The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-11

are willing to submit to the discipline
OF the army.
The section and a half belonging to
the colony was divided into ten-acre
tracts and a family placed upon each
alternate tract and land being sold to
them at cost price, S2?.50 an acre. on
eleven years time. No payment is ex-
pected the first year. The second year
nothing is expected but two years in
! terest at the rate of per cent. The
third year the regular installments be-
gin and continue for nine years, al
though a eolonist has the option of an
Iticipating his payments If he chooses
to do SO and getting a clear title to
his home. 1t is proposed to sell the
vacant alternate tracts TO the people
Whose land adjoins them, but il is be-
lieved that ten acres is enough for
an inexperienced farmer to begin OH.
All the expenses of the journey from
| Chicago, q considerable part Of the
outfit the tools, implements, the ma
terials for the houses. and, in fact,
all the capital invested In the colony,
was advanced by the salvation army,
and is to be repaid in installments with
| 6 per cent. interest. Commander
Booth-Tucker does not believe in direct
charity. He thinks 1t dmnishes self
respect as well as self-relance. The
more you do for a man the less he
will do for himself.
COTTAGES.
Upon each allotment u pretty one
| story frame cottage was built, similar
| to that shown in the accompanying il
lustration The work was all done by
the colonists, assisting each other. The
several carpenters directed the labors
of their neighbOrs and in return re-
ceived assistance from them.
| There is no neatcr group of houses
in Colorado, and no more contented
community in the world. Nearly every
one has written to friends urging them
to Join the next colony that comes out,
and those / talked with were enthu-
lsiastic over their success and the pleas
ures they enjoy. 1t was difficult for
some of them to find words to express
their emotions. Only one has returned
| east, and he. James Harrington, or
Cleveland, was reluctantly compelled
to go because his mother, an aged
widow, wanted to spend her last days
with him and was too i'll to be re-
lmoved TO Colorado. The children
lespecially have thrived, and you can
mot find a sturdier lot of little chaps
in all the world than the pale-faced
and hungry urchins that left the alleys
of Chicago only year ago.
In the center Of the village is a neat
and convenient schoolhouse, where
Miss Sadie Gunnison, daughter of a
Denver editor, who formerly lived In
Iowa, presides. and is now teaching
about forty young ideas how to shoot
1t is q regular district school and Is
said TO be the best in the county. She
has a piano in the schoolhouse, gives
music lessons to her pupils after school
hours, plays for the amusement OF
their parents during the long winter
evenings, acts as librarian in charge
of a fine lot of books that look as
if they were studiously read, and is
guide, conhdante and friend to all
the women in the colony.
The schoolhouse is used for religious
services every Sunday under the direc-
ton of Col. Holland, and occasional
preaching by methodist circuit
preacher who serves several congrega-
tions in this section. 1t is also the head
quarters of the Farmers institute. A
debating society meets every two weeks
, | anu ulSCuSStS SlNStI iuNShiciiS N'ie'
are interesting the rest of the universe,
and twice a month there is a social
gathering, with occasional entertain
ments, in which not only the colonists,
but all the people in the neighborhood
take part.
EQUIPMENT.
Fact colonist has two horses, one
: COW and several hogs and started with
twenty-four chickens. Each has plant
{ ed two acres of fruit trees and little
J patches of berries and flowers, which
the women look after. A creamery plant
; has been purchased in common and is
= now producing enough butter to sup
l ply the local demand.
The first crops were raised in common
| and consisted of seVenty-iive acres OF
: cantaloupes. which were shipped east
and sold at good prices; fifty acres OF
beans, q similar amount of onions
beans. cabbage and turnips, and fodder
f crops to keep the live stock through the
= winter. This spring each man is taking
: care of his own allotment and is plant
t ing it as he pleases but all are work.
I | ing under the general direction of Col
= Holland, who has shown great tact
G and executive ability, and to whom tho
\ prosperity and conIentment at For
r Amity is largely due.