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New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

INTO a ditch, narrowly missing pitch.
ing the whole affair into the swamn
below. When questioned, he admitted
that he was only fourteen.
Two hours later, he and his fatbsr
met the patrol at Justice Brown
TIE justice held court in what had
once been chicken house, and DIR
ing the proceedings hens roasted on
the doorstep, viewing the actors
with misanthropic eyes. Hens ana
such trivial matters had TO place in
the mind of Kenneth the prisoner
He could just barely see the troon
ers, and behind them he clearly vic
ioncd the iron doors of Sing Sire
swing open terribly.
He gulped painfully when Che ;u..
tice, after clearing several ears of
seed corn and other impedimenta Off
his table, found a tattered copy o,
The motor vehicle law and read tbs
section dealing with the enormitv of
letting any one under eighteen ACT
as "sho-foor."
"Of course" the justice explained
glaring over his spectacles and mil
ing his walrus mustache, "you kin
have counsel-that means a lawver
if you want it."
But Kenneth had already recon
ciled himself to at least ten wears
in prison and Shook his head with
the look of a very sick boy.
"Judge,' Corporal Devine inter
posed, II don't think Kenneth meant
to do wrong; but it was a pretty
dangerous thing for lad of fourteen
to be driving a motor truck, wasn't
it, Kenneth?'
1T was awful" the boy agreed
with an expression of nausea.
The corporal whispered to the
justice.
Sentence suspended" responded
his honor, "only don't do it again,
Kenr eth"
II WON'T the lad promised fever
ishly. He smiled back at the cor
poral as he followed his father from
The courthouse.
Kenneth and his predicament T.
lustrate the trivial end Of the troop.
ors' work, as the afternoon rides
about the suburbs Of Albany depict
TIE minor phases Of the patrol sys
ITEM. The long county patrols on
which the men set out are more
serious affairs.
Two riders pack slickers and sad
dlebags to their saddles and trot
away from headquarters some
morning. In faraway county they
meet two other gray troopers who
start for home. Then for six weeks
or moro the patrol is entirely "on
its own" except for occasional tele-
phone calls to barracks.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
More Than
Police

They are more than police. They
are combination Of sheriff, game
warden, health officer, truant officer,
forester, traffic cop and detective.
To this they have added the roles of
friends and legal advisers to the
people Of the territory III which they
make their rounds, and that terri
tory extends from the Canadian bor-
der to Westchester from the New
England line to the wcsternmost
point of New York State.
This great stretch Of land, larger
than many European kingdoms and
quite as Yild and lawless in certain
districts as the mountain regions Of
Kentucky and the Carolinas, is pa
trolled by 232 officers and men, di-
vided into four troops.
For eighteen months now this al
most ridiculously small leaven had
been working through the great apa-
thetic mass Of rural New York. In
that time the opinion OF the country
folk has changed from amusement to
respect and the constitutional law
breaker gazes upon the gray-clad
horsemen 10 longer with derision,
but with actual fear
Newspapers Of the little county
seats that snorted loud and long
editorially when in the spring of
1917 plans for the establishment Of
the State Troopers were perfected,
sneer no longer In fact, when Gov
ernor Smith last winter proposed to
do away with the organization those
papers that had walled most per-
sistently against the "extravagance"
and "fcohshncss" of founding the
corps applied these selfsame terms
to the Governors suggestion.
Entirely outside politics, with
the statutes of New york State as
their only guide, the troopers have
made good. Confronted by THEN
record, the Chief Executive who had
proposed their abolition has fol
lowed the example set by the rura
papers and is now the hearty sup.
porters of the riders.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Their
Leader

Broad of chest and wide Of shoul-
der is Major Chandler, with the
keen, eager face Of a boy and an
enthusiasm for his troopers that is
as boundless as his belief in them.
AS major in the 10th New York
Infantry he saw service on the bor-
der, Where for a time he acted as
brigade adjutant. He is a graduate
of the Field Officers School at Fort
Leavcnworth, and was for years
one of the foremost surgeons in the
Hudson Valley.
When Governor Whitman ap-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

HNHEY ride in gray. That is
& the color Of the wide
n brimmed felt hats that
shield their eyes from the
glare and dust of the road. Riding
breeches of faring English cut,
heavy flannel shirts and long-skirtcd
coats are ali the hue of weather.
beaten granite.
Broad leather belts make slim
waists leaner still, and against the
left thigh hangs the weight of the
Colt As. Heavy boots reach to the
snugly buttoned knees. Buttons are
of gun metal and bear the arms of
the State of New York, whose SER
wants they are. Spurs flash in the
sunshine. They and the purple hat
cords and neckties are the sole points
of vivid coloring about the sombre
horsemen.
The law of New York State that
brought them into being christened
1AiSHi eilS bCpeii tilSHI VI DCtle o.
lice. Lawbreakers in the rural dis
tricts have invented thousand and
one more picturesque designations.
Careless or reckless automobilsts
have elaborated upon these. But the
children hail the gray patrols as
friends and brothers.
For themselves, the riders have
another title. They prefer to be
known as the State Troopers. "Con-
stabulary" is too mouth-filling a
word for the taste of Major George
Fletcher Chandler, their commander,
and police in the popular mind
stands for certain things that the
troopers do not stand for at all.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

are few instance where it has been
necessary to bring these into action.
More than 80 per cent Of the troop
ers have served in the regular army,
usually in the cavalry. Led by eff
cient and farsceing officers STEPPED
in the code of the department, which
may be summed up in one word
Service-each Of The troops is close
to the ideal of what a state police
should be. The major dislikes to
have his command compared with
the two organizations which pre-
ceded his in the feld-the Pennsyl-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

and also give memory tests, reading
over once the description of some
one wanted by the police and then
reproducing it on paper from mem
Ory.
Short patrols take up the re-
mainder Of the day, on which the
horsemen ride through the suburban
villages surrounding Albany, follow
ing up the complaints that come to
the barracks and watching for vio-
lators of the motor vehicle law. Two
by two they leave the barracks and
trot away on their missions, pict-
uresque figures, booted, spurrcd and
armed, and sitting their mounts with
the loose, easy grace of the cavalry
man.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Effect of
The Uniform

Usually they choose some small
town as their headquarters. They
never 20 into the larger cities while
or patrol, for they are essentially
rural force. From their headquar-
ters the men set out on one, two or
three day tours of the county. Com
plaints and ensuing arrests may de-
lay them, or the ride may be en-
tirely uncventful, but even if they
rake no arrest the sight Of The two
men in gray uniform riding through
the country has a SOLDERING effect
upon the criminally inclined among
Che inhabitants.
cry to send your men through
here once every two wceks,7 the
president of the village Of Liberty
said recently to Captain Robinson.
"Probably they won't have anything
to do when they do ride through,
but it does the rough element here
world of good just to see the
troopers"
Acting on this theory, the trooper
IN uniform always advertises his
presence. While spending a night
in town he must be about the streets
until 10 O'Clock at night, ostensbly
to look out for violations of the
motor vehicle law, but really to serve
notice upon the population that the
troopers are in town. Many a clew
to pulling ease has been whis-
peved from the shadows to the gray
coats as they tramp about the vii
lages in the evenings.
Through their friendship and tol-
erance toward the people the troop
ers have come to hc regarded as
the solution to every vcNing problem.
Some one in the village Of Colonle
had been stealing "Thc Albany Ar
gus from the rural free delivery
box of Il farmer. He did not set
trap for the thief himself he
called up the troop.
An agitated voice over the tele-
phone alarmed Captain Robinson
the other day until he learned the
source Of the woman's trouble. She
had gone out marketing, locked her
door and lost the key. What. Oh
what, was she to do2 Trooper Ham
ilton was assigned to the case, ana
solved the knotty problem by means
cf a ladder and considerable porch
climbing ability.
The further one gets from Albany
or other large cities of the state
the more serious the cases brought
to the attention of the troopers be-
come.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
V Our State Police Have Spurred Their Way to Fam

member of this command has violat-
ed the trust imposed in him, such
a member must 60:
This department wants every
criminal brought to justice, but it
is not its aim to make 4 record for
arrests. 1t is convictions we want,
for conviction means that the ar
rest was warranted. BE sure in
your own mind that a crime was
committed before you make an ar
rest"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
By F. F. Van de Water

service since the armistice was
signed
"Come on" the major remarks,
"we'll go out to G."
On little hill, one side of which
is washed by the clear waters of a
brook, stands G Troops barracks.
In front, in back and to the other
side pleasant rolling meadowland
reaches away. The building itself
is a tall, ungainly structure. Orig
inally it was a farmhouse. Its
builder evidently wrought for com
ing generations and looked for each
generation to yield a bumper crop.
So large is the house that it is hard
to believe that it had been Occupied
originally by private family. The
rooms are high ceiled and we'll
lighted by many windows. The
walls are as sturdy and sound as
when they were built.
Behind the barracks are the sta
bles, temporary structures, one
story in height and covered, not
beautifully but warmly, with tar
paper. There is also the garage
where the three automobiles and the
motorcycles owned by the troop and
used for trailing automobile law vio-
lators are housed.
A half dozen gray-clad troopers
lounging about the porch slipped
back into the house as the majors
car approached. A tall, broad-shoul-
dered, slim-waisted figure with two
silver diamonds on his shoulder
straps rose from his desk as the
uperintendent entered the office.
lie was Captain w. w. Robinson,
troop commander, and the only
member Of the department to rise to
that position from the ranks. Sec
retary to Arthur Woods when he was
Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner
Captain Robinson was one Of the
first to enlist when the troopers
were organized. He served as a
private, then as a sergeant and was
jumped from that grade to captain
last year.
No Prussian officer ever came more
stifly to salute than did he and his
lieutenant, George w. Carney, win
ner Of the Congressional Medal of
Honor in the Philippines campaign,
and veteran Of half dozen other
wars, as the campaign ribbons on
his breast testify
Formally over, the officers sank
back into their chairs, lit cigars and
began to talk Of the one supreme
subject Of interest to any one who
wears the gray-the State Troop
crs. 1t was good, eager talk, void of
formality, filled with argument and
condemnation that did not rankle.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Must Deliver
nc Goods

"When you have II job to do, we
want you to do it your own way.
But You must deliver the goods.
Most Of the time you will be away
from your commanding officer. That
is different from the army. but wc
expect you to act rs though he were
on the watch all the time.
Remember chat you outrank any
other police officer in the state. AL
ways be courteous to women and
children.
drinking we will not stand for.
1t is a terrible thing for a trooper
in uniform to take drink.
"Mind your own business and do
clean, conscientious work. Take
pride in it and be absolutely straight
in it. Maintain the law. If the
need arises, fight One thing more.
Never pull your gun unless you are
going to use it. Don't draw unless
you absolutely have to, but if you
do---shoot quick"
He glances over the scmicircle
of grave faces before him and grins
in friendly fashion as he mods his
dismissal. The men wheel and tramp
out of his office. One of them wears
the silver bars Of first lieutenant.
Nwenty-six commissioned officers
-haYn enlislnd aa trnonnre In thn a4n44 :.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

vania State Constabulary and the
Royal Northwest Mounted. He pre-
fors to have them compared with
the New York State troopers.
Records show that G Troop, with
barracks near Albany, has a slightly
higher score than the other outfits
as far as arrests and convictions are
concerned. Possibly this is due to
the nature of the territory which it
patrols. This includes the Catskils
and their outlying spurs, whose
depths shelter q people as lawless
and decadcnt as any in the southern
highlands, and the Adrondacks,
whose natives have held for years a
hearty contempt for all man-madc
law.
The major has spent the day sort
ing out, inspecting and now and
then accepting candidates for the
department. They stand before
him, all still in their olive drab of
an elder service, clean limbed,
bronze Of face, quite grave as he
looks them over There are half a
dozen of them, young and, if one
may judge by lean nanks and slim
waistlines, former cavalrymen. In
a quiet conversational tone their
new commander gives them their
first insight into the spirit of the
service
eve expect the trooper to do his
work because he likes it. We ex-
pect him to be on the level and give
the best he has in him.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Riders and
Crack Shots

The men are young--most Of them
under thirty. All Of them are riders
Of the first class and crack shots with
rifle and revolver, though there
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
"A Good
Crowd"

"a Good
Crowd"
Across the hallway the tireless
phonograph was proclaiming some
ones unbounded affection for
Dear old pal Of mine," aided and
abettcd by uncouth harmony from
the lounging troopers The pro-
testations Of devotion reached their
climax in one long drawn wolf howl,
and the captain smiled little wist-
fully.
"Thcy'rc a good crowd" he said
Night after night, while the men
he worked with and was intimate
with in the days before he won his
commission loaf together, Captain
Robinson sits in his Office, a rather
lonely figure, immurcd by the strict
discipline Of the troop that dccrees
that no commissioned officer can
mingle with the rank and file Of his
command on terms of equality.
Men who once hailed the captain
as "Old Scout" now stand stiGly
before him and in their convcrsa-
tion use the super-formal diction of
the soldier to his commissioned off
cer--"Will the captain want his
horco fbic oftnrpoOpoD
Trooper Dosher in the lounging
room has just returned from
patrol of the state roads to see if
the law against glaring headlights
is being observed and is in the
midst Of q story:
"Hc had only one headlight lit, so
we stopped him. We told him that
we weren't going to pull him this
time, but that he ought to know
better and that the law demanded
he have both lights going.
yes, he says meek enough. 4
ought to know. / made the law
"And by golly, it was Secretary
of State Hugo himself that we'd
held upw
This reminded Trooper Snidcr Of
another story and Trooper Raml-
ton capped this with a third. SIN
bad himself might well feel a pang
Of envy at the yarns that are spun
when G. Troop is in a reminiscent
mood.
Tales of the great war and of
older conflicts, in which The riders
did their share; tales of the MeNi-
can border patrol, where Troopers
Gahan and Rchm rode for two
years; tales of unbelievable and
utterly unprintablc happenings
among the primitive peoples of the
Catskills and Adrondacks; tales of
the training camp, whore the troops
were hammered into shape and
wherc the troopers for weeks on end
cschcwcd chairs and slept on their
stomachs; tales Of laughablc Incl
NtllNS NIiNt Nll il.tNlNl '7'
$50 Mac arrested this kid
and he was fined $25 for driving II
car under age, and sentence was
suspended. His father was owner
of the only hotel in town and he
was sore at US. We came back two
days later, and he wouldn't let us
have a room at his house. SO Mae
got sore and hid in the bushes and
nailed the kid again for driving the
car, and his old man had to pay $25,
anyway
Every twenty minutes the stable
guard, pistol on hip and hashliQht in
hand, trampcd out into the darkness
to see that the horses were all right. |
This patrol continues from sunset
to dawn, for construction camp
near by has sworn vengeance against
the troopers because the gray riders
interviewed in what the laborers con-
sldered a perfectly private fight |
And revenge in upper New York |
State usually means barn burning.
Onus accompanied the patrol with
grave dignity. She is 4 Dobermann
pinscher of matronly figure and an
intelligence that the troopers swear
is really intellect. They are her de-
yotoJ c1nvoc ,,,l O,,,.. ,,..4- ~
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
More Than Four Thousand Arrests and Respect and
Popularity i'm the Districts They Patrol Only Part
OF the Record OF Their Eighteen Months Career

homage gracefully. To the world
outside which does not wear the
gray of the service she turns a cold
and suspicious eye.
Days spent in drill and on patrol
do not make for late hours. Pres
entity the talk slackened, the phono-
graph gave q last expiring wall and
the troopers drifted off to bed.
Then
ReVeiIle
Trooper Volker's Interpretation
of reveille tore through the horse
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Where Crime
Turks

New York City dwellers know tha'
the Catskills are beautiful. but none
of them has ever paused to con-
lecture on what sort of natives tha'
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Continued on neFt page
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02
G0SS AND SHELLEY NOW
PARTNERS IN BOOKSTORE
Reach Dispose a. His !nlcrr>t>--I."
modelling ana Expansion Are
Planned.

. {. Co.'S. former county school
superintendent. Who last Week bought
the interest Of City superintendent
&C.. T.. Beach in The Bookstore. an
nounced Thursday that he had asso-
ciatei with him as 4 partner Jesse NJ
Shelley, one OF the ~ellknoWn Young
men of the city.
In the reorganization OF the COM
pany. Mr.. GoSs becomes president and
Mr.. Shelley secretary-treasurer The
business has grown to such an extern
in the past Is months and the oppor-
tunity for developing it is so bright,
Mr.. Goss says. that it demands the
services of two active partners. and it
was for this reason that he purchased
the interest of Mr.. Beach.
The new member of the firm was
an accountant in the state auditors
Office for four years. and for the past
year has been employed by the gov
eminent in the income tax depart.
ment. He will handle the accounting
end of the business. while Mr.. Goss
will be general manager and do the
buying, and both will cooperate in
considerable outside soliciting they
plan to do.
The storeroom occupied by the COM
pany is also to be considerably re-
modelled by the construction of a
balcony on the south side. where the
Office will be placed and the stock of
Office furniture displayed. The par
titioned-off section on the main floor
now used for the Office will be con-
verified into a special novelty and gift
shop.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02
TRUCK BUYERS FINANCED ANY
WHERE IN WESTERN WASH
IN(,TON

We are prepared and financially
able TO help to a very large extent
the financing of Farmer Truck Buy
Payments are permitted to be made
covering as long period as twenty
months. This is an opportunity for
every man who is capable and has
the work to keep a truck reasonably
busy. to become a truck owner. In
vestigate this offer and you will find
that it is absolutely true and will be
lived up to. K. l.. Saunders. 1921
5th Ave. Seattle. (Adv. SIZE WNA.)
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02
Wedding ut Rainier.

Rev. w. ]. Gilbert of Bucoda offic-
lated at the wedding at the Methodist
Episcopal church in Rainier Tuesday
noon of Clara West Evans of that
place to John J. Gilmore of Tacoma.
Ferns. flowers and ported plants
prettily decorated the church. The
bride was attended by Mrs. Elizabeth
Palmer and the wedding march was
played by Miss Stevenson Of. Rain
Ter. Luncheon was served to about
80 guests at the BRIDES Home after
the ceremony, and Mr.. and Mrs. Gil
more left on the evening train for q
short wedding trip. They, will be at
home at 70s South Saith street. Ia
6ma, after June T.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02
GEORGE T. DYER.

One OF the wellknown retired
farmers of this section. George T
Dyer, 81 years old, died at the fam.
lily home, 315 Lincoln street. Tues
day afternoon. He was born in Mis-
souri, February 10. 1858, and is sur.
vived by his widow. Mrs. Mary v
Dyer, and two daughters. Mrs. John
@. Strouse and Mrs. Ralph M. Drury
both residents of this city. The fun
eral took place at the Jesse T. Mills
chapel Thursday afternoon and inter
ment was made in the I. o. o. F.,
cemetery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02

The Wbman's club nominated the
following oflicers at the regular meet
Ing at the clubhouse Tuesday noon
First yice-president, Mrs. Geo. E
Blankenship; second vice-president
Mrs. Geo. D. Prigmore; financial sec.
rptary. Mrj. Emma J. Eastman; cor.
responding secretary. Mrs. George
MAIDEN; auditor, Mrs. Mary v. Johns
Mrs.. r. M. Troy, president Of the club
was elected flrst delegate to tie con
vention Of the State Federation Of
Wom1ns Clubs ID Csntralia June II
- and 1e; Mrs. Prtxmore ,secoad del.
egate, and Mrs. R. r. MGNulta ann
Mrs. Grace Mutton, alterhates. ~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02

Nearly every ship that arrives from
France these days has one or more
Thurston county boys aboard. First
Lieutenant Linus v. Brewer. Q! NC,
arrived on the America" from Brest
Tuesday, while three other local boys
landed the same day with the 18th
Engineers and are now at Camp Mills.
pending transportation to this coast.
They are Privates William A. Bailey
and Joseph c. Johnston Of Olympia
and Alfred Pearson Of Tumwater. i
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02
DEATH S OF
PAST WEEK
HARRY BR0Nt.R

Crushed by a log in the woods
near HoQu'am, where he has beel.
employed for the past few years,
Harry Brewer, former resident or
Tumwater was accidently Killed
Monday His brother, ]. J. Brewer
OF Tumwater, Went to Hoquiam Tues
day and brought the remains to THIS
city. The widow and one child sur
vive. Funeral services were held at
the Jesse T. Mills chapel Thursday
morning and interment was made in
the l. o. O. F. cemetery
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Good Prices for Berries.

CENTRALIA.-In company with E.
F. Perry. state horticultural inspect
or for this district, Theodore Albert.
representing the Puyallup cannery,
which is to be merged with the Che
halls cannery, has been in CentraIia
and vicinity this week. inducing
farmers to plant increased acreage
In berries this year, 1000 acres OF
and 1000 acres OF
loganberries being desired in Lewis
county this year. The farmers are
being offered i0-year contracts by The
canneries at fancy prices.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02

Miss Anna Louise y johnson and
Neal Harlow Wyndearo Of Aberdeen
Here 'married last Saturday evening
a. the homesef the brides sister. Mrs
A. ii. Gabriel. H14 East Union street,
by the Rev. r. FranklinsHart, rector
of st. Johns Episcopal church. A
number of out-of-town guests attend
I'd the ceremony. Miss Ellen Ander-
son Of Aberdeen acted as. bridesmaid
ana Harry Wyndearo OF Seattle as