The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-03-11
The Colony Diary
Being Daily Report of Colony Life aE Llano
of soon Life az LIano.

i TlS OF INllSSOuIl sent al tilICG AnG CttIG-
kens from his prize pen. and | want
you to know they are dandies. Dad
Crawford thought they were young os-
triches when he unloaded them. We
thank you. comrade, we are always
pleased to get plants, seeds, birds, an
inals, musical instruments and any 9th
er useful things from you. We are.
so busy with our work that it really
takes some encouragement, like these.
| to get us to exert ourselves further.
Besides. we will have time 10 experi-#
ment this year, or at least we hope SO.
The work to-day is on about the same
as yesterday; SO | will give you a few
thots brot home to me by recent let
Ter. No, we are not having any FAM
| lily quarrels or internal troubles. For
the last four months. peace and har-
mony have ruled supreme. That of
course is as it should be in cooper
ative community or commonwealth.
and it will be when the individual is
developed to control himself and refus-
es to injure his feIlow-man. Most of
our past troubles will be avoided in
the future, because we can warn most
Of our new members Of the pitfalls.
IF new members will only be careful
to realize that their particular brand
of knowledge is worth but little more
than what the other fellows possess,
there won't be much trouble caused
from bruised feelings. OF course, we
all think we possess some very valu.
able knowledge and sometimes we ov.
er-estimate its value, in comparison tc
what the other fellow knows; and af-
ter we find our information is not Sc
Ereally wonderful, 1t bruises our ego ants
we either realize there are other peo
pie on the beach. or we hunt ne,
beach. Every person here is as valu-.
able as any other, and no more-pro-
yided each does his best and it is a
cinch that no one can do his best if
he is trying to make people believe he
is more Of an asset than he really is.
By your fruits will you be known, and
if the fruit is sour, you are apt to
turn the neighborhood into a vinegar
plant to hide your own fermentation.
Nov, when you come here. just be
your own natural self and if you are
genius-we shall find it out by. your
work. not by what you say. Then if
a mistake is made you Will owe no ex-
cuses to anyOne. The politician will
get no place in here. The gossip or
the back-biter carries an open book
that is read by us all. Your weakness
es will be overlooked and your virtues
magnified: provided you do your best
to cooperate with us. Family quar-
rels are all gone and we don't propose
to allow them to exist here any more.
This, however, all comes from individ-
ual action and never was the fault Of
the Colony or its ideal. We are often
called upon to defend ourselves
against vicious-minded people who
have ideals that pertain to their own
selfish interests and they can see no
good in us because we are NOT fool
ed by them or do not take their imprac-
tical ideas seriously. Sometimes the
impractical are honest, but badly mis-
taken. If you don't land the Job you
think you are capable Of handling
when you arrive. just hang on; we
shall be glad to turn il over to you as
soon as you demonstrate you are cap
able of doing it better than the other
fellow. Our success is measured by
the spirit displayed by our people, and
in the human development. The in
dlyidual is gauged by the motive that
causes him to come among us. We
are dealing in human problems most
lly, and not much in dollars and cents.
and every human that comes here is
more OF less problem that must Be
solved. But, in the last analysis he
must solve his own problem Of fitting
himself into a new society. Can you
do il If you can, you will find the
paradise you have been looking for.
We usually find what we look for. A
visit 10 the print shop confirms former
statements; as find Cantrell. GIee-
ser and Newman are overloaded with
work. However. the local weekly is
off the press, the Colonist IS about
lTeady. and most Of the "Co-opsrator'
Is ready for the mail. If you could
see the work this crew is up against.
you would wonder how il happens you
ever get your papers. This IS the his
tory of most Of our departments. Walt
NiiIIsap, here is a life job for You you
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