Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-01-28
so=OpGratiVe Brother
hood Colony Notes.
EDITED BY j. B. FOWLER,
OLALLA, WASH.
The snow will soon be out of sight.

The snow will soon be out of sight
Judging from present indications we will
soon have our saw mill.
The snow is about all gone and the boys are
in the clearing again chopping away.
Mr.. Albert Stevens, son of our hotel keeper
H. L. Stevens, visited his father in the colony
last week.
Any comrade having a foot power wood
turning lathe for sale will find market for it
by addressing us.
Comrade DeArmond went to Tacoma last
Tuesday to arrange for regular shipments of
paper for the Cooperator
The lowest the thermometer has gone this
winter so far is IS deg. above. 1t has been
mild despite the snow
Comrade Simons has gained 72pounds since
he arrived in the colony. Nov. 26 and still
people ask if this climate is healthy.
Another evidence of the thoughtfulness of
Mrs. Stein was shown in the present of two
chickens for New Years dinner for the boys
in the clearing.
We have secured the use of another farm
house near the printery and general Office and
use it temporarily as a lodging house for the
force at headquarters.
AS soon as the weather will permit, we will
begin the manufacture of brick The surplus
we do not need for our own use will be dis
posed of in the competitive market.
The colonists are a unit in extending their
thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Gibson for the fine
pork roast and other holiday contributions.
Our neighbors never forget us when they
have anything good,
We have several small manufacturing plants
at our disposal, and as soon as we get sufti-
cient power to run them they will be put into
operation and we will be able to call 80 or 10
more members of different trades.
We need another printer and must have
one. The boys in the printing office are
working night and day and are still behind
with the work, but men cannot work night
and day, even if they are socialists.
We could build log or shake houses of our
own, but do not think it good policy under
the circumstances. What we want and must
have is a sawmill The logs that we would
use in building one log house would build two
or three larger and better houses If sawed up
into lumber.
We expect soon to start work on the irriga-
ting proposition east of the Cascade noun
tains This COLONY will be known "a Belamy
Colony of the c. b. Then colonists can take
their choice of climate. At Bellamy the
weather, generally speaking, is warm and
dry: at Brotherhood it is mild and moist
We do not know of single colonist that
has not gained flesh since coming to the colo
ny. To be relieved of the mental strain i'm
posed on persons in the world of competition
is something grand and cannot be fully APP
preciated by those on the outside. The only
way to enjoy this relief is to be a colonist
for awhile.
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