The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-06
The Colony Diary
Being Daily Report Of Colony Life at LIano

ri SOiSode1Js F1E1A AO.---NCul near lllG
Ford ranch, one and half miles west
of our town, Comrades Hoover, E. Mer-
rill, and Krug are building fences
around this years sweet potato patch.
F. Anderson is digging and burning out
stumps and roots that were not pulled
by the stump crew. Most of the men
are on the cane job, and by the way
we will have about twice as much
cane this year as last. Possibly more.
AT the cane beds, uncovering and strip
ping. are Phillips, c. Anderson, Beloh-
radsky, Nash, Matz, Kapotsy, Carl
Hoover, Tackett, Rechsteiner, Thur
man, Lloyd, Reeves. ABBY and Rob
erts. Dad Crawford and Lee are haul
ing it to the cane fields where Jones.
Merrel and Kemp plant and cover it.
The Colony teams are all busy hauling
fertilizer to this cane job. w. Beavers.
Denver Cryer. Gault, Busick. DeBoer,
and Scharrer are driving, while Hinck-
ley, Downs. Marchick and Vernon are
doing the loading! 1t will probably
take all week to complete the job, pro-
vided it does not rain too much. Yes
terday we had fine rain that help
ed the cane, corn, sorghum and gar
dens, so we feel that kind providence
smiles upon US. And why not? The
people here deserve success; they study
and plan to get knowledge as to how
and when to do things and then they
work to accomplish their aim. They
are carrying out their ideals and are
doing so with the same opposition that
all forward movements have met. We
believe we are doing the right thing
and if so, there is no doubt about our
ultimate final success. King and Ja-
ques are hauling logs from the north
garden 40 acres, while Darth is disc
ing on the same land with one Ford
and Siemens is using the other one to
finish the discing on the peanut ground.
Benton, Babb, and Jackson are remov-
ing some hidden stumps from the gar
den and using the children to help
plant more seed. Great preparations
are being made for May Day and. Com,
rade Martin is drilling his band, or
chestra, choral and mandolin club to-
night and during the day he he'd the
band playing while the Folk Dances
were rehearsed. If music will make our
May Day program a success there will
be no doubts or fears for fine time
in store for us all.
* s. & *
Thursday. April IL. = Substantial
assistance is now coming to our aid for
the May land purchase and, as the pur-
chase date is set for May 18th, the
chances are good for the raising of the
whole amount on time. We sure hope
enough Of you will respond at once
and send in your money in order to
let us acquire this 1000 acres without
having to sacrifice timber or other val
uables. We get to choose the land
we want this year, which gives us a
chance to select land that will be most
valuable to us. Greetings from Lang
ley, Wash, and Mother Blair brought
a new music book to the school for
which Comrade Martin and the school
kiddies are truly grateful. oh. say!
the electric dynamo and other equip
ment arrived to-day and in very
short time we will be using electric
power in several Of our industries and
lights in all our homes. It is hard to
say who is the most tickled, Loutrel or
C. Shut. This will be another mile
stone in our journey. Thanks again to
r. B. B. and her generous heart. Com
rade Wainwright and his nephew from
Jennings, with Comrade Grace from
Crowley are using the surveyors in
struments to locate our permanent
streets and building places. Comrade
Grace came up to lay brick and give
us a boost in that line. We hope to
start the machinery building before he
gets Out Of practice. Siemens. s. Mer-
rel and EIinckIey started to yarding out
pine logs, while King and Jaques with
The Wallis tractor are hauling them to
the saw mill. It rained little last
night and is threatening more to-day.
but with these logs in, we can saw II
il rains, as the main cane patch IS
planted; we should worry" Joe Va
lex has combined the bakery and dairy
routes and delivered both at once. Ihis
helps Baldwin and doesn't add much to
Joe's work. Daniel is helping in the
bakery and is learning the trade. Our
milk goat herd IS on the way from Cali
ifornia; they expect 10 arrive by May
Ist. Camrade Yates and Warren Fread
are coning with them and we wish