Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-03-10
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Monday, March 7-''I told you so. =
Now. lii aten. did you hear itpp Well, if
you Didn't, it was because you were
not in the Colony in the wee small
hours Of the morning. A great moan
ing and groaning was heard. some
thing like mother earth having tum-
my ache and trying to tell you Of it.
Colonists were awakened, and upon in
vestigaIion great light was discover
ed at the brick factory. On closer in
IvestigaQion it was found that several
elestric lights were burning there, the
wires being strung by Schad on Sum
Iday-and from these lights other
bright lights were reflected from the
bald heads of Roedemeister, DeVine,
and yours truly. As the lights burned
and reflected. the brick machine con-
tinued to groan and moan and we
made Her eat mud and cough out brick
at a great rate. This operation con-
tinued for sixteen hours to-day, and
will so continue for the next week or
ten days. Two shifts are at work.
Waters, Satnan, Rechsteiner, Uncle
Jake, Neuer. Heym and some extra
volunteers are guilty of the consplr-
acy. But the good work is going on
to allow us to burn kiln of brick
soon. Bergman is building shute to
carry the dried brick to the kiln. All
the farm crew and spare hands are
stripping cane for planting. You see
the stalks are the seed and the blades
are pulled off the stalk which is then
laid in a furrow, chopped in two with
a hoe, and covered. Pete Kemp is
making furrows while Comrade Millard
with the tractor is discing ahead of
him. Earl Rowe is discing with
team BIT the dairy preparing land to
plant oats. Tackett is building fence
"a job that involves digging, Char
lie likes to dig. Satnan continues to
be in the auto-repair work and will
fix up all the sick Fords we have.
The print shop showed their good will
by turning out in full force at the or
shard and planting trees (all except
the devil VENT. We are getting many
very encouraging letters from outside
comrades, who are promising to help
us keep. this whole 10000 acres of
land for cooperation. Be sure and act
this year, comrades-it won't hurt us
to clean it all up now while we. are at
| it. Say! don't get the idea you are
coming down here to finished pro-
duct of cooperation. Why. we are
just started: we have learned how but
lots and lots of work must be done.
| This year we must build more homes,
and I'VE want to build permanent homes
while we are at it. 1t takes money to
buy bath tubs, lime and cement, wa
ter pipes, electric wire and glass. We
have about everything else, and we
are in earnest about you helping us
to finance the deal. You pay for the
remainder of the land contracted fol
and furnish the expense money for
1.-The above materials, and we will dc
the rest. Is it not fair2 We can't
have heaven on earth unless we CO.
, operate and build it. What say you
and how much is the saying worth
We own three thousand acres now
will you help save the other seventeen
thousandp Comrade Kaas started hi
) colony life by being on the early bricl
gang this am. Comrade Harry Wech
sler signed colony contract yester
day and is now doing the bookkeep
, ing for us. Mrs. Briggs started in tc
help the kiddoos take care Of the chicl
ems and they lifted an old hen anc
brood from the nest the first officia
act. Mrs. Herman and some of thu
Youngsters are working in the garden.
Vernon Boyce is taking try at brick
making, and predict that Freckle vii
, go to bed early tonight. Esperanto
) was on the go again tonight with tw'
classes in action as usual.
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E Tuesday, March 8-Print shop ol
r Their usual jobs and bowling for M
t Ito hurry the diary. and | am glad t,
t get ii off my hands. too. The brio
e machine awakened the village again a
e a am. with the usual crew on the job
: and if the rain doesn't stop our plans
8 sixteen hours Of brick making will b
y tho program for to-day Several me
S are stripping cane. Scharrer and Va
d Nuland are hauling and putting tn
n stalks in the burrows plowed by KEN
: Daddie Crawford is also hauling can
e with the Ford truck and Claude Caro-
n is helping him this a. m. Well, it
al showering every once in while and
d fear plans will go astray, but that vi