The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-29
BY HOWARD /. BUCK

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the term ''LIano" will suggest yis-
ion Of future wealth and grandeur a
modern paradise Of ease and comfort;
to others, il will suggest the opportun-
ity for self-improvement and self-devel-
opment; TO still others it will suggest
beautiful ideal. All very good.
But the first significance Of SLIano
to me is its human associations the
PEOPLE of Llano.
-lano Colony is not, nor ever can
be, an aggregation Of property. Brick
buildings and beautiful landscape can
not make a colony, nor can the lack
Of them unmake it. Llano is not an en-
vironment, but people group Of
devoted and high-minded "samidean-
oi," living and working together to-
ward a common goal.
Comrades arrive among us who at
once appreciate this comrades who
have, probably, more than the aver
age Of US, the ability TO get acquainted
quickly, and an intuiuve understanding
Of human nature, and the problems of
human adjustments and relationships,
man to man. Like duck takes to the
water, they take to us-the PEOPLE
the COLONY and its aims.
Other comrades arrive among us.
They are just as sincere, just as true
idealists, perhaps; but they judge
Llano, first Of all, by exterior appear
ances. They see our old houses. They
see our comparative lack of modern
conveniences. One good comrade re-
Gently visited us. At the end Of the
first day he was ready to go. He saw
our undeveloped RESOURCES and the pi-
.oneer conditions under which we are
working. These to him were "Llano
Colony Our real material progress
Of recent months requirement OF
thousands Of acres Of land, and pay
ment of former debts; and the i'm
provement Of land two miles away from
our townsite- are not visible to the
eyes. He was disheartened and disap-
pointed. Then he began to get ac-
quainted with the PEOPLE. He learn
ed more Of our aims and ileals and Of
what we are really doing. He caught
the inspiration. The longer he re-
NAMED, the more he was fascinated
by ''LIano"; and when finally bust
ness duties necessitated his return
home, he was member of the LLANO
1254CLUB, and, leaving, left behind
him the assurance that he would be
one of us in the near future.
In fact, there are many OF us who
have been here several years and like
Llano better with every passing month.
| am one of them. having lived in the
Colony almost continuously for five
years.
And the modern city, with all its
modern improvements Sure. We
want it. We purpose to have it. We
are at last in position 10 build it.
We ARE now building it. But when
We get it. THAT will not be ''Llano.
"LIano' will be the people who live
therein, and who will enjoy these
things the more that they are the pro-
duct of the hand and brain of 'Llano.
For the only way TO really possess a
thing is to have created it.
No, we do not wish to go back to
Nature" We are on the road to Ma
ture" all right; but the road we travel
is forward. No backward" stuff for
us! We shall endeavor to hold fast
to that which is good" in the old as
well as in the new, and shall, insofar
as possible, adopt every new invention
and discovery which can in any way
add to the sum total of human happi-
ness and efficient living.
So, friends and comrades, when you
come to visit Llano, seek it not in vine
clad bungalows and fertile fields and
lowing herds Of cattle; but search it
FIRST in throbbing human hearts
souls aglow with life and hope and IN
spired with vision Of better things.
Seek it in the bright ideals Of loving
men and women and the happy, care
free Laughter Of little children. There
will you find lano."
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BY A. E. W. JAQUES:
Our attention was first called to the
Llano Colony at lecture by Frank E.
Wolfe while we were spending our va
cation during the Christmas holidays in
1914, in Pasadena, Cal. Comrade
Hartman was supposed to lecture that
evening, but was taken sick, SO Frank
Wolfe lectured in his stead.
The cooperative idea had always
been our ideal and. of course, as soon
as we found bona fide effort to put
il INTO practice, we both became boos-