The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-27

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bunch Of children nor more pleas
ant and congenial group" And it is
Igreat sport to see how nicely they play
harmless jokes, games and do quite
daring stunts, without showing Of
temper or bad feeling. What great
world we will have when all children
can be raised up in such an environ
ment. Every time see it and look
back to the disadvantages of my own
childhood, | say to myself, what for
tunate children! and how glad the par
ents should be to have them herel .
EOle and | visited a near neighbor and
made a trade with no cash cost (but
some labor) to get it. When these
deals come up then we wish for a great
er man-power and someday we will
have it. The dancing class had sever
al new pupils in it and number of
our near-neighbors were at the dance.
Myrtle is pressing some Of us into ser
yice, making ice cream. so the kiddoos
can have Colony-made refreshments
at the dance. The refreshment stand is
quite busy place at all times during
the dance and Mother Crawford and
Myrtle are some busy people, since
Gallo went to the rice plantation.
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Sunday, May 2l-WelI, | know it
isn't nice for ladies to get mad, so |
won't. But was to have my picture
taken with the orchestra to-day but
a bunch of these common Colony fell
lows persuaded the lady reporter" 10
open up barber shop and cut their
hair. Now | intend to send all of you
subscribers my picture, but can't do
| it now. You really don't know what
you missed. You see. preach SER
vice" and they sure expect it-and-
well, ! don't dare get mad after all.
While played lady barber | got some
valuable information from some of my
customers and the photograph man got
a good picture and | later received a
blessing (9) from the professor Martin
and Co. The whole musical tribe was
organized and now ready for greater
musical accomplishments. Once in a
while | get an idea and sometimes | be-
lieve they are good, and tonight Il
want to try some of them out on you.
Several of you people, have property
that you wish to dispose of so that you
can come to the Colony. Would you
be willing to trade it for property near
our holdings that you could in turn
give us for your membership in the
Colony7 If you would be willing to do
this, send in a complete description Of
your property and believe | can Gre
ate an exchange department that will
acquire more land here for our Col
ony purposes; bring you to the Col
ony as a member and at the same
time give some neighbors here chance
to try life in some other part of our
capitalistic country. Now, DON'T get
the idea am going to run reaI-es-
tate office. In only want to help those
who are interested in cooperation. No
commissions or graftS a pure exchange
of property in order to get co-opera-
tors here. Also don't think we will
be party to any capitalistic deals.
Make the trade wholly in the interest
of the cooperative movement. Now,
that's off my chest, but here bubbles
another idea. We viii soon have a
large acreage of land to be cleared
and put into cultivation. know Of /
hundreds Of people who want to join
us and We will need them, too-but-F
there are many who want to come be-
cause they want to cat. not because
they wish to assist cooperation or help /
others or because they have any ideals
to live out. So We must, if possible,
be sure that those vino wish to come
are real co-operators and want to-
bring about the cooperative common
before accepting them upon
terms later to be given believe we
could accept families in groups of, say,
10 to Is families and put them on our
land under the leadership of tried
co-operator, and let them work their
membership out. Each family should
be required to finance itself, probably
from one year, with no expense to the /
Colony as whole. We could give
them Colony service, such as our peo-
pie here could render, even to building
them houses; but the newcomer to
stand all CASH outlay for his needs.
As each family proved It's merit-true
to our ideals it could and would be
accepted as full members of our Col
ony. Yes, it sounds one-sided; but
don't fail to remember we have spent