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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
4
Judy visits Moose Jaw and Regina with Punchie the dog, describing prairie towns, hotels led by women, free homesteads, and wide skies. She recalls immigrant life, Sunday laws, rail travel, and the North-West Mounted Police quarters, contrasting Canadian and American experiences.
The tale extols the Canadian Mounted Police as loyal protectors of settlers, miners, Indians, and travellers from prairie fires to law enforcement. It highlights their training in Regina, patrols across forests and mountains, rescues of the lost, tracking of stolen cattle, and a bold ethic under British rule. A young corporal’s epidemic relief work is praised. the piece promises continuation.
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