The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-13
FELLOWSHIP FARM"
|,..oueratlve Colony Near Boston
f,ruanized by Socialists.
.ocG1ED ON BEAUTIFUL SITE

~. Laid Out For spinsters.
rortv Socialists have organized CO
.,ratIve settlement, called Fellowship
on a beautiful seventy-five acre
- of land in Westwood, twelve
me- from Boston. Here the Socialists
4. manning to live and work, some
,,s hack and forth to the city, others
s,.,Dq fruit, vegetables and poultry,
ars Boston special dispatch to the
I. Louis Republic.
y vortv acres have been divided into
.Sv,dual holdings, and the rest Of the
.nd with large barns upon it, is for
..lIoctiye ownership and use. The plan
!, the settlement, which was made
oars ago, but not carried out until this
wing is 70 cultivate the personal and
1.si elements of those who partici-
late In it.
Unlike other cooperative schemes Of
,su0 it has a double basis. A man
lvinS on a farm may have. deed for
y Of the acres, which is his exclusive
,Onerty, but he also has cooperative
tarest In the community holdings. He
n he his own landlord, working on
own soil and living in his OWE
Ouse, meanwhile enjoying the pleas
70 of having congenial persons near
Inn and the privileges of big fellow
hin house, which it Is the intent Of the
,ader, the Rev. George LIttlefeld, to
mild.
Each of the forty men has agreed to
Ave $3.50 a month, and when any one
arson has paid in $500 he gets deed
his acre and is not obliged to pay
nything more. If he is Ill or In trou-
h, there is an emergency fund to help
i'm out, and If he desires to leave his
equation at any time he can return
nature and dig living out Of the
oil
Mr.. Littlefleld has had this scheme
mind twenty years, but not until
be present time was he able to perfect
Mr.. Lttlefield is Harvard gradu-
70 and Unitarian minister. Before
q college days he saw much Of DR..
Inward Everett Hale and Edward
Dellamy and was so fred with enthu-
asm with their views that he sold his
intlng business and studied to be-
Ome a minister.
The ministry did not satisfy me-"
said in telling the story Of his hopes
ID ambitions. 1.-THE Bible says, Feed
sheep, and l found that most of
ministers were only talking to
en-. l felt that / must do something
sides talk. Preaching the golden
he under present business conditions
like trying to grow flowers in the
ubway.
There are five reasons why other
Chemes of cooperative living have
alled.
'First-Groups of people with ideals
ave pulled themselves up by the roots
I'd been transpIanted artidcially to a viii
eFness. They got lonesome and wanted
get back to their old occupations and
avs of living.
"Sscond.-Most of the persons who form
Aese schemes are not working people
hey are impracticable and fanatica
feamers. who do not understand how t.
the practical things of life
'Third.-Most of the plans start with {
Omnon pocketbook, common land and I
pmmon dwelling, and there Is no chanc'
% the individual.
Troublesome cooperative plans hav'
cen started, like that Of Hopedale, wher'
eh share had q vote instead OF eacl
an. In our scheme one man has but on
pie, no matter how many shares h
WIS
"Flfth-In some cases the time was no
% for such schemes to prosper"
The first move the Rev. Mr.. Little
cid made In the matter was to writ
article in Ariel, a magazine whicl
publishes monthly, and outline tn
cheme in general way. When thi
ppeared, letters from all over tn
lOrd began to pour in asking NOR
bout the new mode of life offere'
q commencing the plan.
large number OF persons met Il
huntington Chambers in October t
ear more about the farm and max
uther plans. Edward Sunderlan
as elected secretary, George e. Lii
eneld treasurer and Jane Moore
0uire E. Putney and the secretar
no treasurer to act as a committee t
ny the Westwood farm, transferrin
ne title and deed to the Fellowshi
arm association when organized an
aattered. 1t was necessary to pa
1OOO down, but this was raised, an
ne farm, costing 5000, was bought.
After this repairs were quickly star
and one of the members is alread
wing on his acre of ground. with b
"1e and two children.
nAn Of the members are marie
nd have families. Two come froi
oCouand and several from New Vol
aa Pennsylvania. Provision has bee
sue for unmarried spinsters,
NON there are three or four.
aeet called Maiden Lane has bee
% out for them on the farm.
me association will have Its OW
SA and its own insurance. Whe
ere Is a surplus 1t win be used
Up the members put up their house
VI Edward Everett Hale wished
come a member. but wrote too lat
eeh all vacancies were filed.