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

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industrial building looks like deserted
house. Homer Loutrel is repairing my
car. and John Rix and jim Won Scio
are working on the big new wagon.
and Frek IS doing work on the FAM
ming machine. Otherwise the saw mill,
garage. planning mill. sheet metal and
plumbing shops are deserted. The
rast Of The gang is on that clearing and
planting job. In couple more days
the clearing for the sorghum should be
finished and then the cane will be
planted, if no more rain comes to stop
Us. Planting time is always busy
lime Sanders. Reeves, Ole. Van, Wa
tiers and Patton are still al the rice
plantation. but we expect some Of them
home in day 81 two. Ak shipment
of young chicks just arrived for the
poultry ranch and Lindsey is delegated
to deliver them at once BY auto. The
gardeners, Thurman, Buck, Babb, Ben
ton and Gault, with the children, are
putting in their best ticks and that food
patch is sure showing good results.
Now Messenger and Potts are contem-
plating moving to their new house on
the hill south Of the dairy, where they
are specializing on tomatoes also rais-
ing carrots, beets and strawberries.
Gardening and small Embarrassing have
great possibilities in this country.
Downs and w. Beavers are now doing
some chimney building while waiting
for the stalking off Of the machinery
building. The hotel and cafeteria are
both very busy places at noon these
days, each feeding about 100 people.
Il makes Us realize more and more the
need Of big modern hotel. We cer-
tainly are growing out Of our Colony
clothes and Mother Crawford with her
helpers, Mesdames Matt, Downs, Babb,
Reeves, Syncground, Merrill, FeYree,
Jones. are kept busy preparing for the
inner men and women, while Mrs.
Green, Rose Belohradsky and Mrs Mar
i'm are looking to the food problem
for about IS children and nearly Is
grown-ups. Some day we hope to
have things arranged SO a person can
order and get just what he or she
wants to eat and that time does not
seem far off. Smock and Carl Hoo
yer are planting corn at the Lamb
place and should finish up the Job in
few more days. just what is hap
pening around the general office is
useless to tell. The fact that many Of
your unanswered letters are on my
desk is one tale; $4,000 10 raise BY
the middle Of May; $l25,00O 10 raise
BY Jan. lst, 1923; a rice plantation
to improve and buy; city to build
preparations to make for greater herds
of sheep. goats, hogs. and cattle, and
the possibilities Of another Colony to
organize this year all this makes one
feel as if there might be some jobs to
let. And believe me. there are few
not beng kept up to date. This is our
busiest year and no need to say, we
are straining every nerce to meet the
emergency. Miss Forbess has decided
to cast her lot with as and do what
she can for the future manhood and
womanhood of the Colony. She has
had great training in kindergarten and
playground work. She will now work
with Myrtle Kemp, and our kiddoos
are very fortunate to have two such
good trainers. Music again reigned
supreme at the school house tonight,
with the mandolin club, orchestra, band
and choral society all in practice. Its
a good thing Comrade Martin likes to
teach music, or he might go stale some
day. But no, not hel
Thursday. April 20. Once upon
time we lady reporter" owned a
mother hen with large NfIock of
chicks TO scratch for. | used to feed
'biddie' IN a specially prepared place
with several inches Of straw and leaves.
She seemed to enjoy to scratch and
dig for the feed that she knew | threw
into this fol her and her babes. Later
/ became careless and forgot to drop
the feed into the accustomed place,
and the old hen, finding nothing to be
had from her usual digging and thrift,
soon stopped paving and clawing thru
the mass of straw which had now be-
come to her 4 mass Of debris. She al