Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-22

tS COiOlAy Clctly lido DCCOIle al
established part of the Colony News,
but the following diary may not be so
interesting as usual, because Comradc
Wooster got married and went honey.
incoming to Los Angeles, and got en-
amored of other trouble there. 1t 50
happens that the Diary was no! kept
for month. but here Is what we have
to offer. You will pct the Colony Di
ry each week in this paper if you sub
scribe for it.
June "a little rain helped the
crops. We have not had quite enough
rain this season so far, and this rain
was welcomed. The crops are not suf-
fering, however, as the conservation
of the moisture in the soil has become
of more Importance to the colonists
than the bank account.
June 24-A call came this morning
for help. On the outside an employer
who needed help in a hurry would be
up against hard proposition, but here
tht co-operators show their sand. Com
Stade Lindsey wanted a crew to. go and
clean out a patch Of cane whlth was
coming up thicker ,han was exc..'cd.
The whole backyard crew wel or
ward with hoes and cleaned up twenty
actcs of cane in two days. Work cen
hnues on the erection of the bolIer for
the brick yard. A visitor arrives 'anc.
tAtks himself out in a few hours. We
have lea -ned to let a newcomer tell his
own history. They sometimes queer
themselves.
June 25-Printshop publishes Dem
ocrat and announces impossibilify Of
securing paper for the Colony News"
at prices anything like reasonable. IL
was decided to use the Democrat to
fill out the News subscribers-tbus Civ
ing them weekly letter from the Col
ony. instead of irregularly.
June 26-The afternoon clouded
and later we had copious rain which
we / etced 1t rained easily and every
one was glad. In the evening the ram
uid not Keep many OF our visitors trcm
offending the usual dance. When the
Canc was nearly over, word came ,h1t
there wa0 an intruder in the camp. Aa
alarm was given, and hosts aand guests
alike left the dance in quest Of the bur-
glar, without much luck.
June 28, (Monday)-Weather is
nice and cool with scattering showers.
Brick yard doubles efforts to get enuf
brick made by hand to fill the kiln and
commence burning. Laundry works
today on Leesville work as well as col
ony. Board of Directors holds meeting
with several colonists as visitors. One
member has his employment contract
cancelled as result of persistent refus-
al to work when and where asked.
June 29-It is warmer again today,
clear and bright. One of the principal
actions of the day IS the lining up Of
the brick-making machinery. This
machine viii produce 5000 brick per
hour. John Rosetto comes in and looks |
us over. Decides 10 come later. and
promises to send his boy now. Com
rade Warren Buck is a bean grower. |
and he brought up several large beans
to the hotel on a wheelbarrow. Each |
bean weighs about II lbs.
June 30-We are planting some more
sweet potatoes today. The carpenter
is busy making several thousand shelv-
es for the brick drying. 1t IS warm
and cloudy in the afternoon. Cool and
at night Few mosquitoes
and scarcely fly to be seen.
July Thursday is publishing day |
at the prihtshop. and press day is us
ualIy busy one. An arrival today is
H. c. Schad from Arizona. Mr.. Schad
is farmer first, and then a picture
machine operator. He is also an cleo
trician and a postal clerk. We have a
picture machine for him to run as soon
as the weather gets little cooler.
July 2-This has been an unlucky ]