Princeton Trail Saw Mills Ltd. Lumber and Timbers RAILROAD TIES and SWITCH TIES CLUB CAFE Joe Yee, Proprietor HOPE » British Columbia EXPORT TIES and CROSSINGS WE SERVE FULL COURSE MEALS » Steaks and Chicken Dinners LUNCHES Chinese Dishes Our Specialty shared the profits of the smugglers; statesmen and dignitaries of the Church; all classes in fact, were in- volved in the society’s misdeeds. Protection Racket The general disorder of Naples was so great and the police so badly organ- ized that merchants were glad to en- gage the Camorra to superintend THE IGLOO e lon tek Supper Chub Dining and Dancing Mrs. Wetterstrom, Proprietress Phone Hope 2041 Hope, B.C. FRASER CANYON TRADING and DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD. GENERAL MERCHANDISE Trans-Canada Highway Long Distance Phone Yale YALE BRITISH COLUMBIA With Compliments of Anderson Valley Lumber Co. Ltd. D. H. Higgins, Proprietor Manufacturers of ROUGH and DRESSED LUMBER * BOSTON BAR TWENTY-SEVENTH EDITION LILLOOET the loading and merchandise. unloading — of (This will ring a chord in connec- tion with the successful “protection” racket of present day gangsters.) As the Camorra was non-political, the government did not interfere with the society; indeed its members were taken into political service and the Camorra sometimes detected crimes which baffled the authorities. Became Political After 1848 the society became politt- cal. In 1860 it was granted a con- stitution and the camorristi then in jail were released in great numbers. The society became all-powerful at elections and general disorder reigned till 1862. Thereafter severe repressive measures were taken to curtail its powers. In 1877 there was a determined effort to exterminate it, 57 of the most notorious camorristi being simultane- ously arrested in the market place. Honest Government League Defeats Camorra Trouble started to pile up for the Camorra in 1900. In that year revela- tions as to its power were made in the course of a libel suit. This led to the dissolution of the Naples Munici- pality and the appointment of a royal commission. A government inquiry * A thief in Copen- hagen specialized in stole parrots, and hundreds of them. One he set free. It talked too much— the now in gaol. and thief is * British Columbia British Columbia also took place. As a result a Honest Government League was formed. In 1901 the League entirely defeated Camorra candidates at the municipal election. A famous murder case put the spot- light on the Camorra in 1911. Twenty persons were brought to trial, all accused of being affiliated with the society. Among them was the man reported to be its chief who was extradited from the United States. Severe sentences which were passed dealt a death blow to the organization. The term Camorra is now used in Naples as apaches is in France or thugs in the United States,—to signify criminal. * * e IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE SHOULDER STRAP WM. THOMSON LTD. Associated with Mc & Mc Hardware, Building Supplies and Feed Hunting and Fishing Gear Phone 3431 - P.O. Box 28 HOPE BRITISH COLUMBIA Commercial Hotel — FULLY MODERN — 99 Miles From Vancouver LICENSED PREMISES * Phone 2481 HOPE, B.C. TRAIL CAFE GUS. SANDWICK, Prop. FULL COURSE MEALS Fountain Service MODERN SURROUNDINGS BRITISH COLUMBIA HOPE Page Twenty-five