Labrador dog to show Ranger hand-
lers how he operated to word of com-
mand and could follow through on a
scent.

On the day I visited the Luxton
acres, the policeman was putting his
“Bobby” through the paces.

Gal McAllister was chosen as the
decoy. He was well-hidden from
Bobby. The dog was put on the trail.
After nosing around for ground scent,
he pointed his nose skywards and got
Mac’s direct scent in the air currents.

The deep-baying animal soon had
ferreted McAllister out—and lunged
mightily against the harness held by
his master to get at Mac, who was
sweating for fear the dog would get
free.

“I was just letting him do that for
show—but, yes, he’ll attack on com-
mand,” assured Sanderson.

(The Rangers will not allow their
dogs to go on criminal cases).

The officer explained, however,
that his dog’s role was not only for
chasing criminals.

“We go out on missing persons’
cases, too,” he said. He’s had several
cases this year.

“Did you find them?” he was
queried, and ruefully admitted he had
not.

A Sporting Chance

“But don’t forget a dog can’t be
expected to find the object of the
search when conditions are much
against him. Sometimes, for instance,
there are only cold trails, or fresher
ones badly tracked over by other
humans, and there are weather condi-
tions and other matters that have to
fit half-way right to give the animals
a sporting chance to show their
abilities,” said Const. Sanderson.

Joe, the younger hound, — gets
Sanderson’s nod as the best bet as a
coming man-tracker.

“He seems to me to be a natural,”
said the visiting dog handler.

The Rangers during the last two
years have been called out on a
number of missing person cases. . .

Compliments
of

H.R. MacMillan Export Company, Ltd.

(Chemainus Division)

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CHEMAINUS

TWENTY-FOURTH EDITION

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LANO OF "DEADWOOD DICK’?

Is THE
i SOUTH DAKOTA’S Black Hills is
the picturesque town of Deadwood,
home of ‘‘Deadwood Dick"’ and the
epic Deadwood Stage of dime-novel
fame. Of all the town’s fabulous
characters, only ‘Deadwood Dick”
himself never existed. He became so
famous a legend, however, that an old
gold prospector who iooked the part,
Richard W. Clarke, was designated
“Deadwood Dick"’ in 1924 Clarke is
buried there, along with Wild Bill
Hickock and Calamity Jane. Dead-
wood's Adams Museum reflects the
town’s more presperous gold rush days
w'th a rewarding jumble of wild west
relics. Of special interest is an old
menu listing ‘Roast Grizzly” or
“Grizzly Fried, ‘Beef from Texas,”
“Jack Rabbit,” etc.-- and a footnote
which reads: “Meals payable in ad-
vance—gold scales on the end of the
bar”!

THANKS: Robert Cronauer, Franklin,
N. Y.

Send in your facts to “Where in The
World,” care of this newspaper.

and Ranger officials have proof that
Sir Roderick did some fine work. He
led searchers to a river and a Jake on
a couple of occasions. Bodies of these
missing persons were eventually
found in the same river and lake the
dog “said” they had gone into. ye &

It is safer for a man to have a pint
of beer than a half, says Mr. E. V.
Crapper, chief sanitary inspector of
Bebington, Cheshire. Few women
drink pints, he explains in his annual
report—so the pint man rarely finds
his glass smeared with lipstick “which
may quite possibly have recently left
infected lips.”

CLEMENT DRUGS

PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
The REXALL Store
Oak Street Phone 123

CHEMAINUS

B.C.

SAM YEE

General Merchant

*

OAK and ESPLANADE
CHEMAINUS B.C.

Pattison Pharmacy
PRESCRIPTION CHEMIST
Drugs, Toiletries, Sundries, Candies,
Magazines, Tobacces
Phone 160 Free Delivery
JOHANNSEN BLOCK, CHEMAINUS, B.C.

Dalby’s Service Station

TIRE SERVICE
BATTERY SERVICE
SHELL LUBRICATION
Island Highway South
Phone Ladysmith 10

TOM BERTRAM, Pharmacist

Ladysmith Drug Store

Phone 26 Ladysmith

For a
COMPLETE, MODERN DRUG SERVICE

Phone 54 P.O. Box 323

Rollston Hardware
SPORTING GOODS

Agents for General Steel Products and
Marshall-Wells Paint

LADYSMITH B.C.

COMOX LOGGING

AND

RAILWAY COMPANY

HEADQUARTERS, V.I. and LADYSMITH, V.I.

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