Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11
The Colony Diary
Being Daily Report Of Colony Life at LIanO.

Wednesday, November Conrad
es Van DOLLAR, /. Caron and Fred An
derson are clearing land and filling up
the holes left by the pulling of stumps
by the stump puller. Shut, Lloyd,
Hemman, and Swenson are pulling
vines in the sweet potato field: they
have worked over about one-fourth of
the acreage. The building depart
ment are still on the sweet potato e.
vaporator and brick machine work.
Tackett, Heuer. and Haynes have near
| ly finished another store house at the
kiln. Van Nuland and A. Caron took
wagon load of apples to SIagle to-
day, and don't expect to get back
till tomorrow. Comrade Cuno made
his regular trip to Leesville and is now
writing news for the Democrat. A
platform is being built behind the E.
vaporator in order to facilitate the
storing Of potatoes. The Democrat
came off press to-day and is ready for
the mail. Our printing business has
grown so rapidly that our printers sell
dom get chance-to change jobs. Yet,
we want you to send in your printing
of all kinds: we can do as good work
as anyone else, and at as low cost to
you. The steam pipe broke in the
oven at the bakery and spoiled bake
of bread: Schoettle expects to put in
an extra eight hours getting out an
extra bake of bread. Orchestra prac-
tice at the theater and Esperanto
class at the hotel were the evening
program.
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Thursday, November 4-DeBoer and
Heuer went to Fullerton this morn
ing on the regular shoe trip, Caron
and Van 'Nuland not having returned
from Slaghe. Burton is re-arranging
his office 40 allow extra help, which
he has been in need of for some time.
Synoground and Satnan are now plac-
ing the machinery for the saw mill and
handle-making machines. The farm
crew is still pulling sweet potato vines
and it is expected we will begin dig
ging sweets" tomorrow The laundry
crew and some of the hotel crew are
doing extra work, sorting apples. The
sorting of 800 bushels Of apples is no
Ismall job, and as we wish to save all
of them, the sorting is necessary. Van
DOLLAR, |. Caron and Fred Anderson
are on the clearing job at the dairy
and Lindsey expects to drag off the
stumps tomorrow with the Fordson.
III. Atkins will finish his work at the
store this am and will then help Syn
oground and Satnan on the mill work.
AS the weather is extra good for grow
ing, Comrades Matz and Buck are
wrestling with the weeds and hoeing
the young garden crops. We should
have an abundance of garden truck
all winter. Van Nuland and A. Caron
returned from Slagle, where they dis
posed of a wagon load of apples yes
terday. Daddy Crawford is hauling
freight from the depot at Leesville to-
day. The children are picking soy
beans and sorting apples this after
noon. The laundry crew is co-opera-
ting this week with ether help in sort
ing apples during every spare hour
they have. The Democrat went into
the mail to-day. IF your letters are
late reaching us, or ours reaching you,
don't get Peeved. We have four mail
trans through here every day, yet the
P. O. department sees fit to allow US
to set our mail once every other day,
now by rural delivery-and maybe we
will soon get it once week. This