Phoenix, some beer & porter, either pints or quarts which ever is the cheapest, It will be getting dearer all along now so dont delay! I enclose $10.00 to be outlayed on same. I also think it would be a very wise plan to lay in 3 or 4 bottles of Brandy in the house for "Medicinal" purposes, because after Prohibition comes in you wont be able to get any from a Drug store for love or money. So govern yourself accordingly! au revoir for present your affect son Erroll

BC Archives, MS-2685 / Box 17 / File 3 / OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919.