THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1916 -

The Omineca Miner

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE
GREAT OMINECA District or BrrrisH CoLumata.

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VoL, V. SATURDAY, MAy 27, 1916, No. 39

There seems to be little doubt concerning the outcome of the
prohibition plebiscite, even the liquor interests tacitly admitting
that a majority of the electors of the province will favor the
proposed legislation. The bill, as introduced in the house, makes
it clear that the government’ intends to enforce the law if it is
approved by the people, and the prohibitionists are much pleased
with the measure,although it extends the life of licenses six months
beyond the time first proposed.

_ Afeature of this Bowser prohibition bill which sets it apart
from the other prohibition measures of the Dominicn is that there
are strict penalties for infractions, Anyone keeping liquor for sale
contrary to the provisions of the bill will receive from six to twelve
months’ imprisonment. It is said there will be no option of a fine.
In the case of a corporation the fine ig set at one thousand dollars,
In cases where the provincial police take action and obtain convic-
tions, the fines for all infractions go to the province. But municipal
police are also vested with authority under the act and where they
successiully prosecute, the fines go to the municipalities or cities
concerned, Thus the municipal districts and cities share with the
province the responsibility of enforcing the legislation.

The biil allows private persons to have liquor on their-premises
for their own consumption. No limit is set as to quantity, but the
liquor of course must be imported,

The vending of liquor will come under the attorney-general’s
department. Vendors may be appointed in some places, but
generally speaking the provincial police will attend to the work.

. ‘Lhe police will sell to the druggists and the latter may in turn
fill doctors’ prescriptions, Sale by official vendors is allowed for
-mechanieal or scientific purposes not exceeding ten gallons at one
time, sales to druggists not exceeding five gallons, to physicians up
to two quarts, to dentists for stimulants to one pint, .to veterinary
surgeons to one gallon, ta hospitals ’ in such amounts’ as deemed
proper by the superintendent of provincial police. Sale will be

. allowed to ministers for sacramental wine and to other persons on
physician’s prescriptions,

There will be no profit for the provincial department, All sales
except those on prescription will be at cost.

Clergy and others buying ‘from the official vendor must have
sworn affidavits that the liquor will be used for the purpose for
which it is being purchased, .

Every official vendor,druggist and physician must keep records
showing the disposition of the liquor. These will be for the
ingpection of the department,

Except for the provisions regarding sales already outlined and
for sales of liquor under judiciary process and the export sales of
breweries, ete., licensed by the Dominion, all sales of liquor within
ithe province are prohibited. With like exceptions. all giving and

‘having of liquor is prohibited. This does not apply to the Nquor i in
private houses for private use,

The consumption of liquor purchased ‘from aly person ‘other
than the official vendor or by prescription, ate,,: is prohibited.

_ The manufacture and sale.of vinegar, sweat cider, unfermented
fruit juice and denatured alcohol are not irterfered with.

. The owner of ‘any premises permitting drinking within the
premises or allowing disorderly. conduct: is deamed guilty of an
‘offence against the act.

‘The officers of any club are deemed. guilty of an ‘offence if
liquor is consumed on the premises, ©
. The duty of enforcing the act will lie upon both provincial and
‘municipal police: oye
Provisions are made to facilitate the proving of offencel, The
‘burden of proving the tight ta keep or sell-will lie upon the defend-
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“physician,” 77
The giving of, colorable prescriptions i is. desmned an offence, oe

ii Police conatables are given full authority to search all premiien :

“under suspicion,
--Liquor® improperly: “kept. thay’ ‘be: seized ‘and ‘forfeited: No}

appeal in, such‘cages will be allowed, to ‘the. courts.

oe - Reference. to the principal ‘penalties. has already been. meide.. i :

~The new bill; if carried at the referendum’ vote, ig

‘ant. . The proof i in the case -of preseriptionis will rest ‘upon the

‘The Market For Horses
Since the otitbreak of the war,

-\the British Remount Commission

has purchased in Canada 15,000
horses, 8,000 have been bought
by French contractors and 25,000
by the Canadian Department of
Militia. The Department of Mil-
itia is now engaged in buying an
additional thousand head. The
British Remount Commission has

and is buying daily in Montreal.
French contractors are ‘anxious
to obtain supplies and are arrang-
ing to buy all that are available
both in the East and in the West.
It is-understood that as a result
of purchases already made, army
buyers are finding it increasingly
difficult, both in the Canada and
in the United States, to readily
secure the number of horses they

heavy artillery.

In addition to the purchases
for army account, commercial
activity from two distinct quar-
ters has exerted a very evident
influence upon the Canadian
market during the past three “or
four months. Since the begin-
ning of the year, 6,000 horses
reached Winnipeg stock yards
from Eastern Canada, and 5,917
were shipped westward, mostly
to Saskatchewan. During the
months of January, February and

ed to the United States. A few
{hundred moré went forward to
the same marketin April. The
horses exported were good farm
chunks, weighing from_1,800 to
1,500 Ibs, As high as $500 a pair
was paid for animals possessing
extra qualities and conformation.
This new movement in the horse
market is having its effect upon
prices all over Canada, y

Buyers report that the better
classes of drafters and farm
chunks are getting scarce -and
hard to buy. Thesame holds true
of good, big roadsters and sad-

‘jdlers. The noticeable scarcity of

good horses of these descriptions
illustrates the fact that demand
has already overtaken supply and
makes it very evident that all the
really good, soynd mares in‘ this
country should be bred this year,
It cannot be too strongly em-
phasized, however, that they
should be mated with only high
class sires. The number or horses
rejected by army buyers shows
that there is no place for the
unsound horse or the misfit; Such
animals have been, are now, and
always will be a drug on the
market. Breed to the- best if
you would have the: best. Un-
sound or malformed” mares are

. [just as bad as unsotind stallions.
It is easier to raise a good animal |

than ‘a poor.one. .. Manage’ the
work this spring so that the
best mare on the farm may. -be
regularly returned: to the horse,
Next year, a crop of good, sound,
healthy colts will be as good as a
bank account. Canada is likely
to enter shortly: the commercial
export market .and ‘that market
will require all that'you can pro:
duce, a

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come into aa vee

purehased over 700 since March}

require, particularly of the type:
{suitable for heavy cavalry or

March, 1,805 horses were export-.

for the Great Northern
“Interior

Prospectors, Miners,
Landseekers, Surveyors

and Sportsmen will find

the merchants of Ha-

zelton prepared to meet,

every requirement in

outfitand supplies. Hav-
ing been. engaged for ; _
many yeas in outfitting
parties for the Northem
Interior, Hazelton busi 7
ness.‘men are qualified
to give valuabie advice |

cand assistance to: new- *

comers.

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