled
in behalf OF troops sent abroad. Every
provision possible has been made for
the cheapest and easiest and most
rapid transmission of mail matter that
could be devised In the office of the
Gtates-
France. in her enthusiasm over the
coming of the men Of the q. s. A. to
help her win the war. has also done
her generous part in smoothing the
way for Uncle Sans boys to receive
and send their mail by remitting all
duty charges and admitting mall to
enter and leave her territory free Of
charge.
How Man Should Be Addressed.
II the home-foIlks on this side of
DC Atlantic wish to send letters or
papers or magazines or packages to
the son or brother or friend with the
troops Id France. all they have to do
ito address the same with his name.
~ company. regiment and division
4 and add american Expeditionary
forces' and place upon it postage at
ne domestic rate and the message
n &,
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The Great Work Done By
This Unique Body Of
Men Who Have Brought
Law and Order Out Of
Chaos In the Canadian
Northwest.
Copyright, 1917, by The Interl-l4ons,
Syndicate.

tcopyrfeht, 1917, by The Inter1-..onas
g. y Syndicate.
ION MANY YEARS this corps of
men-one that Is unique in the
military history OF the world
has been safe guarding the lives
OF the settlers of northwestern Can
ada At the time of its organization.
IN 1873. much of that section of the
country was still trackless waste and
vtkgin forest inhabited only by savage
Indians, missionary priests, fur traders
and wild beasts. Whiskey drinking
ana braw1ing among the Indians led
TO offenses-unpardona offenses.
ln1jited by Illicit traders, the Indians
took to horse stealing ON a wide scale,
ana the small white population be-
came terror stricken and appealed to
the Canadian Government to come to
their aid as their lives and property
were in continual jeopardy. Murder
ran riot among the Indians themselves
who suffered no punishment for their
crimes. Colonel Robertson Ross was
sent out to investigate matters and his
report was found to show great need
Of a constabulary for policing that
section Of the. country. Sir John Nc.
Donald became interested in the mat
ter ana early the FOLLOWING year, 1873,
the Dominion Parliament began to
discuss the establishment Of north
western police system seriously. The
corps was organized in autumn of that
year and was modelled after the Royal
Irish Constabulary. At that time the
force consisted of only one hundred
men. but In its organization the first
blow had been struck in the far
northwest against the elements of law
lessness and disorder and momentous
results have followed therefrom. At
first there was trouble with the In
dams. who refused to give up their
fire water" and in fights several of
the mounted police lost their lives
The Indians, however, soon learned
that the Mounted Police meant bust
ness. and that II one was killed his
murderer was captured and hanged so
they began to have a wholesome re-
spect for the red coated men who
patroIed the forests and plains.
In 1877. the entire force of police
was concentrated on the frontier to
check the Sioux Indians (then known
as the tigers of the p1ains), who
sought refuge In Canada after the
Custer massacre. and it was. through
the efforts of the Canadian police that
these Indians were finally induced to
surrender 10 the United States au-
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\ OTHERS, WIVES and sweet
hearts may have no fear OF
not reaching their boys in
France by mail II they will
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-04-28
UNUSUAL TRAINING NEEDED

Representative julius Kahn, rank
ing Republican of the committee on
military affairs, is against attempting
to send an army abroad until they
have received at least a years train
ing in modern warfare. MI. Kahn as
serts that the European belligerents
do not send their men to the trenches
until they have received that amount
OF drill, and it would be simple butch
cry to expect our boys to stand up
against the enemy without proper in
struction in trench fighting. Again,
MI. Kahn thinks that although plenty
of officers can be found who know the
ordinary drill of infantry. cavalry and
artillery, it will be difficult to find
men who can train our recruits in the
art of war as it is now practiced,
which will cause further delay in the
adequate preparation of an army of
100000 men.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-04-28
NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE

In the Sixth Judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada, in and for
the County of Humboldt.
In the Matter of the Estate of Frank
Aramburu, deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
Y. Arrascada, the administrator of the
estate of Frank Aramburu, deceased,
has rendered and presented for settle
ment, and filed in said Court, his final
account of his administration Of said
estate, together with a petition a
ing for the confirmation, allowance
and approval of said final account,
and has included in said petition q
prayer for the distribution of the resi-
due of said estate; and that Monday,
the 14th day of May, AID. 1917, at 10
o'clock am. of said day, at the court
room of said Court, at the court house
in Winnemucca,4 Humboldt County,
Nevada, has been duly appointed for
the settlement of said final account,
and the hearing Of said petition, at
which time and place all persons in
terested in said estate are hereby no
tilted to then and there appear and
show cause why said final account
should not be approved. allowed and
confirmed, and why said petition
should not be granted, and said dis
tribution made.
Dated. April 20, 1917.
J. W. DAVEY, Clerk.
By G. C. WRIGHT,
lCourt Seall Deputy.
SALTER & ROBINS,
Attorneys for Administrator.
First publication April 81, 1917.
Last publication May IL. 1917.
-u--
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-04-28
A SYMBOL OF
APPROPRIATENESS

Each Senator has recently had
mailed to him one of the broomsticks
which have been in use every Satur-
day Afternoon since May, 1916, by
New York business men in drilling
on Governors Island. 1t is explained
in an accompanying letter from one
of the recruits that the government
has generously furnished the men
with wooden rifles" thus making the
broomsticks available as souvenirs.
Unframed men are as broomsticks
in the hands of a trained foe" says a
tag attached to each stick, but by
passing the universal training act you
can save the lives of hundreds of
thousands of our boys, and give us a
sure defense"