The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-03-11

mot Tel nconsequential. trivial Of per-
IsoHsl things drive away their idsality.
YES, comrade. there are breakers ahead
hut as We become stronger, as each
loyal unit is added to our little band
Iof co-operators, we are better fortified
Ito withstand the shock and better pre-
lpared to help the ones who wish to
know. Revengeful Or spiteful tactics
Twill not solve the home problem, but
Ia brotherly affection, firm stand for
1.-The right and an equal opportunity for
Tall will hold the family together and
Icause its growth and development.
Those who do not belong here thru
wrong motives in coming will soon go
land without any compulsion being US
led. Wrong living cannot exist long in
an atmosphere of justice and right
ideals. The weather is SO cool that
1.-THE brick crew are working down on
ItRe ground splitting wood and helping
Ito keep warm. Rechsteiner is now var
Inishing the refrigerator, and Mother
| Crawford will soon have a new piece
! Of cooling furniture that she and the
whole Colony can be proud Of A trip
to the clearing field was a revelation.
North Of the Ford ranch the fellows
have pulled the stumps from about Is
acres Of ground and have otherwise
cleared about IS acres. This has all
been plowed and is now ready for the
Idisc, West of the Ford ranch they
lare working on another 40-acre piece
land in about 3 or 4 days will have all
the stumps pulled and the piece clear
led for traction blowing. This crew
deserves special mention. First stop
ped at their new house where several
Iof them eat each day and five Of them
Isleep at night. Daniel keeps the house
as neat as any ones place could be;
The is both chambermaid and cook and
does a good job, too. Jones, Tackett,
Phillips, E. Merrill, Waters. F. Ander-
son, Krug, and Marchick make up the
rest Of the crew and they are doing ex-
ceIlent work clearing the ground and
pulling stumps. The grounda Well, ii
lis the very best, and from now on most
Iof our farming operations will be out
THAT way. We shall clear at least 100
acres Of new ground this year with a
possibility of clearing all the year long
with steady crew. Tonight the al
zebra class and the agriculture class
kept the school house busy until
late hour. We discussed the peanut,
and how to grow it and its many uses.
tits wonderful bug" when one
knows something about it.
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Saturday, March 4. A beautiful
day and resumption of every activity
makes one jump for Joy. Again the
Ibrick-rnasons are at work at the roof
garden. Reeves had to take Sharrer's
IpIace, as the latter got tangled up with
Ia pet gasoline engine and the engine
took him down yesterday. But Bea-
lvers and Downs are on the job as US
Iual. SO here we go again. The car
Epenters have continued their regular
work on the roof garden and Lee join
led that crew to-day. jacques, Lam
idrum, Ole, and H. Loutrell have begun
Ito build some small temporary houses
and will put them around the ranch
lin order to accommodate the new ar
rivals with places to stay. Lindsey and
Siemens are working at the new fields
with the two Fordsons and upon their
return home each day they bring in
wood and logs. Kemp is hauling logs
Regularly and Smock brings wood from
the clearing where Lloyd, Buhre, and
&c. Anderson are working at the hog
ranch. Sid Merrel is hauling wood
around the town and Dad Crawford
lis pretty busy man doing rousabout
work. DeBoer is hauling fertilizer and
there are no idle mules around our
camp. Work, work and more work to
do than you can imagine and some
one tells us of unemployment! Some
fine books for the library just arrived
from two comrades, Sam Ragendorf
of Ohio, and E. L. Snelson of Missouri.
Thanks. comrades, these go to good
cause, and will be kept in use at the
library. We have an exceptional man.
ia for reading good books. It's me fol-
the Self-Government League this pm,
where | suppose the kiddoos will I'M
ravel my little ball Of yarn" | don't
seem to be able to beat them out on
! our debates any more, bur | am per.
sistent fryer anyway, To-night's dan.
cling class was well attended and the
dance afterwards was one Of our besl
yet. The junior orchestra and F. New.
man assisted the old timers in furnish
ing the music for the evening.
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