The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17

\ il has rained nearly all day long The
teamsters, farmers and other outdoor
workers have gone under cover to help
1.-THE saw mill crew make lumber and
shingles, In fact we have all taken 10
Icover and i'll order to cover up any de-
llinquency may feel in not writing the
Ediary, | will tell you son.athing of our
country down here. This is what thev
lcalI the cut-over pine lands Of La. and
|many people think that all you can see
when you arrive is either swamps and
Ialligators or barren strip Of land with
dead stumps sticking up. Neither Of
these ideas is correct. Of course. the
large pine timber has been cut off, but
There is quite BIT Of pine timber left
standing and a great acreage of sever
Ial kinds Of hardwood. Grcenery is our
background all year round and must
Isay this is one Of tho prettiest coun-
Itries | have ever been in. believe we
lean raise roses and other shrubs as well
las flowers of all kinds, just as well as
Ethey are raised any place in the West.
Il Nature is assisted by the hands Of
man, | believe there is no limit to what
we can do in making beautiful homes
and surroundings. This country is in
the rough; but it needs only the touch
Of human hands to make it one Of Ma
lures most beautiful gardens. This
week we are grateful to R. S. Carte,
Henry Mueller and F. Guterkurnst for
books and magazines donated. Should
1.-THE lady reporter in her mad rush thru
life fail to recognize donations and 9TH
Ter helpful kindnesSes. you must lust
|consider her failings and faults. This
lis a big -place, and most of us have so
much to look after that we are apt to
overlook many things in our efforts to
keep the big job going. Right now
Ihaye forgotten what our garage fore
imam told me to mention as part OF his
wants. Il was some special tools for
tapping out nuts, cylinders, tires, or a
lkeg of beer. Well, don't know just
Iwhat it is, 50 | will have to see King
Iagain. But say do know we need
some one who is anxious to do dairying
and some one to make shoes, and a
bunch Of good people to help US carry
on our work here. Well, King has
again Informed me he wants taps and
dies for making automobile threads.
Well, | suppose that will save me much
trouble. Instead of the usual Satur-
day picnic for the children, we held
a meeting at the school house and talk
ed over many changes in ourselves to
the good of each of us and our move
ment in the future. Our children are
our hope for the future, and it is their
great privilege to be able to get our ex-
perience for their guidance. The dan
cling school and dance were we'll at
tended tonight by colonists and our
outside friends.
! Sunday, June II - And to-day the
sun shines SO brightly that you can
hardly believe it rained yesterday so
hard that we could almost call it a
FLOOD; but it is SO just the same. Sew
|eral Of the fellows went over the place
ito look at and repair fences that had
been injured by the down-pour. In
1.-THE afternoon several of the fellows
worked upon the ball ground. As a
whole it was day of rest for the Col
ony. They say there is no rest for the
wicked, and | guess | must be very
wicked; because can not remember
when last had Sunday lay-off and
to-day | cannot break the rule and not
Iget out this days diary. There is lit
tile to tell of what we are doing to-day,
so will tell you what real good colon
lists should do. The Colony was organ
Iized for the purpose of demonstrating
what could be done to make a better
human condition for all thru co-opera-
ton AND ALSO to show that under a
cooperative regime each individual
would better himself or herself. If you
JOIN the Colony just to better your own
condition and not make better man or
woman of yourself, then you are miss
ing the mark entirely. We want peo-
pie who have desire to make them
selves a fitting example Of what can
be accomplished within cooperative
environment. Ii is. therefore. neces-
sary for your heart to be right and al
1.-THE same time to use your head as
well. 1t is not enough to just wish for
land talk about the cooperative com
mcnweaIth, but you must DO YOUR
lBEST to bring it about thru active
work only by thinking and using youl
tbrain power can Won do the best work