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I Canada's "Mounties" Now Sixty Years Old Efficient Police Force Ob serves Its Anniversary. Washington. ? Canada's romantic And efficient police force ? the Royal Canadian mounted poll.ce ? Is observ ing, this year, Its sixtieth anniversary. A band, of men. small In number, but strong in cournge, experience, and hard training, have maintained law and order over n vast territory, reach ing from the great plains north Into the Yukon, and across the Arctic to Hudson bay and Ilaflln Island. "In 1870. when the government of Canada gained control over the un explored lands of the great Northwest, It was confronted with the problem of protecting pioneer settlers." says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. "Warfare between powerful Indian tribes roaming the plains, dis couraged the westward march of the white man. Whisky runners whose concoctions crazed the Indians also disturbed peaceful progress of Intrepid pioneers. Two tin cups full of 'tire water' bought a buffalo robe, andThree gallons a good horse. Covered Vast Territory. "It was In answer to the need for curbing these unruly elements that the Northwest mounted police was organ ized In 1873 at Stone Fort, Just south of Lake Winnipeg. An olllcial bulletin Issued to the (list recruits tersely stated that 'the government will make use of any person connected with the force at any work that may be consid ered desirable.' The government has kept tills promise through the years. "After only a year's training 300 members of the police marched over 2,000 miles of unknown territory, re storing law and order from the Itod river to the Rocky mountains. Trea ties were made with the Indians, horse stealers and murderers brought to swift Justice; and Fort Whoop-Up, stronghold of whisky traders, raided. Winter caught the 'Mountles' before they could make a return march, so a permanent camp was set up at Mac leod, oldest town in southern 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 in creased, It became evident that a cen tral station was a necessity. An un inhabited strip of prairie along 'IMle o' Bones Creek' was selected and Inap propriately named Reglna. For over half a century Reglna served as head quarters for the Northwest mounted police. It was also for years the cap ital of the Northwest territories; a?d today, as the capital of Saskatchewan, Is one of the most Important industrial centers of middle western Canada, with a population of over 40,000. "The Klondike gold rush of '08 brought n new emergency. Dawson grew up overnight, a stampede town with the usual number of saloons, dance halls, and gambling houses. It promised soon to rival Skagway, then controlled by 'Soapy Smith' and his gang, who robbed Incoming tenderfeet and departing miners with equal suc cess. "A Yukon post was promptly estab lished by the Northwest mounted po lice, and Dnwson speedily transformed Into a respectable and law-abiding town. A detachment was stationed at Shllkoot pass and White pass, two main gateways through which pro spectors thronged, and the lawless soon learned to leave their revolvers behind. Month after month millions In gold were convoyed and never a dollar lost. Served In Boer War. "The force wns 'knighted' In lOO-l In recognition of Its services In the Boer wnr, becoming the Royal North west mounted police. In 1020, when ltfi Jurisdiction wna widened to cover enforcement of federal nuthorlty throughout the Dominion, nnd nil laws In the Yukon, Northwest territory, and Dominion parks, the title was changed to Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "Today the mounted police pntrol Canada's last great frontier, the chain Orange Girl in Her Bed of Oranges Pretty MIk# Joyce Itrook* \viih kHhcUmI hh the orange ?lrl to pit rt l<*l i?i t ?? in the Ix<* Angela* bounty fnlr, September ir>-24, nt. Pomona, Cnllf. MIrm Ilrooks I* ahowii here In a pool of tho ttohlen fruit kpMIiik acqunlnteri with n portion of hor dortf nln. of Islands stretching from Greenland to Alaska. There are posts on such isolated islands as Ullesmere, North De von, Baflln, and Victoria. The station on Bache peninsula is within 11 degrees of the North pole. At Ilerschel island post was held the first court in the Arctic, when an Eskimo was sen tenced for the murder of a constable. "Although they have been given lit tle notice In the dally news, the long winter patrols performed by these of ficers deserve a high rating In the record of Arctic exploration. In IDliD, for Instance, one Inspector with a con stable, one Eskimo, and two dog teams traveled 1,700 miles In SI days, and considered it only an ordinary part of the year's work. From Devon Island to Ellesmere Island the Inspector cov ered the entire northern part of the Canadian Arctic archipelago. "There Is one rule inflexibly obeyed by every 'Mountie.' Whether he Is protecting the rights of the migratory duck, the Blackfoot Indian, or the Eskimo trapper, he shoots only ns a last resort ? the real secret of the suc cess of the Royal Canadian "Mounted Police." Observatory Is Mecca for Many Thousands Visitors Crowd Lick Memorial in California. San Jose, Calif. ? Although Isolated on the summit of Mt. Hamilton at an' altitude of 4,200 feet and accessible by driving 27 miles over n circuitous mountain highway, Lick observatory has become one of the most alluring trips for tourists in this section of Cal ifornia. More than 10,000 visitors will Jour ney to the summit of Mt. Hamilton | this year to see the costly instruments through which astronomers nightly l>eer heavenward, seeking knowledge from the stars. If visitors chance to climb the moun tain on Saturday evenings, they are privileged to gnze through the 3G-lnch refractor, which magnifies the aureole of the astral bodies. Despite Its Isolated location. Lick observatory has developed a model vil lage atop the lofty mountain. Its pop ulation has grown during the past live years to fifty. There is a public school, owned by the observatory, with a teacher provided by the st-^e. The Cook Ha# Fed Condemned Murderers for 14 Years New Orleans. ? Twenty-five men who partook of Sieve Elliot's cooking never lived to tell the tale. They were men i condemned to death at parish prison, where Elliot was cook. He served breakfast to condemned men for 14 years, and Just recently was promoted to the wardershlp of the attorney's room at the prison. Elliot said good food always helped the men who were scheduled to die. "It bucked up their courage and made them walk to the gallows with firmer step," he said. Asked about the most unusual break fast for a condemned man. Elliot re counted the following tale: "Una, now, let's see," he said. "Yes, there was a negro who popped a hard one on us at the last moment. We always tried to satisfy, you know. He wanted 'possum and 'possum lie got. We didn't know where It was to be had, but some kind citizen sent one to us. You should have seen that ne gro eat ! "He went upstairs to his death with a grin, wiping his mouth, happy that his appetite was satisfied." Condemned men were given more consideration than other prisoners, El liot said. "For Instance, If they want ed to eat between meals they only had to say what they wanted. Sometimes It was a sandwich, flapjacks, milk or toast. Most of them liked fried chick en and Ice cream for their last meal." Elliot said his wife taught him how to cook. DIRECTOR OF JOBS The new United States employment service created by the Warner law lias opened its headquarters at the Department of Lnhor. This is h new portrait of \Y. Frnnk Persons, named by President Roosevelt to be director of the service. observatory proper, which Is main tained and operated by the University of California, consists of a main build ing, containing the telescope domes, offices, computing rooms, ?- library of 8,(KH) books and fi.OOO pamphlets; de tached buildings containing safe de posit rooms and photographic dark | rooms, houses for the workers; instru ment shops, pumping stations, and sev eral workshops. It was completed in JS88, at a cost of $01,<X)0. James Lick, who donated funds for building and maintaining the widely known observatory, was born in Fred ericksburg, Md., August l.r>, IT'.K}, and died in San Francisco, October 1, 1870. Ills remains nre burled in the support! ing pier of the 30-inch equatorial tele scope, which was the largest telescope In the world at the time It was con structed. Nurse Won War Honors; Now Without Homeland Buffalo, N. Y.? Mrs. Ilenrlette Khour.v, British war nurse, who was decorated for bravery under fire, is "a woman without a country." She has been bnrred from Canada after living there seven years. She In living here now, but as she has no legal standing In the United States, she Is facing possible deportation. Mrs. Khour.v, who was horn In Beirut, Syria, entered Canada seven years ago and became operator of a Iwauty shop in Toronto. Last Janu ary she visited friends In New York. She became 111, and when she finally tried to enter Canada again she was halted because she bad overstayed her leave. Although she had been naturalized In Canada, It was dis covered that the naturalization had been Illegal. She has tried in vain to receive per mission to stay in this country and her case has been referred to the Canadian legation at Washington and the United States Immigration au thorities there. Judge in Traffic Court Fines Self on Birthday Chicago. ? Under the Chlcngo sys tem judges take turns sitting In the various courts, and It was Judge Eu gene P. Holland's first experience In the traffic division. Immediately after Ilollnnd took charge, the ^clerk an nounced the first case as follows: "City of Chicago vs. lOugene I\ Hol land." Judge Holland sat up very straight and very suddenly. "What's this?" he asked of the clerk. The clerk explained that the case Involved a parking charge which was several days old. Holland then re called that he actually had received a ticket. "Well," be said, smiling, "(his is my first day In trnffic court. It also Is my first case here. This also happens to be my birthday. So I'm going to give myself a break. I therefore fine my self $1 and $1 costs." Arizona Indian Observes His 120th Anniversary Tuscon, Ariz. ? Augustine Oinrelu. I'apago Indian who some credit with discovery of the valuable A Jo copper deposits west of here, has celebrated his one hundred and twentieth birth day. Carcla, to prove his age, re called he was a grown man when "the stars fell," a meteoric occurrence said to have been observed In 18.10. He lives on the I'apago reservation here. Blue Jays Aid in Capture of Eagle Kansas City, Mo. ? Jimmy Duffy, with the aid of a flock of blue Jays, captured an American eagle with a garden rake In the rear yard of bin home In Kansas City. The eagle was busy repulsing an attack by the ^>luo Jays when Duffy hooked Its foot with the rake and dragged It from Its perch In n tree. The eaglo had n wing spread of seven feet. This Week b Arthur Brisbane Using Leisure Hours Not uToo Much Wheat" Uncle Sam Buys Pigs Why Gandhi Is Freed John W. Davis distinguished Amer ican, back from Europe says: "No man should work less than eight hours. What are they going to do with all the extra hours? Honestly, how many men do yon know who will use them for self-improvement, for reading a worthwhile book or for studying something they need?" Some prosperous Americans are able to spend the whole of Saturday. Sun day and sometimes other half days playing golf. Workmen might decide to try that, or polo. In the long run. they probably could learn to use their hours of leisure, at least In a way sat isfactory to themselves, which is the Important thing. There Is much wheat on band In the world. The total stock August 1 was 1)00, IX >0,000 bushels, the United Stntes holding 345,000,000 bushels. The total on that date was 180.000,000 bushels more than In 1932. Hut It Is not true that the world produces "too much wheat." If all the hungry could have the bread they need, there would be a shortage. Ask the Chinese, or ask the small boy that fainted in New York's Fulton fish market waiting to get the daily gift of discarded llsb on which he with a family of six was living. The family hnd been living on sec ond-grade flsh only, day after day. sometimes varied by flsh soup. Some wheat, made Into bread, would have been welcome there. Is government In business? Yes, ma'am. To help t lie farmer, govern ment will buy and slaughter 4,000,000 pigs weighing 25 and 1(X) pounds and 1,000,000 sows weighing at least 275 pounds. The government will pay a bonus of from $2 to $4 a head above market price. The carcasses will be given to those receiving public aifl. Hogs sell for $4.50 a hundred pounds. In 1020 the price was $11.31. Back in 1!>00 it was $7.24. Government says the hog ruisers are ruined if something Isn't done, so the government will do some thing. It Is planned hereafter to have hops marketed comparatively young and small, as that Is the most profitable way. The farmer says "Fine." But what shall he do with sows too old for breeding? Unless fat, carrying much lard, they have no value. But then, if you get rid of 5,000,0(10 pigs sud denly, and cut all pigs off in their youth, before they have a chance to do | much eating, how can they eat up the billions of bushels of corn that the farmers produce, ant] who will buy it? A live mahutma Is troublesome, but less dangerous than a dead martyr. So Oandhl, reduced in weight to about 00 pounds, extremely weak, is released from prison by the British after a fast of eight days, following his three weeks' fast last May. You can fight a man with a gun, bomb or dagger, but It Is hard to fight a man with an Idea, when he Is willing to die for it. The wise British say, "Go and die somewhere else, not In our prison, and take with you the blessing of the king, parliament, lion and unicorn." China is borrowing ideas from Rus sia. or perhaps she had them before Mr. Stalin started. A Shanghai train ran off the track, thirty to fifty killed. It was decided that some one had 'been careless, so Ihree Chinese railroad men may have their heads cut off. Russia Inflicts capital punishment | for carelessness in operating railroads j and other government property, al though murder itself Is not punished | with death, unless a government offi cial Is the one murdered. Somewhere In this Is a moral or Rome important lesson: In Chicago flics ate and spoiled the food of animals In the Lincoln park 7,00. Director Young got revenge. K 1 y screening, highly charged with elec tricity, was put In front of the cages. An attractive scent lured the flies to the wire. As they fell they were scooped up and fed to the fish. What valuable lesson would you or your bright child draw from that? In Kngland, the modernist church men's conference was Interrupted by an eighteen-year old girl. Honor Rose, j daughter of a naval chaplain, who told the clergymen: "Public worship has no attraction for young people. Re ligion is supposed to express Cod Mirough truth and beauty, but In this age of specialization people turn to art and philosophy to satisfy those needs." Interesting, and it Is n fact that Shnkespeare began the real period of art and philosophy, based on Interest In human beings rather than on re llglon. Rut the natal chaplain's eighteen year old daughter will learn, when she is eighty, that you do not turn to "art and philosophy" to satisfy this rjues tlon : "What Is going to happen to me In a little while, when they nil gather around and s?y, 'Mow natural sh?? looks!* r ?. IQSS.hy Kinsr F**tnr?? Syndicate, Inc. WNO Velvet to Surpass Its Own Record By CHERIE NICHOLAS CMlOXf Paris to Now York to Chi *? cago to Hollywood, It's velvet that outstands on the fashion circuit for fall. Because of the decided empha sis placed tipoti this ever-beloved ma terial in the advance style program those planning new clothes will Uo well to pot into a velvet frame of mind from the very start. It is not at all necessary to wait until later to wear velvet. The psy chological moment is right now. You will think so yourself when you see the cunning beret, glove and capelet sets made all of velvet which are al ready on display in the better shops. You will not want to lose a minute in acquiring one of these Intriguing en sembles for they are perfectly stun ning worn with the now-so-vogulsh mldseason frocks and suits of dark linen or sheer woolen. Buy them in the color you llkf best, black coming first in favor, with rich autumn tones in close rivalry. If the plans of our style creators carry through, and of course they will, velvet treated In a tailored way for wear during the daytime hours will surpass any previous record in mat ter of rich color and ultra chic. Just to give yon a hint of things to be in tailored way, we picture to the left of our group Illustration, a really handsome specimen of a fall street coat which Is finished to a nicety with quilted cording on the sleeves in groups and about the neckline where darts radiate In somewhat of a yoke effect. This is a Maggie Itouff model and this eminent couturier sees to It that the dress of handwoven silk is STRIPED WOOLEN By ('llKItIK NK1IOI.AH Tho now nutumn woolons nro must Int rin'iliiK- Striped versions lire pnr tlculnrly stressed In tin* enrly show lugs, nlso dlngoon! twoods in woovon nnd Unit versions. For the model pic tured, tho designer piny ft tip the stripes of ii miiRtnrd nnd dark lirown tweedy woolen l<> perfection. Tho high neck lino la her* considered nnd (ho enpelot yoko gives tho sprightly shoulder of foot which tins hoon Intorprotod In ho many novol ways throughout recent styling. Tho unique plnstron effect la of brown volvof. Tho llttlo drnpcd toque 1* of self-material. following up ? mode which linn hoon In evidence snd 1* so woll thought of, It continues on Into fall. as '"classy" as the mat which tops If. You will notice that the collar and cape sleeves of Iho afternoon model, centered in the picture, are also quilted In a ribbed effect. This form of decorative treatment is going over big In newly arriving fashions. For this extraordinarily beautiful daytime wrap, which hears a I.nnvin lahel, the designer employs lyons velvet of super quality. The little feather toque is the crowning glory of this costume. Being of red transparent velvet the coat posed to the right tunes its color to the motif of the dress. Make a mental note of the wide rhinestone bracelet which this lady of fashion is wearing; also the imposing bar pin which enhances this effective ensem ble, for they go to show the Increasing importance attached to costume Jewelry. The swagger casual daytime coat of brown and beige plaid velvet of which only an above-the-walstline view is here given has its shoulders inod'shiy squared. It fastens with a big bow tie of self-velvet. The hat shown Is one of the vogulsh stitched velvets. The alluring thing about the new velvets is their versatility. You can get most any sort of velvet your fancy may picture. Kven unerushahle and waterproof velvets are now on the market. An outstanding novelty Is h ribbed velvet with a luster-lack finish. You can imagine how stunning eve ning Jackets and blouses and acces sories such as bags, belts and collar and-enff sets look made of this velvet. ?. 1933, Western Newspaper Union. GLOVES TO MATCH COSTUME FOR FALL Your floves will match your cos tume this f;ill In fabric ns well as color. If yon are stopping out In a new black satin afternoon pown, you'll want black satin cloves to go with It And you'll bo able to find thein. In a satin Jersey fabric that (Its like the good old chamoisette, and has a stir face as sleek and shiny ns your gown. Or, If you have a brown word knitted suit, you may wear brown knit clove*. In a smooth ribbed knit fabric, not bulky, but smooth fitting and neat. And so on. The good old silk Jersey glove Is bark again with a bang, and you'll find It In all the newest shades of fall ? gray, eel brown, navy, and black. Then chamoisette, the grand old standby, is presented In new colors and perforated styles, for wear with fall clothes. Shirtmnker Froclts Are Stnrtlintfly Picturesque Now that the hinterlands also have made the poignant discovery that a wardrobe not tilled with shirt maker frocks is a menace, the New York makers are running riot with ideas on the subject. [Miring the Calm Heard season, one bought a tony little tub silk in sliirt maker style i?;.d called It a day, but now folks are riding hitrh, wide and fancy In this ideal type made of crazy Tattersall checks, gnudy Jockey stripes and tie silks lluit would sUirtle an I rid in n. The "shirt maker" Is the greatest chapter in the hook. Top* of Shoes for Fnll Are Remindful of Spnts There are rumors that manufarlur ers with loving care are designing kid shoes for fall that will remind ladle* of spats. It might be even reasonable to think that some day spats will come bark. Day clothes are long enough now that one needn't fear the "comic strip" between skirt hem and top of spat, but be that as was. today oxfords and pumps nre being stitched up In kid combinations whereby the light ti|> per fits over the rest of the shoe ilk* a spat