Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

Jack and Peanut. | did take care Of
chickens and work in the garden. This
Easter we had an egg hunt and all
the children had a nice time. On Sun
days pick mulberries and flowers for
my mother. go to the dance and go
to the entertainments on Sundays. |
can swim and dive. | like to fish.
FRED Fi3NlNlANN, JR. g yrs. oId)
y 3 s. =
like to work in the print shop. |
can run the big job press and l can
run the little job press. | can pu,
away type and leads. | can take pa
pers out of the folder.
can crank car and put wires on
timer and spark plugs. / can put on
the exhaust pipe. Ican fix a brake.
know how to dance and swim. /
can dive Fl feet. In the summer time
we boys go camping and, we go fish
ing and hunting. We take physical
culture. We climb ropes and run
races. In the evenings | help the milk
man deliver milk. In the winter time
we trap and play ball. can raise
corn. was in charge Of it for year.
We have Self Government League
every Saturday afternoon.
JOHN CLARK DOUGEIERTY.
= 3 s =
To my mind the most attractive
thing about Colony life is the oppor-
tunity of mingling with people whose
views about the important things in
/ life are similar to my own. was
made to see this more wildly by an abb
sence from the Colony of several
months last summer.
Being banded together with com
pany of other people who share equal
ly the benefits as we'll as the hardships,
that inevitably fall to our lot, is an
other thing that strongly appeals to
me.
1t is a great pleasure TO see the chill
dren and youth growing up without
having their minds filled with religious
superstitions.
To the whole-hearted co-operator,
there is much pleasure to be derived
from thinking Of what the future will
bring to us if we go forward and stick
10 the job of making the Colony sue
coed.
We are not troubled by electric light
bills, or gas and water bills the first
of each month; and, if there is any
worrying to be done about the taxes
and other obligations Of the Colony
as a whole. we ''let George do it.
We are trying to make practical
demonstration Of the cooperative idea
in farm and industry. This, in few
words, Mr.. Editor. is what Colony life
means to me. y. C. CRAWFORD.
| came to the Colony in the summer
lof 1918 with my wife and four chill
dren. | have been in the cooperative
work more OF less for the last 5 years,
SO the colony wasn't altogether new to
me. | came here to help to demon,
strate to the working class that there
| is a better way to make living than
to work in the open field of COMPETE
| lion. One competing with the other
for job only receives a small portion
of what he produces; while we here
in the cooperative colony retain all
we produce because we have no ex-
ploiters here. 1t is also my belief that
in cooperative colony like we have
here we are more able to live a har-
monious and happy life, both econom-
ically and socially.
To me the educational feature is a
big thing-both for the children and
the grown-ups. Yes. the Colony is a
school, where we can help teach each
other cooperation and get the true
knowledge of what a cooperative CONE
monwealth should be-
So, comrades, / invite you to come
and help to demonstrate 10 the world
what can be done BY cooperation.
Ole SYNOGROUND.