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dfri ofThe Canadian Champion, Fniday, January 16, 2004-7 v1Man charged with beatîong wîfe Oi toisWrT Tirns Capsules' are gess oJ injiormarion extracted front past issues of The Champion and other publications ini order to provide a window into Multons past. Explanatory comment is sometimes pro- eided ta place the situation în contes't. May 1902 John G., aged 76, died in jail on Saturday of blood poisoning. The seat of the trouble was in the back of bis neck. His home was at Speyside, where hie bad a wife and fam- ily, who appeared t0 want to get rid of him. Be had hemn committed to jail about 12 days before his death for an alleged assault on bis wife, but when hie arrived here hie was too weak to stand alone, to say notbing of assaulting anyone. He was not tried, as hie was too ill to appear as court. Notice that hie was in a dying condition was sent to bis family, who answered that they were too poor to do aiything for him and that the county could bury bim. It did so. Bt is reported that tbere was a small cyclone in Nelson a week ago and that it partially unroofed Wmn. Belî's dwelling and completely uncovered one of bis farmn buildings. A shed on William Hume's faim was also blown down. 'Me cyclone was about 100 yards wide and destroyed trees and fences over a distance of two miles. Last winter W.J. McHugb, of Homby, lost bis only cbild, a fmne boy two years of age, who died after an operation for appent- dicitis. The cbild's death was a great blow to Mr. McHugb whose grief was so great that it undermined bis bealth. Lait Friday bie and Mrs. McHugh went to the Presbyterian cemetery to plant flowers on the child's grave. While there Mr. McHugb (age 45) became faint and sat down on the steps of the churcb. Mis. McHugh went for some water and wben she returned she found that bier busband was dead. He bad literally died of a broken bears. His deatb is deeply moumed at Homby aid there is general sympatby witb Mrs. McHugh.MTe luneral took place on Sunday and was one of tse largest on record in Use neigbbor- hood of Homby. The bigb sebool entrance examanasion for 1902 wiil begin on Wednesday June 25th and wiil lait three days. The subjects for Use firs day are composition, geogra- pby, Englisb gramrmar and dictation. Second day, arithmetic, drawing and bisto- ry. Third day, Englisb literasure, writing, MiltonOntario in desperate need of a fresh look Capsules in the a it supplies energy: nîne physiology and temperance. Mrs. (Dr.) B. Gollop, of Milton, was in Brampton on Thursday calling on rela- tives. Mrs. Gollop, who is an intrepid horsewoman, had one of the mois stylish tumouts ever seen on Brampton streets. The vebicle was of modem date, and the animal - an iron gray wilh great bigh- stepping action - was a perfect beauty. 'Me two men selected to represent the 2Oth Lome Rifles in the coronation contin- gent are Sergt. Major R.J. Cunningham and Q.M. Sergt. W.J. Gould, both of whom have South Afican medals. Sergt. Major Cunningham, much to his regret, is comn- pelled so decîmne the honor for business reasons but Q.M. Sergt. Gould will go, with another man who has not yet been namned. Citizens generally will regret to hear that the Georgetown town band which bas been in existence for so maiy years has decided to disband because of the removal of miema- bers and prospects for consinuing not being encouraging. The provincial elections were, as expect- ed, veay close. Halton was one of the clos- est constituencies. Mr. Barber's (Liberal) majority of 161 in the by-election of 1898 was reduced to 14. Some Conservative workers place it at 9 but at any rate it is so small that a re-counst may be expected. Botb parties profess to be more or less sat- isfied with the result in Halton, the Liberals with their candidate's decreased majority and the Conservatives (Nixon) with their popular standard-bearer's success in redue- ing it. Twenty five carloads of pickles in bine, froni Burlington, have been dispatched to the Heinz facility at Allegheny, Pa. They are mostly cucumnbers grown in the Burlington neighborbood. This material is assembled on behaif of the Milton Historical Society by Jim Dill, who can be reached atjdills@idirec.com. Dear Editor: So anoUser generation of Ontario Power Generation (OPO) manage- ment bas come and gone. Wben will we learu Usat economics and polities are often head-to-bead ene- mies. Economnies tells us tbat a cost bas so be pald either ai $1 today or $2 later. But polities tells us Usat a cost inposed where Use public can see it riska defeat at Use poils - Usat it's hetter to bide it some place like in the provincial debt wbere is won't show up until the next goveniment bai to take Use heat for it. Economies stresses prudence in public expenditure, but politiciais leam Usas many extravagant or unwise govemment actions or expenditures that get us into trou- ble are popular, such as capping energy rates, wbile many that get us out of trouble, like paying for energy as we use it, are fatally unpopular. And, since governments like to be re-elected, many of the Usings tbey do are troublesome. Economics tells us Usas Use more someUsing cosss Use less of is we will use. But political spokesper- sons tell us Usat a low. capped ener- gy price will encourage citizens to conserve electrical energy. Really? How curious. That calîs for a rewrite of ail economies textbooks. Economists assure us that monopolies are inefficient, expen- sive, unresponsive to customers, and a dead-hand on progress. But for 100 years Ontario politi- ciais bave ensured Usas energy sup- ply - one of Use most critical serv- ices we bave - remains a govemn- ment monopoly Usas hai demon- strated Usas truUs. Economnics tells us Usas exceps in times of war - wben citizens will semporarily put up wiUs distortaons - price controls don't work. But polisies, in Califomia and else- where, bravely proclaims Use elec- trical systen bai been deregulated but Usen caps prices to ensure Usas deregulation can't work and that a wboily phony crisis, bappily driven by Eniron and others, arises. Ontario, even witbout Enron's belp, follows Califomia. Economist Joseph Schumpeter told us 'Small is beautiful'. Late in Use 20Us century industry began to realize Usas, alI tbings being equal, a small factory ousperfoons a large one on every meaiure, including quality, profisability and customer satisfaction. ln our power supply thinlcing, tbis bain't sunk in yet. We stili believe Usas bigger is better. We continue to put up wiUs the posen- tial for buge disruptions caused by the lois of big components of Use system. Bringing back on-line an enormous generator witb a 100-ton rotor spinning as 3,600 rpm is a major teubiuical problem. Replacing the power lois when $100 million dollars worth of high voltage power lines go down may nos be possible, and Useir replace- ment cai take monUss. Keeping power flowing to a mil- lion air conditioners, 100 hospitals and 200 energetie industries seat- tered over thousaids of square miles is asking the juggler to keep. nos four, but 50 balis in Use air con- tinuously. Wr nerd imaller, distributed power supplies. Short transmission distances require leis high-cost equipment like big power trans- formers, reactors aid extra bigb- voltage power lines. Local indus- tries like Siemens-Westinghouse cai supply modest-size gai turbine generating stations in a few monUs instead of Use years required for a big plait. Put Usese Usings together aid we bave fertile ground for ai Ontario energy supply disaiter. Surprise, surprise, we have ai Ontario ener- gy supply disaiter. We're consuming on average between 95 per cent and 98 per cent of oui total available genera- tion. The sligbsess probleni, such ai loss of a single big generator or arrivaI of a very cold day, could push us over the edge aid we'il Usen be paying, we are told, nos 4.3 cents but 50 cents per KWH to carry Usas peak. But cheer up, because this unpleasait fact is bidden from us, as Use extra cost moves smootbiy off inso the already-disgraceful $38 billion bydro debt. Wben tbe telephone companies itarted offering low rates for long distaice caes in the evenings aid on weekends, we adjusted oui eall- ing habits accordingly, didn't we? Paying for wbat we use wben we use is is a powerful incentive to conserve. We are also told Usas low energy costs attract new industry. But industrialisti are nos stupid - Usey also consider taxes, wbich is wbere the energy subsidy winds up. Wr need a fresb look as energy supply, and must consider several possibilities, some new, some very old, sucb ai: - A truly compesitive, wisely aid minimally-regulated supply sys- tem; . Distributed generation, wbicb removes the threat posed by buge generasors going on aid off line; - User metering for eacb rentai unit, ai in large office buildings; . Rate structures Usas encourage conservation, raUser Usai promos- ing bigher consumption; " Tume of day metering; " Psy ai you go rates Usas refleet Use real cois of a kilowats-bour; - Improvement of Use visibility of energy cois, such ai by user meter- ing aid requiring prepayment; *Full life-cycle costing of new generation, including decommis- sioning aid costs we sypically ignore, such ai the bilions waited by Use August blackout; *Permission to smail suppliera thUe green-enUsusiaits - to gen- erase power and mun Useir meters backward; In my opinion, the OPO as presensly constituted is a Using of Use pais. Wr need a fresh look inso a better energy future. 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