The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-08
THE COLONY DIARY
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Kemp, Cox, Mcconnell and Maschick
with some assistance from Mrs. Nash
are able 10 cope with She situation
More laundry is now being done thai
ever bofere and the equipment is En-
tirely inadequate for the quantity o
work that passes thru this industry
This will be offset by a new building
and equipment. we hope, soon. tn,
print shop put the CoIonist in the mai
to-day and are working on the Cooper
ator. The magazine is somewhat de.
layed because some Of our regular con.
tributors are tardy in sending in then
work. Cantrell tells me that he j:
afraid he will not be able to put oul
a May No. Of the CoIonist, because
Of the lack Of help. Often we are crit
icized for things that get into our pa
pers, but if you knew the rush that al
ways prevails at this shop you would
wonder how Gleeser, Buck, Cantrell
and Newman with the assistance of
Rose b.. Mrs. c., and some Of the
school children are able to turn off the
amount Of work they do. We certain
" need help at the print shop. We al
SO need and need badly shoe maker,
several brick layers, carpenters, and
lots Of farmers. In fact we need both
men and women who can do any USE
full work to almost an Unlimited amount.
Comrade Gayer, the Inauguration Of the
DOLLAR-UP CLUB, is sure on the job.
The last three days mail has brot us
several new members for the club, thru
his efforts. Homer Loutrell is champ
ing at the bit to get his whole electri-
cal plant moved and going. He has
moved the apparatus over to what used
to be the tool shed, and it begins to
look like Homer is starting opposition
to the store. The algebra and agricuI-
ture classes took up the greater part
of the evening after supper. and it is
a real pleasure and inspiration to see
the large numbers Of coIonists who go
to these and other classes. Truly,
Newllano is great school that is bound
to attract the best minds Of our coun-
try. Those who fail to attend meet
ings and classes; who are not interest
Ell in advancing themselves and others
are missing a great opportunity. And
believe that there is not single col
onist that does NOT attend some of these
classes or educational meetings.
So **
Saturday, April |. - Another very
beautiful day and everybody seems to
be trying to see just how much work
he or she can lay behind them. The
are my special care on Satur-
days. and we generally lay plans for
this day which hover around, the swim
ming pool about noon. Needless to
say. some work always precedes these
swims and thqlunch, and | am usually
the only delinquent one in the bunch.
NY bosses conspire against me on these
days and seem to find so much work
around the office that | only get out
to the pool in time to eat. But when
get there, lunch is ready and then
! grow happy. again. We eat; later
we take swim and have a real good
time at water sports; then back to the
Colony for more work. To-days work
was to make garden ground fit for
Irish potatoes and plant half Of them,
this April LIST in the light of the moon.
Now. in two weeks we will plant the
other half in the dark Of the moon,
and later we kids will let you know the
results. Also we planted more than
three dozen rhubarb plants which were
donated by outside friends. John Stave
from California, joined the l25-CLUB
and the Colony, where he wishes to
stay. Comrade Stave is a cabinet
maker and carpenter, and he started
work ali once. Comrades Mrs. Cryer
and Mrs. Wright have opened up the
ong-expected and wishel-for cloth
making establishment. Yes, on the
BID hand methods. Most of our indus- !
tries have been started in this way, and !
then grow to the machinery and fac
+ory stage, So be it with this one.
They are now carding and spinning
cotton, and later the weaving of cloth
viii be done and we shall be reliev-
ID Of the clothes-buying burden. This
all when the sheep are added to our
herds, we will lay the foundation for
making wolen clothing. | suppose la
er someone will raise silk worms and
We will make clothes from it, too.
There is nothing too good for the work
rs, SO why any limit to what we wish
o have9 Well, my everyday buds
uit me for the time being, so we
houId work and we don't. We
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