The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-08


not like 10 be reused out Of my little
nut. We took Loutrell and King, with
Us. drove first 10 LongvilIe, where W.
left Killing to take the auto load Of
electric wire back to the Colony. Wei
King delivered the message to Gar
cia" and we drove on to Lake Charles
4 Orange, and Longvitle. No. Of course
not for fun who would think Of such
a trip and call it funp We are still aft
ter more equipment for our electric
Iplant, and we looked at boilers. en-
gines. machinery, and water pipe nu-
It'll | felt | should blow up or become
an electron whatever that may Beg.
You see, we had money given to us BY
a visiting comrade, with which to buy
an electric plant and a good one, SO
we are just trying to find what we want
and need the more. Lots Of sawmiIls
are shutting down as well as other
plants and we want boilers, engines and
alternating current generators. Yes,
we want two alternating current gen
orators, one from thirty to fifty K.V.A.
then later we want one several times
larger. Do you know of such gener-
ator to be had, that is good9 We
want three phase if possible and it
must be first class and cheap, too. So
speak up if you know Of one. Also
1--WE want to install a water works sys-
TEN this summer. So we are in the
market for about two miles of finch
water pipe for the purpose Of piping
the water from the big spring to a re-
.servoir at the Colony. These two ne
.cessary Improvements will furnish
many home comforts that most of us
had to give up when we came from the
city to the pioneer life of the Colony.
As we do without some of these con-
veniences right now. we see in the not
far-distant future all of them in use
here. Our hard struggle is over; the
worlds has just begun. | mean by that
we have gone thru pioneer stage,
both physical and mental that the flu
ture holds out to all mankind, and you
will have to go thru it some day. The
physical you can probably avoid by
coming here with us or by joining in
such cooperative at some other loca-
ton; the mental pioneering you can
not avoid, unless you have already
passed thru that stage. There is a big
lesson to be learned before most of us
are ready to cooperate with Others.
1t is not an easy thing to lay aside our
old false ideas and ideals and take on
the new. Our suspicion, greed and
Jealousy, planted and grown into ma
ture crop, is not so easily weeded out;
yet they must be before we are ready
for complete cooperation. sometimes
shudder when | think of what the
world must go thru before the brother
hood of man is established. And at
the same time realize that it can all be
brought about thru the practical me-
thods we are employing here. The
question is are you ready for it2 If
not, don't try it until you are ready
TO cast everything else aside, burn your
bridges behind you, and direct all your
energy to bring about your ideal. the
cooperative commonwealth. 1t is the
only worthwhile job | know of and
there is nothing that can tempt most of
us away from it. Just think for min
ute what else there is before us worth
half so much. We are growing to il,
and we are striving to make the path
easier for you. our comrades, who will
come later and at the same time we are
anxious to make our demonstration a
big one and soon. That's why hours,
energy, money, or anything else does
not count, as compared to our every
day accomplishments in cooperation.
y y = +
Monday. April 3. = Flowing was
begun again at the Lamb place. where
we expect to raise our corn this year,
and Comrade Smock and wife will
move there to look after the place
The tractors are hauling wood and
making haste while the weather is fa-
vorable. John Hoover. our fence man.
told me that we now have $50 acres
Of land under fence and IA miles of !
fencing built. Most of this fencing is
Of woven wire and put up in perman-
ent places. Comrade Coleman recent
" sent away and ordered some special
trees. The mulberry and Custard APP
pie trees are here. and he has planted
them. Now, never ate custard app
pie, but if they are anything like Gus
ard pie, want to say right now that
gomrade Coleman has my everlasting
hanks. Mulberries grow wild down
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