Canadians Let Down Bars
to Limited Sales of Liquor
r5eteria, 13. C.—With the coming
Into force of the British Columbia
ISqyort Aet, the province emerges from
a«three and a half years “dry’’ period.
The new ao& Is the result of the refer
endum taken- or* Oetober 20 last
throughout the province,.. when the
people emphatically voted for the sale
of liquor in sealed packages by the
Government. The majority in favor of
reppaling the- prohibition act was about
40,000. The new liquor act is now in
force, and the steadilv increasing de
mand for permits shows that it is im
mensely popular.
The prohibition act, which' closed
the b&rsand all public drimdng places
throughout the province, came into
force on the first day of October, 1917,
during ihe war, when the people, by a
small majbnty, voted to prohibit the
sale of liquor except by Government
dispensaries. In order to purchase
liquor under the prohibition act it was
necessary to first obtain a prescription
from a medical doctor, for which a fee
of $2 was charged. The* maximum
quantity purchasable from.a Gdvern
meot dispensary was two gallons of
liquor. So great was the rush on the
dispensaries, and so many prescriptions
were beiDg issued, that the Govern
ment, at the session of die Legislature
in 192ft amended the act prohibiting
the sale by Government dispensaries of
more than eight ounces on a doctor’s
prescription.
In 1919 a move was made to have-the
prohibition act repealed* and this ef
fort coutinued until the Government
agreed to submit the question of future
Jiqqor legislation to the people. A'
Moderation League was organised to
work for the repeal of the act, the ob
iqcb of the organisation being to obtain
the sale of liquor under Government
control. 16 was asserted that bootleg
ging was rampant throughout the
province and that a measure which
would permit the sale of liquor under
proper control would<be preferable- to
the prohibition act. The prohibition
ists fought for the retention of their
act, but the moderationists won.
At the last session of the Legislature,
which closed afew weeks ago, the new
liquor act was passed, following weeks
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of discussion. It is being administered
by a board of three appointed by the
Government.
Under the new act Government
stores are’established throughout the
province for the'sale of liquor. These
stores are aImioistered > by the Liquor
Control Boardr and each vendor is an
employe of the-board. Sales must be
made to those persons holding a Gov
ernment permit for the purchase of
liquor, anp the permit alooe with a
writteat order for liquor must be pre
sented at the time of purchase. Deliv
j erv of liquor can only be made in sealed
packages, and1 consumption of liquor on
store‘premises i9 not allowed. Liuuor
stores do Dot remain open more than
eight hours a day.
Persons applying for liquor permit
must oe of the full age of 21 years and
haven resided' ib> the province for at
least oDe montbi The fee foP'a permit
limited to a single purohase of liquor is
50 cents. This entitles the purchaser
to buy a maximum ^quantity of two
quarts of liquor other than malt liquor
or twelve quarts of malt liquor. No
person is-allowed to obtain more than
ten single purchase* permits in any one
year. A . permit must not be trans
ferred. The Liquor Control Board has
power to cancel permits, as has also a
justice, of those convicted of a viola
tion of the liquor act.
Hh'unkenness under the act will not
be permitted', and no person shall per;
mit drunkenness-to take place in any
house or on any premises of which he
is the owner, or tenant or occupant.
Liqqor must net- be' given to any per
son under the influence of liquor, nor
must an intoxicated person* be allowed
to consume liquor*on an v premises. No
person shall keep-or consume liquor in
any part of an-inn other than a private
guest room, and no person who is not a
bona tide guest of the inn shall be per
mitted to have or CQnsume liquor in an
inn. •
Every authorised person selling
liquor shall be liable*for a first offense
to imprisonment with hard labor for
not less thaB six months and not more
than twelve months, .and for & second
Notice of Forfeiture.
To ^Jenry Johnson, Thomas Burns,
Victor Crissoo, William Marklin.
Leroy Tozier, John Clark, George
Wesch, their heirs?- executors, and
assigns:.
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I; the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended.in labor and
improvements the sum of not less- than
one hundred dollars Set* the
years 1918, 1919 and 1920-upon your in
terests in the Spot Association, situ
ated on Ganes -ereelf. in the InDoko re
cording precinct, Territory of Alaska,,
in order>te bold said claim- under the
provisions-of Section 2324-' of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for the period ending Decem
ber 31, 1920.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice vou fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording the same, and the costs of
this advertisement, your interests in
said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owDer, who
has made the required expenditures
under the terms of said section of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
C. L. Bakkr,
Co-Owner
Date of first publication, July 13, 1921;
Date of final publication, Oct. 19? 1921.
offense imprisonment with hard labor
for not less than one year nor more
than twenty-one months. If the of
fender is a corporation, a $1,000 fine is
imposed for the first offense, and from
$2,000 to $6.000-for the subsequent of
fenses. Penalties for other violations
of the law are also provided.
The Liquor Board, at its first session,
decided to speed everything possible in
connection with opening operations by
the board. In the province of Ontario,
however, directly the opposite pre
vailed at an election held on April 17.
Practically the same conditions pre
vailed. Ontario went dry in war times,
but after demobilization adopted an
importation law under which It was
legal to import liquor by the case for
home consumption. The people asked
for a test of wet and dry sentimeut and
on the vote the province went emphat
ically “dry.”
Sudden Fall of Liberty
Bonds on N. Y. Market
New York.—Liberty bonds have sunk
to lowest levels on the New York mar
ket. The tax-exempt first loan 3^s
d ropped to 86.84, the lowest, price on
record for them. Other issues were in
proportion. The drop was due to the
action of tbe Reserve Bank in ruling
that hereafter the bonds would not be
accepted from banks as collateral at
par, but only on the basis of their
market value.
the Federal Resarve Bank is
practically a Government institution,
it has always accepted the Govern
ment’s bonds as worth their face value
for the purpose of protecting balances
due it from banks. This is the first
tiraeit has questioned the parity of tbe
Government’s obligations.
Ed Carlson came in from Candle on
Monday on business matters, departing
for home yesterday morning. >
Notice.
In the Probate Court for Innoko Pre
cinet, Fourth j Division, Territory
of Alaska.
Estate of Charles Ansio, a missing per
son^. Charles Isaacson, guardian.
In thn matter of the estate of Charles
Ansie, a missing person, take notice:
Charles Esaaeson, guardiau. having
made application for permission to sell
the mining property of said estate of
Charles Ansio, I have set Wednesday.
September 7th, at my office,in Ophir,
Alaska, as a date for a hearing of such
application, when all persons are
warned to be present and show cause
why such application should not be
granted.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 23d day of July, 1921.
B. B. Smith,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officid
probate judge, Innoko precinct.
Notice.
In the Probate Court for Innoko Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territory
of Alasaa.
Before B. B. Smith. United States Com
missioner aQd ex-officio probate
judge.
In the matter of the Estate of Robert
Evans, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
judge of the above entitled court ‘hav
ing appointed Evan L-. Jones and Daniel
Nicholson executors of the estate of
Robert Evans, deceased, all persons
having claims against the estate of said
Robert Evans, deceased, are required
to present them, with proper vouchers,
within six months from the date of this
notice, to said Evan L. Jones and
Daniel Nicholson, executors of said
estate, at the office of B. B. Smith, at
Ophir, Innoko precinct, Alaska.
Evan L. .Tones,
Daniel Nicholson,
Administrators of the Estate of
Robert Evans, deceased.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska. July 30, 1921.
Notice.
Id the Probate Court for the Innoko
precinct, Fourth judicial division,
Territory of Alaska.
Estate of William Christie.
Evan L. Jones, administrator, having
applied for permission to sell the real
property of said estate, all persons in
terested in said estate are notified to
appear in my office at Ophir, Alaska,
Saturday, September 10, 1921, at 4 p.
m.. to show cause why such permission
should not he given.
Witness mv hand and official seal
this 30th day of July, 1921.
B. B. Smith,
U. S. Commissioner, Acting as pro
bate judge, Innoko precinct.
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