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Chri*ten*on, N. P. . 404 dont knock your neighbor he helps make Your success Vernon Parish Democrat Vernon Parish—the Homeseeker's Best Opportunity Leesville—Die Hub of the West Louisiana Empire BUY YOUR NEEDS AT HOME! rr HELPS US GROW' vol. 3 LEESVILLE, VERNON PARISH. LOUISIANA THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1920. No. 23. Notes From Newllano Colony Mrs. Effie Buck spent Tuesday and Wednesday of last week in Siagle. * * » * Mrs. Henry O. Atkins was confined to her home for two days last week on account of cold « * * * * Mrs. Fred Hemman with Master Fred Jr., were shopping in Leesville rfton Wednesday afternoon. * * * * Mr. Alois Belohradsky leaves Sun day for Shreveport, where he will spend Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wavra, Sr. '***-* Mr. and.Mrs. Ole Synoground with little Miss Laura, also Marcus L. De Vine, formed an overland party to Shreveport, leaving last Friday even ing. They report a most pleasant trip. ***** WANTED—RAGS—The Democrat is needing some clean cotton Rags. Old Shirts, aad cotton garments acceptable Bring them to the print Shop or mail them. * * * * • In a letter from W. H. Fread to Mr. Pickett, h e te " s °f the arrival of a nine-pound boy at his hopie on T ues day the 2nd of November. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. fread extend congratulations. GRAVE CONDITIONS AT LLANO COLONY This heading suits the story ade quately, but it must not be taken too seriously. In the Colony is one Herb. Schad, of the practical, quiet, do-things- type, -f^vie is a baker by occupation, but Herb is also of an agricultural turn of mind, having many interesting hobbies here in the form of experiments. One of his experiments is a bunch of Australian elephant grass which he **,4 brought here to experiment with, and this season he* grew it and it shows re markable tendencies along the line of immense production. This grass grows something like sugar cane, sending out numbers of branches which grow as high as twelve feet. Like cane, too, it grows from stalk seed; so ere the advent of frost, Herb hied him to his grass patch and rocted up his grass hobby, carried it home to the back of the Bachelor's Hall where he resides, and buried it without much ritual cer erfiony. After covering up the "grave" Herb astounded himself to note the shape of the mound. It was exactly the size and shape of the mounds found in any respectable cemetary ! Not being con tent to leave his job unfinished. Herb secured some wood and whitened it, made a cross for a headpiece, and a mark for the foot, and placed them in position. Later in the evening, as the merry dancers were concentrating on the ho tel for the dance, they had to pass through the "grave" district. Many jinteresting, curious, and wierd remarks - Were heard from-the street by Herb, who had secreted himself where the remarks would add to his evenings en tertainment. Good kinds cf green feeds for hens in winter, recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture, are sprouted oats, alfalfa meal chopped alfalfa and clover hay, cabbages, and mangel beets. Cabbages may be hung up in the poultry house; the beet are usually split and stuck on a nail on the side wall of the pen about a foot above the floof to keep the feed clean. Keep oyster shells, grit, char coal, and plenty of clean drinking wa ter- before the hens all the time. Wholesale Trade Supplied Phone 176 DIXIE PRIDE BROOMS Any broom that you buymay be a good one,* but if \ you want THE BEST you must ask for a Colony broom. These brooms are made in our own factory here, and we know how td make them. Our brooms will last much longer than any other, and you can get them at jthe store for $1.00. Refuse substitutes and ask for— "DIXE PRIDE" COLONY BROOMS NEWLLANO COLONY . Near LEESVILLE Mrs. George E. Cantrell spent Tues day afternoon in Leesville. * « • • Mr. E. C. Bennett, of Fayetteville, W. Va., is a quite recent addition to the Colony, and we are safe in say ing, a valuable one. Mr. Bennett is a gentleman of most pleasing person ality, and with his wide experience as a teacher and a scholar, will prove atl asset in our schools. * * * * The spirit of Thanksgiving is already in the air ; Dame Rumor has it that a Bal Masque is being planned for Thursday evening in the hotel— everyone is on the tip-toe of expecta tion over this delightful affair. A Thanksgiving card game is also being arranged for Tuesday evening. * * * * ■ The friends of Mr. and Mrs. 0. Syn oground were invited to a whist party at their home Wednesday night last week and enjoyed a nice game. AI Satnan, who played lady, won the lady's first prize, and Ole himself put up the job so that he got the gent's first prize. Mr. Baldwin won the gent's "booby" and Mr. Burton, the lady's "booby." After the game, re freshments were served, and when a big cake with lighted candles came, it was discovered that Mrs Synog^ind was celebrating her birthday. DIRECTIONS FOR HARVESTING AND STORING SWEET POTATOES 1. D.g before frost or continued cold weather. 2. Grade in field, selecting only sound tubers of marketable size. , B. Handle carefully in boxes or crates to storage house. 4. Start fire the day before storing begins. _ J. Maintain temperature of 80 to 95 degrees F. 6. Place potatoes in bins, or stack crates, filling bottom layer over entire house, then another layer, etc. 7. Keep ventilators open. 8. Fill entire house or room within three days. 9. Cure ten days in dry weather, twelve days in wet weather. 10. Reduce temperature slowly to 50 degrees by operating ventilators. Do it slowly. 1 I. Maintain steady temperature, never letting it get colder than 40 de grees. 12. Start fires in very cold weather. Be sure to have thermometers in the house. Cure at 80 to 95 degrees; 10 12 days. Store at 50 dégrees. —Rus sell G. Briggs, Sweet Potato Specialist. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY—NET WORK OF CO-OPERATIVES This beautiful interior valley of Cal ifornia believes in co-operation. Here every farmer and his product is organ ized, and here the consumers are al so organizing and working together with the farmers fçr this purpose. Fresno, Riverbank, Madera, Calwa, Salida, have had stores for some time. Now Corcoran, Ceres, Modesto, and Coalinga are all in a ferment of en thusiastic cooperative organization and study. Brother Beckwith from A tascadero and Johnson from San Di ego are busy in this district.—Pacific Co-operator. If Tom Edison ever succeeds in per fecting 3 machine upon which he is now working, we will soon be able to converse with tht dead. But if such a thing ever becomes possible, won't we hear a roar from our departed friends now sojourning in the nether regious ? MY BROTHER'S KEEPER "I am the voice of the voiceless. Through me the dumb shall speak. Till a deaf world's ear Shall be made to hear The wrongs of the wordless weak. The same force formed the sparrow That fashioned man the king. The God of the Whole Gave a spark of soul To furred and feathered things. And I am my brother's keeper, And I shall fight his fight, And speak the word For beast and bird. Till the world shall set things right." —Ella Wheeler W.lcox. The Colony Diary Being a Daily Report of Colony Life at Llano. t Wednesday, November 17—The call to the sweet potato harvest is st.ll the only audible sound in the Colony to-day. . There are about every avail able man on the farm and many of the industries are contributing to this bus iness. The shoe shop has to attend to its business, as has the bakery and the print shop. Roedemeister, how ever, has left the shoe shop and is now repairing crates for the potatoes. Com rades Buhre and Home are still cut ! ting sugar cane and it is being hauled ! for burial for next year's seed. There ( will be enough cane put by tc plant fifteen acres next year. As this cane makes about 400 gallons of syrup to the acre, we hope to have lots of cane syrup. Comracjes Synoground and Satnan have taken the rip-saw from the old location and hitched it up to the steam engine in the saw mill. The apple boys are out with apples again to-day, but they will be taken off the apples for a few days as their team is needed for the crops. A birthday party at night was a pleasant social feature. The Esperanto class was not held because df a big rain which broke over the Colony just at that time. Comrades Haynes is back on the job again after a day's rest. AI is a fine carpenter and is doing a good job lin ing the concrete- kiln for another evap orator house. Comrade Tackett has been helping him. Daddy Thomas is running the laundry engine and help ing unload cralçs at the evaporator house at the same time. * * * * Thwsday, November 18—It is cool er and damp to-day after the ram last night. All hands and minds are again on the sweet potatoes. Comrade Berg man, a new member, is working on the sweet petatç crates to-day, and Roede is helping hurt- between times when he is not in the shoe shop mend ing harness. The laundry is busy gain to-day wjth a bunch of washing from Leesville. The women are work ing over the apples again and we are eating all we can. Thp apple boy: are on the farm work to-day, Van Nu land hauling cane to the graveyard for burial, and Comrade Caron fixing the roof of the evaporator. The black smiths are busy making hands with fingers to rake out the potatoes with. Comrades Haynes, Lindsey, and Berg man are working in the n^w dryer, and unloading the wagons as they ar rive. To-day was a good day in the hauling of sweet potatoes, nearly 400 bushels being dug and hauled. Com rade Scharrer, who has been hauling cane for several days, missed a load this afternoon when his team ran a way. Ole and AI, the twin mechanics, fixed DeBoer's shoe car this morning, and worked on another car in the af ternoon. The Democrat came off the press to-day, and "Mother" Crawford has it all in the mail. .Mr. Foley from Canada came in yesterday, and is walking around without his coat on. It was 20 below zero when he left home. The psychological meeting to night was well attended and was very interesting. Tne mind of the Colony is on the C. ■ - Orators' convention in C lnati ' ach is now in session. ' ntade Pi. kett is there representing the Colony. News comes that Al Ses sions, an old colonist, is also there re presenting the "Pacific Cp-operator." Friday, November 19—The weather turned cold to-day and the north wind indicated an early appearance of frost , , Additional men were transferred to, the farm department this morning and every man seemed to be busy. Pick ing and hauling sweets and cut ting and hauling sugar cane are pro ceding with ail speed. In the after noon the printshop closed up for the week end and they were in the sweet potatoes. Over a thousand bushels have been hauled and stored. A tel egram of greeting and gopd wishes was dispatched to Comrade Pickett who is attending the co-operative con vention in Cincinnati. Comrades 0!e Synoground and Marcus DeVine went to Shreveport early this morning on Colony business and they will combine 1-2 TViirtppn U me coia i „i 1 • 1 1 " ■ 1 • • a lit le pleasure with the tr.p by visit ing John Wills. Mrs. Synoground ac-1 companied them in the car. Saturday, November is unlucky is it not? Well, t he cold north wind of last night forecast frost and we got it t was not very much,' but enough to kill the vines on the sweet Potatoes. The plowing, p.ck ing and hauling of potatoes was stop ped this morning and the crew were put to hoeing orr the vines from the potatoes. It is necessary to discon nect the vines from the potatoes in order to preserve the keeping quali ties, after the frost has killed the vin es. In the afternoon the crew was au gmented so that nearly twelve acres of vines were cut off. The theory that elderly men cannot keep up. the pace with the younger fellows was exploded by Comrade Van Dohlar who walked away from the rest of the bunch j jke a race horse! lt goes to prove , hat a man is on | y as 0 | d as he feel% and that he feels as oid as he thinks I() the sugar cane fie , dSt the activily was no | ess str enuous. Comrade Lindsey, seeing the urgency of the case, hitched up the Fcrdson to a sled and did some good haüling to the c?pe field. The other teams which had been hauling sweet potatoes were now available for the cane,.and as a re-u!t they finished the haukng and bedding seed cane. So the emergency in that line is now ■ over. The industries are at a stand-1 slill now, as most of t^e colonists are on the farn en 1 of the Colony tem porarily. The S-t'ird v n'ght dance was held as usual, and despite the cold wind, the crowd was as large as usual. The neighbors .came in to-day and bought two more wagon loads of brick The brick industry is at a standstill now, and will probably not be started again until after syrup making time, and the farm emergency has been completed. * * * * Sunday, November 14—This morn ing the rain came and the frSst has gone again. There was not much ac tivity to-day, most of the colonists be ing contented to stay in bed until late, and to stay around the house all day. It is the opportunity many of us have desired, to write those long-unanswer ed letters, and do those long-wanted doing jobs around the home. Com rade Bennett came in this morning, from West Virginia. Not knowing that the train stops at this station, (Sta (Continued on last page) WINTER APPEARS AFTER BEAUTIFUL FALL The weither during the past week has been nothing to brag about at the Llano Colony. Although the report. of Weather Observer W. A. Dougher- ! ty would indicate very bad weather, the colonists thinjc the weather has | been mean. A nice rain last Wednesday night was soon followed by strong north ! winds which brought indications of frost from that direction. Friday the minimum temperature was 39, but the strong wind made it feel more uncom fortable. Saturday it dropped to 29 minimum, and has kept coo| since, frost being evident. Yesterday, Tues day was the coldest yet this year, 18 being recorded es the minimum, but the warm sun soon dispels Jack Frost Following is the United States re port- for the week taken at the New llano station: ^ Nov. 10—Max. 65, Min. 56 Nov. 11—Max. 57, Min. 47 Nov. 12—Max. 52, Min. 39 f Nov. 13—Max. 46, Min. 29 Nov. 14—Max. 43, Min. 34 Nov. 15—Max. 48, M n. 32 Nov. 16—Max. 46, Min. 18 .40 of an nich rainfall was record ed on November I I, and .20 of an inch on the 15th. cutt Co-cperative Store, contributes short article in a recent number of the Wee k,y News Letter in which he poinls out the encouraging start made by the «.-operators there. — ORCUTT CO-OPERATIVE STORE MAKES EXCELLENT SHOWING L. H. Smith, Secretary of the Or The statement for the store for the period-beginning January 31st to Au gust 20th, 1920, shows the store to have made $2,515.50 undivided pro fit. The membership is now over 300 and the paid capital in excess of $11,000. The total cash sales for the six months were $50,046.81. The Oil Workers* Union and the co operators in Orcutt are practically the same thing, as there has beeh the heartiest kind of co-operation between them from the start. The store now . pullets into winter quarters , °' e n ey beS ' n t0 lay * the United i » §. «. : i._ i occupies the lower floor of a hand |some bui | di ow „ ed , , h Qil Work ers - Union-Pacific Co-operator Department o"f AgncuW'ad vises A! , shou , d be jn wjntcr . ters before coid weather See fhat the henhouse is disinfected and that t j, tight 0n thrœ sjdes and , hat there , s no chance for M tQ strike the hens while on their roosts. Have you any peanuts for sale? Or would you like for us to make them into peanut butter for you? Llano Colony. JOB PRINTING Of The Better Kind The Printing Plant of the Vernon Parish Democrat has been replenished and reorganized, and they are now able to exe cute all manner of Job Work in quick time. There will be no better printing obtainable than the Dem ocrat kind. Franklin Prices The Franklin Printing Price List is used by the Democrat. 1 his list is compiled by experts and covers almost every line of printing. With this list in use we are assured of a reason able profit on each piece of work and the consumer is pro tected against overcharge. # GOOD WORK OUR MOTTO: FAIR PRICES QUICK SERVICE Send Vour Printing to The Democrat Office PLANT AT NEWLLANO COLONY PLAN MASQUERADE DANCE AT COLONY THANKS' No opportunity for .merriment overlooked at the Colony and every excuse is seized upon to present ar gument why the colonists should have a good time. Folllowing up this line of reasoning, there is now on foot a movement to have a masquerade dance and general good social time next Thursday. This Thanksiving will hold more of the spirit of the bountiful harvest for the colonists than ever before, and committee will be appointed that will leave no opportunity lost to make everyone thankful and happy. The affair will be held at the hotel as that is the center of the commun ity's social life. EXPRESS AGENCY IS ESTABLISHED AT STABLES The Llano Colony has its own ex press office, and it is now in operation. Headed by Route Agent Griffin, re presentatives of the American Railway Express Co. came in Tuesday after noon bringing with them the supplies and blanks necessary for the establish ing of an office in the Colony. , Temporarily the name of the agen cy will be Stables, until such time as * ö llano, which they probably will do. W. H. Burton, who is bookkeeper °f ^e Llano Corporation, is named as agent of the express company. Efforts are being made to establish a freight office here, which will be an even greater advantage to the Colony than" the express office. Shipments by express {o colonists or the Llano company should now be made to Stables, La, MINUTES OF THE SELF. GOVERNMENT LEAGUE The usual meeting of the Self Gov ernment League at the Colony school was called to order at 2 o'clock, Nov ember the 13th by Miss Nellie Kemp, chairman. M.nutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The reports were read and the committees made their reports. There being no business to go be fore the meeting a motion was made by Vernqji Boyce and seconded by J° hn Dougherty that the meeting be i- • * * • .1 adjourned. Motion carried. Myrtle Kemp, Secretary. Wild animals know where they can find protection, says a United States Department of Agriculture circular on the fur industry. In places where there are game sanctuaries, wild crea tures hasten to them at the beginning of every open hunting season. Don ! let your subscription expire.