Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-10
THE DONKEY ENGINE FUND.

THE DONKEY ENGINE FUND.
Previously reported. ...............s 1854 Go
Harry Freeman. ................... 70
W. Hogan. ....'........'....'' ~ w
Geo Hoyer. ...........-........... w
Total. ................. Sl5b9 w
Mrs. Morris is now superintendent of cui-
sine.
Bro. Monich is superintendent of trans
portation this term.
The donkey engine is not yet here: we
need it in our business.
Bro. Tunmore is doing the machine work
in the absence of Bro. Hoffman.
The canting gear the boys are getting in
the mill will save a lot of human energy.
We are encouraged by the letters the
comrades send in. giving hope and counsel.
Bros Bayle and Elliott bagged some
ducks yesterday and had private eating
match.
The Peoples Press of Chicago, single
tax paper, prints nice little sketch of Equal
ity colony.
The mechanics are busy putting in the
''bull Wheel in the saw mill. Perhaps you
don't know what that is
We have chance to trade lumber for
farm products just as soon as our donkey en-
CINE comes to snake the logs.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Savage are expected
back from their wedding trip next week.
They visited the groom's parents.
~ I 6 OIL
up this week. He has heard of the fame of
Equality and has come to see with his own
eyes.
A fire broke out in one of our log houses
one day last week, but the cry of alarm
brought many co-operators that the fire
had no show.
1t is pretty muddy logging with a team
now but Bro Mitchell's grit seems to hold
out wonderfully; only few more days until
the donkey comes.
Bro. E. A. Humphrey of Warren county,
Pa, came in this week. Mckinley pros
perity does not hold a candle to the attrac-
ton of the Sec
Bro. Cornelius Wright of Chicago, a fish
erman of 40 years experience, has come to
sion to membership.
We had convention to nominate ma
tional officers, hut finally referred the names
to the referendum vote. The result is not
obtained in time for this issue.
The carpenters and others are fxing/a
place in the barn for the cows, This will OBJ
viate the necessity of building cow barn
this year There is so much to do we must
save work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weidenmueller of River
side. Cal, came in last Saturday evening.
They are thorough believers in cooperation
and are anxious to help push the car of prog
ress along.
We gave the transportation department the
right to choose the route for our road that is
TO be built to connect US with the county
plank road, and they are to push it along as
rapidly as possible.
The Lyceum is part of our lives here in this
land short on entertainments. Mrs. Temple
lectured last Sunday evening on That you
love one another" The talk was very inter-
esting and instructive.
The VanBuren County Visitor extends
friendly hand TO us. 1t gives US two columns
of a sketch of Equality. We started in to
keep track OF the papers who assist US, but
they are getting too numerous, it seems.
E8 A slight misunderstanding has arisen in
regard 10 the machinery fund. Subscribers
We're told that If they did not choose to place
their amounts in the fund to be drawn back
according to the printed agreement, then
they could have it credited on their men,
berahip fees. But this must not be con-
strued to mean chat the installment on fee
must then be used in the machinery fund
All membership fees received here, a. such.
will be used to our best Judgment; but sub
scriptions to the machinery fund so specified
and not credited on membership fees will of
course be strictly used for machinery and
paid back according to agreement
A laundry equipment has become an abso
Lutte necessity at Equality, and 10 would
afford us pleasure TO get into commrricar
kon with some one who has . gesd second
hand appliance We shink II possible laat