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sands Of bats. The result is that the
State Board Of Health has reported that
in the last five years, not a single case
of malaria has been reported from the
Mitchell's Lake district. There were
mosquitoes and malaria in the City OF
San Antonio; but,to-day, there is none
of either, for the City of San Antonio
now owns municipal bat roosts. An
ex-mayor has one on his country place.
Both the State Asylum for the Insane
and the State Military Academy have
bat roosts, and at Alamo Heights NON
ey was raised by popular subscription
and bat roost erected. In all cases,
the bats eradicate the mosquitoes. and
they deposit guano that sells for over
hundred dollars ton. The Mitchell's
Lake roost yields annually two tons of
guano. Biloxi, Mississippi. has just
built and started roost. The Govern
ment Of Mexico has made an arrange
ment with DR.. Campbell for the erection
of roosts in Mexico, and no doubt will
use there the tropical variety. common
ly called the brown bat. Then, too, the
idea is not as new to Mexicans as it is
to us of the United States; for Indian
chiefs in the tropical part of the coun-
try know that, where there are caves
for the bats to roost in, there are no
mosquitoes and no malaria, and yellow
fever has never come. They know
that the bats are the cause of this con-
dition. have myself seen places in
the tropics that were entirely free of
mosquitoes and malaria, and that were
never visited by yellow fever, and |
discovered that it was the bats that
caused their absence. 1t will be to the
advantage of anyone interested in the
matter to visit San Antonio, Tex, and
see for himself.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30
THE LEANO PUBLICATIONS
LeesviIIe. La.

- NCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ, the
human heart has longed for the time
when no mans hand would be against
the hand of his neighbor, time when each
mans interest would be Identical with the
best interests of the whole community. The
progressive thinker, all down through the
march of civilization, has yearned tor bet
ter state of society in which to live. For
this reason, more than any other, men and
women have left their native SOILS and tax
en- up the duties and terrible hardshlps OF
pioneers, searching for the golden opportun-
ity.
From the East men go West; from the
West they go farther West; but the smeary
hand of exploitation has always followed
close behind, leaving them often drained to
the point of poverty.
To get away from the tithe-paylng system
from rent, interest and profit-men have
struggled and fought and planned Colonlz-
alton enterprises have come into beng IN
many parts of the world, having as their OBJ
iect the grouping of congenial workers IN an
effort to eliminate these Objectionable phases
of human life. Many of them have partly
succeeded, only to be wrecked upon the
rocks, because of lack of understanding
of each others motives.
After studying most of the former attempts
at cooperative colonization, and marking
well the rocks and shoals in the stormy SEAS
Job Hartman founded a cooperative COM
munity at Llano, California, on May lst'
1914. This community operated and pros
pered at this location until 1917, when the
water for irrigation purposes proved unequal
to the growth of the Colony, and new and
more resourceful location was found IN Lou
isiana, where they are now located. :.
Founded on three great principles OF soci-
ology-equality of opportunity, equality OF
income. and equality of ownership, the Llano
Colony has proven that men and women C, can
live together in harmony and prosper. lhls
Colony is Incorporated under the law as !,
protection against unscrupulous persons and
disgruntled self-seekers. Imagine it you can,
miniature cooperative commonwealth, ano
you have Llano Colony. Imagine a com
munity where all the land, the farms, tools
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30
LANO The Trail That Leads to the Cooperative Commonwealth

not driven to learn. The subjects are ar
ranged so as to draw out of the child the
best that is in him. With this in view, diver
sified industrial trades are placed at his dis
posal. He may thus gain an insight into
world of endeavor and can choose that which
most nearly fits in with his natural ability.
The school has its own cafeteria now, where
foods more especially adaptable to growing
children are prepared by the domestic scr
ence class. Music, singing, languages, bot
any, agriculture, Esperanto, are among the
subjects offered to Lano's children; and
there are many opportunities for obtaining
a real education, in addition to those pro-
Vided by the regular state course of study,
making them thinking, alert, self-reliant
group of future builders of a cooperative
commonwealth.
Equal wages are paid to men, women and
children. The theory of this is that each
colonist owes to the community his best en-
deavors, whether he be learned lawyer, hus-
ky farmer, or little school child They give
to the whole the best they can, and in re-
turn receive the best ~ ~ther can offer.
Hospital and doctor are provided when
sickness comes, and there are no charges tor
such social services. Funerals are conducted
along the same lines.
There is no need for insurance in the Col
ony for the dependents receive their support
just the same. even if the father be remov-
ed from them.
Social life is made by those who live to-
gether. The great objection to living on the
land is the isolation which accompanies it.
Here in Llano, the farmers and the industrial
workers live close to the center where dane
es, entertainments, picture shows. and all
manner of good times can be had for the
making
No rent is charged for the houses, and
any building can be used for meetings with
out cost.
Men work in whatever industry they are
best fitted for. Sometimes they are moved
around to different work as is deemed neces-
sary. but the fact is conceded that each
worker works best at something that he likes
to do and has fitted himself for. But when
1t is remembered that each is working for the
whole, and the whole is working for the in-
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TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE

Tuskegee, Ala. = At the close Of
the 18th annual session of the Tuskegee
Institute summer school. the foremost
Negro educational institution, certifi-
Gates were awarded to 100 teachers
The prescribed course covers three
sessions, and at the session just
closed there were $50 teachers enroll
ed, representing IS states.
The Forty-second regular session Of
Tuskegee Institute opened Sept. II.
'Tuskegee is not only school. II
is an institution and an influence" de-
clares Principal Robt. R. Motion. ''It
helps the worthy STUDENT to help him
self. Its location is unsurpassed fol
heathfulness. 1t Offers 40 trades and
industries for young men and women a;
we'll as excellent literary and normal
courses and Smith-FIughes vocation
courses for advanced students, home
economics, agriculture, industries. Tus
kegee Institute is no place for sluggard'
from rising bell to taps. there is {
full program, drills, class rooms, shops
farm"
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Malaria has caused the death of mill
lions of victims, and misery TO many
more millions. Malaria renders its VIC
tins liable to other diseases. Yellow
fever was once a plague that depop-
ulated cities and swept off popula-
ions as moving machine cuts down
grass. But To-day localities that had
their yearly epidemics are now free
from the soourge. The cause of both
diseases Is now known to be two diff
ferent varieties of mosquitoes.
In 1880 Laveran. French scientist,
discovered the germ of malaria. In 10
90, Sir Donald Ross announced that
the genus Aneopheles of the mosqui-
toes as the active. if not the sole, agent
is spreading this deadly parasite. La
ter. Surgeon General Gorgas of the U.
S. Army demonstrated that another
variety Of mosquito was the sole distri-
butor Ct the yellow fever germ. By de-
struction or oiling Of their breeding
places and the eradication of the mo-
squitoes, yellow fever was also Grad
icated, and malaria, as well. By his
method, the City of Havana, Cuba, a
constant menace to American ports, be-
cause of yellow fever, was entirely rid
of the plague. 1t was yellow fever and
malaria that causes so many deaths
during the building of the railroad on
the Isthmus of Panama, and they con-
stituted one of the reasons why the
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30

dividual, no one refuses to do what is allotted
to him.
Women all find lots of work to do. They
feed the men at the hotel, wash and iron for
them at the laundry, make dresses and over
alls and shirts at the sewing department, at.
tend store, office, ETC., wherever their ser
vices can be utilized to best advantage.
On special occasions such as harvestinz.
or planting, all the school children are glad
to go to the fields and help. 1t is the com
mon food store-and all will help to save
the harvest. Men, women, and children viii
torsake their regular work to help where they
can.
This is because they are actuated BY an
ideal. They believe in cooperation with
each other. Some co-operators think coon
Grafton means that others have to co-operata
with them, that their lot may be bettered
Llano co-operators realize that each mast
sacrifice their personal interests and amaIaa-
mate with the COLLECTIVELY. This is The yeyv
ideal which has made Llano signal succesr
IN the cooperative field, when other H.
communities have disintegrated.
Men and women will laugh at hardship,
and pioneering when they are propelled H.
a brilliantIy-visible ideal. Such an i3esT
is Llano's-to show to the world that human.
can cooperate together to build veritabIe
paradise in which to live, where love and &c.
lection are the predominant personal reIs-
tlo9nships and where the consideration Of FEe.
other fellows welfare is not hidden by ury-
sonal greed. In such community arerI
selhshness and jealousy cannot survive Ionr
If you are interested in such commuT-
IIty and such an ideal and would ike to Ieaw
how to get into practical application and a.
monstration Of that ideal, write for NOR
particulars. Ask for Cooperation IN A.
Ion' which goes more into the detail q
colony life and is illustrated bv n;ct,,rs.
showing the colonists at work.
The Colony has its express and frs;ots
agency, and hopes to have its own postoff;-~
AT present address all communicated. 80 =.
Llano Cooperative Colony, Newllano +
(via Leesville). -'' -
THE LLANo COOPERATIVE COLONY
NEWLLANo VIA LEEsVIL.LE. IA
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PROFETEERING TEEE AIM
OF HOLY PROHIBITION

Il
The sale Of intoxicating liquors, the
same as the abolition Of chatteI slavery.
was prohibited only when prohibisioa
became economically profitable TO on
expIoiters. With them it was NOT
moral question, nor a question as 70 he
best interests Of the people in general.
simply question Of more profits
Here is what the editor Of the Cap
ItaI-Times, paper in Madison. VS.
has to say about the Anti-Saloon league
One of the largest elements in putting
over prohibition:
THE Anti-SaIoon League was organ
lied in Wisconsin by Christian men and
women who were interested in driving
the saloon and its evils from this stale
The league was organized and support
led largely by church people, who were
interested in prohibition as a moral
Question.
About eight years ago, employers
and manufacturers began to become d.
terested in prohibition from an econ
omic standpoint. They were not con-
lcerned, as were the members of the
Anti-Saloon League, with the moral
side of the question.
These employers and manufacture
ers began to realize that sober work
man could turn out more work than a
laborer under the influence Of liquor.
In our modern competitive system, pro
duction is the keynote Of success. IF
prohibition will increase production. ar
Igued the employers, It will be good bus
mess policy to adopt the principle.
odd standards in the Anti-SaIoOn
League began to give way to the new
Instead of the old meetings opened by
Christian men and women with pray
Ter, the Anti-Saloon League changed
into modern business organization. M
tent on getting results in a practical
way. The directorate of church peo-
Iple was soon succeeded by a board Of
directors Of millionaire employers who
Immediately began to stress the econ
omic rather than the moral side Of
prohibition
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30
NORTH DAKOTA BONDS

! A friend Of the Star displayed some
North Dakota mill and elevator bonds
a few days ago. and gave out the in-
formation that these securities were
then selling at $l07, par being 500.
On this same day Liberty bonds Of the
government Of the United States were
quoted at $lOl.28.
The fact that bonds based upon the
public ownership policy Of North Dako-
ia and backed BY the state are com
manding higher premium on the mar.
ket than Liberty bonds backed by the
federal government, is significant. to
say the least.
The reason why, undoubtedly is to
be found in the difference between
these bonds and liberty bonds. The
mill and elevator bonds are based upon
a productive industry in addition to
having behind them the guarantee of
the state Of North Dakota. Liberty
bonls are not based upon any produc-
tive industry. They do not represent
Anything productive. On the contrary
they represent an opposite power
|taxation-a non-productive burden on
the people. The mill and elevator bonds
lare secured by the profits of the state
owned mill and elevator at Grand
Forks. That such security is valuable
is shown by the fact that the bonds are
showing unusual strength at a time
when it has become known that the mill
and elevator at Grand Forks will COM
mence operations in October.
But there are other factors no doubt
that contribute to the present high pre-
MUM on mill and elevator bonds. Back
of them is the State Bank of North Da-
kota. a publicly-owned institution,
which issued them. Back of all is the
state of North Dakota. Nothing could
show more general confidence in the
solid prosperity of this state, the stabil-
Il ty Of its industrial and political insti-
tutions, and the reliability and sanity of
its people than the fact that bonds
guaranteed by it are among the highest
sellers in the market.-Exchange.
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Revelation Interpreted
The Mysteries of the Apocalypse of St. John
Revealed
A Remarkable Book, Making Plain the Way
Unto Salvation, Written by C. A. Kratzer
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LeesvilIe. La.
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Right Living Wins

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TAKE HEED, LABORl
By Hal RronrneIs

By Hal Brommels
The battle-cry has sounded out
From owners Of the industries,
For now the masters surely aim
To bring all workers to their knees
To make them bow and cringe much
Than they could force them to before.
The masters stand in unity.
Their groups have pledged to be as
one;
For only in united ranks
Can anything ever be done.
The ones who live off you and me
Believe in solidarity.
Take note, o toilers of the land.
Of what sustains your enemy
And then prepare your own defense
Or travel back to slavery.
before it gets too late
To save the future from this fate.
Stand firm, stand true-or don't
complain
If chatteI slaves appear again.
It's time to stop the parasites
While you still have some human rights.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30


French failed to build the Panama Cam
al. DR.. Gorgas, by his method, rid the
Canal Zone of yellow fever and ma
lana and made it as healthful as Chi
cago or New York; but the Gorgas me-
thod. while effective, was also expen-
IsiYe, as ii necessitated corps of men
to constantly follow up the oiling and
inspection of the breeding places. We
read in the newspapers Of cities taking
Iup the Gorgas method of eradicating
malaria. They seem not to know that
a cheaper method has been discovered
and has been in operation for several
years with the best demonstrated re-
suits. The whole question is the Grad
ication of the mosquitoes. If they are
destroyed there is an end to malaria,
and all yellow fever liability ceases.
The chiroptera, of which there are
over three thousand varieties, are the
means used The Smithsonian lnsti-
tute publishes a book, which is to be
found in all large public libraries, and
which gives the latest and most scien-
tific statement as to the many varieties
Of chiroptera. Theirs is the oldest
form of life still remaining on earth,
dating back to the very ferst mammal
ia, and hence it is that in that vast
period it has developed over three
thousand varieties no other family
in existence has so wide variation and
| difference as the chiroptera. Some
are fruit-eating. other are blood-suck-
ling, but the greater part of the varle-
ties are insect-eating. Some are large
as cats and are called flying foxes,
but the two varieties that destroy mo-
squitoes are so small that their bodies
are no larger than those of mice. One
|of these, tropical variety, is not found
outside the tropics; the other, common
lily known as the velvet bat, is found as
liar north as the Arctic Circle. This
variety hibernates in winter and can
stand the severest cold. The velvet
wing becomes to all appearances dead,
but, with the return of spring, 1t be-
comes active. ...
DR.. Chas A. R. Campbell, special
iist on malaria and typhoid, and at this
lime president of the San Antonio Ac-
iademy Of Medicine, has been for years
studying the cause and cure of malaria
and ascertaining the cheapest and most
effective way to eradicate the mosque
toes that cause the disease. In his own
CITY of San Antonio, when he proposed
to do away with the mosquitoes and
| the malaria, by colonizing veIvet-wlng-
ed bats in specially-built bat roosts, the
city deemed him "batty" or crazy and
had a big laugh. But DR.. Campbell
was a scientist and knew what was
fright; hence he determined to demon
strate the matter to the skeptics. len
miles southwest of San Antonio is Nit
chell's Lake, into which flowed the sew
age of the city. The shallow, stagnant
pool bred mosquitoes by the millions,
and people dreaded to drive past there
on the road, as the mosquitoes were
incredibly plentiful and fierce. The
Hand around was rich, but no one dared
to live there because of the malaria
In 1911, DR.. Campbell put up his first
lbat roost, and in few years, as these
1bats are fast breeders, there were thou
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30
LABOR BANK FOR BUFFALO

AS direct outcome of the open
shop" campaign and the Buffalo street
car strike, the Central Labor Union Of
Buffalo has voted to proceed with the
establishment Of cooperative labor
bank. A committee of local trade UNI
ion leaders has been appointed to ar
range the details of organization, and
large number of individual trades I'M
ionists and small business men have al
ready promised their financial and
moral support,
The Immediate occasion for the Buff
faIo labor bank was the discovery by
local trade unionists that the big bank
ers of Buffalo were taking the workers
deposits and lending them to the most
prominent union busters of the city, In
Guiding the street railway corporation.
The Committee on Banking and Credit
of the AlI-American Cooperative Com
mission of Cleveland has already ten
dered its assistance to the Buffalo
workers in the formation of a sound
and stable cooperative bank.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30
AUSTRALIAN CO-OPERATORS
FORM INSURANCE COMPANY

10000 Australian farmers and work
ers have united in forming the Coop
erative Insurance Company of Austral-
la with capital of 100000 ($450,-
OO0) in S. shares. The strongest far
mer cooperative organizations in the
Commonwealth are behind the Com
pany, and it already has established a
successful business. In fact, it has
opened offices in London in order to
connect with important progress in the
outside insurance world.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30

The motive Of aristocracy is one and
the same everywhere. whatever its
guise, phase, and methods; all for one
purpose. to one end complete domin-
alton and subserviency of the majority
to the unquestioned will of the small
minority. Aristocracy watches with
keen eyes every potent influence, and
captures it for its own behests. When
ever and wherever an organization of
state, church, or society acquires great
influence over the masses, no matter
how good and pure the principles OF
creed that brings it into power, it is
seized, bound hand and foot, and made
to serve the governing power. Selfish
ness masquerades in the garb of purity
when there is no other way to reach its
ends.-Francis Parker.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30

The ruthless profiteering embargo on
the part of freight carriers and COM
mercialists is threatening the very ex-
istence of the nation.
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To appreciate thoroughly the work
of what we call genius. is to possess
all the genius by which the work was
produced.-Edgar Allen Poe.
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Life is count of losses every year.
Albert Pike.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30
YELLOW FEVER AND MALARIA
PREVENTABLE DISEASES
By George D. Coleman

Their Existence Proves Ignorance
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30

=, NCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ, the
y human heart has Ionged for the time
when no mans hand would be against