The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20
British Columbia on Oasis
in Bone Dry
Desert
VANCOUVER NERVOUS
Voted Down Prohibition and
Not Sure Whether it Wants
the Opposite
u, JOsrru CoUUETT

nitudo 1t cannot comprehend.
In accordance with pouular vote.
the provInco of Etitish Columbia Ia
being placed ON tho w't list ~ one |
Of the two provinces In tonadh |
whore iiuuor may be- sold legally for |
beverage purposes
yancouvor. directly across 'hr 'ine !
from Seattle. Wash nUd win llH !
more than 200. 600 people, The htr
est city IN tho province, a. ON lh' /
t,inl ~ something that rAuf"" 'i'. b
budings In home. uusiu'sa cstahl'h-
mcut and club. WIN the W't r'E.W" |
make for the incoming NJ hori" !
Of undcsirahlrs from the ullrd
states and the middle W'si'tn
madam proyiurtH' or, ON ihr ''H'I
hand win the Rou'y rioh flp'H n'i'
In such droycs that business WI be
given a stimulus 1t has mover known
brforcg These are thc pu"HtlunS
Vancouver Is asking.
Even under the prohibition 'hr NaI'
of rll-strcngth beer which was per
mittcd here attracted largo 'I""ds
Of people from south ut the h"uh
Diary. ON one Sunday tins spring,
when the snle Of hard stuff was Ftill
I'm the future, more than 1000 tour
lat automobiles. flllcd with visitors,
cleared across the limo from WASH
ington state.
In addition, n heavy traffic was
reported on the owl trains and night
boats from Seattle. II was one OF
the Sundays when more than IN"
usinl crowd Camc to taste OF tn"
pleasures Of British Columbia seen
cry and beer,
Rut hooch. real hooch. what viii
that do to Vancouver?
This city has "a fi,000o0 hotel
the Hotel Vancouver, which Is per
vnded by n London-lioug Kong
Paris Naples and New York atmos-
pherc. Big game hunters f"m the
Congo rub shoulders with gentlemen
who have come from visits To de
Valera, or American mIllionair"s. To
arrange for the shipment OF sup
plios to the Sim Fcin forces IN Ire
land.
You can meet United states scna.
tors from the southern states ana
communists from the shores OF
England In Vancouver.
The fact that Vancouver is tho
jumping off place for the orient
brings a constant galaxy OF wealth
and fashion to this city.
Purchasing Permits Are Cheap.
Vancouvcrs peril or fortune,
whichever 1t may be, provides the
principal subject OF conversation ms
the government liquor control board
proceeds with the opening or III
growing chain OF liquor shops.
To buy liquor you must have
permit or license. resident ear
buy n permit good for ono year foi
SIS. A nonresident can buy per
nit for the aamc sum. but 1t IN only
good for two weeks. A man who
wants a bottle badly, but who Il
without tho necessary 81 for II per
nit, may buy an individual permit
good for only one purchase by pay
ing fifty cents.
Those who abhor liquor but apprc.
ciate tho merits of stout ale and
beer, can buy u special malt permit
for 81 which entities them to pur'
chase these goods for one year.
The government is filling It's
shelves as rapidly as possible. Buyer
have been sent tu scour the markets
OF Europe. and new brands ant
vintnges are daily making their ap
pcaranCe. A good quality OF scooter
whisky sells for 50 to Si50 with
other goods sold ut a proportional
rate.
when the complete stocks are oi
hand there win hc vcrmouth, rar
wines from select vineyards II
France and Spain, liquors such n
epicurea love hrnndics that hav
not seen the light OF day FOR so year
and the myriad of drinks that n goot
host can ConCoCt from such material
but British Columbia citizens ar
not altogether satisfied with IN
prices. -Four dollars and titty cent
is too much to charge Tor goo
Scotch, they claim, and as rusul
the private liquor importing house
are doing a good traffic hy cuttiu
the government prices slightly,
Paradise Of Freedom.
British COlumbia's dCsirahility I
those who hold that access TO lquo
and liberty go hand in hand
rreuEthgupl AZ the result OF tho re-