MURACA’S GROCERY Groceries, Fruits & Vegetables Flour, Feed, etc. THE FRIENDLY STORE Kimberley B.C. MARK CREEK STORE Retail Dept. of the CONSOLIDATED MINING & SMELTING CO. OF CANADA LTD. KIMBERLEY’S DEPARTMENTAL STORE Headquarters for Tourists O The Home of Dependable Merchandise IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE SHOULDER STRAP MARCELLUS & EPP Operating SELKIRK MOTORS LTD. FORD - MONARCH Cars and Trucks B.A. OIL PRODUCTS Phone 111 Kimberley, B.C. Kimberley Transfer Co. Coal - Wood - Cartage Agents Imperial Oil Ltd. Phone 36 P.O. Box 581 KIMBERLEY B.C. Subscribe to THE SHOULDER STRAP Charles Wormington PHOTOGRAPHER Creative Photography * Phone 64 KIMBERLEY, B.C. HEAD OFFICE - - - ETWENTY-THIRD EDITION Hydro Plants—Elko, B.C., and Bull River, B.C. silver For some time we were at a loss, then the constable at Red Pass Junc- tion, north of Valemount, was noti- fied by the Valemount Hotel pro- prietor that a man had been in the beer parlor the night before trying to dispose of overalls and mackinaw shirts. He was known to be staying with “Baldy” Hughes, an old char- acter with a criminal record. The next day when the Red Pass con- stable arrived, Baldy Hughes was at the hotel. When he saw the constable he left quickly and started up the track. The constable followed some distance behind. When Hughes re- alized that he was being followed he started to remove silver coins from his pocket and throw them along the railway. On being overtaken and searched he still had some quarters, nickels and dimes in his pockets. I had been advised previously, and arrived about this time with a search warrant. We went to Baldy Hughes’ shack and found a pile of new over- alls and shirts, all with the labels and price tags carefully removed. Under the mattress in his bunk we discovered a dozen pairs of Indian deer-skin gloves. Although doubtful of identi- fication of the articles we took Baldy and his friend into custody. Later, when they appeared on a charge of retaining stolen property, one of the Fennell girls identified the gloves through recently having paired the stock and sewn each pair together. She swore that she would know her stitching anywhere. Baldy and_ his friend received terms of imprison- ment. Mercy Trip I was sitting cozily by the radio one winter night about midnight when a young trapper friend of mine stag- gered in. His trapline was 65 miles north, and he had gone in some months before with a partner named Jim Crowley. On returning to the home cabin one night he had found Jim suffering with severe frost-bite in Jaffray General Store H. D. Wilson M. S. McNeill GROCERIES HARDWARE MEATS DRYGOODS * Jaffray B.C. POWER both feet. Gangrene had already started to set in, and Jim could not walk. Ted Vachon knew he must go for help, so he started right then for Blue River. There was a thaw for several days previous so the going on snowshoes was tough. The lakes he had to traverse had a foot or so of slush on the ice, and the mountain side-hills were dangerous with snow- slides. However, he made it without rest, and staggered into the hotel. The proprietor told me afterwards that Ted ate four orders of ham and eggs, before he left to see me. I got in touch with headquarters at Kamloops, advising the officer com- manding, Inspector Shirras, of the situation and that a plane would be necessary. It was not until the after- noon of the following day that Ginger Coote was contacted at Barkerville, and arrangements were made for him to land at Mud Lake at seven o’clock the next morning. Mud Lake was four miles from Blue River, and long be- fore dawn a party of five of us were wending our way through the pines on skis. On arrival there we lit a bon- fire and made coffee. As the morning sun broke in rosy splendour over the snowcapped peaks around us we heard the roar of the plane’s engine and Ginger came in for a landing on the ice in front of us. He slid out of the cockpit with a 40-0z. bottle of rum in one hand. After salutations, Ted Vachon climbed into the cabin and the plane took off. After a little difficulty in locating the lake where the cabin was located they landed practically at the door. Crowley was loaded aboard, and Ted waved good luck as the aircraft headed for Williams Lake. Arriving there, Crowley was taken to the hospital, from where, after a long fight by Dr. Mackenzie to save his feet, he was discharged with only a slight limp to remind him of his ex- perience. King Edward Hotel (Newly Renovated) Commercial and Tourist House Bus Depot - Coffee Shop in Connection oOo Fernie British Columbia Transmission lines from Kimberley, B.C., to Bellevue, Alberta, supply electrical energy to major metal mining operations at Kimberley; the important Coal Mines in the Crows’ Nest Pass and the Cities and Towns of the East Kootenay District. East Kootenay Power Company, Lid. - FERNIE, B.C. Steam Plant—Sentinel, Alta. Page Sixty-one