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four thin great men of the earth on two «ontinents, yet he hod been, as Carâ€" negle phrased it, "born to that anâ€" cent and honorable degree which i nders it necessary that they should devote themselves to hard work." None knew better than Beck how hard, what long weary hours the farâ€" mer and the farmer‘s wife labored in the hleak rural areas; none knew hetter than Beck what it meant for some poor woman to sit after sup per mending the children‘s small «lothing hy the light of a dim flutterâ€" ing eoal oil lamp, eyes burning unâ€" wder the eonstant strain. He set himâ€" vell to bring light and power into these homes. That was his vision; his life and work saw the mlmment‘ ofr that vision Hydro Commission I! was in 1906 that the Hydroâ€"Elecâ€" t‘ic Cominission came into being, lieck being the first chairman. For If electricity has changed the face of the world, it was Sir Adam Beck vho changed the face of the old priâ€" vate ownership setâ€"up to control proâ€" duction of electricity so that, so far as electriclty and its uses are conâ€" enrned, to use Beck‘s own words "the day of the people is come." Born At Baden The son of Jacob and Charlotte Beck. who was sorn at Baden, Ont., June 20, 1857, came endowed with a stroug mechanical bent, and a viâ€" sion of service to his fellow man. The rare combination of these charâ€" actrristics gave him the practical comprehension which later, in hbis imanagement of hydro was to stand him in good stead in dealing with the various engineering problems, and also to remain, through the thickâ€" est of the fight, under reproach and bitter accusations, the loyal and unâ€" swerving friend of his fellow men and women. For, if Beck was to rise !v supreme helghts in public service, to be for 19 years, 1906 to 1925, chairâ€" man of the Hydroâ€"Electric Commisâ€" sion, to be knighted. to stand among before the door, And Leerie stops to Light it as he lights so many more; And O‘ before you hurry by with ladder and with light: (» Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight." Electric Lights Electricity, however, had come to #lay, complexions or no complexions. Tae new power, over which Thomas Edison was thon so busily engaged, was already on its way to "change the whole face of the world," as he himself prophesied. iat their sight, so that it was unâ€" wâ€"ual to find a squaw 50 years of uze who was not balf blind. Then came the white man, brID&â€") The report brought in by this ng with bim his tallow dip, bls rush group of pioneers in 1906 was so I‘zht, and his candle mo‘ds. The PICO convincing to Whitney and the Leâ€" wwer who hewed his home out of the pislature, so optimistic in its outâ€" primeval bush was perforce &n @@FlYy look, that the permanent hydro comâ€" s.eeper. After sunset his sole illuMâ€" njssion was authorized and formed inatiun was a tallow dip floating in Two obstacles presented themâ€" .‘s saucer of water, barely sufficl@At selves The first was money, which lizht to show one person frOM &Dâ€" y as surmounted from time to time:; uther 'n-e second was indicious propaganâ€" Year after year in his darkness b® @4 from the vested interests. not only toiled. hardly better off than the Inâ€" of Qntario but of all Canada. indeed w:ian he had displaced. About 1860 of all this North American continâ€" kerosems was discovered, and the @rt ent, which lasted until Beck‘s death «* burning kerosene, or coal ofl in and is not yet laid imps. He had at least a readiDg | Sir James Whitney at the outset lght in his house after dark, Time haq been definite in cautioning Beck |sd marched on. Hrhar_Hante â€"#6 Ahh Aal caill_aa estar: Light of Torches Youâ€"â€"if you are middleagedâ€"re member the lamp lighters who ap pared at dusk. armed with a long pole. on the end of which was a inctal grip and a lighted taper in an inclosed box. The lamp lighter poked is pole up through a little flap in ‘he liamp, shoved it up to the stopâ€" vock, gave it a twist, and then held the taper to the light. Hey presto! There was a quick radiance of light for about 20 feet. The street lamps were "on." It was of this day and time that . L Stevenson wrote for one of (he multitude of children whom he Inved : For we are very lucky, with a lamp Good going Tuesday, Dec. 21, to Sunday, January 2, inclusive; good inclusive; good ing Tuesday, Dec. 21, to Bunday, J.mur'y 2. nc :;O:gtg:n I'e-ving d:.t!nntion not later tK.n midnight, Friday, Jan. 4. 1938. Iu this Old Ontario, of ours, leng beâ€" fore the coming of the first white man, lived the Red Man. His waye lay through the shade and shadows cast by the great maples and the high crowned oaks and elms. From the setting of the sun to the silver tint of dawn again in the west, his was a world of perpetual darkness, lighted ounly by the fitful, uncertain fiicker of the flames from his own fires. In the great long houses, in which he lived, illumined at night 4w the dim radiance of smoking fagâ€" â€"~ls, the women of the tribe, conâ€" «omned to stare winter after winter ‘to the smoky half lights, gradua‘ly CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY: Good going December 23 up to 2.00 p.m. December 26. Return limit to leave destination not later than midâ€" night Monday, December 27, 1937. NEW YEAR‘S HOLIDAY: Good going December 30 up to 2 p.m. January 2. Return limit to leave destination not later than midnight Monday, January 3, 1938. In the "Long Houses" of the Indians Squaws Sat in Smoke and Half Lights and Went Blind at Fifty.â€"Pioneer Cherished His Tallow Dip But Went to Bed Early.â€"Coming/of Keroâ€" sene and Oil Lamps.â€"Lamplighter With His Loagâ€"Handled Pole, Making His Rounds at Sunset.â€"Beck Catches Vision of "White Coal".â€"The Dream Comes True. Christmas and New Year‘s From Glow of Campfire To Bright Radiance of Hydro Is Story of Light REDUCED FARES years he and a group of friends FARE AND A QUARTER FOR THE ROUND TRIP FARE AND A THIRD FOR THE ROUND TRIP PREPAY A RAILWAY TICKET An Unusual Christmas or New Year‘s Gift MINIMUM SPECIAL FARE: 25. Between all Points in Canadea complete information from any agent. Met Opposition Beck lived to fulfll the dream of his youth, to put into practice the vision he had seen as a young man when he first hitched his wagon to a atar, and made "white coal" at cost for all the people, his life‘s work. Opposition he met with on every hand; he was called autocrat, czar, boss, ruthless, dominating. He mad enemies but for every enemy h made thousands of friends, men an women who knew he had their in terests at heart and who believ him "straight." ! It was in order to bring this inâ€" @istent ambition into the world of reallty and accomplished things, that Beck laid down as the fundaâ€" mantals of the systemâ€"toâ€"be, public ‘ownership at cost and joint municiâ€" pal coâ€"operation under provincial hacking and control. ‘The bedrock was service at cost. If. as with all t‘:ings that men set their minds on, there was the matter of foundation costs, there was something to balâ€" ance itâ€"not profits to be paid to the private investor, no backwash In diviâ€" ;dends for banker or financier. When the time came that theore were diviâ€" dnds to hbe dec‘ared. they were paid t the people, to you in your house, te me in mine, in the shape of lower retes. ‘That was the only dividend possib‘e. Beck made it so, and you ard I are having the benefit of these J>wer ratesâ€"which are our dividends Hydro‘s Growth The growth and expansion of hyâ€" droâ€"electric is so recent that most Ontarians are familiar with its genâ€" eral outline Let us then take actual costs, the money you and I have paid out of our hardâ€"earned wages for hyâ€" dro and let them speak for themâ€" selves and for Beck‘s dream. ‘ Here are comparative figures showlng electriclity rates in all the nine provinces of Canada. There is one feature you must keep in mindâ€" in every other province the rates are those imposed by privatelyâ€"owned corporations. Here they are: Prince Edward Island, 7.82; Alberta, 5.42; Nova Scotia, 5.13; Saskatchewan, 5.07; New Brunswick, 4.83; Quebec, 2.2%; British Columbia, 2.97; Ontario 168. ‘My greatesi joy," he said on one occasion at a public gathering, "is to make the lot of everyone within renge of my work and influence Lrighter, and better. If 1 have helped make the goods of the merchant and the home of the poor safer from fire, 1 am glad. If I have helped to lessen the cares of the housewife by makâ€" ing electricity her servant, 1 have my reward. If I have helped the farmer to make life more attractive to the boys and girls on the farm, then I have not labored in vain." Dream Come True Beck was one of those men,. who having set their hands to the plow, neither withdraw nor turn aside unt the work is accomplished or deat iteelf intérvenes to call a halt H hid the joy and comfort of seeing h dream come true before the Grea Leveler beckond in 1925. had been working to secure "white caal" for Quntario. in August, 1903, representatives of seven Oatario muâ€" n‘cipalities met Beck to discuss the possibilities of establishing a way of producing electric power at Niagâ€" ara, under a municipal‘y owned sysâ€" tem. The commission of inquiry apâ€" pointed under legislation paseed in the Ontario Legislatureâ€"Beck at that time was minister without portâ€" folio in the administration of Sir James Whitneyâ€"consisted of Beck, E. W. B Snyder, of Waterloo; P. W Ellis, of Toronto; W. F. Cockshuit of Brantford. Two experts whose serâ€" vices were called upon as consultants were Prof. Fessenden, of Washingâ€" Sir James Whitney at the outset had been definite in cautioning Beck that ‘"only $6.000,000 will we guarâ€" antee of bydro bonds." But Beck had "Ittle real difficulty in securing millions later when he had demonâ€" strated the actualities of hydro serâ€" The report brought in by this group of pioneers in 1906 was so convincing to Whitney and the Leâ€" rislature, so optimistic in its outâ€" look, that the permanent bhydro comâ€" mission was autbhorized and formed vi ton, DC Nontreal You remember the Gregory Com and Henry Holgate, of miseion, appointed by the Drury adâ€" nunistrat.ou o prove afairs of the Lydro â€" commissiva, in â€" connection wiICD eatra cusis required over the Cuippewa dero.opment. Tae Andings of this . commussion acknowledged beck‘s hanus clean and practically approved of the work aoue, in every way. Toe Toronto Giove, of March 11 1924, said ‘Uregory Commission‘s report, lab.ed ju Legislaiure, comâ€" plelely vinaicales bydroâ€"e.ectric proâ€" jecl and evel cumuuends sif Auam meck s uolab.e service L0 his provâ€" Columbia this week completed the |of the city. cast for Jack Hoits new Burrm‘l e en enc feature, "Lnuer duspicion." morgan _ Two important roles in Columâ€" Wailace, Ciyge Lusun and Geoige bia‘s "Squadron of Honor," formerâ€" Angersun are the iast piayers to be|ly entitled "American Legion," will added to the ruster. mautnerine De be filled by Mary Mersch and Joe Mule plays opposite the star, and|De Steffani. Don Terry and Mary Luis Aiperni is featured. ‘lhe cast| Russell play the leads in a cast includes Uraig keynoids, Granviue which includes Robert Warwick, Bates, Esther Muy, rurneil rnu,{Thunton Hall, Mare Lawrence, Ivan kobert i. neene, Maurice Murphy, Miller, Dick Curtis, George McKay, kosainnd Keith and drairgaret arving.| Bruce Mitchell, Arthur Loft, Ed Le Fhilip Wyue‘s story ana screen play Saint and Frank Wilson. C. C. Coleâ€" was directed by Lewis 1. Couins. _ man Jr. is directing from Michael beck s reward was in the inner tciuple of bhis neaitâ€"the sure knowâ€" leuge tnal ois life had brougat nap p.uess, rel.ef irtoim tou, to mul.iOns ul peup.e in Onlariv. in tuin, he pald e pi.oe lu 10ss OL Uoulld, iL ua: sA erilicisin of wlile pouple Of sigil uadcisland.ug. EFina.ly, as the last CJableils OL lLls Luvr OI liie were Li ted, _OP Auaili, WOrL 10 a SB&GOW wi bis former rooust streugio, bis wiasole jealuies eilcued wili Lhe ues ol sullering. and coutuct, worlty soais ol lhiis loug ballie, tis bair silâ€" ied uis fraine pell bencalt the burach ut Lne siruggi¢, came 10 Bis jouiney s end at hus nome, Headley, iowes! priced eiecluc power in the korld â€" the â€" Hyuroâ€"k.ectric _ Power i ving maue bis uréam come true, nav.ug leil to Lne peop.e of is proâ€" vince the giil be had intended, the \omninission, its guardlan and proâ€" L1 ctor THE W A TERLOO (Ontario) CHRONICLE |_ KITCHENER.â€"When a theatre here advertised that it would give a show Saturday to Kitchener chilâ€" dren who would donate a new or broken toy for the firemen to fix for \the community Christmas tree it did |mot anticipate the avalanche that came. Over 1,400 children respondâ€" }ed and three truck loads of toys were obtained. There were so many \that the firemen cannot possibly get them all repaired and some have been sent to the Boy Scouts. The kiddies who could not produce a toy were asked to bring two oranges. As a result four large boxes of cranges were obtained for the poor ‘of the city. Three Loads of Toys For Needy Children Don‘t operate electric toys under a tree. or near colton, paper or other inCammable material Don‘t keep the tree jaround the touse after the holid@yy When they dry up they become high‘y lnfi}lQ- mable A Don‘t epoil your holidays by an avoidable accident. Don t permit old Santa to get too close to fire. Whiskers cotton trimâ€" mings, etc., are highly inflammable. Don‘t leave a lighted tree unâ€" watched, especially if children are Don‘t use a rickety stepladder in Cecorating trees or hanging wreaths or decorations. Don‘t use cotton benegth the tree to get a snowâ€"carpet effeft. Don‘t place the tree near open lights. Don‘t set the tree vpon flimsy sup ports. Doa‘t trees. Rules To Make Christmas Safe use candles on Christmas PAKl1 OF HIMS PAQI We are informed that in rapid rise in the marke price of ns stock in the last week is attributest more to a technical stock position r«ther than lo any spot news develspment at the inine. The fast that «) ‘he pres ent time work is of roouli~> nature siupports this belief, aliough the reneral development of this proper ts, from a long neglec 4 plot of wiound to what appears o be one of the highest grade properties in the Percupine Camp, has stunulated the markel to a degree. Th« new mill has not as yet been lined up but some | lowâ€"grade | ma. . shortly . be pussed through as a jocliminary to January production N T. Waterloo.â€"We undersiand that MONETA PORCUPINE GOLD MINES, whose stock has been one of the features among the junior listed issues in the past week or so. is 'ell' uj to schedule with its mill plans, ard production will start on a 150â€"200 ; tun dai‘y basis some time in January In the meantime, the shaft is being doeponed and thrge new levels ars to be opened up as well as the four formerly developed. The present 0bâ€" jective of the shaft is to the 1,000â€"t. borizon, with the new levels to be at 615; 825 and 975 feet. At the present time the shaft is down to about $2§ feet. Shaft sinking, some ralsine to surface and imill construction form the chief work at the propert; at | present and no work is being done n ore at the moment. , ~afficials of the company are râ€" uctâ€" nl:‘%\flwkl’ any estimate as‘to rrade j of ore, but it is understood thit the $23. per ton being spoken of on the sireel is slightly optimistic. We unâ€" derstand that around $20. would be 1 closer figure. Operating css are‘ No tonnage estimate has be=: made | estimated to be around $7 jer ton. | public l Simmons‘ â€" adaptation _ of â€" Martin Mooney‘s story. Please address communications: Financial Editor, The Chronicle, Waterloo, Ont. Your answer wiil appear as soon as possible without any obligation. (@) FINANCIAL guaramtord, has been obtained from sources believed to be accurate. MISSINC < new mill ud up but shortly . be liminary to uctâ€" ade the the |â€" AURORA, Ont.â€"Police are looking ‘or the zunman who slugged J. H | Mitche.l. hardware store proprietor, uve; the head with the butt of his zim and escaped with $35 in cash Saturday night. Mitchell, with blood sireaming from the gash, attempted in follow the man and fired one shot before he gave up the chase. SLUGGED OVER HEAD, S.R. Mackellar & Co. ALEXANDER WATT & COMPANY Telephone 4868 Quotations Broadcas Toronto Stock Exchange Winnipeg Grain Exnchaage 86 King 31. 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