their stay both comfortable and profitable,
and those from outside forces voted the
“Mounties” excellent hosts.

An innovation with this class was the
founding of the Canadian Police College
Alumni Association. Sergt. Young of the
B.C. Police was elected first president of
the new body, Inspr. R. M. Wood (O/C
Police College) was chosen first vice-presi-
dent, Sergt. W. J. Monahan, R.C.M.P. was
appointed Executive Vice-president and
Corpl. L. V. Turner was elected Secretary-
Treasurer.

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THE train robber suddenly appeared as
many of the passengers were preparing to
retire for the night.

“Come on, shell out!” he demanded, as
he stood towering over a minister who had
just finished a devout prayer.

The minister looked at him sadly for a
moment, and then said: “If I had such
energetic fellows as you to pass the plate
now and then, I might have something to

give you.”

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BURNS LAKE, B. C.

Page Eighty-four

Warden
John Eldridge

Debuty

Deputy Warden Eldridge
Retires

John Eldridge, popular Deputy Warden
of the Oakalla Prison Farm was retired on
pension on April 30th, thirty-one years and
two months. since the day he was first
swern in as a guard in the Provincial
Prison Service at the old Nanaimo Gaol.
1911 that Mr.
Eld-idge commenced his duties in the gaoi
The Nanaimo Gacl had keen

| H owas on February 23rd,

service.
closed for many years but was re-opened
in 191]. Mr. Eldridge did duty at Nan-
a’mo until the Gaol was closed in the fall
of 1913, due to the opening of the Oakalla
Prison Farm. Transferred to Oakalla as
Head Guard, he continued in this post until
1916 when he was appointed Chief Gaoler.
He was promoted to Assistant Deputy
Warden in 1830 and Deputy Warden in
1937. He filled this

retizement.

position until his

During his thirty years of prison duty,
Mr. Eldridge came in contact with thou-
sands of crim‘ncls, and near-criminals, and
his firm but humane treatment of those in

his charge earned him the respect of

prisoners and guards alike. A wide circle
of friends and acquaintances will wish
John Eldridge good luck and good health,

in his retirement.

A tramp kuocked at a door one day and
asked the woman who opened it if she could
help him on his way.

“Indeed Til not,” she replied, “and
you don’t clear out of this TIl call my
husband. He’s a policeman, and he'll come
and take you.”

“T don’t doubt it,” said the tramp.
take anything when he took you.”

“He'd

HE appeared in the police court with his
head swathed in bandages. A man charged
with assaulting him with a kettle pointed
to the injured one and said, scornfully:
“Those bandages are a fake. He was walk-
ing about without them yesterday.”

“Is that true?” the magistrate asked the
complainant.

“Yes,” he replied.

; “I wanted to keep
them clean for today.”

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JUDGE: “How on earth did you manage
to get so completely intoxicated?” :

Reveller: “I got in bad company, your }
Worship. You see, there were four of us. 7
I had a quart of whiskey, and the other —
three fellows were teetotallers.”

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