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serving in the Union Government War Cabinet, was, in 1921, appointed to the Senate of Canada.

 

THE PRESENT PROVINCIAL CABINET

 

PREMIER-C. A. Dunning, also President of the Council, Provincial Treasurer and Minister of Railways.

 

PUBLIC WORKS-A. P. McNab, also Minister of Telephones.

 

 

EDUCATION-S. J. Latta, also in charge of King's Printer's Office and Bureau of Publications.

 

AGRICULTURE AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS-C. M. Hamilton. ,

 

 

ATTORNEY GENERAL-J. A. Cross, also Bureau of Child Protection.

 

 

HIGHWAYS-J. G. GARDINER, also Bureau of Labour and Industries.

 

 

PROVINCIAL SECRETARY-J. M. Uhrich, also in Charge of Bureau of Public Health.

 

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

 

Any sketch, however brief, of the history of the Prairie Provinces, would be sadly incomplete without some, reference to that splendid body of men who, in the interests of safety and peace, dwelt so long amongst us, and who in so large a percentage were men of energy, patience, tact, decision and fertility of resource in emergency-the North-west Mounted - Police-respected and welcomed by law-abiding people wherever they went, and held in wholesome dread by evildoers.

Organized solely for the benefit of the Northwest Territories, the, .North-west Mounted Police Force was not, in any sense, under the administration of the Government of the Territories, nor did the Territorial treasury contribute in the slightest degree to the financial up-keep of the force. 'Brought into existence by an Act of the Federal Parliament,' the affairs of this organization were administered by the Federal Govern-

 

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Pioneers and Prominent People of Saskatchewan