The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-29

ole, Chappell and w. Beavers have the
brick machine ready TO run. Comrade
from Lake Charles came up
to look us over and to help us lay
brick. He is an excellent brick mason
and we hope to get him to locate here
with us some day. While here he will
help our crew to do full time on the
machinery building. Comrade Thur
man and Comrade Green are moving
weeds, brush and grass around the
place. Coleman uses the refuse for
fertilizer and we get the place cleaned
up. The canning factory is running
| full tilt to-day and all extra help has
been conscripted to that department.
Comrade Jones and bunch of boys
are out tending to some necessary work
at the peanut field. Comrade Fell took
out membership in the Colony to-day
and expects to stay with us. For the
first time in several weeks, | got a
chance to go with the kiddoos to the
pool, and | say we had some time.
Comrade EEanegriff and went out at
dinner time to eat with them, had a
swim and then we all hurried back
to town to see ball game between our
school children and team from Lees
vile. Loutrel, Landrum, Shut and
Dover Gryer have been rushing the
electric line to-day and have it almost
out to the dairy. Comrade Hastings
and part of this same crew expect to
do some surveying next week. Electri-
cal experts and surveyors should work
well together. Van again joined the
saw mill gang and they have been
working up material at the planning
mill. Lottie. c. Hoover, Van, Beloh-
radsky and Fischer were on this job,
while Oakley. Fred and Goldman
are getting the other machines lined
into place, making cots and new
bakery wagon. Won Scio has turned
from blacksmithing and is now doing
wagon-making. Well, these young fell
lows will take up new jobs. Killing
came home with Will West and family
who came up for few days visit.
Two days of rain has helped the rice
SO well that Gallo and Vernon expect
to be able to handle the pumping and
we can find smuch for all our extra
workers here. The dancing school
opened on time tonight, for some I'M
known reason; Newman, the piano
ticker, was on time and we got fine
start and it all ended in the usual dance
that lasted until 1890 pm.
$500
Sunday, July %. - While on my
little trip two weeks ago | learned one
fact that believe is worth telling tc
you. To-day there are practically nc
! steam boats running on the greatest
! waterway in the world. Only one
freight steamer plies between New Or
! leans and Baton Rouge and during tn,
few days | was there it failed to ap
pear, and | did not have the pIeasur,
of seeing any boats on that vast water
way excepting the ferry boats. Doe
it not seem to a sane person that SOM
one should get busy and awaken PEG
pie to the reasons why the railroad
;. are charging the large amount 0
. freight cost they now extract from us
1t seems to me that here is an excel
i lent chance for the co-operators l.
step in and d big business on thi
great stream. often wonder why W
howl hard times, robbery in freigh
rates and other charges, when if W
; would just make few good moves W
could lift great amount of the burde
from our own shoulders. A steam-boa
: line up and down the Mississippi rive
" could carry on an exchange of good
between the North and the South, BE-
{ tween co-operatives, and at the sam
e time handle a regular passenger sci
= vice. Gee!-that dreaming again, bl
it does look as if people would 500
y awayen to wey out of the windernes
- And it is a dead cinch' that it wi
Il! u never be done unless we-the worl
u ers-do it. Some day we are goin
e to build some boats over on the Sabir
. to travel to our possessions on the Isl
= of Pines. Who is to say we will NJ
y be the first to open up for use agai
t. the greatest American waterway?
y would not take long, either. if SON
u. of you people would join to help
:, :, finance the deal. Yes, said yet
a. because you will not have it much lon,
- er. You may thing you can beat Il
y game, but you can't. Besides, IL
n game isn't worth beating. Who wan
IL to live in a world of strife and anita