Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-31
COOPERATIVE Brother
hood Colony Notes.
EDITED BY J. B. FOWLBR,
OLALLA, WASH.

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We have finally decided to call our colony
"Brotherhood". How do you like the name!
The board of directors met Monday night
and among other things elected Comrade
Lodholm a director, vice P. Fl. M'Rornan
resigned.
Comrsde Crawford and Raedel won't duok
hunting last week and returned with three
very nice ducks The largest one weighed
six pounds.
Comrade Hokanson spent Saturday, Sum
day and Monday of last week in Seattle But
is home again in the clearing with his coat
off and sleeves rolled up
We were all much pleased at the arrival of
C. G. Crofut from Denver, who dropped In
lust in time to fill sit in the printery,
and assist in getting out the paper.
In writing to The Cooperative Brotherhood
for information of any kind, do not forget to
enclose stamps for reply. Our mail is large
and increasing daily, and the postage is
quite an item.
Comrade DeArmond has been selected by
work. This means that the work will be
pushed in business like manner, and along
well digested plans.
Comrade Smons has just completed an adj
diton 10 the headquarter building to be
used as sleeping room for the present Office
force. three in number.
Comrade Burns says the sun is always
shining in the Brotherhood Colony, and if
one can not see the original (sun) for the
clouds, they can see it shining in the faces of
the colonists
? We have got to have steamboat There
will be much travel between Equality and
the Brotherhood Colony, and every cent we
pay out in transportation to Plutus is simply
lost to our cause.
The last three days have been very warm
during the daytime. No rain, no clouds.
The green grass, reminds one of the old Me-
thodist hymn where it says that "Deccmber's
as pleasant as May.
1t is a common sight in the Brotherhood
Colony to see the boys, work more hours
than is required of them This refutes the
oapitalistic prevarication that men will not
work without being driven by boss.
Recent arrivals at brotherhood" are as
follows: Comrades Sam'l Crawford and My
ron ]. Willard of Iras, Colo, Mrs. j. c. De-
Almond and three children of Iris, Colo, and
Comrade Rodney H. Simons, of Williams,
Arizona.
We have named our horse "Blly Burns"
in honor of that staunch old veteran of the A.
r. u, and S. d. of A.. Williams E. Burns of
Chicago, whose kindly nature and keen saga
city endeared him to all who knew him.
We expect in the spring that Comrade
Wilfred p Borland, of Bay City, whom we
all love and respect, will join us in the colony,
and assume the position of treasurer, which
his integrity and ability. fits him so well to
occupy.
We want a wood turning lathe. small
foot power one will do. Any camrade having
such machine in good condition should mott
fly us at once and we will buy it, pay the
cash, let it apply on monthly dues or accept
it as donation.
Comrades, you will miss it, if you do not
have a local branch of the c. b. in your
neighborhood There you can go at least
once week and receive the news. There
will be a great deal of news mailed to branches
that will not appear in the Cooperator, in
the near future.
Comrade Burns our treasurer paid the
colony visit arriving Monday noon and de-
parting Tuesday noon. Comrade Burns was
simply captivated with the colony site and
we had hard work to keep him from taking
off his coat and going to work in the clearing
with the other boys.
The boys in the clearing burned down
small FIR tree last week, that was only eight
feet in diameter near the butt and measured
two hundred and fifty feet in length. 1t fell
across = rail fence, and completely demol-
ished five pannels. ComrAde Packer de-
clares it shook the earth for half mile
around when it struck.
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