The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-27
THE coLONY DIARY
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work and we should soon be at the big
job. This building will be 90 x 40 #.
and two stories high. Rechsteiner and
Langridge are just about to finish the
sheeting Of the roof garden. Before
the week is over it will be done. Hur-
rahI DeBoer and Coleman are finishing
off another fertilizer platform and they
are getting better results each time. This
fertilizer is doing fine work and very
soon Comrade Coleman will put out a
booklet on his process which will be
complete in every detail and will, Be
sold to those who wish to learn about
it. Amy farmer can handle a plant
according to his needs and it will be
invaluable to him. The psychological
meeting was held as usual after tbs
Esperanto class. A visitor. who is well
acquainted with the cooperative move
ment said: IF you can hold such meet
lngs as this, your success is assured. ;"
I now see why you have made such
progress. Sounds good and it is true.
We are closer together than any bunch
iof people on earth.
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Friday. May 10. You have no idea
how hard it sometimes is to write the
Diary = when | am forced to write
things that are not nearest my heart.
Sometimes want to open up and tell
you the big things that we have in
mind to do in the future and the great
opportunities we are having placed be-
fore US each week. IF you knew, | am
sure you would give us greater sup
port than ever, yet there is hesitan-
cy to unload to you for fear you think
we are visionary and impractical. Great
things are before us now. and we are
unable to handle them because we have
not the proper persons to take hold of
the task at hand. This Colony should
be a great school to graduate coop
'erators thru, who can take hold of new
colonies and direct them to success. If |
you have any ambitions along this line
the school of experience is here. Hun
dreds of colonies will be formed in the
next year or two and want to tell you
it will be saving of time, expense,
labor and heart-aches for the founder
of each colony to come here for several
months and get active experience be-
fort he starts his group. Several boys !
and girls Of different ages wish to
come to the Colony for their education.
One of the dreams of ''Ye Lady Re-
porter" has been to establish an or
phans school or home. The children
are the ones who most need our local
environment. where they can be raised !
to manhood and Womanhood with a
cooperative ideal in their hearts; and
where they will never know the with y
ering blight of competition. Some day i,
we will have that orphans home and
we will begin to finance it. Already i,
there are several children here whose t
parents have sent them to us and many
more wish to come, whom we don't feel
able to accept. These are the things
| want to write about everyday. The
greater human problems that could be
solved and add greatly to the lives of
others and to ourselves as well. What
say you my brother or sister? Is your
dollar more sacred than these human
ives that are being wrecked every hour
for the want of chance such as we
could give them2 Can you and will
you help US TO make self-sespecting
and useful citizens. brothers, and COM
,ades of those who are in need of our
those who will be our great
sst strength, the young manhood and
of the future2 We can I
.aise them more cheapIy and more cas-
ly than any other community on earth.
Then home for aged comrades-well,
what's the use-now. | tell you of the
.uture every day in the diary. Our
hopes and plans-but first, let US buy
his land and get equipped for the fu-
ure. Will you help9 When and how
nuchp Don't you think it worth an
extra effort9
$500
Saturday, May 20. = Plans are now I
aid to continue our school on thru the
No we do not have the US
al vacation Orr sysem of school is {
continuous every day to those who wish
o learn; but it is also a steady vaca-
ion to those who can see pleasure
n being useful every day. -Four hours
N school and four hours of industrial
md playground activities makes the
kiddoo's happy. Is it any wonder our
,hiIdren are never in trouble9 Not a
obacco user among them nor COM