'Time Capsules' are gems of information extracted from past issues of the Champion and other publications in order to provide a window into Milton's past. Explanatory comment is sometimes provided to place the situation in context.

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DECEMBER 1911

On Saturday afternoon Milton was invaded by a tough crowd. It was said that many of them were men who were in the habit of selling their votes, that having received no offers they came to get them, but found there was no money to be had from either party. Apparently they brought enough with them to buy whisky. A number of them got drunk and though there were no fights or arrests the evening was the most disorderly in Milton for many a day.

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Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Lewis and the Misses Lewis intend to leave for England next week, to make their home there for the future. Mr. Lewis has been for years one of Milton's most prominent citizens as the head of the Toronto Pressed Brick & Terra Cotta Co. As an employer he has been liberal as well as just to his employees and he is very popular with them. Mrs. Lewis and her daughters are also highly esteemed and will be greatly missed. The Misses Lewis have long been valued members of Knox Church choir and Miss Rose a soloist.

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The boiler in the power house got out of order on Monday and we have had no electric lights for three nights. Fortunately the moon was full on Tuesday and the weather has been clear, so street lights were not missed.

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Good progress is being made by Thos. Drake, the contractor, in the opening of the ditch from the basement of the public school buildings to the Pine Street hill. It was open as far as the hill at the end of last week, though not to its full depth from 12 to 14 feet in some places.

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Monday's (provincial) election was the quietest ever known in Halton, partly because it was perhaps the cleanest, as it was said that neither party spent a cent of money illegally and partly because of bad roads and wet weather. The vote was light. Dr. Nixon was re-elected by a majority of 332 according to the official count made today. There was no sign of jubilation in Milton beyond a bonfire opposite the Hotel McGibbon. It had been arranged that Dr. Nixon would come to Milton, in the evening, address his supporters and drive back to Georgetown, but he did not do so. His Milton friends told him by telephone that they would not expect him to come under such disagreeable weather conditions. At Georgetown when the result became known, Mr. Warren, the Liberal candidate addressed his friends. He expressed his thanks to all throughout the county who had given him their kind and cheerful co-operation.

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Milton's two hockey teams are grouped as follows: Intermediate Group 4-Argonauts of Toronto, West Toronto Rangers, West Toronto Maple Leafs, Milton. Junior Group 6-Toronto Canoe Club, Brampton, Milton, St. Helen's of Toronto. Officers elected: Hon. President D.S. Robertson; President N.M. Campbell; 1st Vice President E.F. Earl; 2nd Vice President C.B. Lewis; Secretary-Treasurer R.S. Fleming. Executive Dr. Gowland, P.L. Robertson, N. Ryder, J.H. Warren, R.S. Fleming.

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Police Magistrate Dice says he has many applications for orders for quarters over night at the jail from tramps. They are generally in pairs. Three couples applied on Saturday evening and were guests of Governor McGibbon over Sunday

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