Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-11-10
THE C0LONT DIARY
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. bounced in our Lizzie until it is hard tc
, tell whether | am dreaming or really
at work. We saw an electric plant
that would furnish light. heat and pow
er for our entire city for many years
to come, and it made us wish for a
good angel to come along and trans
fer the whole thing up to Newllano
and have it in operation at once. With
this plant installed, away would go all
our old kerosene and gasoline lamps;
we could have electric heating and
Ielectric fans in our rooms; and power
to run all our industries Oh gee!
where is the angel of good cheer to
come from? What we want we usually
work for and get. and we surely want
this plant. The crate makers worked
so fast that they worked themselves
out of material this pm. and had to
take up other work to complete the
day. The cane cutters are doing great
work and will by tomorrow finish the
field of cane just west Of the rail-
road and north of the depot. This
field was cleared and planted this
spring. Among the cane we also rails
ed bean crop, too. Waters and
Gooing are alone on the fence job end
although it is slow work they will fin
ish up in a few days. Curry and Mer-
rel are doing the logging. MerreI
loads and hauls out to the road, while
Curry uses four mules to transfer the
logs to the saw mill. The work of
grading has started on our new state
road, just south of town; one crew is
working towards Leesville through our
place while the other crew is working
the other way. As soon as the road
is completed through here, we will
build new mechanical building OF
brick and cement that will incIose our
garage, machine shop, foundry, wagon
and blacksmith shop. Comrades, dom
get the idea that you are coming here
to make money-forget that stuff and
realize that we are trying to get bet
ter living and in a better way than
through competition. Wages! forget
them; money? what for? We are try
ing to produce all the necsssaries Of
life and enjoy them, without the use
of money. All the wages we pay /:
just enough to pay your board each
week; this permits you to spend it al
TIE hotel or buy at the store. The res
Of our necessaries are furnished; bu
; you must not think we have reached
the stage where you can have tn,
4 luxuries of life; well, should say not!
; And you must not expect them unit
you come here and help produce them
81 The psychological meeting touches
\ phases of Colony life, from wages t
waste, and the great value of our foo
raised here. as compared with whit
flour and bolted corn meal and polish
\ ed rice. We should eat to live and b
1 healthy, instead of just to satisfy on
taste for no-good goodies.
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MI Friday, Nov. 4. = AS the work 0
\ the place is going forward about tn
$ same as yesterday, there is very in
N portant subject want to write fe
q lines about. Our point of view col
81 corning our new incoming member
81 We are so busy we have little, if an
81 time to make much fuss over the ne
nj folks and in fact we find ii somctin
IN rather disastrous. Now, when y,
n come here, this is your home and y,
81 are most welcome to it and ouc on
mi desire it to give you all the priyileg
81 that we have - but you must not c
A pect more and get peeyed if you f
81 to receive special favors and have c
Isl erything you feel you should have,
EjI gardless of our present condition
5II Let's be plain. You come in and VIC
IN der why we haven't better houses
I'M you to move into, why the dairy he
IS isn't large enough for US to have
N the milk, butter, and cream we W;
81 all the time; why don't you pay m'
I8I wages to US and how Is it posi-
Isl to live on our present income-all t
I'M usually without realizing that we
I& living (and well.too); that we are, a
IE have Been for several years, pioneer
Is and placing foundation under
iE whole colony structure. You are
81 clined to run off at tangent, m;