crush and confusion will relieve the
victim of cash just withdrawn.

A sketch accompanying this article
shows the slang names which _pick-
pockets have given the various pockets
of men’s clothing. Also included is a
partial glossary of terms used by this
type of thief. Like most criminal
types, they have evolved a jargon
wholly foreign to the average per-

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—From Spring 3100.

Hints for Protection
Against Pickpockets

® Don't be careless when in a
crowd. Keep your coat buttoned
and your mind on your pockets.

® Don’t regard jostling or pushing

PICKPOCKET JARGON

Button—Detective shield.

Cannon—A pickpocket.

To “cop out”—To plead guilty in
court.”

Dip—A pickpocket.

Fuzz—Police.

Gag—Maximum sentence for jost-
ling.

Hanger—Bag or purse hanging
from victim’s arm or shoulder.
Harness cop — Uniformed police

officer.

Hole—The Subway.

Moll Buzzer—A male or female
pickpocket who steals from
women.

Oakus—A wallet or billfold.

Poke—A wallet or billfold.

Rattler—A train.

Scratch—Money.

Sixer—A six-month jail term; the
usual term for jostling.

Short—A bus or streetcar.

Sling—A watch and chain.

Sneezed—To be arrested.

Stiff—A topcoat, paper or mag-
azine used by pickpockets to aid
in concealing their operations.

Stride—The sidewalk.

Tip—A location where a crowd is
located.

Tog—T opcoat.

Troop—A team of two or more
pickpockets.

in a crowd as accidental. Be susp1-
cious of persons who jostle you.

@ Don’t carry your money or valu-
ables in your hippocket or in the
pockets of your outer garments.
These pockets are the most accessi-
ble to the pickpocket.

the rock cliffs on either side of a
canyon form excellent foundations for
the ends of bridge structures. *x *

B.C. Boasts Canada’s
Highest Bridges

THE PROVINCE of British Co-
lumbia has two of the highest bridges
of the class in Canada. One of these is
the highway suspension bridge across
the Bulkley River at Hagwilgat Can-
yon, three miles from Hazelton. This
masterpiece of bridge engineering
was completed in 1930 by Baynes &
Horie, a Vancouver construction firm.
From the deck to the water it is 252
feet, which makes it the highest high-
way suspension bridge in the country.
Previous to the construction of the Groceries “Hae mo tEecme
present structure, the river was crossed and Gents’ Furnishings
by another suspension bridge farther ne
upstream, where the banks of the
canyon are lower. That one was
erected by the Kispiox Indians, out of
native timber and telegraph wire.
They obtained the wire from the
huge amount that was abandoned at
Hazelton when the construction of a
proposed telegraph line through B.C.
and Alaska to Russia was stopped,
away back in 1866.

The highest railroad centilever
bridge in Canada is on the C.N.R.
line to Prince Rupert. This bridge
carries the rails across Sealy’s Gulch,
© Don't lay rings, watches or other] and is also near Hazelton. British
valuables on the basin when wash- Columbia being a mountainous area,
ing in public lavoratories. If it is} jt is only natural that many of the
necessary to remove these articles, Bridges should be high, owing to the
place them in your pocket or hand-} fact that the narrowest parts of the
bag. rivers are generally where they flow
between the walls of a canyon. Also,

Edgewater Sawmills Ltd.

Lumber and Ties

® Don't be careless in boarding or
alighting from crowded public con-
veyances, as pickpockets locate
valuables by crowding against
passengers.

H. H. MOORE, Manager
*

® Don’t allow any person to place EDGEWATER
a newspaper close to your face in a
public conveyance or elsewhere;
such a person may be after your
watch and chain or other valuables
or may be trying to obstruct your
view and prevent you from ob-
serving a pickpocket in the act of
committing a larceny.

W. PENNER

GENERAL MERCHANTS
Shoes

® Don’t fall asleep in public con- EDGEWATER
veyances. This gives pickpockets a
good opportunity to steal your

valuables.

HOTEL FRIDHEM

HOME FOR COMMERCIAL MEN
AND TOURISTS

S. W. and B. FEUZ, Proprietors
*

® Don't discuss, within the hear-
ing of strangers, valuable property
which may be in your possession.

®@ Don’t, when shopping, lay your
handbag on counters while examin-
ing merchandise. This is an oppor-
tunity which thieves are always on
the lookout for.

GOLDEN B.C.

GOLDEN MOTORS

FORD and MONARCH
SALES and SERVICE
24-Hour Wrecker and Towing Service

P.O. Box 27 - Phone 30
GOLDEN

B.C.

The Golden Mercantile
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Visitors Always Welcome
PHONE 27L

D. G. BOYD, Proprietor
GOLDEN B.C.
———— SN
THE SHOULDER STRAP

FIELD TRADING CO.

—GENERAL MERCHANTS—
E. H. HATTRUP

*

Yoho Grocery
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
*
British Columbia

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