Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-11-12
EQUALITY TODAY.

A sketch of Equality is rather
difficult undertaking for me), consid-
ering the amount of territory to cover
and space allotted
Fort Bellany, the first building
erected at Equality, was an L-shaped
log building, and with the addition of
frame building at north end of old
dining hall, now represents the letter
7, giving dining hall 20x80, with
kitchen 20x4O. Rooms for the prep
aration of vegetables and the storing
of groceries are conveniently situated.
Three sets of cooks alternate with
each other in making palatable the
food for 300 persons, small and great,
who eat at this common dining hall.
Mrs. Odell, assisted by Mrs Burgess,
superintends this department. Eight
girls serve the tables, two young Ia
dies pour the tea or coffee and cut the
bread, and everything works very
smoothly.
The gong Twill soon be steam whis-
tle) sounds at 6, and again at $3.50, for
breakfast ; every one knows their
place, each family having their own
table. Dinner is served at 70; supper
at 6 p. M Our bill of fare consists OF
very plain, wholesome food, of which
we have an abundance Our baker
furnishes us with the very finest of
bread, while fruit and vegetables are
always on the table, and our appetiteS
are excellent. which makes us appre-
ciative. The bakery is situated farther
up the hill ; size 20x40; Comrade Da-
Wis in charge, who uses about 1000
pounds of flour per week. The brick.
as we'll as the construction of the
oven, represent our own labor. A
building east of the dining hall is fitted
up with brick furnace and copper bot
toned pan, where Mrs. Darr and Mrs.
Foy manufacture apple butter and
sweet pickles. They report two bar
rels (32 gallons) sweet pickles (to-
mato), six barrels apple butter two or
three more to make); also seven bar
rels chow chow, three barrels piczeled
caulihower, and seventy-tive gallons
canned fruit. They have been ably
assisted by Mrs. Oleson, Mrs. Odell,
Mrs. Clevenger, Mrs. Dow and others
The larger part of this building is
occupied by the kindergarten, where
twenty-seven "wee ones" are under
the efficient care of Mrs Jolly. Our
school house, Boxes, has two rooms
and recitation room, where seventy
pupils of varying age receive up-to-
date instruction from Comrade VIII
liams and Misses Halliday and Bur
CESS Night schools, as well as an IN
dustrial school, are soon to be started,
while our singing class, under the in
struction of Comrade A. L. Young, is
} doing nicely.
K Apartment house No l. 24x50; No. 2,
l5Ox1OO, two-stories high, with attic
land basement; four log houses, 14x2O,
land three tents, furnish homes for our
people. We are quite crowded, but
there is little complaint, as we feel it
is only temporary
Shoe making. tailoring, dress max
ing, coopering, blacksmithing. wagon
repairing, furniture making and saw
milling all come under the manage
ment of Comrade A. l.. Young as head
of the manufacturing department
Comrade Yokey, assisted by Comrades
w. and ]. Aust, make and repair shoes
for the colony. Their work is strictly
first-class, at cost of material to mem
bers. Comrade Boyd and Mrs. Clev-
enger have charge of the tailoring and
dress making department assisted by
q number of women. Their work is
modern, and they are always rushed"
with orders. Comrades Potts and
Oakerlund are adopts in the manufact-
ure of bedsteads. tables, desks, school
furniture, and their shop is under
apartment house No. l. Comrades
Barton and Kaden shoe the horses
and sharpen the plows, and IN con-
nection with Comrade A. l.. Young
do general repair business on wagons,
buggies. etc. Comrade Kader is an
expert on tempering tools, while Com
rade Barton manufactures soap, ser
ious coffee, and makes anything out
of iron or steel that any man can