The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-05
The Colony Diary
Being DaiIy Repors u Colony Life a LIano.

Mr.. and Mrs. Dunegan, just drove in
from Montana in flivyer. Comrade
Hall is one of our l25-Club members
and is here to stay and help US prove
cooperation success. The psychoIo-
gy meeting was we'll attended and Com
rade Martin gave a report Of their sew
eral weeks sojourn in Baton Rouge, at !
the University. He reports that the
teachers at the summer school are all
very much interested in better and
broader education for all; they are
much in earnest in their work and,
therefore, this state is forging ahead
rapidly in educational facilities. Com
rade Martin says these teachers are
much interested in our demonstration.
especially our system Of schools, in
which the pupil is indoors, learning
theory four hours and in the industries
practically doing things the other four
hours each day. Almost all educators
have come to realize that practical ed
ucation is the only kind. Even we here
at the Colony are just showing thru
practical demonstration that co-opera-
tion is the right way to live, and most
Of you have to be shown before you
will believe it. Well, we are profiting
by the experience and it is sure won
derful education for those who stick to
it. Verify | say unto you, Comrade Gu
no, 1t is great life if you don't weak
en-" Eh, old timer?
$3.50
Friday, July 28. ~ Sid Merrel, Mar
chick, Jones, W. Beavers, Huxley
Chappell, Lee. are all out to the Cai.
place, cutting wood to-day We rsr
the mud-eater last night and burned
up much good fuel in the extra run
after supper and as we expect to run
the brick machine double shift to-
morrow, we shall need much wood to
keep Bill" at his post making steam,
Comrade Hall signed up his working
contract to-day and will start work to-
morrow helping Roede cobble shoes
and make harness. He is also a steam
filter Comrade Klahr from New Mex
leo arrived and is looking over the
place to pick out suitable stopping
quarters for several hundred sheep and
goats that he will bring to the Colony
this fall. Work is being rushed in sew
eral places to-day in order to prepare
for siege Of brick making tomorrow.
Comrade Gattow and wife arrived from
Detroit to-day. He is. brick mason
and is just the fellow we have been
waiting for for several weeks. Now
we would like TO see several more of his
tradesmen come, as there is brick ci-
ty to be built here and we need their
assistance to build the first co-opera-
tive city in the world-that / know Of.
By the way, comrades, don't you know
there are thousands of people looking
for just such place as this, where
they can help to build new civiliza-
ton; where they can live in security
and peace; where fear of the future
is wiped away; where their children
can be reared in an environment of
service and mutual self-heIpp Don't
you know that you owe your fellow
man chance to learn about Llano by
passing him some Of our literature
your already-read Colonist or Coop
erator2 Don't you know you should
speak to him about what we are doing
and get him 10 study up and learn what
must be done to help bring about the
change that is coming Nothing will
do these things better than to get him
to reading the Llano Publications. Let
him live among us several weeks by
reading the "CoIonist'' and the Go
ouerator." You also owe the move
ment all the support you can give by
opening up the minds Of others to the
thru cooperative channels
Tonight we had the usual band prac- ,
tice, and after that our regular agri-
meeting at the school house.
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Saturday. July %. Quite fine
bit Of cooperation was worked out this
week. The laundry and print shop
rushed their work thru so we could shut
down the electric plant engine, the
saw mill crew ran out enough material
to keep the carpenters and furniture
makers busy and then shut down their
engine and we opened up the throttle
of the big mud-eater and made brick
all day to-day. And there was some
crew on this job. Every available man
and Lottie was to be found helping to
shove or shovel mud intn The mouth