STARE ADA PEEPS PERL Pe arama mem Oh oar cee

MARK CREEK STORE

Kimberley Departmental Store e

We are out to assist the War Effort, to help the individual, and to beat the Enemy by advocating a program of Economy, Thrift and Saving for the duration.

M. KOPER

Merchant Tailor

Ladies’ and Gents’ Suits Made to Measure Cleaning, Pressing and Alterations

P.O. Box 207 KIMBERLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA

FOR QUALITY AND SERVICE KIMBERLEY TRADING COMPANY

KIMBERLEY, B.C.

FABRO BUILDING & SUPPLY CO. LTD.

@ It Used in Building, We Have It e Phone 46 P.O. Box 79 KIMBERLEY

GLOBE HOTEL

FRANK CARLSON, Proprietor

Fully Modern

FULLY LICENSED

Kimberley, B.C.

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ing his dog one day on the trail, was passing through a dense willow thicket near the barracks when he noticed his wrist watch was missing. He had an idea it might be in a particular patch of willow several hundred yards in diameter. He retraced his steps as well as he could and made a search. Unsuccessful, he got several other men to put their dogs in, but without result. Sixteen days later, after the search had been abandoned, Const. Hacking (Tabor, Al- berta) happened to be in the vicinity and thought he would try his luck with his dog Smokey. He sent the dog in to search the thicket, and within a few minutes the dog returned and proudly presented his master with the missing watch! Lying in the bush for 16 days in all types of weather, the leather strap of the watch had held enough human scent for Smokey to locate it. Searching for illicit stills (dubbed “brew work” by the Mounties) is simply a varia- tion of the free search. At the word of command the dog free searches for anything with the scent of alcohol. Dogs are used .extensively in this assignment under the Excise Act, and they more than pay for their keep by fines collected. Just toward the end of the course police dog Peter Pan and his master, Const. Wilfred Cobble (Vegreville, Alberta) were detailed to assist Detectives Robson and Smith of the Excise detail in searching a portion of the Fraser Valley. For some time the officers had been aware of a still somewhere in the heavy timber near Haney but had never been able to locate it. Taken to the scene the dog

Phone 216

STAR BAKERY

ANTON FALKUS, Proprietor

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Bread, Cakes and Pastry

Swedish Rye Bread Our Specialty

Kimberley, B. C.

Muraca’s Grocery

Groceries, Fruits and Vege- tables, Flour, Feed, Etc.

We Sell the Best for the Least, and Throw in the Service

Z e THE FRIENDLY STORE e Kimberley, B. C.

The Ritz Cafe

Headquarters for Tourists

C) KIMBERLEY, B. C.

BROWN’S GARAGE

HUDSON AND TERRAPLANE

KIMBERLEY

IMPERIAL OIL PRODUCTS All Cars Repaired

Gas Oils Accessories Firestone and Atlas Tires

BRITISH COLUMBIA

COAL

Phone 36

KIMBERLEY TRANSFER CO.

WOOD -:-. CARTAGE

Agents, Imperial Oil Ltd.

P.O. Box 581

Kimberley, B.C.

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Kimberley, British Columbia

LIVAN HOTESEZ PORTO BROS., Proprietors Full Equipment for Tourists LICENSED PREMISES *

KIMBERLEY HARDWARE COMPANY LIMITED

Hardware and English China

Carrying a Full Line of

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Telephones: Garage 185, Residence 85

THREE STAR SERVICE

Ford and Mercury Sales and Service

Kimberley, British Columbia

Kimberley

STORM’S

tlas Tires and Accessories IMPERIAL OIL PRODUCTS

SELKIRK MOTORS LTD. | HONEST SERVICE | HONEST PRICES Phone 111 Headquarters for Tourists Representatives A.A.A.

British Columbia

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