The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-01-23
QUEER CULT ON
!. ToLST0Y ESTATE
They Practice Doukhobors Ideal
ism, With a Mingled Belief
in Buddhism.
MANUAL LABOR 4 RELIGION
Declared Enemies of Destruction Of
Property, Human or Animal Life;
.,t and Oppose Soviet Gov
ernmeHt.

fsSnaya Fulyana, Ru>>ia.-Eittec,l
young lnen, Two Young WOMEN and al,
elderly natron have Recently eSlai-
lished on the Tol>toy estate what HEY
term IAN improved ho>heyik r"sn-
m,iuity." Described AS an attempt Ia
rersify failure Of conununiSm. the
memi.srS OF the colony are the uert:rett
enemies uf the destruction OF properly,
human ar animal life. ami thus arr al
rayed against rhe soviet government.
The members of the colon! make a
Religions Of manual labor aud declare
Its chief tenet III be embOdietl in The
phrase Love thy neighbor as myself
They declare themselves. like t"''nt
TulStu y, "$earcl!crS tor the truth ia al
things They arrived herr. in carly
September with Il permit from Mns'''"
to occupy !, purriun If the estate how
cla>>ed as national institution.
Teacher Organizes Movement.
\ teacher, who's. brother is director
of the colony organized the movement.
The Is mrmbrrS. all OF whom i'rnr.S>
the practical itieali>rn of the D"nkto-
horS sect. with mingled belief III
Buddhism. We're allotted quarters III 4
once. haulSu,up bur now Iumhst-tlu"D
one-Stors building Of the estate built
in 1870 for the SORTS of Prince Vnlncn-
ski, father II T"lStry> mother.
The new arrivals haI" made The
building |lubtai,Ie and have started to
prepare. for the cultivation IF the l'N
acres Included in their grant. Food So
far has ltru supplied free 10y The soviet
government. the same as t" all visitors
to tn. TnI>,uy home. The tire" ""lnrn
de- the cooking.
The correspondent came first in cen
tact with u member Of the colony in -
rather strange manner
After 4 tong Journey he had bean
enrolled as IL pilgrim IT the Tol$InE
hn,u... acrnrdin= to the rules "f the in.
Stitutinn. He was given he'd ia The.
CREME. H.mr room. characterized hy II
hri.k arrh Il r0uu, occupied hv Trlsto'
some tifteru Years. lust as h" YVES
,!ruppilg off tn sleep he was reused
by pl..a>in" chords on the grand piano
located in the room. The playing was
.tnn.. by II Young ,nAn VIII" Wnra high
boots. - heltGd jackrt and . $l1ccpSktD
.'ap. Seeing the correspondent. he
stopped playing and apoiogized. saying
he ,liit,'r knew The room WAS occupied.
Then he went on /" explain who he
was and hegalI to ask information
about the pnsSihiil! Of walking |" lit
,ia, by way of Turkcstan. i{r wanted
t. study philosophy there. hH said.
Orchard Trees Whitewashed.
The iWU-acre farm includes a big or
rhard planted by the famous Russian
author, and one of the first acts OF the
newcomers was to whiteWash all the
trees. This operation WAS preceded by
IN animated discussion as IT, whether
It should he done. The y"nn% mc'i care
fully debated this problem. If the trees
are not whtewash"d the orchard vii!
b. ruined hy insccrs, hut if tho White
wash is applied the insects will die "r
starvation and it is wrong to destroy
life. As the members nf the colony
are yeyetarians and fruit is therefore
tI,.4 pri,up article III fnnd to them. ne
cessity prevailed owe: ideals and tho
whitcwashing WAS done.
A. second probien WAS solved much
after the same reasoning. For 1DAny
wears the manager Of the Tnistoy es-
tate has been Prince Obnlinski. who
occupied a building once llsed by the
author a. peasants school. The
newcomers. declaring that the presence
Of IN ovWsee1. might restrict Their
.'liertv IF action" have decreett that
the. prince must 60, and the oh0'ihsKl
family sno,i must seek food and, shell
ter elsewhere.