Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-08


Tier from our own production. | have
lust spoken of the garden crops now
being grown for winter use. and | will
add these substantial foods-sweet POI
tatoes, peanut butter, sorghum, cane
syrup. Irish potatoes. These are in
abundance, while we have milk, eggs,
and meat, limited We just received
car load of flour and feed, and in it
is whole wheat, which we grind into
flour for our own use. We are not
meat-eaters, but some still like their
meat once in while, and such chang
es come slowly and we have no wish
to force anybody to eat or not what
they do not choose. We try to furnish
the most wholesome and best food we
can, and then reason out points of their
superiority. Does our food outlook
sound good to you? If we had more
farmers and gardeners to raise a great
err abundance of these things and more
fruit, we could soon admit larger num-
bers of people to the colony: We need
farmers, gardeners, fruit-growers, poul-
try-raisers, and men who can and will
work. We are in the pioneering stage
and need people who will take the best
we can give to each other and not
growl, but try to better conditions for
all alike. If you are one of this type,
we can use you. The ideal of the col
ony is right, and if its attainment is
your desire in coming here you will not
be disappointed. Things are not what
we want them, but we are doing our
best to make them all we can desire.
So, don't come looking for opportun-
tiles to kick, but to look for places
where you can help to improve and
bring about the ideal. Now, com
rades, read our advertisements in the
Colonist and the News and it will tell
you why we are going to raise $l25,-
600 by next spring. 1t will complete
ly finance this place and we can then
admit our full capacity of members
and start another one. | now know
jof two good big tracts of land in this
state open for colony purposes. Are
you a believer in this kind of action?
| If SO, why don't you back it up with
your money and your labor? If it is
right, then you should enter into it,
Fundamentally, and spare nothing for
its establishment. The teachers meet
ing this evening was a good one.
School will open Tuesday. The hous-
es are all cleaned and ready for the
opening. Ii is our intention to add
to our grammar school and high school
a university extension course. After
teachers meeting, choral practice was
held at the hotel and several songs
were polished up for the theater pro-
gram for Sunday.
$3.50 =
Saturday, Sept. 3. - Comrade Cad
dis and Larsen are now made more
more comfortable in their homes. as
their furniture arrived and is doing
family service again. Several loads
of brick were hauled to Leesville and
1.-THE chances are that several brick
buildings will be put up there very
soon. Besides the regular mill work
beeing done at the planning milE we
were grinding feed and meal. Every
Saturday will be grist-grinding day for
Yourselves and for our neighbors. Kemp
was cultiyating the beans and sorghum
north of the mule barn; and such work
for this season is about finished, The
gardeners have all the young plants
cultivated and are again planting more
seeds. They have prepared a cabbage
lpatch and as soon as the next rain
comes, the plants will be transplantel
from the cold frames to the field. To-
day is childrens' day again and we
kiddoos all went to our favorite romp-
ing ground, the pool, where some
of them practiced for the sports to be
INDUCED in on Monday, Labor Day.
| Who is it that cannot enjoy the good
times that young people have on such
occasions? You would be surprised tc
/ see some Of these little folks dive from
! the regular spring boards and from thc
4 20-ft. diving tower. as if they were
bunch of frogs They know the diff
ferent kinds of fish that are IN th,
pool. and woe unto the snake that get
therein. if he happens to have heac
!. that doesn't look right to this crew
\ Yes, they know the trees and bushe
\ that grow wild, and, best Of all, the.
\ know and respect each other w
Y haven't child here who is not con
siderate Of his or her playmates an,
\ these picnics are a very enioyabl
\ function After lunch anothel SWIM
II ;e bad and fben home we on fl he'll