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Show Temporal!? Affair at llrraeley, tal. Somo months ago certain public-spirited public-spirited citizens of Dcrkcley, Cal , offered of-fered to pay Into tho town treasury tho $1,600 received annually from liquor liq-uor licenses On this condition a prohibition ordinance was adopted and the saloons wero allowed thrco months In which to wind up their business At tho explratloi of that Umo tho (120 necessary for tho first quarterly payment pay-ment waa raised, but It was wisely held In hand to await tho attltudo of the town authorities toward the prohibited pro-hibited traffic. That attitude was ono of Indifference. As much liquor was sold ss before and tho citizens' coin-mltteo coin-mltteo refused to pay tho money. |