Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-08-19
The Colony Diary
Being Daily Report Of Colony Life at LIano.

USNAASSNOJs mug - -SOlAA
rades Kemp and Van Nuland plowec
the ground just cleared in Dago town
The larger part of the farm and con.
struction crews were wreck:ng ole
buildings and hauling-the lumber to the
store house for building brick yard
equipment. boiler house, and new dry.
er partition in the sweet potato sheds.
The children cut corn and shutked un-
der the direction of Mrs. Wolf. in the
afternoon it rained, and the children
worked at shelling and sorting corn at
the grainery. Comrades Satnan and
Wolf worked until late after supper
starting the new steam pump.
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Thursday. Aug. II. l920-Small
children still cutting fodder and shuck-
ing corn. Too much rain to work in
the garden. The men are plowing.
The construction gang are on the same
Job. Roy Meek and Al Haynes put
! the tar paper on the chicken house.
Fred Waters takes vacation and plea
sure CD ride to Fullerton with VIM.
De Boer on his regular trip on the shoe
wagon. Comrade Schad and big
mule team have been transferred to the
dairy department. which gives Com
rade Baldwin the much needed help he
has wanted. Robert Lindsey too John
Rosetto's place on the bread wagon,
while John goes after his folks who
are to move to the Colony. Stop the
deal! We have at last got flour, and
Fred Schoettle will again put out his
Famous Dixie Pride Bread.
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Friday, Aug. I3.l92O-The farmers
continue to plow between showers; as
we have shower nearly every day.
Dad Thomas ran a nail into his foot.
and was forced to stay home from his
work at the laundry. Comrade Syno-
ground is again obliged to operate the
engine and the washer. Comrades Sat
nan, Wolf, and Synoground finished
running the pipe from the creek to the
big boiler. The brick kiln cooled off |
sufficiently to permit us to find brick
enough to satisfy us that we have
fine quality of brick, and that there is
absolutely no doubt of our success in
their manufacture. They have beau
tiful pink-salmon color, and have been
perfectK burned. Oscar ,Borgeson
~ up his position In the store to
MAKE an extended trip to California.
Comrade Broughton takes up his work
in the store, where he and MA" Thorn
as will cheerfully dispense goods to all
who come. Comrade Lindsey is COM
PEELED to haul groceries all day from
LeesviIIe Oh, if that freight agency
would only arrive and save US so much
gasoline and labor. Comrade Town I
send Of Oklahoma left for his home
carrying much of our literature Ito t
show has friends) and great deal of
for the Llano Cooperative
Colony. The bakery produced about /
300 loaves of bread today. The laun- ]
dry runs to full capacity every week;
here are no idle hours in this industry. t
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Saturday, Aug. IA. l920-It rained
most of the day and the men were put
IN inside work. The repairing of farm
machinery. the fixing of roofs. and
working in the broom factory were the
principal orders Of the day. Comrade
Joseph Krug Of Buffalo, N. Y. arrived
N the evening train. He said he did e
lot come to investigate the Colony but d
0 join (which he did. The usual L
night dance was held and il
i very pleasant evening was spent. b
About 9:30. refreshments in the form p
# cocoa. coffee. and, doughnuts were P
after eleven o'clock. ic