The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-16
THE C0L0NE DIARY
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hauling wood that Lee, Marchick and
Tackett are cutting. Lindsey, King,
Sanders and Fred are loading the
thresher Oh to the big truck and King
and Lindsey expect to haul il to the
rice ranch. We are unable to get cars
to ship BY rail, SO we wall try the job
cross-country. The next three months
are our best harvest months, We have
40acres of sweet potatoes, 80 acres Of
peanuts, besides sugar cane and feed
for stock Of all kinds. The rice farm
should easily bring us 1900 sacks. We
are also harvesting in our industrial
work. A new kiln Of brick will be
burned this month and several thousand
sweet potato crates will be made and
sold. We are still offering to trade rice
or sweet potatoes for wheat. apples,
beans, or other food that we are not
raising here. An exchange will save
cash, except for freight charges. We
are still in the market for 4 machine
lathe for our, srnachine shop; we you
know Of one we can get Some peo-
| pie are afraid Of OR summers. The
mother of the youngest baby in the
Colony, who came here few nsanths
ago, has just informed me her baby
cut four teeth and gained four pounds
in the month Of August. Now. you
who are afraid Of the Highlands Of
West Louisiana. if you will see what
the government report says, you will
learn that this is one Of the best eli
mates in all Of the U. S. A. Conn
rade Cuno and wife arrived this pm.
from their trip thru California. We
were all glad to see them back home
again and they seemed just as glad to
get home. The U. c. B. held its first
regular meeting tonight, and from
now on will have Tuesday night as re-
gular meeting nights. Ii is organized
as a social night for general service.
The psychology meeting was well att
tended and the subject was along the
lines Of cooperative service by the in-
dividual to the movement.
/ 1883
Friday. Sept. IS. - Another Of our
old California colonists, Mrs. Mary
Pickett, anil her grandson. Gordon, have
come back to the Colony to makeAtheir
home. Nash. Langridge and Re3h-
steiner are repairing the bridge back
of the commissary to permit the teams
to haul from the lower east field. King
and Lindsey got started for the rice
ranch to-day with the big truck and
threshing machine. Crate-making is
IstilI the main job at the industrial plant
and the brick crew is also continuing
Itheir work of loading the kiln. 1t will
Isoon be ready to burn; then work will
Turn to building the new school house,
finishing the machinery building and
building our permanent homes. Some
big program, but we feel that brick
llayers will drop in at the right time to
Ihelp lis out. A comrade asks about
the location Of the Isle Of Pines. It il
under the curve Of Cuba south; anc
some day soon we expect to start q
lfruit-growing colony there, where grape
fruit, oranges, lemons. pineapples, co
coanuts and other tropical fruits anc
nuts will be grown for our use. B!
Extending cur holdings TO the SABINE
river west Of us less than 20 miles, W.
could establish waterway down thr
sabine TO the Gulf and across to thu
Isle Of Pines; also up the Mississippi
river. The Sabine river is nayigabl
!. almost all times of the year. 1t is abou
100 miles from our place to the Gul
coast. That looks like big step t
take, but it isn't. AS enough peopl
come to carry on our program we WI
spread anil grow naturally into thes
: larger things. That is small job CON
lpared 10 the one we have set out t
carry through. The cooperative con
s "
Imonwealth is our aim. We have th
movement that can make the goal.
all depends upon the numbers who joi
land help. as to how soon it will b
reached. A comrade in Washingto
y wants to know if it is our aim to 9
t. extensively INTO dairying. Yes; by 9
is means, as this is natural dairy coul
IS try. This comrade expects to fit hin
II self 10 carry on the dairy work in !
d Of its branches. If we could get OF
lie er people 10 fit themselves to carry
L industrial activities out to the limit
e the individuals capacity. it would he
Ut us 10 grow in efficiency and into ;
l. industrial freedom in short time. VIII,
a you come to the Colony, will you a
L. Icept. responsibility If so, why n