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; Lights | ever, had come to or no complexions. | ver which Thomas so buslly ongaged, ou hurry by with th light: ttle child and nod cob and Charlotte pru at Baden, Ont., ime endowed with cal bent, and a viâ€" , the loyal and unâ€" of his fellow men If Beck was to rise fa in public service, 1906 to 1925, chairâ€" roâ€"Electric Commisâ€" d. to stand among the earth on two had been, as Carâ€" ‘‘born to that anâ€" ble degree which ry that they should to hard work." ter than Beck how eary hours the farâ€" er‘s wife labored areas; none knew what it meant for to sit after sup childron‘s small ht of a dim flutterâ€" , eyes burning unâ€" strain. He set himâ€" ht and power into at was his vision; saw the fulfilment P- from his own long houses, in &mlned at night of smoking fagâ€" the tribe, conâ€" tor after winter lights, gradua‘ly that it was unâ€" naw 50 years of If blind. yhite man, bringâ€" Jlow dip, bis rush p mo‘ds. The picâ€" ; home out of the perforce an early et his sole illumâ€" w dip floating in , barely sufficient person from anâ€" n his darkness he . r off than the Inâ€" ced. About 1860 vered, and the art e, or coal ofl in ; least a reading | after dark, Time s changed the face as Sir Adam Beck face of the old priâ€" tâ€"up to control proâ€" city so that, so far | its uses are conâ€" Beck‘s own words ople is come." t Baden o his fellow man. t:on of theso charâ€" him the practical hich later. in his ydro was to stand d in dealing with incering problems, , through the thickâ€" inder reproach and Torches middleagedâ€"re lighters who apâ€" med with a long of which was a ghted taper in an amp lighter poked h a little flap in it up to the stopâ€" ist, and then held Ight. Hey presto! ; radiance of light . The street lamps and shadows ples and the nd elms. From un to the silver in the west, his to Light it as he AND A QUARTER FOR THE ROUND TRIP dninbsctiictaiiiinnditeisb®duntsdiidirndsbialiethkaboed ids Alatlntb e L esnt 20 HOLIDAY: Good going December 23 up to 2.00 p.m. Return limit to leave destination not later than midâ€" December 27, 1937. HOLIDAY: Good going December 80 up to 2 p.m. turn limit to leave destination not later than midnight iry 3, 1938. AND A THIRD FOR THE ROUND TRIP diffsinldv ind i iBlishnlinnertiinitnth ief inlsicdond in ncb icni e lt stt 2 esday, Dec. 21, to Sund:g, January 2, inclusive ; good ng destination not later than midnight, Friday, Jan. 7, ay and time that wrote for one of hildren whom he s way to "change the world," as he ommission at the Hydroâ€"Elecâ€" came into being, irst chairman. For a group of friends icky, with a lamp etual Atful, of ours, leng beâ€" the first white mas and New Year‘s ses" of the Indians Squaws Sat in Smoke and nd Went Blind at Fifty.â€"Pioneer Cherished p But Went to Bed Earty.â€"Coming of Keroâ€" amps.â€"Lamplighter With His Longâ€"Handled His Rounds at Sunset.â€"Beck Catches Vision al".â€"The Dream Comes True. MINIMUM SPECIAL FARE: 28e PREPAY A RAILWAY TICKET Unusual Christmas or New Year‘s Gift UCED FARES Glow of Campfire \ Bright Radiance of _ dro Is Story of Light Between all Points in Canada \ ?lc-flo\-lmfil'n-ny..-t ooo e e e S e e en had been working to secure "white coal" for Ontario. in August, 1903, representatives of seven Ontario muâ€" n‘cipalities met Beck to discuss the possibilities of establishing a way ME spenes epee ud 127 & m e mt e Eoc EET of producing electric power at Niagâ€" lote." ~ ara, under a munlcipal‘y owned 8Y8|) j.p s reward was in the inner tem. ‘The commission of inguiry @Pâ€"|; mpi, of his nearlâ€"the sure knowâ€" pointed under legislation paséed iD |; ;_; (n.; nis life had broughl Bapâ€" the Ontario Legislatureâ€"Beck @l), jol; jelief jrom toi, to unliong trhat time was minister without portâ€"| ; , peop.e in Qntario. in tuin, he paid follo in the administration of SiF / in price In 20ss Of Doulla, i0 uaisB James Whitneyâ€"consisted of Beck.| ;,jczm of uile poople ot singil E. W. B. Snyder, of Waterloo; P. W juaderstanding. Fina.ly, as the last Ellis, of Toronto; W. F. Cockshutt, |cuapters of uis buoa of lite weto‘ of Brantford. Two experts whose 8°T|; j.jpcy) yip Auain, worl l0 a Shadow vices were called upon as consultaDl8‘,, j« jojmer rooust streaglt, bis were Prof. Fessenden, of WashiDE~ ) jizzic jeatures etcued witu tre lings ton, D.C.. and Henry Holgate, O( /); supering and conbuct, worlgy "50““’“‘- scears of his Jong battle, tis hair silâ€" The report brought in by this y.ied, is Irame peat beneaiton the group of ploneers in 1906 was 80 huracn ol tne siruggie, came to bis convincing to Whitney and the Leâ€" journey s end at bus nome, Hoadley, gislature, so optimistic in its OUt|icying maue is ureaim come true, look, that the permanent bydro comâ€"{having leit to tne peop.e of nis proâ€" misslon was authorized and formed. |vince the giit he had intended, the Two obstacles presented themâ€"||owest priced execiric power in the selves. The first was money, which world ine . Hyuroâ€"E.ecdtric . Power was surmounted from time to time; |@ ommuission, its guardian and proâ€" lfl-n «econd was indicious propaganâ€" | (« ctor. The report brought in by this group of ploneers in 1906 was s0o convincing to Whitney and the Leâ€" gislature, so optimistic in its outâ€" look, that the permanent bydro comâ€" misslon was authorized and formed. Two obstacles presented . themâ€" selves. The first was money, which was surmounted from time to time; ‘Ihe second was indicious propaganâ€" ¢a from the vested interests, not only of Ontario but of all Canada, indeed of all this North American continâ€" ent, which lasted until Beck‘s death and is not yet laid. Sir James Whitney at the outset had been definite in cautioning Beck that "only $6.000.000 will we guarâ€" antee of hydro bonds." But Beck had !ittle real difficulty in securing milllons later when he had demonâ€" strated the actualities of hydro serâ€" | It was in order to bring this inâ€". eistent ambition into the world of. reality and â€" accomplished things,‘ that Beck laid down as the fundaâ€". mantals of the systemâ€"toâ€"be, public. iownership at cost and joint municiâ€" pal coâ€"operation under provincial backing and control. ‘The bedrock was sorvice at cost. If. as with all t:ings that mon 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 thore were diviâ€" dnds to be dec‘ared, they were paid tâ€" the people, to you in your house, to me in mine, in the shape of lower rates. That was the only dividend possib‘e. Beck made it so, and you ard Fare having the benefit of these 1»wer ratesâ€"which are our dividends. Hydro‘s Growth The growth and expansion of hyâ€" â€" droâ€"electric is so recent that most â€" Ontarians are familiar with its genâ€" â€" eral outline. Let us then take actual : costs, the money you and I have paid â€" out of our hardâ€"earned wages for hyâ€" dro and let them speak for themâ€" selves and for Beck‘s dream. vi Dream Come True Beck was one of those men, who having set their hands to the plow reither withdraw nor turn aside unti the work is accomplished or deat itself intervenes to call a halt. H hid the joy and comfort of seeing h drieam come true before the Grea Leveler beckond in 1925. "My greatest joy," he said on on occasion at a public gathering, "is to make the lot of everyone within renge of my work and influence brighter, and better. If I 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, I have my reward. If I have helped the farmer to make life more attractive to the boys and girls on the farm, then I bave not labored in vain." Here are comparative . figures showing electriclty 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 aro: 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 1.68. 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 be first hitched his wagon to a star, 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." You remember the Gregory Com inission, appointed by the Drury adâ€" ininistratiou to prove alfairs of the bydro â€" commission, in . connection with exira costs required over the Cnippewa devesopment. Toe findings of this . commussion | acknowledged beck‘s hanus clean and practically approved of the work aone, in every way. Toe Toronto Giobe, of March 14 1924, said ‘Uregory Commission‘s report, lab.ed in Legislature, comâ€" pletely vinuicales bhyuroâ€"e.ecirlc proâ€" ject and even commends oir Auaim ll.‘ncku nolap.e service l0 bis provâ€" 12ce." Columbia this week completed the of the city. cast for Jack Hoits new su:nngl mt oC feature, "Unuer duspicion." morgan | _ Two important roles in Columâ€" Wallace, Ciyge Lusuon and Geoige bia‘s "Squadron of Honor," formerâ€" Andersoh are the iast piayers to pe |ly entitled "American Legion," will Added to the roster. matherine De be filled by Mary Mersch and Joe Mille plays opposite the star, md‘l)e Steffani. Don Terry and Mary Luis Aiberni is teatured. ‘Ahe casl."Rusaell play the leads in a cast includes Craig keynoids, Granvime which includes Robert Warwick, Bates, Esther Muy, rurnell rrlll."l'hurawn Hall, Mare Lawrence, Ivan Robert i. neene, Maurice Murpby, Miller, Dick Curtis, George McKay, kosalind Keith and Margaret irving. |Bruce Mitchell, Arthur Loft, Ed Le Fhilip Wyiie‘s stury anu screen play Saint and Frank Wilson. C. C. Coleâ€" was directed by Lewis U. Coumns. _ man Jr. is directing from Michael THE W ATERLOO (Ontario) CflROfllCLl Rules To Make Christmas Safe Don‘t use candles on Christmas Lrees. Dou‘t place the tree near Open lights. Don‘t set the tree upon flimsy supâ€" ports. Don‘t operate electric toys under a tree, or near colton, paper or other inCammable material. Don t permit old Santa to get too wose to fire. Whiskers cotton trimâ€" mings, etc., are highly inflammable. Don'lmuue a rickety stepladder in Cecorating trees or hanging wreaths or decorations. Don‘t leave a lighted tree unâ€" watched, especially if children are Three Loads of Toys For Needy Children Don‘t use cotton beneath the tree to get a snowâ€"carpet effect. Don‘t keep the tree around the touse after the holidays. When they dry up they become high‘y inflamâ€" mable Don‘t spoil your holidays by an avoidable accident. KITCHENER.â€"When a theatre here advertised that it would give a show Saturday to Kitchener chil-‘ dren who would donate a new or broken toy for the firemen to fix forl the community Christmas tree it did rot anticipate the avalanche that came. Over 1,400 children respondâ€" ied 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 oranges were obtained for the poor ‘of the city. PART OF THIS PAGE IS MISSING N T , Waterloo. â€"We understand that MONETA PORCUPINE GoLp WINES, whose stock bas been one of the features among the junior listed issues in the past week or s0, 18 well up to schedule with its mill plans, ard production will start On a 150â€"200 tun dai‘y basis some Ume in January In the meantime, the shaft is being ‘dv-epened and three new levels are ww be opened up as well as the four formerly developed. The present Obâ€" formerly developed. The preseDt obâ€" jective of the shaft is to the 1,000â€"(t. borizon, with the new levels to be at 675, 825 and 976 feel. At the present M ns n n ntss e : time the shaft is down to about 826 feet. Shaft sinking, some ralsing to surface and imill construction form the chief work at the property at present and no work is being done in ore at the moment. Officials of the company are re‘uctâ€" ant to make any estimate as<to grade of ore, but it is understood that the $23. per ton being spoken of on the derstand that around $20. would be a closer Agure. Operating costs are xo tonnage estimate has been made estimated to be around $7 per ton. public slreel;irs 7slrlrg!;tl)' ‘bptilmriguc, We un We are informed that the rnpid{ rise in the marke price of this stock in the last week is attributed more to a technical stock position rather than to any spot news development at the imine. The fast that at the presâ€" eut time work is of rooutine nature supports this belief. although the veneral development of this proper: ts. from a long neglected plot of wiound to what appears to be one of the highest grade properties in the Porcupine Camp, has stimulated the market to a degree. The new mill ‘has not as yet been tuned up but |sume lowâ€"grade . may shortly be passed through as A preliminary to pa Simmons‘ adaptation â€" of Martin Mooney‘s story. n:-â€"-â€"-; zen obtained t -""" 1E Ugme n sE Please address communications: Financial Editor, The Chronicle, Waterloo, Ont. Your answer will appear as soon as possible without any obligation. inuary production SLUGGED OVER HEAD, AURORA, Ont. â€"Police are looking \ Canada‘s Largest Financial for the sunman who slugged J. H Statistical Organization Wiiche.l. hardware store proprietor, 404 Notre Dame St. Weâ€"t ovi~ the head. with the butt of hisY MONTREAL gun and escaped with $35 in cash | Saturday night. Mitchell, with blood | sireaming from the gash, attempted CHRONICLE CLASS io follow the man and fired one shot | cosT Sso LITI'LE, wefore he gave up the chase. so MUCH. S. R. Mackellar & Co. 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