Ye SHOULDER STRAP

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THIRTEENTH EDITION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Photo... «STralil Mates”

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Between Ourselves...
Ingthe shditor sy Mcil eB Ox see 2
Burke & Hare, Dealers in Death _ = 3

Murder at Mile 321—A Grand Trunk Pacific
Mystery - zis Se SBPEe as sist)
Inspector John Mosdenuld Retires”. nt See 12
The Amazing Case of John Bray____ LS
Sub-Inspector Richard Harvey Promoted os 16

Another Class Graduates from B. C. Police
Trainings school sessile. = aes soe ees 17
AY Great: Scoutiy = ee 19
WhatePrices Glory22 eee 25
My Friend Arthur, the Hangman 27
Police Science 30

R.C.A.F. Bouquet = eK)
Booze-Crazed Bad Man Defied ‘Pioneer Law: 34
Alert Bay Police Give Preview of Post War

Lock-up Furniture _ = . 36
The Story of Provincial Constable joke ‘Uashar 37
Graham and Cataline. CO
The Courage of Tamowenuk.. 4l
Thee QulckesF 13 pee ee ee A
Ready on the Firing Line Ae 51
Mad Giant of the Northland . 55
hee Drans porte Br cnc hes ere 61
Won Fat’s Revenge. Bases GS
Snaring Winnipeg's Horse- Face Bandit e. 69
The Mystery of the Blood-Stained Snow __ 81

Murder in a Ship’s Cabin. 85
Police Tips to Householders _
Guardians of the Game Trails_

“IS John in?” “Oh ay, he’s in.”
“Can I see him?” “No.”
“But a winted to see him.”

canna see him; John’s deid.”
“Deid?” “Ay.

“Sudden?” Ay. 2
“Very sudden?” “Very sudden.”
“Did he say onything about a pot of green
paint afore he deid?”

“Ay. But ye

TWO men in a car went past the traffic
lights when they were red, and were stopped
by a policeman.

“Tm sorry, officer,”
ing quickly.

said the driver, think-
“I happen to be a doctor and

I'm taking a patient to the asylum in a
hurry.”

The policeman was suspicious—but the
passenger was just as quick. Looking up at
the constable with a seraphic smile, he whis-
pered: “Kiss me, darling!”

They got away with it!

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BUSINESS INDEX

Cover:

3ritish Columbia Cement Co. Ltd.
Outside Back

British Columbia Forest Service

Inside Front
The

Inside Back
Canadian Puget Sound Lumber &

Timber Co. Limited Outside Back

Canoe Cove Shipyards Limited
Outside Back
.._Inside Front
Outside Back
Department of Trade and Industry
Inside Back
Evans, Coleman & Johnson Bros. Ltd.
Inside Back
Inside Front
Inside Back

Cameron Lumber Co. Ltd.

Munn’s Lumber Limited
Painter & Sons, J. E.
Producers Sand & Gravel Co.

(1929) Limited ... Outside Back
Strathcona Hotel... . Inside Back
Todd & Sons Ltd., J. H Inside Front
Vancouver Island Coach Lines

Inside Back

Victoria Daily Times Outside Back
Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd.

Inside Front

daceccoecbeoes Inside Front

Yarrows Ltd

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Aggasiz:
MacPherson; Di Bice. cc.s1.cceees--00-se ee I
Alberni:

Allen’s Super Service..
Arlington Hotel ......
Juke Box, The...................

River Bend General Store

Three Sisters Cafe Ret:
Alert Bay:

Bay, ERO CCL eisierescceccssacu esas ces cccencce cumncditeenme 38

Dong Chong Co.. 33

Harbour Inn ... 38

Parson Market ..... 3B

Peterson & Edwar «eae
Armstrong:

Armstrong Furniture Store 65

Armstrong Sawmill Ltd.... 65

Wilson, J. H., Ltd 65

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Barnet:

Kapoor Sawmills Ltd 88
Bevan:

Bevan Hotel) The.............2.2.:..:sss0ssssessseeeeeenee 26
Burnaby:

Timber Preservers DWtd..i/.........:.:0:.1-csseeseeme 99
Burns Lake:

Anderson’s Transfer 54

Berg’s Cash and Carry 54

BLO Wieden cheer teecereeeessceae se : 54

Burns Lake Cash and Delivery. it

Burns Lake Hardware and Garage Ltd. 54

Omineca Cafe, The 54

Omineca Hotel, The.. 54

Ruddy Motors, Limited. 54

Sunset Hardware and Depar tment Store. 54

Campbell River:
Bee: ELIv.e ieee a5 See cease ascents eee 3t

Brown Logging Company, T. J. 32
Campbell River Garage.......... 34
Campbell River Meat Market 34

Forbes Lodge ...............:.0.0.00 ot

Painter’s Fishing Resort.. 3t

Pioneer Bakery . of

Quinsam Hotel ... 34

River Barbecue .... 3t
Chemainus:

Horseshoe Bay Inn Per

Victoria Lumber Company Limited......... 20
Chilliwack:

Empress Hotel ...
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The Peaks

Cobble Hill:

Smith's) Meat Market. .c. 2 .occcccc.cccssceccceeenennane 16
Comox:

TOrNe! VOCE] ecvessedecssseacsatessoess Seeeans ee 30
Courtenay:

Anderton, P. Leo $1

Bickle Theatres ..... 30

Brammall-Mason, Ltd. . 32

Central Builders’ Supply 30

Centrals Garage 30
Corfield Motors Limited..
Courtenay Hardware ...

Courtenay Hotel ..... 32
Hitchen, Joe .......

Hurford & Shaw. 31
Inkster Lumber Co.. 23
Island Hotel .... 32
TSG Stacssesseesteceaee 31
Lang’s Drug St 32
Lowe’s Green Groce 31
Piercy Funeral Home 82
Rickson, Bill ..... 31
Riverside Hotel 31

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