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“ " Licence & Prospect. for t Coal

1918

FRIDAY, MARCH 7

Fortunate, indeed, has been the holder of a Hquor
license under the Bowser act, and especially a
license in an unincorporated locality. . Where in
the incorporated communities the hours of legally.
purveying liquor. are regulated by
The New the municipal authorities, in the
Liquor _ outlying sections, the absolute con-
Act trol rests in the provincial govern-
: ment. In the former the hours are
from six in the morning til] eleven at night, ‘after
which the bars must be ‘closed. - Under: the liquor
act as it existed it was legal for license holders
under: provincial. control.to keep open all day. and
all night from six o’cjock on Monday morning till
eleven on Saturday night.
_ By the new liquor act it is proposed to limit
the latitude allowed the latter, and no. doubt there
will be some loud sereaming. on the part of the
license: holders, whe! having had great. liberties
in the past, :will besill the more sensitive to the
twisting of thei . Hereafter. they must close
at. eleven ever ight but Saturday, when. ten
o’clock ig the ex:oing hour. -
While. this’ will puta crimp in their estimated
receipts for the coming year, license holders are
to be: better protected from. the blind pigs.. ~The
penalty’ for blind pigging is now six months, and
; without the option of a fine.
Ttsis, to be hoped the law governing illegal lag
: traffie in liquor will be strictly enforced, as much |§
trouble: is caused by. the depredations of these
swine among the Indians and the foreigners.
The new’act, vigorously and honestly enfore-.
ed. will. bea @ vast. t improvement over the « old. .

rasél of the publie accounts of the “provinee|

“for“the fiscal year ending, Sist ‘Mareh, “1918; ‘in
-eomparison ’ “with: the estimated. expenditure -for.

-. the ensuing twelve months reveals the ‘fact that

-the: police of. the Hazelton. district
are being dealt. with: in -an ‘exceed-
ae Police: - ingly ‘raw: manner, - Passing. over
Passed Up the good’ work being done by: the
“o”* “police of this district, ‘consideration

should have been shown for the: hardships ¢ under

. Hazelton

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| the: pursuit.of law. breakers, while. the. ‘more for me

tunate officers to the. south have all ‘cori veniences
that.go with railways, and other methods of tra-|
vel, The i increase in: the cost of ‘necessities and

which show almost every - -provincial. policeman in
the province, . with the exception. of. the. Hazelton
force, to have received an increase in pay. © With
the cost of living much higher, and in many cases
doubled, the members of the ‘Hazelton. police force
are compelled to compete for a ‘living on-a lower |
salary than is paid the men in Vancouver and the
boundary: ‘country, where: living i is fairly:cheap..-

As evidence of the injustice it might: be well
to point. out that the year’ 1911 showed. the: sum
of about $12, 000 to: have been collected in this
province for convictions under the liquor act, and
of this amount almost $9,000 was collected by the
police i in the Hazelton district, yet: they are. the
only ones to. receive no increase in pay.’

The very first item of estimated revenue and
receipt for the coming year shows the sum of |
two million dollars expected ‘to be realized from
land sales. What riding in the provineé will con-
tributea larger share.of thattwo million than the
Skeena district, which the. Hazelton police have
to_patrol and keep inorder ? ‘Then. what. police
are more. éntitled to an. increase "in salary. than
those of the Hazelton: police district.

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sideration, or i ored, in com iling:the estimates, a on
gn ae “This is'the. season when farm-}

‘| the legal standard. for good”
lof the kind.” Seed “that will ‘not
| germinate | ‘in’ ‘this’ proportion ||:
must be plainly. marked showing ||

ers are secuting their seed supply |
for the coming spring. ‘The im:
portance of. using “seed. ‘of. ‘high
vitality a d free from. weed seeds.
eannot: ‘pe ‘too: strongly: empha-
sized. Very often: inthe past,
farmers, through. ‘ignorance | of.

have § sown weed seeds,

During: the past few.:years - ‘the '
Dominion. Seed - Branch. has. been.

endeavoring to. ‘effect. _improve-

{ment in the seed trade. ‘by educa-

tional. work. ‘with: farmers and

seed . dealers,:.. supplemented. by

the enforcement of the Seed Con-|
trot Act. .. This. Act. defines’ the
Commercial grades of. ‘seeds, All
timothy, red. elover,. alsike: ‘and
alfalfa seed. offered for. gale by
either wholesaler. ar retail met

\ehant must be graded. and mark-
‘ed Extra No..1, "No. 2,/or No.

3, ‘according. to. ‘quality. "eI

that will not: grade No.3 cannot!

legally. be. sold: except for export
or for- cleaning: * «This - latter
clause. applies to. farmers.as well
as seed dealers. ‘Farmers selling
seed that is below’ “grade No. 3

to their neighbors. ‘for seeding or|

to dealers on. the understanding
that it isto be: ‘retailed: ‘for. geed-
ing ‘without recleaning; are liable
‘to prosecution, ° and’ every effort
willbe made to apply the: ‘Act to

farmers as’ “strictly: as ‘to ‘seed

merchants. » ur

Paper. packets of vegetable and
flower’. ‘seed “must: be. “marked,
showing the year ‘in. ‘which | they

are filled, and farmers and others |. .
_- BYSTEMS* Sold ne atitheleading. . -

purchasing such seed- should see

that. all: packets are. marked be- "

fore purchasing. :

‘Seed ‘grain, ‘lover and ‘ireass
seed, as well as ‘root: and: vegeta-
ble seeds, whether ‘in’ sealed
‘packets or in bulk, must be cap-
able of germinating: inthe pro-
protion of at least ‘two thirds of

the actual - percentage ‘of seeds
capable of germinating. "Farmers
having, : or purchasing seed, ‘the
vitality of which: ‘they! have rea-

to suspect, ‘should “have,’a

getminatie n test made’ of a ‘sam

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