Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22

Wednesday, Dec II. - A beautl-
full day and an opportunity to get out
after our oak timber. Ole, Jones, Lee,
Landrum, Tackett, Kemp, Marchick,
Reeves, W. Beavers, V. Boyce, and
Lindsey went down to Anacoco Creek
to get out the wood and timber. Jones
and Beavers will keep their teams
down on the Kelly White place over
night, while Kemp and Marchick will
bring back a load of logs each day
with their six mule team. Lindsey and
Boyce will use the tractor in yarding
out logs and the other fellows will saw
logs, clear off the limbs and load the
wood. A few days of this work will
save lots of good oak. Rechsteiner and
Matz are still roofing houses, prepar-
ing for those who will soon be here TO
live among us. Nash is carpentering
at the dairy, while Roede, Buhre and
Strauss are clearing away the lumber
from the big shed that is being wreck
ed near the railroad. jacques and Van
. are running out lumber at the planning
mill and DeBoer is firing the boiler
and getting wood cut for the next big
run of brick. A new governor has been
installed on the engine that runs the
laundry and print shop; this is a great
relief to some of the workers in both
places. A letter from a comrade in
Minnesota tells us of a farmer who
shipped a carload of sheep and re-
ceived, after the expenses were paid,
lOc apiece for them. Another got So
per head for his COWS. 1t all goes to
show the wonders of the competitive
system and how foolish the workers
are to stay in it. IF these farmers were
cooperating with other workers who
might furnish them with exchange la
Dor or clothes and other necessaries,
they could turn their sheep and COWS
over to new owners with a satisfactory
exchange to all-farmers and workers
alike. The time is coming when you
will be forced to cooperate with all
other workers in order to live outside
of slavery Why wait until your chains
have beea'forged upon you? Why not
get into a community where co-opera-
tion is an established success and where
the object it not to compete for liv-
ing, but to produce it. That's what
we are doing here. Come to see us
and be convinced that workers can CO.
operate and succeed. Comrade
Downs and Langridge, Sr. are tearing
on the bit" to get their building work
going more rapidly. Well, we expect
a car load of lime and one of cement
almost any day now. Let her come
and let's not stop the building of our
city until it is completed. Buy an In
stallment membership and keep your
cash flowing into a cooperative insti-
tuition that is working for YOUR fu-
ture. H. Bell and Dad, along with
the rest of the store crew, Gaddis and
wife, Rose Belohradsky, Mother Shut,
and Joe Valek and Monte" are as
busy as mother hens with new chicks
getting Xmas Crates shipped to our
friends. Burton. our express agent,
is figuring on ordering an auto truck
to handle the business if Xmas is insti-
tuted for every month in the year.
Thanks, comrades. for your orders; we
are pleased to ship our pure foods to
you and let you know the good things
we grow and make. We know express
rates are terribly high. Let's look for
ward to the time when cooperation
will carry these goods to each other
at cost. Eh! What! Rooney and
Linn were nosing around the lumber
pile, getting material to finish their
chicken house. Gee, | see where |
am to be separated from my cackling
friends. Let it be soon. jim Ewell is
sole proprietor of the peanut shuck-
ing house; Jim hurt his foot and must
take to sedentary work. This is great
garden weather. and Thurman, Waters
and Patton are making good time at
this job. All the music classes were
tuned I'm to-ni0ht and ComraJs Martin