Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-06-16


ome planting was done by the
Grew and it is the intention ol
farmers to rush all planting anc
Gan the weeds from the growing
.ops while the weather is dry. Mos
df the building department is out al
nhe dairy putting up the windmill, put.
ing in the water pipes, digging the
,ell, in an-effort to fit the dairy up in
'sSt class shape. 1t will eliminate
hard work and allow the dairy
ease up on their strenuous life.
Waters, and |. Caron are tending
at the brick plant, and in few
= Z days their heavy firing will begin.
S-day, Mrs. Willhide opened UP the
o1tesorTf system in the kindergarten
t,hooE every little youngster in
.ie. Colony. who is old enough to at
tend, was on hands to do his part to
make a happy family of kiddoos at
the club house. This is a great fea-
lure Of the Colony and should appeal
. every mother who wishes her chill
zen to develop in normal way. Here
he child's life is started right, and ev-
Ty opportunity is thrown about it,
ausing it to unfold in a natural way
nd follow its natural inclinations in
efe. Mrs. Robertson and the larger
tTowd Of children are now forming an
efficient means of handling garden
truck for the store, hotel, and people
in general. The Esperanto classes met
as usual tonight
1888
Tuesday, June I4-Work is still go
ing en- at the dairy ranch to complete
the Improvements started there. Lind
sey took tractor, plow, and disc har-
row out to plow up about ten acres
of land that was cleared west of the
dairy, last fall. Comrade England has
been taking quite number of very
interesting photographs of the indus
tries at the Colony. which can be had
for ten cents apiece on postal card
paper. He has made postal card pho
tos of Eugene v. Debs; they are very
good, and you can secure them at the
same price. Our peanut butter factory
is growing into a real industry. Com
rade Thomas and Schad are manking
up a large amount of the butter and
putting it in lib. cartons and l0-lb.
buckets which sell for 25c a pound, or
10 pounds for $500, plus postal charg-
es or express. We hope this fall to
be able to make Christmas boxes of
syrup. peanut butter, etc, that we can
ship to your friends and our friends in
cooperation. Our peanut butter is
pure and wholesome and we would be
glad to have you try it.
The stump pullers are again on the
job and expect to soon have the east
field cleared of stumps. We some
times have people who are passing
through in autos to stop to learn about
the Colony; they think they can learn
all about it in a few hours. But, as
they get a taste of our philosophy and
see our activities, they either go away
we are too big pill for them
to swallow, or they linger and come
back to linger again in order to under
stand what we really are doing. This
thing of people working, not for mon
ey. but for better conditions, gets their
goat" and they can hardly under
stand it at all; but we are here, and
succeeding, and the job~is being done.
Are you ready to quit dollar-chasing
and help to build up a new society in
which workers are working for bet
ter standard of living and are not in
terested in producing for profit. We
some day hope to be making our own
clothes, shoes, and all things necessary
for our comfort and we do not think
that time is far off either. The card
club enjoyed a pleasant evening at the.
hotel. The only thing that happened
to mar the enjoyment was that the op-
posite couple and my partner knew
the game so well that they had for
gotten to practice for this occasion,
and they got mad at me because had
spent so much time looking up the
game for them. Well, they were al
ways ungrateful anyway, and when it
came to the refreshments. Ole even
wanted to take all of them, tool