The Van Buren press., 1903-09-12
A UNIQUE COLONY.
Notable Vegetarian Selects Arkansas
AS Real Garden of Eden.

KNOWN as tne FOUNDER OF the original
vegetarian colony in Roswell, Col, o
number Of years ago, has just bought
5000 acres Of rough land near here
and founded an original colony of
non-meat eaters. Outside of this
feature there are others which com
mend the colony to those seeking
things curious. Any man who eats
anything but breakfast food in origi.
nal packages for his morning meal is
banished from the colony, and one
who swears or chews tobacco must
forfeit his citizenship, and 10 and be-
hold the man who looks upon a wo-
man and loves her at sight is doomed
to everlasting disgrace.
Judge Conable has laid down some
| strict rules to follow if one wishes to
enter this earthly paradise, as he is
| pleased to term it, He says he will
make his Pathfinders' park the real
| Garden of Eden. That the idea is
popular one is evidenced by the un-
usual activity in the sale of his blocks
| Of stock to followers of the principle
set forth in his bylaws, There are
| 1000 persons in the United States,
says the judge, who believe in this
| same doctrine, and he thinks he is
going to get his share of them,
4 travelled the United States over
he told the writer, in search of a col.
| ony where ! thought the climate and
the soil was all to make one happy
And then | came to north Arkansas
Here the north and south seem to
meet, SO far as the climate is con
| cerned. This tract Of land in the
woods is all that could be wished for
an earthly paradise, and with the
right kind of people we can have the
most entertaining colony in the Unit
ed States
When your correspondent reached
Rogers all the talk on the streets of
that little village was about the vege-
tartan colony on the Frisco system
not far from town. The writer, ac.
compancd by several citizens of Rog.
ers, drove to the place The 5000
acres are covered with a growth Of
tall pines and oak trees, while on
the mountain sides, according to the
natives, Is the best kind of soil upon
which to grow apples. peaches and
small fruit. Only few inches be-
meath the soil lies the rich black
earth and the rock which serve to
hold the moisture during the dry
weather
"To quote from the judges own
mouthpiecc, the Pathfinder, let the
doctrine of this sect be told; 1 pro.
pose to teach the people how to live
to attain the highest state of physical
and mental culture. This embraces
all the extended periods Of fasting for
the publication Of the body and soul
and the elimination Of disease
"The most extraordinary feature Of
the colony is that not even a snake
may be killed upon the premises. If
one Is sick, they fast The services
Of no physicians are needed or ac-
ceptod Often when the judge him
self feels disease and sickness ap'
preaching he leaves OF eating even q
simple fare and staryos out the ap
proaching Illness.
mo meats Of any Kind are eaten
by the followers Of Ionabe No
breakfast is eaten except raw prod
ucts, such as whse wheat sliced to-
aatoos, etc. AS rule, the members
of the conoly do not cat any morning
meal at all Conablo himself sayr
that he never, eats a meal of cooked
food
Their religion Is likewise extraor
dinary. Conable says;
THE Pathfinder (name OF sect)
Goes not believe in the existence Of a
pereona God. II believes that God Is
the universal life force that permo
ates every living thing, 1t believes
that II is possible for man to so per
feet himself physically as TO como In
absolute harmony with the soul and
live ctcrnoly In nogh'
"rhs latter statement that onc
can i've forever lt proper treatment ls
taken Of ones SELF is sincerely be
Iieyod by many members Of the col
ony I'ud those who are taking M
their homes on the crest Of the Olarbl
think that they VIII be here whom
Gabriel blows his horn At least thoy
profess 10 have such belief
mo animal fowl or Ash, VIII be
permitted on tho premises Of thu
unique colony for either selling, Kill
Ing or food purposes. OF course, says
the bylaws this has no reference tc
tho koopiug Of animals for work pur
poses or pets, Tho Intent IL 10 brInf
people into tho uncookod dIotry ~
quickly rs possible, Fruits, nuts, co
reals and vegetables that are palta
bic win bo the only products of th,
colony. A few cattle have bcor
bought by the Judge, the milk and
butter 10 be- used In tho beginning by
those tondorloot who can not live
without Bomo grease iut within the
noSt few months or by the time tho
fruit and garden truck 10 ready iOl
consumption next spring, 1t lB OK
peced that all animal life viii have
vanished from this S,oOO.acre tract
even to horses for driving purposes
and uso In tho fields, Tho work OF
plowIng what there IL TO do--wlll bc
dono by steam, and the residents
win walk to town and carry tholl
market baskets with ,hom, Whon
biz oad Of products In TO be hauot
away steam engine viii be hltobot
10 a MnRnn. ThlA modorn COLONY VIII