nothing but a clear-cut sweeping turn. Un-

Pp AINTER’S der continuous questioning Gevertz gave Travellers’ Hotel & Cafe
some important information. He’d driven GARNET POFF, Proprietor
FISHING RESORT toa neighbouring farm after the bandits had eters. Goda EHondas Meeteand Sect
left him and then driven homeward without TENDER STEAK OR CHICKEN
Phone 60 making the slightest attempt to communt- DINNERS
CAMPBELL RIVER cate with police. TRY OUR HOME-MADE PIES

When the squad car returned to Plum WESTVIEW,
Coulee it remained only long enough to
drop George McKay, who planned to con-
tinue his investigations. Then it roared to-

Vancouver Island, B.C.

wards Winnipeg, taking Gevertz along. In Proprietor: V. RITCHIE P.O. Box 882
Winnipeg, and throughout the prairies, the WILDWOOD MOTORS
CROSS «& VANSTONE robbery of the Plum Coulee bank, and the Phone 4391 |
eo cold-blooded murder of the popular man- Denier far |
: . ager, had aroused the public to the highest DODGE and DE SOTO CARS
General Merchandise pitch of indignation and excitement. Mean- DODGE and INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS |
£ while two police forces had snapped into Powell River BUC.

action. The Provincial Police, under Chief
Elliott, combed the trails and prairie high-

Campbell River, B. C.

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ways, while city police, under Chief Mac-

CAMPBELL RIVER Pherson, watched all roads leading into *

town and checked all incoming freight and

| GARAGE passenger trains for men tallying with the P.O. BOX 523 PHONE 7791
| ©, bo Gant eb AOE description of the bandits. False alarm after
REPAIRS AND ACCESSORIES false alarm poured into headquarters. The
GAS, OILS, Etc. bandits had been seen east of Winnipeg. * i
Phone Campbell River 4 They'd been seen west of Winnipeg, and
also near the border. Finally Plum Coulee
was thrown into the grip of terror by a POWELL RIVER, B. C.
rumour that the men were hiding out on
the nearby Mennonite reserve.
FORBES LODGE The coroner's jury threw little light on j ;
FORBES LANDING the identity of the murderer. The principal You'll Enjoy an Evening Spent
Sle aan Sees witness was the farmer who'd actually seen at the
the hold-up without realizing what it was
"Where Fish and Fishermen Meet" all about. Jacob Bergman had seen the PATRICIA or ROXY
shooting, and two travellers had been pres-
Campbell River P.O., British Columbia ent when the bandit boarded Gover! car. THEATRES
One insisted that the man’s beard had Powell River and Westview, B. C.
slipped, and that he’d adjusted it with his

hand before driving off. The bullet ex-

broad daylight and nobody had recognized

tracted from Arnold’s body was a steel-
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i en “SHELLUB ED
| MARKET Constable George McKay had already v ean Re
E. LAMBIE, Proprietor reached the conclusion that the bandit was FRED PARKER
Government Inspected Meats not only thoroughly familiar with the G
neighbourhood but also with the habits of Se LOGS
Phone 45 PLYMOUTH CHRYSLER
CAMPBELL RIVER B. C the townspeople, and the two men in the FARGO TRUCKS C288)
7 Be bank. Yet he’d been seen on the streets in POWELL RIVER. B. C.

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