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; FULL of the flavour of British Columb,
MUSSALLEM’S eee tN the thirteenth issue of THE SHovtps

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“Where Your Dimes Are Little Dollars” POLICE YEAR BOOKS and annual re- Police, has just been published.
EVERYTHING FOR THE FAMILY ports are usually pretty dull reading for the Well illustrated, the magazine reports
518 Third Ave. West average police officer. Appreciating this, number of interesting cases which Occupie
PRINCE RUPERT British Columbia one police force—the Provincial Police force the attention of the police force, the old
of British Columbia—have bridged the gap provincial force in Canada. |
between official files and the reading public Among the contributors are many ¢
by publishing their own police magazine. Western Canada’s outstanding writers, Th

Titled THE SHOULDER SrraP (after the magazine is well supported in its adverti
distinctive sage-green shoulder tabs that ing by firms throughout British Columbia,

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& CHOP SUEY decorate every B. C. Policeman's tunic) this —The Vancouver Sy
modernly-styled public relations medium has =

WE SEECIALIZE IN TENDER JUICY STEAKS been published semi-annually for the past MUCH to the disgust of a vicar, but to th

AND CHINESE DISHES seven years, and the hundred-odd slick-paper delight of his wife, their daughter fell j

Located in the Central Hotel pages of each edition convey in crisp, ex- love with a rather gay young man. Hoy

citing style the details of the Force’s work, ever, the reverend got even some Sunday
graphic behind-the-scenes stories that make later when, at a service at which his wife
the book a news stand sell-out on every daughter, and the ardent lover were present
publication date. War time paper shortages, he gave as the text for his sermon, “M
of course, have somewhat limited a wider daughter is grievously tormented with |

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eee aire pies circulation, but each year the book turns in devil.”
F. E. HUNT, LIMITED a handsome profit to the Provincial Police
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Reward Fund.
Fishermen's Halibut and Trolling Supplies The story contents mostly cover criminal PACIFIC FISHERI ES
Importers of cases past and present, written by pro- :
| MITTET HEMP HALIBUT LINES, HOLLAND fessional writers, newsmen and members of G O LT D
GOLGI S Caet BISNIS! Oy COWES the force. Stories are selected by a Publica- :
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terest and facts are carefully checked. P.O. Box 124
Every issue is packed with information, in-
cluding tales of pioneer days in British PRINCE RUPERT; B. C.
Columbia (the Force, by the way, is nearly
G. P. TINKER & CO. LTD. 90 years old), yarns of the present day ; e
REAL ESTATE RENTALS Canadian north, stories of crime in various
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