The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-05

acres fGf hAy GROWING, removing eass
sasshgssh by hand, the women and
eaigdren webbing gsNbsseTs as Ba&Gs
tsS@gsg3 as the Men, sho@ga not a.
ssaraSly, perhaps; and after gsGsb6lny
Ne eg@peG. narrowed and bSsnea ths
remaining Brash,''
I Suffering In ssas little community
was intense daring the Asse winter.
There were only two frame &oases,
gfFs8ood had TO be carried from three
TO seven miles, Three OF she b9sses
\ died from starvation, and the other
three were 800 weak 10 pe'1g even an
empty wagon. Mr., Jackson continued,
Yet the little group managed 10 keep
gD their own and each others et,ss,
age. and after the FIRST winter was
nsathsYed. further problems and
hsfashlps we're more easily met aud
0rsreome. Now. in addition TO having
/ settled all the available claims, a
small Negro town IL growing 90 al
DearAeld, where professional! men.
tradespeoDls. artists and manBfscsur'
sfs on small sGage serve the needs
OF the farming community
From the inception OF the settle,
ment jackson and kis colleagues tried
10 advertise their movement for Ne,
gro farming community IN such 81 naJ
that white people would not hear
about 1t and come in and take UP the
land where IL was hopei that col0red
farmers would s,.tle. These efforts
were only successful In a measure.
and many Of the best locations were
taken up by white settlers, Al the
SANE time Hf, Jackson speaks with
considerable satisfaction OF the type
Of white man who came into the com
m1njty. and OF the fact that most Of
them have shown q willingness 10 sell
out their holdings at reasonable waltz
atoms 10 prospective Negro settlers,
Owing TO the laws governing the
taking up Of homestcads II was not
possible for the settlers 10 gather TO.
gether and clear one common plot for
cultivation. Instead. the method Of
cooperative help ased Was TOR 4
group 10 collect ON the homestead OF
one settler after another and clear
away enough land on each claim 10
start the prospective owner. III this
way each colonist soon had under cuL
tiyation the amount of land required
by the government for proving up his
title TO the homestead. After the
first few years, during which II was
absolutely necessary to devote all the
tiliable land available to tho cuItivs.
ton OF the c0mmonest staples and for.
age for the stock. the farmers gradu.
ally began 10 add various kinds OF
vegetables and fruits. including the
Inevitable watermelon, not only for
home consumption. but also az 4 sur.
plus. was raised. for sale In the mar.
kets OF Denver. Then attention was
turned TO improving the yield Of tho
crops. particularly hay, until now the
colony has passed from the stage OF
bare selfsufficicncy to increasing pros
perity.
The scarcity and high price OF coal
In Spain has become a problem as well
az & menace TO all map" featuring In.
dustriea In that country. With lcssened
importations OF British coal and soar.
ing prices for freight more attention
~ being paid TO domestic coal. OF
which there are large undcyeloDcd de.
posts According TO returns, 1885,.
02S tons Of coal were imported into
Spain and 1875 tons OF coke during
the first II months Of 1916, in contrast
to 2,3l3.GS0 tons Of" coal and 1913, 107
tons Of coke In 1914, q decrease OF 49,.
COZ tons Of coal and 160.3l2 tons OF
coke.
tona had to vote on the drink question.
Three hundred and fifty Of our chill.
dren marched through the streets sing.
Team aR 4 Eat