The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-12-23

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| Let more Of her kind come. The Dane
ing school and dance were held as us
ual at the big new roof garden. ane
a good time was enjoyed BY all who
attended.
Sunday, Dec. ". | sometime.
wonder why people come here expect:
ing beautiful houses. furnished witt
all the modern equipment you ever saw
all the luxuries Of life at their fin.
ger tips. Some come expecting to fine
perfectly organized machinery q
production, new and completed social
order. Oh my! What don't some peo-
pie expect? Let me tell you this: We
are just human beings; we have to eat,
wear clothes. sleep in beds equipped
with covers 10 keep us warm at night;
we have to build houses just as other
felix's do. And all of these things must
either be bought with cash or be pro-
duced by labor. We put our money
together by buying stock in the Col
ony corporation and use this money to
buy land and equipment and other me-
cessities. We have been here but five
years; SO how could you expect the
supernatural from a group of workers
who have had to buy their 'land and
assemble such machinery and tools as
we could get with our meagre income +?
Well, here is what you can expect:
5000 acres of land, bunch of brick
clay, and lots Of timber fer building
homes. We have the machinery to put
this stuff into finished product. We
have s. industries now running and
considerable bit of land under cul-
tivation. We are just now completing
our first brick building; we have
plenty of food for year to come. and
have nice gardens growing. Neither
food nor shelter bother us; for, by APP
plying our labor, we'll be able to carry
out our p-ogram-with our present
equipment, if necessary. AS to cloth
ing, we have fine herd of sheep and
goats, and this is the home of King
Cotton" We do need some one to de-
velop the textile industry. 1t is not
what you see upon your arrival that
should guide you. but the spirit Of the
people whom you meet. The longer
you stay, the better you will like US
provided you have the same ideal in
coming here that brought us. The
ideal is right; the law Of the Golden
Rule, or the principle of reciprocity, is
what we desire to carry into world
use. If you can live by and support
that principle, the pioneering at Llano
with its lack of luxuries-is not
going 10 scare you away. We have a
world to build on a cooperative basis,
and if you are afraid of pioneering in
this new movement, you should at least
back us in our work in every way you
can. Some day, we shall have the at
tractive up-to-date city you picture
here; and TO those who build the city
and make the demonstration complete
will be the Joy of work we'll done and
the thought that they have done some
thing to the advantage OF civilization.
We are only human; SO don't expect
a new world in a few years. However,
you might come and help to push the
job along little faster if you want it
rushed. The mental science class met
as usual at the hotel and picture
show at the theater closed the day.
= + g y
Monday. Dec. Is. = A bunch of
our boys who like to drive teams and
help DO THINGS jumped into two jobs
and completed them yesterday: they
cleaned out the brick kiln and finish
ed fertilizing the strawberry patch
which is the end of two jobs. The
kiddoos deserve much good will. There
was one girl on this volunteer job, 100.
To-day, some good things have come
our way. Two substantial checks from
Minnie E. Pickett and MIS-. Lille NJ.
Foley were received, with instructions
to the lady reporter" to use the mon
ey as she" sees fit, SO long as the
children get the benefit of it. Also
nice box of about SO new story books
for the kindergarten kiddies came to
camp, with no name of the donor CIV
en-; but, on the same train, came a
well-wisher, one who came to teach in
our school. He looked like a suspicious
character, and when the THIRD DE-
GREE was administered. he 'fessed
up" that he had sent the books to help
Sanity make Merry Xmas for the jun
iorc Coror,Ja EooIL, ~