| Show CANADAS NOTED MOUNTIES ARE NOW SIXTY YEARS OLD efficient police force observes its anniversary washington Canad canadas its romantic and eil lelent police force tile the royal canadian mounted pollee police Is observing this year its sixtieth nn all A bund band of men small in number but strong in courage cour experience and hard training have maintained law and order over a vast territory reaching from the hie great plains north into tile the yukon and across the arctic to hudson bay and Iu ruflin flin island in 1870 when the government of canada gained control over tile the unexplored lands of the great northwest it was confronted with the problem of protecting pioneer settlers says a bulletin from the Nal national lonal geographic society war fare between powerful indian tribes roaming the plains pl ians discouraged the westward march of the white mail whisky runners whose con crazed the indians also dis peaceful progress of intrepid pioneers two tin cups full of affire lire water bought it a buffalo robe and three gallons a good horse it was in answer to the need for curbing these unruly elements that the northwest mounted pollee police wits was organizer organized in 1873 at stone fort just juht a of lake winnipeg an official offia bulletin issued to the e first arst re th tersely stated that alin the government will malce make use of any person connected with tile force at any work that may be considered desirable the government has kept this promise through tile years after only a years training members embers in of the police marched over 2000 miles of unknown territory restoring law and order from the red hed river to the rocky mountains treaties were made with the indians horse ste stealers sten lera alers and murderers brought to swift justice and fort whoop up stronghold of whisky traders raided winter caught the before they could make a return march so a permanent camp was set up at macleod oldest town in southern A alberta calgary another fort which they founded that year has grown to be one of the most important towns of western canada As the work of the force increased it became evident ev I 1 dent ta eliat bat a central station was necessary an aix uninhabited strip of prairie along ille 0 nones alones creek wab sele selected cled and inappropriately called regina or over naif half a century regina served as headquarters for the northwest mounted poll hollje e it was also for years the capital of the I 1 northwest tei ri lories anti and today as the capital of saskatchewan la Is one of tile lie most important indus trial centers coi itera of middle western canada with a population of over rhe llie klondike gold rush of TS brought a i ne new emergency cawson grew up tit overnight it a stampede town with the usual number of saloons bullions dance halls an and gambling houses it 11 promised stion soon to rival then controlled tont rolled by soupy soapy smith and his gang who robbed incoming tender tenderfeet feet and departing miners with eual success A yukon post was promptly established by the northwest mounted polite police all and dawson speedily transformed into a respectable and law abiding town A detachment was stationed lit at 1 pass and white pass two main gateways ys through which the prospectors prospect urs thron thronged ged and the lawless soon learned to leave their revolvers behind month after month millions in gold were vere convoyed and never I 1 n I 1 lollar dollar lost hie force ans it as knighted tit in 1 lai io I 1 in recognition of its services s in the aloer war r becoming the royal northwest mounted mou police po lice in n 1920 its jurisdiction was widened to co coer ver enforcement of federal authority throughout the dominion a and d all lins laws in fit the yukon northwest northa territory and dominion parks the title being hanged changed to boyi canadian Cani dlan mounted pollee today the mounted polite police patrol canadas last greil great fro frontier the chain of islands stretching from greenland to alaska a there are posts on such isolated islands as 1 elesmere Il esmere north peon devon bailen and victoria the llie station on nachie Pell Sula Is within 11 degrees of tile north polo pole at Il erschel island post lost was held the first court in the arctic when an eskimo was sentenced for the murder minder of a constable although they have hae been given little notice lit in the dally daily press the long winter patrols performed by these officers deserve a high rating in the record of arctic exploration y T 1029 for instance one inspector with a constable one eskimo and two dog teams traveled 1700 miles in 81 days and considered it only an ordinary part of the years ears work from denion demon island to nil esmere island the inspector covered tile the entire northern part of the canadian arctic archipelago there Is one rule inflexibly obeyed by every Moun tle 1 whether ho he la Is protecting tile the rights of the migratory duel duck the blackfoot indian or the eskimo trapper lie shoots only ns as it a last resort the real secret of the success of the royal canadian 1 mounted police |
