The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-05
BY Joshua Long

Hello, centrall (excuse me, /
mean comrades Give me A-No. -
No, no-that isn't what mean. |
mean give US number one tele-
phone system. Now there, its out and
feel better. But. Of course, you want
TO know the why's and wherefores. The
fact Of the matter ii. we have been
working under a considerable handi-
cap because Of our lack Of means for
quick communication between the var
ious departments Of the Colony; for
instance. cur commissary Oh general
store, altho only 100 feet away from
the main office, has no means Of com
municating with the General Manager
OF Others in the central office, other
than BY a personal trip BY someone Of
the store force, or vice-versa; the af-
fairs Of our ordinary business requires
dozens of these trips daily at consid-
cradle loss Of time to the organization;
the hotel is an eighth of mile away
and no one but Pickett and myself can
really understand the racking suspense
we undergo when we wish to know if
Mother Crawford is going to have pie
for dinner and no way to get the de-
sired information. Besides, there are
always questions coming up pertaining
to the management of the hotel and re-
lated industries which, by the aid of
Phone service, might be expeditiously
and effectively settled, which, in turn,
would be conducive to the peace of
mind of Mother Crawford and others
concerned; a phone at the mill and
machine shops would save Ole. and
others, many a weary step; the dairy,
almost mile distant from the general
office. is beehive of industry and ev-=
cry minute of time, every step saved.
means more efficient and satisfactory
service from that busy bunch who will
be satisfied with nothing short of their
goal-l00 percent cooperation;
phone service would greatly facilitate
the handling of the dairy and livestock
department and the distribution Of the
dairy products to the hotels, members,
and outside patrons; then, there is the
poultry farm, off in the other direc-
tion-not far, but Just far enough that
your Uncle Josh has not found time,
since it was established last fall, to get
out to look it over; it would be some
satisfaction if we had phone out there
SO | could call up occasionally, if for
no other reason than to hear rooster
crow. But, jokes aside, it would be
great convenience and help to the Roo
neys and Linns who are fathering and
mothering this infant department. And,
last but not least, the printshop needs
phone connection with the various de-
partments of the ranch and with the
outside" to properly handle our own
doings and take care of the news and
business offered us from our neighbo'
ing towns; lack Of this modern con-
venience has handicapped our printers
to greater degree than can readily
be imagined by any one who has
not visited the print shop and witness
ed the adverse conditions under which
that bunch of 100 percent co-opera-
tors carry on; honest, folks. this thing
is actually causing "silver threads
among the gold' to appear in the bon
ny locks of the debonair Cantrell, and
Editor Gleeser's foreheadis slowly but
surely receding down the back of his
neck as result of friction caused by
the clash of thought vibrations set in
motion in an effort to solve the prob
lem of how to successfully conduct a
hundred horsepower business with a
ten horsepower equipment.
Comrade Nash has observed that
grass will not grow in busy street
from which he deduces that hair will
not grow when there is too much fric-
ton just beneath the roots; ergo, we
must provide facilities and equipment
for the printshop which will permit
these 'highbrows' to ease up some
what on their mental gyrations and
good phone service should be the first
thing SO provided.
Some one has suggested that we
may have our choice of any one Of
four different methods by which this
phone system may be secured.
We may buy, beg, borrow or steal