September 14, 1906—P Easthope, one of the dairymen and milk vendors of the city, was found guilty in Police Court this morning of violating the Milk By-law, and a fine of $25 was imposed by Magistrate Williams. This is the highest fine ever imposed in Vancouver on a milk vendor.

Counsel appearing for Mr Easthope immediately gave notice of an appeal in the case, and the appeal bond was fixed at $75 by His Worship. The specific charge against Easthope was that of having milk in his possession intended for sale, the milk not being up to the standard of quality, His Worship said.

“It is a very important matter to the citizens that they are able to purchase pure milk. I consider that the milk dealers have had sufficient notice in this respect that the law must be complied with, and that the city intends to see that pure milk is sold. I understand that since the prosecutions for this offence have been made in the case of several of the milk vendors, the quality of the milk has been decidedly improved.” Mr Craig, counsel for the defence, declared that an unfair advantage has been taken by the prosecution in laying this charge after the same samples of milk had been used in previous prosecutions.

Babine Braves are heavily fined

Men who built barricades across salmon tracks are mulcted in nearly eight hundred dollars—Chief Big George is acquitted

September 28, 1906—On Wednesday, nine of the Indians of the Babine tribe, headed by Chief Big George, who were implicated in the trouble with the fishery patrol at Babine Lake, came to Hazelton on the advice of their missionary, Rev. Father Coccola, and voluntarily surrendered to the local authorities. They were immediately locked up to await trial. Today before Magistrate Hicks-Beach and Justice of the Peace Stephenson six of them were found guilty on two separate charges.

The first charge was of unlawfully obstructing certain streams for which they were each fined $20 and $22.75 costs, or one month in jail. The second charge was of obstructing officers in the discharge of their duties, for which each was fined $100 or six months in jail. The total fines amounted to $790.50.

Two other Indians, one charged with stealing fishing tackle, and the other with abetting the crime, were found guilty and sentenced to a month without the option of a fine.

Chief Big George, charged with inciting Indians to riotous acts in connection with the fishery trouble, appeared when court was resumed this morning. Nothing was brought out, however, in the evidence supporting the charge, and the Chief was acquitted.