Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-03

FEhlNSJN PARISH DEMOSfA
Satnan and Robertson are fixing up
the small truck for to-morroW's shoe
trip. The school children are all in
the garden this pm; even the girls
from the stenographic office are do
ing their bit TO grow green vegetables
for table use. Lindsey, Crawford. and
myself were in Leesville on business
this pm. and the office force took a
holiday out in the gardens; Of course.
you should know that our letters are
typed by our school girls and it is part
Of their school work, and practical ed
ucation. The Esperanto classes were
held as usual at the hotel and were a
great attraction to our visitors. At
noon to-day Comrades Besse and Nam
cinni donned overals and went into
the clearing game to help as long as
they are here visiting: both these com
rades intend making the Colony their
future home and they are helping
clear up little land as initial work.
$3.50
Tuesday. Feb. This is one more
red-letter day for the Colony and
marks several steps forward for us. In
fact, something has awakened me at
3 o'clock and | am so full Of the day s
doings that can not go back to sleep
until | tell you about it. | started the
day by going out and visiting the
clearing crews. They are through |
west Of the railroad at pre- !
sent, having finished all but small
strip along the creek and very bad
ly-cut-up spot in the northeast corner
Of the 40; they have moved over to
the east side Of the road, along the
side of last years corn patch. Bros
from and Gallo are working alone as
finishers on the west side. Well, with
the east clearing they are doing big
things. some telling trees and cutting
Them into sawlogs, others cutting the
limbs into wood and burning brush, I
while the larger bunch of fellows were
using mattocks and axes to grub out
he brush and small stumps, preparing
10 make it easy for the stump pulIer.
Merrill and Scharrer are hauling out
he wood that goes to the wood-saw
and Kemp was hauling the saw logs.
In this crew, which is clearing out an
addition to our cane patch, are Hayn-
es and Morrissey, making saw logs;
|. Caron and Besse, helping haul
wood, and between spells helping De
Boer, Horne, Herman, Atkins, and
Van Dolahr do the grubbing and pile
brush; while Tackett was making a
ditch to carry away any stray water
that might decide to stay with US. This
is only part Of the story. Van Nuland
went to Leesville and brought down a
big gang plow made to attach to our
Fordson. and this afternoon the Ford
son just galloped up and down the
west bottom field and did as pretty a
job of plowing as one could wish to !,
see, Mr.. Lawrence. the demonstration,
started the job and then turned it over
10 Comrade Lindsey; and if any of
you neighbors wish to find out what
modern methods can be applied in
blowing and preparing the soil, come
lown the K. c. S, track and watch the
7ordson travel over this newly-clear-
d and rough tract Of land. Is this
dip should say not Comrade Gu
10 came down and took some pictures
# the tractor in action and whispered
n my ear, which Immediately caused
hurry trip to the brick machine.
here / found Roedemeister, Heuer,
Waters, Satnan. Heym, Buhre, and
'yoground- standing around? Well,
should say not They were just
making the old mud-eater travel in
Ugh speed, and she was coughing out
S fine stream of brick as you could
,ish to see. Maybe you don't know
What this means to us-well, we do. Il
t means we will be in position to
upply the neighborhood brick de-
hands, and ourselves with brick
buildings, when the market is bad
'hink it out for yourself, all that this
lesns to US. The brick plant is now a
uccess for we have it tested every
ray, and il is not found wanting. Ro-
ertson and P. Caron went on their
hoe trip to Luddington and way
oints to-day and Comrade Mancini
Layed over another day to accompany n
nern. they made a Quick and success