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X ¢\ Our group at the state college living in busses, tents, etc in the field
7—
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‘ across from the college is here again. Bludg has control of field thie
) year. Most of group migrating from field to street to campus to field
p again. I have refuge in trailer park for duration of few months till
leaving for northern Idaho mountain. My bus is 33 feet lo too
bulky and costly to hide and seek in this area.
If there iss a naed to
noyember 1973. address, vonulife, box 458, cavejunction, or97523, vonulink is attend collefie for classes, resources (shops etc open to use) or social
published every two months as a readera' forum and supplement to vomulife annual. reasons, you can usually find a place to hole up. One friend is
compiled by lan. circulation limited to 100. subscriptions: $1 for vomulife going into second year in a pup tent, taking full class load. He
annual, mailed third class; no charge to vonuans. $4 for vonulife annual plus goes thru the winter here of continual rain with just the puptent,
6 issues of vonulink, meiled first class; $1 to vonuans. & vonuan to me is
this year hid in a patch of bushes in rural area. Have known girl to
live in unused water tank on campus elsewhere, another
scmeone Who lives and lets live, and lives most of the time out of eight, sound in treehouse,
tho both were discovered due to carelessness with lamp and frequent
and mind of those unwilling to let live. sudscriptions from institutions for
vonulink are not accepted. each new vonulink subscriber agrees to limit access of exit. College can be free too. Yes, alternator will gikve power
each of his or her copies of vonulink, including any reproductions of them, at lower rpm and most higher capacity than generator...but fgr a
to not more than five other individuals. 1 reserve the rizht to refuse or given energy source will provide same amount output as a generator
cancel
vonulife& will
sudscription (with inproportional
be published march 1973. refund).
orders
the first annual
for vonulife which
issue of
srrive before
You put
Earth News
in what
for
you get
windmill
out, minus efficiency. See #17 Mother
data. Use wooden vanes if radar is used
then will be filled with back issues 7, 8 and 9 unless otherwise requested. in your area.p ... scramblers are complex. 5 Ch eap walktalkies
lktalki wor k
back issues (vonulife 1 through 9) are 25¢ each plus 25¢ per shipment, third class. well from hilltops. Restrict use to brief use at irregularly schedule.
vooulife will forwsrd stamped envelopes for 10¢ each. or if you live outside the ¥imes. I.E.- 1 pm one Tuesday, 3 the next Tuesday, 5 the next...
u.s. include postage money. letters may be sent to specific individuals who have Individuals climb to high point and listen. A coordinator calls#il.
pudblished,to people in a geographic area, or for discretionary distribution to Any message from station 1 read quickly and off the air. Calls #2,
people 1 believe might have compatable interests., allow six weeks, 1 don't give :zgd;hmsgrogp' if ](-2;39'(1 ’i‘his "311 ;oordix;ate semergency medical
out Addresses. a
vonulink subscriber has the right to publish in vonulink ’ upply runs me date, orderplacin dangers s
party, hunters camp etc. 1/10 watt falk_tfn'c is ;-lggal fgghafis :Buxe'vey
materizl which is relevant to vomu living in my opinion, up to & meximum of: no hassle from FCC detectors and will cover several miles in i
(option 1) 1200 words., 1 retype and print. 1 am not responsible for errors,. path between high points yét 111 B5F AT £ nice BT g a clear
(option3) 6 photoready psges. type or write neatly in black on wnite paper this Also a relay person can ::'epeat message in turi’m and tius ‘11 getareas.
sige, one side only. put anything not for publication such as complete name and carry a message over many miles, wherever there is one gti zps t
address on'a separate sheet. (option3) 100 copies already printed. up to two each two mileson orthemore. TUsedbludge
even hobbiests,
better at might thgie5 milxel:
1; 85
sheets of 8} by 11 ordinary weight paper. okay to print on both sides. mail interference air from mgy éarry
rolled up, not flat, roll wo that roll is 11 inches long. options may be mixed.
deadlines for next issue: Jjan. 1 for options 1 and 3, nav, 25 for option 2, between peaks, this 4 relays covers over 25 miles. Yes, loop antennas
with good mobility, or a second cross reference can pinpoint location
commonlaw copyright 1972 by mike freeman. all rights reserved by mike freeman if you are transmitting any length...but the mountain top you use
unless otherwise stated by each suthor, iy to talk won't be home base. Allied Radio Shack, an easy source, lists:
_— 60-3030 $14.95 for a pair of them, 60-3029 micro-size$17.95 a pair
or best, 21-421, $13.95 each. Iatter is more durable. Comes with
"n’_ vonulife - vonulink ®plit channel 11 crystal. can be changed, as 11 is listened to commonly,
others such as 2-8 not h. Th irst
i meant to say more &bout this in vonulife 9 but ran out of room. vonulink isn't changable wi‘:hoat su;gef‘;,m:zt so msck{l;zni‘::gegomgugnugg 11121,'mn; ;)_t
much different from the old vonulife, as you can see. the biggest difference is caution. Receiver on the 21-121 is better, supez"hetrodyne. Receivers
thet instead of printing 1000 copies every two months and selling most of them as n the first two listed emit a radio signal (super-regenerative)
back issues, 1 print 100 copies and then reprint once a yeer things of eenerel shich can be picked up even when listening. The latter can not be
interest as well as articles written specifically for the wider audience. 1 changed detected when listening. Provides utility communication to home
the name of this, instead of the annual, to minimize confusion on orders, since base while scouting locally too. Just don't transmit FROM base
most orders will be for the &nnual. ) .. gre now three options for publishing or near i1f your security standards are high. Sold at Radio shack
in vormlink. see mbove. option 2 is just like the old vonulife except for the %:Oreg all over. In Oregon: Bend, Corvallis, Eugene,Klamath Falls,
deadline. you send me eny bleck and white copy. 1 get printed. allow an extra ke Oswego, Medford, etc. Other stores, Sears etc, sometimes
montk or so for printing. (this way i don't hold up the whole issue .waiting for higher price. Lifetime solar cell for21-121 available from other
rinti ) L3 sources for §9. Replaces rectangular 9v radio battery, complete
from
with
P ng-. so far i have only rejected one original article and cut one article snap connectors for walk talk or xter radio: 20 A 1194 $8.99
for mot Deing about vomu living. this was for old vomulife. for vonulink i won't Burstein Applebge, 3199 Mercier, Kansas City, Missouri 64111. These
be so picky becsuse an extra page won't cost so much for printing and postage. require full sunlight, but don't wear out, cost nothing more over
the two things i balked at. one predicted a muclear attack for sept. 1972, follo®™ years. " Essential
I if war survival an object.
J Can'
an't stock up on
ed by occupation of u.s. by 3 million mongolien troops, but gave little evidence batteries, they go out in a year even if not used. xtmx Alternate is
in support. -the other complained that rich people pay little or mo taxes, but did hand crank generator, as on a bike, but would have to match voltage
not suggest ways for other people to do likewise.) o1y ne Jnow of an offeet to set, convert AC to DC and filter. Radio, ) esp P short wave,
ave, w would
=4 doerr, i wrote the
printer who will do 100 copies cheaply maili order? paul 1 doer rovide
sorth. source of strategic
teg inf__Qw.igi_ifiiitggbiimeg&)r
i whatever it's'
printer in iowa you suggested. even sent stamped reply envelope. Do answer. South Wind ¢ no location print: protect camped students
enyone know of & good mailorder source for mimeograph stencils? rayo reports — . e e e
that ones e has bought from a emall town stationary store weren't good - very A REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE ART: The Unbreakable Cipher, affectionately nicknamed "TUB"
A (The Un-Breakabls).
brittle, mayve from sge, maybe because small store doesn't eell many.
| was surprised and gratifisd to see TUB in Vonu 9. The half-size reduction will come in handy for me.
if vopulink splits, the limit for guaranteed publication will apply to either or Seeing 1t in the paper gave mo an objective view of it that made me think of how the other readers would
both sines. this means for example you csn publish 1200 words & yearin ome or see it. Without any introduction to it, it might be difficult to get used to. Also, | have developed a
600 words & year in both., you need mot subscribe to the one you publish in. few new wrinkles to it which make it much more handy. But first let me digress... WP At first | nas
i will probebly split vomulink after mumber 12 to keep circuletion uncer 100. going to keep all this to myself, but then | realized that | had still the almost universal failing of the
cne offshoot may be about city vomu, living in vehicles, and international connon man. One of the sad things about being an amateur code-person is that, alas, | never have had any-
mobility. the other will be about wilderness living in tents, smials, huts, thing of supreme value to put into a shroud of the cryptic sciences. | usually ed up swearing cosmic
end cempers winich don't move much, articles of interest to most vonuans will curses which the ear of mortal should never hear or nonsense 1ike that. However, there may ba a fen of
usually be reprinted in vonulife. ray, puggested the commonlaw copyright. you out there who wish to make notes of stash=locations or the like. PP To get to the heart of the
this way i don't send 2 coples to librery of congress. matter, TUB as it was presanted in Vonu 9 is indeed perfoct, but still unwialdy for the average Venuan.
A Vonuan has limited table space, and linited space of any kind. Typist-generated random numbers are
too much excess baggage. Furthermore, they take up space and must not be lost. Additionally, the
Dear Voou Tribe,.... I have always lived in sort of out of the way ;1“"' ;i:fl;l Decipherment system of subtraction is a bitch for the averags guy 11ke me, and prons to error. So, what
chesp, mot izexpeneive, but cheap. No keeping up with the Joneses for me, e follons is my new way to put TUB Ynto tho hands of even a Vonuan who may find himsslf in the woods aith
jecirabbit bomesteading on the hi desert. The water problem was Just too big. no desk space, not much patience 1f the weather is bad, not much time, etc. In separate paragraphs 1'11
4 $5000 well and pump system Would heve solved it but who has & spare five throw? Jay on you: (1) Only one word to memorlze. (2) Elimination of subtraction. TP Follewing the example in
I was truly fortunate to get to try living aboard emall boats and cruising part Vonu 9, take the word SUDNAY and use it to generate the CHAIN ADDITION. Do this by noting down each letter's
of the Facific, After messing around So, Calif the first real cruise was to place In the alphabet, viz: S«19, U=2, Ba2, We23, A«1, Yu25, Then we start the CHAIN ADDITION process
Mexico, as far southb es Acapulco, Lots of fun and good times. Also a miserable with the block of numbers 1921223125, T Now, to elimanate subtraction in the deciphsrwent process,
beat back up the length of Baja, Tkie trip was on a friend's boat but it showed we 1|1 uso the RECIPROCAL of 1921223125, which 1s 9189837985, In other words, the first nuaber of
many things about my own that changed my mind sbout it as a cruiser. So I sold it, the oo group, added to the first nunber of the noxt group, gives TEN. The second with the secand gives
t half on &another and sold it, TEN, and so on, Put fn plainer language, The word SUBWAY 1s not only used to generate the snciphsrment
i The second cruise -l;‘gi:1¥'o":h;u:80u;2msel::& num{mra, but also used, by the use of roé!pmcals, to generate the decipherment numbers. | have tried it
A reslly specisl place. Really enjoyed the Morguesas, f & out and faund that the two chains are the exact opposite of each other, so that when you decipher, you
times also some rotten ones, First time the bum lungs gave &n indication of the ADD Instead of SUBTRACT. And the two chains are exactly opposite even if you genarate hundreds of nuabers
misery to come. Eamaii was too much after the neat places down below. So bAck out Ina long string. W Just for the hell of It, 1111 end this latter by inagining that | aa in a
to Newport. priepds from the Tshiti cruise settled on Ohsu then Maui, They b11zzard, under a lean-to, 13,000 feet up In the Rockles. | want to remeaber the location of the gold
offered a job running the kitchen in their bar, It didn't work out so back to uine | have just discovered, but | will have to be examined by customs,at the border of the territory of
from the Mexico trip the llobbits, So | will use'TUD to note the Tocation, and | will TIME how long It takes to write the
Newport to build & mew bost. ppg joxt summer the friends followlngs "DROP A PEOBLE THROUGH THE EYE OF THE SKULL FROM THE TOPMOST BRAMCH® , codesord GOLD.....
boat home from Hawaii after a "South Sea" cruise, Flew down
were bringtg their ticKesatockasatitkosatockieaaaa15 minutes flatl That time ts starting from s¢ratch, constructing all
and helped bring it back, We had about 5 days of the grundest sailing ever, By
country the checkerboards and chaltis*, etc. Consldering 1ts high security,and speed,“and the fact that all you
the time we got to Frisco we were all frosen. To get warm and see the
Then on have to remember |s one word, "gold®, 1t 1s really a honey of a code, To those who might tend to take
we took & side trip up the river to Sacramento. That was & super trip,
sumathing as simple as this too 11ghtly, consider that 1t taok the cryptoanalytic geniusss,roughly
back to home. After 8 good Bit of overhsul they put the boat up for sale, frow the t1en of Hartin Luther,down to the last decads,ta dreas up this baby,, TP Well, that's all |
#Dead John" was the buyer. Since he needed crew to help him sail off into the have to say. 1'l] be Interestad to see any comments on TUB In Vonullnk, or Venulife. [t's hard to
sunset on.his death trip, I went along. We left Newport way too early in the explaln some of this Jazz unYess you looking over someone's shoulder. Once you get it into your head it
soason and had a tough trip to Hawaii, Bain, snow, sleet, cold, and head winde 16 really very easyesesss®Lry 1%, you'll 1ike 1t11" % On ey travels, | spent July and Aug 1n my bug
nearly all the way. After “Dead John" played act II of the leukemia death role {n the Southwest gathering sand. Once agaln | knew the great existance of being on a JOURKEY, instead
we headed
phony deal south
we “were to Tehiti,
eastmixed up in, weAfter someforreally
headed home
bad scenes finding out Whal &
and “Dead John" sold the boat
,f yyi4 o VACATION. John Steinback sald that en a Journay, somehaw you nevar ratum as the same persan.
You are changed, in subtle li_ys, but in ways that alter your whale being. And | found, to my eabarrass-
4 t. n an 0Cce&nogre survey, nont, that alwost all of the people | sncountered on my journeys were nicer than | was. Especially saall
at :;:,yrofi Picked off "I’::.tbi::: ::r!:':::: on grephy A towns in Utah. Well, so long. I'11 just close with an ancient Irish saying that 1lke..."L aa hurt, but
A'fun trip out of ‘Honolulu, n * The last cruise was &gain 80 ., .ot 5)3n; Tyf1) ayme down and bleed awhile, Then I'11 rise to. fight again.” AIKIDO AL.
Mexico., This time to Mansanillo. Put ina lot of time in Mazattan., As & side =1 e
got home the shot lungs : but I mast confess\it as &
. I finally
When time., So mow I exist in my hidaway. (adisd mote) ey, 1 tFied the Cryptostilp methad,
trip
t made the bus trip up .and.back
worse all the
started to fiv.u:-po;n:h‘l:t Let the rest of the world go by. J.B., So. Cel. bit cumbersome for use in the forest, As far as I can see it also is unbreakable.
Out of eight, out : :hi it iv in vosuiifeiBy the Jetter was recoived A thought just occurred to me, to keep bludge busy: send a continual stream of
(the conclusions part of thie letler i but there have bean & lot of photo- ciphers in mysterious letters to the bludge. All random mumbers, in groups of 5.
about may. sorry to be slow printing this S5 -?na woy to reduce unemployment. One other thing: It helps to work out TUB
rud,y letters and t,hl]-_hlv! h!d, p;"?.oxl'lt,y.“_l_l!?) 3 ¥ using several duhnnt'coldrad pens or pencils. A.A,
P N
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Here are some items you might be interested in articles wanted
' the next issue of vornulife will be a big one. 1t will be published ig the .
¢(footnote to deadline im feb, 1 1 em looking for good how-to-do and where-to-gat v .} b°<
Nylon Hammocks are avallable thrui article on the artig], ".34 ot
you have already published in vonulife i may; sen d you & note asking 2 ¢ £0r more e 4
International Sportsman right) payments
under $4 { will wame, if not, write and tell me what you have done., even if your life hmt°: ‘k‘\’qw"
26 Mark Drive $7.93 ea, or 2 for $14,95 apply to sub- vonu as you would like, there are probably some Angles you know more aboyy th.‘
San Rafael, Callf. 94903 most people, LEN .
scription ex- 1) pay §¢ a word as published Xmaybe more depending on how g o
teneion unless think i can sell, i expect a first printing of 5 or 10 thousand,
! Herter's Inc. $4.97 ea, or not the article 1'l1 pay ‘h!lh: .
Waseca, Minn. 36093 writer aske for ia a reprint from vomilink, mostly { want articles bageq on
cash, to cut '
down on monay first hand information, 1 don't want a rehash of something that was ip "mothar
Jungle Tent Hammocks (Army Type) are avallable thyu earth newa" (for example) unless you have personal experience to add to 1t
going back and o
forth through you needn't write in the firat perasn, you may write about a fictional person,
I. Goldberg and Co. $9.95 ea,
mail and banls, like gumona in vonulife 7, page 7. ... readers of vonulife 1973 will be new
02 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, Pa, 19107 (Navy reg. hammocks = $7.93 readers, most of them will be interested in vonu but not yet vonuans, o Articley
-§8,95 an.)
must be down to eartn, directiona must be simple and specific and clear, polnt
Carolina Rope Hammocks are svallable thru: out likely problems but be optimistic in feeling., (if you have a way worth *riting
about it's probably a way you are happy with.) worries about what the bludg may
Don Gleason's Camper's Supply, Inc. or may not do in 1984 are okay in vonulink but not in vomlife. wil1 arrangs
Pearl Street
Northhampton, Mass. 01060 vorulife by topics, such as food, shelter, communication, education, power, city
vom, woods vonu, land vehicles, etc. 8o i'd prefer several short articles
each og
Herter's Inc. also have one subject to a long article which rambles. but tkere will also be a section f,r
some excellent books for living
ete.
off the country, homesteading. lifestyle deacriptions, such as erich's and gypsy's in vonulife 9. . - 1isting
sources please include address, also prices if just a few items or sample prices
"How to get out of the rat race and live
on $10.00 a month" $4.89 if many items, aleo date of your information. also tell if you Lave bought and used
"Professional Guides Manual" the things or if you are going by what others say or by what catalogs 2y,
$3.49
Their 3 Mull Cook Books have backwoods recipes
on how to cook most
eéible, l.e. wild plants, moose, bear, anythin anything articles don't have to have 'proper' grammer or be typed, 1 can type aver, thouzh
g rather not. information is the important thing. g0 into plenty of detail., try
"How to make the finest wines at home" to anticipate misunderstandings and questions. 1'd much rather have tos much on a
$1.34 ‘subject and cut than too little. (if you don't want to be edited, tell me,)
They also have most of the STackpole Bradford if you cen write and type pretty, so much the better,
Angler books. keep tre firal copy 63 to 7
inches wide, no wider. black on white peper. single space
The "How to get out of the rat ra ce"bbook znd keep everytking
is one of the best outdoor survival and fairly compact, white space is waste. i can use a few bleck and white
homesteading books I have read. While chotos but
it is primarily written from they should be separate so i can group all photos on ome rage. (cheaper
of the sports enthusiest, it contains a lot of helpful information for going it in the
the point of view to print
back country. Unfortunately,
tPet way.) vonulife 73 will probably grant tbe msme regrint rizhts as
all of their mise 18 not as good as their did voru-
is excellent, some good, some falr, some books. Some of f 1life 9 8o if you don't want your article reprinted you
poor. Depends on what you buy. whatever,
stould coryright it or
(this was received last may i think, i'l1 be looking for help typing &nd especially editinz, to get tkinga
1 keld off printing it because it is smoother than i can get them myself. if you live around cere and are interested
typed iz red &nd i don't know how well R. J. Richardson let me know. (sending things back snd forth through the zail is tos much trouble.)
it will come out.) i have been offered a big ibm electric typewriter for t¥yping vorulife o=z, it makes
Globe, Ariz. 85501 crisp lettere, like the article in vonulife 5, page 3. surposedly it will operate
NOAXTEAC - Korth America Trail Complex, okay from an inverter if it is kept warm,
A network of overland hiking trails and what i'd really like to rent is an ibm
Toutes treversing the continent. compoeer, but they are expensive ana i don't imagine
A comprehensive deslign to provide on-foot access from an
i could operate ome of them
inverter., or could i ? (the
to &1l perts of the land, affording the adventurer and nomad an inverter is 200 wattu.)
unparalled, sustained bere are a few of
experience in the open country the articles i would like to get,
from inhabited rural areas to remote wilderness, hopefully tcey will suggest otrcers.
Curreztly in the planning stelter,
stege, NOAMTRAC routes will be based on trails, tracks and rayo is trying to build structures wnich are
rurel roeds &lresdy in existence.... confortacle year arcund witrout fire
All trails will remain unmarked, but will be or other artificial neat, anyone else doing
eesily followed with the aid of guide-maps made thim? if you heat witz wood what
widely available to the pubdblic, precautions do.you take to avoid attracting
NOANMTEAC, 3144 S. Eeaderson, Bloomington, In. 4740l. Lee Nading (333-6056)
nasties? tad any proolezs?
food. there are many books telling about
which can be eaten. all the wild thirgs
but keeping well fed that way is eomething elee.
J T Bemilts of Foam Test 'live off the land' for a week or two actually live
1ike rayo wrote most people who
Bolled in §" z 7' by &' mostly off their fat. is there
piece, rude, on top of 3" elab, No tent. Rolled foam, anybody in north emerica who hunts and forages
most of e's foaa?
been also there has
tied ends, wrapped completely around.
Dry cool night - stars out all time. quite a lot written about hidden gardens but i
zet tre imcrewsisn LESY so Tar
Brestned izsice most of nignt. Stuffy but bearable, No noticable condemsation this is mostly dreams. anybody doing it? now? power. bhere ta> i keep readirg
oz outside of foam, Tried putting nose out, also exhaling thru tube. Seemed to about hydroelectric and methane generetion. anybody doizg it on a small acsle
mece
&ir €59,
oo difference on sarmth.
LAesuming inside air (should be?)
Cnilly, discontinued when outside air 370, inside Gompalebls With VoMl Tyyeig besris. 3 Wiskd BIKS fo Beas from tkem or any of
750 for comfort: (99 - 65 = 34, their bigger comredes who are living vonu.
99 - 75m 2k, 656 .- 37 = 28, 75 - -20 = 95, & x (24/24) x(95/28) = 2.4) To be also i'd like to kmow mail order sources
for learning booke, 'educatiosnal toys', etc. dut only if you have
comfortavle to -20° with mo other clotaing would require 24" foam. 20we7l experience
had personal
wita them and they are especially sultadle
=4
By for vonuans., 4 don't want to
(1 found this in "to be published” file. looks 1ike rayo's writing,) Just duplicate "whole earth catalog".
D yomures - vom comwunities and associations,
tell about yourselves., go into detail, especially adout how you mtarted it, letting
FPipally, 1'd like to submit a quslified withdrawal of my comments on "truants", in pew members if any, visitors if any, physical arrangements, what is private
Ever if tne iid did decide he wanted & government education certificate property and what is comron property, managing common property, sources of incoms,
he could
(at lesst in Vancouver) get a E § diploma starting from gero in about 3 keeping vomu, i'm only interested though in vonu comrunities which prodably meang
years if
re s over 25 or 8o, That's & Lell of a lot better than 12 years of boredom and thaet most of you most of the time are out of sight, sound and mind by one means or
vullshit, slevery acd servitude, stagnancy and ,,,, Formal "Education" doesn't AnotkLer, maybe in the
woods, maybe in the city, maybe msome other Y. poney. a
reelly mesn &8 much in society as 1 thought it did (though learning while back in "libertarian connection® (i no longer have the issue) klonaize wrots
does). The
The Putlic School System is just a grest big concentration camp for
kids as anyons an article about working gravel for gold duet, e said that somedody could esrn aa
XNC®S WLO caL see Lie fences &nd wetch them marching en mass,
’ much is & summer as most unskilled Jjobs pay in & year apd e offered to tell some-
= T What is your
izpression of rem radio as & meens of inter-commnication between body where and how %o do it, has anydody done 1t? how voou?! (dredges i'm
libertarians in
the wilderness and elsewtere! Wnst types of material would you hesitate to familiar witn are nolsy,) thie seeme like an ideal source of income for vonusns
. 8bout op tue air (would Jou be more restricted than you are k if it can be done quietly and without building & lot of slulces or something, zold
in print? who cares
if tney monitor cooversetions &pout editle roots, etc,). dust ie easy to wtore and baul around, ¥.E, bad a brief letter in vomulife ?
(fragment of & letter,
Ho pame or Gute, from vefore my takeover,) about collecting and welling herbs, 1'd like to read more from people doing this,
now much do you clear an hour? what gity jobs can somebody tage for a few weexs
F 2
n ancient times the use of scientific the goody 0o [ o viesof flald batisry carye using.s stinderd o/ terral without giving sheep security pumber, life history and all that? 1'd especially
discovery wus clscly guarded for socia) 198 1:" is wd-deap. [mn sowr elre- Uss 8 larger gire 510 hupe like to know of Lossibilities on the west coast, seasonal employment, ete, how
reasons —if pol by the scieutists them- {rom "new with larger pully 4o incresss the voltuge for ruming 110 v. does somebody go about getting the JodbY gources for cheap, goad food, clathing,
selves, then by their rulers. Thus (he scientist” by wchors etc
sleam engine invenled in Ploleuae Egypt wsy of "ip- (ke W 11010 tettaryadIete 'YM building meteriale, especially things used by vonuans, anyshere on west coaut.
for pumping waler 1o the 1op of the fa- te] lectuel ulwo mall-order muhhy things anywhere, again, don't just copy w a.c.. etc.
mous lighthouse on the Issnd of Pharos digest". the concealmant, everyone seems to have & few tricks of e's own which ¢ daesn't want to
was soan abandoned, appurently bocause suthor who is tell about, which is good, but how about & summary of published informetion?
il encouraged laziness in slaves who lLad Tobert graves book reviews?! maybe thore is & good article someshere i could reprint,
previously curmied walerskins up the light-
sounds like o sky lglJf and how to fool them, | want not 1984 scare stories but facts about what
house stairs. Still more remarkable was
the medieval invention of the electric is in use or being put into use, what can and can't be detected. be as specific as
battery by Baghdad Sufis and their ab- :h‘““; to you cag, the bludg's press releases usually aren't wrth reprinting. btut maybe you
siention from putting it 1o commercial ayo for koow somebody who uses or tests out the devices, or maybe you have muffered loeesn,
use lost it interfere with traditional ans ~ S1iPPing. what wero the circumstances? don't depend on the bludg telling the truth. (to B,
~and crafts, Then there is Suctanibs' acc title is "the in Bweden, maybe che was infiltrated and the bludg said it was a sky spy to
count of how an ananymous invenlor secret war preserve thelr infiltrator,) last 1 knew forest fires were being spotted only by
came lo the Emperor Tiberius, offering to between sci- sesing the smoke, anything new in uweel )y oo sheep bells and such.
show him a new sort of glass. He dropped ence and poetry). here tao
& lump of this-on the marble floor in front one probably baw tricke of e's own. but it is helpful to warn ambout techniques
of Tibenius’ throne as if by accident. When (letter continued) The student life (in Archi- shich don't work, “the paper trip* (review in vonulife 6) is being widely reprinted,
it bounced Tiberius asked him whether tectural School) isn't bad and the activities X (it 4» 35¢ from Rev, Keith 5. Gormesano, c/o People's Press, 621 HEolt Ave, lowa City,
he had divulged Ihe secret of ils manufac- going on in the school get down to & practical Iowa 52240.) but sowe of the things it suggests may be out of date. this is worth
ture ta anyone. The man swore that it personal level, like helping build houses, etc. pointing out. city vonu. Jim stumm wrote a little about collectives in vomulife 9,
remained his own, so Tiberius sentenced page 3. a collective might be good for woods people on a fund raising tour as well as
him (o death, remarking that glass of this I see no future in monster office buildings and
the 1ike which I avoid any involvement with. I'm for city vomuans, paybe there are city collectives which will take in woods vomuans
nature would be found so valuable in the as boarders.
going to start exploring the North East this if you live in a vomu collective which has lasted longenough to work
making of jewelry and tableware that it
would depreciatetthe value of gold and summer and I'm working up a series of "aquat apots. out problems maybe you will tell how you do it.
upset the economy. ., n.y. "povember 72 vomlink10 page 2.
 ‘ [ cosmmocrive gemesess \/\ mors by lan
e by Jobn L. Wallen
& o i ived the fi » " paga purpose is to provide
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mowtly reprints. some of the articles are on freight hopping, buying used
~e iportant or dear to us) because we fear hurting the other, maki “hm 3 =0 e
xZ' oF airplanes, living in goa (india), driving other people's automobiles. also
peing rejected by him. Beceause we don't know how to be co;-tm:fin
sothing. The other contirues totally unaware of our reaction to his :l::::nl i bas & lot of nnnecessary illustrations and white space but pretty good for a
1like vomlife they will
Lixewise, we contime ignorant of the effect our actions preduce in him = fifst issue., first issue is 35¢, four issuea for $3.
result many rohtionlhi_p' that could bave been pro(mctinpand O:Jo;lhlo.gr:;u:lli Scept inforimiion imstend of movey. 168 E. Gth-at,y Sugers, Gt S7401
flounder m: ';’;k lm:xtth. Sccumulated. load of tiny annoyences, kurt feelings lafest "mother earth newa" is almost all on farming. except for people into
and alSunasretanc.ngs ¥ere never talked about cpenly. Tae following points %, their splitoff magagine “lifestyle” will probabdly have more useful
increase the probcbu’uy that openness will improve a relationship rather than information.
phil smith. stuff sold by mothers truck store seems high priced
barmi it, |
Opeonéss ismustnot stem
with othe other. 1. Openness an end a means your
desire butto improve
fromin a itself to &n relationship
end. We ars to me. might be worth looking for alternats sources. august 1972 iesue of
pot open with people about whom we do not care. When attempting to elicit an open "the green revolution" snnounced the beginning of an alternate money experiment -
sbaring of reactions to sach other, try to convey that this encounter indicated that "constants", designed Yy relph borsodi. results in yet.
not iesue is 35¢ from
you value your relation with the other and wish to improve it becamae it is school of living, rte 1 box 129, freeland, md 21053. paul doerr. 1 asked you
important. 2. Aln at creating a sbared understanding of yourERel
relationship. TYou in & letter but you didn't say so i will ask you again., what issues of "pioneer"
wish to know how the other perceives and feels about your actioms. You 'ilh.him to have the information about the bludg spy things? are these back issues now
knov how you perceive add feel about his actions... Rach of you, thus, will Yiew available? i've gotten #8, 9 and 10 and i don't recall seeing anything.
the relatlonship from more nearly the same viewpoint. 3. Becognize that opemnesa ‘D® Teport by rayo in vonulife 9 about what e and dr, g are doing, which 1
You cannot receive & maximum rantee with mini It solicited, was the longest article ever in vomulife. do you like this much
involves risk-taking.
Your willingness to risk your self-esteem, being rejf::ed or burt by :h:“:t;e:‘f.etc detail? 1if so 1 will solicit similar reports from other vonuams. and
or dotell
you me,
depends upon the importance of the relatlonship to you. Likewi prefer more short letterst (don't spend an B¢ stamp just to write
that the other guarantees not to become nngri‘gr teil'l-:mrt by y;:z'- {:::m::::‘,t ;!:k but if you are writing anyway and thick of it tell me what you would 1ike to ses
important point is that you are willing to risk his being himself —- whatever he more of or less of.) .. . geem bitter againat conventional farms.
feels -- in the effort to make the encounter into & learning situation for both of did you grow up on one?! why couldn't there be a farm which is visibly run by an
you. 4. Although the discussion may become intense, spirited, angry, or tearful elderly couple but which is a front for a group of vonuans with secret chambers
other to change.
A
ZXach L]
underneath the barns and baystacks! seems like smecret chambers would be easier
it should be noncoerciye and not an attempt to get the
as he sees fit. The attitude should not be "who's to build under a farm than under & city building, which you mentioned in
should use the information
wrong and who's right?" but "Wbat can each of us learn from thie discussion that vohulife 5, page 4. food would be easier to come by. going to and from would
will make our working together more productive and more satisfying!" As a result be more difficult than to & city vonuum but no more so than to a wilderness
votuum. personally i prefer o 1ive in the woods as i'm sure you do, but i don't
of the discussion one, both, or neither of youw may act differently in the future.
hie actions on the think anyone is qualified to say that there is no possibility for vonu on
Each, however, will act wih fuller awareness of the effect of { can!'t think of
of the other's intentions. 'Axy change, farming land, which is a large part of the earth. maybe you or
other as well as with more understanding
will be self-chosen rather than to placate or submit to the other, a way which is practical. but maybe somebody else can. why discourage el
thus,
Bsuld te anased 4 T — Y& (thie is in response to what you say in vonulife 9, page 5, and have said
5. Timing is important. Reacti
should be shared as closeto the behavior that qjgewhere. ther than that i really liked your report,
%
aroused ortant,
them am possible soHeactions
that the other will know exactly what behavior is being BORIRTNY) (B £ 5 ¥ does my not capital-
discussed, Tor example, behavior during the encounter itself can be commented om. ieing bother anybody? 1 can type fastest this way. each capital letter takes
T.g. "Wnat you ‘Just said is the kind of remark that makes we feel pushed away, " three movements - shift, type, release. and why use more than one kind of
6. Disturbing situations should be discussed as they occur rather than saving up letter except maybe for special effects? Jjust complicates things for 1little
massive accumulations of hurt feelings and annoyance &nd dump'-ing them on the other vonuans learning to read aad write: al fry, thanks for the warning about orange
all at one time, 7 county, 4'l1 stsy away. 1 would like to hear from other people about other
Paraphrase the other's comments about you to make sure you toewnes which are hostile or friendly. vonuans, nomads, van-people, gypsies,
understand them as he intends them, Check to make sure the other understands your atd otber freeish people between them spend a lot of money. this might as well
comments in the way you intend them. 8 Statements are more helpful if they are, be epent where tradespeople and local bludg (which mostly live off the trades-
Specific rather than general. "You bumped my cup." rather than “You never watch people and can be influenced by them) are friendly. encourage them to become
where you're going." Tentative rather than absolute. "You seem unconcerned about friendlier. A
Jimmy." rather than "You don't give a damn about Jimmy ami never will." Informing
5l_f.har than uflo.rh:g._‘_"l badn't fl.n@_nhcd yet." rather than "Stop interrupting me.® etting mail F
9. Use perceptioh-checking responses to insure that you are not making false ... 1 rented a box here in town to see how their system worked, if I would be able
assumptions about the other's feelings. "I thought you weren't interested in to rent & box in, say, California previous to going there and having mail forwarded
trying to understand my idea. Was I wrong?" "Did my last statement bother youl! there, etc. 1 wae surprised at the amount of bludg parencia I ran -into, requirinz
10. The least helpful kinds of statements are those that sound as if they are a_residential address (verified by the carrier that one hes received mail there),
information about the other person but are really expressions of your own 1D, and all sorts of restrictions on use of the box. Presumably the sternly-worded
coming out as - judgements about the other. "You never pay any attention.® form is a standard Federal one applying to all states of the U.S. I didn't want to
feelings
5 2l calling, trait labelling. "You're a phony." “You're too rude." pick information from the clerk (already muepicious and hostile! about somebody
- accusations, imputing undesirable motives to the other. "You enjoy putting people renting & box who lived in town), but I hope to establish a mail-order businees and
down." "You always have to be the center of attention." - commands and orders. am trying to figure Sut a way to get mail without having &n address - since I won't

“Stop laughing." "Don't talk so much." - sarcasm. "You always look on the bright be living at an addrees....
side of things, don't you!" (when the opposite is meant.) 3; The most helpful Reply: We've had similar experiences. Solutions: (1) Take over the box of someone
kinds of information about yourself and your reactions are, Behavior descriptions: who no longer wants it. Add your names to the names authorized to receive mail at
reporting the specific acts of the other that affect you. "You cut in before I the box (takes only a post card from original box holder) but the post office may
bad finished my sentence.” Describing your own feelings: "] feel blue." "I like object if the llst of names gets long. Or get mail addressed cfo original box
what you just said,® You should try to descride your feelings in such a way that holder, Ususlly after doing the later for awhile the clerks will learn that you
they are seen as temporary and capable of change rather than as permanent attitudes. 'belong' and you can then delete the c/o. Pay rent by money order and illegibly
Yor example "At this point I'm very annoyed with you." rather than "I dislike you scribble name of original box holder (tno clerks presently don't seem to care who
will," pays rent). Money orders sold by banks and stores are usually sold blank except
and I always
: . 2 for the amount. Buyer fills in payee and signs his name, which is of no
~ this is reprinted from "community notes”, intentional communities project, siena importance unless money order is lost and he files claim for refund. (2) Get a
center, 5635 north erie street, racine, wis, 53402. issue §#l. originally written friend who is moving awey to rent tke box using his ID before leaving. (3)
|
1968, this is about the best thing like this i've read., many vonuans spend & lot Arrange with someone trustworthy & 'residential' mailing address. (Either he telles
¥
] of timeé in close quarters with the same few people so being able to talk through the postman you are visitipg, or you uee c/o for a while to 'train' the postman.)
~ bad feelings can be important. more endeavors are wrecked by ‘personality conflicts’ 1 believe this is the preferred solution., There are mapy more residential addresses
F than by any efforts of bludg. lan : p.o. boxes so they arouse less suspicion and the effort which can
J than there are
bte devoted to checking them out 'is lees. If anyone does check your 'landlord'
.
deen living out of tents for three months, and I am hoping to stys you &re away on a trip. Your'landlord' can leave mail in & drop for you
My wife and I have
uild the smallest possible :f‘mlport.b].. structure to move into as soon f_. posaible ¥hich should be outeide any dwelling, accessible 24 hours a day, and so loc:ted
and more fixed cabin. Eow _that it cannot be easily kept under survelance - also 8o that neighbors won't get
and before winter. (She) is building a slightly larger
do you keep books from mildewing in & tent in a damp woods! (I have them on a suspicious. The 'landlord' doesn't need to see you each time you pickup.
bookshelf now, behind sheats of plastic, hoping that's good enough to keep the "Meil any letters with 'soiled' stamps, stamps not in codmventional position, "Sell
mildew from spreading.) I've been trying to do the sort of thing you described, the Post Office" emblems, etc. away from your 'home! post office. Presently
for ten years, and this is as . close to it as I've been able to get. - My first P.0. paranoia seems to be directed, not &t vomuans, but at mail-order swindlers,
idea was a cave, (Where can you find caves?! Within range of cities?) ..., May The paranoia we have encountered has been almost entirely at the time of initially
' you bave peace and the lord God bless you. T., n.y- (august) renting the box. P.0. clerks seem to give little trouble thereafter, so long as
t nothing is done which causes them extra work, (rough draft by rayo. this letter
about the books., if you have a stove going most of the time you might keep the and rayo's reply is something else 1 have had around from before 1 took over. the
books close ta;that so they keep & little warm which ought to keep them dry (so long letter is dated march 14. 1 should be able to do better in the future becauss the
as they don't g‘n rained on). keep them away from any wall or floor, mot too high vonul ife-vomulink split provides more room, lan ) o
up so they don't get vapor from cooking. .. you could ary them out well first and
| tben put them in a container that closes very tightly. & metal or glass container is pational driver register service im operation
! est so that mice can't gnaw through it. lan (anyone bave other suggestions?) irresponsible drivers are being kept off the nation's highways through the operation
% - g 5 of the "national driver register servics“, a clearinghouse for information on
'/\ Rainbow Family inter-tribal commnications center on alternative lifestyles and, .driver licensing. set up by the national highway administration, the driver
| commupes - where they are and what kind of trip they'rs on. Will be publishing an TFogister currently bhas & master file containing the names of nearly three million
SMOKE-SIGNAL, 110 Bt. Marks F1., NYO (212)360-2688. persons shose driving privileges have been revoksd or -suspended. Thess names
| intercommnal newsletter,
| - Z were provided by all of the states and u.s, territories.,., when a state wants to
learn whether & driver license applicant may have lost his license elsewhare, it
? .oreyoound has svug been selling its used duses, but sales have been booning in requests a "search® of the Driver Register file. This request is ‘(-d *into the
!1 the last few years since Someons discovered the buses can be converted
: into computer system where information on the applicant is compared with data :* for a
i recreationa} vehicles, (G11lvert J,) Klocker says his office is ' mnow swamped with possible "match" or identification. In 1970, thers wers 160,837 "matches® sent to
| requests for used buses.... Oreyhound has stepped up its px'onr:icll:mt?f ‘h;tr""" participatdng states, revocations for serious violations, such as driying or
Buses, vhich normally sell for between $9000 and $13,000.... 18 "_'}-9 ;n h;"'f conviction involving & traffic fatality, remain in the file for seven ysars, While
logged over 1.5 million miles when put up for sals, (ibacks 46-rajo-for clipp D&__ thoss for less serious violations are removed after five ysars,,.. (from "behavioral
e eaber 15 »19M‘fi-»w—— “page 3 i s¢iences newsletter for research plasning", january 14, 1973) "
 survival techniques
by Dora Edgar
winter

green revolutisn")
@ Indians 19 73 issue
‘ WASHINGTON (LNS) — The Senate Finance
Committee approved a plan In the beginning of
March that would require every child In the coup.
(condensed from "caliche county rendering works" by way of "the reprinted from the spring ‘try to be assigned a Social Security number why
tech- white roota of
J.0.(041) Phillips, an Albuquerque engincer, has developed a wintoer camping orp'umuhns nates®, he or she enters the firat grade, beginning n
at akwesasne
Dique using polyurethane foam equipment and Tekimo murvival knowhow, His equipment peace, mohawk nation 1974,

Not gulty:
by non-Eskimos, and fantbatically devised [) l '
is warmer and lighter than any yet The Finance Committoe I8 studying a plan tha

cheaper as well, There is a local marketing equipment based on Fhilips' compAny would make fingerprigting mandatory for "older
principles, but it's still cheaper your own, to make persons who apply for cards but "voluntary" for
we usually go about winter
6-year-old chlidren rocelving cards for the first
camping all wrong. Feople give up and go home because their feet get cold. Their time.
feet get cold bechuse boots and socks compress to the point where you're practically via rooseve 1tom, gzcmi?nsrg,s&fifomh
standing on the snow, And if the boots are waterproof, foot sweat collects and Thore was a quist joy among Pit River Indians as a jury ‘An objective of the plan, according to Commit-
found flva dafondants Innocont in the Battle of Four tee Chalrman Ruseell Long, [s to block poor peo-
freeses, Even thick boots let in the cold after a couple of days of tramping and Corners trlal and then gave up in trying to reach verdicty pla from obtalning multiple cards with diffarent
socks give you blisters, OGloves are just as ridiculous, Each finger is attacked In two other cases, welfare checks,
from all sides by the cold, Divide and conquer, People who need fires to keep
The defendants were arrested Octobar 27, 1970, during " porsonally think that everyoné ought to have
warm didn't dress waermly enough in the first place, and {ire melts esnow, which # bloody clash with federal and Shasta County law en- fingerprints on file but I don't think we should re-
wubeequently soaks you &nd freeees, Murthermore, sleeping in a bag in a tent forcemant officers when authorities Moved in to de- quire it at age six," Long'said,
molish a Quonset hut bullt by the Indians on land con- "It would be uscful for other rensons with
leaves your head in the air, It is a fact that you lose more heat from vour head trolled by the U.S. Forest Service at a highway intar-
than anywhere else, What's worse, if your bedding gets wet from a fire or a thaw, children — to trace lost children and runaways,"
section known as Four Corners near Burney, California,
you're doomed. Wet down will freeze you almost as faet ae wet cotton, It is The trial was In Federal Court hora in Sacramento, he continued, )
The Soclal Security and Welfare bill, to which
very important to understand that different materiale and techniques are needed for The victory was the second major triumph In Sacra-
-menta courts. Last Juna 28, Indians were acquitied by tho fingerprinting plan would be attached if ap-
winter anc fair weather camping. In the rain a tent is nice. In snow it's dead proved, will be ready for Senate action fn about 2
a munlcipal court jury of trespassing on a Pacific Gas
weight to carry, We need to move slowly in the cold so aB not to waste energy or and Electric Co. campground in Shasta County in 1970, month,
sweat too much., It is best to carry dehydrated foods and not to use fires except Seven Indians were convicted of occupying buildings at
% the site. The Pit Rivar Nation is involved in a sustained
for a luxury, Illustrated are the patterns for a mukluk and a sleeping bag,
effort to get a return of land which was taken from them Vom Lire)( ><
rese are mede of 1 inch thick polyurethane foam, which c:n be bought in great a century ago, and which the U.S. Government now
sbeets from an urholetery mupply store, The only adequate glue is 3K77. A very wants to purchase in a claims settlement for 47 cents an People, 1 A man in Texas buys used
fine spray will eesl all seams without herdening tnem and forming & neat leak," can say I am hearsesr cuts off the backs, in-
acre. - a Vonuan stalls camperhs i]n !heTu:r, and
Just glue the cut edges together. The finished product cszn be covered witn nylon The Indians who were on trial said the acquittals Indi- sells the vehicles. Two men
cate a growing public awareness of the treatment accor- occording to that I know have purchased
for quradility. .o vasic foam mukluk, with its double th.ckness of folded over your defin- thése converted hearses and
ded Americen Indians. Pit River people are currently
foam or the bottom, is all you need in snow. But tneir wesr can be extended and occupying land at Four Corners again, as well as another itisn. The use them on fishing a;d hun:-
you'll be prepared for rocks and bare ground if you stuff them into Army surplus occupation on PG&E land, but no action has been taken ing trips. They sleep where cof-
canvas muxluke, extra large for everybady, or just cover them witn & canves or only blight fina formerly were placed.—
to remove them, on my life Mrs. Lyle C. Hugo, Ramona,
aylon bag witn & drawstring around the top ana a string around tne ankls. Rein- The main prosecution witness was U.S. Forest Super- thzt I becan. Oxla.
force the bottoms &and maybe an inch or two up tke sides with oversnoe soles if you visor Jamet Barlin. He said it was “out of my com- & member of
pession for the Indians” that he had been willing to al-

oS
like. TFoot sweat has & chance to evaporate in' tnese mukluks, Bnd if it gets them Bludge Navel
low them to stay even temporarily in the hut on the HALIFAX (CP)
— The Ca-
aszxp, &t least they stay warm, Even if you fall througe ice, the water squishes sits. “However,’ he testified, "the hand was forged and Reserve force
adiag ou tdoor sportaman
out after a little walking and never does freeze. Honest! I can temtify to that the game was up when the big trees were cut (by the peveral years 5 cbstactes in pur-
from personal experiencs. yiyteny, algo useful whether you camp or not, are Indiens) . . . This was on a scenic highway. . . back to avoid
On further questioning by defense attorney Aubrey worse when tcey
sizply folded over rectangles. The sleeping bag illustrated is &n envelope just Grossman, Berlin testified that millions of dollars in ceame breathing.
Dig emougk to receive you wearing your clothes. You don't need Any spare cold air trees are cut every year on U.S. Forest Service land by I am starting to
lumber companies with federal government contracts.
in there. After you wiggle in, pull the drewetring, tie it, and start werming up turn my van into
Berlin concluded nearly a full week of testimony after
¥OuUr cocoon Wwith your dreath and body heat., TFoam allows plenty of air exchange with
admitting that he did not follow U.S. Forest Service
e self-sufficient ards, members of Lbe faculty
outside, vehicle. 1 a=z of the school of physical edu-
Where you sleep i an importent matter, Where the wind blows free dig regulations in the removal of the hut. In a full day of
much into shelter
cation at Dalkousie Unlversity
a ditch in the snow, Sleep in it with your sleeping bag completely wrapped in a slow and tortuous process, another defense attorney, bave
skeet of strong polyethelene rolled into a tube that extends well beyond your feet
John Moulds, took Berling through a maze of U.S. /structure &s I
Forest Service regulations. - languish in
&nd reed, TWrap it eround one and 2 half times to anchor under you, before you As Berlin resisted each step of the way, Maulds brought Archl tecture
crewl in, If there's a blizzard that night you'll be covered with insulatinz snow out that in cases of land claims or suspected legal vio- scnool. The tize g
but not buried permanently, since the wind will keep a drift from forminz on top . lations in the U.S. forests, federal rules require a raft of
1 bave in the Nav = ticular coRE —
of your trench., That's why you build it where the wind blows. W#ater from breathing staps to be taken by forest service officials. The steps
end perspiration will condense on the plastic sheet rather than your foam, Sheke it Jnclude discussions with the persons making the claims, i8 equivelent t0 nag beem body beat, the lack'
cooperation with the claimants in determining the legal the time needea s b
off in the mornming. Besides mukdluks and mittens, body cldtning can be made from Justification of claims, comprehensive reports to be for my degree o
foem as soft &s you can find. 1 inch is best, but it may be necessary to use Q inch sent to Washington, and in cases of legal violations, the I'm staying o
issusnce of citations rather thanarrests. « o o @
on legs and arms, for flexibility. Rectangular sheets of approximate sizes can be around here till Pyka and Richards
say man
wrapped eround arms, letas, and torso, leaving gage for elbow &nd knee joints. then. E., n.y. has two alternatives available
Friction will fasten them well enough where they overlap themeelves.
start with the foam next
To suit up,
to your bare hide wnere it will do some good. Cotton pes "800 AFBR NE 616 BRERK-AWAY, AWV
D ther produce more body beat
underwear only holds moisture, Over the foam put a pair of muge loose pants &nd a RORMING RRIZomR & WEW MBY/c0” FoR Some— or cut down heat loss.
hooded parks avout five sizes too big for you. Tren your mittens and mukluks, MENTHS, T.EFAL yuTO A 1160 sesm
e pord.
Toat's all. 4ny more defeats your purposes of warmth, mobility, and evaporation, R WHILE™ HERF om yi5 ERSTEAN Si0ps
(toe original article includes a list of food and gear for & winter camping trip, OF oA RANO'S FRONT RANGE— mérhow, |heat s
! ecovectioa,
lost—dy radiation,
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9~ Nylon except for a oL OVER BROWN & ypwkwoon/ minine woRh s.
|Lcloth very small person. COMPLETE WITH AUMBIR + TIimA ERs ¢ 5uén bite.
The two men say oo
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= OH;;"_"‘P it :gfoat or ":g FAR-ouT,
- longer, that gives
IJELA L‘/;*j extra space for a 8 WEBKs AMISR I'0 compisNsD R 1%,
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certain amount of prejudice against me
Epdol here because of my ideas and lifestyle, AMARE /NG
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Toe flep 1 don't kmow, maybe you would claes

thanks to thomas 4ots’ direct costact
me as & vonuan if you knew me, Your skioner faor article eedd, coaler body, Tha two
. publicetion has made me feel better AVD swapT oM Twd = ‘a y hegt loss (n this way
becuuse I know now that I'm not alone
SHaNCE AVD SATURA T/ONV
99 Tight, Yot b4 falnimized
by wearing
in my way of thinking, J, Iowa ‘tasulated and by wsing -
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B Qpe—m— AOKING | NWA
vucksack,
e Tk Plyarethess FramiSx3102) Tesy, H-‘;".,’:‘ C**** 4o 1ive o.n a amall island offehore .., e

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and meny of our friends live in boats r S
3N 77y Cemect Coumt Edgn Ca-d & f PUGTRIM
and cabins. We just moved from & tent
In this climate it seemed like & long time. THE INVER ToURNVE
where we'd spent & year and & naif,
Anyone interested in & water/small rocky
We'll pass tpe newsletter among us.
igland trip cen write us, Our territory is around Lasqueti north to Desolation SO IT O s
D. Macy, Lasqueti Island, B.C.. Canada onNB SYEP RT A TIM
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except for such abvicus oned es univarsity of ga}{fyruir
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\;‘qa}":"fi'??flé wWhon we rg‘:urn;d a:‘f,cz' wa:df.:z'j.:g tha )Vhfi
‘ ,:“.Jw_é?and ;Z:yii;l':fnmwgfad;: minth and
OF B-80. XV AR B1Tay whis O rened ke :ave been parked in ono wpot f:u‘1' the is..:
dows Ege’.afj .r:y o
. B fa,.-.JnO“"; a;‘a“l,m eity and © the ’.:».’Ipdg~ do come
:'ca iona 1y, o % Ndt very irvalnerable cxcopt 10m 1iving with
v&adt,
wne
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ia the
expectaiion O moving on any time zecessary... Al Foy usied about bad Epois Ilkely
*ouble {l.e,, tlude Contaci, etG,) vut we did find
k ettlifn: o nc‘."ez"hgd an; to lecate im fouthern vermont, Finaily fitaped
¢ cpots T one nighiis cropever diffleuli
cover utaryLo fit «e 1t waun?t needed,
on 70ad Lo obirien: vacatlon homes und prepared traub.e
aay policy
or plonlc late
acea heavily gronsdy might be
etc, motorto
, -, Recent
touricm mog tame,
me the ed gethadtdugh
meatlonNever
"€t any@tope?
1 ougpest
wsing
for camping da ungatleriged ...
locatlons,
1o whilie meusta in forest dew
in an hampehive gefifilng 2u% of‘here iz 2@ WCCE$° Woild lik@
15 lDOks 1ike i dfifln:tely

at the earllest, FP
floll‘anyw&y

to get P your "y Wt probabl y wondi next fallmentio

t111 heater
headbad,wegt That ned la lasi
afier fow® sontis in the bus e- it ain’ds I
fBeb vadk du
Turk it on An She marning, DAY water on tIp.lkeroSe
aonmunication Warks great, holllng the bud ¥ waim, And cheap 914 ne ydu Gin
ved, By the tlme tie water 1%
any i%lg
buy ig9 far l guore
generabeautl gallon,
for 25 d.. pena, WALL repart wien. the Weather gats , coldew,
ut fil,...
<% DA AT QNS M LA A A S RS
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PR E o K2 ~—‘a-4“-;:_9n-~b:'m...-—‘_4 T Y ] -

Way t0 send money through the mails lis pestel money odirdel'i, Loug'as
7< Tang & gafe, anonymons
pofit offic some lkind oi- dism
e where: you are uminown and/or bounght in& book
v A
ug!lfieq 111
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inin ea phoney pirchacer’s rams and addren: "{1se the phion la the area whers 1t wag
houghty - E., Alapka ss angdesse
one do with 14! i.d. ds needed 5 ea.sh i, 1gn®t £t°F
b wha: does the persen Whe zets
checis, bap .- thig remires &
money o.Jderg i get i deposit ia & vank, Just LIze
kanlk agcosunt or a £riend with @ bank accounh. 423 : '
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‘\/ from "twosthirds of the ratlon's lands wepoxt of the presldeat g public land law
thanks %o dave in southeln california £1°.the ¥er»x >f recommendat Do
J(/.f veview Gommlssisnl,
' osg1 whlch 1 am excerpbing from} 4 genera” Areatifon land nse fee, Gollested through
of anmual permits, Ghould be required - all publle land - - recreatlon tiders and,
cale
whers feasible, additlonal fees should be charged for use of racilivles constvoched
at Tede—gl Expenses,.. petaunss of thé widegpread hatwre of recrseation use of wontwild
'3 &0 vuch lands, L% 14 dmpracilcal
Tand exreas, and the gesnersl. laGk of gontial of
and ta0 eoekly to levy and Gollent a fee only ... catrance %o areas¢ elthei gemerally or
2or eash wie socaslon, We belleve o general use fee can be most efficiently e@nllected
thirough the gals of enmal licenzeg g1 permiiy, falet Gan bé made effectively &nd simply
are
+hrough gSnurces sugd a3 she paut offices gimilay <o the maanetin which dacle clanvs
cold, while at the same Yime vermitting sale &% entranGe Yo natlonal parks, for example,
at the ouriset, bs
wiere personnel are ttationed,... Ine general land use fee thould,
@ide
mininal {31 o $3) to assuve that 1 1y not digeiriminateory and Yo 8impiify 1td admin’
O lditen under 12, welfare redipients, andperseny aver (5 yeuys of agze CHrx u
t39n, 000
Le exempted fiom the paymeni 3f any fe€,.,, It ltt not negegsary %o have = "aige policing
farce, Mor the majoriocy widegpread dissemina%ilon . - 3f lnformablon concerzlng tue
progiar forthe Gallevtion 0. feed will suffices " for the remainder 1t Will ve dufflclent
6o kaow that « an ia the case of & fidhing licende Q1 motor vehidie Iperatsir?s pexrmis -
1f you are shopped By an offislal the failure%o have 1t a1 your persan will subject yau
to A4 penaity,. We recommend that & penaliy Le lmpoced far fal uie of a recreaiisn uger t9
have the permlt is his pasSsesplon an the pnhlle Z!‘a%gua B A~ i L , i
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B O g S B L e R e
NS
P Y T W Le

i€ her {not har) iz beelne mie shoeldur Waedz; mis beerd 1t VYeetween mie 41ou: theez.
O top sinte 19473 berfootud Gintad Jea 19AD; kut¥of pants sints 13095 o6 Jakuis oel
greturz (o6nlee shirt thouk sleeve) winss 1968, 26 liv vmusng peepul, buk liv 23 mie
8 Luer oaviksisane? dl'ctast, - gik ble az.
- 6K3EpY noW, lém wundreens £1& k1)d[paw
¥ aveeng mie miend "maoerpt ® bis fba Fuluit ws Wizt leel,
gyenlasl nmoodlet!
. . {Imulee} too goe vaelsid Werevur 16 émp ie wiord-liels Zhic
Trre iem 1ot £30le6
paadlelnn too preevnel nmung Peepuly ami Ivednm ny GhayI, geruntesd bie thn lynuiiie
yonrin, an plect drext theenlk wee Ji6 eev fnr nensdimineens %o Sifreedine” Fiivn 14 ow
> hovealer 72 vamalink 1D . page ¢
 in thee oepun, then Elae brot - asuz ulong wit
>K5keastitooshun@ uz Friszae brot tits owb werewvyr
bee w wac Uv llef
tite, W e yeere izet 2 ur, soe sumbow, sveshdl nooddzum ¢tu
eeng too cit foniks wer
peepul deczier it coe. Te wperk fuer mie room end hav bin wint Xallf 90231,
306, Vemuis,
yeert. Joesif zZednash, 1815 Pusifik Av,
Weros It bl peet ¥oo S i

proponents of reformed speeling,

¥ayo, pad], doerr end eny other
£ty Jjoesif bednaghk, at least) if you will all esores
{vina ¢ 3 write for vomlink
i wiil wrilte phoneticelly lan
& system ! caa type easyl. Low about it?
ri one ohpnetlie system {and if itfPe e S DT D B Dtz
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EYDEOPEONE OR INTRUSION SENSOR,

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supkk ATFR) UNDER 6R0UNDS and as a oroperty intrusion

homan voices beheath the sea,
jebaction »f marinc Jife, e, all marine
Sensitive +.y sounds Of footstep
s, tiucks, vehicles, human volc
devide, devi ee, With amol i~
ue -mfk e! with ampl ifie r make s excellen t deteetion
14fe, Thie unig Ry Sulton for Fnvironmental
clreuit 741, Outcut impedance 2,000 ohms,
using povalar Iynnfield,
fier Paks, P.0. BOX 942, South
2 for $10 (plus shipoine?) Poly
inbrasiong, $3.95; for $1. mt, no., 74Lev,
Me®s, 1940, (Cat, 4198} Poly Pac sells the 947 (1) 5%¢ or 2
con nectipn! for suggestion.)
{thenks tp riss dawn Of 11 ivertariPan
the time?} how meny
I A AP 8 T T D

does some one use this t{do 2 have to ¢it and ligten to it al 1 anyone
now (3x3 mile)? 3 would 1like to hesyr from
\ ‘uld i% take to go arou nd 40 acre s say
used them - ~° On l_and° lan A D B —a T e WY

who has aXs-

R, A PUPN— ek P P e A e

to imply running was &

— B .-MM\I—M

as to snake bit proceedure and I didn 04 mean

Phil Smith is correct effectivene sg of the swaat gland& bo
an 3llustration as to the
bitten area
\
only as
zood therapy,
ons and tox ingo .+ (V18), lce packs are often nsed now on
erad icat e pnis m TOON oo the fever
du.. cir cul ati on, HOWe V<d if @ had access to a ygyy, hot stea required for more
to 8low t 1s
mild toxine and 1B0Y temp at leas
pature induces is only good for that will direct heat through tissu
es much
machine
I bave a chirppractic
toxic poisons,
and can get very good resulys on internal joint
an jnfra red ray ov3n
1like a weiner in
heat. Tnis and nalf & dozen other machlnee
problems, ete, with Just this artificlsl areas might check with
sals and V.L. people in populbus
ingidentally came from an Estate ng % in,
of keeplng some green fllterli Ab the moment
their eproner for a good means sy while thus
will 1nse hel son if she foll ows me ir my usual lflfe style alte rnative
my ma%e are & good
., wvot ed we nave found yar d sales, - wap medts and such eith er put
’ will
{1 have more from &l fry which 1
tempor ari
to punching a time eloek, ?
in mext vomilink or save for vomilife.) PR o . ) —t poy i, e D

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negotlatlons
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Preliminzdty details have be en ibrked out for gpening

TONGAN NEGOTIATIONS, the govereignty of the Republic of Minerve, Mr.
wi%h the Goverrment Of Tonga -for T1llot has lived in the
Chief Negotiator., WMr,
Flliot nf Guam has besn appbinted pedplécoceo
" fred with the customs ot the 2gland
since Worla var II and 1 s familiar isition
Pacific
tiat ions with Tong e are only a psrt of an overall Plan of Actlon for gathecanagqu
be
Nego Mirst and foremdeds if Ton
of saditional territory in the P gcific area, the Pacifie Tasin
Repub 1ic of Minarva the other countries of
pernuadad,toerOOgnize the vurchese the land nrea
of three other islands
will do likewige, Ws are atiemp ting tp we attemnt to annex
which will enhance our position when
frem the individual land Owners al republic,
the Ropu blic of Mine rva, ... The new nation i1s& conati tution ingt force and
them into geng aza
ect and give recourss to eitl
where govermment is limdted %0 prot or welf are acti viti es, (from octobet 1972
commercial ge. CA S2666.
Mpinerve times", mlnerva office of information, 426 E. Washington, Oran
of maritine
commissio ner
4 alsd now registering ehlps, 4022 statlon
republic of minerve arch, P.O. box
tional maritime legal rese
the
affairs, temporarily afo internz minerva was printed in
ohiln 43609, 8 complaint about
6, 1723 broadway, toledn, 90913 worldway ppstal centelr,
down, BoOX
1] {pertarian connectioh" #29, $1 from lisa
¢a 90009,)_ 5
angeles,
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november 72 vonulinc 10
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suggestions about the split, a great, we need a speclalized directory, pabticularly for north calif. I
about ‘e's’ i'm switching to 'er!§e7 1 wppoon
sEree
bope u get 1t out soon. in anothar month or three 111 be living in my boat.
magasine which i mentioned last ismsue mey a discontdl n-
1 st{11 hope to find several people with boays so we could form
Jamary 1973, address, vooulife, box 458, be out of business. 1 sent them a letter uous community. 41 have heard of a deal near ukiah of land at $100/a 1f
Cave junction, or97523., (at 163 . 6th ot., eugens, ore.) and it anyons is interested in splitting a LOa plece. evidently some issues didnt
vomlink is
Published every two months as a reader's came back marked, "moved
no address”, left reach rayo when he pubd vl. 1s he reading urs? if not 11l send to him ir
forum and supplement to vomulife
anoual, paul doerr, i'm interested in what you said ul give me a drop for him, can u use a handh ip in plage of an alectric
subscriptions: in v, 9 page 5, "The best may for vopuana blender? 1im wrking on a deaign for , bakpak that can double as a sult
$1 for vomlife anmual, oass when in town...Just take off straps, eto, new sultoase types have
majled third class; o charge to get the little money they need is by an
to vonuans, oovers of ocloth eto 3o eithsr a flat or safari type roend shape with sewn-
#4 for vomulife anmual plus 6 fasues of independent service the straits need ...
vomlink A classified adv for a week will get in bands _end d rings and removable shoulder straps would look ok. 1
- vorulink mailed first class; all twm
$1 to voruans, & voman the work u will want to do in any one o&rrg a tarp, slespbag, hammok, 2 or 3 -changes of olothes plus the asual
to me is some. srea, pans, survival stuf, eto. ssveral city friends now keep a readypacked
one who lives and lets live, and lives Do it and split," what services have you
most of tre time out of sight, sound s0ld tkis wey? pak and gear ready to grab ay any time and run, one calls it a scatpake
and how about other people?
mind of those unwilling to let live. (with most services 1 would think straits an armalite ar-7 stores in its own stock, floats and uueg_ng\x]:gg_‘ZZIxf.
subscriptions from iostitutione for vom- are fearful of doinz business with Ada_very acourate tho I wuld prsefer a bolt actlon, 1ts used by aservices
¥ho 1sn't 'establiehed!.
somebody
or haven't you
/a8 _survival
v gun and
and 1s availabls
8 to pudltos “u oouldget a mall drop for
Atak Gx /oL fcoepted. bacc issues found this to be a problem?) mall,
1 do thisfor soms fres
but 1€ u want a business arrge, how about
(vorulife 1 through 9) are 25¢ each thanks to fi/lonth? med 1l officially to be held until ocalled for but actually to be
plus
25¢ per shipment, trird class, romebody (anonymous) for sending "the mal 1ed to any address one time on receipt of a postecard md every oard om
first
vomlink and lest freedom" by j. krishnmmurti have different addrass for travelers, i never see u nor u, me, u oan
forwards without cherge up to six and
"walden" by thoreau. i haven't finished shift po monthly, weekly or whatever. officilally 1 would have no ocurrent
stamped envelopes from a subscriber per
"freedon®, it'a pretty abstract end keayy address for u. I would postulate three restraining factors agalnat nuclr
year, additionsl forwsrds are 25¢ each, reading but the ideae ere reslly war,..,l sov wants vast overoapability bver us to enable them to smash us
letters may be eent to specific individ. good,
i re;d "thoreau" a long time ago with no retaliation/damage to them...2 they want various prodicts from us
uale who Lave pudblisked, to People in dbut it's
a :0" first....3 they hope/expsct our form of govt to change or us to lose our
g€eographic aree, or for discretionary r:rrnrlmg, thanks to rayo for
distridbution to people i believe might anthem" by ayn rand, (i received 1t lmst will to freedom whether from political/physical/d sease reasons, thus
héve compatable intererts. sunmer but didn't get to it until the delivering us to them at no eost to them but the price of subversion/disease
allow six last
weeks. i don't give out addresses, snow storm.) it'w kind of 1ike "1994n" spreading. we are their first targsdt sihce we are, now, the one obstacle
dut sktorter and with a happier ending, tp their world rule, so if they cant take us, the next best would be to
& vonulink subscrider hae the right to it'e atout gst rid of us. who elss oould reshst them? olose study will show our
two vonuans who grow up
publieh in vorulink msteriel which totalitarian
in
aotual military ratios relative to them are slbpping much faster than even
is village - sort of a kibbute
Televant to vonuliving in my opinion, the .scarepapers show so possibly a fourth reason will be that we may become
up €one sour - whick is
to & maximum of: (gption 1) 80C words, most villagers are afrsid of the woods
surrounded by woods
too weak to resist their demand for the equivelant of surrender. a deter-
1 retype and
and print. 1 sm not responaible Dever go outside the village. but tke miner drive to oatoh up might precipitate a preemtive strike. thbs may be
for errors. (gption 2) & photoready narcfine and hero run away to tne woods the intention of various political personages. they seem to be trying to
and
péges, type or print small &nd neatly in find &an abandoned nouse in which they bring this about, u can see varilous political/bureaucratic chamges progres-
black on white paper this size, one live.
=ide "the motrer earth news", nov, 72 (31.50 sively increasing speed over the last few years. 1 sometimes wonder 1f me-
only. put &nytking nst for publmtian govern imnt just a stalking horse, he 1s so rediculous he may bs used juat
fuch o8 complete froom box 38, maaison, shio 44057) had
ntme &sna &ddress on & several jtems of interest, to oover other aotions. rayo, while the scilence-flction devices for detect-
Ssefarste sheet, ortions mey be mixeg, "the plowboy" ion do exist and are being used and improved 1 dubt if they have much
demclinee for next issce: marca 1 for interview with ram bux singa merntioned that availability or efficiency here yst but they are coming and are something %o
option 1; feo. 1 for option 2. one pound of dried leaves will zenerate 7 be oconsidered for the future, 1 mention them Just as what is on the drawing
© coxmonlaw copyrigrnt 1973 cubic feet of methens whereas one pound of boards, tho some are in use now, of course. u can buy air maps from any
oy mike free-
man. &ll rights reservea
cow dung only one cubic foot, sinsh, from county courthouse now. they are used for tax purposes, to find bldgs, eto,
by mike freemen
unless otrerwige steted by esch suthor, india, eeers to be really into "esindle, count stock, etc, they could be used in a concentrated se arch now and may
emell "(relstively) methane penerators, be standard someday. the various detectors...rock, metal, heat, llght, etc
by len ore e deeigred for "mother" isn's working «ssare used in conjunction with cameras, the photos thru the different
yet. eounic pretty biz end complicated for gadgets are all taken at the same time then developed and superimposed..then
i'm sorry mbout the poor purgple pazes in vonuans, y later, other photos of the same kind are taken and again superimposed, they
vonulirck 10, ®0 i'm reprinting trem here. "tne return of the sod ron™",
are treated diffenently so diffemences between the two sets of photos will
you ctn tnrow the purple &wuy. from now thie ie sbout ordinary ferm dbuildinszs roofed
tret way for whick rod stand out to the observer, in high-magnification comparason-scanning, much
on {'il try to print most of eeck issce. eeeTe to me not to
be good. it makes the roof twize ss heavy
of 1t done by machine. any difference wlll then be checked, by foot if
1 dig whet rayo says ebout oulk. 4'm still
which meane there muet be etronger supoort,
necessarye. 1t 1s a complicated process but as 1t becomes more mechanized, 1t
lookins for & printer on the west cosst wiol be an almost lnstantaneous process. 1 know what a bear can do and what
who cin do a 100 copies cheap and zroto- and ell the etuff which is put on “irst
would meke a pretty gond roof without any a storm can do but so will the machine., consider the advance from buck
reduce. yip trying ncrrow columne this s0d. Tut for vonuens who Went tn hlend in rogers in the paper to the actual flying belts we now have, I have scen
isrue to ree if thie mekes it easier to sod could be useful. these. they are a small jet with a_large tranagaren& géagti fuel gomgg_nor
reed, ty.ins anc peeting up ie £ little
strapped to the back and look just like the small gadg uck wore In the
"70 budcet snow- early comic strips. and we are on the moon tooc. u might also he interested
TOre WOTS. o ana then i get & letter
shoee"., mare out of any tranches and in the varbous "ufo detector" gadzets for sale at $10 or so. these are
from somecoay wno wents to
string. meet vom
not fency to lcok et but they .simple fleld detectors which u could use to detect one of the search fields
reople kna who #sxks now to finc 'us'! wner work, they might be hahdy to vonuans depending on what type of detection they
e gets 'nere!. vonulife anc vomulink are i sew nov, 1 iscue of "alternetives
want, and what type search fields the bludj use. some years'azo someone
Juet meane of communication, there isa't Jjournal¥, sox 30004, los angeles, ca 90035,
put out a thing powered by batteries...the alarm that is...which plugs into
fortrightly. $5 a yesr to persons &and $10
&ny centrel comyunity of vomuene all living regular current and, if the current goes out, the alarm sounds off. a civil
to lizreries &anc funced institutions. it
in & btlg csve under mt. stasta or somewhere. defense thing. something sbmilar is available for radio...if the stations
conteins criticiem of behavioriem &nd "
trere are different indiviquale and fax ilie"‘-&lden two" 58 sexist, aleo go off the alarm sounds off. it 1s said by some alaska guldes that bears
revuctal,
&anc little comaunities living in different will respect ur keepoff signs i1f u use what the bears understand...that is,
places &sra cifferent ways. some &re sround “corzmunities" is a merger of "alternatives" a ring of urine around ur camp. a company...,davis?....selding plastic boat
slisciyous, <ome Aare in other nlzcesa, (the modern utopian), "communitzrian" end gear, sextants, etc also sells a solar cooker for $lo or so. 1t uses the
“commanites"!, first issue of &bout 40,000 sun heat to cook ur food. european outhouses, esp in geeece, are just xmms:
different people have ciffereant solicies worde ie $1. ousiness &ddress is squat holes so why not a deep hole with a movable squat stall to set over it
stout neeting reo;le, egone neve homee wrhich comrunities, cf/o twin oaxs, box 423,
&re oren to virits - & few €ven print their with a 11d when not in use? there are only two or so of u. 1 read now
edcreeres, rome don't tell wrere their louisa, va 23093. i oy heve sent some- that kelp can bd ground and made into bread tho ive not tried yet. ever
consider hidden trot or set lines for fish? work them bsfore dawn md avold
vomiums (homes) are but sre willinz to meet thing for publication snd it's not in
this issue it may be because i'm keeping all other times. for an age=-long example of the elimination of rhe fr:2dom
visitors somewhere elre, eome meet Deople
it for vonulife. since vonulife will be bnstinct in man read...medleval village,manor & monastery, g g coulton and
only throveh mutuel frierds, not throuzh
sut in & couple of monthe i daidn't think roots of evil, ¢ hibbert. honey is hard to find now. anyone know where to
tinets, some are completely closed.
it would be worthwhile to print these buy 1t around the bay in 60s or 100# cans? during wwll, Someone...enzland?.
my own situstion is somewkere between the ..found he coudd iscolate stomach en,ymes 1in termites etc that digested
thines here ton. 1’ve received a 1ot of
lest tao, it's not trat i'm a complete grass, etc and plant them in mans stomach tho ive heard no more of it lately
nermit., owut § don't wsnt my doing vomulife good articles for vomulife but i'm still if anyone wants to type out a letter sixe stencil of info adv etc 111 run it
to csuse problems for peogrle i mey be loosing for more, e=pecially sbout free in pioneer, make yr own gear, nylon and dacron for boat sails can be
involved with in otler Weye. 4¢ ..y want educationf/children, keeping warr without boughtes? to 8 oz ..36" $1,25/y4 to $3. from companies listed in boat mags.
artificisl heat, updeta information an suitable for sails, paks, tents, clotkes, etc, dye ant desired color. 1
to zet together wisih other vonuens you migkt
tuying, outfitting ed livinz in vans, know a man who can find treadle sewing machines for 320, nlus frei-sht.
first try people wro heve open home situ-
campere 8nd buses, earning money without several suell gibbona, etc books are in pb at .2.98 to $,.56 each. someone
etiorns ana wro live nesr wrnere you live.
mich involvement with the system. 4 should make a list with where got. indlans in west planted corn, squash,
i've got a file of runzreds of reople &all
over tce contineat &na & few oversess wno looking for a good summzry article on the etc in places in spring and moved on to return at harvest t'me. probably
have suoscribed to vomulife &t one time or dreft - telling ebnut all the different left someont to watch but most work was done. man or woman lived in small
another. clances &re tnere sre some near waye of reeponding to it - c.o., dieability, hogan in field. 1im interested in how to grow garden and field cr ps in dry
ou. you cen write letters to tcem &na i'll erigretion, disacpearing, etc, - sdvantazes land withoub irrigation. any i1deas? theres a law which most dont kno about
gorward. the firet six forwards & year are and dieadvent:ges of euch and places to in emergencies, only vehicles with civil defense stickers can use very many
free to subscribers except for postage, go for more informetion ebaut e2ch, trere magh roads. this may keep some out of yr area or it may kesp g from runntng
after trat 25¢ each, if you live around must be sometning i could reprint but i i1f u are cauzht in city. why woundnt an 'nemy hit high mountain passes and
bavent seen it. sren you write me a letter bridges ovar ocanyons to bottle traffic? maybe sabatage just before attack?
sisiiyou or come here often meyte we csn have u notioed the recentlyy greatly increased number of civil defense type
#nere me cen leave tell me 4f you want it puviished and how
Errense & Grop €dMewnere breaks on tv? tests, etc. for travel in muddy zround 1s it possible to
B®eve Lostuge, &lso much = vonulinic orly, vonulink pool pages
t.'.ing; for escs otner, make bear or cattle 'shoes! to wear to hide ur tracks? or a BIG padded shoe
4 cen lend you things (see page b tnis iseue), vonmulife, if you
more privacy. to spread whight enuf to leave no track? or a foam padded snowshoe? bow is
want troings puolished or not pubiished
pooke, magezines - vormulife gets & lot in faster and less olumsy than crossbow or so 1t seams, a strong crossbow
cen lena me thinze, gifferent places put on aifferent piecen
exchénzee, &nd meyce you would need a crank device. the crb is more accurate only for dubs, which 1is
of psper. 1 only guarantee puplicstian in why they were invented, an archer needs much more training but he 1s the
i've ceen told that vomulife'e p,o. box was voouliok, rjgnt now my pool pages are only better, faster shot in the end, desert people use sand after tollet., swamp
broken into in late oct, &nd meil teken, goim into one other einet (200 coules totsl). people use water, which may be why dlsease is so prevalent there, arabs
of dey'e
luckily there was only a couple wash several times, even after urlnation. incidentally the men squat,
©rut if you wrote me and i've gotten quite a few letters from people
sccumuistion, perhaps to cut sound? they have a allium that grows wild in the dry places
explain it, looking for msil forwarding services.
teven't hed an enewer tkis xey they use for food. perhaps people here could start patches of various kinds
this is another resson 1 mant to errenge if you know someone who does tniw and wio
is stsble and reliadle tell e to write, of 'wild' foods and leave them til needed Innout of the way places? anyplace
moTe GFOFE. to thank
]pgt jasue i foreot around the bay to buy dry kelp? paul doerr box 1llly vallejo ca 9459044000,
rewrite the neading also ————
rayo for helping

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BUALL ANSOUNCRAENTS AXD ADS | below saro, Thers is lots of space np | Juat befors I got shAfted. Tuis med Afeo X A Ao, 2 T FES
thess announcements aAre free to subscriders - there to get lost in but knovledes of Juat before an liuc&dcnt l'n th:r‘\:nfl& ‘The
10¢ a line | surviving the harsh winters would be obviously on "spesd”, u{ : 3 6 TH human being dugt
Beectiny, is desi, 4
“gned for o vy Q“é: é
up to 100 words a year, otherwise
plus 20¢ an ad. need not be about vom living, || important, No 1 iswue Lifestyle featurss too, This explains a lot, J * P each bresg of a
a $50 underground house that might ba ine temporarily 1'm wuperman, I know has its 'measure of daya', Parggy,
whare the body
1is buried so after a wvhile apigals t bat reach a cellular deficyy,85
_~~ ~ DIRECTORY OF UNUSUAL PUBLICATIONS, Keeping up | useful in the north, Bome of the park b‘hn‘
a certain polct just cease functigng
1% with the umeual and smaller periocdicals is a areas in Ontario might be good locations
for vomuans and a map of Ontarlo showing
I 1 get an o,d. of something. Then the boss
.., regardless of what they eat or what they
real hassle becauss of the constant change. doesn't worry about loose talk.
them is enclowed. Just thought of the think, I believe man should have a

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Don't know of anyone even attempting a yearly anything has got to be done by idiots.
potential of maybe & hundred and fifiy yq,
listing, however for several years we Spasmod- book: "Cache Lake Country" by John J, Mass sspionage and represaion is no
but in the course of the last few thousang =
|
ically put out our E,8.P, Directory which is a available mother earth news, different, Drugs help reward and punish,
years this potential ras been bred out,
fair attempt to 14st the wierd, umisval, the ed on Ruthor's experience of They alwo close: the books. Of course
metaphysical, the occult, the mind improvement |\ spending winters in Northern Ontario only idiots willbe attracted by these Yesa I think that men hae constantly
schools, mystery schools, new age, and geverally | woods while timber cruising., It is one There are otner methods too tut extermirated his superior btreeding stocg
211 the publications that would pol-lbl.Y appeal
to someone with an open mind., The only other
of the best books on getting away from 1
W1l and surviving the harsh winters,
y methods,
they are more expensive and take up in- and just as a stock raiser who fostered
telligent people's time, s0 are used the weakest of his herd would get short
concern we know of with a similar directory sells i‘l\:m Skinner, RE2, fest Lorn more sparingly to achisve more remumer- lived 'scrubbs' so we have short 1ived
it for $5 plus. As usual 4 will let V.L. readers yoro can be done anywhere,disease prone 'scrubbs', Howpitale are
have mine for a paltry 50¢., Also Herd Book 50¢, HERMIT LIVES LIKE MAN IN 19TH
ative resulte.
filled today with persone® who nature i
| Years ago an American Army deserter
"How to Survive the Depresaion" 50¢, and other ENTURY. A visit with Dewey Walker is trying to liquidate and who sre in most
nob-v.l. thinge. Al Fry, Y9 park ave,, Perris, like stepping into the last century, married a French woman and lived with her
A cases recovering to propagate more of
about 16 years without anyone knowing,
iy Wlker is a beardad hermit who has built Finn was found 10 years ago living in the their kind. I am touchirg on this becauss
BAETER WORLD offers a currency system bacired by his own hounse, makes his own shoes and milkbouseon the farm, He ran asay from there are many persons who get so wrapred
productivity., Participating small businesses grinds his own corn with a home-made mil 1 the cavalry during the first world war up in the 'health food thing' that much of
transact tusiness with this medium smongst them- fashioned from two pieces of limeatons, horses, 45 years their perspective is lost, ¥an e kin
cxuse he was afraid of
welves, reducing taxes, saving cash for other
sxpenditures, and finding new customera at EHe 1s 61 and has lived alone 15 years in VOMI. Ip can be dome. I doubt if it cAn of the animal world mainly becsuse he has
a wooded area near the Miseissippi River be done without & lot of help. gu.qen is his 5 point digestive IyI;::n - (); can u: .
minimal expense, QOurrently operating in Scuth-
ern Califoraia, distributors are sought world~ in southwestern Illinois, There is no and assimilate about anything, e rat wit
wide, Addrees: 115 N, Doheny Dr. Suite 311, road to the clearing where he has iK%
know &came
a1lfromtowns
Poland Rveryeherd..,
during Hitler'sf'ede
. . aefficlent
4 point and
digestive system
populous ls tke 8onext
enimal;) most
If wan's
Los Angeles, CA 50043. (OCHS) constructed a one-room log house.
> Ee has few complaints, iavasion; . 4 was an injurdd;1b yoar 01‘.1 genetic background is up to wnuff he can
/;’,- most of the two ads above were typed using a One he mentioned Bassian high wire circus parformer. Hels eat about all the nzsty white flour and
saxple of "mylar reusable carbdon typewriter was the shortage of flax thread, which he Got paopla who come checking up on what . other garbage that he wants if it doesn't
ridbon" went by recorded dictionaries, box 532, needs to make hin shoes from discarded haYa doing yét. I doubt if.hele dware of clog up his system first. I'm sure we all
poona, ca 91769, reusadle! not on this type- tire casings, Cotton thread doesn't wear it; Be's got a Wfriendt, e blud go to know persons with 'good stock' who can eat
writer 1t {sn't - riddled after one pass, looke well,
Walker built his heavy grindstone great lengths fo watch "f?ba‘!‘ Arforc Just &bout anything without proolems. This
izg poor after two passes, thanks to john and mill for the corn he grows in the clear- eigner A1 PP 1 Yotg 1likely. at first perplexed me beczuse for years I
t al fry for mimep stencils. 1'11 try them out ing. He grows most of hie food., Any- 1 atill say Guevara was found by aereal lived on 'whole'! this and 'natural’ that
vext issue. this issue i have too much, thing elwe he needs - thread, tobAcco or photography, Here's why., The L.A, Free and of ten haa worse health than these
1ard - he gets by bartering with an Press had a note where someone at some -air 'garbage stuffers!. Sooo to wrap it all
X The LIBERTARIAN CONNECTION is an open-forum
laisses-faire megagine for libertarians.
occasional passing neighbor., "I dom't
remember the last time I went to towmn",
| force base in Calif ornia (Vandenturg ?) up, I suspect we should
was boasting that a spy plene left there toripnt and wrong for us
&ll leern
%o eat and
what i
forget
411 he mays.
subscribers have the privilege of contributing He receives no pension or Photograph them hills. True, a high about what Joe 'kmow it all'! next door
materisl, which will not be sdited. LC is kmown relief money, but once in a while hs
Altitude photo may not Just do everything payocates, If you are allergic to a food
for its creative idems on practicel actions and traces a few nours work for a distant {naedad. However they got cameras that will you will get a slight rise in temperaturs
theorstical considerations in the expansion of neighbor for e few things from Orand focus for less than 60,000 feet and as and perhaps s stuffed up nose - if the
botk individual and largerescale freedom., TYor a Tower, & town of 1000 population, there's no rii: at all they can come back o4 aontains a poison to your system you

’| PaOy
trailes tizess Ztoo
nd youwmuchcim trouble.
plek up geme will get a headache etc - if tke fond is
sexmple send 35¢ to: Lisa Dawn, Box 90913-VL,
Valker's housae is the work of a nine- without Radar
Ios Angeles, Ci 90005. not rough engugh for your system you will
teenth century craftaman. Ee learned
woodworking as & boy and was employed 111 foliage,
| all phatographI've
ihe seen
ground
someendof sliminatd
the photog get1deconetipated.
al 'a All
a1 in ell
d nzture ifwill
health
X IFVICIUS - & magazine intended for rational, in a sammill
opes-zinded people concerned with personal Ee never married, and i (reprints anyway) and it's really wierd, 5% Jou e ong and: iy £00 el = yod
From low altitude you should get enough D&VE the breeding. If you dom't, you may
bappynese and individual freedom. 1ln addition until clearing his portion of the woods
to ewsays oxn philosophy, psychology, economics worked as & hired hand around the area, ‘ detail to see any digging for arme caches have to beby yourself or your weaimess or
. esasily. Now these bludg were very inter- condition.
ard politics, INVICIUS features poetry, Using en anticue tool called a froe, I alrost ruined my wtomach once
ested in bim. They trained special groups
fiction, satire, book and movie reviews and he split over 600 shingles for his roof, from eating whole wheet, Tven when my
| to deal with him, I can't see them pe-
more. Sample 75¢. IBVICIUS, Box B8543%,VL, He still makes barrel staves for water stomach knew better week after week, Each
grudging the cost of film,
Eollywood, Ci 90072, casks andfurniture for his home, working It's true that person is different and you skould find your
with hand tools, some of which he made sll areas of the world can't be covered so weakmesses and strengthe if you would live
'Y/ BRIFG BACK PiGANISM! The Courch of All bimself. p.¢ Walker is thoroughly
intensely, 3ut patterns show on those real
\ high altitude photos,
up to your potential, a
Worlds iw & peo-pagan religion dedicated to And for geologic, living to.over a hundredki:?eiir;:fir bt
rappy. "I like the feeling of inde- mineral reasons they may become interested apcestors did. You will find lonzevity
toe celebration of life, the maximum pendence." (thenks to tom skinner)
actusligation of ruman potentisl, and the in any area isensely enough for more &nd tieq to heredity, not woat is eaten,
-y | closer photos, giving emall details. 4nd although it can help of course,
| Tigating
realization of ultimete indivicual freedom These
Lan, Wish I could help you on invest- thers you are! So I favor digging in. whisky drinking, cigar emoxing, zsrdage
and personal responsibility in kesrmonious
; voru here in Sweden. Someone Limestons caves are damp and prone to eatins centenwrians among us should zive
_eco—p-;cnic “1‘ti;:‘h:p ':’hh:m :ot‘ld else must look into this, Not because
tiosphere of Eoly Eerth. ve & growing I'm not interested, Ite just that flooding., Yet they are deep enough to be US & clue. o .. colds, more energy,
mmaters of Nests across toe continent - one parsnoia reigns supreme. I've been hers warm, Maybe you could start there and dig freedom from minor aches and pains, yes
mey be near you. Our mezasine, GREZIN IGG, 4 years. On 5 different occasions to eliminate dampness end flooding, It good healthy food can help kere but generalls
is published 8 times a year, 46-50 pages, I feel attempts have been made on my should be lots eaeler to dig up than down. speaking I am enjoying better heslth now
Saxple 75 cents. Thon Art God! CAV, life. These have ranged from cloral And therd's plenty space for dirt. Some tkat Iem using common sense inatead of
Box 2553, St Louis, MO 63130. hydrate poisoning (and walk home past caves may have enough ventilation for worrying so much about wnat I put down
the canal) to road accidents (2) one cooking with a wood fire, Easter Islend T &ullet,
¥e vill protect &nd maintain your abendoned of which left a body, to being followed | 1s full of emall caves formed by gas ~
farw dwelling for tze privilege of living in in other countries (when I was looking | bubbles in molten leva (glass). There's Phil Smith is correct as to snake dite ,\\
it. Caretaking includes safeguardinz sdjacent for a safer home), Which led directly
outbuildirgs, fields, woods, crope, livestock,
' two kinds of islands in the Pacific, coral Pprocedure and I didn't mean to imply running
to Jemes Bond stuff and & pool of blood and volcanic., It seems to me that caves was a good therapy, only as an illustration
J/ szd weter systems. Yo utility hookups needed, in front of my house, (I think they got could be found in all the volcanic areas of ae to the effectiveness of tne sweat zlands
2 [ 8 except on-site water, Dale Dereps, B.R. #1,, the guy in the front room). jsngther the world end that's a lot. All the caves to eradicate poirons end toxine. (v13)
o 5 Duun B4, Basslwmod: W 63042 1 collect
time I got a faceful of gas (What smells are apt to be small though and may even be Ice packs are often used now on bitten
1-314-731-1¢34, dangerous due to gas in a new eruption, A area to slow down circulation. However if
- 1ike onion?) when I should have been
fi'IM sleeping. At the same time a key e
was plug of concrete may solve that in most 1 hed sccese to & very mot stear room
voru people, we're mostly into wilderness cases, Maybe there are dikes (lava intru- The fever neture induces ie only good for
Aivicg. we'rs mot vomu; 'Fied in my door lock.
our gresent gosl is an very These guys spoice
good imerican, I live in a 9'x12! sions) in Biekiyou, Oeological mape may mild toxins and 150° temperature at least
\ out-of-the-way, szall farm, but thet zay chonee, Sphow some, B. (sweden) is required for more toxic polsone, 1
ges chamber complete with cooking gas
anywsay, we're sympethetic and we respect your have a chiropractic machine thzt will
piped in, I've been told that another
secrecy direct heat througk tiscues ruch like 2
""*" 1 don't wmow now much you know about man killed himself by gas in this roonm ,"-Hlv- you tried "wildcrafter World" und
cutrition; 4 baven't reed all tce uewsletters, butBweden has the highest suicide rste in "Back to the Sticks"? Very strong on weiner in an infra red rey nven and can get
1 hope you're getting am:!inut.rientl. we second Fhe world, They call 1 {cide when gathering roots, herbs, and barke, trap- very good results oo internal reat rroblema,
erich® recozrendation of“Diet for a small Planet! the cops K11, 11 v Heodede A4 fishing and aseorted means of making etc, with just thie artificiel heat (or
ping,
We've Doth biology backgrounds &nd we 've been —_—— Jimmy Hendrix died in a living from the woods, Has outlets for temperature if you will). Tris and helf
studying Adelle Davsis - she's got tne most do landon‘.‘ He was sleeping in & hotel the various wildcrafting, Sterted printinga dosen other machines incidentally cere
dyingand &complete info we've
mented oot 5 seen, e oz with a white girl, Two coronors in 1946, with nearly all bacc lesues from an Estate sale end v.l. peopie in
f ¥e Lope reports, Pirst saids obstruction in | ayailable, Meny special manuals on things populous areas might check -‘un
treir
the winter in those rugged bills will trest you throat, The second said: drugs, BHe
like Oineing, Goldenrod, The “Homesteaders coroner for & good means of teeping some
kindly. we need to learn more about squatting died with two great horse pills of Landcrafters Newsletter" is not &s good as green filtering in. 4 the moment my mate
possibilities, Leard thers sre nes controls on something just poked deep into his
mining claims., a & ¢ (oregon) \
throat snd drugged so he couldn't the other publicetions, JFrom: Wildcrafter ,y1) jgme her son if ste follows me in oy
,/Puhucbuun-. RR 3, Box 118, Bo_c,_,g. usual 1ife style so while trus temporarily
cough, The girl was unharmed. It's 4
b T (85 callr?) rooted we have found yard ssles, swap meets
my idea that he wese gassed too, same
Greetings Lan: The clipping enclosed about and such are a good alternative to puncning
< Dewey Falker's lifestyle is &bout tea years old, 48 me, Possibly the girl too, I can
VEHICLE LICENSING MORE COMPLICATED, Im a time clock, ZXstate sales are often @
He may still be out thers, It gives me pleasure ses 1ittle teams of epecialists who
Just tour arcund doing errands, I n-v.L making applicetion for 1973 validation good way to “stamp in*. Al Fry
pow apd then to reread about how he does it and now X
one of them & 1a orient express on a stickers for license plates, it is
it might be of some inspiration to your readsrs, required that the owner give the following u, gigve is one who maits for someane to
train in East Berlin, Well we got to
My location, sbout four miles from Lake Erie, is information besides the name and current gr.e him,* Eszra Pound
close to the most southerly part of Ontario and talking., Mothing I said surprised
bim, Ee even added details, He said 9 perts [<
Canada. So I do not have any first hand inform- Nitrate fertiliser explosive;
"Nothing personsl, your name is just :::';':lu}:z:l:l;:::n.:l:.:;b::n::r;nin
ation on suitability of porthern Ontario for
on & 1i8t*, I heard this phrase ! security mumber (Joint ownership must have nitrate fertiliszer, 1 part h!liot:}i‘ L
vomans. I do know that Northern Ontario Detonate with blastine cap or % crkc
"nothingT8 personal” before, Always both pumbers); type of fuel used (gasoline
temperatures sometimes drop to 25 and50 de grees in inverted cork top bottle. i e c:’)
LP or diesel), and color of vehicle,
Jamery 73 vomlink 11 puge 2 to w.s.) thanks thicimees for timing, (from "tkorn
(tows,
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/ M{ suggestion for sending money via postal money orders assumed that )/ October 20, 1972
the situation was a number of people sending money to more-or-less ' last issue 1 men v ver been hassled by the
estadblished busine
neeses (like yours), and hence was oriented towards [ As1 write this (mid sept) i'm lying in the fleld behind the
bludg.
protecting the sender. One way to proteet both would be through 2n %oGse we're living in, sundathing in the nude, drinking a pint of
"underground bank." Each account holder would be given a set of four- homebrew beer, listening to the crickete chirp, & watching bees flit
or five-letter identification codes for withdrawals (to be used one stand up, P i can see the huuses of
set for deposits (whicieould be used as often around goldanro d bl i . If i
time each), and a similar suburbia way over there, but they can't see me down here behind the
as one wants; or one could specify that sorme or all were to be used .” We've lived here for months now; they don't bother us,
once only). Transfers could be then made from account by the payor ::1:os§:.:oth-; :h--. It seems i don't have to go off to the
giving one of his withdrawaT™votes and one of the payees deposit codes wilderness to do my thing, not just yet anyway. I can usually find
in a letter to the "bank." Ihis could be esent by the payor to the payee, 5 comfortable niche near wherever i am.
1like a check, for the payee to note amount, etc., and then forward to This morning we walked back behind the house to get some pears.
the "bank." The bank would have a 1list of all ID codes alphabeticall {l The house we're renting sits aen an acre lot, but you can walk maybe
giving the nare (or just account number) of the owner of each, so the 3 miles back thru overgrown fields & small woods. This is good
the appropriate transfers of accounte could be made, Access to B computer forzging land, land that's in between, no longer being farmed, but
to generate and alphabetize the codes would be helpful, though not up for suburban development. The epeculators in the
strietly necessary, e & s
city B who Rown this land don't care who wanders around on it, as long
The "one-timeuse-only"
feature of the codes would come in hendy as 1t gives them no trouble. So we can go back & gather the harvest:
if/when the bank was eet up to take radio orders. That wa soreone ears, apples, wild es, elderberries, choke cherries strawberries,
overhearing the conversation couldn't uee the overheard code(s)
i to Em:: hEStho;na.. &fige. Picked a couple bushel of pe s this
rip off the account, Right now, 1t looks like there will soon be morning which didn't dent the supply. We'll can some dry some, &
authorized a new Citizens Band radio service, called "Class E" (vs. the tomorrow 1'11 take a boxful into the Co-op to give away,
present "Class D"), at & ruch higher freguency (not that vonuans would If anyone wants to gather, dry, & sell herbs, i can provide a
worry about "authorization;" its Jjust that that would ceuse the market market. The co-op where i'm coordinator stocks 4 or S dozen herbds
to be flooded with a large assortment of cheap gear for this band). & perhaps 1 could provide a link to other food co-opes in this area.
old beClass D (making You'd have to match the quality & beat the prices of our other
This
overhearing by would
frequency the bludj a lotlesslees1ikely),
carrymuch and the
far than could directionally suppliers. Rayo, we can pay 60¢ per 1b for bay leaves, postpald to
beamed by hand-held devices (instead of & roof full of plumbing, as now us, Let me Xnow if interested & we'll order. Anyone, write to me
required), In an area, cheap transponders that would rebroadcast any what herdbe you can supply & 1'l1 quote prices we can pay. . I»
received signal could be placed a various places with and i Jim Stumm/Box 29,.Hiler NY 14223)
Branch/Kenmore, . — —
(e.g., hidden in the
tops of trees, etc.) . g Monitors
& (such
SoeE as REethe bany
bank) on n Téady micro all checks, regardless of fate of
oould keep directional receiver an&ennaa ointed towards these (sn)ar Bank Secrecy Act. They also ask for social security number for a
cell powered?) relays. Callers would Juag point their directional checking account, Perhaps one could refuse to give it, It would be
antennas, and call. As bludj locate one relay, another could be used, less noticeable to make a "mistake" when giving the number, reverse
placing new ones from time to time so there would always be plenty. a couple digits or something. Does anyone know the coding of s.e.
To get fancy, they could be equipped with selective-call systems, like numbers, so one could construct reasonable phonies? There apparently
car phones are now, so that they would only respond when the correct is a pattern which may relate to issue date & perhaps geographic
sequence of tones was transmitted. A few stratégically-placed banks location. I formerly worked in checking moct dept of a bank & 1've
of relays within range of each other around the upper slopes of a peak eeen IRS bludg spend days by the microfilm reader gathering info on
(naturally, the peak itself would be best; but of course it would Ee some "evader,” Consider bank records about as secret as a blllboard.
very vulnerable to detection ) could cover hundreds of squaremiles, with I will be happy to answer any questions i can about the internal
only one or two trips a year needed to replace broken and discovered workings of a checking acct dept) Jjust write to me,
stations, Peak-to-peak relays cculd tie as much territory as you wanted I'm really confused now about vonulink. I don't know how much
into a net, With different tone sequences, or naybe Juet by pointing your of what 1 send you you'll print, or what the readership of anything
antenna at a different apot, you could ke into whatever locality you { write will be, As with others, vonulife has been useful to me
wanted to reach. Sort of like Direct Distance Dialing. Or raybe each mostly for info, access to other info, & inspiration. But a 2 month
area could have its own frequency, with relays in all areas on that wait for another jolt of inepiration is already long. A year betwaen
frequency to relay calls to (e~ £74™) that area from (or to) all the issues would make it useless for that. Sorry to see you dropping
others. fhe Class E band has room for dozens of chennels, -and of course photo repro with reduction which i thot a very efficlent, flexible
ou gould use the same gear for frequencies 1yl some distance ocutsl technique, ¥on't mimeo cost you much more in postage? I'll continue
{he "official" band. Perhaps some single channel
Pnel or group of channels
~ry to send whatever 1 have, & you can print all, or some, or none.
would be set mmide for communications from individuals to relays in ¥y experience with collective living & observation of others 9]
all areas, since the areas would, by definition, be out of radio range around here indicates that this is an ongoing process rather than f—
of each nf:her (1f they weren't, f;heyla be in the same aree), achieving a fixed status. There is a constant flow of people, houses,
changing relationships. If you need something more stable, thie is
/r Ambitious projects, but maybe eventually there'll be vonuans conough to Not for you. But any bludg will have a very hard time trying to
make it economically feasible. Something like the "bank" could even trace you thru all the changes. Getting the right people requires
be started by mail today. Ihe Atlantie people, with their ATCOPS a continuous selection process. With non compatibles, you ask them
Iransfer COrders (write ADMCOPS, RDS Box 22A, Saugerties, NY 12477),are to leave, or you leave. When we have an opening in our house, we
doing something along this general line, though not really underground. all talk to the prospect; any present roommate can veto. You have
A mail address outside the US (im B.C., for instance; or in England, to be ruthless about telling someone they can't move in, if 1t won't
like the Agora Fund) could evegq make this sort of operation moderately work, A ‘house should stay small enuf so everyone knows everyone,
safe, though how profitable it sould be in the near term is another then social control will prevent anyone getting ripped off, e.g.
matter, you'll do the dishes as a favor for your friends, unless you decide
-
on a more formal work rotation. Any conflicts must be talked about,
Y I 8014 my business in July and am now back selling my house. don't let them fester in silence. The collectives i know are all
In short time I hope to be gone like u great speckled bird. both sexes, but few children. Sex relations are flexible & tend to
I will use the eame address for awhile as these people will evolve over time., Persons are free to work out their relationships
hold my mail. 1 tried Adams idea of planting some crops under as they please, Where all are tolerant, problems are manageable.
beaver gams in hills, got unstasifactory reshiss, Big problem But collective living is an art. Some are naturally better at it
I bad was I couldn't get back often encugn, when 1 did get than others, & it does take some learning.
back in the crops had been destroyed, apimals and unusal
amounts of rain had either eaten or washedd out crop. Aleo \/ MEMON has a ME4 sddress,... Preferably mail for WLEMON, in a plain envelope marced
because of rain I couldn't even read sign of animals. I must simply "MEMOX," should be wrapped in a sheet of paper (to prevent show through)
write to Adam to see how he is doing this. Do you still mail )\ and ioserted 1o another envelopre mdaressed to: Lajwses-Feire Booxs, 208A Mercer
letters for us? (yes, ses upper left page 1.) (new mexica) Bt,, New York, ¥T 10012.... P.5, MEMON ip meecicg peo;le who nave somesnat
"public places® (llkm a store or an office) wno would be interested in Jperating
Octodber 16 terninals on a “Transception System."
Svar lan, This would be a sort of "underground
post-office” for the confidential, anonymous and esfe transmiesion of letters,
enjoyed the coples of VL awaitirg when we returned after wanderinghb money and goods from place to place. For more information write end if possible
through iew England and Maritime Carada. We have been parked in give Libertarian references and details concerning your facilities.
one spob for the last nanth and a half. It's an alley way ir the £
city and bLhe hluvdg do core cown the alley occasionally. So far Now would be A good time to extablish an open seaeon on the two-legred predators
ro centact. ol very inwvelmerahle except I'm living with the expectation /( of the Fish and Wildlife Bervice ...
of roving on any ire necestary., So if you want to change my subscription 1'11 bet you thought trat the Pish and ¥ild-
1ife Service wes established to protect wildlife, Wrong! Tneir cain duties are to
YOu
ey maye. Al Fry asked about
Lrouplo”(§i6.,/Elulg tad spots
conteth, etc.) inbutthewe east: we never
did find likely hzd
srob v ¥ill wild apimals and birde.
last yeer, tke Tirh and 71ldlife Service wiced out
for sne night's storover difficult to locate in southern vermonte 6,000 bacgers, B42 bears, 1000 besvers, 89,000 coyotes, 20,000 lynx and tobeats,
Tinadly stored on road Lo obvious vacation homes and prepared cover 7,000 opjossums, 7,000 porcupines, 6,000 reccoons, 19,000 eirunks, ard 3,000 wmlves,
story to fit--it wasn't reeded, I suspect ary area keavilly into Mostly they do this Dy wholesale polsoning, usirg a poison referred th as "109c.*
touriem, ete, might be the rame. Never had ary trouhle using "rest 1t 4s put on food and grain tke animale znd birde eat. Death is linzering and
stons or picnic grounds, Fecent molorhame mag mentioned zet
= tough sgonizing, Many enimels, including tke bear, slovly lose their fur end just
gblicl‘.im T gradually dle. (from unkmown newspeper by way of “akwesssne notes")
Lor s
Etégoizl::i]:c::‘;g::in g;rf;zn'l: ;fixfi:fimgryzpfi
s
schemey will first vornulink.be out in Novexber? Did you mean Tor sea dog and city dweller alike, the urze has never been stronger to set a
1200 worde} ::'" gmr:: idea s;“nd"' nsrfi::l;.dthefiuc;:rd 1“1: :l.t.ion
publi sail on open water - equipped, of course, with as many dry-land conveniences am
offset shop and ray cend you & long Tap Wh term budget and ingemity will allow, After specding tantalizing hours at winter host
schedule. Well anyway it 1ooks like I am definitely getting out o shows - and an estimated $3.8 billlon for new gear - nine million U.S. bost omners
in 26 weeks. Yould like to get up your way but probably wantt ars prepuring impatiently for the new seassn,
the trend iu Among new seafarers
here
head west till next fall at the earliest. P After four months in sway from the big, sleek yacht to amaller, less exgensive boats, Many of the new
the bus-=it ain't bade That heater I mentioned in last cammunicatdn craft are multipurpose, Among them: =2 hydroplane-sallocat that friscs along at
works greate. Turn it on in the mornirg, put water on top. Cet bak 30 knots; an air cushion vehicle for use on shore as well as at se 2 snowmobile
in bed, [y the time the water is boiling the bas is warm, And caeap that converts into & speedbost and a house trailer that becomes an €, ... Wearing
can by in am general store for 25 ¢ / gallone Aquascims, szall pontoons with fins along the bottom for traction, & mariner (walics)
old kerosene you
Will report when the weather gets colder, but =o far it's beautiful. acrons the water for nis mooring. Made in Canada, the new water shoes cost $19.95,
(source nnemown, thancs to erecn for clipping)
barton of nomedics tipi makers, star route box 41, cloverdale, ore. 97112
lnm:my “After one year here i've found
writes 1o a letter in "mother earth nevs", please give credit to the
abundant.
be abundsat. The forest service ‘as about 10 du!-n{:t tyces of contract Teprinting of original contents of this skeet is ciay.
Jods to be Pays ginet of which this is a part.
11ing of slash by hand to Toad repair and planting (trees). Jamary 73 voml ink 11 poolpage a
right in the middle of it all, Bid
:‘;pt:r;l;n:; :;::.?.u:f in a tipil or whatever,
divciplinerian...”
the contract yourself and s your own
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1s very down on voting.__so e Writes letters

S n personal information,
the onbl a zinet 4 nty,
can be vonu but not very efficie
nt for
1ng them they ought and the option of reprin, "
allowsor mevomlink
m to all the co r:n\un telling ';Y‘"}o vorulife up to half ,¢ :::h_f/'b&
Mww@m\ spreading the word, wsomething may not get
_ to nllgn
and even if it does it travels slow
1s now over 90, relayed., (1
eirculation of vomullink sipets are pretty voting this 8 includes any idea 1s pfl?lé;hcmon lr;:ivicaiv:r;.
& poin eith
ny original and errors accumulate, - b2t b *religion. in nezotiable
i've set a limit of 100. sinet or vomlife may end '.ubm_;;‘::-
that somebody uf a direct pipeline to the
but costs
vora so long as they stay szall
vomlink by mubject are high in proportion to the amount
of
referral at any time, 0 & xinet ,M,:
intention was to split —ofl "truth® by reading & certain book, listenin€ gyarp oyt this way but cut looes if v
patter, but if 4 do all the lplit information put out. , 41y looking for to a certain preacher, personal communion With
myself
ginets (zine-ette - mini-magagine) ways to get much ofthe vomi of personal god, e.u,p., dropping acid or wnatever. (1'm .yrculation goes over 100, a ginet i
1n otill all
then the information flow lotters with much of the efficiency of a not claiming that somebody acesn't Lave & split to keep circulation under 100 tyy
d of being
funneled through me inatea ¢ big maghsine, pool pages, refund insurance, direct pipeline, just that i got to build W not more than 3 zinets are published by
that ien't good vomi, own pipeline direct or otherwise,) any one person or family, . Y51, K6
decentralized, and subscription referral may help. yomi
a way to get mai
also { still don't have ing
want to do anytb 1ife is now an annual book. an anmal can interested in subscription referral
often, so i don't
amount of mail be more vomu than & magasine because there more about refund inwurance write and send me a sample or tell me
thet will imcrease the
which needs faet action. ®0 mOW i'm look- i» more time to do things and it can de about the sinet you have in mind.
t lh’\fl.lu this is a guarantes by vomulife to subscribers
ing for ways to murture vomis ve
distriduted through a lot of different ,of a ginet, 1if the zinet stops pudlisking or note. i will not transfer any vomulini
done by other people = sort
of coopfrl
channels. i'm hoping it will be a good way
competitors, three of the things i'm to get how-to-do information to people ! gets very late and doesn't make refunds, 1 willgubscription to anotzer publisher without
pool pages, refun d either make proportional refunds or substitute permission of subscriber. wsubscriber may
thinking about are who can use it. but once a year is not
on referral, vomulink and extend subscriptions 50%. 4 will switch over or cancel with refund of
inpsurance, &nd subscripti of ten enouzh for contacts or discussion
time. 1lsn
always make refund if requested, it will then remainaer at any
s. i will wwap, buy or sell 100 or developing new sources. for that zinets
bl 0ol page be my responsibility to chass down the formar
adbout yom
copies of interesting material are needed, o arantes about present publisher =nd nnllect from e. 4y .0 3 will getUNIER WATER! UNDER GROUND! EYDROPHONE OR fi
e furtner on). this is a way for a
(detail subscribers getting all eplit-off zinets Tor
xinet to put out more information
for tne reinsurance from somebody else, who will be INTRUSION SENSOR. Cat, # 92CU1341A.
won't mean anything if vonulink doesa't
responsible if something happens to me. detection of marine life, human voices
..rung ineurance. many peopls formally split., but i also promise 40,000
some CO8L. S EC ] beneath the sea, ond as a property intru.
are reluctant to subecribe to & new mag
becsuse they've been roboed by others
which
words & year minimum or appropriate
extensions, thanks to several people for
% more 8bout subscription referral
sion device, Sensitive to sounds of foot.
steps, trucks, vehicles, human volce, sll
stoppea witnout macing refunds. subscription 4y, j3eas here and to rayo for much help- marine 1ife, This unique MIKE with ampli.
. this is especially for a sinet which doesn't
referral, vomlife readers are encouraged ful criticism and some of the wording, want to advertise openly,
maybe the people who fier makes excellent under water and
to scbecribe to tne minetsmoet compatable write for it ere very particular about who reads intrusion de tection device, Witk ampli-
with their interests. (detsils further on) it, subscription referral works like this, fier circuit usineg popular 741. OCutput
Tore about pool pagey - swap, buy, selll i put & big &d in vonulife 73 which will . impedance 2,000 ohms, By 3ulton for
2 zinet cen get in on any one of these thinge $3.95, 3 for
20 something like this, Environmental Intrueisns.
witbout eetting m11 3. Tut i'l1l tell how it this is especially to people who put out or
[TXTILY)
$10. PolyPake, P,0.Box 942, South Lynnfield
might work with all 3, suppose lozon wants may be starting a vonuist ginet, 'poole
[ Mase 01940. PolyPek sells the 741
to do & sinet for vonuists sround new york
pages! are called 'Doiler plate! in the ~COMKUNICATE WITH OTHERS WEO ARE ACHIEVING VONU (not included?) 59¢ or 2 for $1. Zat 4
city who intend to stay there &nd went to Frinting trade. suppose you end i agree There are now a variety of newsletters and 741“'““252!‘; ::{;:;;‘;‘::“)"
~ il
11bertarian
et acquainted, e doeen't went to do a whole to swap pool pages onme-for-one. here is how einets (mini-mazazines) for personal contacts, gonneceion 2 E 2
lot of writing &nd editinz eself. e mostly it would worx, you mre putting an issue informetion updating and unedited discussion TGRGAN NESOTIATIONS. Preliminary details (
wente to circulete contact informetion - together. most of the material is of among nomade, troglodytes, van/camper d'ener"heve been worked sut for openirz nezo- 7
Teybe & coutle of mimeographed sheets: every interest only to your own readers. but some boat dwellers, backwoodsmen, anonymous city e =
few montks. but e har to pay 8¢ postaze would also pe of intereast to reaaers of 5 tiationg with the zoverrrent 2f Tonz3 for
people, freetraders, international rovers and ;. sovereignty of tre Regutlic of ¥inerva,
even to zail one sheet %9 e mizht 28 well put vomulink (and any otner minete with ¥nich
more sheets in with it. e wasnts the zinet you swap Dool Dazee), the most interesting others wno prefer to live, wori or play out of \r. Fred Elliot of 3uam kas been appointed
to be personal and confiientiml %0 e doeen't signt, mind or reach of those unwilling to let (pj.r Negotiator. ¥r. Zlliot haw lived
material you print on both sides of a single
ment to edvertire, but how can e reach steet, you print an extra hundred copies 1dve. Each newsletter kas circulation limited in the Pacific sizce #orld fer II and is
new peorle if e doeen't advertise? for me same time you print your own copies, to 100 to help aesure it staye personal and familiar with tne customs of tae ieland
lozon
&nz tre yeorle e would like to reach &re you send them to me and i include them private. newsletters are published by different people.... Negotiations with Tonges are
people in different places. They are &bout only a pert of an overall Flan of Action
interested in 2 lot cf the stuff in vonulini in vonulirpk, i do lixewise, thie way you
different xinds of vonu or for people in differ- for the acquisition of additisnal
tut mot much in contacts and mources in and 1 can ircre2se the content of both ent geographical areas or ways or life. Some territory ic the Pacific area, Firet end
celif. or alaska. B&lso some of tnem aon't tinets without increaging cost and are unedited compendiume of what subscribers foremost, if Tonsa cen be persuaded to
write for vomuline because they don't know effort much, this is possible becsucse of send in; anotner may be the words of just one recognige the Eepublic of Minerva tke otrer
w2p xigrt reza it. they went & zinet tnat's tre ecomomies of printing in larser quan-
=are selective. experienced person., Some accept subscription countries of the Facific Basin will do
80 lozon puys pool Lases tities, wmoet printere atle to photoreduce from enynne., Others mey circulate only to people likewise. e are attempticg to purcrase
froo vomulink end one other vomuist ginet - want $5-310 for the first hundred copies wro tell about themeelvesm or who are recommended theland erea of three other islanas
c sheetS&n issue - sbout 3000 woras. lozon but $1-$2 for each additional hundred (post- * by present subscribers. Some are sold for money. from thne indivicual land ownere wrich
zizeograzhs 2 sheets of er own each issue paid). of couree gomeone can mimeozraph to Qtners mey swap for information. Some go will enhance our position wnen we attempt
whick adcs up to 8 pages total - a nice save printing but then e spends a lot on througk the mail. Others may be paseed hand to annex them into tne Rezublic of
lizile cundle of informstion, if lozon poEtsze &nd er fubscribers complsin about to nend, Some might even be in code or a Minerva.... The new patisn is a constit-
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200 posl pazes cost $6. peper and inc and Others zre irregular. Some do not &dvertise limited to protect and zive recourse to
one. maybe you cen print extra for me but
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of annusl licenses or permita. Sllnlhcnn
it gets and
€0 by 'reletiye physicel invulnerrhility to ‘
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some called this "urban anonimity" in vonulife rayo :zléf.-htlg at tre same time permitting
more. if thet doesn't turn uv something o 5, 1 pass on sucscriptlon orders to participating .1, st entrances to nationel perks, ;or
fire inspector comes znd losks the building versonnel are |tsti:n:h.,,,
:Poli!tcl. others call it 'movementism' or sinets, 1 zeep 50¢ of the $1 for handling. 1 exsmple, where
t;“
collective movementism!, The reneral land use fee should, &
over, eswier for tne editor Lo print wrhat this iw anything will ceep mn additional portion for refund
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Japuary 73 vomlink 11 poolpage b

> ar Lan, #— Sovember 17, 1972 Congratulete me! 1 Finally made it! Csylor me vonu!

My position on this Job is, as 1t would be now living in an abandoned stone cabin on the side of a
rhanks for your note. I'm
with a friend of
e, to raise funds(for a high-seas ven‘ure next fall), large cenyon, which shall remain nancless,
for most VL peopl n tour here. I happened mins. It 4is in o Lransitionszl region between des t and
rather thzgkzg gorc::gagzmzag tgzztbd°1flg a 1ittle
n

mountains. There is an ab:rEOneng ulfi’)mmin i;eiheaback

to naveAw Ciiv Gk offersd efore simply because when I got out
u 2 ermanent
yard. There is no water here yet g-;t th
of the rg%,hereyin M“kae a Jjob, and when GE laid me off in Santa
me
d I:fc nf)aflpéu the
offer (well, not quite: on spring nearby thel could be I do{clé wi?l Ef “to o : nd fiaon this
only other hpbitation.
le.b“a'a
bothfocc$é000 R offewag
sions,léssI was ¥ Zf 18againiay
§°bt(the same one both times) in Buffalo, neerest
:Egort.p For the
Phs anly later on, when I have some experienc:s~to food, but rext spring
g{ffeg:nce 1s In the way
resume S Lunds 2heagog:ngbi:aéa:E:eB::gégz)'
Igg;twhibeas Bo6soNe on. Fhe pitEue 523:3 hZSe winter 1 plen to live on dehydrated
O e company garqaning.
Most of the other .1 hope to be able to do some informal
had to do the passing around himself. eople here, - - -
heve you noticed any attempts
of the government,
though, are "company men" who were laid off in the Speaking
| at government surveillsnce of your ope
ration? You would
into some financial bind, or who wanted to build upngfigstaéggr 222 et this, since
but who plan to go back to work for GE after spending a while fiere ” probably be in e better position to observe to the bludg
visible
The makeup of people at this site is different from those at similar your publishing operations are more
The pay scales are similar than the rest of us. Thé bludg is undoubtedly aware of
GE sites in other parts of the world, though. our "back to the land" movement, though
it has given no
but the other sites offer tax advantages --if you stay 18months, there is 8
overt sign of this. I Ffoel that, in general, the bludg
no tax on the first $20,0007eérned. For this reason, the minimum tour no real desire or
there 1s 1t months (vs. 1 year here), and the minimum tour extension is wish we would go away, but they havethey will certainly try
ability to hunt us down. However,
1 year (vs. montns here). [he net result is that this place is filled futuroe.
with "dprt timers," who plan to go back shortly and/or new people tryin !t ke 1ife more difficult for us in the
greater boldness in
out this sort of life. Jobs at the other sites are made avallable ofi ag I S have noticed a general tend ency toward to fesl that it was
seniority basis: one needs to have a year or 18 months in here to work Vonulife. In the beginning, 1 used with secrecy.
up the ladder. As a result, most of the people here have been here less somewhat unnecessarily or pxcessivel y concerned
but I don't feel that
than two years; the senlor nan on slte has about 3 years and has just
Of course, some secrecy is necessary,
agreed to transfer to another site. £ ble about surve illance by satellits
you need to worry seriously you have gone 30 far as to con-
for the moment. But lately
have been unthinkable earlier,
As for the outfits I mentioned in LC, I don‘t 1ly know any more
sider city vonuism, uhich.would What audacity! This shows
sbout them than 1s contained in thelr staad r Eee p virtual contrad iction in terms.
a perhaps gained through
and they'll send you the same stuff. R U the changing attitudes of vonuans ,
may thought.
be sasier than first
experience, that vonuism
fhis place is a two mile by four mile island e ntirelytake
earlier on,
an Air Force base, and is 1400 miles west of Anchorage atythe e:dugfbghe I don't agree v ith the idea, expressed
However of indepen-
be desirab Je to establish a colony
Aleutians. _Not much opportunity for vonuans. Sorry 'bout that. that it ; would in the wilderness. That
Filthy Pierry (more by pilerre P & dent vonuums about a half mile
apart
hli—, e Except in a heavily woaded
e e—- y_p_""-:n_—age seems too close together to ma.
— - vonuans constantly bumping
Vonulife or Vonu Link?:- area, I think you'd have the various esch other's
t in Seimz-Ca v~ Junction =rea? unintentionally and finding
ihere !id I sece name-ad for reologis into each other an inveterate
InVonu }%lge_ 7 Can't fin2 i! now. “lould like to contac%. vonuum. A half mile really isn't very far for
- round extra V1 3 & L and hz-e copy of Ycnopoly &r you, where is farm back in New York is a quarter-mile
wanderer. My Father's
fFinding some of the stranoest
your drop box? long, and we were constantly be a more satis=-
layo:- Comments re your “Comments on Vonu Life #5 & 26 To Lan:"(VL # people there. A mile or more seems to me to
msy '72 Last page W,) For a youncste» your roints s e well taken and showgo factory distance.
considerabls undarstanding. Je "middle-age-to-zlderly-sympathizers" may
The time is n=ar- warfare receives
for the small farm bu: trat may be just a means
to an end.
1 have alsao noticed that the i thessus of nuclear
publications of other groups
of stuff may be more than the more prominence in VL than in
er to us Lhan to you when back-racking & ton cold is colder. d as nearly passé. Uitness
O0ld injuries r-turn to plague us, and the of free people, where it is regarde
body will take. Jones. OFf
There =tould be a less rugged Vonu life st le.
Keep trying, we may bde with the continuing exchange betuween Rayo and Mitchell
the pacific Island rroject. is about the only issue you can'k
you yet. You have come a long way since Looking course, nuclear warfare
seclusion. What is the reason for this unusual
avoid through
no people or publications to even that these vonuans subconsciously
back just to 19L0, there were virtually getting preoccupation? Can it be
question Big Srother Bludg; J.T. klynn was ranting and Leonard Read wish for nuclear warfare, as a solution to the populatinn
necessary. The concant of bludg )
sturt-d. Miny coasiderzd gov't as evil but nroblem and other problems of vonuism?
this present society anyhow, at 2bout
being un-necessary evils seems new, $o 130) either
some hzlf dozen authors (one in with small a nimals
the Tiddle of this century wh':n evil and UN-n=ces szry or indic- Getting closer to home, I have a protlem
coercion , was boxes and other popers.
flatly stated thut gov't force, which nibble at my cardboard Can
such a nov-1l and unpopular idea. By gov't or me deviss some method to deter these hiingry
ated that they were considering anyone help
rest - I thought of sprinkling moth ballg inside,
ed force used by an elite to conirol the 1ittle varmints?
bludg I refer to the organiz the ltd. gov't but 1 don't want to smell up the contents. Maybe I could
king, commni st *{ctato r, fascist stcte, democracy, ocutside, like mustard-po wder pasts,
chief, nse sgency of spray something on the
or the vizil:nte-insuranceqd:fe
the conseérvative: talkabout, been exrosed to to make the paper less aopetizing. Uhat do you think?
livert. rians. There are hundreds - thousands - vho have
core e developes, R, — —
1ime will tell how this expostr
this self=-gov> nmeat corcert.
R
but
ut it is new and
d gv .
growinge. .. ... 1iberstion is not new, p=rhars some of their
men and gypsies were opting out
hermite of old, konks, mount3in really successful
e have no reco=ds of those
socirty s the Vonuans to-day.
delighted to
for all m-3 —t-e-s tut I am know
yestniday or £0-day. 1 . pvy smeak of such modern -doneers - to
that you
ha:e the oprortunity of kuowing ‘rofita ble to a1l, that is
ave out there. oe hope to work out exchanges of voluntary, recripro-
He ‘th's Goiden Rule
our objective - to . ply - =ncer the land user.
the land owner-developer and
cal exchange, particularly between Ji-. Box 271 1lo,0regon.
- note to rayr. excellent. where
P.S. VL 10 came on day I was matling this. lan idess? Jine
and when ¢ n we et together oto develore e some d ofB these
R et
=5
1live in a
From April thru December weDuring
Our emerging o £ living:
pettern . Jan., from "this 1is ontario"
wilderness erea 11y seclud ed, occesionally movinging
-- usu8 south ee fer esept. - oct, 197
Feb. end March we are on the roed in our camper, travel
es,
buying suppli
to Siskiyou region;
as Behe Celif., then north ege in1libreries, end repping with freedom
sometimes working, browsing in
echievers.
-- devising end testing
Our mejor activity is experime nting with vonu ng vulnerabllity to -
with potentiel for redici
techniques end equipment in food supply and
Egberca 1s especielly interes ted
humen predetion. cetion.
Tom in shelter and communi
nutrition, — 1f less vonu pattern
now, 8 more accessible
We heve chosen, &t least for esd by bludg --
of 1iving then some seek. We ere not especielly threaten
Tom 15 over draft age;
less o then is the 'gverage lew-ebiding citizen'.psychedelics; our
d children; we rarely use
we heve no schoo l-sge
So we cén experiment ve with unorthodox
income is below taxable relet levels. cBn survi the failures as
ive safet y _- we
v arrangements in -- 8nd commupicete the results. Our
succe sses
::lings celzgrata the the chellenge of findi
ng better solutions
parnonal stake in vonu, besides or other disaster.
humen probl em, i8 gurvival of nucleer wer
to & chronic seemingly, have no
We admir e the close d-close vonuans who, such
meny weys But, at present,
except in writing. We hope to reduce our own
gstsidz cogmunication ds on the Poat Awful.
communicat ion depen cts along the
of personsl conta
veting @ network
dependency by culti
home areas;
w ith visitors in our
e culty meking connec t1 on Most of the people we ere able to
el . other nomeds.
is to go to them Thru them we meet
g: ?iv:agigfiifor places of cont act.
vieit have stetiona
ry n. Ir
nformation, herbs, used books, end instructio
8 visit, write and let us
'°u1;kg :: g::ga:g: :ot, end yofi are open for Our malling addrese (only)
times , ntere sts, etc.
yo nlaco best Life (R), Box 458, Cave Junction,
know p Ser’ tnru March past two yeers we will attempt
gg;ég%a Bnilf we have ite if you have &8
jemuary 73 vonulirik 11
you if we
get into ¥y d and shelter.
numberi )
ontact
K:wcagdrsuayor phone
 7
would be Purope after Charlemasne: - A photo freak vo muan coul d heve an easy and People - We are fellow invieible paspg, *,
CRITIQUE OF HARKY BROWSE'S DISASTER Punm(mm have been tenting in Europe for tm yu,, -
by Pilthy Pierre for centuries, the various Serman pris- b tely foolproof coding and decoding ;
(,d

(condensed from "lidertarian connection”, cipalities, free cities, efc_. professed :y:::: :fyw 1421 works, The drawbacks Right now we are hidden in alpine fng,
issue is $1 from Lisa Dawa, porizal allegisnce {.Qlthg Eoly Romen thet it's & little complicsted, but mot moving
tending again
heiffers. But towe return
are about ty py,,
Nov. 23, 73, Emperor® (Chbarlemazne's title), but the i} and plen to the n.s.
Box 90913, Worldway Postal Center, Los hard to use. The heart of the idea is
Angeles, CA90009) holdlr’ot :]1::: :o-;:;:?truhn: uguair:u . crowsing east to west. We'd like to hesr

I just finished reading tbe ipterview with ;‘:;z’hxd e hi: d1e 'bnli-;;k y virtus o fiber optice.
in large spools
G?";lf;b.flifl;
(called roving
:;t;m:ght more about your ways of life, Joan 2 Martyq
. e ———R
Browne in the Bovember issue of Rea-
Earry :x;nd.le o{ m{:g l'gglriss:’-;lthazttll:'et;:n- Dear People: FHeard abo\;t youwandhyour
%00, Browne's basic prodlem is that he is a Economically, I see a prolonged period of muous for the
1alist in financisl matters. As general depression, perhaps like the - e .
cheapest way to buy glass fider, m'ifldd‘:l’
pu ablication ir N.L.V. e up North here
are doing verisus &alternctive life-styles
g;:ce (*¥ar i¢ Too Izportant to Leave to situstion today in Haiti, Fortugal or East a bundle on a board, Then cut bo
the Genersie®) Metternich might bave put it, ::‘;‘:::-{ ;r!;:d:nh:r:o \:i:t;nd :;:n;iri::tr :r -eflh . ard organizing. e aleo &ct as a remource
3 that s
finsncial matters hLave razifications e bundle streight, out here in Canada, Nor Kountry Faire
specialised sicdlla commornly found todey
axtend beyond the area of finsncial amalysis. Ji) ") "y pies " 0ng marketing them will “:d.;";’:; g f’"‘;:;e::_tf: Y ‘;:h"' Mt orive. Box 2827 atn 4, Edmonton, Alderta,
In Browne's case, for exscple, they lead to be risiy (placing oneself under the juris- stri ers giving .
wilderneas survival: he advocates the pre- ,y 140" 4’ )oaqt temporerily, of local Suppose again that you wowe & thread back A LITL FILOSOFE
paration of a "retreat® to which ome can bosses). Judging from history, it will be u_ipfort;gmny times through the center of oy Al Fry
repair when the "crunch® comes, and wait it long time, if ever, before the U.5 the bundle, then pulled it straight. The .. . r gn rt spac of years on earta we
out, But of course wildernesstat. survivel
Suppose is aga 5 becom' es 5 3 $5t
the ecoromic &nd political center comes out pretty scrambled, but Just , . .04, catazorize tae dwellers here
mch more cozplicated then trat, Supp
soneone who had been born and raised in the [Tcenter
CT ofO the world
5 that it is toda oday = to make sure you do it agzin at right
Engle® to last time, Then pot the whole
into two catazories:
those cesiring
tne [ouinatign ena
to be dominated &nda the Free
Lille considered that there was a signifi- ook a¥ Qrosce; Rons or Eogland.
cant chance of a forest fire that would business in cpoxy. Picture still comes and those desiring to be free.
make the countryside uninhsbitadle, end
80 what do I recommend?
sssuming thet the "troubles” will be
I stert out by through.
TOuER.
But 1t H'O won'tth if yousedcutmiddle
it right without exception the captaine of
Lnoe}
industry
sought to provide for tret eventuality by worldwide in ecope. in the mludley Fow:ihe 6xpo are 'hard core' domination who must
The Depression of the
preparing 8 "retreat" in the city. OVWIDe Thirties was worldwlde to & lerze extent,
face of your bundle, or the ends of your tant, hundreds
hundreds o
of
ing now two bundles only show & pattern of dots dominate, to some extent,
the necessities of survivel, and
"coping" generally, in any eovironment (city
and the
Switzerlend's)
economies of the world (includine for the picture, Photograph this. This is thousands of otflelr'ufotsfllnt ‘h;“f"‘lt‘:-
are much more closel ) the messags, Interception tells nothing. They inwardly fee at control of andther
or country) is & highly specialised art, interlocked now than they were t}.eny. There's no intelligence here at all except human Deinz is perfectly juctifiable and
A few veeks spent casping in the country no particularly in matters of currercy.,
moTe prepares one to live off the laad on Of sender had & camera and maybe some glass the majority 91‘ pereons who worc for them
an axtended basis
course, if one assumer the "zrunch" will fiber, 1Is it a column of figures, a photo, feel thet such control of men is nsceseary
than a three-week vacation be eignificantly lesn sl%ewhers. B
in Jew Tork would text? There's absolutely no clue, Yet it to a 'civilized' planet. These warkers are
equip our hillbilly to simply movee there now and site b;flr. to can be decoded with either the oundle wtat I call 'the dominated!, not because
Dake 1t %" the city, If ona really thinks .. the ehow, But semumine = wirldwide
that one's survival depends on survivicg ia that made it or its mate which is a mirror they work for the domination, but because
the wilderness,
collapese, the need is for some life-atyle image, It can be decoded no other way, they think such control neceseary. On the
one should &0 there and thet cen be used with miaimominconvenience
start now, To get some idea of the diffi. now; will continue t> provide Computer analyeis is a waste of time, other hand we have a hendful of pereons who
culties involved in adsptation to that life. living throughout
a good (gerbage in garbage out,) Ele;!{oni;; I call free and a growing percentaze of the
the decline, with a
style, reed some of the personal histories high degree of security from Yaelons freaks could ecan photo with photoce ree desirere,
in Vomulife of-people who actually heve made convuleione;
to get signals for television type broad- g Ll Some of the free have
and thot will insure being casting, It would sound lice real loud reasoned that since their maker or the
tbe decision, Iven with the best of book® adle to profit from mhatever civilised
well studied, end some cempingtrips, there "white nojiwe” 'all that ie' has not interfered with their
Bctivity remaine, end claiz a secure plece Decoding would be simple. freedom beyond the point of natural law,
remsins much to learn tbout wilderness wur- jip the rebuilding process. Place photo on scremdled end. This must be they, in turn, to advance to a level beyond
vival in genersl, snd the peculiarities of
the particular metup one has selected, that
':Dfl" :"{ C";;f“ll?-d P°'1;1':“ is ;"1 4 the restrictionsof Earth, ehould allow and
(the next twd reprints zre from "akweezsne mportent, en read or photograp an gr!\nt freedom to all, A person is free for
can only be gained in st least a full yeer, notes", mohzac netion, via rooseveltown,
if not two, of "doing 1t." The idea thet oy 13383. SO¢ & copy (7) poetpeid.) enlarge pisture coming through other end. instance wili take orders from a dominator
Esng onto yer tigkts, B (wweden) since tne dominator is responsible for the
one can simply strike out on one's own after
, TEPEES DECLARED UNFIT FOR HUMANS
a few
preperation
man-weeks
is
(or
sheer
even months)
city-slicker
of
fantaey,
prior
AXIN ASPEN, COLORADO; LACK PLUMBING there is &n article in "motor boating &
action but the free wiil not order those
under them to act unless the persons under
Agpen, Colorado — Lamont Kinksde, city sanitarisn sallingy oct, 72, on regimentatisn of them hzve a free cnoice. In conversstion
Compared with Browne's expert anelysis of *hera, hes besn Trying 10 heve 8 numbaer of whits youths
small boats, toangs to erecn for clipping., this would be a "would you like to" instead
purely firancial matters (which I don't Iiving Ia Indian-style tipls evicted from them, citing
“heaith hezarde. ” it sounds pretty grim for anyoody wno of & "To! qpyg subtle difference of
really know enough about to criticize in
detail), his rather conventional view of + One scuple, Steve and Linds Conger, returned homs expects to obey tne law, thincing is not tos casy to grasp unlees orw
one day 10 find & notice taskad on the tipl daor flsp.
Armageddon grates, His basic scenaric is of “NOTICE: Closed. Unfit for Humen HabitxBon.”
Vonuelief, Mie her (not hur) iz beeloe mie givee it some thought or verhaps can recall
an upheaval in the mold of thke clzseical The notics went on to list 15 viclstions of the UnHorm shoeldur blaeds; nie beerd is betwsen mie the teachinzs of christ ctc.
tite; theer too sints 1947; berfootud sints Those youne-
financial panic which he hes rtudied eo Building Cods, incleding no kitshen sink, no hot run- er persons 2f todey who hove rejected
exteneively: a short (perhaps yeer or two), ningwetse,
no bethiub or thower. Jan 1560; «ut'of vAnts rints1969; noe
faociety's rulee and standsrds st thre
starp "crunch," which those who bave watcbed The Congers demanded s public hearing, which wes Jakuts oer sweturs (oenlee shurt thout
expense of comfort and 'security' ro-called
for signs can anticipate in time to go to attendad by over 200 people. . sleevs) wints 1968, Ie liv umng peepul,
maze up tre core of what I csll the !free!
their "retreat", followed by & return to “We mads our home safe, besutiful and pollution-fres,” but 1iv &x mie “imur kunvikehuns" diktaet,
desirerera, Unfortunately thase cersoms
some semblance of normelcy &nd finarcial Suy wid. eksept now, lem wundreeng fie kood git bie
reven't put it all intn a verepective a~d
sanity to which the retreaters can come home, . Lou Wille, s lodge cwner, concurred. = azu "soeskul noodist", thowt haveenz mie
don't reelly know »hat it ie necesearv to
ziend "woerpt" ble thu "bluj" (powrz that
By contrast, consider my “conserv- :’::m-mmmfimu i ckrnge to brinz abtout a plenet under free
bee), Thoe iem not foolee toeld (imurlee) principles.
ative" scenerio (i.e., & situation s0mewhat ' (rpuniy
s the Stion’ Garwite o rwn-n On a dominatisn contrpled
too goe naekud werevur ie am, ie wond liec
worse then I would consider most likely, ‘—-n-;-t-.-'--'-'"“'-"flt intermetion.) tkis kundishun too preevael umung peepul, plenet 1t is most ¢l ficult to accumulzte
which I would went my plenning to provide azu freedum uv choye, gerunteed bie thu quantities of the current unit value sub-
for to provice some margin for miscalculat-
fon). I losk for & slow decline (perheps a
. Modern Medicine:™ . konstitooshtun, an pleez doent theenk mee stzrce whkich now is money, withsut domip-
nie-eev fur menshuneeng thu "freedurz! ating, You can be & public enterteiner
decade or two, rether thsn a year or two -
: ma-o-o”fl'hlng New To or perhaps inrerit large wesltlh but
ritun in owr konstitooshun, kue Friskoe
too long to murvive by *"rolding my breath® . Native Americanssss brot tite owt in thee oepun, then Tlae ger.erally speakirg the Beal are reduced to
in some temporary retrest), on something With sfi the fancy Iaboratories and “scientific know- brot asuc ulong with tite, u fue yeerz smaller business enterprises and puolic
like tke Roman Empire model - or perraps ledge” st their disposal, today’s pharmacists have not laetur, soe sumhow, soeshul noodizum otu eervice joos or must go to worg at a
like Imperial China in ome of rer cyclic been able to discover one new use for a plant that was bee u wae uv lief werevur peepul deezier 'reculer! job umcer some unaesired control,
not wallknown to the native peoples — at the time of
Periods of eclipse. This would be punctu- it soe, Ie woerk foer mie room and kav bin I Live many friends wao cre 'domination!
Columbus.
ated by a rucber of starper convuleione wunteeng too gzit foniks ukros fur thu past ang Jjust as my creator grawnts me freeaom
sixilar to tre confiscation of gold in the **drugstore™ of the fields, native people found
mflsd: diq:-'x,o'pnln-kllln, shampoo, even birth too yeers. Joesif Bednask, 1515 Pusifik 80 do 1 grant tnese perssns their freedom
Trirties, tre roundup of the Japanese on the contro] “pllls’, And ressarchers still are finding out’ 4v (306), Venus, Ealif. 90291. of choice,
West Coast during WNII, or the wsge-price why some medicines attually do work, dowever 1 see a vision of
freete of 1971, Some possibilities are a potentizl for tris planet trat parullels
For example, Shoshona, Navajo, and probably Black- Buildings and roads built below thke 1living
“freese on Jobs" (i.e., government permis- foot Indisns relied on stonessed, » common weed, for
green gurface of the land cen restore e paradise oeyoad wnat religions rint at,
sion required to hire, fire, quit or teke a an orsl contraceptive. Laboratory snalysis has dis- I+ is a potential of & plsrnet free n”
Job); ground space to 1ife again..., This new
requirement of official permiseion on . dw“?’"“'”"fi?fi:"""“m_“ dozinatisn and iimitations. #e are part
& cise-by-cese bzsis to travel; office that I'm building for myself, an
“"preventive . *wmechemical used in the “pili” of today.- of &n awesome universe and I suspect thet
detention” of "seditious elements” (some- experimental underground bullding, is based
'M‘m"“ki"“?'”v“mm%‘m'ml" on the best of present-day imow-now, tut unless me recognize ena use the Free lawms
one like Browne would be particularly - "I:-“s::d'mgm";“fi:;norw,m the existant we will cortimue to be ia
volnerable, given his public reputation); it hes been designed for tcre purvose of
eiders, because there isno young person wh is pure
and "requisitioning" all vehicles. Any of testine menv of the unknowns still correct-
or qualified enough to be trustad with such power,
these coula play nob with retrestist plans, ed with this cind of architecture, Not
Others still ars common knowledge. Toothache, for WILD EDIBLES
Even Browne fuailed to see tne wage-price example, is treated by chewing the root of pursh, more only will the 500 pounds-per-sg.-foot roof
freese &8 &ny more than a genersl possibil- commonly known as wild licorice,
and holding itin the loading be tested, and waterproofing systes +PProximately 90% of the pleate growing in
systems checked; temperstures and tre Westerrn forests cre edidle, Thev mAy
ity; n&d ke been in & position to be Lurt mouth. Earache is weated by chewing the leaves of the
by it, he would have beea ceught completely z;‘"’l“:fl’;mfl:mmm:"" mmidities will be monitorea at various not be tasty or particularly flavorful, but
by surprise, 4nd tois sort of “putsckh" is trestad ing o levels, power consumptions will ve observeq (07 8re quite nutritious, Tubers, leaves,
ll-ynpd.nne this wey. I was in Parie during bergemot or horss mint) and applyingthem 10 the unger differing conditions, ana many xinde flowers, and stemsaf several plants are
of green plants will be tested for uee edibtle - boiled, roasted, as zreens, sr in
DeGaulle's troubles with the rightewind
Secret Army in Algeria., Teering an attack Putfballs, IIIVDI of fungus, is also useful. The soft sbove wubsurface structures, #oups or tea, It's elways wise ts eat nrlv
central portion of a dried Immature putfball wes held If you
’

on the city, DeGaulle moved &t night; when on the eye 1o remove foreign objects. It was also have expsrience in any of theee fields and the plants you ere certain 0®, but menv
we woke up ome G&y, the troops were in the bound on wounds to stop biseding, and for the same are willing to share your imowledze, will times you will be in a etrange area end wil:
atreet, tanks were stationed at strategic reason was applied 10 the umbilici of newborn babies. | you please gat in touch with me?! There's nat know tke plants, The following fond
points, &nd all people entering or leavinz _The spores of the same fungus are sniffed to stop nose y
20 time to waste. Malcolm B, Welle,
test may be used: (1) Put z emall portior
bieed. 4
the city were subject to identity checks. Architect, Box 183, Cherry Hill, N,J 08034 of the rlant in your mouth and chew it,
Moss and the pads of catalls are useful for dispers. Don't swallow! Spit it out mnd wait to sec
And at the end of this decline, I see no " Soapwesd makes 8 shampoo that leaves & fine lustre . (from brochure, thanks to richard) if trere ere any ill effects on the mouth
quick return to normalcy. There would de * 30 the hair,
or tongue, If not, then - (2) 3wsllow a
erosion of the central government's powers - When someone ran a fever, or got » headache, the pre- “smert but not wise - further tboushts an szall raw portion,
< “sarved bark of willow wes stesped in boiling water, | . Wait for possible 111
facto (quite 1likely no one would really domebook 2, plastice, and whiteman tech- effects. 1¢ toere are rone, then - (3)
Guess what chemists find in willow bark: sallcyllc *
g-czr- lboutm:he de jure formalities), with acid — the basic ingredient
of aspirin. nology® by lloyd x2kn, from shelter pub- Cook sore of the plant (do ot udd any
various localised power centers developing. lications, box 279, bolinas, calif. 94324, foreign sutstance such as sult) and swellon
" For diarthoera, take the root of a cherry tree, boll it -
This would follow the generzl pattern of price not given, kakn now less enthna a small bit.
and strain it through 8 cloth. - Or boil Indian
hemp If no 11l reeults occur after
tte feudal system developing in Furope roat in water and use 38 @ rinse to prevent falling hair. iastic about domes, more for traditignaj weiting 6 - 12 rours, then - (4) Incresse..
after the fell or Rome, or the warlord g Jamery 73 vomlink 11 page 6
system in Chins, Perhape the best compar-
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X AAd ERTahIAN
steveDs
t\ N A LaNGUAGE (To Paul Doerr): LIBLsN, described in LIB
’;‘r:::lon Atlantis 1972
ARTIFICIAL
CONNECTION #19 (31 from Lise Dawn, Box 90913, Los Angeles 90009)
18 along
. 7 May,
pear garren 8tevens:
the lines you suggest. hear the
EGG 450 you wrote: "I
Doerr): In OKEEN Obviguslv-
me. Prank gET ILTION (To Peul
becsuse of some Areb murderers.
T
reported to
lyopied hes besn cencelled If those
bkt
has been
folloving mansger of Atle
me
me . Traver,
DE
wers appr
Jotel, and members of his family,
B Rl
the Areb govts know who the killers urefleete&ndspent support them-. hour over the

Bl i
an sctive
responsible were hurt -- If 2 bombing ¥
Arab cepltels, I'11 bet the killings would suddenly stop...." and
ensleve ent of the motel vicpt;z? P
whom I shall ce‘il :{ctgr:x"dn: GOVERNMENT JFFICIsLS ere criminels which would
(|Jranted thet Areb (end other)
retionslize ki
g.portadly, Traver end family voluntari informetion ebout feir geme', how do you
in general, ,glrlppllod them in be the inevitasble result of your bombing?
vic to the crimipsls and,
Il r sttempt to molest Vic. ¥ cooperated! with My remerks in VL
cted augalnst
end elsewhere w ere dire chesmbers
PARMS (To Len): in ngecret
Atlentis Motel does not A fera with people 1ivingconventionsl fard. as to
I recognize thet
protection 'zi;t:t‘grzii‘ %1bor-tcd haystscks" is NCT e feraing then we do
countgg.g:.to of{er physical underneath the berns &nd food by
obtsin no more of their
idneppers,
:ttack. food, most egrarians live off food stemp s.
Around here most of them
person to kn::n
wh p
;;lvot; xmuruy en innocent
them sbductsupplying informetion
eiding end by foreging. seen meny 8 person or
“.Y:; will » 1s clearly as I do because I have ' remote' ranch
abetting coercion. I eriti cize ferming &8s much
1ife buying
expend a lerge pert of er

S e
freedod.

T
personsl

e
to increese

T
intention to be undul Y vindictiv farm in & misteken effort accessor,
known only to the sherif, tex
It 1s not my
usuelly so remote that 1t 1is sanitation inspector, etc. The genersl
o r 3 postmester, truent officer, is expect ing @ PLACE to make
which agreri enisam 1s 8 veriet y, ular vonu ways
bde1c a: : result of'Trever'l 1n;°13:m:::?gezlgngr:tno to.. i fellecy, of more sultable for partic
A certesin place may be& useful tool in
But
:- : r;lbitution to Vic, or if the affair hes been ot;r :s L one free. achieving freedom.
s Ll 1t may be set of 8 good
y an arbitrator mutuelly selected by Traver and Vi then somewhere else; one free sny aore than
eny-
SWpleash. tail e doesn't meke otentlally get
and I will not pursue this further.) e plece, in 1tself,
his lust for
wrenches meKes one 1f something there 8
In the event thut Traver does no where you or I cen, ardwill
secluded squat-spot or well-burled salel
da;ag:i.r'?§1§§:}:°é°§.g:.ggs oons st Even the most loud
?fo;;blon Atlentis lisble for loot end power. in deylight,
or;er: gorchtl of his employees, unless the ects stem f:o;nh:mpboy.r is velueless to som to lmpress them.
A:lantil muz:az;; gigg ;;::::? t?g; to ;{onarata itself, Opnrazlon noises, and invites &
publ tsher printing and
: Smell type not
TYPE SIZ2E (To 1sLen) round or d
for re
including descriptions of tha'gullty g:mbi:: 2f.:§fi1¥§m:§°“t Tsnver, 8 convenience
but us) -
circulats this warning in circles where Trever is 1likel {' ng
postege,
much et-hend storage 9x12 space (which includes
envelope.
Such as to motel owners, businesses in his home town e{c ° VL fit essily in one ler. Incidentally,
Atlentis 1 g
-size ditto peges
peration Atlantis retains Trever, Operetion type es emal l or smsl
d
sanction to his criminsl ect. SR
read, et least ly for me, than the fullsome saterial which wes photo-reduce slent
I trle d reeding eye (equlivu
& rumor that Traver wes kn own to be PP Expe rime ntel
s MORE then VL! With oy near-sighted thon
I have heerd
b;ntgzg?at?¥ :ifi? 7 times -- over 3 time it easlly, faster
2;1m1ns1 elements long before he wae spproached glasses), I could read megezines which
serious doubts ebout other projects o; to strong resding to see some of the
‘tls would ceuse me to have PP It is interesting big type, irrelevent plctures,
tCompxying with at-the-point-of-a-gun can speek aloud, t ecol ogy -- Wwith umin g
de;::§:|6f1:$122;2§ AECOPS. antly abou over -- cone
Hiring people known to b preach so belliger much white spece all
s 18 one thing.
::1mlnflll wide margins, huge house ads and
and who ere likely :o SQIuntarxly al:
sympathy with criminels
18 something elese.
many trees.
of Option 3 (which
thls represents) for
» disadventege tlon) before
Vic 18 not u personel friend of mine. Howmever I &m strongly concerned VONULINK (To Lan):
the need t o 111 a shee t (8 pages 1if 2:1 reduc writing things
vae If Trever the user 1s inhibited about
Overetlion atlentls to others. less
other hend I'm wing).
beceuse I heve recommended
meke restitution, I intend to publishing. On the
to vonu (1ike some of the follo
in your employ tnd coes nct marglinelly relevent
upper-case letters. They are
continues et this es hostillty towerd
Pleese do not interpr which ere only
your dislike of
publish e werning.... I continue to hope that pp I em in sympathy with to reed sna write. et I find
Operstion stlentis or towerd you perscnslly. en edded complice tion for someo
ne leerning
rumes of booXks,
But I believe thet the wey to uchieve for emphusis of words,
Oneretion stlentls succeeds. Sincerely, fhayo when typing -- esnt indicetion
1s by livins free end ecting
Just. them @ convenlence g. and they provlide & redund
frecdom end justice -- faster than urderlinin leaving three or even
-_— be ideal would be B
the first tlme T lower-cese letters,
Reed your letter for four s letters the same 5 hupe ss the Frectionel-
7/16/72 heyo
Sorry for delay- -- znswered" stuff. <gtind tyfelr ter with cafital
it had been burled 1n e plle of n"to be on y lurger. re liters. I'n switching
todey; extra effort on most typewr t he stendard proof-
aorri. 11sja cged. whet questlons line specing requires syabol, which approximstes
or st 1 eest hzve to Alkido al's paragreph
belleve you tre aieinformed
sS B
I to be duress.
under ahet ke considered lew es criminels. reeding merk.
Frenk snswered he enswered he does not viea egents of the _He wes hired I prefer your third-person non-gender
pronoun ‘e!
decent hmericen citizen" in the senceé you end 1 use the term. & PRONOUNS (To Len): . 'dg‘ snd 'der§ sre too llkely
to get
He e not e liberterlendoes thet superbly well. I ctnrot fire him, for to Tde/der! (which I sew somewhere) 1n vhonetic spellings. but Ve's' is
he the US to ay confused with 'the' end 'there/their'
fo tun C motel ond be no better. there 1s no where in differently. My und smbiguous -- 18 it possesslve or a
“~yeplacedent Would #ho Would heve ected time consuming on & typewriter by analogy with
& motel DET- by Reyo) contrection of 'e 1s'? How sbout ter' for possessive,
knowledge svillpble trne motel. Stevens (typed
I'll try using 'e!' end terf.
slternstive is to close
e Vyou-your', Vthey-their'? your use of phonetlc spe
Why meke
wes CNuY PHONETIC SPELLING (To Len, VoK 10): oneyalngleysystem7 Whg nogtédopg ;11"8
on thet Truver on other users edoptling you pention
under the iprressi ntls. conditional In eddition to the people
%hen I wrote this letter I wes with 72peretion atlu system, if eny, beceuse YOU 1ike
it? !
&nd hud no other involvexzent in phonetic spelling and hes his own
system.
senuger of the motel reli able sourc e thet
T 5ald 6vold Jia Stumm 18 interested English. But I do hope thet
d from & presently know interested in reforming compatable with
1 heve since hLeurc Besed on whet I 1 em not especielly MIGHT coxme into use be
S LY ecysfipfLA
nrg] 2A ws well. <o
ailCP>, etc. ht attenpt eny phonetic spelling system which (including Volan) which elrecdy
involvesent with Ca e who seeks further 1nforp9tian'mlg those foreign end artificisl langueges systed 1s not compateble.
-—tny nnyofi in VOMULINK or FRtb ARE phonetic or near-phonetic. Bednesh's present
rczeel my source. employees of Jx bBY gdvertising which is elrecdy 8 nesr-phonetic
len-
to conte ct forae r Imegine aeking 8 griter of Spenish, Sefiorlte" to "Moochos groseeos,
ManKET (LC). haYO guage, to chenge Muches graclas, systean. Cr,
be ths spelling 1n Bednesh's
Reyo nvi12 sggnygwreeto", which would phonetic systeams.
by to leern two different
alternately, esking bilinguel people systen will seem strenge
ANY phonetic
CCMENLS &n gl ternative PP English 1s & mess phoneticeally. spelling. So I prefer & systea which
4 community &s to e resder of treditionel
(Va9): seex to Teger your 2un fsod? et first
rether then one vwhich hes
maximum conforalty
Do you E row aLL
You
12 "EhnLTgirlfisb" of rice. why I aEk.) 1s efficlent 8nd conslstent spelling,
secks , snic h is Some edvocstes of ononetlc
to tuying hundred-pound
1n N. aperice #ho does self-sufficlency to traditional English spellling.
PP
to phonetic
don' ¢ unyone not orizerily for
including myself, prefer simollicity snd standerdizetion for eese of
c:dyln VCQU cozmunity world. I doubt thet
use no more than 26 homen letters
S 9°0 5 Thcere ng «ith the outside
€t 8N impoveris
hed precision. I prefer to which 1 speek.
etler interfeci sently possitle except regurdless of the accent with
1s ore typing, &nd to spell the . sexe 1t is nearly unifora
ufficliency The one good feature of present
English spelling:
coaplete self-s people with different sccents
8go in living
on B boat,
worldwide. Since most communication between But other
severesl yesrs HReusons: 1s worth retelning.
ABOUT BCais: Ed fuded.
h of 2y enthusib EBSY es inlend. Iven 1s in writing, I belleve this feuturepreclsion &t gll cost.
went
The systen I
I lesrned 'y seem to be
85 s asdvocetes of phonetic writing thru the use of optionel discritic
put e thoustnds oT mile propose here eccomodetes both cemps
12 4 Concesclment e ther e ere hundreds of 1sle nds) , 1Ost zerks end speclel syabols; precisionists
the B.C.
< wher
tnde ntet ions end merkms. Simplicists cen drop the writings will be mutuslly
glcng ! Yet thelr
cosstlin grows only spor
se trees end cen use s meny es they went.
of uninhebited end rocAy end intelligible.
stee e eguipmen mintt Ho woul or
of 1t 1s cuite aoterj. 1eB
Elep oKste
ortt have shel1 tered wster le und/ CONSCTN&NIS in --------==--< Arite us
(close to i the <°n the buys en
of sight oi the
chenne en
in -----""°°C apite BB
&8
Sound #8
) cunoe- thes e sre out & Tew Soynd p
Not to2 magy of' guli te
Ehe R.S. n -- there Breé b pes, hip
bis ger for
heevy est
which ere zet geble weterwsys, # hich amust be bet, ebb ch or Oh so, cell, kiss s
even the ones at tizes. PP Ports end nevi seem to be cheek, cetch, nutyre she, ocen, chute,lssue
ts with d h or Jh
fishing boB if one wishes eny con
tec t (In B.C. do, bid r motion, ruciel
lly highweys, ecourtling labor fee, phone, rough t
used occasione petro 1led more then sre tes, kissed
reglmented
end thre e time s
condition end :1th BEE B
south t or th
&, bout is TOUg
hly
us in similer 1iving spsce.
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tb&??: s)o ne' s pro vid es very foot outhouse, grasshut the, festher, cluged (Sp) d or
1o » 25-fzat bott spuce gs e 30- =3 or
scit puch inside wbb CAS , the decislon Jean (Fr.)aessure,
AL
1o these dre r- azura, rouge, vislon ) v
aimilar coCCl 4 bost hus inte dJ or 4 vine, of
(& spell bost (under sdiust, Jlell, gem,edge six, bCCEES, 6XCEess ks
ossing ?n kilo, gow, guick, chord k gz
tetween s giro kh or kh exsaple
t isn't Joch, Bach, lubon, zoo, 1s, xenon z
enough fuel m
: ble housebost me, him
66 feet wes y to build
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n
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bo oa
e} of & bey or delth
de72 - F1 ny or @i
neceB. re Dne‘ffinttobsy the mud on the cegyon, sifforite
ng or g
be sun« into singing. sink, engle
which cou 1d
 et different times, it figures out to five disturbances per
night, all
- AND S D [
pekson per night. If four people slept together 1n @ lerger hut, there
es ip ------------
Sound Arite es S es jp -------------
would be epn aversge of 15 disturbances per person per night. #1ith slx
ruby, sue, boot, tg, route Thet would be intolerable. So & group which
father, fer e put, ¢ d, bpgk people, 25 disturbances. go to bed et
to sleep together must be composed of people who
8 or B griin(Ger), duk (Pr) iintends thelr
3 the seme time, and ere able to synchronize
a8 or 9 the geme time, Erise 2t
above, cobrg, focus you, few, unit, beeyty urinations, defecetions, end water drinkings. PP Of course group-
aisle, buy, my, sight 8l . But every shared activity
cow, doybt au merriege spouses need not all sleep together
Heusfrey,
. will give rise to simller problems. Personel conflicts will tend to be
peso (Sps, chaotic ° in the group. and any of these
propertionel to the SQARE of the number
get, deed, bare, sald e or e So the usuel kind of group
el conflicts cen threeten the whole group.
rein, prey, peln, lene low, flee, papel merriege requires & HIGHER degree of compatab llity then does & two-
mechine, beby, bg, see 1 hell, help, hold Discovering &nd meinteining (people mey change in
1orf person marriasge.
bjt, been, myth, tear fully (sccented) different directions) this coxzpetabllity is difficult, to say the least.
pece (6p), abey ° purple (uneccented PP One wey to Bvold these probleas ls to essoclate, most of the tlme,
dog, for, gught, raw,bgll o or ¥ red, wrong, free in subgroups of two sdults. The subgroups might be monogsmous couples.
rod o or a property cere-
ggt, hot, for, beer, faif
But thers will be greeter contlnulty of child care &nd
dough, lgw, tge, sg, cgat ou furry, surder (eccented teking If the edults 'swing' (swap pertners) within the group.
To glve
cut, what oord ourder (uneccented) assoclstlon.
soms, lgve,
ol this form & 1sbel I'll cell it "swia" -- Swing Withln (the) (Flo, Gay)
241, boy pero (Sp) PP I'l]l describe @ swis as it might work aith two females
perro (Sp) homes, a van {v)
two meles (Mike, Nick), four children (e,b,c,d) &nd twoesch with smali
they meet they are two couples
ounli lour-keis letrz er yuzd. eniwon wishing tu kepitelaiz zel du sou end e smiel (s). When
-- sFMab-vGMbe
Mszuntenz, or roki meuntenz. end & home. The configuration can be abbreviated
bel ondrlaining or meiking blgr -- €.g. IN'oki children ¢, eand d live in
en individjul mei yuz nou delekritik merks, som merks, ol merks, or i.e. Mike, 8 end b 1ive in the smiel and Oay, Nick,
Flo, but malintaln
The two femllies first visit each other es fumnllles might be for
M muiselfl, 81 du not
sins al probebll wont yuz merks the ven.
tven edishonl merks. form a swis, & next step
hwet seundz. bot ei wud lelk for da their seperation. If they decide to
espeshll ker hwet meris T essind tu hir. tize for a period of @ month
beisik letrz tu bi moustli sz shoun
for egzempl, 'meshin mel bi the adults to interchenge, one perscn at a (back to original), then
then sFMab-vGled
speld 'mashIn' or 'meshln', bot pot 'zashen'. PP ebeut verielshonz ov or so, resulting in sFNeb-vGMcd,
end all
"a! and 'o': moust inglish spikrz sutseld north smerika, soch &z british sGMeb-vFNed. This familierizes sll edults with both shelters
path to become scqueinted with
e11 rezidents, proneuns 'ggt' with a veul ssund similr tu 'dog', und children. Next the children might interchenge
I willl assume the closest ven
similr tu 'fedhr'. hwersz meni north emerlken rezldents Profiauns 'got eoch other snd the different shelters.
chlld is wccompanled by
181k 'fedhr', end 'pgth' dhan 'fadhr' .
with e veul ssund klousr tu 'get squaet-spot is e long distence from the smial, each
sFNad-vGMbe; sGNeb-vF.'cc;
ov diz ssundz, tu minimaiz e arrerigements: sFMbc-vFNad;
dis sistem folouz de british prononsielshcn one adult. Successiv
the ven to &
11tl. sFMbd-vGNec. Perhaps now Flo und Mlke take
speling cheinjez. PP speling ov meni forin lengweidjez chein) sGNsc-vFNbd; (come of whom may
PP tu len: &ul all spel whot el for a while, leeving 811 children
egzampl ¢ ‘'muches gresiss, sifforite'. city where they work
s3Nubcd-vFM.
in the smial:
reit for vonulingk dis wel, 1f yu prifrr, bet dulng sou nil melk riding be of sleve-school sge) with Gey and Nlck ven and the oldest child, e,
the
mor difikolt, espeshli with de smol teip. (meibl dats dizulredl.) relo After they return, Gey end Nick tske other children with Flo und Mike
lesvin:z the
A on a trip (1t's now summer)
in the emiel: sFMbcd-vONe. after this the children tuke turns llving
(‘ \~ VARIOUS THOUGHTS 4BOUT GROUP MRRIAGE . 1n the ven, the adults interchenging at
two
the seme time: sFNacd-vGMb;
men go off together to work on
gONebd-vFMc; sOMebc-vFNd. Maybe the
(Tris 1s purtly in reply to comments of Peul Doerr in VLB &nd Jim Stumn VL9.) Other times the women useg the ven for &
to the AMOUNT sometlimes: sFGabcd-vMN.
That Helnleln 1s just 8 writer, not elso e doer, IS5 relevent klds:
a Job of the smlel snd the
the men to teke care
If MOON IS & HaRSH AISTH ESS 1s intended joint project snd letve combinutions with
of considerstion his ldees merit. trying 1t? sMNebed-vFQ. Altogether there are 96 different possible crowd lnto the
recommendét ion for line merriege, why 1s n't Helnlein
es e serious edults grouped ln twos. In event of nuclear war sll cun
only
If, on the other hend, MOON end Helnlein's other books eare intended spiel: sPGMNebed-v. PP If eech lnterchenge involves no more then two
for 'entertainment' (which Heinleiln hes said), why reud them 8s snything sdults, there 1s 8 contimity of child cere end shelter cere.
Never is 8
elge? Of course the fact thut Helnleln is not putting his 1ife ahere his
complete new set of puurdlens plus en unfemiliar
d with 8 buby-
it Just mesns thet child confronte 'conventi onal'
flen 1s doesn't prove thet line merriege AON'T work; Line mesrriege 1s, sO set of gucrdiens ell et once, @s often huppens with
esch sdult 'new-
0ON shouldn't be tesken s evidence that it will. more upert,
c1tting. 4nd If interchunges eére & seek or
fer es T know, tn untested ides (st least in 'western culture') Just more llke
comer' hes time to leern the latest idiosync
racies of the ven, Where o
an idee I will suggest further on. M The best source for dete -- whet d is belne fed, end where the raleins
1s st in er omath studles,
relevient than snthropologic studies of 'primitive' peoples, is the
before e becomes the 'veteran' . Yet there ere freguent
By now are now stored,
of contemporery North Americens trying group asrriage. hes been Bwey for & tlme tnd hus some
experience
So fer results ere ndt 'fresh faces -- a child or edult who For groups 1living in
quite 8 few people heve tried quite & few forms. reed sbout. The most detwiled new experience to releste or technlque to show.
numbers.
et leest for grou ps I huve thls mey be more importunt then ebsolute
very encoureging, .relative seclusion,
group merriege 1in Robert Youriet's told us thet the klde get bored
ggfort I heve seen 1B the chapter on 1971, €7.95 in herd- Even femilies with five or six klds have s. lhe gdults
(Coward, McCenn ernd Ceoghegen, after a while &nd long for other pleymete
TING BaCK TOGRTHER aurrisge with eech other
cover). for a
Hourlet livedwhile with Herred % est, & slx-person elso heve opportunity for teking vecations -- fron the children, from
ExFinldiNT., The group begen with worrylng sbout buby sitterc,
inepired by Kizmer's novel, THE Ha the customery home, from each other -- without
peopl e end (this may be only
1y lapression from the book) tke cere tekers, perking pleces, or veneresl dlsecses. PP Unlike un everyboc;-
Just four to six
four lived together guite well. EBut they felt t hey should expend graup together group merriege, 8 swie alght work w«ith sllightly less coaputebl
lity
lized. The lurger e heappy merginslly-snnoylng
two-person merrisge. s
bectuse thie was the nuamber Kimzer hed fictione etc. to cope then is necessery for
ere together constantly,
encounter technigues, which becomes very irriteting when two people
resulted in too meny probleas for thelr %When interviewed by Hourlet,
treit,
together helf the time or less. PP
with end broke up ealdst bed feelings. ces whet he would be less so when they ere
wnlc h ull use, such
whether or n ot he pructi &s four, lerge itens of property
Rinner decliped to sty (es I recell) west brehk-uF, With & group 66 sasll
joint usset/responsibility of wll. with
preeches. #hen told of the Herred es shelters, might becoze the
remcin the esset/
heppened bectuse the individuels involved weren
i lerger groups, there mey be fewer problems if shelters of &
{s the
end
eexe philcesophic cop-out heerd overeren't zood enough to ItX . responsibility of subgroups, 1n which cuse ut leust sne member with other
usuelly remein with the subgroup's property,
" 1s besutiful in theory, but people ibed in M27N): subgroup #ould
«ith line zerr tuge (&s descr 8 xed ber could 'guests' . In the ezbove exanple, if the smlel
PP Soaze probleams I would expect -- people being reciprocel of
Erotics were not 11a1ted to within the group to Gey end Nick, conbinetions
P DISkabk: belonged to Mike end Flo &nd the ven
en outside r. This would guerentee thet ell
edults and shelters would be sFM-vGN, sFN-vGi, or sGM-vPN but not sGN-vF..
heve en effsir with responsibi lity/sutho rity for ‘their own'
would cetch most diseeses thet céme If each couple retalned primary with chilé care. PP I nonder
trip. ‘%houxhts: Disease coalé be mininized e outside children, this would elso be the situstion eesy step
tests efter each @ natursl, feirly
by reguiring e period of 1solation und Some still 1iving et if 8 swie hes been tried. It seems like
people ere doing- G end I heve
before reunion with the femily.
P CHILDREN: beyond swinging (deting) which culte & few
the spouses. Verious emotionsl feasr of diseése end of emotionel lnvolvexent with
home were tlaost @s old &8s some of to not tried swinging, for
so we have no first-nend experience
1n this
could be expected. But the children were not glloued people tled to that soclety,
1nvolvements truded off for new SDOUEEs.
Thoughts: e of eny fora of group
remein in the fumily -- they were children . Soxe sree. PP To me the biggest potentlel edvanteg would soon
d to tuwo or three pertners
A femily orgenizstion should be flexible
with regtr e -- merriege is not erotilc variety (I think
Ferhaps there could be & duel stractur pooling of trips, purcheses, seldom-
will went to stay, sone €0
GWEY. for & seem es femiliar es one) but econoaic percent uge of excheng es
to the sther occesionelly, used equipment, speciel skills, etc.
& grester
& child cun chenge from one ‘clen' mway from peorle W ho heve become thus not p>tentielly sucject to
texes
chenge of personelities end
=0 get
Many esuthors have cen be internal to the group end rtatlon /conani cntlon, a more
1t &s less meture then it is. end restrictions. And with pooling of transpo
to treeting
gccustsmed
n structu res, shich heve & number
of other
remote location is fessible. Thus group JErr luges, &5 well s 1688 _—=— \
ts to provide unlimited
suggested/desc ribed uel-cle (5Pyo
If e spell group ettedp tion, ere of speciel relevence to vonu.
of essocla
edventeges. P DISABILITY: this intimete forms ——
its mexbers ('soc 11 security'),
disability snd old ege lnsurance for s -- aslingering, suspicion of melingering,
cen be & source of auch bed feellng nd poins to, but
%ell 1 heve echese FOK_TENT
("He suys it hurts hiz to work. ("Punny how it Blways seeds TO be FILMGAP INSULATING LINER
etec. I do. ")
I don't ley eround every time
!
This conflict-genercting &
ituetion for the Warmlite tents
&n vecciden t.") insuleting liner is now being aude
sick or hte cere for B 4 unique new from the tent
hizr who gets
soxeon e feels obliguted to the need fcr eleeping begs. TIhe unit hengs
exists now in femnilles shere or sged perent. eleo happens in noaes for (end) eliminates eguivelent to two down
It end provides & Wera insuleted compertam
ent for two,
chronically-disebled spouse of one's life.
is peld for cere for the rest bugs with 4.8" of insulation, yet is fully edjusteble for warmer weather.
o0ld peopdle where & luzp sunfor the de &th of the caretuken, &nd sonetlimes h orovide bottoa insuletio n end comfortaple
ceret akers often pray ter. Thoughts: Folyether foem peds underneat
The
If somebody lives to 120, it's e dises e laws (which force padding. Azezingly the welgnt of the besic Fllm
gep lnsuleting unlt is only
1s
it €long. beg, end the cost
hurry
out froam under B Wa 2} 1bs., the packed bulk is less then a8 single down insul-
In e free situetion, the minimum seze to becole
cost of the two down bags it replaces. The Filmgsp
enyone who c&n t work herd enough to
etrn
¢ less then the
there would be mny people of 10 leyers of eluninized pluetic flla with 2 inch
I don't think gtion consists well tent
of the State),
being sble to per sirgeps between leyers. The unit 1s constructed like & smell
int of &n oversize end closure st the neck end
1 would commit sulcid henging from the tent frexmes.
o
cere. If this happened to me Vlest dregs of lifp' gt ull cost. llner, but
pernits the user to sleep with head outside of the closure mey
inslde the
ce the
irrationsl to experlen ckn De us
kept outside the femily,BI ounds for resentxzent. tent, thus eliminating need for & hood. ihe neck be
pereonel ssvings, . there is no regulated for eny emount of ventilstion for wermer wezther use. The
the dey or mo nd
way
Al 1n cése O £ short -term totel disebility. wind stability of the tent assures only convection free eir between the
this forms (This informatlon wes
do (end have done) ple 8 gene rel crl 1ticiem of group-o=
rriege
each £11m leyers, thus providing efficlent insule tion.
with &n exan ure B eep ing in our
fosa hut, us by 8 friend who seys it is from & cetalog of back Ecking_itema
I will introduce t. When two people
sent
Frice ls
ened every time th e other cozmes 1n or
of Stephens, 23206 Hatteres St., Woodlend EIIISTEUEIIYT—§F3EK.
person
1 heve 1sFaRgd i{sturbed
Soo &n d usuelly sask erise, end get up twice during the
not given.)
-
If two people E0O to bed, de 72 -r ya Ln”
goes out.
e
Voaouac12
say 1973. vomulife, pob 248, Tge following is in response to Rayo's letter on Group ¥ar-iage in
peradise, cagd5969. vomlink Vonu-linc 11. It blows my mind! To wit: (no, that's the trouble
io published every two months no wit at all...just the collection of all this Apollonian, algebraic
except march as @ reader's abstraction) it seems Rayo gives it away in his statement lhut
forum end supplement to "...G and 1 have not tried swinging for fear of disease a2nd of
memoer of the vomu zinet exchange. vonulife annual. emotional involvement with people tied to that society, so we have
no_first hand experience in this area”. I have sat in on several
subscriptions: $1 for vonulife annual, mailed thirdcla: $4 for vonulife multiple menages and swingers groups as referee and father-confessor
anmuel plue 5 isaues of vonulink - vonulink mailed first class. and so will claim some ist hand knowledge.
back issues: vomulife 73 is $1 postpaid third class. quantity price is 50¢
a copy plus 50¢ & shipment postpaid. older dack ieeues, vonulife 1 through 9 First, it seems that this occupation with mathematics and formulas
and preforn-inform reprints are 25¢ each plus 25¢ a shipment, or all ten items of how to do things, who lives with wiom, sleeps with- has kids with-
etc, etc., is a disease of the mind endemic with those who lean toward
for $2.50 postpaid. o 1iny forwards without cherge up to aix stamped @roup marriage ideas......and is also usually the triggering mechan=
envelopes from a mubscriber per year. additional forwards ere 35¢ each. ism which breaks them up. The group marriage gang would probably
lotters may be sent to specific individusle who have published, to people in categorize themselves as super-liberated people, when in fact they
& geographic area, or for discretionary distribution to people i believe might are very hung-up with proprietory concepts. Ownership and control
have compatable interests. allow six weeke. i don't give out addresses are deeply imbedded in their thinking and the idea of a bunch of
& vomulink gsubscriber has the rignt to publish in vonulink material which is
free spirits coming together on any level, including sexua is
relevant to vonuliving in my opinion, up to @ maximum of: (option 1) 600 highly threatening to them., Structure and regulation must be maint-
Words. i retype and print. i am not responsible for errors. (option 2)
ained, so they do in fact figure out all sorts of elaborate formulae
6 photoresdy peges. type or print small and meatly in black on white paper for regulating each other. Eventually the strictures of multiple
this size, one side only. put amything not for pubdlication such as complete complex regulation of multiple relationships get so heavy they can't
name ana address on a separate snest. options msy be mixed. deadline for next even live with it and things disintegrate. It seems to me that the
first step these folks might consider is Group Divorce! in order to
issue: jume 1 for optiop 1, july 1 for option 3 implement the liberal ideas they espouse it would make more sense
for them to appear en masse at the Court House and apply for a Group
TIME T® RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONT Divorce on the grounds the State is meddling in the private affairs
of individuals and projecting itself uninvited into a contractual
iAf there is a.red dot after your name on the addrems label, this is the last arrangement between two people as a third party. Let's get Nixon
out of the bedrocom!.
issue of your present subscription. to remew for ome year, mend $4 for the
next five lasues of vonulink plus the 1974 vomulife ennusl. or send §1 for
Next, your reasons; fear of disease and emotional involvement are
the annual alone, arguements commonly used by proponents of both swinging and Group
Marriage. Both factions have some vague idea that only a special
YONULIFE DISTRIBUTION kind of pereon goes into their thing possessed of the hygenic
sophistication to avoid disease and know-how to contend with it in
i'm trying to get vonul e 73 into some newstands and bookstores - the sort of event it surfaces. Additionaliy most G. Marriape-types presume that
places whicn sell mother carth news and whole earth catalog. anyone bave &ny by internalizing contacts outside infection would be avoided. T don't
experience with this? sugeestiona? condone this specious thinking here...only record it. The G. Marriagers
1lve written to about & dozen commercial contend emotional involvement is ok, while the swingers avoid it like
magezine distributors in big cities and to one supposed 'underground press' sort the plague. 5o, these arguements are being bent to serve the purposes
of distributor but don't bave high hopes. somebody wrote in libertarian of either group.
connection that sime distribution iu controlled bythe mafis. maybe it's time
to start their own distribution met. .... 4 oo aze doing some- Now if G. and you are saying your fear of emotional involvement with
for vomans
thing which takes you around to a lot of alternate book stores maybe you can those in the Silly Society would set up torsions with in you, that's
make some extra chenge distributing vonulife 73. 1 cen sell you v,73 for 40¢ understandable and Bully for you. I'm happy to hear you are capable
& cory if you take 500. (the reason 500 is a magic pumber is that they are of emotional involvement, but what of those not immersed in that
elresdy packed and stored in boxes that way so there's pot much handling.) other society...what of your own kind of people? And, is fear
1'11 also buythem back at 40¢ & copy, 8o you aren't out anything except freight a legitimate basis for non-action?
one way if they don't sell. smeller qusntities are 50¢ each plus 50¢ & shipment.
I submit that g-marriage, being basically non-libertarian is not
anyone imow where to get an up-to-date list of alternate bookstores? i sent ups Trelevant o Vonu. Swinging, involving a physical-emotional split
a ouck several montns ago - asced them if theybad a list - also for suggestions 2nd being devoid of emotional involvement, responsibility =nd limiting
on distriwator - never Leard back. if yonulife can get big circulation it
wili encourage lots of people to do vonu things and get in touch with each of emotional expressign is neither libertarian nor Vonu.

other and then lots of vonuume and alternate sconomies and free enterprises Seems to me G. and you have a different choice: Either you find
and parallel communicatione caz really boom. wcme Wil say’this willislss yourselves compatible and in rapport and as free mates elect o
drew the attention of unfriendly sorts. but right now i don't think they have exclude others from your intimate lives just because you are so
the troopers mor the popular support for amy big pogram. 80 now is & good time pleased to do that { which is OK with me), or, you decide that
however compatible you may be, that as truly free veople,..
for peaceful people to discover themselves and each other so they can find each autonomous individuals you may also elect to broaden your SibeCanan
other when they need each other. a3 in all i think v.73 is & good issue. involvements with other like-minded people who share yourideas
but haelan, rayo and al fry can take most of the credit. 1if it hadn't been and committments and with discretion and responsibility include
for their writings there wouldn't have been mich of an issue. 1 had hoped to others in your intimate lives ( which is also OK with me). I
get at lesot one article from almost every yonulink subscriber - each of you submit either of these choices is relevant to Vonu....and moving
must know more about gsomething relevant to vonu than do most others. but it to a wider and less personal application...that this is really
didn't work out that Way. goyeral people who resd the articles which came in the choice of Vonuans generally. Carry on!
asked me why i left out most of my own. mo, it wasn't modesty. 1 just didn't E. Teb. 4, '73
et around to finishing them. but they'll be in v.74 (unless i get better
things on those subjects). some articles including several by al fry came too
1ate for v,73 5o they @re in here and some of them will make it into v.74. To Venulink, Thanks for trying egain. I'm still here. I also am confused
by the vonulink - split? I mean, is this it? You're going to make 2
i hope to get most articles for v.74 in early and run them first in hers so different newsletters so each will have circulation less than 1007 Wny °
there iz time to get fesdback. i'll pay a bonus - at lemat 1/8¢ a word more for bother? Why not just refuse additional subscriptions? What criteria would
any srticle i use in v.74 which arrives before jen 1, 1974, 4 roeqjsa determine what material went in each newsletter? #hat if I really needed to
word for what is in v.73 (except for some of rayo's erticles witn whom i have
know something that only @ppearsd in the other ome! Btc. Hope for further
a different arrangement). 1've sent cash or money order to authors due more explamation. nou¢ kids, now, and schools. It is very easy to drop your
toer $4. to others i'm extending subscriptions unlees you ask for cash, i'm kide out of sight of the public system without any hessle - probably easier
also extending subscriptions for helpful items in yonulink which didn't make in town, in fact, than in the less populous rural areas. My kids (then ages
it into v.7 (if you had more tban 800 words in and haven't received a money 5,7 and 10) did not attend school at all for over a year, no trouble with
order, 4 & word isn't much - not even as much as mother earth pays, enyone, mo 'keeping out of sight', no worrying (their dad worried, but then,
i think. but vonulife is still on & snoestring. if v.73 goee into cond he's & worrier). The way to do it is outlined concisely in a book called
printing (sells over 10,000 copies) i'll pay some more royalties. there NO MORE PUBLIC SCHOOL by H. Bennett (from Random House - just shows how
respectable it's getting). Briefly - just follow their rules, Tell them you
wasn’t any ads in v.73 pertly because not many came in. but also 1 wasn't sure are going to a) move, b) travelextensively, c) send them to private school.
until the iast mimute how it would be printed, if it was heavy i would want to Probably you'll never hear another word. It would be a little trickier in
send 1t book rate end the p.o. says books can't have ads in them. but i put in rural areas where there's only ome Bchool any local kid could de expected to
contact info for people who seomed to want it ("special information sources g0 to - but the prospect doesn', really bother me and if 1 want to do it azain,
trnanks again to the authors and typists. lan I'l1 do it. Did you kmow congress passed & law to assign 8.8, numbers to all
first graders? Incentives are increasing. 3y 11y way, registering a kid's
IRVEST IN AMERICANA birth, contrary to popular opinion, gives no one auy handle on him. In fact
I think mltiple registration is a great idea. 1 was too lasy to do it for my
V.L. people with any storege facilities whatsoever should pick up every conceiv- youngest, but if there was another 1'll register em in several differeat
sble collectable over & few years old (that's free or very cheap)® that cam be counties under several different nemes (the reg. office did not ask me for
pack ratted away. ' The nation ae & whole is 'collection mad' and anything with any 1.D.). 1's tell you aboutmy life style except I can't see that I've got
"flevor® and appeal to it is going to about double in price in the next couple any. But I really appreciate your newsletter. X, portland, ore.
of years snd as we mentioned in H.T.S.T.Depreseion may be better than money if
things contime in the direction. 1i'm mot clever at all but i can double my té k, 1 wish i'd gotten your letter in tims for v.73. would have saved me
money on every little mini-$ scouting trip purchase i make. it's getting harder from writing the pisce that covered the same ground about schools. did you
though endif your in the outbeck somuch the better. going through & few have neighbors? did you move zround a lot? what would have nappened if a
antique shops ®ill give one a foeling for the 'needs’. perhaps we can get into nelgnbor had complained? what did the kids do during school hours? do you
this & little deeper. AL Fry =(1an) think it was partly luck in baving Al¥ good neighbors (if you did)? did the
kids go back to school &fter a year? now come? maybe you'll write some
mare about this for v.74. and 1'd like to hear from others with experiences
march 73 vomulink 13 page 1 of thir kind. apoup the split - i don't kuow yet if there will be onme.
Gepends on how much 'competition' vonulink gets. but if there is ome the
things 1icely to be of interest tg most people will be reprinted in vonulife
or/end printed on poolpages (wricn go into all the linke). lan
#. lents letter 1s late. T mm 4e written out but, the way 1 lixe to type, if they are run thru the meatgrinder a couple of times, soaked, handworked
1t took a while to start. copy what you want out of pioneer or livabord. 1t and squeezed 4n a couple changes of water and soaked it 1is faster than powndir
will give a_lot of the info on living on boats as it comes out. it is interd-tween stones and leaching in running water, etc. the whites are milder. dont
ed for people who live on their own boats. all those questions u asked....as care too much for soda-and such chemicals in my fosd, dont use in baking eitt
a member of an indian tribe, would u have mors rights...justification...2 ev, we get more chemicals just breathing dirty air than we need without addir
nati a soddy is the easlest built, safest, it wont burn, co.lest/warmest;, g any deliberately. soda counteracts normal stomach state. the meatgrinder
least noticable if bailt right in the right place, costs least, a bullet wont can also be used to extract medicinals. to figure radiation distribution folc
penetrate walls, durable...agaln if built right...a soddy can be hard to build Jng atack just get weather bureau wind charts. they have a b. cklet they issue
right dependtng on where.,..can be left for dong periods as by a nomad on his with charts for all months of the year. however, since the prevailing winds
acre_somewhere or out on lonely govt lamd, if built reasonably sgall a very here are all westerlies, u can expect the big dusting will be mainly to the
small fire will warm, thus 1ittte smoke to attract attentlon, 1t is a good Stoeast of any target and mot so much usually to the west unless a big wind was
rage place. a dugout s also good if sod isnt available, 3 walls of earth, lblowing at the time of the attack., 1 would think the logical time for an
ldaving the 4th and ro-f of boards, sticks, brush, etc covered with earth. attack would be the afternoon or eve before a big holyday like xmas when every
this is damp, since the earth is the walls and not dry upwalls. the water w one is in town or traveling or when one political party has just made a big
will seep out of the hillside thru the walls and they may slide in wet times, win and losing-party office-holders are moving out and confusion and backbiti
sp i prefer the soddy. so, use a rented plckup to get ur sod from a meadow ng reigns. or combine both. dec 23, 19767 a dry area gets less fallout tham
somewhers or field, floodplain, pasture, cltyhall lawn, wherever, & wickeT a wet since every raindrop coalasces around a bit of dust. otherwise the dust
house can also be made. this s just poles set in the ground...2 rows, stagg may just blow on by. also less ground cover to catch it, and of course as
ered. poles woven in each wall. space between filled with leaves, grass, etcfar upwind as possible like along the seacoast or on an island. the ca/ore
add more as they settle. a "pillow" may be made of long thin stuff 1like riv border area is about as far from cities as u can get now, in the us. some
er cane with moss and leaves twswn and these set up as walls..movable like. a friends were considering n dak until i pointed out the targets in Wash, also
roof, made 1like the walls, plastic sheets to waterproof, held down with stickrad fallout has an affinity for the north 40s of latitude far Some reason as
and Stones. semipermanent. ive made a couple for camps. they burn =asy tho,shown by fallout distribution charts., perhaps some caribee isles would be go
some indians use them. 1 rarely use for obvious reasons. had hoped my soddy od since they ..some of them..are washed by the great equatorials of the atla
article had enuf so anyons ¢ould build from it. what is lacking? 1 have bul ntic sweeping in from the se from africa, of course if europe is hard hit
1t a couple soldies, a couple wicker houses, a hogan and grass beach huts. a they will have that., i will probably retain this vallejo addeess after i am
Coupls in br ¢ wroté they were building one but no hear since. could be hard evem farther from vallejo than i am now but 1 will be hunting some sort of
there, so much rain., in warm jmds thick walls may not be needed for warmth maildrop later for when i am sailing far away. anyone have any ideas? most
but handy for cool. islanders braid big mats from leaves and lash to pbbes nuclear war writers, when totallng up rad toatdls omit the vast stockpiles of
fro walls., pllés sand floor. leaf roof steep to drain, bugs come in tho, . bombs and the in-place missiles destroyed by direct or close hits or sabotage;
try the birdcage i described, 1t has some advantages...and disadvantages if this can add several powers to the final figures and would undoubtedly go up
u walk in ur sleep, have i build any smials? no. im a cavecrawler (saw my - even if the defenders delibarately touched them off to prevent the enemy from
photo-article in explorers journal?) and have lived in ex gold mine bashed outgetting them. BUREKA and all like that. im about to mount my keels. this
of solid Tock in a mt side.:.constant drips. one in sandstone was not. have js a big milestone. 1t means the dull will be turned over and begin to look
a solid type. 1iving in caves/shafts where bits of roof fall regularly 1s a 3ijke a re 1 boat. then the furniture, the deck, the mast, the sail, fittings
nervous 1if 80 can crawling in them be. 1 have dug and built stone u/g and im done. 111 be living aboard. the printer i told u about advertises in
lived in. yriters digest so is in business unless he has folded, ive never used him
root cellars, which are shelters
storm cellars, cyclons and Spring houses a sortusually
smiils, i suppose, tho theyarearent of smial. SOme put his prices are under half of anyons elses. why doesnt § b (vl 10) use a
are reasonably comfortable if fixed up. ive dug and timbered horizontal mine guszler? so it takes & year to get enuf rain to £111 his tanks but he lives
shafts in dry places. many desert mines are perfectly good smidls and a biE fhere so he has time. u sound familiar. would i kno u? u kno the romans
Jot oooler than the open desert. some desert peoples in the sahara, etc 11Ve pad a wartank but dropped L1t in favor or lepions? the oldest electric battery
u/g and have veritable cities u/g. even one people in north africa today put remains round are several thousand years old by carbondating? i have a clip
large systems of passages, etc u/g. its sometimes 60° cooler than on the toP.somewhere. have had two types ofbrain
hellenes had 1 conputor/mechanical
also many have wator...frém condensation..,u/g streams and veins. 1 think, if $°ncy"in Smithsonian. mnden 2000be one
aboutgarden., /as inremair
or so, a
1 built a big smial, id find problems i halint anticipated...laws in some placeygcer meadow..a natural, somewhat aamp natural clearing in a wooas..clumps or
money costs, others depending on locatlon. 1ive certainly found them in build=pirilcii | art, pepperghass, dandelion (diant do_tno well), rhubard, chard,
ing my new boat.....but thoy can be overcome. perhaps a vonu could buy an oldmycgard, collards, lettuce (snails aamagea badly), chicoTy, nasuurtiua ana suc
abandoned mine shaft somewhere for a home when he is in the aréa, 1 sti1l ' iryrr’that wasnt too obvious (rapbits, etc ala Sote damige LUT 1 &ue chewm b
think owned land, however useless for moneymaking, that is farming, mining, 455 so the trade wasnt too bad. the other was in a bog., 1thepiled up the soil,
coamereial, etc...infact the more"useless" the betber....1s best, ho one CAn wotel'only a few inches Aeep, in long rows and planted in top of the row,
trespass, chase u off, destroy (legally) and u have an "address" for bludj. 5 foot or so above the water. the plants
were well watered, i didnt have too
also mail can be sent’thers, 1f only to a mailbox along the road and the soil was VERY rich and crops
u plek ityuoh trouble with animals or land snails.
up only yearly. u have an adress. u have a home. u can apply for food, etC yere good, big and abundant. some crops wouldnt grow there. deer and 'rats
if th s ur bag. u can plant food trees, even if only seedlings and noone ¢an pothered bho but again were food. have eaten tule/cattald roots. the buds mx
chop them for a buildings....advertisement,......IWANT SPOIS WHERE I CA are the best parte. and quite good, raw or cooked. the Test is woody. once,
SAIL TO AND TIE UP T0 THE SHORE...DESERT, ISLAND, FLOODPLAIN, SWAMP IS OK. I ror .nother purposé, i built a small platform in a swamp on stilts several ft
WILL PAY CASH AND EXTRA TO THE FINDER.,..advertisement. there are many Caves j ang 1ived there, it should have been higher to avold mosquitoes, and damp.
and hollows in walls all over the world where people have lived &/or camped 5lerable and could have been made better. live on a platform about 20 £t hi
in passing. find a place of solid rock..tufa is easier to work...and drill and garden at the foot on built-up dirt.,.hidden...good food sapply...lo rent,
with stardrill and sledge and prybar and pick a hole six feet or so into a district,..few neighbors, the easlest sluice 1 kno of is just a box with no
rock face. tamp in some dynamite and touch it off. do it again in the back H enqs anchored in midstream with arms on braces the ubstrean end to shunt more water
if necessary to enlagge the hole. in " ynt; the slulce. use plain boards and and hinges that can be taken
of
a while u havehole,
the blown a foom, u makedrills
making 1If side the entrance hole small and enlarge when ooy *° S™ 00% 0+ pipe on sides so stakes can be driven down thru them into
several feet in 1ts harder to sec and easier to blosk with a stone. the hole {ha opeel bottom to hold it in place, or use loops of wire, or just tie it
can be only crawl size...about 2/3 £t dlameter, 1ive in 1t when ur there. = gou; " the sluice bottomof should have crosspieces of 1 bys or x4 to make the
a few years ago 1 . gter riffle, a plece longloop rug can be put on the bottom tno. somethir
the concrete
gathered several 1 suggested
pipesdamaged ones from and used things.
are athedumpcommerclal them as 1 deseribed, cememty*ieT TUUTh T OPGPRT ¥. TOSPthey tunble along the bottom, u can use cone
ing the holes and edges..4 ft dia size. the 10 It size are usually carried o 1 o5yonog for anchors thru to pipes. 1t looks strtch
like a sort of X, the arms hoLtom
per load on lowbelly trusks are can be broken in shipment and are useless o catch the water andAPLdirect it. u can put a pe of plywood on the
the business, so get them and repair and coat with tar., ive wandered in drair§d 18 cfteR thZ VETEC CHRCE L o the strean bottom and work it with a
using pives 30 £t hi and seo no reason u coulidnt get one asandi put floors tn to G U89 L% EeE Mo object 1s to aissolve throw the dirt so it floats down thru
showed in soploneel,p, 51yice and any gold is caught and held. the stones out and put mor
mke 3 or 4they
and hob. floors,
are watertight a 4 story
just like when finished, u will useget condensation
house u/g, leavelh® sinice &4€ 8n¥ BOup 73 CEHE Mo e or the rifflgs, for ur t ping, ¥
a spot in the bottom. u could even use this constant accumulation of water, oiTv Mhe 80eTy PAR FIR (NS TUIU, % 0us wns. stopt for eopped, ete, "1
%" tn. "ciyapy photos made by som of the gadgets ive mentioned
bottom, ...airresbrings
ontside condenses
in water which they
PVOLr..,swimiing, and runs
are heavy but can easilyfo moved
downbe sides Se-R Fi0R
[ave JeT8
puddlewithdn PoC 808 O T8 BSTY PO Ly, Moytes have shown, they arent perfect.
levers. considering dur,billty, strength, ur survivabidity, etc, the cost ull'l the im works on them and improves them, and finds more kinds to usc.
and want {ELIL R3e, §00F TOTCC T8n s U0, cMixe ana 6x3, very lov roofed and casy to heat Lif not
may too bad.”
be here
smallnofbits and thereit should i canforever.
where last have 1ike
sail to 1them, on sea, land
rethought rivers, etc. PT20PeTs S-hd Ve (0, 00 50} 4x8" ply sheets with no cutting. set
where be1 canlow, 1ivelikeat a times,
taxes would
land, dollars/yr
couple store less than an acre of “worthlos'TY C0u,7o"0g0! I gont remember which issues of pionser have what and have
things onburied and sealed in plastic... O 2couple 10g8. 2 G0l "RCSVol SR Ch 30y"s run off another batch. 1 have
everyone should have a few emergency tools, etc stashed where he egn get them 'éfi‘ 2 tenoils and it & hundred people wanted copies i would Terun tho i dont
if peeded...or cache extras, plant a few food plants suited to the climate forth: stemeils and iF 8 RERTRey S0ORS OR o0 Bheen™sn unknown which was more
food as he'passes theu. u ko u can eat cactus fruit and in leaves and many peop] SPRR L *h,ines T and still 1s. 1 have a lot of stuff to print when i get
have as in pasts
them, Scatter
1ived on just of mex. theregular farming rows and groves i5oy ".03"snpition to type. ploncer, if u noticed,was on almost a monthly bas-
too obvious, the stuff, land would be an auxillary. ur boattAmo and SBLEO8, 0 B¥a0e FLOUCh, "on the boaf, it is slipping again. 1
if properly bullt and kept(sails) up vould movably,
better, iiving
be muchstorage, kidable, p2,"0%.
provide ~had 7, *y."ake ny keels of $750 to 1000 and one of the highest was a guy
free air transportation quistly, uarters anywhere, offers to WLl IV PSSR 200, 1 0ron Tho govt and assemble at his job. i
to ur i land pick ofthéthisrightin anspots...south
if & much in wing1 Fho BRan ed 15, VAN U RIS L dSomanis ofer but Tinally aid it myselr.
and
er, north summer.Tight1 think
can bo inbrought covered earlier letter. Yalbed @& COuPI® PRRRIS 0. S l0iq.4 " sandblasted, painted, transpo ted, ete
it LOM% (%3500 2od8 oo that’shows something of ofher, but't lost a lob of tine
an'writing good onenufsometo offindny atrips
might even abe book and have imabout
publisher, as muchfinished.
doing100it pages for my own :T0% 2 o% 3 hapAreckB¢, B SO (%as only a fow months ago so maybe the p.
pleasure as expectation of publishing, but then thats the only reason u should - “%,54") o/t qelivered it. in hob 2...ghod knos where u cud get a copy, not
like - 21,3
thingsfor ivesale,donehunting
how-to andas onsmakes
as mich onsnappers Tang 1 rerun 1t in ploncer 1 had diagrams of a ve village with ail
do_angthing,
diving right?finding
on ships, gold, be catching
ib wont {po™ Dorii:870.5 "Cloings nidden under stuff, etc like houses, firerlaces,
tigre with sword and spear, tlckling gators for tourists, going to old cities e B Pwalitwalia, fieids, ete. this info is hard to get. The govt said
in the jungles, climbing mbs, crawling caves, scuba, hunfing, fishing, ete. POt O ROt YO S0 0M002 ®hocouse nit might aid the enemy” so help me.
as the weathor nastles 1 think more of the tropica where u can stay in the Uho¥ Wowlomd €170 B2, S C2. % P80 iy digs a hole in the stream bank, under
water all day and not chill, where fish can be caught and fruits picked and no27TRER®OT He- 03 B0¢ © 88 T EL,b 20 then up to a chamber above the water
trouble keeping the belly filled. 1ts a lazy life, lots of sleep and loafing VACSTe., B 230805 1008 *70,0"under. ror cadnan, croc, etc. the entrance cant be
and the women are friendly, or were last time i was there. carry a meat glnd oo “yooause its several feet 1ts damp, muddy, often sumally bub....
er. thats THE tool for thé traveler. small fish and tough plants can be gro §°ph BeSSUSE 102 S0T0Tt. Flo Boio®soodstanps, ete. 4 have rented p o boxes
into food. caribee fish, bones
small soup?
grind fish and all, turn up ur oS, 4y na11,”
donfbe made into burger. oY Malle donb knd WRPSRE % dont kno whether its easier to rent boxes in small or bif towns.
uundeatup sardines? any tongh meat can CCOR, 5uii arrived and give a trailer park or
by my recipe, cateh [CO% %Yo GTCT% Che"a"room in a private home for a week. 1 doubt tho 1f p o
a Towtough
any or gather psomecoundnt
fish vegettbles shellfish, get a few make
eat otherwiss. fruitsbreador greens and u have a T0SL 8d9Ress. ¥OO! 8 FIOR, 0040n 7", new 1d device, as accurate as finger-
a soup 'SV
and make soup. = PPIfUS 1S es 3oy iceprints used to get porno callers convicted in blgger towns. =
big of
out islanders
meal.them. the tough seine out
vegetables groundof into
can abe bunch a thick, fishjelly-like
guppy-size VOISePTiCD Reeh vo Boh, n¥iny scuBA OR BOAT EQ 10 SELL? winter
sea water for To10¢ o0 Sechniques. ..ive found tht foam pulverizes. surface rubs off like
tortillas afe just ground corn, or soms other grain. a litilehandfull of pepp ZITF™Ve&L fEC M L 00ii eathing that would be? ~kerosene out here is 50¢/gal
salt. a few squeszes of lemon or spiceberry for flavor or astove ucanuse = JRlee, MONTCl Ctience with catalptic heaters? 1 find heat is less than pron
erborries...they grow on a tree. with a small woodburning
ariftwood for fuel for cooking and what heat u nced. leaving the door open is "HAT 1= wr experionce wieh 8 SHEZ 10 Co® g by the time 1t warmed the pla
even & source of light, 1ts usually not all that dark on oven water tho. ur Se4,Ghd they stinie 2 B2 900 CB.% Uop®eunes were awrul., kero space he
eyes become accumtomed to the low light and unlesss ur sailing ul prob.bly e A e P it s Gan on a in pipe(with a Teservolr outside)in the fi:
sleep at night anyway. 1 have a new mag, strictly for liveaboardeds now and T2 ¢ C%, qpirning stove, like a trallor heater andu burn can getfueloil. put &of TR heat
any degree
pub lettors from all over the world. surprising how many people live on their of the woodburning Stov@s BORC .06 0 o8 08 "¢ ®ong
own boats, not counting the chinese and philinpines boat people. get a kerose SUTASSTOw conwnos on B0e 70 TRECRYL "2 for ph,drop silent letrs as
ne cabin lamo...aladdin is best, giving 60w Light on kero...as much lite as 0% about phonertes ToF Spor oy Ho*4t; no double letfs, y dont vonuans ask
more lite per qt kero and an aMohOT £on 5 republic of minerva passport? look at some of the african naticns,lvgho
pressure
Lite, .kero,. but nocanpressure,
type which usednoiss,
also b no as a cabin or carrying lite 1f uwant to 30 o <oi'wial Ig a nation? they said(vl 10) they will register shivs. "if
prowl the beach or attract nightfishes. ask direct muestions cn other boat= (5 woono? 0¥ i% * il Tdces are ahoad, Ive wriiten them a coupls of time
living info u want. 1 think that answers the questions u asked? so nmow 111 %/ B0 oot tnind world might recognize their passports to spite the blge
Just comment on some things in vl...like acorns..grind in meat grinder & soak [ur MO 8SPelss B oL WU g Tt e geod suxiliary i d-to have.
may 1973 vomlife 12 page 2
barter soands gr at only i sant a sextant, shronometer, scuba/hookah, ete & Aikido Al's code wuuld be broken
who has that to barter? dewey walker is like buckshin bill on the upper sal- with ai commiter, in any messace of two hundred
mon who was written about in the last of the mountain nen. he even makes his
own muzzleloader rifles. Bs letter is interssting, have u ever read james bond (aprox.) or more. Iu my opinion, most of those "cryptoanaslytic
smersh actually exssts. t'e french caught one years ago he killed a diplomat seniuses’ are prasently workin: for Fedbludie, u cuulionary, if
in a hotel corridor by putting cyanide powder in a folded newspaper and blow-
ing the dust in the mans f.ce as they passed. thiy are suspected of several security is lifely importunt. Random number tab wn be found in
recent murders in the us the cops cant even PROVE are murders. with some spy
plane cameras u can read a newspaper on tha ground at 60,000 ft or more, the Lack of many meth texts, and are almost completely invuneravle
rodale, prevention mag emnaus penna says 1 can test body agreement to foods when used with aliost uny sooh stication. The comnletely invunerubls
by eating small meals of ona food and checking ur pulse in 15 min. 1 read code is one which is never recosnized as u code in the frist place.
some races have longer colons or something...long for cereals..,short for meat
but how do u find out short of cutting open amd veasuring? which is what they My sccess to VI, moved after VL 8, I am without Y or might say more
d1d on bodies. he whose income can be diverted to anothers use without his ' Try Wrist Rocket, America's Hardest Litt slins,
permission is a slave...he to whose use anotaers income can be diverted witho elaborutely.
ut the others pormission is a king. wish u would always put state ot location sileat, range 225 yds at 232 fps, made from steel tuoing and sureice
on letters,helps to nnderstand. ss coding write wash. they give booklet. it rubber, Wrist Rocket ¥fi., PObx 471-1 Columbus, liebraska, obbU1,
1s part geographim, herters spld for 30¢ plans for water shoes. theyre just
small open boats about 57x6"xG" for each £aot. i use only duper for stencils. $3.00 pst.pd. ¥atched renlacement rubbers and leuther pouch s
1 want to be independent of schedules, printers, even elect, only other i 31.00, . won't different diulects und prosoun iutions wse
must depend on is sostoffice to deliver pioneer, if someone wants to put an
article, etc on stencil 111 be happy to run in p. ist class pstg 1s 8¢ for pho-etics difficult communication? ¢ oapei Vist e
now but'§ sheers 24 will go for same or more sheets of lighter paper at 3rd wonn P avaw xunx prr
class, so may as well send max when possible, to reduce cost per sheet, i keer
stencils of back p issues so tell me which u want and 111 run off a couple ELEQTRICITY
hundr.d for u, swap, sale, gift, whatever. 1 want govt books on navigation The latest 'Mother' mag has an article on ‘do-it-yourself electricity' and
lake H 0 9, 229y 214, eic. will buy cheap or trade. u may fing in used bk stor shows a way not covered in last V.L. The bus dweller author uses mix 12v
wide columis arent so hard to read and u lose about 5% wordage with 2 columns batteries to get 70 plus volts to run his 'brush type' motors and such and then
could u have someone in another town get ur mail and bundle and mail to u at charges each one separatelyas meeded. Excellent idea except I can't afford
intervals, sey 1st of month to general delivery. u pick up on 8th. services replacing thst amount of batteries, even periodically. I have terrible luck
deperd on location and fun from honse cleaning/wrecking to office cleaning/ with batteries and theyaren't cheap. Have found though that one con get used
moving of contract harvesting which ive done with gronp of 6. pick, mmEgsory batteries for a few § apiece, They will seldom put out over 3k to 405 amps
clean field, pack so much in such time for so much $...we keep culls,,.givex
money and food. can be apploed to angthing, also fish, do ang job that takes but would work in &bove situation since the volts are what counts, not amps.
ur entire group...fast, collect money and move before taxers, organizers, etc The author uses generstor which is about same as slternator in the long run as
Ve ii:. bove money for u, tax, dues break for owner, stralts are all for t the alternator gets hot 8o quickly that you can't run it as long. My picture
the saved buck and will agree to most anuthing they can prifit on. not too in recent V., should have an even larger pully on the alternator since the
mach problem about thetr lawfulness if they dont get caught, have good signed thing really kicks out the heat producing smps and this isn't as necessary in
agreement and be prepared to physically insist on ur payment iff necessary. battery charging. I haven't devoted #s wuch time as I would like to & cheap
y or have all smashed....no problem usually....their interest is to have u way electrically but bave hung my little $6 charger outfit under myvan (up in an
Zn3 others coms areund nex: time too. for warm Foof, make 2,..outer covered out of the way spot) and will wait till L.P. gas rationing or & stroke of
with tarpaper oven cheap Wwnod or phies...inner about 2 feet down....f1ll space inspiration moves me further. Al Fry
with leaves, moss...line both sides with plastic sheet...i havent done but is
logical, walls same. 1 want one of the new gowt survival gun kits of 22 or
22h with 6" barrel, action, steelrod stock that pack in 6"x3"x2" pak. ever Bello 15 feb 73
try gorges to catch fish...just syralt slivver wood, wire, etc tied in middle been surfing perimeter of system since 68. spend most of my time traveling
£o 1ine....all stuck into bate...Tish takes...rod lodges crossways inside, (20-35 1b. pack). mostly broke, seldom hungry. bave lived months on peamut
used for thousands of wears. ive read al frys how to survive depression, its butter, raisins, and sunflower seeds. army surplus my best supplier. do all
very good. lawrence barcus, who pubs wildcrafters world, homesteaders land- cooking (not much) in alum. centeen cup. Jjust bought emsolite pad, nylon met
ctafters newdletter just died. excellent zines he pubd $ince 1940s. hope hammock ($5 each) but havent tested yet. wrist rocket sling shot best weapon.
someone continues. Want use copy of ancient atlentic by 1 t hansen or any of lived several months N.J. watershed land in clear tipi off 16 foot roll, $12.
habsens buoks. perhaps thin varnish on cardboara box would preserve better contral pit fire conserved heat, fuel-less visible light. use book matches
from mice. many consider nuclear war talk passe as some think ignore it and (£ree) and magnifying glass as DAckUP. gor money i get blue collar or trainee
it will go asay...wi hful thinking...or maybe they think man is just too nice one co. paid me $3.hr to learn welding;
%o K11 neighbors...stupld either way and their survival will be just lack, gig for required time, then split.
pne paid $3.hr to match marker
Tive beside a river and u consider the possibility of flood, right. reality one peid $3.hr to sleep (ba!) in & mineshaft;
balloons (sleep, agaln), ete. buy everytning used, bergains only; then sell
may be ugly but it is real. pierre..dont g think the trouble has already
ted? 1 can mame 2, 3 things Tight off the top of my pointy head that have
star
for profit when mo longer necossery. total income 1970 - $440. don't worry
of rte
about being detected. i've camped several hours on cemtral grassy area(although
doubled or more in price in last few months/weeks starting with foods. the 80 overpass loop. ©o one, including several police cruisers, saw me term for
ALC(HOL, TOBACGC , FIREARUS DEPT..the u 5 gestapo...is in full howl,.in last few i wap wearing cemoflage suit). Vongnostic would be good descriptive
months they have shot man in head(permantly paralyzed), threw naked woman out
side her home whils they searched it and took mich stuff, broke into homes myself. ien i first heard of you people (pre-inform days) was veryrelieved
in various parts of country and terrérized various eldsrly, women, kids, ete, to find like.minded people, however, why advertise your existence? for thebludgmore
dollar value still falling, europeans dont want u s junkproducts, u S prexy people know of us, (end the more of us there are) the more chance
going hat-in-hand to foreign govts (other gout coms to u if still a powerful reprisals, be ssmured the only thing keoping us free is lack of organised
nation), leaders without ability (not power) to beat 1ittle country like nvn, opposition. before bludg deals with you, they must label you (e.g. hippies).
dayn im
powa? failures, fusl probloms, land values, etc. 1ts later than u thimk. 1f why make it easier by labeling yourselves? my greatest interest these
anything, ur fledal divisions prediction 15 too optomistic, what ave ur ships (the lmgt frontier). a la captain memo. for the worriers, there are a few
recomnendations for a 1ifestyle? about bombing the arab capital to stop astrological crimis years. they are 1982, 1988-9, 1992. not sure what it mean
terroris © same way the arabs rationalized the killing of innocents in Tut they will be EEAVY, cant think of much else. 2-4-6-8 ... meditate and sm
planes, etc and the same way the ismaeli rationalize their actions. put the state. seek keyboard and guiter (i bave drums) for celestial music - or
pressute on the many and they will stop the few. the comment was mot specifi free-men bend - or what have you! TL
cally directed against arabs, Lsrael sunk our ship with no warning and have
shot down plane. hit the many and let them handle to few to avold being hurt agl 7=
again, the germans used it to keep europe peaceful when they conquered them Wonue. # Joesif Bednash , 1515 Pusifik, Venus 90291
17 ww2,...and dont believe the tv/movies that underground heros were behind
every doot...they werent and very 1ittle resistance was mades of course the (e Lhee prlibect
Z””%%j ;
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o Y e
arab leaders know who the terrorists are, do u say rpulers got their power
as a freewill gift? israsl is not really israel. 1t is judah (judah, levi,
benjamin tribes only). Bible often mentions war tween judah and isgasl, so U, e b yrop s bl 2
even that much is a fake. the principles of world power methods are heartlasMe Ao ufi AL /“"%
but they are real and its how it is. teddg roosevelt, when a us citizen was A“W/“’ /770 e " @ " ,/L}
,/;7“;,4:,1/
deomg
dnapped in a mideast country said to release him ot the marines would do ity i[ /,44’1/»&/ 53%41 ,g'///hz
s was released the nekt day by a govt that "didnt know who the kidnappers weZlids/™ (0
re'., why dont u try an ish of vl with amother full reductlon, we could use e
a magnifying glass 1f noeded and the info content would doubls or the size hafAzs W =
halved, whichever. 1 would put all the pioneers ishs out in reduced size if
i couid afiord it, as a reference. if 1 got 50 or 100 orders for any one 1sh/p%, Wé/o{/ W@Z&@Mywwfl% froe-
id reprint it. a modern language could be made by using one syllable root
words with just onc meaning, the basic .root.being simgular, present, nueter,
efc and elther conbined to make longer words (agglutinative) and/or use pre=
and suffixes to change (root noun) to another part of speach, tense, person,
possessive, sex,ete. 2000 roots plus a dozen ixes and R have a vocabulary
of 50,000 words and its international since each root has only one possible
meaning aud is pronounced phonetically...porn for pornographic, biol for
biolegy (some 2 syl roote would be needed) and thess, with ixes, would become
v, L pro R
verbs, adj, etc,..lets biol would replace”let us do an experiment or study an prs ol

o
M/MAL f{gl/_r_ru
the sclence of biology!...mont..mountain...mt climber..,mt climbing
»e..climbing....climbiest (or hardest to climb)...the possibilities are end-
less with & recognized sgries of ixes. and why a b in climb? how is h in
Do
hut and grasshut or y in you/yess in vl1l? i dont like 2 letter lettere like Ahee
ch, dj. use letters we dont need like ¢ (let s and k replace it) or nake a
few new., one more row on a typer wont be that much trouble. access..xkmmx W;fiyw 1Y
alkses...view..vu...purple..purpul. i think i said heinleins ideas good ideas el
not that he practises them. they have worked in past ages/places. I have
written hin and kno he lives fairly stralt and just writes but our present sy kW _Levre /4/4/)/&4/!//44/%/ ar i /fif/ W‘/
system hes failed too. 3, 4 adults could be good and larger # could be troubl
seems 1t 1s matter of personalities/desires. some things work for some and
other things fo- others. most group marriages ive heard of are for anuone w
7 W//“ 2 ol W 2 O TA e)
‘ Griocyio ALt rcnedls,
o drops in and are odds-on for failure. 1 dont raldey have any politics, i t
think., 1ike u i dislike them all but they do exist so i see them as they
effect me and try to project probable consequences to me or for me. i see
life is much better today in u s than in most other countries,
govt to notzd, communist, whitever. 1 usually give address for clips once
with ist reference in ish, or try to...except for paper. a letter to s f il
examiner, s f will reach it with .ut strret aidress, livabord will have more
boat info than p. 1 had lots of time to think of do and donts for boat while 3245// /éuaaél_ég4 ) Wi fhce olicts Aoty o2l
tied in bunk in storms, etc. I have about 20 pages of things and reasons. vonulink 12 page 3
got very methodical after the 10th breaRing part or inadecuacy of other btoat
hopefully will be aboard scon but what to do about books, etc??? enjoy
paul doerr box 1424 vallejo ca 94590 -
 ‘}u Vonulife - ¥early a year ago I sent for 3 back issues and then we were busy Boer Vom Life People, ... City vonu,
up in the Maine Woods working on our mchool bus camper. vehicle nomadism, boat 1iving, and wilderm
I think i left your copies living interest me in that order. By mext fall i hope to be living in my van on
UP LTS Ko have had good luck of making a V.. bug big enough to sleep in. the stireets of New York where i go to school. Commuting i® expensive and a real
Fle got one «it for 9.95 from Whitneys - the big muto suppliers. We thot the kit drag. Is there any information around on tapping into phone linea? Zagle Claws
would be for both seats but alas! Just one. Ever since then we've ordered 4 times
&nd have to send back & wroug kit because our 'S8 bug takes a special kit with Hi,
certain attachments BUT. never the less 2 people CAN live ip & VW bug. You have
Oot your address from a Mother Farth We Sounds like & good thing... And
to remove the rear seat and that gives you lots of space. We 8130 heve a Swedish #ince you have a Cave Junction address we must be neighbors and might even alresdy
made hikers stove and can cook in the bug tos. JWe haven't tried our stove yet. know each otber, Come and visit us - we live walking distance from ... on land
Do any of you have onel What io the right way to start it?7 We used canned heat owned by & lumber company. They already told us we have to move and that's
Previously. o..q 1iving must be 2reat. We've been to the big ones - public - after being here for slmost & year. The Bainbow Family
Especially Merrimac Caverns in Mo. - Jessie James old hidevay. It's mge and
always the same temperature. Have any of you spent time around Albuguerque?
Trere's something magic about the Sandia Mountaine to me. Also hope to get to Léoked up on the map where Paradise is locsted. Is thim a good area for vonu or
Just @ good mail drop? I remember Oroville (nothing there), but the woods up
Nexico - any ideas or pointers? y, 45 4 1ot of #crafte". Right now I'm making towards LePorte looked promising (a lot of gold miners and prospectors during
geo-dome inspired patchwork large pillows end they really are gorgeous and to warmer months, mot to mention rattlera). Good Luck! W., Crescent City,
think they are made from rags. Boston Center for the Arts is having & glant Calif,
Flen Market Sunday and we are going to try and sell our various crafts. What (the people who did vonulife before me had the cave junction P.o. box,
do you do for crafts?
Hoping to hear from ome of you, Marie Arredondo, 186 vonulife's meiling eddress is only thet. there isn't &ny particular concentration
Alley St., Lynn, Ma . 01303. Do write! Have you heard anything about
of vonuans near there (or anywhere else that i know of). a concentration would
Sun be unvom, there sre little groups and femilies and individuals scattered
RBiver couple buying the real old ifrican Quesn and macing it livable! Found her here and there. most of the siskiyou region seems to be good for vomu, once one
all shot to pell in the orient I think, I'm trying to dream up a raft affair to gets amy from the few towns and highways and tourist attractions. whick spots
drive & camper onto and macing an "instant" boat home - or floating home - are best depends a lot on what =omebody is looking for.)
strictly on paper now., Any idess on house boats? I

#i-1an, have not forgotten your note about writing articles, but 2/27
fesr Fors, 1'm gonna start looking for land in the South Western states (N.X.,
naven't really been doing any of the things mentioned (travelling, free lance
Aris., CGolo.) come this April and Spring. I don't have much money and have
dillusiosary (perhaps) visions of finding a small (3-5 acres) plot of land for
typing) and also typewriter isn't accessible rigkt now. am planning to send a thousand dollars. Or perhaps some place that can be obtained thru paying off
something when i get to it, tho i don't kmow how i will do am objective reporter, the unpaid tuxes op abandoned property. My needs in type of environment are
=hat i am writing about is i recall seeing something in v1 thatvvehicles are suited towards the cheaper types of land (i.e. - would be satisfied to live in
registerable in ore by mail, requiring only a street address. i would appreciate semi-arid conditions (pleins) as long as water-is obtainable. Also would like to
very much if you know of anyone willing to have their address usedt and/or if be ®ithin 'commuter' distance of mountains. David, Denver
it's safe to use eny ore. address and one's own mail address. state of conn.
bas made insurance compulsory and with severe engine problems in chevy ven i dan't
need any more expenses (rather, i don't have it) ®(for fee). i'm inadvertently fear Friend, We've enjoyed your issues 3 thru 9 immemsely. After monthe of
rushed since this new law is recent and my present registration runs out mar, 31, planning and organizing, we're moving into cur wagon. Your publication has
any info/advice appreciated. thamks. suzanne helped us become more comscious of our intentions, and to reevaluste our place
(this is probably to> late to do you much good - sorry but your letter didn't ASongek Shegrokivg uosber of WML, | wos. SellerE SNIVISH KRS HOLE Ehane
catch up with me until just recently - and i probably couldn't have helped any- ation are of greatiimportance in the years ahead. But i feel you (by you, i mean
way. does anybody in ore. (or?) have an address susamne could use? you might the overall tone of Vonulife) are sometimes oppressively psranold. Te can easily
reach a point &t which we cause to happen the
Just try writing ore. m.v. dept., salem, i think. eay you are now a resident of veryththings we fear. ,. by
ore. but on a temporary job in the east. give your ore. residential address constantly dividing mankind into "bludgs" and "vomuans" you ersse a large portion
(motel picked out of yellow pages?) but tell them to send mail to your temporary of humanity. I don't believe such divisions are now necessary. They are. in
eastern address. say you'd rather register van in your home state becsuse you'll fact, dangerous. We need wider, broader vision than thie attitude fostere.
be moving back there in a few months and don't want to change (nat.). 1 think you Will, W. Va,
could get plates and at least temporary title this way but i don't know. complic-
ation would come when ore. sends out renewal motice which would go to ore.
address. maybe by that time you'd have a forwarding address. or else you could & lot of people seem unaware of relatively cheap sources of
write the motel - tell them tnere was & mix up - that you were going to be dried (organic) foods by mail order. One I use is Jaffe Bros.,
staying there but had & change of plans - lay $1 on them - and ask them to PO Box 636, Valley Center, CA 92082 (Brown rice 25#=$5.59,
please forward any meil. it might work. i haven't tried it. youiony weige Dried figs 20f=$11.75, Dates 30#=$9.50, Peanuts 25#=$11.75, all
several different states and see wnich seems easiest to deal With and gives the plus postage). Another one that ships postpaid is Natural Sales
Co., Box 25, Pittsburgh, PA 15250, Their catakog looks like a
best price. louisiane used to be cheap. anybody know about nev? mont,? pill factory, but they also sell plain food. This might not be
(they didn't used to have & salem tax.) calif. is mo good. their fees are high cheap compared to do-it-yourself, but it's way under local
and they try to collect a sales tax on cars coming in. insurance i'm not sure grocery stores, and the nearest source of most such foods is
about (i haven't had wheels for a while). ore. supposed to be pretty cheap 300 miles from where I live (This county is bigger than two
registration and no sales tax. anybody have experience With other states? lam) eastern states, but has less then 10,000 people).
In 1948 one summer in the mountains in California a bunch of
Dear Vonu Life, We are much like you in activities and philosophy. We evolved us used a simple way of receiving mail -- it might still work
from a small sports club to survivalisis and then to living free. We are very in 1973. One man wimoly asked the rural mail carrier if he
much into introducing mew peaple to outdoor living and educating them in the would deliver to a box by the road even if there was no house
skills needed to live free. We feel that emall organizations commmnicating with by it. He said yes, give yourself = group name, mark'it on
each other directly or through publications such as Vonu Life are more condueive the box. Every noon one of us hiked down the trail to the
to liberty than large national organizations. We have a emall publication box. I merely mention this as a simple way of getting food
(The Ticonderoga vispatch)... We are especially interested in mlternative
and othor bulky things delivered within walking distence. If
econonic systems. you're really hiding and scared, it would not work, but a lot
You might be interested to xnow that our group plans to wash of your writers seem to use trucks anyway, which are bretty
cars every weekend this summer so that we cen ralse money to be used to buy obvious items.
wildernese land (before the developers get at it), This landwould be used only
for teaching outdoor living skille and e a camping place for our members and §ir, Your Vonulife is @ very timely newspsper for those of us with not much money.
friends. Eeep up the good work, James C. Jones, 11123 St. Lawrence Ave. 1 hope i am wrong: we are headed for & depression, then war. 1929 over agein, tke
Chicago, I11. 60628 only difference, we have social security, and thoss living on it could get away
from thesecities if they had someone to guide them. And vonulife is doing
a good job, even if some of your pages are & little aifficult to read.
to vonu life, once whilst walking somewhers in texas i found & wooden bridge The tele phone co. and other lerge co. get rid of vans when they lose their tax
maybe 100 feet in length, it was late autumn maybe, because it wasn't warm as it
used to oe. @s we maliced along the road by the left bank a glowing white yellow benefits and are good buys. In Vomulife 9 on 3rd page a man wents a folding
lignt came crossing directly over tue tops of the trees onm the far bank and bicycle. I bave ome at 1/3 cost or will trade for something. Coast Ent.,
dispersed itself into the trees until it disappeared, evidently near the ground
25114 Palm Dr., Loma Linda, Cal. 93354
somewhere i suppose. we Sort of went "AHM, WWHAT", "SEEY and some other things.
end i sterted running across the bridge for some reason i don't know and was
followed by the Test. on the other side where the light had lit thers was & Dear Sir, T read & book "Looking Backwards® - best seller 100 years ago. He
advocated divide gro: national product by the number of peopl Since we are not
nou whilet crossing the wooden bridge withthe very rustymetal everything i likely to have that system in the forseeable future and the second coming of 1929
heard "Jonnie,
the other side
Jonni
we sew
¥ comeing
the house,
from someones mouth somewhere, then, onc<:on
lights like a home and apgroached. no one was
is not far the readers of Vomulife should try sprouted food. Cheaper and more
there, even my friends. Just me and a feeling i had been Btanding & very few food value. ., recycling potatoes, onions, garlic, turnips and carrots. You
latitudes north too much. ;. oopuslly happened to me and your vonu life cut eyes out of potatoes, eat the rest, plant eyes, potatoes will be small.
Just sort of reminded me of it. my truck has a broken something but i didn't Onions green. eat tops, leave one inch @bove root. plant in damp ground. Big
really like it completely becausse it is the first and only one i've had. i'm onions, cut &round onion and use, leave green sliver in middle and plant, Spoiled
onions plant in ground. Oarlic same as good dry onions. Turnips @nd carrots use
26 and got it last year. i don't have a license because i've lived in a cave them leaving § inch on top. 1 do not think they grow but you will have good
quite nicely and @ tipi too and & two story tree house. 1 paint in oils and greens. Potatoes can be planted on top of ground. Cover with leaves or weeds,
ectually am quite a quite schizophrenic and read merco pole. my momh & french
gypsie and dad's hungarian, 1lived in europe and drank myself into burning an keeo moiBt. 1. jater ie scsrce. get soap with oil base instead of lye. Like
emerikan flag with the underground on t.v, camerat Palm olive. And usedisneater on gaTdSR. por.ie yrarting out. on foot or van.
mostly i live on the coast
line. 1§ used to live in silver city. it reminds me of cave junction for some you should have a list of people in the vicinity where you are going. g
reason. well i'm going to mail this to your address whoever you are. i live in readers of these newsletters or magasines are friemdly. Mildred loomis, reen
. ®ashington, but i am going to live in utah's logan city somewhere... Revolution; Madiline Murrey Obara Newsletter; Rodale's Opganic Sardening:
0 au biento, Billy
Homeopatkic Digest. | 1,,6 g folding bike but how am i going to getit to
fireetinga! Keep sseing your ads popping wp... We truck Peb. 9, 1973 Vallajo, CRlIfP §oiia) gecurity number, drivers license, armed services merial
camp in our home brew rig and are thinking of going full time. Fres city mumbers, postal service are mot confidentisl. 1 ap intorested inm starting a
park in Sterling, Colo. (nice). PFree city park in Artesia, ¥.M. - 3 day limit. credit union, alBo a place where vonu people could d@uire skills eaeily learned.
Fuge BIM land - free. Lake Mchillan north of Carlsbad, N.M. - cemp right on Let's hear from people who are interested. € Madera, Cal.
lske - turnoff 18 not merked on main road. Wallie, Cleveland, Ohio.
mey 73 vomulink 12 page 4
 SKALL ANNOUNGEMENTS AND ADS
You car read about WINDWORKS in the Nov. 1972 issue of Popular cienc where
2d ratee: 20¢ a line plus 20¢ an ad. semd to vonulife, pob 348, parad there are plans for a smsll and portable windmill. It generates } horsepower
35959. anmnouncements are free to vonulimk subscriders - up to 100 words year,
in 10 wph wind, 2 HP in 20 mph, 6 HP in 30, 16 EP in 40. The 15 footer, using
need not be bout vomu living. the same glider airfoil shape and comstructed the same way out of Hexcel paper
and fibergless, gives § HP in 10 MPHuph, 6 HP in 20, 18 in 30, and 48 in 40
¥ake money distributiag Vamulife 73 to newstands and bookstores in your srea. mph wind. People interested in sll this can also read the article I wrote for
the Portland Scribe (3032 SE Belmont, Portland, Ore. 97214 - 50¢ tocover
If you buy one or more boxes of 500 you pay only 40¢ a copy, imcluding freight postege sna handling) "Wind Fower® igsue, Jan. o-12, 1973, issue #46. It isa
to you ($200 @ box), You can sell to bookstore for 55¢ or 60¢. Retail price g00d starting place @s it explains how the blades crebuilt andis full of pictures
is $1. Send payment and shipping address with order. Umsold covies in resal- taken in the workshop....
eable conditidn may be returned postpaid for refund of 40¢ each. (if you buy Visitors are welcome to tme class. And anyone wio
500 copies or mora i won't sell to anyone else inm your area (such as Chicago sends me & self-sadressedz5¢ stzmped manila emvelope will get & whole bunch of
end suburbs) for less tham 50¢ each during 1973 without your permission. ) stuff i've gathered on wind power. 1l'a e interested in where tneyare located,
Vonulife, FOB 248, Paradise, CA 95969, the topography and average wind speed so I can explain what's possible for them.
later, Lee Johnson, 5300 N¥ Siyline Blvd., Portland, OR 97229. (503) 292-3074
I'11 be glad to forward mail for people using this address. I already do &
little of this enykow. Basic charge is $2/mo., payable any way: casa, stamps, 4 _SGLAR SAUNA
crecic, m.o. Johan T. Harllee, P.0.Box 1245, Plorence, South Carolina 29501.
I have recently built a solar heated structure that readers
VONU FORTWIGSP. Live and learn wildersess-vomu for up to 14 days in Siskiyou may find interesting. I'm sitting in it now as i write this.
region, assisted by Boberta aad Tom. We cam show you how, help you: scout These are the weather conditions here at present: temperature: 23
sites; erect shelter; finesse trails; prepare inexpensive whole-graine; degrees F, windss 5 to 10 MPH, sky: partly sunny with a thin haze,
forsge wild foods; store supplies; cache valuables. At least 20 hours of time now is 3:00 in the afterncon. This structure, which i call
personclized imstruction, demonstratiom, mseistamce, consultation, We furaish: a solar sauna, is sitting in the fleld out behind my house. The
campsite, rain shelter, mosquito bar, ground pad, cooking gear, food, lamp, solar sauna sits on a plastic ground cover which is lying on the
tools, oooke and maps. You bring: clothes, beddimg and any other personal snowe. It is entirely unheated, except by the sun. I'm sitting
itema such as snocebite iif and firearms, Extras we can furnish (extra chargs): inside completely nude, & i'm quite comfortably warm. In fact,
bedding, local trameportatiom, attended venicle pariing, help sstting up if i stay here too long, i will probably get a sunburn,
‘permanent’ shelter or supply staen. Your campsite will be im forested, The structure is made mainly from corrugated cardboard. I
mountain area; batnimg ole in clear crees less then one-half mile away; pasted up cardboard boxes cut flat, 5 layers thick, with wallpaper
moderstely secluded - over mile from nearest settlement. This is not & paste., The grain of each layer runs at a right angle to the
‘survival course' - i.e., how to stay alive after a plane crash until ome can preceeding layer. This gave me a building material that was 3/
get back to 'civilisation'. We emphasise ways of living out of sight, in inch thick, falrly rigid, light, a good insulator, & dirt cheap
confort, much of the time. We are still learning, too . But maybe we can (cardboard was free). Also sheets could be pasted up to any size
advance you in your quest. One or two people, $70; additional people in even if only small pieces of cardboard were used. Edges were
&roup,$20 eacn; sdditional days, $1 per person. Sorry, no animals. trimmed off strate, & edges & surface cracks & holes were pasted
20% Geposit, Sey when and now you will arrive; we will send directions to over with strips cut from paper bags using flour & water paste.
meeting place. Allow at least six weeka for mail to be relayed to us. All sides of the solar sauna except one are made of cardboard.
4Lk, Box 91, Berkeley, Ca 94701, The exception is made of clear plastic stapled over a light wooden
framework,
MONOPOLY, Why nstural soil management was sbandoned. MAL-NUTRITION - Wnat The structure has basically the shape of a regular tetrahedron
you and I can do about it, 22 pgs. References. 31.00 pp., J.R. Roaf, (3 sided pyremid). The equilateral triangles are 4 feet on each
P.0.Box 271, Uilo, Ore.97455. "One of the most important events that can edge & there is a collar of 3 rectangles around the bottom which
occur in the area of edvancing understanding of human liberty is for epecialists raiges the pyramid up 10 inches. This forms just about the
in various avemues to apoly the gemersl principles of economic understanding smallest structure that one person could sit inside of in any
comfort. To sit inside crosslegged with your back to one corner
in specific weys. dJemes R. Roaf has donme this in his monograph on monopoly, is the only possible position. The panels of the sauna were put
by teicing some of the basic concepts relating to competitive economics and together with masking tape. It was painted on the outside with
srowing how they relate o natural soil management." Robvert Leevre, Presi-
dent, Rempart College. "If your pamphlet doesn't sell it will be because of varathane for waterproofing & on the inside with aluminum paint
2n apathetic public. It is a masterpiece," Ray to get a highly reflective finish. 3
The top pyramid just sits loosely over the bottom collar.
Tse E,S.P. Publications Directory lists over 800 unusual publications and Altho the top overlaps the bottom section, the construction is a
organizations. Not only the occult, metaphysical and mystic mags but the little sloppy & edges don't meet perfectly. Some cold air do
mind expansion self-help ovgs &s well. A couple of dozen large herb dealers blow in, but it feels like a refreshing breeze. (I'm sweating
are listed as well @x where to get cancer cures banred by the AMA and goodness quite a bit now.,) The structure sheds rain & snow fairly well
knows what all. $1.00 to 'big mag' readers. 50¢ to V.L. readers. & stays dry inside, but after a couple weeks out in the weather,
Fry. 879 Parx, Perris, 92370, water is seeping up from underneath, waterlogging the bottom. The
plastic may do more harm than good by holding water like a saucer.
Newsletter Connects you with the forces for freedom and individualisn, Probably the bottom panel should be made of wood & raised up off
Samples, $1. 68 pp. Directory, $3. Mega, A-57y, $730 Hyne, the ground. The upper panels remain completely sound. Only the
Brighton, MI 481186, masking tape is coming a little loose on the inside. This structure
is stable in winds to 20 mph & perhaps higher without being weighted
In the March 1o issue of WIN Megagine, PHIL BRRRIGAN writes about theHarrisburg down, The tetrahedronal shape means the transparent side catches
trial. JI POSEST exemines the events leading up to the trial. Subscribe mow the sun’s rays for most hours of the day, without having to move
end receive the Marcn 15 issue FREE, Subscriptions: $7/year. single copy: 50¢ the structure, as long as it points generally south, & there are
WIN MiZaZ1NE, P.0.Box 547, Rifton, NY 12471, no dark (cold) corners inside. No other shape would do this as
well, You feel no cold or wind inside. The inside is a bright,
AGAINST Idn %ALL - leading the intellectual revolution against coercivist thinking. cheerful environment. It makes sunbathing on any somewhat sunny
Sample copy, 25¢. AGAINST THE WALL, P.0.Box 444, Westfield, N.J. 07091. winter day possible, & costs zero in fuel.
Secret mail receiving/Forvarding. Gbsslute I see this structure as being of considerable interest to
wilderness vonuans who are planning for survival during the winter
privacy Guarantsed. Use any name. (ther in a cold but sunny locale. This structure can be built quickly
needs. MEMON
services available, spocif ! eur POB 658, laradise,
& easily by one person, costs almost nothing, & will keep you
z
rated. Deteils From: MYOB Services, s warm with no expense for fuel down to perhaps zero degrees of temp
& 20 mph of wind, The only drawback is that this structure is too
“a 93969, small to stay in comfortably for long. I°m thinking about a
by BERTAKIAN CONNECTION is an open-forum laissez-faire magagine for liber- similar structure which would be a tetrahedron with 10 foot edges.
tariaze. ALl subscriders have the privilege of contributing material, which This would give a unit big enuf for 2. You could stand, sit, or
#ill not be edited, LC i known for ite creative ideas on practical actions lie down in it., Even such a structure wouldn®t be a complete
and theoreticel consideratione in the expension of both individual and larger~ solution, since the sun won‘t be shining all the time. But in
scale freedom. Por a sgmple send 25¢ to: Lisa Dawn, Box 90913-VL, Los Angeles, combination with a good sleeping bag, much of the warmth maintenance
%A 80009, problem would bé solved.
This structure has certain drawbacks., For one, it isn't
liske money selling Yomilife 73 in your shop or through your mail-order biz. portable, But maybe a portable structure (backpackable?) could be
fou se! r %1 eacn. You pay only 50¢ a copy plus 50¢ a shipment, postpaid, constructed on the same principle. Also it would be highly visible
(Example - 10 copies for $5.50.) Send money with order. Unsold copies in & conspicuous., But then, it could be hidden in trees & brush as
resalesble condition mey be returned postpaid for refund of 40¢ each. long as the south side is left open to the sun, And it may not be
Vonuiife, POB 248, Paradise, CA 95969, visible as far off as a column of smoke rising from 2 wood burning
heater, There's condensation on the inside of the plastic,
probably from my breath, but it's not a problem if you avoid
To Len: HIND GRNERATOR Verca 14, 1973 touching the plastic. It may reduce the heating effect of the sun
by cutting down on the transparency. There's no condensation on
(About time I remewed myfree subscription by sharing my situation.) Yo longer the other surfaces & they are warm to the touch,
very momedic. I get around Portland eand its environs a lot a8 my friends and As 1 get out of the solar sauna 2 things strike me vividly:s
1 are fizing up & house in the woods in exchange for three years free renmt. i really am sitting on the ground in the middle of all this snow,
I teach every Tussdny avening from 7-10 pm at Portland Community College, & it really is cold out here.
Bylvania hn, B1307. The class in on geodesic domes: sun, wind, methane and
wator power; inflatable structures and, meinly, on anything that helps people Just passing along some information in case anyone can make
becoms more indepandent by giving them some of the skills they needto survive, good use of it., The coding of social security numbers works like
I really find myself focused on acquiring all the kmowledge and inow-how needed this: The number is nine digits in the pattern 000-00-0000. The
t design and build your own home and power it independently of the power first 3 digits designate the office where the number was issued,
company umbilical cerd. 4. s practical eppiication of all this, we are building e.g. 097 would be the Albany, NY office (i don®t have a listing
a 15! diem.. 3-blade wind gessrator to power our wood furnace blower and water of office codes available)., The next 2 digits tell when the number
pump up ou the ridge where we live and in class we ars building a 30' diam., was issued; not the year, but the series. Currently they're in
4-frequency, § sphere dome for a local artist, 1 have found Jim Stumm's the 70°s or 80's., The last 4 digits identify the individual.
Jim Stumm/Box 29, Hiler Branch/Kenmore, NY 14223
methana power bibliography very useful and, since I learned & lot about windmills
from Hars Meyer (Windworks, Rt.3, Box 329, Mukwonago, Wisc. 53243) I'd enjoy
passing it on. may 73 vomlink 12 poolpage a
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 $EANAGAY WILIERNESS SCioQL
Last month I mede the local 'swap meet' and saw a fellow sitting down with &
4. un wilderness School down coat that I fancied end after running off at the mouth and waving a $10
cept that it's pretty far frou being a "school" bill at him for a time, I guess he temporarily lost control cause it's now my
in any comson Sense of the word., As you snow, we went all newest coat. Sort of have & guilty conscience tnough - when I left the guy
out for ral years — going uwfter boardin; students and looked sort of lost and cold. g i hatic gueaters are like all other pure
indiviiuals who were open enough to live with the absolute synthetic materials. They tend to exeggerate body odors very quickly -
freedom thut our environment permits, and lalented enough something wood rats like me don't need. The greatest thing I can put next to
to free those city-raised boarding kids. ny skin is wool. Some can't do it but I love it and it minimizes natural
We ran into lots of trouble: first of all, uost of the odor. Fell in the oceen one rainy miserable day lest month in Baha, Mex,
people were from the U.S., which means that they had no and would have been a cold rat if it had not been for the wool I alsays keep
experience at all either with wildernes: or with themselves. in the car for such misheps. I love ailk ana linen but haven't had too good
Lainly, they were just so "trip-oriented" that they couldn't luck with silk lasting and linen is awfully hard to find. Cotton is great if
see what was actually happening around them at any given time, one has washing facilities and can change as required. In fact it's such a
Likewise with the older kids, altliough the younger ones were good Dblotter that a person could go bathless if he changed of ten enough.
less of a problem. Anywey, to get back on the track, I think that for warmth it doesn't make amy
difference 1f you are wearing down or stuffed eaw dust as long &s the inches
we've always had our visitors — the ones iho were decent are there. This is especially true in sleeping gear and shows why foam
enough to let us know they were coming ~ camp by themselves rubber is such a good cheap insulation. 1it's thick and not full of thin spots.
for awhile before making contact with them; that solved the
outside infection problem as well as gebting them un-strung For years I have been latching onto every GI down and feather bar that I can
a bit before trying to relate with them, After a time, we find under $4 (swap meets, etc.). I usuallysleep in them until they become
realized that everyone over the age of about 12 was going to 0ily &nd then I rip them up for the stuffing, Inmy ven I have a winter
need some time to become acquainted with life, so we would comforter made from such sources and I baffled it well enough so that it is
have each couple camp alone in an isolated area, totally @ solid 3 or 4 inches throughout. Down proof cloth is hard to find but cotton
wild and untouched, for maybe a week, then they would split ticking works and 'rip stop' fine weave nylon cen be found in a few yardage
up aud camp alone for another week. Then their kids, if any, shops for a dollar & yard (gulp), I don't like to sleep next to nylon but
would join them for another week, followed by a week with often use a cotton liner in such situstions. Cotton bags are great for a
another family who'd done the same or who was already with while but get oily too quickly and washing is & hassle - never use anything but
us. This "therapy" solved nearly all the problems. moap (bar, etc.). (Try your Amway or Basic H and you'll find & pile of crud
where feather should be.) 4)g5 while I'm &t it, get yourself a big epool
The only trouble from the bludg came from the fact that the of nylon sewing thread and forget the rediculous flimsy cotton stuff that can
Dept. of Immigration and Manpower was very much concerned let you down monthe ahead of when -. Enough for the rest of your life shouldn't
about all these Americans coming in without legal status in run you more then $3.50 in a big city garment district and if you get tan you can
Canada; they'd be subjEect to deportation if they looked for sew about any color of material. You cen make some nice things if you tighten
work or found it necessary to use our free medical or hospital up the sewing machine tension spring enough to get & good tight stitch. And
care, or went after welfare. So we got carefully looked over. iyow don't have to sell your soul for down either. I have thrown in handefull
This was when the flow of exiles from U.S. fagcism was at its of downy stuff from lats of eatin BIFdS. g oie are materials with reflective
peak anyway, so_the Mounties were really hopping trying to properties have come & waye since I bought one of the duralingumus?cloth bags
keep up with all of them. In case you don't know 1%, there in the 50's, but didn't see anthing too earth shaking then and probably wouldn't
are about 200,000 American exiles now in Canada (not "a few now. Anyhow if this keepe someonme from going out and spending & lot of hard
hundred" as Nixon says frequently) and many okhers in Sweden. come sheckles for 'commercial! mew stuff then I'm doing my warmest.
A big visitor problem was dogs; we made it quite clear to
those who wrote ahsad that we couldn't take any Lassie-trips, SEAT TEE IRS CANNOT FORCE YOU T0 DO
but lots of people tried dropping in. Many failed to find
us, but most of those who did had a dog or two with them. Nomerous court decimions have estsblished that certain illegal demands normally
One of our guys just looked up one day to see a dog racing made by the IRS upon citisens cannot be enforced if the citizen claims his rights
toward him through a garden of seed lings; he grabbed his under the Constitution. Bome are ae follows: You do mot have to anewer
rifle and shot it dead without a second thought. And a few questions asked by the IRS. Youdo not have to produce your private records.
minutes later these two Californians came wandering in yelling You do mot have to obey & summons imsued by the IRS. The IRS has even admitted
their dogs name over and over. Stuff like this kept us : the above in senate hearings but strives desperately to prevent this from
uptight that whole summer. Our wildlife doesn't like dogs, 1becoming widely knoWn. (4115 39 from a sheet distributed by Marvin L. Cooley,
our gardens don't like dogs, our concern for health, serenity .
and nice peaceful wholeness doesn't like dogs. Aside from {535 Tast Baseline Boad, Meea, Arizona 85204, Cooley mlso dimtributes
‘The Big Bluff "one bundred twenty-eight peges of legal information on how the
that, just the sound of a dog barking - or someone barking
at a dog - is 00 much to take out here. average American citizen
Intercal Reveme Service", for $5.)
can protect himself from tke illegal tactics of the

So anyway we're getting back now to what we originally i

intended: a bunch of hermits, hermit couples, hermit kids, SNLICENSED DOCTORS
Living wild and free over thotisands of miles of wilderness,
The 160 acres of "school" property has become our "village'; In the yellow pages of the Manhattan, New York city, telephone directory there
a place to come together, trade, make things, fish in the are listed about 6,500 napes under “Physician," According to a survey conducted
lake, make medieval music, do Balkan dances, grow the food, by the office of the State Attorney General approximately 9 percent of these are
and goof around. Ve spend evenings often just enjoying the unlicensed doctors. The Brooklyn yellow pages contained 13.8 percent Wao were
beauty of young happy faces, eyes shining in the Firelight. jpracticing without suthorization, (from Awake, March 32, 1973)
I was just thinking how long it takes us city people to get
Iyee. 'Uhis i3 my TAth year 1iving "oui-of-doors" and most TASSIUM PERMANGONATE
of that time in truly wild places. But it took awhile
to becoue. guess 1'11 call it non-verbal; when the mind— Have had people esk where to get the wonder solution Potassium Permangonate
chatter went away, and cverything seen, smelled, heard, since it is prescription stuff mow. VWell you go down to your feed store
‘touched and tasted was experienced directly without brealking egain - - ‘hey use it in chickenwater to keep the birds insides in good shape.
it all down into words, Direct sensusl experience. I'd Dilute it until it is & faint purplish hue. Infections clear up if sosked in
gusss that many of our Native people enjoy open senses t0o, it and every woman should use it faithfully as a douch if they are bedding down
but I wonder how many whites? Maybe just some of us Vomu with more than ome pardner. Not only prevents VD but gete rid of the cancer
types who've been able to overcome the heavy conditioning virus, etc. which couses a great percent of middle age women to have female
which causes us to intellectualize everything. Comments problems. "Studies have shown nuns and celebates don't usvally have the problem®
anyone? end occurence is less in & one mate relationship." Refer to How to Survive the
Depression. 41falfe Frank
Well, I should type this over but I'd probably make just as
many mistakes and slop it up, and I don't have a betber
ribbon either., = the thing below is from
Fast Furnishing by Pantheon Books. A manual of fumi- |aug, populer science.
I nave Vonulife copies #4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; would like to ture design for those who find them-
have all others; really want to hear how my kindred souls Do you want to know “how to build selves increasingly on the road, the Shanks. B.%.. 0¥ clivpitie)
are making out., and where to buy lightweight furniture ook is a design accomplishment in it-
that folds, collapses, stacks, knocks self. The text s not set in type; it is,
down, indlates, or can bo thrown away xather, drafted by the authors. So are
and recyoled”? Read Nomadic Fumi. the excellent illustrations. If the anxiety
ture by James Hennesy and Victor of moving your possessions is upon
Tom Anderson
Papanck, 'to be published this month you. this book ey be you refuge.
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EKREPING IT ALL WABM
(L MATIRESSES CAN
by Al Fry B BOUAHT For ¥3*
Blundering along these years in sucha 'hard! world has toughened my brain far | A 1TALIAN AROHITELTUGAL
more than 1t hes my body. The problem of keeping warm has been of course one o £ ) GRUP [STupio Gy
the problems and & skinny frame seems to exaggorate the problem &t times, Time [N MILaN] Have
wao whon I worked in the H.W. in the Summer and spent what I could of the Winte: T
in Mexico but sort of coulda't find 'my' people down there. Now I hover im
Southern (alif. dufisg the worst months at least. But there are time
We were onto down coats in the early '50's’ but it is an expensive proposition
Have lost $50 coats and rulned my frame of mind for weske. Btill find myself
afraid to leave the darn things eitting in ulocked vehicles. But tis true there
1o mothing 80 B8, gy 4p gomething I love and feel @ lot sasior sbout sling ing
over my meat. After all mio would Went to wear such a hairy greasy smelly - Traffic spy
wonderful thing but me. 1 have friends ®ho tell me thoy kecp just as warm with == Oty 1t may be watching you.
the fur side out. But I think it dspends - old shorter hair fur coats of the Orbis is an electro-optical
Tebuilt 'goodwill! varicty seem to hold heat well hair out tut 'baby' whem it's teaific monitor thot checks
your road speed. Going too
G014 I put oy goat bair job on with the fumsy aWff dn. oo S Tast? Orbls will take a picture
spent a hard earned $30 for one of the Mexican bulky knit wool jobys in San e of your car and you, add your
1 ot vec s vy iicansa piste, and record toca-
Francisco. Btill have it, but found thet they could be found acrose the border PRkoy ey tion,
Shced.time,Oroisdate,
and posted
for balf the price and are m little too susceptable to enags to suit me. e ‘fifm;“"b‘zg;‘.,,g\.,. e of
s raiments
LTV Aerospace.
Mized.alcobal and lamolin together and peinted it over to get some of natural
o1l - water repollancy back. Fas verymarm but nosded & nylon windbreaier in Saturdey Review of the Arts 3/75 clipped by MTOB
windy weather. nay 73
vonulink 12 poolpege b
s CnSB F@E NON-C RCION BaSsD ON HATIONaL SeLF-INIEKBST %(1) by Ruyo lagiz Could 8 bend of coerclivists uvoic tnese problems by ugreelng not to
coerce each other, only outsiders? Thls 1s often mttesptea. Every
The ethi .1 principle of non-coercion #(2) can be stated: One should not Stete is such &n ettempt. But, without s genersl principle of sows
inittate the use of physical force ageiust a volitionel being or ugelnst king, y mgreement 1s without oesis. »(14) e will turn on
property he hes crested or scquired through voluntury consent. x(3) others first time they percelve savantege. sand this possloliity
P lany people espouse this principle. But most urguments for it are leads to distrust and sometimes pre-emptive strikes. P I
aysticel or eltruistic. #(4) Some sre blatently so; they invoke 'God's cleim thut sdopting non-coercive ethics 1s in the self-inter
¥111' or 'the Good of Soclety as & whole'. Others ure more subtly so, everyone. But I conclude, thut for myself &t leest und probsbly for
snd talk ebout 'natursl law' or 'innate rights' sithout clesrly defining most who seek to control tneir own lives, non-coercivisa will meximize
these terms. P Some supposedly-egoistic arguments for non-coerciviss efficlency, probuble safety, trude opportunities und emotionel cupacity.
tre merely reformulstions of Kant's categorical imperstive snd thnus
systicel. One example:r "I I deny inviolute rights to sll others, I *(1) This srticle was prompted by nd ls in part e reply to "hvery sen
cennot claim such rights for myself." #(5) 4 critic mignt respond: For Himself", Krista Xerinye snd N. Strakon, 20July7l iNVICIUs.
™My recognition of inviolste rights of all others will predictably have *(2) This 1s sometimes called tne libertsrian ethic. I
only negligible effect on whut rignts, if sny, w1l others consider tera because meny who egree with non-coercicn, including ayself,
inviolute (ussuaing no God who enforces unlform rights)". =(6) inother other elements of libertarisnism, especislly its strategy tnd politles.
exemole: "I don't initimte force beceuse I'd rather live in a world %#(3) This gives rise to complex snd controversisl boundery guestiouns
wrere nost people didn't." *(7) & critic might respond: "I, too, such as: What constitutes force? W#het is & volitionel belng? ahel
woula prefer such a world. But 1 heve no reason to belleve thet my constitutes property, especislly In the cuse of lund snd inventions?
conduct will significantly affect the averags conduct of the world's Whet constitutes initimtion? But herein I consider only bluck-end-wl
posilation. cases of coercion/non-coercion. P With boundery problems, this seeaingly-
To buse non-coerclon on retional self-interest, what must I saow? simple concept becomes very cluttered. I wonder if there is tn titernate
nly that I can expect overall benefits from udopting 1t -- i.s., from formulation (set of general principles) which handles boundery questions
espousing, interndllizing end habituslly acting in sccord with it. I more neatly. (analogy: Ptolemeic and Copernlican fruames of reference for
need not prove thut coercion would NeVER be in my self-interest. My astronomy.) But I don't tnink rejecting ethicel principles ls Lhe unswer.
ton to'embrace or reject an ethical principle is not the sume us #(4) But eltruism can elwsys be resolved to either mysticism ("It is
sion on ection in & partlcular situstion, tho the former may my Duty to (society, country, race, humenity)") or egolsm ("I enjoy
decisively efrect the latter. An ethicel principle is only sn ubstractio o, helping others"). %(5) The Categorical Imperztive: "t so that you
wnd like any sbstragtion, only 8pproximstes what it represents. can will that the maxim of your ectlon should be & universel law." To
Sozeone's conception-of-A is not A4 -- 8 msp IS not the territory. But vpoint up the equivaslence to it (or to 'The Golden Rule') mnd it s
aps and otner abstractlons sre often useful. P In rare situatlons inedequacy es @ besls for non-coercion, consider & converse exsuple:
thitisted force msy be in one's self-intersst, snd holding & non-coercive "If I grant to &ll others the right to repe me, then I cen claim the
ethic (internalized us habltusl response) will mean loss. But this right to rape enyone.” *(6) Xerlnye snd Strakcn *(1) hold thet
loesn't prove thet saopting the ethic wes irrationsl. any principle is "natural rights is en invalid concept”. Since 'rights' hes religlous
ndopted PRIOK to the situstion. The probabllity of overall benefit or end Buthoriterian connotetions, I prefer to uvoia the tera rather tnsn
s, Judged at time of amdootion, 15 hut 1s significant. P Siailerly, attempt to selvage it. *(7) But if 'subculture' or 'tribe' ls
in séme sutomobile @ccldents one is more apt to survive if not encumbered substituted for 'world' this becomes en srgument besed on egolsm, since
with & sufety belt. bBut this doesn't prove that hebltuslly fustenin one cen choose and be chosen by & subculture/tribe. %*(8) 1 doubt thut
safety pelts is & mlstske. Overall prooubilities of survivel/non-injury 2 situetion ethics -- 4BSENCE of principles -- i readily internelized.
a2re what count. More likely I suspect, someone who cleims this ss his ethic is influenced
Most eritles of non-coercion ethics espouse situation egolsm, which 1s: esceclully by ethics (ettitudes and habits) he has plcked up from other pecple,
#01d no general principles (except this one); slways act sccording to es @ cnlld. It's sasier 1 think to replece heoits end
self-interest as perceived in tne situation @t hend. Such ® critic might attltudes with different ones than to simply drop them. *(9) slter-
suy: encamber yourself with principles? Why build spooks in your netsly he 2sn choose & cereer in & form of crime (mwil-order freud?)
nesd? Why not play it by eer?" x(8) P In reply: at sny time I can not requiring split-second declsions. But this & involves much tize.
conscisusly consider only @ very smell part of whut is around me. I must %(10) Some of thess pointe were reised by previcus INVICIUS articles
deal with most of my environment through hablt snd emotion. So the responding to Xerinye end Strskon. *(11) as & potentisl friend or
devslopment of generazlly-uppropriste heblits is to my adventage. 1f I can business associste, & situstion egolst mey be considercd less desirable
walk over ordinmary ground without deliberuting about esch step, 1 cen then a treditionally religious person who, while not consistently non-
better think Bbout what is eround. P 4n ethicel principle, when coercive, is at leest fairly predicteble. *(12) aboat internslizeticn:
internelized, becomes hublts and ettitudes. So the centrsl question of Conscious conclusions eoout whet I ought to do, strongly sffect ay
tnls erticle reduces to: Is developing non-coercive hublts and &ttitudes attitudes but with & time deley of several yesrs. &xssuming such & deley
in my retionsl self-interest? P Consider tne slternative: situstion in others, I would not expect & newly-avowed non-coercivist to so sct
egoism. As emch situstion arises will I have time to deliberste? To the consistently, esnd would tailor eny essogistion eccordingly. *(1%)
eontrery, most opjortunities to coerce are fleeting and require split- This 1s 2150 &n argument ageinst 'conventionsl' 1iving errungements for
second declslons. Xerinye und Strakon *(1) gave two exemples. (1) You
vonulsts end spplied liberterians, wilch lnvolve spending most time
&re one of two astronéuts in & spacecraft refurning to earth. Suddenly sround hostile peopie. *(14) An mssoclution (&nd sgreement) smong &
you discover thet oxygen has leeked out; only enough remains for one bend of coercivists could be end often is on the besis of the genersl
@en. (2) You ere alone und see & big wed of bllls lying beside &n principle: One should not assoclete with snyone who hes coerced him
inconscious form in & dark ulley. If one hesitates -- in the first or his fellows (but it's okay to ussocikte with people who have coerced
sitautlon the other astronaut muy strike first or oarricade himself; outsiders). Such &n associstion will continue only so long &5
in the second situation the drunk mey regain consciousness or someone enticipated benefits of future essocistion exceeds benefits of coercion
else mey come. P In both situations one is most ept to benefit from against & fellow. Thle depends in large p=rt on aifferences cetwsen
cosrcion 1f one &cts ouickly, without deliberstion. But even these fellows end outsiders. The most durable governments &nd lesser criminel
exemples involve meny considerstions. In the Epacecraft, more oxygzen syndicates have been those different in culture or rece from their
nignt ve generasted by electrolysis of weter. Or the men can spend subjects/victims. &£ weyerd member could not essily/ettrectively
periods in drug-induced coma to reduce oxygen consumption. Even if no tdissppeer' snd find new sssocletes. P & Stute inverlstly tries to
slternstive to death 1s lumedimtely apparent, & solution zay be found indoctrinete its cubjects, especially 1ts lower-echielon functusries,
with further thought. Might it not be wiser to chence this, or even to with either or both of the following beliefs: (1) The enemy is
jein in some cheut-proof form of Russian roulette, than face possible significenly different -- not realiy humen end therefore 'fair geme'.
(2) The enemy is reelly the sgsressor; the Stete &cts in self-defense.
revenge by the other xen's friends and relatives back on earth as well In either case the State is trying to invoke genersl ethical princicles.
85 possiole destructlon of the craft in & fight? 1In the second
situetlon: Is the drunk still unconscious? (Is it a drunk?) Might (The euthor stipulates that this article mey be reprinted by mnyone,
someone be watching from &n unseen window? Might 1t be & trep, perneps without special peraission, provided INVICIUS is credited snd address
set by non-coercivists to profitsbly punish or eredicate coercivists? and price are given.)
P Kerste training emphasizes development of eppropriate habitual (Originally published in Dec. LNViCLUb, Fox 8542¢, Hollywood, S 5uuizj
responses. A combstant who tries to think thru each move s soon dis- 75¢ sample.)
abled. Siailarly, somsons who hopes to gain from cosrcion must not
only reject principles, he must train himself to spot opportunlties and
sct guickly, else he will miss or bungle them. This is one cost of
coercion to the coercer: time/effort/attention which could otherwise LHOUGEES ON FitbsbUh SLmlbe Vonu/A vz
be devoted to other pursuits. x(9) *(10)
4 second, obvious cost is risk of defense or retribution by the when some pro 7
vietim or by his friends or sgents. P & third cost to the coercer 3 a encurh vonu for vora to be attra ve ¢
s ostracism. He is not likely to develop close, long-term relation- more than an experimental basis? Or heve we reached only a point of dlmin-
snips with people he finds desireble. Even other coercivists would ishing returns beyond which & vast effort will yield mall
rather associete, between crimes, with those who &rs hebitually non- Improvement? P To comceptualize this betrer 1 made in thetermsfollowing of mean time
coercive. Even if & coercivist is never caught -- even if he never graph. The ver axis represents vonu expressed
sctuslly commits coercion, he gives sublininel clues to his attitudes to harassment (ITH Fach vertical unit is aprroximately a ten-times
and hablts thru gestures, expressions, inflections, mannerisms, false increase i PP e horizontal axis represents amount of activity;
sturts. He mey claim to be non-coercive, but in vein. Others will be also difficulty of concealment. I'ne units are: e Summer survival
unessy when around nim end will prefer to &void him, sltho they may Tent =nd bedding suftficient for sleeping, eating, ding. Cccup
not slways know why. P How serious & loss this is depends on his one or two able-bodied adults. The occupants hole once up; eat only
life-style and gosls. If he prefers to drift sround the fringes of food. Ihe occupants come and g0 not oftener than survival a season. weveral-
big citles, forsaking close friendships, his loss may not be great. x(11) months supply of food is on hand., e All-weather -- Shelter
But schleving freedom will be very difficult. Freedom, whether thru adecuate for survivel,(not always comfortable nor only sedent
wilderness vonu, international wobillity, urban hideawsys and/or black around. MNeintenance and trips are during done good weather;
marketeering, 1s ennanced by close, trustworthy confedsrates. P activities and minimal housekceping are during cold/wet weather.
Meny freedom échievers are especlally sensative to subliminel indications A several-years surply of food is on hand; there is no Toraging.
of attitudes end habits, beceuse their freedom in part depends on spottin, 13 Gcoupants are abtle-bodied adults who come end go not Oftener than four
spies &nd other security risks. They, especizlly, are likely to shun & times & year. e (omfortable home -- Size and amenitiesfamily are comparable
situation egolst. (How big & rewsrd might be offered for information? to a small apartment or motorhome. ‘There is person. one small which may
ed [Ihe people come and
How much could he rip off? Will he be tempted? Ete.) *(12) P include small children or a non-able-bodi
foraging, punting and
Conceivably & coercivist might become such a good actor his friends %0 not oftener than once a month. There is some have no export products
would never cutch on. But this entails the greatest cost of all. He sro-holes, but they live mostly on stores., They
must constuntly suppress, lnhibit, fake -- and live in fear of & slip except possibly writing or art. e Small workshop or laboratory --
FRlectric power from water, sun or wind. Ana/a{
giving him away. *(13) I doubt thet he can do tnis and retuin & 400 £12 floor space. to outside &
deep cepacity for joy. 4nd without it his 'successful' rip-off s will consideratle cryptoculture. Freouency of communication
be hollow triumphs. mn-~73 -/
ol
 least weekly; transportation at least monthly. Export uc uses, tut these
include
devices. One
research/(_ievs-lopment, fabrication ofysmallpspecgfifp\;;o:?y
family, perhsps large, per site.
would be profitable only after considers
mentation and improvemen experi
t.
of itemg with high value o weight ratios. Agerega o Smeli manufac turing bulld a plane in 1910 inorder Someone ,-,olivd«)aa\;xf Eéé’;‘?ii”lé?‘si‘fj“ié'
to (at that tiwe) travel more
1500 ££° (may be several, separate units), Communitecation
floor Space is
with owtside :ptween LA and NY. Similarly our present capability at vonu coschs %
comparable to telephone/telefax. Iransportation 28 Umited usefulness. lost people prefer a comfortable home that is
Gonsiderable export and/or produces most of food. at Nore
least weekly.
relatively non-vomu to 'spartan
involved; perhaps two dozenzen people.
people. 8 Light
ig indusir
than one family probably would too except that (1) survivall with relative voma. fe
ossible. Also heavy fabricat
xtensive outsidc commerce ion for local tse. Daslystry trs== many procucts
i
: oapabilities, as we gain experience, to where we we believe we can increase oun
enjoy vom AW comfort
. . Up to several hundred people.
L eaporte
o Heavy
tion the year around; . (2) experiment ing with vonu
try and/or
Fy There is nothing immutable
communication/commerce
people. center. Up to 40,000 ;- fun, PP A winimun of D-level capability isis, necessaty for us, an adventure
for vonu &6
about this clustering of activitie s. be attractive to many people other than experimenters. Blevel
Thus someone with only swmmer survival mignt have a clandestine radio probably minimum for’ development of much of en 'alternate coonomy!ie
link comparable to telephone, while a group capable of manufactyring worthy of the name. PP How essily/cui
eht still import almost all
oBether notivities which seem
food. Rut I have attempted to oluster eapability by another order of magnitudecklyor two? can we increase our
It is tempting to
bo be comparably difficult to concesl, project past progress and assume we will keep advancing
with each unit representing a 10-times increase in difficulty of three years. 'On the obher hand we might be &t & point ofonediminishin level every
concealment, Thus, a camp and suppies sufficient for summer survival
can be easily hidden, whereas concealing heavy industry (such
Teturns. WP My present expectabions are that G and 1 can progress g
!conventional! steel mill) would be extraordinarily difficult. as Other & o level D primarily by refining present techniques - 1iving mostly
above ground and importing most
levels of activity are intermediate in difficult
TP dithin Ythe shaded area voru is not likely to y be ofworthwhi
concealment. probably recuire fully-undergroundsupplies. shelters
Progressing beyond D will
le -- i.e. nigues. (I'm more optimistic now (mr73) thanandwhen'new'I wrote access tech-
total costs of being vonu will usually exceed the total benefits. At mid-winter our plinu structure was doing well. And I've this (nv72).
boundary between viable and non-viable situations slopes downward The conc
the left, at least.under present conditions.. This is because (1) theto
uvalized smum life-styles which ease interface problems.)
PP
Lower levels of activity require much less equipment and thus a higher
PP Of course during the past six years we've plenty of uistakes
which slowed us down; ‘bhere was
probability of confiscation is acceptable; (2)
Activity are less suspicious and thus unlikely to theleadlower levels of S0 there was much trial and error, nolodsy one (we knew of) to Leach us
we could probably guide an
to serious loss inexperienced bub highly motivated person
even if discovered. Thus a voruan with only a swmmer camp will not
look or act much differently
to our present level in a year or less. But(whatwe aren't I way Six years
especially
a.o)
than someone on vacation, and is unlikely
to arouse suspicion if discovered. At most e will be ordered
interested in doing so until we reach level D; level C is not
Whereas a factory Tound deep in the woods (or otherwise hidden)to will move. attractive enough o justify a 'recruiting/training! effort.
almost certainly be the subject of an intensive investigation. Even if PP Vonuists disagree about whether one snowld first seek greater
activity or a greater NTH, Some believe that a neophyte should first
the operators elude capture, the equipment will most likely be try to build wp a large and profitatle but non-vonu (conventional)
confiscated. Almost certainly the factory will no longer be able to business, then attempt to vonu it. Fvidence is inconolusive but 1
operate, If three years ure estimated
cost of a factory (Hypic ), the factory will not be built if estim-
time to amortise the initial believe the opposite approach is more jromising: become vomu ab a
ated NIH is le 3 that. eptions involve 1llegal products relatively low level of activity, Lhen attempt to increase activity
with no non-vouu competitors such as drugs, with a very high profit while meintaining or increasing voru. Points: Lhe more people
margin and a correspondingly short time to amortize equipment costs. involved and the more interactions with that society, the more aiffi-
" The diagonal lines represent levels of capability one order-of- cult any change of life-style. A non-vorm enterprise is apt to have
megnitude (10X) apart. Six years ago, when I was becoming seriously little in common with a vonu enterpr: experience galned doing the
interested in vonn but had little experience, my competcnce was roughly former will probably not be particularly helpful when doing the
represented by line A, Three years ago, after experience with living latter, M Concealment is not the only means of being vomu;
in a van, competence had increased to line B. Today our ccmpetence there is alSo deterrance snd mobility., Bub someone sho emplogs
lev-1 is approximated by C. Fhus, at present, we can choose among ¥ Jjust = would-be rival
the following: & small tent, adequate for sumneronly, in a remote place Mobility is valuable only in conjunction with some kind of
with 100 years wlil; a larger tent and pment and supplies in concealment or deception; if one can be easily traced and identified
a place with year around-access and a 10 year NIH (the larger tent
wherever e goes, nothi is gained by moving., BP To some, accer
is also more visible). When we want a home with amenities comparable
concealment seems so diffioult or unp)ens that bhey opt instead
to a apartment we must move back to the ven, and the best we have
liberance -- playing 'legal interstices' while remaining otherwise
teen able to do with it is one or two years MTH. If I neededa year- ‘conventional! nnd visibdle. For myself, I'm not especizlly interested
aroun® vorkshop right now, 1'd have to rent space in a conventional
in liberance, partly beczuse millions of people alr
tuilding somewhere. Choosing a good situation and taking reasonable
those 'games! Tor all they are wort
chances are 1 could operate for a month before some bludg came with gimmicks much better than what s of tax lawyers,
ked to see my licenses (etc,). WP With our present ants, draft advisers, etc. are 301 And 'lezal stices!
ility (line G) we really aren't able to enjoy a comfortable
transitory -- es oulckly as many pe isc ge the bludg
he year around snd be vonu. The price of 1iving in the van move to close it. Of course
me submission to the bludg -- maintaining a driver's license, permanent security either; 1 be new detection, and countér-
paying atiention to the legalifies of parking in a particular avea, detection technicues. But once vonuans get 'below' the 'noise level!
atc. 4ith the van we are, in large part, enjoying liberty of environmentsal change caused by animals, weather and/or non-vonuans,
(lesal ianterstices), not vonu. And laws and their interpretations the bludg and their detectors will be at the point of diminishing
yfhwa change. PP So long as we have C-level oapability we can retwrns. In the short term certain forms of liberance have their
trade-off between increasing vonu and inoreasing activity, But attractions and are worth using. But I velieve vonu has greater
increasing both reguires more capability. #® GC-level vomu is long-range potential.
@ (except in a disaster survival situation) only 0 exper-
in vonu ('pioneers') who are interested in vonu for its BOOK HEVIEWS by Rayo 25ar73
evihat analogous bo experimenters with aircraft
10. These people built and flew aircreft (or tried to) VONULIFE 73, edited by Lan, Vonulife, Box 248, Paradise, CA 95969, #l.
not to yet Somewhers Caster (trains were faster than the first I haven't seen a copy yet but
I had an opportunity to read many of the
~xrerimental planes) nor even for aerial observation (balloons were articles submitted. 1'm not
exactly an impartial critic. I edited a
wore reliable) but simply to fly. Of course they enticipated future section on wilderness and wrote several other articles.
shelter Haelan
did the food section a condensation of her fortheoming book:
which is
swmmer all- comfort- small smsll light heavy OUT OF SIGHT EATING, PP I don't believe that VURULLAE 73 equals
living" --
the
survival weather able WOTK~ manu- industry industry advance announcement -- "a handbook and directory of vonu topics are
survival home shop facturing at least judging from the articles I saw; some importent
covered 1ittle or not at all, Nevertheless I can easily say that it's
the best 'now to become freer! book/magagine ever, and second only to
1000
years
THE LAST WHOLE EARTH CATALOG as a general 'self-liberation' aid.
D B P G H
HOW I BECAME FXEE IN AN UNFWEE WUilD, Harry Browne, Mecmillan, $7.95.
I've only a friend's copy, so far.
skimmed/read It's s).v\i.?;ar to Lee
and Skye's "What if there was a millenium and no one came?” article,
100 which was in LIMECAnLAN CUNNECZION and VUMULLYE; but much expande
goars It's the best vonuist philosophy/psychology theory book I've seen.
PP HOw I BECAME ... is not really a how-to-do-itbook. Browne's own
g ABA OF VIABLLITY experience seems to have been limited to slipping thru a few of the
vonu is profitable cracks in urbdan society. Specific suggestions are few (the only one
18 TN,
I recall is: try to work as a 'oubcontractor! instead of as an from the beliefs
Temployee'), Emphasis is on 'liberating' one's mind
years -
B TR and atbitudes of others as a prelude to becoming freer. Butasa
psychological 'self-help! text it is excellemt. #® Browne's narr
AKEA OF BON-VIABLLIIYN/ experience shows in his recommended reading list, which contains
vonm not profitable /) only theoretical2 books plus E o few investmen t letbers
stment Hatry
such asas Harry
letters such
miltz's. FBrown is not even aware Of suc! tut hostile; s B N,
TR ?;h‘é‘in't think it's a case of aware Frowne recom
7 //’///, mended the similar but obsolete HEIMEAIER'S BABLLCGMARHY in his
Xk, ) PP This book is expensive but comes ome: from a major
W/ publisher
e and so likely to be ordered by litraries.
/”,"// iy
0N TO LIVE 1N THE c
HE B43K AuBXICA, Willlam ;
; Kaysing, #55 in paperback.
This is another book I've only had sm opportunity fo soan. The =
publications (how to prepare
sestions on motorcycles and author's copy) see
(f / ! / / 3o ve good, reflecting the own experience. Otherwise, &
V1IN meterial pubiished
Seems fo be & hasty, Stale rehashin oflarge elsewhere.
The momadics secbion consists, part, of two long excerpts
5 3 I il
/ fzom vintage-1966 PaBFUL-e ! i% Listed under its olg
aays ' V117 TG 7T / /,‘ na i s it left four ye go!
me /o /////,",,/” it /f//‘///, / ////,// ety e - Small farming. It contains
e oWotoodo-it info; Some where-to-ge t-more-infe info, but
or VCflU AnUUNT OF ACTIVITY —
CUMPELENCE dnesn't come ol S0 WEC o5 a source for sources.
I8 slH DIFFICULLY OF CONCEALWEND == mrl3 2
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g
:
ng o rayo
woold rm bave suggested “vonu" in vonulife #1, page 14,

L
hol(i PRoberta ad Tom of Prefo
i % W‘.TvSa[\F o} JrL% “¥Oluntary end ¥o vUlnersbler.® e it .n 1ike wnich s a contraction of
vrticle. dated Not
5
25mr7l, "scuba” and *fopn,
using any existing word. rayo gives arguments for coining & new word r therthatth,
in
M Sear ch, of a_ lan
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(<2 \L{;\‘Z Smo =
Deur Len: Thenc you for your informative letier.ctier. It's a des
o ot oF M
4 trgmrg oF o gzrmv::?:xiuif :or How t5 I;:ve. 1'11 also send Peb. -8,8 19m
Iy Lo T: Gaide &s :mson as you the paperback Pirst Time
voe it's vhsted Undprils
o \H‘\Je %‘)SM
ol ; iy menti
ol
S 8"{0 ’7655 otker than as a reference
{n Kobin Hood s yosdiide
v I do sgree that the vest wmy y for anyone becaure Robin is a fairly hesvy book.
Qm(r mMma. o ars defense. to live is without having to put up
eush, However, we all rememver what ¥alcol
n X had to say about this. &
N ol i ahere are lots of lapsed mining clains
o oo satiohd
Sov - X e 3% ] 1’%%( ir Nevada
v
e
(QK, 47y overruns around your ares to those and
S ldahs 5 s 80 you might send
K, aed wiar o)
o sk s, owncd
11ving as one i able to use the rules siatup. iy 8lrong on mining claim
to protsct - o iort unumusl i tuation
'
N e Peace. love and sunsrine, 3:11 Xoyeing,
P -0.Box 2777, Napa, Calif. 94558
. OLANAGLN WILLERNESS SCHOOL
(somewhat outaated) 1) a commun
trovo~ QgL dent Hus
-
Jea no-compromise wurvival ity of aware young families
. r T | lau, 3) e iary for the chllarofen their children. themselves, the earth; 2) a concerned with thre

3) & retreat for "specialistaof”; thosea yet uoable to loave toe fesily wisien;
o \ % [ P
U s 'D’lc {‘ ewy froz the stifling fragmentality of Place to think. re-eva
luste aad integrate -
o a G the inatiiutsoy.
QAL ( £ Ay for children and acults alike, ¥e see no ¥ VIS SFee
surrounded by our own species reason in huddl ing together,
We're learni forever
live 23 & group..... ng waet 1t is to 3E - nat how te

ry (in Caneds) to fsolate ourselves

& J:‘ =
: reasons,
~ aung. Iy seems obvious
thet a child cannot icarn whe U 5
jo resl and mewningful from someone wao
is doing
© Ina truly natwral enviro ment - where pormality nomethi ng unreal: toachin
im reality - the chilg mey g.
?@fl&nca& a 8ee wiirn unclouded vision,
and sort thi,
\W‘U’\ Ae fasy ie uriquely able to recognire and deal out with @ fresh mind,
. With irrelevanciss ang 11lusi<ona,
us ne

Teram ¥e want to avoid

L s 2 @,ud’ Mmoue +
the
crowd (family) for anotber (communesubstituting common today:
reactionary
leaving one
h i <. Changing from familiar dietrectinns
(‘[)EC“’S old, fnd eacape techniques to zovel ones,
& Dingle s s( ll to arother; or from one wet of conforting rituai,
sANEA el =hll j ce Opposing social Tegimentatio
n with impulsive extremes
N . v eut than ge nuine spontaneity y
patural rather
flowing. Since we find spirit!ual joy
OPFTeh e v o, iz the fullness of life. and tural flowi,
we nneedn
G OF 8y of the other delurive method'ts umed pursus it thronen vain, obmessive friths g
O o une, oC (‘
oot N i
‘f =2
by those in unguiet. unkecpy pleces.
\e, ! Altrouughgh we still have roomo0 for
1 a few PZamilies and a limited
vals (including kids) : Y€ are no longer rumter
We find thet our Mteschers® taking people ms "teachers” nrof "asyie individe
h often have the most to learn,
cr.ud.:r. - the free, unhurt, uncondi and sur Younrent
;
J—o‘ o, s Sre tioned
S theones oy who have the most to teach, 5 e 1ittle people born right here -
hold no fermal clasees
Qs +‘\ow\_
vicus by now....
cia. (az (as ann 1
oo "ildern ess iz ke real thing and we want
@61 way. Fe therefore exciude to zeep it
'hq ) Ld_kfi—i motor vehicles, dogs, more than
énimals, and humans who have
& few gracing
n0% yet lesrned Tespect for
AR A guzzler far desert water supply
biological Giversaty

Firct,this ia nothing but a sheet to gather weter anc an

‘e 1t. Cpe person probably needs & gallon or more of undereround tan
Sent end two maybe would be encugh for drink'ng, cooking (tho verI advise
day for driis
N - possible inccoked for health) and some washinz. 365 days rer rear eatink cveryth m
is 365 gatlons
N oy <{—1 n minimm per person, & cubic foct is mbout 10 gallons (14xi%xl¥) so
VO would be al a 530 2a:lon tank
BxBIxB!, Rainfall is figuered in Luches 5o a rainfell of rey 177 is
T r €H§Q+n T cne_cubis £oot on one syusre foot of land surface
= per yeir, You would ared an atron
of 23'x23' to colleot tils 500 g. If the rainfall wers
Actually, doutling this wowld be best to allom extra for4 wrahirg
you would nred mhout 321x32,
on .. e year of deffiolent rein, etc. Alao I would have two taiks, sach th of Acran, nocidents,
o in oast one leaked or becane contaminated, “ull capacity,
bo_saved in case of deficient reinfall the &lo, eny extre on & previcus ywar could
following yaar, PUT 10 4P4RT Fost SN,
Varch 14, 1973 The apren is simply a large,
I'n & strong nealthy end intelligent 26 year old male. I've teen struggling the (best) concrete w th e low 3 slizhtly sloped piece of
last five or more years to carve out a niche wall eround it to keep out most leaves ctc, Tt can also e mede of plastic
for myself, wife and child (!) in {which doesnt lest long in sun but is cheap and et z
tnle insene, inhuman &nd sick civilisation. I know too much to ever be able to cen be taten in during dry season),
!f3t ant witn the mass newrosis and insanity. A better phrase would be or rarned eerth or bitunin (which could pive bad
Zlavor tc vater).
'sucked only be an inch or two thick, prefsrably rez.nfcrced ®ith vire cloth The concrete need
' Ultinately I'd like to have set up & wilderness place where children, N
vives. numans, etc. could be free. Anything I can do to this end I'11 do. Thel valis: chamnel Ua ter nto u Zrain (a 4" tile19 of) Tithe rilter S
e oy, Sloth to frevent snimalc ey
1 may pever achieve it but I will try.
Like 1 thick I'l1 have to €0 off mymelf oo tunblingresistin clais,
oxclude insects. This stouli be well fastened ancdrownin g andste,soreen to
and searcn arouad in person. I have basic knowledge and experisnce that would The drain leads dow intc the earth...about 4'%o undergroun stones,
l...the 4 of
cnable me to survive and live well all for free. In otrer words I'd nesd no insulates apainat heat eve.craticm. Tt should be more-cr-less watertight, earth
money for food,clothing or skelter, again, will do. 71 4
Like B.¥.Snerson said "The end of the
bupan rece will be thet it will eventually The ta
1ittle book by . Carpenter called "Tho Causedis andof civilizati on.” I have & good its cvm drain (che cen le Slusrac croed concrete and vou sherld huve
meter into the sthor). A two, each whth
Cure of Civiliratiomr
Fo Just want to live in peace, simply and in tune Witk the higher vibretions, mazhole, with cover, shauld bo in tothe divert memeudoed
icp of each to £ oilate emtry for oi
ewey from the low and gross, which includes most everywhers! Sy v ::Z;,i:,‘ ox B ShE e ciete Jhs ok 1y dedty
our om children in our own way, teacning them TRUTH. Re dg noto want to ra
believe in
cndrkis Yine wlp, b L B to protect sletrut
1and oupership and foel that man nas no right to anyihing except the products of
Loty g isaa of ko venestn o
bis own ) wita ~limocd valls, This could be tarrad and weed an oy ooy
labor and even thet skould be shared and the 'owner' ghould consider Sheoting insido.
ooy b
The heery
pimeelf as the caretuker und morker in partnership sith tke creator.
(6 m117) sheet (20 to 50! wide) 301d by Seare and i
1 work when I can get work and outlding sup lies would oe ok, fust
of money on Books that seem to ashave longpotential
as I can keep it. 1 spend large amounts
to open the road to freedom from shape. Use tfo cr three layvrs insidelapued into place or cit nbd hertogesied nto
‘he other, sach mude seperatesy S secuntoy
dEpendence on the factory and chemist and medical and check for Jeeks and 'nles befors using, Colorless would probatly or bt as
collection is matisfactory and nearing completion. machine, The
etc. So far my added coler weakens mater:ial
et abousiauds Atts, EITIkE venu pupers are a vital 5 in tize, dissolve int> weter. Sand smooth
PATC of thin LISAY 6 RRTle ' georie Lnner ael-s or rad with cowuated cardbeard, ‘Leave planty of sluck and fiue, the
e cxrcioard wd plastic tnco ylace, T ¢ 3011 wall'around the outedar of forr notoo nail,
interested in such vonu things and have them write to me, in hopes to help each
other out of this mucky smemp, this quick sand trap that 1t w121 nt cive and
The water may be exirccted Ly a seperste nive, stretca and tear the plastic,
we all seem to be in
@nether we see it or mo o2 - tut if the soreen in
"“ke screwed
Jim Savino, 207 2nd St., iltoona, PA 16602,816
l:‘eb‘:,"or dro
2, pped it
;i 2 el
-9425041. SAES Pitan n b pedused ¢ withn
= oral®By -
rer « couple bucss {1lso Herter) wil
Deor People, I'm currently a street musician and I sometimes build dulcimers, tufld s ev'e] (u/n honae)
1 wish to oe witn & oéx age group wuch as yours while I seek lice minded peopie.
1 plan fo visit a mumber of wuch groups before 1 decide acich is of greatest
wutual cenefit, Basically I'm heterosexual, tendisg toward a desire for variety,
1 nave a son now living with my father. I may huve a traveling coopanion,
Love, Hovert, San Pruncisco e Ty
c :zj/
-
Bear vonulife eattor, i enjoyed your publication and !deas Jen 27, 1972 f‘:};;“fl‘fl';fj‘ 20, att form wath oly ve
expressed therein and have found inspiration for wood top BLodt te necrille,
my creative work, i am
composing & vonu rbapsody, now, and later will write e
s more simple
that can be sung and played on the guitar. wuld like to know more vonu song Of ms. 0 The tankG onls
g
holds ecoees on oo b A
vord vom.. what langusge! i am enclosing $1 for the 1973 vomulife.
about the
printiog s mot too tiny. 1t's %o hard to read! hope the
Nancy. Tucson moving to ¥.J. may 73 vonulink 12 pace 9
 The 1ittle known sscret 1o keeping any electric going is perisdic
OUTDOCR GEAR sharpening
by Al Try with & very fine abrasive compound which can be hsd in some drug stor
(rasor sharpening compound). Blade people get an electric and promptly get
Bere are my opinions on some of the petty gear not usually mentioned. Tirstly, I disgusted with it in & couple of months after it gets duli - this makes an
try to get my hande on
stainless steel in all my metal except knives (I've never ideal eituation for a penny-pincher like me.
liked regardless nf price). I have carried around a Yorget about good Swiss and
bed a steinless knife 1 Oerman wind up resors and such. They are a waste of time. I've bounced
eimple swedish spoon with & fork tang and dull edge for cutting, for meny years. around the Pacific with a Forelco battery job and been able to get blades in
it sort of comes mext to bill fold and pocket imife. A stainless bowl is always Australis in a pinch for my cord model. The things mill even cut down
iz my duffel or on my table and anyone scrubbing alusinum junk with creei sand weeks worth of we d patcr in & pinch and I don't know of any others that will,
long enough will appreciate the difference. 1 buve also developed a jreference without a clipper gismo. A triple ooo clipper blade is the best thing to take
for squarish stainless trays and such to replace plates - you can't fill pla & beard off with and by grinding a little bottom overlap off a good Rahl
Up ¥itn juicy grub o @ touch of So8p Water afterwards. | 4oii¢ claim that & clipper blade you can get close enougn to almost forget ragors. After using
1ittle cooxing in aluminum gear will poison you but let thst acid fruit or lemon many brands and cutting a few tnousand heads of bair I can opinlonate danl
Juice set overnigat in copper of aluminun stuff and you'll know you've got bad pews . is about the best Clipper for the money. And before I forget
I've even been poisoned by copper screen wire shicn covered and toucbed my drying sBanpoo to clean the grease off your brusn before a shave maks
fruit, off w0 easy. Any cpinions? Al Fry
about tre best thing i carry in my van mess gear is a stainless pressure
cookcer wnich doubles as pot etc. I, Jjust saves a darn lot of time and fuel,
botn precious to & 'simple 1iver'. = ), 4 pagte basket I have a big stainless pot CAMDLE LANTERNS
wnich I have used as & bucket, cooked up larger amounts of grub in, filled with Lots of folks lanterns alresdy; this is for those who, like me
battery acid (while cleaning out the sulphated gunt in my ailing batteries),filled until lately, scovered them and are still nsssling witn battery
with grape Jjuice after a on at the vines and in general greatly enjoyed after posered flashlights that go on the blini at the blink of 8n €¥e. gaie a can
the demise of earlier plastic juni substitutes. After struggling along for years any old opened “tin® can, which is clean and at least 4} inches in diameter.
with short-lived watch bands of all makes I eventuslly even got 2 hold of a good 8tring a wire or any other non-burnable stuff for a handle across one side of
atainless Rolex band (spmething I haven'y needed of late however). gonenody's the can as shown. About an inch back from the open end of
going to call me on overlooking Teflon coated cookware but some of the Du Pont the can, punch a seri
the handle at the top of your lantern-to-be.
of five or six small holes under
binch pass this way infrequently and I understand even they son't use it. Yow cut
I suspect thet the feldspar it'. composed of is & rretty potent accumulative an ordinsry white candle to sise - about 3} inches.
poison althoueh I risk it all to make my frequent rice, corn, wheat and flax Light it, drop some wax on the bottom of the lantern
waffles in a teflon waffle iron. Corn and millet are impossidle in an under the holes and plant the candle upright in the wex.
ordinary iron and I don’t like all the refined cooking oil mixture. You're in business. Go out in the dark and try it.
These lanterns are fingeven in rain and moderate wind.
ABANDONED CAR IS ONLY HOME And theythrow plenty of light, you'll be surprised how
(from the toromto star,jam 3, 1973 - clipping by t.s.) much. Candles, it iewell known are lots cheaper than
batteriss, and in these lanterns they last about
The rusted wreck of a car, sbandoned beside & back road years ago, is Bob Taylor's 1jto 2 hours of ‘operating time'. by Ouy du lac
home. Be moved in, witn his crippled old moogrel ladde, last August when they (reprinted from the green rcvnlnlmg) mov. 71, 35¢,
were evicted from a shack on the farm he once owned 100 yards away. And there Bt. 1, Box 129, Freeland, Wd, 21053.
be stays, refusing help from welfare people who come from Chatham, 20 miles to
the west, and from provincial police who stop by once in & while. iy {4 the
inside of his Lome: A small oil lantern hangs on the rearview mirror. A cneap STMERGY: A Working Conference on Transitions & Social Caange. Stanford, Calif.
kitchen cloci sits on the dashboard. On the steering column hangs a pair of May 9,10,11 1973, "Synergy® will be a gathering of more than 500 "resource®
threadbare socks to dry. Tne front seat is his bed. 4 soiled pillow, & taitered people from the Rockies west - people who have begun to build new institutions,
create new work forms and live out new relationships, and who want to work on
blancet, & battered coat for warmth day and might. 1.4iiq gleeps in the back comon problems collectively. Everyome who attends will be a full participant
amidet toe old clotnes, jars, bits of food and anything else the G8-year-old man and resource to
OLBETS. yatg like this to be & real muts-and-bolts conference
can gatner in his daily tramp througn tne villages of this Kent County farmlend. wnich gives folks the opportunity to share problems, experiences, ideas, emergy -
¥hat food Taylor can scrounge he soares with his dog Wwno, despite a crippled through problem-solving and brainstorming sessions, information exchanges, small
paw, walte as pany as 20 miles a day boside his master. Taylor, clad in his group raps, etc On Saturday and Sunday the conference will open out into &
battered coat and ruober boots, is & source of embarrassment, most of the rural t®o-day Spring Festival for the Bay Area community aimed &t raising consciousness,
residents ssy. But he won't give up his nome until he's allowed to move back sparxing new idegs, ad geverally having fun. Project Synergy. Old Unionm Clubd-
into the snack on the farm he once owned. The zan who bought it for back taxes house, Stanford, Cal. 94305. (past, but they had one last year and may have
tioree years ago let Taylor live there until last iugust. "I'm not going to another next year.)
budge until I'm allowed to move back into theold hous +* Taylor says. The
shack has been vacant since he was evicted.
CUSTOM HIKTS
If you have spent at least 43 hours in Canada and have declared no exemptions
BAZORS within 30 days, you are allowed an exemption of $100 on goods brought back to
Nature gave me a fairly heavy set of bristles in froxfand onm occasion I have the U.S. Exceptioms to the above rule apply to liquor end cigars, and to
let it all grow out but ordinarily I find things go better with em short. purchases at the duty free shope follows. Duty-free shops: Liguor
To tnat end I've used everything from strait rasors to modified hair clippers. purchased at the duty-free shops on the U.S. border must be consumed in Canada,
¥nst I nave settled for is any outdated Norelco electric which doesn’t set Items within the $100 limit ($10 if you spend less than 48 hours in Canada)
me back over & dollar or so. If I clean my mug good before using I find the can be declared OBALLY, 4ll items must be declared IN 4RITING if their total
Boneon is a faster sbaving raxor but won'y work on D.C. .Jjuice from my ven. value is more than $100 ... or if & customs duty or internal revemue tax
may 73 page 10 applies to any article. TFamilies can add their allomances. A family of four,
as an example, may claim up to $400 in exemptions even if articles acquired by
one member exceeds $100. Gifts of not more than $10 value can be mailed or
1219 shipped from Canada to U.S, residents,... (tl is ontario, sept./oct. 72.,)
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 onOUAC 13 July 1973. address, vomlife, ped
@48, paradise, ca95969, vopulink ie
Published every two months except
march as a reader's forum and
supplement to vormulife annual,
To Anyone Interested:

I an 25,6'3, weigh 178, and a lean hard body. .

Pight now I'm living en a comsrunal farw near Perris,
Calif, in the desert.
a;htliar me, I have lived most of my 1life ad ¢l
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a5¢ per shipment (may be mixed). Copies of vorulife 1973 are 50¢ in prison and immediately after that
each plus 50¢
Last summer I was released. While
o shipment. third class. ' )ik forvards without charge up to six stemped now live to enjoy 1ife...being close
envelopes from a subscrider per year, additional ferwards are 25¢ each.,allow rivers, the ocean & the sunshine & me
two months, 1 don'tAl give eut addresses. & vomulink wubycriber has theright te with love and compassion,
publish in ronulinok material which ie relevant te vonuliving in my epinion up
te
& maximum of 6 photoready pages. type or print emall and neatly in black on As far as my skills are ooncerned, I am
resourceful and can do wo. Tk 14Xe
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tns pext iseue of vomulife.
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if possible, My interests in sports include termis, gay guy
swiwrdng & surfing, I
L.i9 18 by lan, 1'a removing the circulation limit from vonulink, really turn on to rock music and am learning to play the
biggent reason electric guitar.
18 thst nol many vomumns are using it for contact and for other people
the more
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i've been printing
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wsn't. ‘why should somebody who lives out of sight and mind 51% of the time get Mark Paype, P.0.Box 96, Nuevoe, CAlif, 93367
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interenting things 1w write about.
Dear Lan:
1¢ you typs your things (er print very small
Thanks for l1istimg TeS.Ce in your last issue, The T.S.C. has a new
and neat) you'l: get published promptly. if { must type it then it waits until §
can get to a typewriter and have time, (this is a switch from & few issues ago Po.0. Bax but continme to mail to my addrees. My compliments to you om
when i thought i was going to mimeo part. 1've given up on mimeo, teo much stuff,
VONU LIFE, it is truly the most realistic amd useful publication I have
*'ll be happy to exchange peolpages with more xinets, it doesn't cost mwuch te
foumd., EncIosed 1z a braasard mow om sals by the T.S.Ce for $1.50 each.
print an extra 100, 1'l1 trade copy for copy (1'l1 need 150 fer mext issue) er
buy or sell at %3 a hurdred. but it must be photoreduced offset like this. We think they are kima mice and most importent they start conversations
i can't afford the postage it would take to mail out mimeographing. send me a that help us find more as yon would say Vomuerse ("live free” and
sazple first (if you're welling). 4if § like 1'l] mske & standing offer. green tree on red, white, blue vertical strips). Yours truly. Jemes C. Jonea
anybody want to start a lending library for vonuans! there are lets of good books 11133 8t. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, I11,60628
ana sines but who can afford to buy them all., probabdly best done by somebody who's
interested ip vonu but not & vonuan, (i'm assuming all vonuans are as slew getting COMMENTS by dayo 21e73
and sending mail as i am, maybe some aren't.) i get quite a few exchange sines
% ~ould donate GROUP MARRIAGE: To E, Vonulink 12: Something I suid (VLl1l, must have
1 upset you, But I'm not sure what or why.
o Yonu-iifs staff, april 30, 1973 My 'abstract al sbra' was ABEREV1ATIONS eixgloyed s¢ I could give -
Songratulations for tne excellent Jjod in putting tegether the march 1973 vonulife. specific example briefly; it was not FUrGUL -- 1,e., I cdid not
s was absclutely amazed and very pleased with the subject: far out eating for specify that people rotate in any particular way, I merely descritec
ten dolizrs a montn. since 1968, whén i firet became aware of matural hygiens, possibilities.
i oave spent over 250 dollars on health books, mostly food and nutrition, and The main structural element of a-swia -- adults are usualiy
far >ut eating oas some information that i had not come &cross. inm my opinion together in pairs -- is also the main structural feature of monogamy --
far out eating cannot pe improved upon and will be the standard for vonuans er one of the two relations you consider compatable with 'libe tarianism'.
anyone trying to eat for maintaining the best of bealth, ..o of the ten books You defined your number-two relation only in terms of what 1t
1 pave about edible wild plants stated that milkweed pods can be eaten raw, but ISN'T -- it's not swinging, group marriage, nor monogamy. What Lo
Eodale's encyclopedis of organic gardening, page 1107, stated that they canm, it? How about a specific, detailed example?
1 ate about four ounces in twe days raw with some other feed and did not motice If I become emotionally involved with someone and am separatea
any after effects then « later, 1 consider donald Kirk's book on edible wild from her for long periods, I find this unpleasant, especizally if she's
in a danger zone. If, on the other hand, we arrange to live near
plants e best- By chance I have noticed that twe cultivated food creps affect each other and visit frequently, this is a 'structural feature’,
me slightly Then eating two or three cantaloupes, over five inches in dismeter, So how can I have emotional involvement without structure?
®itrin one nour, 1 got & slight gregegy feeling in the head. Almest the What vere the structures of the group marriages you refereed?
same feeling comes over me when eating four or five pounds of tematoes within two With your experience I expect you could offer many helpful suggestions
wours 1 wonder bow many, if any, other people would be affected if they on effective and ineffective forms of relation. Unfortunately your
VWinter in the weods, by W.J.P. is & very VI12 letter wasn't very informative,
duplicated my eating experiment,
informative article for one attempting to go vomu, If people would inves tigate I don't think that structure is necessarily incompatable with
oatural hygiene there would be no qualms about being amy from medical help.... vonuism, so long as it's structure of one's own choosing which can be
terminated on reasonable notice, NOT structure coercively imposed by
1 picked black ok &corns from this area and to prepars them I ground them in an others =- e.g., the state. If 1 ocan reduce outsi de interfacing nnd
,.fi Elgin coffee grindsr and leached the tsnnin by squeesing it in & Ybag using attendant vulnerahility by joining even a 'highly structured' group,
ey tands, I dla not even use Any bot water. I ate it after drying as is and this might be a wise trade-off.
cized with otker feods and consider 1t geod feod and would not hesi te live
ot 1t fer an extandsd perisd of time. One writer about edible plants says black POLITICS: To Paul Doerr, VI12: "Put pressure on the many to influence
mlouts are strong (the meats) and most peopls prefer them cooked. Another writer
the few"? This is the premise of many a tyrant and mad btomber.
states tnat the black walnut meats are much inferior to persisn walmuts. I cannot For an analogys Suppose my life has been threatened by =smeone
angerstand cow an intelligent mind can make statements as tho above, 1 have
named Paul, but I don't know who or where he is. Should I go arvund
collected seven bushels and extracted spprox, thirty pounds of nut meats and ate
¥111ing people named Peul at random, so as to put pressure on
i1 as my only protein for 70 to 80 days uncooked or unheated in any way,
Al1-The-Pauls to find the guilty Paul and stop him
0.7 , icdisna The population of an Arab oity you propose bombing includes little
children, people opposed to that governwent, people having little‘oz
Desr lag may 7, '73 nothing to do with the government, etc., as well as culpable officials
i've livea anc mant to contimue to live a&nonymously, but the few contacts I've and their supporters. To r:sard all these people as part of an
080 8uc nvited te visit with me have alsays been most welcome, But quite frankly abstraction oalled 'Irag' a hold all responsible for the actsdo; o
.
.‘m a soner ip the main, then I'm able to fold my tents and slide quistly away any of them, is as barbarian as imputing guilt to everyone name a.la
whenever ] pave the desirs to explore other places, &nd of courss te Avoid But, regardless of the morality of your soheme, why te an unpald,
thieves and scoundrels, w!;xen you
gerting eutargled in any WAy, por pmyself, I've always insisted on leoking like unwanted advisor to murderers,
any otrer guy going to work or whatever and net flaunt obvious conventions by oould be spending your time on more rewarding aotivities
wearing edd looking clothes, dirty beards and leng hair, In this way I can almys
Vonulife 1973: All in all I think you did an excel-
pans off &8 Just another guy “that lives among us and doesn't disturb any one" y
But I have one complaint, Most of
(remarcs bty peighuors when I live temperarily in & populated area.) But then I'm iifitg?;b g:’c‘ll:'::’g V11973 together., were -
oiasr than many ef your resders so perhaps & 1little mors crafty in my camsuflage! the titles on my articles were NOI mine, md I believe wmme
Sincersly, Beb White, P.0.Box 213, Melbourns, Fla 32901, misrepresentative -- especially, "Smumans: the Super lligfim % Ithg;le
sr arm.z there.
¥now enough about traditional hobps to know how muc;h it a m;"hiec 2,00 2
vomulife, april 1, 1973 may be. But smumens I'm aware of have been doing
mig o for decades == and
oot sure exactly whau your topic is, but i'm into & ceuntryside where the peasants Wgrens some hobos have heen at it
build treir houses underground snd leave above ground less scarred, and as a
themselves 'super smumans'.
naturslist i 'm into the wilderness. dans, uew york

RECEIVED
0CT 2 5 1973
DALE HAVMI AND
 THE GYPSY
T'n sorry if you felt obligated to publish all the articles you by Gamini Seneviratne - from The Toronto S{.;r
solicited, I believe some of your own which you left out were Yor cen tures since 1p, e
11114 sies of Europe Are getting reastless .
~ote:tixlly more valuable (Judging from the roggh 2rafts) than
gz; : To u-:ntgii‘r correct, thougn lass familiar name - filtered int» Persia and
e 07 of ulne which you published. later into Europe, tney bave suffered enaless persecution. To medieval mind

HOMANTIC AHTS DEPARTMENT: To Thor Xwv.e: Challienger, Liberterien the Rom, coming from the Turkien side of Europe and speaking an unknown tongue,
Sormection #35 @ As soon as I finish the comic book I'm writing were suspect and inferior. The church rejected them because it opporsed fm.-"un,"
{Jr. Periis meets Dracula), 1'11l do an zdventure novel in which telling and the practice of magic. They became the first persecuted mimority in
Fi P4 Fo, ~ multimillionaire zen-combat master, is lured by & Zurope, opposed by the pillars of medieval society, the church, the state and
treacherois mixed-premise Conservative, with talk of billions in the trade guilds. g, ruling classes regsarded them as useless becaume they
70ld, into a mine and aubtushed by 84 InS a. i nts disguised as piles could not be easily eyploited, The Bom stayed outside the feudal, an~ later
1 horse dung. Fi disables 83 of ther wi*h his famous gzlzk jebs eapitslist and socimlist society, having become neither serfs nor conformis®
a0 ivhl; kicks, lut the B4th sneaks up *ehind Fi with a power Weg6-eATTErS, Tnousands died in the Spanish Inquisition, Hitler's Nasis
“tavel ae? Yiries him under o ton of -- Yiorse dung. They dig Fi exterminated between 250,00 and 500,000, and, unlike the Jews, they
2= n
24ty tle “ir to a buzz sew, and prepare t- amputate nis valuable financial compensation after World War Il let alone a new nomeland
ri-ht arm for beck taxes. But Dzuuna, tne voruan heroine, arrives
ir. the nick of time, throws an aero=ol p- lszyben btomb into the The Minority Rights Oroup. an international research and information bady bn’ed
wntilation system and turns off all the .ignts. The tludg fresk in London, which exists to expose the plight of minorities in all parts ¢ e
Jut »nd ruuna rescues Fi, They elude s noste of ores and trolls, world, recently commiesioned TOrattor Puxon, a gypsy author and yro!uinent
1ed 'y Jx. Ferris, und reach Dzuuna's hia.ev save, previously worker for Bom rights, to investiage the position of the community in Rurape
stoukrd with o Shousend-year supply <f Vitamin E and otner goodies today, Ee found gypsies still mudject to neglect, misunderstanding, :inere:ned
froi. Uswu immortality Service, where they ~.tlive the 3tate sociel prejudice and outright policea barasement. Police in Belgium have
appily ever ufter, So there! instructions to prevent any of the 1omads from crossing the frontler and n
Spain gasoline was used to burn hutis in A gYPSY encampment at Barcelona to
Editor, Vonulife improve the landecape for touriets.
April 12, 1973
Eoclosed clipping from Toronto Star may be of interest to vonu readers. : it Hello, May 19, 1972
would seem that gypsies and vomu people bave much in common. There was a
book published years ago by a female gypsy titled "Romany Life". I read an Urgently and in brevity I will talk straight,
abridged version of the book in Readar's Digest
and found it fascinating, The only hope for mane freedom are in the invisible peopla
There are soue very good gypsies and most of them acquire
craft skills, wherever they are; they form the basis of my religion.
Webaters says of gypsies: "One of a wandering caucasian race coming orig- Person to person tiey work bypassing computers cameras and in-
inally from Indla". They heve been around for fifteen centuriew or more
and
vestigators, They are the Johnny Appleseeds planting creative ideas
have suffered because of the love for freedom is #0 strong where ever they go...at least how I define them.
in them.
Thomas Skinner, BRR2, West Lorne, Ontario More awars am I nov of the Pauline erroneous doctrine 'That all
should be brought to light' ; this contrary to 'do the good deed
in secret' and Let your light ehine before othersi-really means one
LITE IN THE SEADOW OF EXPEESSFWAY: BRITISH GIPSIXS SAY IT'S PROGEESS
By Franz Jones, from the Toronto Star, April 5, 1973, condenwed
or i¥o people along the way(if its'amymore they will crucify you before
Tric Oruy,
your time!) . A8 it stands today State Church and Organization: would
a bluff, emiling Yorkshireman, Pulled hie 0ld truck and house have us spread eagle tumxy down. No.
onto
trailer
a vacant lot under an expressway interchange in West London a week before
Christmes, While traffic roared overkead on the expreseway, Heres'my message, pass it along, write it on little scrolls and
Oray, his wife and
five children went adout setting up home - and waiting place quietly sverywheret
for the police to arrive.
The peaple in nearby homes, like wary householders all over
Britain, had their "Thers are some invisible people corminicating with form patches
eyes open for pecple like the Grays and quickly passed the
messege to their and patterned psbbles when they mest along the road (usually decp in
local council: The gypsies are here, But three monthe later, through the tact
of the gypuaies and a meazsure of understanding from Eammersmith bdorough ceuncil, the forest) They swap. They have pebble barter markets. Some trade
the Grays are still camped by the expressway. old rusty tin cans or pieces of weathored wood, "
And sbout a dosen more gypey
bhouse trailers, three horees and a €oat named Kitty have arrived, The image And this is my religion,
of Britains 50,000 "traveling people" is changing fast. They have long since
€iven up picturesque horse-drawn trailers im favor of modern, truck-drawn ones, Penc
And insteed of cemping out in the woeds of rural England, it's now estimated
that two-thirde of them now live in cities, leading a twilight existence on
flattened urban renewal sites and in any cranny they can find to park.
In 1968 the British government peseed a law requiring every municipality to ! Antwerp 7 P
set up an officlal campsite for gypsies, esch sccomodating & maxinum of 15
trailers... .From April 1, mmunicipalities which have met the minimum 15- 8 GORT / SATURN'S DAY 10/7/72
trailer requirement can seek powers to force all other gypsies outside their
my own reading about intentional communities confirms yours--
noupdarien, One example of the act's injustice is that Birmingham, Britains namely that communities nucleated by a religious inspiration,
second largest city with & population of 1,013,000, hes no legal obligation to taking their inner-life nourishment/meaning from such an in-
provide more than 15 spaces, and 1s now trying to evict 30 families cemped spiration, laet longer and have a better quality of life.
illegally on a vacant site called Druid's Eeath. There are an estimated 400
Bomany femilies in Birmingham, nearly all of which could be expelled, religion essentially has to do with a person's sense of con-
Britain's travelling people have also found themselves steadily restricted nection with nature/cosmos/All. religious practice, taking
under the terms of a 1959 act forbidding them to camp alongside highways, and part in religious ceremonies, is an affirming, a deepening and
8 1960 trailer site law which gave local authorities the right to close up sites strengthening and enriching, of that sense of connection and a
even though, in many cases, the gypsies had bought the land, "¥e have to stop revealing of the significance of 1% for the person involved.

vhere we can find work," said Gray, whe specializes in buying up junked so--1 would say that any ceremony that does the job is ok. bhut
electric motors, burning out the irsulation, and selling the salvagéd metsl to relly do the job i thimk it has to be poetic, have a touch of
for scrap. "When we have worked out an area, we have to move on, And the beauty/poetry/art/wonder. it has to be a heightened moment or
trouble is that they won't let us burn the motors on official sites, so they're hour, an intensified moment or hour. 1t exalts nature, and
no £00d t0 uS." g raten, whose place of origin is still uncertain, earn ourselves a8 a part of nature, our kinship with nature. and
their living in all kinds of trades from scrap metal to asphalt paving it also creates and sustains and enlarges meaning through the
to buying
up antiques door to door. But to an increasingly urbanized and regulated symbols and ceremonial practices. different life-styles cer-
society, the existence of & people as free as the air can only seem an sffront, tainly will arrive at different ceremonies for similar occasions,
the prejudice against the gypsies seems to be €rowing. wy¢ig pard work, and whether the celebration of a seasomal climax or the celebration
people make it harder for you" said Billy Hill, a 3B-year-old father of four, of a birth or marriage or puberty or death. i'm using the word
on the Eammerszith site, "I have tried living in & house, but the neighbore celebration in a very broad semse, of course. the test of a
fina out you're a grpsy and they try to get rid of you." *They're a bit more ritual is whether you feel better or worse afterva;d, gnd does
your life in general get better or worse, more satisfying and
civiliged &round here," said Arthur Riley, dark-baired with a pawionate
Romany fuce, "Eut in Scotland they're really tough, Up there, you move gquickly fulfilling, inwardly richer.
or tos police give you a real kicking. They send along their tough boys to so-called primitive peoples—of ancient times and.of the present
move you along. 4 roy weeks ago police around Leicestsr forced them to move day—used the circle as a physical format for their religious
six times in two days, "Tney don't even give a chance to amake ths kids & ceremony. nature is full of circles and cycles. the heavenly
meal, and we finisked up on a dirty, stinking official site that was 1 miles bodies Beem to circle through the sky. the earth is a great
from any shops,* Mary Kennedy said as she poked up a fire for morning tes. "gircle." we "circle”™ through the seasons of the year, through
“It's & bard 1ife. The cnildren don't get a chance for an education - We've sunlight and moon-and-starlight. the circle has no loose ends.
taught ours to read and write ourselves - and if you're ever ill you have the it is contimmous, yet definite, delimited. it has a center--a
devil's own Jjob to get a doctor to come and see you." The temporary sits under focal point. it is symmetrical. it distributss people .
unique
the expressway was typical of toe gypsies' guile in coping with local muthorities, within it c%oeer—to—equal fashion than does tge c}as:rgom
macnbe~ :er
The lend 1w owned by the British Broadcasting Corp. and the traveling people fermat. y:g} 35 sort of geometrical figue may be
quickly found & BEC watermein &and tupped it for their wupply = until it was it, if need be. it is womb-like, containing. and at the zen
natnr:a1n
turned off. But the cimp site ig on the boundary line betwesn two boroughs, and id an altar, vhere a human—that creaturely child of
Cook has sxillfully played off one set of officials sgainst the other, so that whem nature has the potential of becoming uelf—consgigu:;— e y=
today there are brand new toilets erected on the sits by Eammersmith with their comtact, closest-of-all contact, wit!
cote into direct
ome mo;es a::at
oFn mater SUPPlY. ) factory owner mext door had been fighting for two years to voab of nature from vhich she/he has emerged.
and moom——irom
get water pupplied to his plant, and was so impressed by the gypeies' skill in the circle in the same directien as do sun
getting water that, according to Cook, he paid them 325 to find & main and tap to west.
it for him, t00. agpere's something to be said for 1t,* said Mrs. Kennedy,
taking her kettle off the fire and ignoring the paper blowing arcund the site
&nd the tTucks thundering overhead, "Itis m healthy 1ife and you are free. And
it's quite cumfortable here."
 SMALL ANNOUNCEMENTAND
S ADS
l:.e::':::ozug:eme!;:' lr; fr;s to rubscr Proficient use of a small length of rubber home alone. While this is & ramareably
ibere »f vonulink - up to 100 worde 2 cheap way te obtain gan I have a different set of values and ethice to contend
wu ® line plus year
20¢ an ad. need not be adout vomu livi ng. with aad usually wind up searching out the budget stations - even loed up my
also lppe:r in >ther ginete which are th ' ’ 25
membere o vonu zinet uchnnte - JSC.).c gallen tank occasiorally at a real price drop. 1 keep tires a littie above
printed of thie .ssue. gend ads to vonulife, pob 248, paradi ::;e-
se, ca 95953 Tecommended pressure for easier rolling. Persens in Premium Burning Cars
forbid) can turn their
(heaven
distributor a bit until the car ne longer pings using
T Brothers & Sisters! Another gathering of the Cuildren is
this eummer - starting being called for
July 1, Paradise Lake, ¥ind River Wilderness,
regular (you'll be able to 'feel out' the timing if you Just do it). I have used
Wyoming. A little 2-CV Citroen now for years and since it &2ts about 50 mpg I try to tow it
Esery One come. Let's get together!
with me if I settle any place for long - let my van sit as much as possible,
‘L]l ve glad Persona inselvent but with a Place to leave a car can often pick up a dilapidated
to forward mail for people using this adaress.
7 thiw 1 already do a 1little set of wheelm for free.
anyhow. Basic charge is $2/mo., payable any way:
I spotted a nice truck some months ago which had a bludge
cash, stemps, checks, Paper on its window and because I hated to see a wrecker get it free I towsd it
© o Jonn T Harllee, ?.0.Box 1245, Florence, 8C to
29501. & friends place and eventuaily got title to it through a lien sale.
Get the lien
Secret mail rece:ving/forwarding. sale pspers frem your IMV office - officially assume the vehicle has
Absolute privacy guaranteed. Use any name. been on your
3‘.!'91“'9"1:@‘ available; specify your needs. Property for many months and wait sutthe 3 monthe or so it usually takes for the
Memon rated. Details from: wheels of legality to grind out your papers,
¥YOr SEnVICES P.0.Box 658, Paradise, GA95255. Use your 'like they want 1it'
imagination a 1ittle as to things you are not sure of since the DM"” is seldom
DiKECTOKY OF LITILE MAGAZINES AND SMALL PEESSES, concerned at more than cellecting their fee and detecting stolen vehicles,
Eighth Edition, 1972-73, is
based on an ont:ruly pew wsurvey, This directory has been called "the first and Yoen you consider it, probably the biggest money most people spend outvide of
by far the pest® by Bill Kats in "Guides to the Underground".
Edition;
$3.50/Eightn housing er feod is that of keeping their wheelm up to date and humming, The
$8.00/four year sub. DUSTbooks, 521B Scottwood Rd., Pltld{l!f CA 95969, latter chore ie usually laid on someone elme bdecouse the owner doesn't have the
time or in most cases doesn's want to get his hands dirty, Anyone with average
The Joub{-orgogum. "How to Survive the Depression® is
still available to V.L. intelligence, some tools, and a pudblic lidrary to find specs, etc. can fix his
readers for ¢ and for those who bug me for more writings - i own car, Soaking the carborator in a little varnish remover overnight and replac-
dollar u:ar.ulcript on the fantastic never told before
st printed anoth
ra:‘f !ilto:; orpnur pllne: & ing the points can often add up to many deliars saved in fuel consumption, As
I'ha(t we're doing ners. What the goal of life really is and where it's
all leading far as rubber goes I remember as a student I used to get my rudbber back of service
to (without religion). V.L. readers can also have this stations, adding a 'boot' here, a weight there, etc. ZIven now i would consider 1
17
Fry, 879 Park, Perris, CA 92370 S TS had reached a state of momentary insanity if I payed out he price of a new tire,
Junk and wrecking yards, swap meets, back yard junkers ali can supply cheap rubber
A 18 _A DRireqtary identifies 688 lidertarian groups, periodicalm, individuals Batteries are still a pain in the neck, A felt washer dabbed in vasoline and
:.:' ‘gfi.gj. Hewaletter, $5/12. Samples, $1. Mega, A-57v, 9730 Eyne, Brighton, Placed between the post 2nd the cable terminal wili eliminate this corrosion and
. (]
if a coll goes baa you might jiggle the battery good, remove the acid (in plastic
bucket) and pour the acid back in after the lead-gunk has settled - hopefully
Tne L1BERTARIAN COFNECTION is an open-forum laissez faire magesine for llbortnrnm" this will unshort the cell. Anyone without a little charger and testar xnows
All subdscribere have the privilege of contributing materiml, which will
not be something I don't know about - cause they are almost indispeneable to me,
edited LC is known for its creative ideas on practical actions and theoretical Anyway 1ike it or not the majority of us are atuck with wheels andit is so mucn
conrideratinns in the expansion of both individual end larger-scale freedom,
Tor a sumple wend 25¢ to: Lisa Dawn, Box 90913-VL, Los Angeles, CA 90009, cheaper if we take care of our owa. There ie a mounting cry by verious agencies
and the controlleu press about oil shortages and such and it is a good bet that
BRINO BACK PAGANISM! The Church of All worlde is a neo-pagan religion dedicated to: the powerful oil and banking interests are about ready to get the price of zas
tne celsbration 2f life, the maximum actualization of bhuman potential, and the up where they want it sooo if you can get & emaller more economical venhicle do it
realization of ultimate individual freedom ard personal reesponsibility in harmone now becauss with the soon scoming gas prices (this is written in april) and
1Jus eco-psychic relationship with the total biosphere of Foly Earth. We have a inflation it will be harder later on. 8Since dieecl fuel can be stored for years
growing number of Nests across the continent - one may be near you. Our magaxine, 'i and gas can't and because diesel probably won't be rationed near as high, it masy
JEEEN EGG, 1s published 8 times & year, 45-5C pages Sample, 75¢. Thou Art God! be worth while for persons of some means to go diesel if their rig ir a larger
Shn. Box ¢953, St Louis, M) 63130. variety. I have the gigmo® to convert my van to propane but will wait and see
which way the wind blows, It's a gond idea to put different valve guides in sucn
73 VONULITE - now to live end let live, out of sight and mind of those unwilling to, conversions since propane doesn't lubricate them as gamoline does and trouble may
let iive, oy people who are doing it, Many articles »n shelter, food, money, soen develep. A few bundred dollars in high pressure compressor and tank ]
communicstiun, young, ways of living, doing it. About 70,000 words. Bingle ! neceesary to use houseinold natural ges but it may come to that for the more
copy 31 Ou, muitiple copies 50¢ each plus SO¢ & shipment. Also available are inventive, As far as the chicken shit converters go it tekes expensive filters
Jloger newsletter-esised issues of VONULIFE, ten for $2.50. Vonulife, POB 248, to filter eut deleterious substances from this gas or enzines suffer greatly and
Pnradise. CA95569
Best"aniuntizely demise; I strongly suspect that some of the stendard gas
engines could easily be converted over to steam by changing the timing gear
A LITTLE CARE SOUTE OF TEE BORIER sequence and doing the appropriate plumbing to a little steam generator, If this
by Al Fry sounds & little far fetched I can only refer to data on a fellow who converted
With more and mere mention of Mexico and countries further dewn iz the underground Model A Tords thusly during the war. I haven't the motivation to work it all
mags | suppsse it's sbout time i take my usual stand of peinting eut some out at the moment but have always thought in my dreamy visions of one A. Pry
aifferent sides of the coln. This 1ad won't take any vehicle across the border chugging along with back hill country stoking up the steam boiler with
flotsam, Jjetscm and squa wood along the roadways, 1 suppose I cust bsve veen
tnat ne can't afford to lose. Anyone with a nice camper 1 would Strongly advise
car with
to leare in the states and go south in an older make-do Job or an older inspired by 'Hub Cap John', the fellow who pushed his little 2 wneeled 'home'
camping equipment. This isn't advice from a few tourist scare tales but frem alongside the highways of the Balton Sea desert country for years. I never had
bumbling aleng from Pansma up to 7.J. You could de & theousand cressings and may @ long talk with him but he meemed content enough and he could scrounge enough
road along the roads to survive all right. (Actually i fiod toe palm springs-indio
not have any trouble but let your car run inte another car, run off the
your rig will be the first thing in desert country very nice in the winter and aave scrounged enough to always live
or in any way break a major lav - and friend
'mordida’ loving official. o ¢pg 140tle well on & bare budget.) anyway, to get back to the subject, do you remember how
the dollar sign vision of some
the Biafruns were using 50 gallon barrels to 'crack' and make gasoline from
down the road from where i' writing this now. She never did get her ®
woman
lay in it (after running off the road) grafesall Anyway wheels are pure Jjoy to me and I love to roll along the himays
camper back after she and her usband
and by ways and even getting sockea for gasoline isn't too terrible considering
four aays. The second day they were robded, ramsacked (cut a finger off her
There are people like this in any the price of bay now,
meband to get ring) and left for dead,
country. It's » hard world and what 1ittle official protection you have left
constitution is lost when you cress the border.
from a tesically sound original
it tekes a little
PONDERED
FLAVORINGS
MILK, AND CREAP YOOD
Almost anyone can truly bave & lot of fun in Mexico, etc., but by Al Try
common sense to blend in and not be notable to someone wanting womething. The was an inquiry as to how one would dissolve the govern-
A few issuse back there
vajues are a little different - one can buy a life here for a few thousand and ment subsidy powdered milk, ¥ell I don't reelly think it can be done without a
take that
one cap hire it dona in Mexico for a few hundred - life is cheaper so blender but there are other approaches. Since I was a kid I have enjoyed mixing
into sccount. I have friends that still won't go near certain towns there - the stuff up to a custard consistancy lumps and all and just eatinz it. Maple
from stepping on wrong toes. Teok my 13 year old son dewn to Ensenada two syrup, molasses, Jjelly, peamt butter - flavor it how you wiah or leave it alnne
older car gas 1n some persoms
weeks ago for some dental savings again but as usual it was in an or freege it to resemble an ice cream. It tends to create
up hers, and for these persons ] recommend 'subsidy yogart'. If you have & pilot light
wricn we camped in - prices are inflating right along with the dellar
a little trading and selling but believe me it wasn't i{n your oven you can make it there. If not, figure out where the stu’f will be
Paid for tne trip with
Powdered milk - warm water - a spoonful or so of
any unlegal desling - most are wise to fact that any such dsalings are sent to warm and make up & batch.,
I dump the pewdered
Border petroi computers where the dealer who turned you in will get still another grocery store yogart (for starter) and you are in business.
Once tried to calm down this in a contalner which i set
oig cut frop value of ths goods you are caught with, il in a running blender of warm water and dump
ip refrigerstor or eat as
Tn unlit oven and in the morning 1t's ready to cool off
tue friena of a famous person who bad sapped a Mexican family in ber big shiny It may not taste exactly like the 'factory’ stuff dbut
1t's
is or flavored as above,
car as they put here in an ambulénce she pleadsd to me and god to help kber me and i always try to get tne
'makings' if I can. Must be tons of milk
but sne wae a little late and the booxe had done its work and she got a long hard ignorant or fussy cemmodity recipien ts and I sometime s trade for this and
gees ;ob
lesson where ‘pull' doesn't count for much, e s 1though f try to live more simply on potatoes, rice, seeds and
vary a little from year to
i co:i”:;t:;: :he.“‘the everyone i imow our tastes
attention to wuat one's body iam
CERAPER MOBILITY ;:::...:: { tnink it very important for onme to pay
by Al Fry telling one through crevings. 1 j5ve tuna fish but as it is usually deyond my
cravings with the terrible smelling, salty cneap
Let ‘s sxpand op the las t vonulife articles on oil and such and see where we can budget 1 satisfy toe o ccasional
irradicste the salt brine by careful wasning and aad
further save & little monmey. If you alreedy bave your rig thonrzb- gr:vi:g-ogél mackerel, The secret is to
from e 10, paste, Campbeli's tomate soup, oF whatever, Even mayonaise and chopped
nge functioning., If you want to add tomats
a little ‘'Rislone' additive to your oil, greens will get it to the palatable point, As my 'Depression' paper points aut
‘:;::et:utllthzot:; ::::1.551“ 244
1s the only anti-friction additive 1 will use and several oil emp-:y meat 1s nscessary for peak human brain efficiency ln: th: d':elplnl
;;. in more detéil.
because it n:;l l-t-lz-wbcz:k . i know of is cnicken, even with inflation the price ian't much
technicians i'm aware of use it regularly t,l “; drll your hsve the 'back to the land' bug
everhsuled fairly easily bowever and a little abuse ;.;ro ‘roc’r{,.:‘:::xnsc.)‘or 40 years ago. People who
& few dollars on a more t
and come out with cheaper sggs and
me however is someone whe won't spend
What does irk set bat they will get some chickens
4 to lubricate his outfit - grease is cheap payment fer a faithful
usually tnink t time. There isn't any way to com-
meat but it is usually & joke at final 'tally'
budEats
place nexsle to mirc to soortcuts and small profit margin, Seoo
g { to motivate you - wipe the ircs before you pete with the cage farmers and their
be changed
e o : : :mn of dirt. Rear end and transmiesion gear oil should 1 pressure coo«er up tne backe and necke or do it in style with pre-pressured
and
bother snd instead cement & 1little magnet to the 'Wild chicken' or grouse and such I always found tough and
proven; ;éocmilo- but I seldom will be trapped and then fried caicken.
:;::i p;‘:‘ so tbat in the oil
the leose metsl which gathers B“':W without the old pressure cook it first routine - and thie is one of
to a couple on the road in a
won 't sbride the bearings. mng other day I speke the Col. Sounders’ recre
ts.

YT vk quibge 3
gobe from coast to coast by — .. s
converaien and learnod they had
scheo 1 bus
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Page 64 INDIANS OF THE LASSEN ARg
CHAPTER IX usually coasisted of squatting on the floor. ro'sts ac the small openway or ventilator passage., Cross poles
HOUSES AND FURNISHINGS Blankets of deer and elk skin were generally used. Atsugewi were placed horizontally ®n the rafters and on these,
lacge pieces
by Paul E. Schule (@ 1554 also used loose tule or grass blankets and all our tibes employed 3¢ park. dranches, and pine needles were successively laid.
Lasely,
The Atsugew: used earth- covered lodges as their permanent both woven rabbit skin and patchwork rahbit or fox blankers. Yana a ncav covering of soil 8 to 20 inches thick wus heaped on the
winter dwellings. These varied in size from about nine feet in in addition to all the foregoing utilized bear skins: sometimes they suszure. Jn top in the center a smokehole was left, large enough
length, ror a single tamily, to more than thiny feet in length for removed the hair from their blankets. o serve as the main entrance originally, but atter the coming
of
a chuef’s house which was usually larger than other houses. Most Atsugewi pillows were of bundles of leaves or grass while those aqute man, the smokehole was made smaller, and, instead.
che
!requently houses were about twenty feet long and somewhat of the mountain Maidu were harder, being merely piles of small izinally small ventilator tunnel which sloped trom floor levei up
narrower, being occupied by three to five families. The earth lodge poles, blocks of wood, or rocks. * the ground surface outside was enlarged, thus supplanting
the
was elliptical 1n shape with one center post planted timly in the Interior earth walls of the houses were sometimes hung with tule s-okehole as the main entrance. Originally a ladder of rwo roles
earth floor somewhat back of true center. This supported beams mats or skins fastened with pegs to prevent dirt from sloughing off auh cross pieces tied on with grapevine or other avthes rave
runming t¢ two smaller secondary posts and to earth shoulders and rolling onto the floor. A few shelves might also pe provided vertical access from the floor to the smokelole entrance. Dixon
which resulted from excavation of the entire floor to a Jdepth of by laying wooden slabs on sticks driven into the dirt walls. reports thar a notched log was sometimes used for the furpose
abour three teet. On the beams other poles or rafters and bark slabs There were other less substantial winter houscs consisting among -~.cuntain Maidw
(usually ot ‘ncense- cedar) were laid. The whole sloping roof was either of small double lean-tos of bark slabs or conical
houses on The kcom or lodge was occupied from November to March
and
then covered with pine ncedles and a layer of earth. frameworks of slender poles and with shallow excavations. 21s s.tuated on the edges of wide meadows in mountain Maidu
Some
The main entrance was through a hole about in the center of the Jure was thrown against the ourside walls for added warmch. areas, At lower elevation occupancy was more or less continous.
Lazy
roof. Over this a heavy mat was placed in bad weather. This open- people, who were usually consequently poor in the necessities Mountain Maidu did not have separate saeat houses.
and [hey al-
ing also served as a smoke hole. A ladder made of two poles with comforts of normal Indian life, lived in this more flimsy type of wa s usec a large earth dwelling lodge for the purpose. This was
cross pieces tied on with serviceberry withes was used inside. house. Also, women when indisposed repaired to such huts. sizilar to the Atsurewi practice. These Maidu did, however, have
A
A secondary entrance of small size, used by children, was built doorway was left in the siding to be closed by a tule mat a rormalized sweat aance. Also different from the Atsugew: was the
in these
litde houses. They were also equipped with small smoke holes cract.ce of men using the sweat house for gambling, handicraft
work, and competitive singing.
The "thoe-bow’’ of the mountain Maidu was a hut, b o 15 feet
(mountain)
: fl’// Maidu earth lodge plan used in ciamerer and excavated 12 to 15 inches dee;. Two main poles
’],.\/ only
plus
three primary
secondary
posts
entrance
were securely tied near the end. From the resulting ''V' at the
- postse. top. shorter poles were laid to a pair of slender posts about three
— feet nigh and set about three feet apart along the edge of the ex-
™
" ~avauon. lgainst this frame branches, bark, and leaves were piled
%%

~
an: =arth was heaped around the bottom. The doors of all such
>
bark huts opened to the south and were hung with a skin or rule
ar.

The rude summer shelter or shade provider was just like thac «f
the Atsugewl,
[nformation on Yahi house details are somewhat scanty, but in
a.l prooability they were small conical bark-covered hues while
»ome larger earth lodges were built to house several families --in
geoez2 similar, but perhaps smaller than those of the other wibes
»f - » t.assen area. The large pretentious lodge, constructed
¥ 'e : for sweating and ceremonies, of the Sacramento Valley
tribes
~=ms "o i.ave been lacking among all of our local tribes.
Atsugew! bark house Tke o coumon bark hut dwelling of the Yana was sppasenly
buile
for central fires. over a circular depression two feet e
hor, zontaily at ground level on the south (front) v e SE s,
end of the house. It Atsugewi summer houses as such reallv did not exist. Summer about six feet above the .round. It vas . r
projected tunnel-like a shortdistance beyond the lodge ourside 0 M B | an
wall. camps were lirtle more than circular enclosures of brush, juniper, Maidu huts, being a series of onics re -
The manpurpose of this groundlevel opening was to act as a venti- e eoxe
or other conifer limbs or of rock. These were ten or fifteen feer cavation. These met and were tiec at rhe -
tator Juctto supply draft for proper burning of the cooking and house &k - BN
across with openings to the east. There was no roof, although slope, although some informants c.aime~ *
warming fire which burned in front of the center post. tee CeTe ser
Ar night the branches and bark slabs might be put over crude frames in rainy so firmly that tying together »as o- jrrez.
vemtilator duct was closed. This reduced air supply, ram e 3er e
causing the weather. If a person were caught in a sudden shower he might make with pine and incense- cedar bark slabs .ea- o4
e to Surn very slowly. Glowing coals developed as a result. 3TARL aole o
a temporary shelter by leaning bark slabs, if available, against a each apex. Earth was jprobably banke’ ont - o3 e-
Thesc produced reduced but adequate heat for the large rock or log lying on the greund. s.0 :n_ wma.,s,
occupants who Entrance was never through the s=ck- n-.e i<
slept sith rheir teer re che fire. Men did all of ne cise At
the house construc- Atsugewi did not have any separate sweat houses nor dancing Atsugewi and some mountain Maidu earsr .o- = iouses, ovut by
t1on work except for excavation. The women did this with digging or assembly chambers, but used the larger earth lodge houses for means of a small door at ground level on -t¢ scutn siic
sucks and wooden ot basketry scoops with which The en-
they threw the these purposes. The largest belonged to chiefs and to other well- trance was protected by a little covere” =i
dirt ow of the pit. Excavation of the floor of the lodge not only -xtenl:ng outward
to-do Indians. Heat for sweating was provided directly by fire and
rade -+ =asier to construcr a strong house, bur three feet from the house wall, anZ deckec . e- S 4 zable root ot
cobtribured materially not by production of steam as was the case with Plains Indians
the warmth of the standard winter low pitch. A ramp of low pitch extendec -~ - ~ tico: of the house
house. who threw water on hot stones. In recent years, however, after
through this antechamber to the crouad sve uside as no steps
introduction of the horse, Atsugewi learned the larter technique and
were constructed,
also constructed Plains Indian type sweat houses of one to three
The Yana lodge houses were not nu=erou The .round nlan
person capacity, These were dome shaped, and built of willow
was long, usually wedge or oval in outline 1n. zesizre. for several
poles set in the ground in a circle. The tops were benr over and
families, each with its own fire. As with she 0k er trites tiscussed
tied down, and this framework was covered with skins.
Old type sweating was for men only, but Indian women-- - usually in this booklet, such buildings also served as sweat houses. A
wives---also sweated with men in the new style separate sweat ladder consisting of a notched log extenzea 2cun frem the smoke
houses. Old time Atsugewi purposes in sweating were for gaining hole to the floor. One, two, or three center osts with radiating
success in hunting, in gambling, and for general good luck. Some rafters and shorter side posts were exrloved. The Yana followed
praying was done, but there were no formalized ceremonies or the Atsugewi practice of providing each ear: .odze with a south
dances amongst the Atsugewi. Men sometimes slept in sweat facing, ground level, tunnel-like vensilace: srzrance ot small size.
houses. It 1s nossible that Yana did have a few s~ecial sweating lodges
In the case of all local tribes sweating was followed by a zold of the same design, but the matter is de>ata. Duning sweating
plunge, if available nearby. Lacking this facility, a cold sponge Yana men talked and played; the main pursose Or <s eating was to
bath was taken. ' make men strong.
The mountain Maidu earth lodge for dwelling and sweating was It has already been pointed out that ali touxr trides which used
similar to that of the Atsugewi. However, northeast Maidu earth what 1s now Lassen Volcanic National Pari ':d . ool Juring the
lodges “'koom'’ were simpler and smaller than those of northwest summer. During their high mountain sojcurn. -tie ‘ocal Indians did
and sowhern Majdu. Three posts, often forked were used in place not live in houses as such. There, residence Juring the turee or
of 10 or 11 employed for valley lodges. Excavation was about four summer months was in temporarv camr~, usuallv roofless
three feet deep,: circular in plan, and from 18 to 40 feet across. circular areas to accomodate several families. These were fenced
Typical winter nouse of the local permanent Indian villages ot lowsr A large flat stone was placed upright at the foot of the mainpost in with brush and were eatered by one or moee ©-enines somewhat
elevations.
between it and the fire in the center. The vertical walls of the in the same manner as campsites reserved tor wisitors at their
There was no furniture as such. Each family used an assigned excavation were usually covered or lined with vertically placed permuaent villages at lower elevations. | .our- ~osted horizontal
portion of the house, and cooked its own food, bur wilized the
whole or split logs oz with bark slabs, Logs were lain borizontally roofs, to provide shade, were sometimes constructed too. Yana
ceatral communal fire. A thin layer of grass, carefully kept
away on the three posts as indicated on the accompanying skerch. Radial seem to have made a lean-to or hut with crass and bark covering
from the fire, covered the floor. The Indians slept on the floor on
rafters supporting the roof were placed on these beams and sloping for summer roofs.
mats made of tule. During the day these and the sleeping blankets downward to the ground surface outside as well as to two small My v venulink prodpsaqe b
were rolled up and provided the only seats. However, sirting
FALAOLLING I'HE BOHDEX BETWEEN U.S., CANADA 15 A HAPHALARL ArrAIN power saope sight will probably be worth the extra loot, and give more
room for the silencer. Six or eight inches is probably plenty long.
{Condensed from WALL STHEET JUURNAL, thanks to
Policing what has been termed thé 'world's 15?2222 unguarded This might need an expansion chamber on the inboard end, which ocould
be mnde of a small julce can. Don't think the whole thing needs to be
border’ offten proves a frustrating task for the agents of the U.S
Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Justice Dept. unit o covered. You don't care where the xas goes if you can break up the
charged with
sound. If my figures and thaose in Popular Science for Nov. 71, p62
preventing the entry of
the U.S illegal aliens into
Unlike the 1800 mile Mexican border , where there are an estim ted
:ria ocorreot you should
5 fle 50114 point.
not get through the und
May be an occasional
barrier
sonic bullet in
w.th
long
any long
rifle
1000 patrolmen, the Northern Line has only about 300 agents who gllow point. It shouldn't be any problem to quiet a 22 down to that
on skis, snowshoes and snowmobiles, among other things, must cc;’;e
with 4,000 miles of largely wilderness area where people can walk °1 the air rifle, or even a good denl less. Even a single -shot 22
will get your seocond shot ready much faster than the alr rifle.
across without detection almost at will. If this 1s a meat getter you won't be shooting enough to hurt your
There aren't any federal detention facilities on the Northern bank account. Plinking can use a lot of ammol
torder, as there are on the Mexlioan line, so those aliens the U.S. (3) A blow gun. I knew a guy here that made them as a side line.
wants tu prosecute must be put up at local jails (at yb a night). Used a gless tube liner (a selling gimick) in a thin wall tube.
As a result, most of the 12,000 illegal aliens arrested along the ¥With a four-footer he ocould always hit a 3" bullseye from 25 to 30
Janadian horder last year were merely deported. Many simply turned feet. For darts he bought a plastic bead. (Dimestore stuff molded
around and tried again -- often successfully. "For every one we around the string.) About 4" of 1/16" musio wire. A guick touch on
catch, at least 10 others get away." a grindstone gave a point, Heat the head end red hot and jam into
Most of the aotion along the Canadian border takes place in the the ocenter of the bead. He made a jig s0 he could make them fast and
1200-mile-long Northeast sector, a corridor that includes two Great get them centered. They always struck point first. Have an amazing
L& es, Nimgara Falls, Lake Champlain, the S5t. Lawrence Seaway, amount of penetrating power! His were sbout 1/2" or 5/8". Also oan
scores of smaller waterways, hundreds of roads, and more than 100 make darts with a small cone shaped piece of paper and the old style
rural airstrips where small planes can land and take off undetected. wood lath nail, about 1" long, makes a good point. 2" of oone is
Total arrests along the entire Canadian border last year were plenty long. Try for a snug fit in the tube. Without poison or
about 30% higher than in 1971. (Canada doesn't patrol its side of tranguilizer these have a surprising stopping power for SMALL game.,
on a regular basis, except for an oocasimal spot check by Mounties.,) Very quiet,
Imnigration officials say one reason for the inoreased traffio is Should you want larger ammo for the sling shot: f you know zome
that recently reduced immigration quotas meke it more difficult for one into muzzle loaders perhaps they would cast you some or let you
many foreigners to enter the States legally. The vast majority of use their bullet mold. Sometimes you might run across old bal:
arrests on the Canadian border, therefore, are of people seeking to bearings which work very well.
work in the U.S. without the necessary papers. Washington estimates I have an Armalite A7 survival rifle (22 long rifle). I am
there are more than two million illegal aliens in the ocountry, about impressed by its usefulness: floats, takes down, stows in the stock,
a quarter of whom are believed to be in New York City; many of these about 3 pounds, no fancy finish but looks strong.
used Janada as their springboard. Shotgun News, Box 1147, Hastings, Nebraska 68901, is a tabloid-
Drug hauls are relatively small. And seizures of other contra- size ad paper. About 112 pages. Iwice a month. Gives sources for
band, such as Cuban ocigars or gold coins, are also infrequent. all kinds of stuff. §4 a year. M, HEAD
Border patrolmen cite another reason for the 1ncrease3 aotivity;

e
an apparent growth in the number of organized smuggling rings that
promise to deliver aliens across the border in return for fees up to I have used several good Furopean air rifles and while accuracy 1s
$1000. It's a luorative trade, and immigration officials bemoan superb the pellets are too light to kill as cleanly as I wished.
that first-offenders can get by with as little as $500 fine, then go In faot the only heavy pellets are the Sh:riden type. I used to cut
right back into business. long rollsof lead and roll cut the thing into pellets of solid lead
22 size -- must be a hair undersize or you will hawe trouble -- aisc
To foil the smugglers, the Border Patrol has imbedded what it
calls " nti-intrusion devices" in many of the backwoods border roads not too amccurate although 1little swaging die might save the day.
that don't have regular inspection stations - Just d gns telling I was always going to experiment with nerve poison on pellet althaugh
aliens to check in at one. The devices give off a signal in the it was too much hassle. =~ A. FRY
roving patrol cars whenever anything metallic -- even a bicycle ==
crosses over. Bach device has a different signal that tells the - INEXPENSIVE FOOTWEAR, GLASS FRAMES, GrINDEHS
patrol car which road is being traveled.
But many smugglers have figured out orafty elusive tactics: The
. Boots are expend ve, especially since
Rayo can go thru a pair
pairs and send a 'scout car' over the We
smugglers often operate in (1iterally!) in less than a year. (I take somewhat longer .)
unguarded road to see if the coast is clear. If patrol cars appear, | were using used GI Vietnam combat boots but when the price went up
the scout car draws them into a chase, leaving the road open for the from $5 or $6 to $7 a $8 we started thinking of s&n alter native.
aliens to make it across. "The scout cars' occupants usually have !'ve
claim thev'ra_ . I decided that thrift-shop temis shoes might be the ansier.
papers proving they're Canadians, and they generally occupents, agents; been able to purchase both the high top and low for about 45¢ a pair.
to detain the them by.) Hayo
lost." Unless they have Eogd ie:sog:nada (They are often priced higher, in which case I mss
energlly just escort them bac [ ) e a pair in less than two months in Summer; oxe pair has !aste=d
wears out
v Aliens gry to come across in all ways imasinagle eatgidg:-netx:nt?: me a half year -- which isn't long but at the price 1 can't
low
the back seet, strepped undern ’ y
trunk of a car, under complain, A
U.S. In the past we've been able to shop many thrift sTores as we nade
one of the reguler
s people try to co me through
imes a. food-buying trip up and down the Pacific Coast. This has
If these people are denied entrance,
e our yearly
borgg:ezn cgiolx’x stations. to get meny good buys. But even thrift stores in this crea
other inspection points in the area
enabled us
"red alertseeis flashed to all the the lookout for the car. serve us well, tho we must often buy things when on the shelves,
rd atrol to be on simply walk befors we need them, If one oan anticipate needs and/or wait, the
i3 the uncounted scores who store goods at a fraction of
andT::‘g E?Zgggt ?!r:egdache'
woods or other are as where patrols are seocond- hend shops supply department/variety
across the border throug h dense the prioce.
Eye glasses ocan be had oheaply (50¢ to $§1). Hot water softens
the
ed plastic so that the unwanted lenses can be removed and one's owr.
Vermont,
der segment in New York put in == if the frame.is broken but not the lenses.
in the thrift stores.
ajor enforcement agm’ yII' We also get some beautiful woolen socks
ve even seen universal food choppers for $2.
in the U.S. et ebec border. Many o
Darb, a sm own straddles the Yermont-Qu n the two ocuntrie:,
back a nd forth betwee is, let ! ANOTHER HONEST OCCUPATION OR 2
.
the towi,s roads criss:oross to know where the border
and it's pretty difficu 1t at times
!
L

end going. there are many moXe One-man fortunes today being made
alone who's coming 0ddly enough
than the mineralized varieties, For
from non-ore-bearing rook,
G? persons wandering around the boondooks I would strongly suggest I have
FQt POT HUNLIN kesping your eyes peeled for likely potentials, Example:
WHAT? IS IHE BEST WEAPON in ldaho and
menti on but had an i a friend who staked a few olaims in a lava flow canyon He loads
(Wisch o) you buillding stones and jaspers.
-rifle With pump has done rather well selling
for years and y:re::a% Tt wae a bolt action loeder. up his pickup when he needs some money andwant 24"
hauls.the rgaks to ’1 i
ipache 0,25 oaliber with a liner or 3 wig; : abs
by 1ike a Benjamin.
useles s == I ne v puilding ocontraotor. The contractor may the ro o .
e Small size more OT less and fractures
up, Used round lead balls that we so my friend takes a hammer and ohisel is hlown free. If you fetor
used it, SLOAN to loed and p wop oould ft aizge, whioch is really easy once & 'face!
pumps. Six was all I a nearby source of grave
a slight drive fit. Normally put in 5 d nind'of a new road going in = meplace,
Was surprisingly loud, Another acouatntaxeaggu i
%o ome extre leverage. 4t will set you up finanoially for years. Bag
fi;)o‘gttg:ogigsfloshort. Would ahootnzell for ;ho:; g::;g:oz:; looated & turquolse mine %i\ tstr;l;ng':l.!.xdo::\‘;lagig a:gengz u.e‘r“anipthe
. f you want a gun-shap in the simmer bla
if you want as noiseless as spending moneylind‘.nenazy-
e pon:zo-n;fizrqam;\oig riile"{ I But would use one of the following)
in S, Calif,
f;wtfi:n;:l:r he goofs off here of Winnemudos, Nev. has been living high
possible a rabbit/squirrel getter, ing nimeelf. A fellow west A, BrY
for yeers with his opal mines.
Suise bank sccount? They are a nuisance to
ood stretchy rubber you probably wi 11 have lfitfl?:o ::;ds-i {ntarest, Why not consider a Danish bank
paying one to three like
gatural. Put no use couné inetead? Denmark has totel benk secrecy,
to open by mail e convertible
when mother natur g;itzerlund, and it is easy in any desired currenc y) bank
the use of your p (1.8, receivable and payable Foreign accounts may
et your hunting done, Any acéount paying interest up to 10%. (aver $10,000),
air-rifle to 70,000 kroner
be maintsined in smounte up advanta
i mf Btii]r;os\:gh go get with the e ge of speculative praofite
lus there ie the possibl (krone is very strong) .
et with the slingshot, Sy g LA En account of doller develuatibn
of the air-rifle y recently, but perhaps
yau(g?n %or the price expend ve (Axtend (Thie was edvertised in Time magazine nteages:
While the ammo 1s more . There arae two disadva
od 22, hit it., A silence it egscaped most of your readers
caref ul where you s, hence not terribly
’ox;r;{afige of. ame if you are a. These are term, not demend, account irs the to the
liquid. b. 1t might be herd to explain
eas copy of a Denish check in your name uhich turned
31'9 el b“:'len and a nice soft 5/16" mwbei Sold;;'agr e 8: miorofilm It might ha-
e 'tngo:rsgo: Wrap around a dowell - wmg: ug tfie"rifim el s%age. up at your local bank in cese of withdrawal.
a little p
as a spacer . It circumvent this idfficulty with
dimgh:r The wire acts athe o possible to
end of the parrel and work however. A cool addrqss to send your inguiry is}
1:’ £it the clear ingenuity, 5/DK-1160 Kgbenhavn/DENMARK,
tomt as you can and still P, Glindemann—sfirensan/Amagertorv
;leige t oas pig around
 What ToDo When Arrested HOW T0 ASSIST THE LEARNING OF WILDERNESS-VONU SKILLS
Most arrests - two thirds, in fact - are
for such petty crimes as gambling, drunken Arrests for porsossion and us of marijuana | can't afford to hire cme yoursalf. We say
ness, vagrancy and disorderly conduct, The and thero are no signsof | suppased to te in formed, bacauss
it really
First, I think that the 'classroom' aprroach to teaching (1nvolv1
single most common cause of arrest, among Your kids may not mukes no difference whether the cop tells 1eotm’*1ng) 18 too pasgsive for both parties. It is too easy for th }
both men and women, is drunkennees. For son or daughterisat | you this ot not. He can alway s swearin lecturer to muke assumptions ahout the listener and it is also
every person accused of murder, more than heoy ¥ where marijuanafs belng smoked, | court that he did tell you. And, very likely, for the listener to eagy
230 are arvested for baing drunk. Indeed, heor she could b husted his testimony will b corraborated by daydream, go off on anothe thought, not
only 1/5 of 1% of all arrests are for homi. interrupt out of 'oourtesy' or agree with what is being
cide, and lexs than 10% are for the Big Seven
anather cop - one who wasn't even thare saiq ip
(homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggra
Yes, polica dolie. Paul Chevigny, astaft 0Order to cover ignorance, Whenever I teech (which is very rare)
vated assault, burglary, larceny over $50, diorderly conducy attorney for the New York Civil Libarties it 13 nalways on a one-to-one basis and the emphasis 1s on a
Union, writes in his book, Police Power,
and auto theft) Campus politics, bt they involved with radical "Thera can be no doublt that police lyingis 'Socratic Method'. I will pepper the 'instructee' with auestiong
If you're an educated, white, middle Mere presence al and find that repeating
baon enough for many
the most pervasive of all abuses.. The questions
very to test knowledge is often
class adult living in Suburbia, chances are kids 10 be arrested on policeman mas his jols to be catehing crim informative,
you'll fare better with the police than charges mnang from
"failure to obey a police inals, not complying with procadura. He
would an uneducated, poor, black youth office" to assanlt While a 'demonstration' involves ACLLiuG 1t is still a di
For taample, 1f the splay
ITyou don't think it could feels that he has done his job when the pet
from the ghetto. But that deesn't mean happen to son who | he considers| 'quilty anyhow' is In a slmilar manner as ig the lecture.,
you're immune 1o the possibility of false convicted, regardloss of how the convicti were souat-spots, I might begin by discussing possidle subject
arrest, police harassment or even physical it obtained
on
for a souat-spot., locations
brutality. A professor watching a recent
" Therafor
.e, whether or nota
- | cop tells you you'ra under arrest,
I would ask what faotors the instructee would
peace demonstration witnessed some police suspect that you are, don't talk.
Ifyon conal der (tho many people
thenanigans and began copying down badge Even if complete ignorance
you're being arrested on a warrant -- which requires more
that or'Il)
numbers Eight cops jumped and pum
SREWE Ay QUETEL P s Lears someone elva's name, go quletly and hopefully we would argue or discuss the
meled him while another policeman Gy the cop, In most Jurisdictions, you with matter to mutual
grabbed the piece of paper from his hand cannot profit,
name and address.
The professor was arrested for disorderly
nothing until you
sult our (
conduct, assault and resisting arrest. Mid-
dle.class people are also apt to be arrested If you're in your he areas we looked corresponded to what we were intending
arnve donot consent
for asking to see a cop ‘s identification, for ta a
police have a valid search search unless the instructee has for
tearing up traffic nckets. for saying, "' warrant, If the This approach might be more difficult
know my nghts" or for doing little more thinking you have nothing to hide, andsay]'/ou, to stop me from answer ing my own
than threatening a cop's self-esteem. "“Sure, go ahead," that
The nsk of arrest is even greater for constitutes "'con.
young people, including those from the find can be used
suburbs. In fact, suburban kids are some- IT you're stopped on the
;
times i
more likely i
to be arrested for minor highw
infractionsof the law than are city-dwell
patrolman who rightfully
3 suspecs ay by a
youmay | hide
i the use of force,
oree, "- g3 says s Mr.
Mr. Chevi I attended a
ers. | Chevigny,
James Q. Wilson, author of Varieties in be driving while under the influence,
and h! nI:i: R‘;;}; E{]:']?E:nm ifi:fl 'Legel Rights' in which a shart
Police Behavior, notes that suburban cops | In some
asks you to take a drunkometer test, refuse. | for di‘sardErI condugg gesplaor
agaxnslyoua discussion of situations and legal technicalities was followed
states, this refusal may be suffi. & physical enactment of being hassled by cops. by
are prone to arrest youngsters "'in great part cient to get your license ¥ » Tesisting arrest an
assaulting a police officer It sounds corny
suspended, but if , This accom- but the 'instructors'
because, lacking much serious crime to you do take the test and plishes two things: Your certainly did a good job of maxing me
flunk, you'll be charges against
attend to, they have the time and inclina- liable to criminal Prosecutio him for assault wi Sweat when they acted out the role of a couple
tion to keep track of minor matters....” n. of police trying to
If you are arrested, you I highly recommend this tool of theory-practice
Marijuana use and drug experimenta- are supposed to
be informed of the charge CHET
tion, of course, are rife among the nation's . You are also
supposed to be advised
adolescents. According to the report of the of your
right to remain silent; to know rights—the If you plan
National Counci) an Marijuana and Drug that any- cop, don 't let him know about
thing you say can and will
Abuse, 14% of all young people under 18 you; theright toa lawyer
be used against after you've been released, it, Wait until SOCIAL SECUxITY NUMBEXS -- The only regularity
have already tned pot. This estimate is re- and to have that charges have been brought
or after formal
discern in their coding I unave been able to
garded by many as extremely conservativ
lawyer present during Quest
ioning; the right against you. is that apparently the first digit of the
e. to have alawyer provided foryou
if you
Then you can complain,
If you have suf. number [of the last four digits?] is even
ard plenty of patience fered serious injuries, have an airtight in the case _of male
(cases normelly take 6 ye ars in case ' cardholders, 044 for femeles -- as far as
by all means sue. 4 Brooklyn New York City), I know, NAmE nlizHE.D
longshoreman who claimed
beaten by two ccps "like an animal he had been
$145,000 from the city. in a cage" was recently awarded MAKING THE TRANSITION TO ECANES
AT The scene of the arrest, FOOD
pay attention to deteails,
know the name
of the street You're on. Make sure you I hope that what I
witnesses, Look around for possi ble suggest here helps make the transition from a
Listen carefully to whatever
the
conventional North Americen diet to the
es it turns out later, he made an illegal arrest,
cop tells you, If book OUT QOF SIGHT
ECANES
E.A.TING, a pleasam one,
uncovered while arresting you any evidence t’xe
will be inadmissitle in court. posing any particular
you're only accused of a misdem
eanor, And if pre judices,
errest was illegel -- generelly, there's a good chance that
the
misdemeanor in order to arrest
a cop has to see you commit a
you, et the badge or car number of
the cop who arrested you, this
#rite down al1 information as soon
can help get your case di smi ssed, one part
may turn tZeir noses of the world
as you can =-- you'll forget a delicacy somewhere
deteils, Write when the cop doesn't see == if With few exceptions, else.
I liked
it may help his testimo he takes your notes the beginning. of our ECANES foods right from all
i But with time I have come
Eooks waoich KuNEYSH The foods that took an effort to re2lly relish them,
H recommends for advice are GRUWLNG UP CLEAN on my Part to get used te were
IN AWEXICA, Joseph 5, Lobenthal (out of print but available at most ‘meal, limestone flowr, and bone
molasses. But after repeated tastes
libraries); UP AGAINST THE LAW, Jean Strouse, New American Library, & number of months I came to
tolerate well all three, and over
1301 Avenue of the hmericas, New York 10019, 95¢; IHE even like them. (Rayo's not minding them av o metimes
Grove Press, 85 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10012, $1.25; BUbgmBOUK
HEET
me to learn to eat them.) all made it easier for
SHEET'S GoEATEST HITS, National Lawyers Guild, In addition to the psSycholog
197 Steiner St., San ical adjustment to the
Frencisco a > I think there is a physiologi ECANZS diet,
cal adjustment,
“(This iscrrglli7ia§5§2 WONEYSWOXTH, tharks to Lloyd., MONEYSHOHTH trophy Vol II) claims that Tepea + Shelton (Ortho-
tedly eating a food increases the
hes a reputetion for unreliability. They teke info from other body's ability to digest it.
publicetions which may already be stale and unrelisble anqmig?n@a‘sh If one experiences any distr
such as indigestion/zas, I
sligntly so that it sunds authoritative. _ILike the WALu & it suggest decreasing the portion
ess,
sl ze and eating only one cor two
JUUANAL, they sound quite impressive, UNLESS the reader happens at a time, paying attention to foods
to combinations,
xnow whet they are telking about, I'd like to see advice by people Some people are reportedly allergic
to whole wheat.
with first hand experience,) to be the problem, If this seems
before condemning it, determine if the diffi
mightn't be improper combinatio cwlties
or stale wheat.
taked bread is often made out of nsstore-bo%h Even home-
WOKEYSwxTk flour, rather than flowr home-ground I t or other wise stale
goes on to advise one to get a lawyer. This is like LALELY before baking,
the medical 'hei!.p' books which say, get a doctor. And there may be additions such as honey which
From what l?ttle digestion, interfere with
experience I've had with practicioners of those professions, I verl ,
concluded that the vest mejority are essentially worthless. On the
Perhaps because the ECANES diet is high in roughage and rich o
in
other hend I've heard of fantastic performences by the B vitamins, it may have a laxative effeot. Dr, Brukitt, who
who knew what to do and had the courage to do it,
few recommends bran for intestinal health, says there may 5
Eased on present knowledge,
4 B or 3 weeks, but that this disappears as the bran has 1:3 be gas far
if I reeded a 1awyer|I d see'k onetgtzon sfxegi;
specialized in getting people out of jail and had a'radical "pulooal I formerly never oconsidered myself oonstipated but by :195
== who didn't mind stepping on Establishment toes. standards I must have been, B
The avargge Ao%ord:lrls to one author, bowel move
lawyer is apt to be a £01fing buddy of the judge, sheriff am ments should equal the number of meals.
e N
district attorney. And his wife plays bridge with their wiv;a,d; Whole foods, and starches espeoially, regquire thoro i:asti::ti‘olgé
His career depends on remsining in their good graces, . 8o don't forget to ohew, ohew, ohew and eat slowly) v_vh: Sv-emdeliciéus
Mltll enke chb I tell myself, Toworrow is another beautiful
anything which might embarrass or inconvenience them for the ; 4 08 mox day, with
client who, most likely, he will never see again? O0f oourse : {44 at. - s
foog f\gp: that "
happily go thru the motions of defending someone -- as long anyone who tries the BUANES die-x“gzg{gfi
money lasts, Lawyers are also g:one to meke 'trades' -~ sell on
a ¥ JEseing Shay ali ¥he adepuidne, both payoh and phgaialogic yek :‘@&t“
client down the river so that the bludg will g0 easy on anothm‘or- i time, I remind uyself that things worth getting e
A capable 'defender'reeds, I suspect, not so much knowledge If one eats
1ittle, or best, none of the gf‘fié take eats molasses
as knowledge of 'pre ssure pointe' in the System. There are ey,
" by the teaspoon, not the ouo:
does get plenty of sprouts, freshkoes easv on rogetagsiéobles ms- and ble,
whea possi
(millions) laws subject to so many interpretations that an,yon: (1 o84 fruit and \efa 1 and rounds things
easily jailed for 20 years or let loose, degending on the mgoths and raw foods; oooks conservati when cmkt]r.uig;w1 n OUD OF 06 vely
qut with supplements and vit;amj.nsi the dla’; ouH BRSNS
judge, etc. So the 'defender! must put skillful presaire O EATING may
judge or prosecuting attorney in sucug'arway as ::OL I:ake gunx‘;t;h;;is do as well for ons as it does for b?;t
14 it's been in our
; 'embarrasing' or !'painf Ll
lives, and that; tgu he:}\t?hzslgggd;egeor two we've had no
gg;:e:;gigixuds
or the bludg, gettin g better;
themselsgs willp:ntezj;ret the law in favor of their oolds, no dgotor/drus bills and no new oavii;;ieslllt oy 2 e
Jevhain amaegts of ofr di8% may pose different
fiffe projisds foFo
Vic;l?:;-e are advantages if the rens individusl buy
to meet the needs of most 2 people
'defender'
price of lawyers is artificialyhigh because of
1s not a lawyer.
the long yglr:he Sadle
Th:t sse no reason mhy it oamot be tailored
only-partially-relevant schooling recuired for admission o'defender' all it's aotually more nutritious inter
than
ested in adop 3% 1n 0 Anaiea
And a lawyer can be threatened with debarring. Non—lawyfl'd 73 eat, HAELAN HYGEIA (A ocondensed versowhat
n of most peoplein N. An
might be a rewarding profession for radicels growing beyoxn 3 was published in 1973 VONULIFE,)
ism who are able to stomach heavy involvement with bluda-lme{;ent
What is the best way to get in contact with a highly O%Tg
defender (ettorney or non-attorney) in event of 1ncamat'iBI s:épeot Pool Page -= June, 1973
assuming no previous contact or knowledge? (For us, an L Eite
most vonuans, the probability of arrest is too low to spgn L
money in advance retaining attorneys or other defenders-l ers Guilde
American Civil Liberties Union gocd for this? National 'a;gd
I'11 be interested in the siggestions of anyone #ho ?ASEDITOR
experience as a defendant in a 'crime without victims'.
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INTRODUCTION

YONU EDUCATION AND THEORY (VETH) exist ful

Utoplas by Rayo 0c72
i?zg.vghts onfifieegom achievement and tosdgefigtgezgmsgoig;¥
ge
i
THQUGHTS ON FREEDOM STRATEGY:
. VET s for vonuans (or 'self-li berators ') of all 1i
‘ : :
for
f
the
3
many individuals who yearn for iess i respo
| (This is ap partly y in
styles. VEIH is also mi - and 'anar al
away from the
bility but have not yet man: sged to break ;lotih T:;gmgig:: So‘e,g:;”eng iibergfi;:;g}t(
l,é?m;fid ' anarch
.
rul -
vulrcra | o
VETH is for seasoned
0=

State'sAl
shackle
=
s end blendishuments. ex machina which will keep their
tra-
'

of the dogmati sm, ego trips capitalists' (AC) belleve in deux

libertar ians who are )weary ggnér:i’n ra ! pure.
cepitalism
i and econom?: theo-}y, ang VEIH is also igfizlé:;:tggegzmaget
i;g;;gni.?;etween ;trategy ideologi es.
ctiveness o previox;ant%—s tatist digoozfiasenggzflznanmch baw
poreriul militery/police
the ties which bind, and seeking
: fo:;oes %o
ful. Por
deux ex the AC the d
. how abstains from harassing the
e of the e
for those just becomi ng &l peace A or

L §2§§§§Md Well ae real solutlons.

i% . of problems msd achiev machina consis ts of variou s protec tion sgencles and insura
nce
cooperative on the
3 ement. Comparing wil- peacefully competitive and
Overall strategies of freedo
small-boat living 5 com{anies which remain ng eaoh other, forcing people to do
business
ty, smumism, whole, rather than fighti
derness vonu, vehicle mobili 2 g, and becoming States.
ground structures, internati with them, staking out territordle experi ence.
deep-ocean developments, u.nger conventional structures, etg?al Both hypothetical systems
are contrary to historical they can
mobhility, decep tion invol ving
1ife by 'quantum leaps' or !
or later. State functuaries do what
e one 's Power corrup ts sooner 1is writte n into a
Is it vetter to try to chang? away with regardless of whet
thru e series of small
steps Iphysically get ed, suspended, 'reinter-
and attitudes. What are the best Constitution. A Constitution can be amend occas ions when
Learning vonu technigues for =adults And, on the rare
into a vonu life-style? i_i pretedf, or simpl y ignor ed. ied the same
methods for young born iiberation'. what military foroes have occupction but cival
les? 1Psyc holog ical sovereignly-independent not competition in prote
changing 1ife-sty are most conducive %o
effective resu lt w es seem %o
rd the Stat e re be best | verritory, the Many AC
~ttitudes towa te ‘expose! literstu war texrminating in one o
forces are c protection
action? How can existing anti-sta statism to vonuism without eve in word magi e: if independent wi
Can someone develop from wasting time and enersy trying| beli ranc e compenies, they 11 somehow abstain from nies,
wtilized? agen cied and insu insur ence compa
ist phese and which States do. How
going thru 2 movemdnt d'.
A b
,greatest 1 doing the dastardly things 'y'af brg’a’nizations subor dinate to
'ref orm the worl ract for e id Eh&t 's'o' pie‘fl inde pendent
to S. How can vonuans
inte
cultures? the eart as
h? I for exaliple, Behnv necessarily how pney would develop if
Associztional mean lies ? groups? such the State, is not - ?
thing
witnin fomi stic s
vonu chaz_'acteri Shuswap‘ Doubukor A are really t he seme
mituzl benefit ps with some hos, of ‘the State. serving freedon ) .
Traditional grou Jews , Nava Seminoles,
hes? Ly Aohi evin g freedom and rpre of as bad pro teo tio n agencies (or whatewer ia from
Gypsies, Pree-las ons, rich, hobos, witc
mightia be thought problem of ACHIEVINous G utop
inte rnat iona]ly-mobile char acte rist ios try to sepa rate the Tun nin g
Mennonit es,
they been ? d\;’hy ? What Bii most LG and AC eved . Few LG are seri
tit=
How successful have once achi the cons
2 avol Prob abil isti c, PRESERVING utopia
thah for publ icity) or testing
cultures evolve? socu:;ct m;iti to organize atte
= g | adoptfronu he nexghten year:& fewer AC are
States. Instead,
o ‘
What . tec}f_t’- rg arder
i Yvo wa?
the non- another, higher-c
multiple-sce vomu tec q ues on
effects
c of vari ous dame ntal change in
people.
al attitudes of most a do affeot
i
-l e an une L TPE : : c
systems.
to trep a2 'bea?:,I } EARTH NEWS slitioal
ormation see IFESIYLE, MOTHER
For this kind o RUATE SUURCES OF ENERGY, er
COMNECTIOHN, ALTE NS, G ¥
.‘IO lemse o p powe
SEELTER PUBLICAH
(See VONULIFE 73,
pages 111-114, ortunities end probStat and
end magazines. need' ;2’;15 subject to the
ist myths ('why we out |alize that the gtat
rices.) articles refuting stat pointing s o the contrarv e
o For will VEIH run laws, taxesS,ss etc.) except for gut-of-hand any argument LG and AC approaches %o the
stete schools, drug a catales deso ribing ection not only the idea:l as well --
ag
Jevent to vomiism, For
|.ssring o oomgtig utioionalized
zed coeroi ,
ionon but Wit h their
L%T OnIS,
re ocalled
refutations especially
sond, 2 Tom pORLIST in
is not v’vha‘b. is commonly
books, pitelisn (whioh
1ibersting! 30e .
O £ rmind r 51:Iifi }I%IYV%UL ]problem of
n-market capi.:afi.usf
d
a2 wide spectrum
to Lelssez Faire Bcoks, 228§1M
f o0 Mot oca
in that sooiety).
- Bven if pure ope s, I believe
3ofisfolu;”
stemps oum sta nce
HE beck iss such pe=£R8
ues of MTE B HIDTAES L bimke
SRERRR 'gapitalism'
_ were aohieved thru
some for tuitou s cir
enemies and
oth to outside tory from about 1880 thru
inside power-

e haS a, T t well itioal his

REASOd, s, vom ist 13 be Loele U.8. eootonombein
4 hop io gandan pol italism b,
of Sfigmvula'n)z
inolud
miich are sold 9o7l
e for &5 P a Dewn
This
g 1is 18 , not an 909
Box
l 1630 comes ‘los e e decay
xample of the ULP H OF C
ideological pieces, er, Los Angeles, CA 9000s9).,
pRtpal
of their ference: Kolko's THE TLI
Worldw ay Pos tal Cent per iod ioa ls; pome * rernal forcen (re frgedom and
ation of all thee ble economio
unqualified rec
omm end
ideas on strategy
, &re poore e was considera "From ghirt-
y thei r Dflr ing that period ther little stability of wealth, Lerge,
articles esp eci all Feo oun and lat ive ly ons " was typ ioa l.
alr L stro lely background per sti y?ars by
To VONFLLall
g plus olderer issmes. for
YG Toad
for $3.50 ey 2 down in & few
, one 1973
o ead.gok
handb Phese are sold out 'safe
buying their theorys oompa There were no
vonu and yopuist by Vo 2 gmaller, more capable o0 etitors. wealth
igomation on per issue.
sheetParactos)
Box 248,
{
°A95969"1o;grgatablis!xed
playboy h firs could mltiply their
Cmall11 et first, Y sually a single ‘newe 1 onEar 4n which
issues)
tal
&1 for 'old rieh' watched The
class' manne®s and speech,
pos&g%dwfi; beooms gamess
if demand and srticles fifl{i o]onc'erxtrat.\ng
on 'high-sooiety' 'lower
5o111 with
2 jarger journsl
[ siemay as 'mew Tich!,of wealth. It is no accident that
per yeor., I hays ' many
Tt may evolve into
bavenlized Eg“:‘;"p L
2 fem issues
I expect %O publish
eight years 2ad enjoyed the treppings of wealthy
suffigient-
boen a vonuist for ebout i were the no-longer—very-wealthy
offspring were
that many large industrinlists
arbanite, van nomad and wilderness-vorman. sooinlists And it is no acoident reguletion of their industries.
government femilias.
1 trumental in obtainingthe regulasion was %o protect ‘reformers' the Public from
of
-- BIELI suppoged purpose® of served to co-opt most of the
ROOTING OUT THE ouTpOSIS (VONULIFE 73, P for 109)
I wrote23 to
.
The
Big Buainess. And this
upporting the legis latio n. But the actual result of
age pibliographio oompanies from new
artiocle
g this
rs g Yhat_era into © was to 'protect! establised
e raire Books ‘sent the followin B regulgtory 1ens
When preperin er {an/an
/ it se%e
I 1ss
arc ley ofbook
italists’
sever al livert VONULIFE erticle). MACHINERY OF competition. cemtral gove rnment for the 1cap
Sharon Prés_ey
gestionse. arrived too late my P here already existed a But same large companies elso hired
' to manipulate and expand. If there hadn't beer
gpIsis I T OLASSROOM, ) HOlt's books, comeT%tors and upions. forces would not have
FREEDON, end meny more.
n’%a&'c";%i?m
OUR KONEY? (1.25) privete thugs to harass to bclieve that these
DONE 70 aifficult
a state, it 13States. R
REGULATING THE Po'gflcagfingNT WAN (6.95) evolved into
Welfare: EéLE MM THE MONOPOLY the communication and
Money and benking Given pre-industrial technology, especially
BOONOMI% DEPRESSIONS
UF (40¢),.
sransportation the beginning of the ‘capitelilst
which existed steven able
era', open-merket enterprise, to the limited extent it wa-s
to develop under State controls, was probably the most effic.¢ 3t way
of producin g/marketing most things. Given the vastly different
 he sold his pack lor
financ
his ial situation was precarious,
4 Altho
and bought a new oOne.
I was a ohild,
a small
Many people thishe'dwaylj pald4 e tncs didm when
of whai
frectionbehave
=-_an unwillingnses
true. Compsring problems
I wonder if this is still (cland & couse is & false sense of Serfectionis
capabilities today, market and vonu estine) market: Perhaps
of open (publicly displayed)
nghtug i’ 111; v to accept PASD ectlons which). do not accord: with EaESENL values and '
A;l1 open market is ;“fijifiz '{?n-s zf;eafigfgrififi;msoa
. On theother handan be rid of otjects which remind one of one's
whereas a vonu marke g large quentity, kzowledge. and a wish to
advertise openly, produce in
open-market enterprise can vom merketing must ~ Distake . Profitably use the discards of
or3 sell thru a relatively few middlemen, whereasralize d, small-scale Turning this heuristic around: is to visit the
' £ mouth' and requires -either decent others . One way to outfit inexpensively around here
’ hippies' in early Winter ned.and pick over
b;ogict:gidog ma£ middlemen? marketing has been limited mostly to former canp sites of 'summer ent which has been abando (Caution:
P In the recent past, vonu only be produced locall y on & the clothins and other eguipm
ned -- if in doubt, leave a note.)
services which (1) oan meXe sure it is really sbando
roducts and auto repairing, hair outtingj or
Emall scale, such as lawn mowing,
are competitive
(2) are illegal. Products for which both epproaches
compar ative costs of open and vonu marketing et .a given BOOK REVIEWS
indicate the alicd‘oeverage:. - 2 ) ; )
time and place == €:8., alcoh oftword-of- i Lee, Pocket Books #1971;
an more automatization %G,Hnaxl'tin Shepard end Marjorie .
In the future I expect more greatly inoreasing :fiifl:og
commnication and middlemen functions, | ed by Heelen.
illustrafed.
mouth' costs. The newer electronic tech-
highly -- for the technigues
security and reducing of I 1:eoommend it most except that
eed and
is greatly reducing the time/cost with the values expressed,
:glogy (integrateg circuits) necessarily agree

skt
I don't

e ot o Troipner shva besond | SO SELLLIDS SOTVERLIOTS 19, SRS, G i

increasing the ability of needn'v
interpreting data. It is also as joyful as possible and that ono
1ife should be

eT
coding amd ,one's

ST
their findings, but not in proportion.
snoopers to snoop and correlate othag B i ‘.m’Ma.ratggn nd
Copa goa.chan en wgti
computer to break in a thousand years,
the ability of any conceivable que hions nich ; had tho
ad thought but never Th:t guge h i‘s g 1 e seme + but :
or even to identify as a cirher. And soon there some things whicwill be inexpend ve like elped to bring out
redio systems capable of relaying data in ways not gualities/characteristics one doesa't
tracable by a
!talked about. (E.g. the
FCC's. There aren't many things ebows Rayo wnich
nundred
To buy or sell some- heless, ’5b°“t'th°» other person,
Here is how one such system might operate
.
I don't like, and they were are not important to me,. bute nevert
also told what
thing I type or spesk an inguiry,ersorder or offer into my Secure SC's | tellin g him what they made me feel better
my message and transuits it to
Communicator (SC). My SC enciph we most 1iked ebout each other.)
which in turn eautometically
of a few individuals I know and trust, they trust, : e V253, $1.95, h M. StamPIs?- ginzfi&
and relay it in microseconds to SC's of people
THE PECULIAR INSTITUTION, Kennet
re-encipher
y reach tle SC's d a very largs slavery in the U.S8. ouf be?fri 18160.
ete. IEI this way my messagewhoosnis quickl hes keyed er
selling what I'm buying
negro
This bc‘)okl is about
history. But of special relevance
mmber of people . Someone
When my message And it's interesting as straight ames
ning that product. of psyohological comtrol techni
SC to watch for messages concer E ad i then to vonuists, are the desoriptions :
notifies its owner. those of current StateBinstriutions
reaches it, it deciphers it and employed and their similarity to
se, almost as easily as by telephone/telefax, but without having sory school, consor ipt milite ry, taxes. As Dick Bray (
conver compul
person iS. At +his time we may change abolished, just
:Elzvery hasn't been
«any ideas who or where the other to inter- intelligible g:%igv‘;{i‘;:gel|“§g;el
‘our cipher so that our message is no longer 4 e guotes: the privilege
’
come to terms and err e delivery. n
of slaves obtained from their masters
mediste SC's which rel it. We
:ngr()p. Bugy i "A small group enjoyed o nsiderable
proggct, delivery may be made thru their own time.' These bondsmen
?I; it's a physical or another, and can be of 'hiring work for themselves.
most will be information in one form
'products’ freedom of movement and were permitted to find ated sum © f money
SC net. An example might be a program to oy reguired to pay their masters a stipul
delivered thru the e ent part | They were amount was tieirs
L + = 3
l:ax;b] e 2 each year, but whatever they could earn above that d slave arvisan
zz iaffe‘fif,_‘i amtra.g a truste
?“f,mc‘,’i;iiofificfioifia ifilw%‘;hef,fiblgit:tf ’ P to do with as they wished.... By permitting
tike Igurdenllof fgeding and
2 P own time T:he master esceped

Lmerest tzon sioh madite and

2 e to hixl‘e his

DheiT ed
net, L. abebEusts

SR ut 0 | o Snie raraLly Sobi

might join en SC 21?- ”n.iom(g;
a dishonest or unrelisble person
him anid- of finding employmsng fgr

IR M0 R
Wpile Olthln,g

coutd enalnges oy of tmediate

contacts, who made tre mistake of
could endanger only er immediate C
1 L y
a time be Slscipline and getting
i diste communicants would far practical benefits as escaping severe
.
it;
Sg could automstically compute the for less labor. (p88) _
tgfisigéizgefig;‘erzii;fi:. My
comes, as well as 1n°f9359d compensation ‘have been little
of intermediaries thru which a me ssage The masses of slaves, for whom freedom could
reliability a program for exasperate their
found countless waysas ato labor
Proprietary aata, such as
selecting =2lternate routes.
might be protected from more than an idle dream, that system had
bondage
my hypothetical automatic micro
= -shaper,
Pe2e pasters-- and tims saw to it
Many slaves were doubtless
dmi::igns its limitations as well as its advanteges.
of n°n'g§tt1°$1r -
plagerism by putting
most likely be in crediis,
individual
ansmibeo piflled by conflicti ng impulses: @ desire for the personal satisfact
veriations
to
in each part. Paymem wouldfagy %fik& vomu products /activit ies wi1™ lon gained from doing a piece of work well, as against t a desire
D%gm;mfla;gggefi
thr\éetc!:; t a3 A"
resist or outwit th ster by d or not at &ll §p9®)
e c utwit
6 "Dhe overseer on a master
the doing 1t badly
Florida by plantation, dissatisfied with the rate
degree trat people acquire secure
-
be developed and used only to the
OF B3 ot which the hands were picking cotton, tried 'pushing them up a
shelter of one form ar amother, elther thru outright oomealmmg of them retaliated by gbsconding. Sometimes
SC's can be declared illegal, just as armored Cars,| jitt)e ' whereupon some
clever deception.,
gbodes and places of " tyese escapes resembled strikes, and master or overseer hed to
firesrm silencers and gold have been., All ¥mown
And if ' ‘negotiate terms uponthewhich the slaves would agree %o return." \pll3)
business will be mbject to insp ction, just as they are row. . "James Redpath,
the Massachusetts abolitionist, travele d through
.of equipment is foung, But the
'unemthorized' piece or persuade slaves to run away.
unless the occupauwt . ' the slave states trying to assistance more than persuasion.” (pl2l)
an unidentified
bludg will likely presume that it's contraband to enforce; SC's can BeYondsmen generally needed
Such laws will be aifficult of the 'Army regulations
proves otherwise. But the few pn Arkansas master suggested the adoption
hidden or disguised, just as gold sometime s is now,
those who , eg to the discipli ne in forts'. 'They must obey at all times, and
And most of
violators who are caught will be publicized.
(pléd)
ances, cheerfully and with alecrity'«...
.} all circumst
under
lack vonu shelter will be sufficiently intimidated to sbstain from
" \Dhe master should make it his business to show his slaves, that
ators, So vom shelter 1s a crueial , is at the same time an
using gold -- or secure communic 4 the advencement of his individual interest
prerequisite ial vomu trade.
for substant ent of theirs.
advancem Once they feel this, it will require dbut
to make them act as it becomes them.' " (pl47)
| 1ittle compulsion slavery
i
by Chet 27my73 "Phrough religious instruction the bondszen learned that
ONTOGENY REBCAPITULATES PHYLOGENY IN PHILOSOFHY sanction, that insolence was as mich an offense against
temporal master..
isb| Gog g against the thelr ..They heard that eternal : | hed devine

You ask whether it 1s necessar y to first go thru the onmassI movememt

think that | So)vation wouldt be"God
and that on the
reward for faithful service, poor and the
' stege' before becoming a vomuist, and after reflecti | day of judgemen would deal impartie lly with the
movementist stage appeared to skip the
it probably is. X would have
she was playing a rich, the white.'...Many
the black man andimpressi claimed that imparting
but it soon became cleer to me that in many ways E‘flififl{J Christian to
dootrine onable sl ve cnildren was especially
d4id not understend (or even thot rediculous) to their
geme she secretly n'B Y oeficial. It taught them 'respect and obedience servart s', and
me. Thet doesn't mean that she cO them 'more pleasant and profitable
to meke herself ecceptable to ded re for anfPrOV‘l superiors,' made
have learned the real reasons later or that her vess® (pl58) .
ily irrational. alded 'the discipline of a plamtation' ing in
based on sdmiration of other features was necesser y' -- "Muoh could be gained by 'exoiting his pride,' by cultivat ty....
A good anslogy is that 'Ontogeny recmpitu
lates Phylogen
a reputation for honest y and fideli
y undergoes all ion the steges him & desire to have & little slack, 1 just tulk to
rether that the develo ping foetus repidlbiolog ical evolut of the 'If I ever notice one of x‘)em getting ... and tnen,_mryba,‘ll
which have been involv ed in the entire nimj; tell him we must get out of the grass,
mes certain steps are he gits into the field he
species from a unicelltlar organism. enSometi elsbor ation of a theme. I slip a dollar into his hand md when lst themselves be distanced
dropped or added, but this is merely | go ahead, and the rest seeing him, won't
tation of a newborn probablyharder follows and incemntives took numerous fOI'!ElS. Giving
The knowledge-behavior orienm 1t is ‘ by him.' »+.+The rewards
ground in whioh to mlt%va ce their own orops
iuntio n pl\ls the fact that
g]aves a small plot of
them can easily lead to telescOpiBEl
ns. Simplfl
similar patter
most popular. (pL63-164) .
to discover answers than to relateyears to errive st a position and during spare hours was one of the hia oreditors to large amount s;
5!:'17 e
of stages. 1'll frequently take "His slaves are sometimes s....
have that it seems as tho I should
he owss them about five hundred doller
then lock at myself and think
| sresent time he says oropa were
did not oome until after theaihis
along.
it a1levolut (disorganized violenoe); ince the money settlements be I ha:rle
[ael

knownSooisl ions (1) pre-statist narvested, deductions could made for misbehavior.
post-setatist (oivilization), hands %0 enforce obedlience an
(2) statist (organized viclence); fitted to all three { found to be a powerful lever in my
I think the world contains individuels jail. The post- £1de14ty' ... (PL6S)
EM{NED|mcney theg ::Q:m;o
socleties. The pre-statist brutes often end up in to be oareful I "0:-1{10- alsg af-guea that when slaves ndent. It was bette
men' showuld at least know enough t'! and felt tpore indepe
served faithfully. " (p (pléb)
statist 'civil ial:d . 'vain and errogan
or discrete with the state. rewards to those Who
.. GIVE money he must
10475 | """wp s1ave wiu notmanto who be 'at large' without & 5pas(s)8v‘1hioh
wglfith'and -
ADDE asked toO sighit..
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G PEMSONAL themselves with him and
; pres?ixg:‘fmu::ti;sige:zifiied
pus AE Tt aIfi.ule:lfuel!:al‘(a;:t‘eady
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now finds Msfiamfimy s gof sale Wh e aie:L wouldLRlbe infinitely
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[EETL] being shirp Y ioiana sagar i
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 ——.

Voooulc1y
septemder 1973, address, vonulife,
pod M4, paradice,
Pradlem: )) Ue'd Like te minimige or avaid - if pessible - “ewnership® and
ea%i98y varal | ae Ppresccupat ‘on with preaperty. 1 dom't like the idea of buying semething that was
18 published avery ten monthe
L3 ~apt ecigiealily otaslean, | don'L like lg cootribale my skare to the inflatien of
SArch e a reader’s formm and
tupplemant o vomalife ansoal. praperty wlees \hat speenlatare and realters feed uven. 3) %o waant e
“wubseriptions: feve clavility and & s2gee of place, FTves If e are able s pourish cureelves
$4 for venulife annual Plue five lownes of
fe mailed firet clase. vamy mainly by gatharing *11d foede - Lheredy avaiding the Inherest preperty trip
§1 for vommlife snmmal alone, :“:T::.' e oad land |avestmast that agricultere entaile - |t mald be sasier te realize
1 throngh 9 are 35¢ sach plue 235/ & shipsent (may ba L ] L] vamalife
miged), “eammunity® Lf ®e dian't have to warry aboutl Belng pushed arevucd by people who
73 are 50/ each plus 50/ & shipment, esples ‘ of vomalife
third elase, O¥R oF represent prapariy istereste, “Owning” tre land we'll use wuld -
charge up to uiz stamped envelopes . from & subseriber pervonal lnk formrdes »ithaat taeningly - slle® us o Mo free (a goge waye, but [ bate s joila ia the busipess
gear, additional farwarde of cutting up the earth (even tha we eonld afferd it \s tarme of isceme and
are 25/, allow tws manthe,
1 Gon't give out sddresses. , ooouiink waheeridar savings. e,, sragsn
bas the right to pudlish in vonul ink satarial which 1e relevast te eamlliving
In
=7 opinion up te & mazisum of 6 phetoresdy pages, trpe or print small and nestly
1o black on white paper this sise. gne 8lda enly. put anything mat for padlie- dar Yomiife: ... sention ay desire for & cnapanien te any fensale vocuer vho is
ation such as complete mame and sddress on & separste shaet, deadline for nest In need of companionahip, ete., snd atiractive (sot fat) and 45 W S0, ¢
ferue 1o novesder 1, wmember of the varm sinel exchange. preferred, but anbura, Sruneits 0.8, o (ae BLACK »ithehy-lesking type tha!;. '
I'» v 6 sigh, 166-1bu., tired of getting sevhers via sboestriag finencing,
\l/Zote. If Wbare s & "14% following your name on the sddress dabel with o) ate., and fisally oith suf § L9 get asay, But Ly where — outalde of 5 acres
A \" red circle around Al gour subscriptisn sxpires with this iewus, to 7 \ 1 have ia Ohrittmas Vallay, Oregnn (00 trees) and Bave & ver bemm married
€*t more send §4 for vonclliak plus vomulife for & year, or §1 for jJust ' @us te a career of Ritenhiking and warking for room 4 or §1 par peur
the next lssue of vorulife. (for 1ast 20 geara on Rosemont) ana previously $3 par veek, 8 heurs per day
== And almaye yearning for a place of ewn aeay from the sesse, Njesed & movie
tpis 1u by lan. =aill which came ts vosulife during Juns wme lost on ite say ts eareer dus to malmtrition and wsund up Is & bespital Just after couple screon
®¢. 0o sonay wae lost becmuse (L hed already been taken out. and vomlife orders teats spanssred via Myrme Loy (9s not tes ugly et preseat)! Penale vesuer eaa
bad already bees filled. but | never got ordere for vomlink nor thinee for Fogard me an anything she smnte, & brother (!), uncle, amsociets, cowpasion,
putlication, w®o Af you sent sowmething in late way or June and 1t hasn't appsared father, empleyer, ete., but she must oo. be on dope or aleshal (beer or bard
pleave try again. er If you know of anyone sho sant for vorulink and d1da’t get driak once in ashile) end prefer country te elity. 1 bavs a 52 Tard sugen
it plence tell o to compleln. iyy puked the people who picked up the mail *hick I've converted inte & sert of csmpar-san, but it hests uo ria day tize
guring juse to search Lheir wemaries for cluee to sho ordered vomullnk end hope- ariving, #5 #ill have to travel vis nleht, o Jregon, or 7 And 1'% been
fally 1%.1 got wost this WAy, ¢ 0 eubscription ended with 12 (may 1973) researching i metaptysics since around 12 or so, due to the many welird eccur-
Azd pou voatl repewal premptly but Just mow got #13 and #14 this 1 crodadbly the ances happening around - .4 s e, thus es= write couple basks on shat 1 here
discovered, Pairly s=ll preserved physically due ts ast eatlag such ia past,
FERROD. j'm sorry to take wo long getting vomulink out, 1it's already the middle snd present - minus meat and favorine fruits and vegs, but dislfes preperiag
of wept, er {'m typing thie and it prodably won't get mailed to you until ect.
such ether than via csanned vegs and raw fruite. Dos Bush, 553 §. Naresen,
problem e 1've elther got to eend It to @ printer and get it shipoed dack or Pasadena, Callf. 91101.
elve wnit unti] somebody s going ty & town where there is the right kind of
orloter and give it to e te print and mall. but i'm working on an arrangement te
cut the complications and delay and hepe to have something worked out by next € own forest land aear Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho snd woald Be delighted 17
Someons manted to decome iavisible upom It. I am & yogi or witchy type. Ths
iseue. pere are some changes of addrese. these are for sutfits listed in
genaral public finds me completely cutrageous. Thus [ am fareed tosard yua,
®cpecial information sources®, vonulife 1973, pp.11l-1M4, ticonderoga sports by theam, My aidress 15 north 100 egat. My phooe mmber s 301-432.5112. I =
club, p.o,box M3, barvey, il1,, 60426. nomad/other scenes, john wilcock, not available on week-snds. I am a metamorphesis product (sew sa=), I wil!
ECi.nomad, London WCIV, England. vecatinns for social changs, 4911 telesraph answer letters with respect te abstractions (l.e., Znglish langusgs tws).
eve., oskland, caM609. gone new people have taken over travelers® directory 1 spologise for viclating any of your custrzs of spesch. Georgs C. Dencan
ez1 hope to put out & copy soon, it hasn't been pudlished inm four years, General Delivery, Beaver, Utah 84713.
trevelsre’ directory, 535 church st. (4), lancaster, penn. 17602.
underground press syndicate ie still functioning, (a few iesues back i said i & tip for being stuck in towns for some reason, and dirty with city griss. TIor
sbowery, we heve TWCA-YMCA membership cards. They 2ave & lat of otlar sorvices
badn't ceard from them but since then i bave.) ,tionalist churcn of america
we don't use much, lire first aid classas, ctsap rooms, & place o ex=rcisa i3
bes moved but 1've mislaid thelir new address. they've clesed out their p.o.
the city., Fees vary here fram $4 to $60/year. A local sssberabip card is good
box. (to whoever im madera ®ho wrole them &nd used vomulife for a return address, anywrere they say. Sometimes & guest pass is necessary. [t sss=s maz cag odi2iz
your letter came back.) oAy to use vonulife pod for return address on your memberships in YNCi's and visa versa. Borv & moman's card is far chesper.
=21l (but Af something comes bdack to it getting it dack to you will be slow). Family memberships ars also availatle, It azaged s= Bov maay local chapters
iz case vonulife type len't small enough for you vosulife 1973 and older is being put exist sven in a rural stats such as thisons... Will & Isadbel, ¥ .72
a0 zicrefile and sold by xerox university microfilss, 300 north zeeb road, amn
erbor, mich, 48106. 1 don't kmow the price. they must be putting Jjust about every- 35&& FReebom SEEKERS, :
thing printed on microfilss if they are going after zines as small ae vomlife.
(12 case you got & sine - all 1 had to do was wend them free coples. they list in their Susr A FEw TOEAS TROU MDD ALERIGH,
cataleg and pay 15§ reyalty on what they sell.) gorgpt te mentionm, np; puts out
. rere ress revue® monthly mewsletter. $3 a year to individuale, 81 0 to
::-‘:p.-‘:.: .:.-n-u-u. fesue i got has got an article on copyright law and
news items about underground papers.
WE LHECKED OWr \RELUDE
THe GOUNTRIES
s@ - SEQ SALUATOR,
-]

there must be others ... tut mota MEKCO, GUATEMALA | }:‘ON&"-Q"-‘S g

Bello! Be've been wondering *shere-ob-whers®... E|% ) E, ANA . -
This life style we',e into 3 Nl e 5 CDSTA
sign. Then | read an ad and a letter in Mother Earth.
(u(‘.guu deeper day by day) wae not reslly plamed - we J\.nl found our nerves ~ Tee COANTRIES HAOE vee) L lTTLE
at tre thougrt of "going back® mad picking up the & mosT oF . £ 4 = Emb—nbfl o E
jengling and stomachs queesing
strizgs of whera we left off (get a job, a dwelling, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc, ) - a OFFER. THE "AMERICAN ™ TOITH ™ , oy
all our books and Mother Earths sbout living off § oA (oSTA RisA is @ DEMNOCRRTS mfi{)); _CJ
S we bagan ip-depth research into -
the land end low budget. Our 5x7 mylon tent bks thus far comfortably b:‘l.""..'. -5 oA Rigf. STARIE COOERNUSNTS as FAR as
and sur 6-mo.-sld coop-australian shepbard dog and myself thru snow, !'l‘ll ln“l:-n. ‘é > 1Ir IS A T 0 GOOERNMSNT
The snes mas late May variety mear Snowmass, Celorsdo, tkus mot too celd - l. a 25 Yew, THERS b o4 i cE Im;fl),_‘ s
40° - end we've yot to wmrvive a winter, tut me're slowly moving west and i'a sure = E &DLTME'__]T‘EG § THE ALONOLNC mE COSTRAL VAR .
there will be mo problem as far as shelter is concermed. Fe ve gained a M':;“L‘:: " 3' o ATE IS SPRNGLIKE SI\\ er T EEse
of ideas from an eld Whole Bartn Cataleg, Motners, Boyscout Fieldbadk, and Jo T THE Ot o BAWY SEASON (;, 1-% 5 4
¥ou. in tbe Nes Perce Jorest of ldshe - Salmoo Rivar Canyon, berries are pleatiful - ® = Tuew WRAOE SOF copTneus RA T San IASDAT y 2
blacrberries (od joy!), toornapples (syrup). wila small gresa apples (P‘l)"- :0‘" and 30 [ Bat 1T "S'THE) feode, QRS VERK FRIR 'DDLE"nsC'
sliced - &rying in the sun - limited only by sterage space in our Bronco), plum £ -0 suWNaS. MADE CuP DF ROWIR K 6‘—&5‘:
(experimanting #ith drying them mov), chokecherries (need lets of susar - make 2 WY THe CownTRY IS = AWEAP £ ORY oe)*" A
great ples, etc.). Our main bassle bas been finding mills, etc. te buy large 2‘-5 E o IS Loshut? GROWN, CMEAP, o PaRED TO -
Ua'd give sur eye-teeth (scond thought = 2l A oo BeE® s FOEN Pe.p\-a\“rmiw AREAS - fi)lf"\—
quant ity whele whest and brown rice.
bettar ksep them for tearing teugh feods) fer other pesple’s hand P!Mb:t-‘- s S © Foe Pow. < = PLENTY oF ! -6 6F 18
tdeas, 1deas - ws pesd em. Ue've got about $10 which goes a long wey, o ELE R cRe 7 aRITATION, we oo < s
freut fisking is & mewly acquired skill fer us - ' previouslybatvegstarians but fee
when we sre feellng
t QO
B =e no (NN - 'DE-) foR 5000
fine abeut it, deing sur ewn catching. Maybe we'll give U up 1 22 .
LuTrlb of ole w (ng\r—ic \ qqu
mere secure im this life style. lesrming u-‘forlc: Pl:::' ‘:’x"::"-;i:::::l’ § - " S\RLE., BT '\*r\—i— MR
ensugh. Thisking of drepping iste frull country and working - e GTT'? 1 eLES w .
or geing to farm beuses sssking day laber, clesning, fizing, painting... i T “M_l)g«'sk “T™e DGCY W&J&S q:ris vif?fifi_}
s B2A MOST Vo™ M E,;ljst)cns_ vAND
baar vom Pesple, It sppears that you've been thinking barder and longsr about s S l“flg HenLTH wi&f‘@ of TNE PRIMEUIL
sone of the same mlues tzat 1've been trying to shape my life around. § R T wr ow C.RE AnD PUT \RTO
Thers are 3 of *us® - v.... n... and syself. Ue are intimate. We've learned te 3 BE BouG e 310 ‘sg a é,}s?— .
svercoms trs Jealeusy-insecurities and Fecegnise the btuilt im fallures (ef nearly - fEST Fo >4 THER. L) AMERICAD
all ferms of secial ergamisatiom and sxpression) that breax communities up. pmm\o") ¥o \ H DomeR of MoRTH ERICS
¥s believe that it's _impessible to held ente and taks satisfaction ia each other ake AWITE & eROM RON) o
unless we become a cemsusity (fairly iselsted - secially, culturally, materially (342 = c R T Q uDTfli NS To GENTLEA
self-certained) of 13 to xx pesple Whe strive te be very distinct and ladspendent RESIOING IN. D|6' ‘TN THE MO =
sn betb ez individnal and comsuaity basis. Us don't believe that men and women A RS Nwmoq ey THE MAIN KA . L
sbould live togethar. We hope that escn person #ill want to (and will in fact - NeLIEH TaRY MARMERS . TAPA NESE, € AL:
while apdwnen able) maintais his/ber owa sbelter and be able to undersiand-preduce ENG - with ENGUSH, ~ eRT o)
all tze tbings that the individual conwumes, 51y gigundertetand. Se are very IS SPAINEN ¥ TNAY ER., > wokic.
seawual and cless. Fu'll spend & let of time with each ether and do taske ™ a wi ‘fi‘?u" oF THE CO ] e
tegethsr. But we won't divide laber and/er spacialise, Leve snd desire for sach |4_' > BE QA CITIZEN e LIKE chRPE”DRl‘,fl -
other depsnds en malntaining snes individualty and semse of “alenences”, TF ?ou NACE A woxsp'T‘ Teo G—Mr “THE BES
e MRS, £ _PAY
 te a backpackirg stove like optimus LIVE -- A HaND?30X OF SURVIVaL IN NUCLEaR aTTaCK. R
te1l yOU "’:.,:: :Lt come with the stove aren®t worth Emergency ‘laan'ag Rasamrsh Center, Stanford Rn‘-r::"l.
under the worke in these Prentlce-iinl. :.?llg::!'
The inc t. saucer like gizmo 1582, providec the sost useful information
s inere’e & 1 Jittls gne into this saucer & 1ite it, That sueh book 1 of -n§
i llaccvared. 4 a2 upon 1t In @ library -- I don't
e, Tou &30 :m; & vaporises & rolmlln the gas ineide, know 1f ft |, at{li being sold.
Ty up the plum S valvs you can fire the vapor that himses This mer. reproduced from 1t, In mors reslistic then the
one I
Pt han you OPSY Tie to got that little Bit of gas into that saucer published in VL. beasuns It considnrae probeble
eind conditions rether
::" 1 P:O lace. The optimus instructions suggest you heat the than resuming cne ‘typiss)® day. On the other hand it eecsumes
out, This has five mepeton surface burats
e {l:thpyour hande until a 1little gas oosesever sade, You underesticates
exclusively (as I recull) which probebly
4 "nbp the most half asped muggeation anyone
Aans:r \n areas nase [CBM laplecementa which would
dying for hot 11kely ba atrucic with numerous high-messton surfece exploslons.
> 1': gome cold morning In the wooda when you're When sstimting probebility of fallout, conalder high-sltitude winds
You'ra pupposed to heat the thi with your hands, “{
"¥fn. Thie lflhm: w sirce they will aarry moat of the fall-cut.
the In the Pacifie Northwest,
::ey don't cay what you heat your hande w of otmul.r‘\g;'r. #inds above BOOO fast have direetions betwsen 20090 end 220° over 90%
work nlright, but it may take 30 or 40 minutes doesn ’
The sves instructions add that if hand heating
of the tima: veincity 18 ususlly beatwsen 20 snd 40agh . ,
nuh;.; p The suthor balieved (as [ recal;) thet,during the middle
you chould heat the bottom of the stove with eeveral The nt o
167. .,
:o;mlauon centers not near allitary tercets soculd be sttacked by
That'es a 1ittle better idea, on half half assed,
t a little gn- in that eaucer & the easy ombers rtther than missiley and, 1n event of surprise ettack,
all this ls mainly to wa :;. i bombers would arriva meverel hours aftar the nlssiles, ec lnhebltants
polviien iz Junt te put 1t there, here ars 2 sensible
.1 — of trese ecean would heve wurning.
1) ii you cerry en eoxtra little cean of gas, pour some Soeting preserved 68 'hostagae:',
Opticaally, such clties might be
onto the works so 1t fills the saucer, or 2) open theor :oytpl
With the grasisr number of m.ssiles tocey
44 ruch &n assumptinn might not be safe.
on ihe stove & take some gne out with an e odrozppr & pu
with r bit of tubing (ilke 3 in. of a plastic e raw) The hendvook deseribes aeversa) slaple shelters shich cen be
constructed quickly. One which attanuetes radietion 500 tines, con
4
Turn the knob brih wayes a few times be dug by one person in one hour, sasuming fairly soft dirt and
a0 Kl 'y the whole process;
:hcn :\lm the avelletlility
B0 'ncE;:rglc will eo-g up & clean out ths zas orifice,
of lerge strong bosrds (such es doors removed froa
Open the fuel tank to equalise alr B houses) .
the velve 211 the way shut., 1 am skepticel of attempts to predist -+ rate (even within =
pressure & while it'e open, take out a 1ittle gas & put in saucer,
Close the fuel tank yesr) end detoils of e nuclesr atteck. Gut It Is foolish to essume
cr pour come gas {rom the spare gas can. that there will not be such & war simply becs.usa there hesn't
t‘izhtli-. Hake sure you haven't slopped gas all over yourself or elready been on=.
not out to burn yourself or the woods. (I have never broken a bore, been srrested,
the neirhborhoed, you're
If gas cn71s where it ahouldn't be, wipe it up or wait flamee. for it to been injured in an Buto aecident or hed an appendieitis, 8o I can be
‘dry. TNow “te tha gas in the eaucer & watch the pretty confident (by this seme 1in~ >f reasoning’)thet I never w»111.)
When the mes burn out, open the valve a crack & lite the gas Two persons T knom heve (' .pted predictlsns. Eoth sre highly
isses out. Upper level students try to save a match intelligent. Both have s to elassified informetion. Both
vapar that
by op-aing th> valve just in time to catch the last flicker of have devot=d much time end czisidered z=ny mi.iltary end politicel

flame bafore it dlee out. This method will get you cooking fast factors. ©Cne telleves tqat en atteck withla the next year s more
& easy every time. l1ikely than not. The otr=r puts probablility of en sttack durlag the
next flve yecers st less hen 1% per year. I don't beileve It 1s
In VL 12 someone quoted some prices for dried fruit from worthwshile for me to B-(2:mpt to selz2ct one predictlion over the other.
Pects srich er= indlsputeble: cn ons hand, nuclesr wespons exiat
jefc- :"Fs. I bhave a 20 month old catalog from them with these
Your best &nd cen be leunched on short notice; on the other hend, they =re
sam= prices & 1'm sure they must be much higher now, not recutinely -.szd (they heven't besn slnce 1945). In the face of
sours» “or unprocessed food is a food co-op if there's one near
unevoldebl: uncerteinty, the retionzl course, I balleve, 1s to
you. It occura to me that i can easily offer a service to anyone srrenge my 1if2 so thet I heve high probebility of surviviag e
etuck ey out in the boonies far from any cheap food source, &
nuclesr attsck if there Is one, yet not go on the asssumption that
pocke: a few sheckles at the same time. I work in a food co-op & there will neccsserily be an etteck. Rayo
i will =ell food to VL readers at our non member price, plus
stage. ¥rite & 1'1l send you our price list of over 150 items
n these categories: herbs & spices, dried fruits, nuts & seeds,
beana & grains, baking supplies, misc. Our policy is to stock
good food at lowest prices, so we don't stock all organic, If
i organic is only a little more, we'll probably stock it. But if
organic costs say twice as much, we'll stock non organic or maybe
- both, You may be able to find better prices locally, especlally
By if you cen buy in bulk. But the prices i offer will compare
favoradly with most other mail order & health food store sources.
SFor price list write to mes jim stumm/box 29, hiler branch/
kenmore, ny 14223,

e !c’(irng up on lan's suggestion in VL 13, i'm willing to do a

f lending library of libertarian & other books & maybe zines. I have
all these books sitting on my shelves anyway, not doing anyone much
good here., 1'll lend them out for 2 reasonable price. Here's how
1'11 work its 1 require m deposit of S0R of the purchase ?ric. for
each book, maybe higher for new books or for persons i don't trust,
with a einimum of 50¢ per book. Most of this will be refunded when
n| 1 get the book back, I'1l deduct from the deposit (1) my postage
i to send the book to you, & (2) a monthly rate of 1/10 the purchase
. price of the dook, 10¢ minimum.
1} from the date | mail to the date The monthly rate will be prorated
1 receive the book back, with &
y one month minimum charge. Then i'll refund the difference to you
l’ _or credit it fo yeur account, at your option.
You must sign an agreement to return each book to me within 3
months of the date you receive it. If you violate this
you forfeit your deposit, 1'1l do no more business with agreement,
: m2y do such other nasty things to you as i may choose, you, & 1
: A? your option, you may establish an open account with
. then i 11 credit your eccount instead of refunding me,
4 small amounts,
l?ich will save me writing a lot of small checks.
: i'11 give you a 10% discount off of all charges. In exchange,
, &7y or 21l of You can withdraw
your credit with me at any time. distortlon
! . ¥rits to me for my list of books available,
. ;d ier bx:r.:-.ch/kor-oro. ny 14223) (jim stumm/box 29, here due
1If there are other books you want to xerox
1‘t' don't mee on the 1ist, tell me what you
m.l u::. dotm Mv? books of interest
want & maybe i°ll get
to lidbertarians that you
—
u onger want? Here's a chance to clear off your shelves
| Eoms of your money back, & get
Send me your list of books you are
to eell to me, Indicate price you want for each book willing
of bc:;;o smm I{o:k- un::l 1 get back to you. &
’ S ————
ve lote of back issues of llbertarian magazi:
| :zreptmpors i would be willing to &
| lend out, but i hnvon'?ti:;;od
h‘. :o £0 ebout that yet. And i would be willing to Prtlcl

OV
| some kind of exchange of current pnte
thru 11ib mags, but i haven't thot
the specific
Proposel, { would bedetails , I
happy to emtecneir’ 14 1ike to make a speciric
&11s
- Lan, 1 oam 1y 8¢ ie Dallas, Texas and I have
‘::.:-‘ln Some npen lend i the form of vacant a Job ins
nced arsas, lots ...3:,. Al:.:w.::u::l
but | haven't checked too
careful ly, Anyway | owa a
o corered bod pi
(onsll cauper) and
a trail bike. « | am try4 Plciup with
::-“::{fm;k.:- livimg spicz, lo fi
1 foreses two major prn,hl=-|
'3 o k5 end belengings i truck, “’\l':.:‘:
(¢) Meintataing edequate di :-h
prote:n (allk) and vegala
blea on bol or warm day %, high
&re (hare preblems ralveble sad ¥hat 1 wmant to kn e
duriog what uuo;fl probadle lethal
L] ki
- —
fullcut from an
ettack on aflitery
nfi-n..ko- 77 venulink 'q’cl beses (30L prob-
‘.
. K ? . vt ability of lethsl
fellout or greater)
e . L 1962
 Pumane
“““I:n ¢1v . :ffw:nuuu 3 34aTs that
!lu ads tend te mirrew their health sad
W the ;.:..“... Mnny dsciore can datect s peresn vith a certain dissrder
‘IVAL., Devalumtio. ususlly bdrimgs infla luo ®hich leter asually brings 7308 0t § Gene '?f ) I b 5 learnad to do this te & certais extent and
wprasoicar = if there 1s doudt ia yuul nlad an to whate coming parnope SIh hew & Soswlng 1Pt oo guarde %hen | fled smeons ['s being intimats
"Ssw to Burvive the Coming Depression® may laterest you (1f you etil) don't oot = o "‘.~ .*_ ! “ 4.1 odav o learaing & ‘e ap' eder for Lusteuce once
a copr). A guide of 3000 comtraversial fact Filled warde, Il shows many W 67 he eppmete e.. B2lR hedy adory Ravever are ususlly delightful
Selnoi. e sode :--: I Pava raver racavared from o girl [ once mevw in
wds for making 1t through the coming hard times ®ith a satisfaction
5008 noturet e eht] .n €5 9p Ay spine jJust Belag arsund her and her
:i\'»;.. 9;;;:’1 balf price (504) to Y.L, readers, A, Fry, 79 Pary, 5 SPed de wea u. Aroma, The Paverss (e aften true hawever and | heve
Somys Wme h:"‘n. ‘annd & carfactly ‘sanderful’ girl in every respect
LISLHTASIAY COEFECTION ie an open-forus laleses falre sagasine for avt Suress Q"' tarsl body sdar sme sutl of Rarmany In some say sad 1 Juet
Rige o Sute :nr & parisd of tisa, “andnass kaaes haw y claee relatise-
«tariane, All subscribere have the privilegs of contriduting saterial, % b “-“: 44 By thr eventeal consaquancas of RIS preoblem. It Just seems
:h #ill mat ba edited. LC is known for Lts ereative idsas on practical & Dasttesh ;n’-:::::o:: :mra or Lry ta. Suppase it can be dane with
=<2 and theeretical censiderations la the expansion of both indiridual 3

larger—senle freedom. Por & sacple send 35¢ tor Lisa Dawn, Box 90913-vL, 11ving togathar 1o hard ensuah n.tl.::.m::::::: * ::u SN X S— -
logeles, 20009, Be eble to plar the froltand vagelables that are flpa'\,-nl.:::t-';o: ;\"”
tnell the flower aten end of & eatnlope to wee If It | & ml\‘ I-ulu;.
Gmreh of Al Borlde is & nes-pagan religles dedicated ts the eelebratisn frult or waell & satermslon be %44 1T It §4 rige, Of esures \f you are hacked
‘tm =meimum setualisaAtion of husam potential, and the realisation
inm harssnisus en drawing & lot of cigarstte mmaks domm your soee snd lunge ferget 1t - .
vs individual freedom and pereonal responsibility avan your sAatural Body aroma wili be tainted sith the tabaces . wll. la any
s ;bic relstlossnlp with the tatal biowphere of faly Barth. We have a event If you enjoy natarsl liviag bare’s heping you #ill enjey your aose as
of Fests mcroes the coatinenl - one way bs near you. Cur
il ausvs: such ae 1 4o mine,
sio9. CHERN E00, ie published B times & pear, 45-50 pages. Sample 754,
A% 4cd! CAN, Bax 2553, Bt Louls, MO 63130,
'Muu. about getting & cumper? a4l fry sarns that gurist conserveation ergs.
STOTT AT LITTLY LAGAZIEES AND SMALL PRESSTS, Righth Editlen, 1973.73, and ethar gav lovars are Lrying to clove off public lands te kmep sv's oul.
W ~ed o3 an estirely mew survey. Tnis directery hes been called "the ofh the sther sids there ars rec. vehlcle orgs *~d sakers trylsg to geep Lhen
.
L gad by far the best® by Bill Kate in “"Guides to the Underground” epen. ne telling *bo will fisally manage to ..o sham and how hard. but it
W/Ei ith Bdition: $3.00/feur year wub, DUSTbeoks, 5218 Scotiwmod Rd,, might be v#ise net to put & lot of monay or time lats n =v Just ln case,
wdive. CA 95989, (any'clemure’ would ba pretiy difficult to enforce i (iiak dat atill thie s
Something te take Inte censideratien.) lsa
receiving/ferrarding. Absolute privacy guarsoteed, Use any .
—t smii Details
i, O services svallsdle: specify your needs. Memon reated,
t) Jim stuse abeut yeus lemdir i) “iry. erdisarily | don't pick at samething
SEEVICES, P.0.Box 658, Paradise, CA95969, in ohich | 1 1*opssed butl sioce it's a business propesitien
in the ssme letue
you sant criticiea as [.st a3 you can got 1%, 1) Af ysu want a® much
maybe
s forvard mall for people using this address. I alresdy do & at 50% of the purchase prics as depesit, wouldo't it be sispler to g all ths
4 2377
« th.e sayhaw. DBaslc charge is $2/p0., payadble any way. cash, way and require 1008 of th- nri~e you would be willicg te sell it at as devesit?
John T, Barlles, P.O.Boz 1345, FTlorence, SC 29501. to bot ' + ¥'.h sgreevents or dolog sasty things to pesple.
. sk, m.e. then ysu don't bave
rets - .ac basak, it means they bought it and you kwep tias
1f somebody doesn't
depesit, 3) your rates ©-3 ne good for me and oeay otber backmedsites.
v
virs
Al Y it might take me tw or throe montbs lo get tke book (1 don't get =il very
of ten and the p.o.'s slow, especlally with books), & sonth to g=t around to
7 T
Lrch country peoples 'dooks of the land' aad just as a person cas reading it (mesbe 1'm buey with somsthing else vhen it comes), sod 2 month or
a few pertinent figurc 5 months average. at 10% s =omth that's 504,
p-_ of dungling along without = ‘zuide' by opening two te wend it back.
with a litile ‘map and try te buy it used or read
_ a2 = traveler save a lot of time and money eo ipstesd of renting it from yeu 1'11 bold off
surprising little lakes in some peaople get mail such faster then 4 ds. Dut these
oo Attt ! remember back packing into some it at a 1§brery, etc.
they don 't pe=ed te DorToz
| ‘s cqrovieg up' country = local lakes 3 bad miseed
until 1 started
are postly people who cas gat to liberies easy too mo svery dedy
1 recall that some of the old topo maps snowed leng defunct | can sse cherging 10% & montk for a 'best szllsr’ which
| s, .o tieg. by mail.
tsius whick nelped us cellect mome of the now fast disappearing wanis to read right now and sobody will =ant in
a couple of yeers but i dond:
\ and flat- how adoat -
net craxy sbout topo maps but in desert count wosld be 1lxe that.
cawe bl ‘a
te me is that many of the books yos would be dealing any damage? laa
Lt .‘.u:; .?: thais -nnnblov:.n -:.y cuses.
best to send te the Geve
cost somey. - It's
Biggest “::m
% Printing Office 10% for the first month and 5¢ for esct additional. plus
rament Pr . —e~— ——m —— ————
{ = tse, D.C. for a master map sbeet whicr. shows the maps to get forthe
sacaps tke Bat hace BOOKS 7 1573
» of yeor state. Many blue print shops handle these tops maps and even
suppliers are often now carrying thea, The beat maps by
'ack packing
cover the right ares for ysju, are the Yorest Service's National
i L7 they
topo and trail oape and are free if the
.t z2ce. These ere medified
Best idea is to write for thea from the DEAR
LAN: ’
al “szger staticn bas any in stock.
& _ supsrs ivar nearest to the forest area
you want & mep of. In the N7,
YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 2 JUST MATERIELIZED ON MY DESK,..WHQ KNOWS HOw
(Ped. Center), Aldu-
« o714 be Ximsoula Montana (Pederal Blég.). Denver
IVED., BEEN TRAVELIN' A LOT MYSELF SO COUDD HAVE DRCPPED OUT <7
] IT ARR
(630 Sansone St.)
.5 (7sd. Bldg.). Ogden Utah (Fed Bldg.). San ¥rancisco
Nilwaukee (530 W.
D SUITCASE. ANYWAY. I'M HERE IN THE DELTA COUNTSY LIVINE COR M’
Rd.)
- ar: (315 SW Pige St.), Atlanta (1720 Peachtree naps this way sy de
- ivs) Junsau Alawiem (Fed. Bldg.). Oetting these
sources. with nothing from local OLD COAST SUARD CUTTER. IT'S A RSAL GAS ALT-D -
+ tether but is better than coming up
really wonderful maps from the
you &re hevdicg to Canada you can get
and Tech. Services, DOESN’T DIG IT LIKE 1§ DO, HAVE IT UP FOR SALE SO PROLLY WILL BZ TRAVILL
IN ONE OF MY THE TRAILER§ SOON. HOWEVER, IF IN THE MEANTIME YOU ARE AT I
! sdien Msp Distribtution 2ffice, Dept. of Mynes
is available and y2u
] wm, Ontario, Cazads. They put out
e perk
details of what
AROUND BETHEL ISLAND, W& RE AT PRINCE HARBOR ABOUT 1 MILE WEST. B3§THEL
| 1i & bood geod chance of getting Park maps froa the appropriat 12 ABOUI 8 MILES WEST OF STOCKTON OR 45 MIBES OUT OF RIVER, BERKELEY. IT'S &
Nortaern
of loss datailedemaps of the ek COMMUNITY-ON -DUTCH-SLOUG H . AN-ARM OF THE 3AN JOAQUIN STIANING Al

B
20467,
X ; is an excellent sgurceaehi.=d 4
241
ALL AROUND. PLENTY OF FRul
. o T N s ¥ M e Pt ARE_GREAT HERE AND THERE'S LOTS OF FREE FOOD REGULAR CROPS THAT AREN'T MISSZD
o - _Erras prospecting S ey B ;m:‘" = THAT JUST VOLUNTEERED TO GROW ALONG WITH

I
= stop & & Jecul iibrazy. Usiversity 3907047 _WF°- 3 e . THE FARMERS, A VONUAN COULD LIVE OFF THE DELTA WITH EASE ALL YEZAR ROU ne
nl
~tmsc, o~ D.L.M. offics to get tne land formatlins snd ‘ley of the lani PE LLY IF HE HAD A SMALL BOAT OR H OAT. JUST IT'S FQRFUN., I BUILT
SIDEOUS
Cai= C.=7
TO LOCK
OF ABANDONED SET OF PONTOONS AND Aogi TRAILER.
maps are aveilable for certain area®
3. Mars
Iurerlcos can often save
sapbisticated and expensive
you Allthe tke'searcaing Liae'. Leoeing for ceveras! pir | [VARLE AND IT FLOATS UP AND DOWN @ITH THE TIDE ‘ -
_u> limeatone mreas, Gold! gola producing sectlons of your area
:irssdy capped L aut for yau, Lixewise sith about evarything else that'e OK. PRINT ANY AND !ALL THAT [ SEND YOU ALONG WITH MY LOCATION. M
w-le.
a
ALI'At takes 18 & special map = & map Svellable o fay Sho WAES 120 FoR GROWING A LITTLE POT SO THEY KKOW WHERE I AN ALL THE TINE. 1
¢ 1'M PTIL L A HARD TARGET TO HIT NONETHELESS.
GET TOGSTHER THERE OR N
klld TOUR BOSE IF YOU’RE LIVING AROUND PARADISE. PERHAPS WE CAN
OR SOME MIDWAY POINT, WOULD LIKE TO RAP WITH YOU IN PERSON ON MANY SURJC
N by Al ry 1S DRAWING NIGH WiTH GREAT RAPIDITY...THUS WE CoULD
but I thiok thst in THE TIME FOR VONULIFE
., ». iLs rubjects brougat up in V. L. may seem & bit 0dd EXCHANGE INTERESTING DATA,
sizz oe3sell it s wel. to get & view of all sides of any guestions so that
of
Too of ten many of us never really sss a true picture D BY THE PUBLISHER AT
lce may be meds,
In my case it wmas my GLAD YOU GOT HOW TO LIVE...THIS BOOK WAS SUPPRESSE BCAR THAT IS PURE
¢ hss slmeys been right in fromt of us all the time. M NOW TRYXING TO PEDDLE IT MYSCLF. WRQTE ANOTHER YCONU..
alar grotruding virge coss, 1 really mever used it much shen 1 was & kld OR HOw TO LIVE LIKE A TH CENTRY FOX. IT WIEL &
Over the years I finally learned to use THE ROBIN HOOD HABDBOOK,
=a ene was thers te tell me how, OUT IN OCT, IF THINGS MOLD TO GETHR THAT LONG. IXLL SEND YOU A COPY.
sagsr 1. 1 uee 1t im all my cooking nov - instead of depending on clocks,
GREAT VvaLUS
~e3 mad such i ‘smell 1t' right. Just 1ike the great Prench chefw can tell
VONULIFE 73 1S GREAT!! INOW HAVE MYOPIA BUT IT WAS WORTHy IT. MUCHOFALSQ iNTC SCATS
THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYWEMRE ELSE. PAULDCERR 1S AM AODD BUDDY.
I'm
= .ucings ere right or dane | mev perlodically take a whiff of vhat
_iz= to tell If it is done or maw, A waffle er bread for inmstance will
sia a feint rss doughy edor until dose, Similarly vegetables, greens,
IF YOU WRITE TO NOEL YOUNG, CAPRA PRESS, 631 STATE ST, SANTA BARSARA AND TELL
és ar shatever you cook you can sosll threugh & per botl or well cesked HIM | SENT YOU, HE BOOKS STORES LISTINGS.
MIGHT /\A»'?.\'_
HAVE A COPY OF SMALL
As your sccuity locresses you can begim to tell when ASSOCIATED WITH NOEL. AMJTHZ
#2 - a8 you prefer. NAMED MISSIE MAYTAG GAVE ME A COPY AND SHE WAS
we are veesened to your MKing 8l8S. g, by geod to youreslf it i gond te SOURCE WOULD BE JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH OF MEN., HE'S AN OLD BUDQY SO MEENION ~wILD ol
mel's <o your 14fe thatyouw enjoy. This really doss maks 1ife a little YOU MIGHT TRY WEC DIRECT. DONT KNO™ ANYONE THERE BUT THER RE ACCOMODATIM
:
ssse=t, 1 bave mlezys laved wild smells and frequenily find mysslf
TRYEA

wies bapéfule of good el §. Sest sage bruvh te later use as natural

| WONDERED ADOUTTMS Mpht¥h SPACE TOO, WANTED THEM TO FILL IT WITHM DATA BUT
o o syrend Srvest & ven just fav the avems 1% Srings, Sy of Vha sid THEY WERE IN TOO MUCM WURKY, PROLLY GET THIS BOOX BACK AND DO IT MYSELF WIT-
et Thowase tud Sush 3o Salias seeste Mud 1°n sure %o all eveld
N FIRSS TIME FARMERS BUIDE BY SEZRAIGHT ARROW MY HAS GONC i7"
vv .oe paiticuler aress we mesdsd Af ws Just relazed scd ‘let 1t come’. guom R PUBLISMER. GOING. Tu
OR | PRINTINGS SO SHOULD MAKE ENOUGH BREAD FROM THAT TO KEEP
sefember 17 venaling paged If-3 You HAVE A COPY? IF NOT, I'LL SEND A NEW PAPERBACK.
Ml ey
ECSTATIC WONDER AND ZERO EX®ENSES...
 Isterpatienal Maritime Legal Research
P o sct miNEava Sietione£ PO. By 4 144 °
thaTundast priey the rest of dr, 7embly ‘s letter becsnse 1t me en the
M back
sleda,
o":‘"'w' @ Sheet,
for peaple ® 1¢ organising & tour of coata riea sspeciaof
faterssted 1a Settiling there, 8-12 daye, about 0500 shich ll;
ROML Sveryining, f interested write o, includes
——— 1418 v, teatn, tepeka, kan, 66606,
July 1, 1973
™ roLimes
uifenva REEFS wre coutay emosscr (This fe the o A7 arry and eare theruiey
Frojsct Minerva 1s still undervay. Mowever, the cccupstion of the Mimerys Reets Tin Revelation’elatian,) ) (S(wemabady
hapter wrete
to @ forthosning
*LO 3 . Apr beok
13 69%called
ea thieI 240:
= 1t'sA Mamal
bees in for
The King of Tongs has rejected all negotiations for sattlesent
han falled. vomilife's file sines be
of the Reafs of
further strengthen his position, he has entered {nto s Mutual Arms _and ProteetinonMinerva. To » i ., fa7Nedy kmes shars te (ot tre whale beok!
vith the Far Esst. Under Internations l Law, the Libersterisn Concept of Law, :nd- :n.:—i"“”:::f THR DiCTATRS OF POWRA,
Ye) Lwn of the World, the Republic of Minerva (om the Resfs) was o mation in feet Beld pewer — peer Nen ds 8%
iod of flve for a
This period of time oecured in January of, 1973, when the original clnjm-pere P2teii'7 of palitical Life I8 that se sue esn oceupy a Rold mes.of considersble
The central
Qre were on days.
the reefs. This cleim failed for want of occupation. T°° 0T long vitheut naving te fight, The maturs ef positien
that fignt 1s Getermiced |
tes sature of ehatever ehallangss ta pewar are abeut.
¥e have »a 230 page research
package avsilable to sny person desiring coples of the M“.lneuneuy and any of lbem Bsspend te
orical docuwents connected with the first valid Attempt to set up & yeu are Out. That's the Coma And tbews wko play kx-- |*
gor the Liberstarian concept. new government/nation un-The prime requisits for pelitical leadersnip
It comes complete with the Lesder's latters and 1l other im~ 1s rathlessness, 4 lesder o s
of e ass
Fortant e li“"..
documents, including oy the Ki ng of Tonga's%
PO ruthless canset get, mch less keep, political PO Thg secosd remquiress
anawer to negotintions for the settlement i guile,
v (Repecislly fo a demacracy iu the best 1lar-actor
It has been rumored that & few Individusls the Righent
likely te end up 1o
have Sat up a government In exile, These
individusls heve no valld resson for dolng "o ‘: in n':;::;“. st hams T
so. To set up s government In exile you must - e o Yy
ve bedn :’crcod t: leave n,eu:nu-y. ha- Beyond these traite,
The Reefs of Minerva were abandoned in January all that 18 sesdad 10 the delunico ths
The seltlement of 1972, CAVIFIAL poiet 10 Semsivv of vadee.
and his people whichthe musber
reefs is now lepossible without the co-operation
1,000,000 strong. of e
U AT the Ring of Tores oneies %8 fishing from & Sridee on the P'u River
COCOS 1SLAND shem tes high officials of
the Ch'u State came te see him, saylng: *The Prides of
The negotfations for this Island are satisfsctory. We wish to clear up a rumor shicn Ch'u wistes te apoeiat
¥is planted by a person who s in direct
JOU Mimister of State ¢ CruAng-t1- contimed fishing snd 414 not turs his head
opposition to the success of any new country pro- "It
Ject. A s A published a report that the islond was belng used as 1- international 18 %214, he teld them, "that at the Royal Palace there 1s & sacred
* Is A recelved this report via a planted news article in Costa
digg tbat died shen it was three-tbousand years old, The Prisce of Gh'a kespetortsize
it
==a who +cat A s A the news article works for the U,S, Government. Unt{) Rica. The
recently
gentle-
Cucos
o8clewed
be desd,
in a chast in his ancestrial templs. Bow wsuld this tarteise
prefer ts
Island hia' Seen used as a military fleld exercise tralning area by the Republic of and theredy an object of vemeratioal Or would it rather be alive,
!
Rics's Costa viggling ite tail in the gud?* “My,* aneversd one of the sfficials,
Is beingM! usedt1a. as This
& pot isplantation
a documented . We fact,
know not were
we A 15 A's published article that *1t would
there the island rather
M) be 3 alive!* - .
10e ted "T.’H BGO’-!' Sheuted Chuang-tes. °I alsa prafer) to viggle
A_NEW COUNTRY PROJECT 4
Satisfeciory negotiations have been accomplish ol il
ed and funds have been paid. It is ex-
pectod that It will teke approximately two years TMAM
to assure that this new country will have
the :upport and protection that will be necessary S8 = 3 R Differencs in tewpervent,
for It to survive its Initial internal ac- azd zot 1n quality,
just=cats SOPRrate those who favor political revalution from the
and external pressures from governments which are oppused to individual rights. advocates of pelitical
reform. Ravclitlon is for those who prefer ta be ssld out uickly,
P2 3Te goleg forth very carefully st this time to insure that thls nation will not be dest- 1t Over with.
so 83 to g3
royed by Andividusl greed, egos or power grabs. The following things are taking Baform is for tLeir brothers who faver a gradual, painlews fors
place: of betrayal. g, 1utien dependa en evart violeace. Heferm depends am izplici:
1. We are vorking with the heads of five saall natlors to insure recognition and mut- violence —- ths readipeas to inprison at police gunpeint tmose wio do oot go als
ual protection in the area. by eoricing and paying taxes, by submitting te conscription and fighting, by
3. Very quiet publicity and information on this project are going out across the World.obeying any mumber of inane, obsclats, petty, er barmfal Frabiditions snd
3. Support is being sought from Individuslistic Businessmen, Professional Men and presscriptions,
Women.
4. Inodividuslists are being screened, as to their intentions, for potential elected He who manta to take= over the country asd resaxs it under nis ewm reforaiag plac
leadership positions end dual citizenship in this new country, when it 1is opened will fail. “Mainkind® is an sbstract concept that cascat be remsde after coz's
up.
own ideas. Under any wystem of referm, & ruler must sege use of diffsrent, rsal
¥hen the above things are accomplished, this new nation will be announced to the World. 1ife peeple —— scme as
¥ary rusors will fly about, many slresdy have; however, we wish they ssem and scoe not, Sooe mho will assist snd otzers
to point out that you will whe will resist, some strong and some brittle and unsafe
wbe isformed of the facts as they become fact, not fancy. te rely en, That i3 =_
We are not in this project to make the Sage never tries te take
® profit. We are in this project to do our smsll part to insure its success. over things and referm men., (laa)
If this new
astion survives, it will stand as an example of trus freedom for individuals. Perhaps there
is 3 betfer way of government than scme of the other systems across the World. JoT the political state is mothing more than a socisl weapen for laflicting
(July 17th, violence and compeling ebediencs by means of threats ef vislescs and corpalizg
or. Teylor will be guest on a Radio Talk Show, Radio London CJBK-129. Special Annour-ements Sbedience by msans of threzts sf violesnce in & manper that iw truditionally
©i1! be mede concerning this new country. Dr. Taylor will be a guest of Frank Ogder o Scceptabls te the grest unthinking =kjority of men.
,u.n.ea'n. Survival Institute, Struegle for coamtral of !
etc) .s.. wsapon is what the werld calls pelitical action -- be it revslutissary aor
d . reforsatory, conservative or reactiomary. And victary iz t2is strugzle remmlts
¥a|. wo're dotng a Dook en lem-cost housing and I'm gathering the inforzation, in motking more than control of the pon. Since . are taols of destruc:
ptotos, etc, and doing the rough draft ... and we'd like more material
only, there is very little the winnera of political 5ir-gzles csn do that i
if we can creative,
et it. PFirat of all, we don't want to interfere with anyone's privacy and
k
=
:- @'t weat to reveal lecations - sspecially when womeoze wants it that way! .
Tith that {n mind, could we pessidly get pootes of the shuswap house and any ¥hen the governoent is slugziuk 8nd stagnant, the peovle go about their busizes:
ond are esntent; when the government is active and efficient, the pespla bacaz-
other chespien that are made from sasily obtainable materiala? Cassandra irritated and azgry.
Pester, x ther
(lLas)
.0. + Ohie 44057,
(::i:-htt::emu::;.un. ::n'z :u.:f.:ue“::?;.-;“'“ N — Se all political revolutlons and
= referaations are sosmer or later seem to hm;
° tever wan creative ia their arigina) programs. This bas less ts & with %3
¥q are now gathering material for "Bhelter”, our first book since "Domebook II°,
-+ “Shelter® will be & book
DAturs of men than it bas to do with the Dictates of Power.
om barms. treshouses. domes, *houseboats, sculpted
dwslliirgs, simple 2 x 4 framing technigues, nomad tents, American jndian weoden cALT
TEE IMPRACTI IT Or roriTICs. Politics is geperally thought te be the bust-.
tiructures, thatched Irish farm dbuildings, new ferre-cement techniques.
of practical men, tut if humaa heppiness is deairable and wideapread sufferiaz
Pizkup truck comtractors, heuse-wreckers. travelling carpenters,
Making your mot, then pelitice is both historically and legically imprsctical.
cTn building saterials: thatch, adobe, shaked, wattle & dsud, ethers? __.. Tor wdile t
politicel state/weapon producss comstant propaganda aasd schoaling on

28Sslizas,2t 1 CA bt bee ;“‘i $50deatier

?’:":“:""" *ill delalf ? a af

et er Pt o or B
per page (of finished book) or portion thereof iis own meceasity,
T
it does mat protect so many lives in the restreist of accussd

S49. (ales didn't say shen clesing date is.)

. . .
citizene
does 1t
froa
% dsmurars ln e yrocems of mriare; 4t des a3t prates 19 s
bedily harm through police aztion as it izjures
prevent the theft of 8o much wealllk as it comfiscRtaa through
by such mesaxs; o
taxatiss,
Asl1§ Rayo,
Evil is stimulated wnen %he righteous ideas of Suparior men are cedifisd i=to -
1've got a panel-type van with all the gear. My tag, for the wbich, when disregarded, are enforced by punisheent.
next
couple of ysars, is to travel arourd the eountry, visiting various
Then the atate/weapon is used to diractly or indirectly procure mea of gesiuu
libertarian estabtlistments and cutposts to ses how they're coming and talent to assiet im projecte the peverfal cossider essential to the
slong, gecd of
viat thay're doing, amd how they're doing it, all. 1t oaly succeeds eventually in convln:ing younger drilliant
before the big depression men te hide the
hitn.mutht,xplntoelhbutoth-t hxmhm-hflonl ifts == te become plumbers lustead of zaclesr siciate,
¥
ra.t" e
" ,;::;:Lu::g"ucation L1
- spee 171cally y with an eye on opening Bigh tress invite their omn cutting dew: a3d 3s-wt fruit invites its ows pickicg
. libertarian sehool, tesching kide how to All mem preclais the value of usefulzess, tut Dot
live a life of 1liberty, mutwal many perceive the advantags of
T==pest, leve, and souwnd economies.
Baliseve it or not, one of oy side- becoming useless? (Cuang)
‘obbiea 1s Awtrelogy.
res will), bet the kindNotthat
the kind that “prediets the future®
describes S st (we've got Fot only 10 the power of & fow men aver ata- P rdicated upon the dudious
foopdi to er types aswiry:
that a fev minds
& ;’3‘ uni. u‘:‘.m“,;’h' ’1&:"'{:"‘1" in. can more intelligently3 pavin tis actiona
N of millionez of 1ad)+!
srimsaete; 1 W 'h" % n'_u-u'
vale than can m{)lfons of minds, Mut it i Al3> ;Tadicated upon groundless eli:
: ‘:1:.5. ® shiek who has eimilar that noncearcive individuale wil) permit \Reir rsi-cive rulers te
foresight and imaight a! ber own 1u:‘ and “‘:.lf;:-f::;:m, te ':':' knew what is
going on “in the ranks.® TYet av Mordecel the “l'gn bas ebuerved (in insue
> loving, kisd, srd plath old hman. Tnres sems to £111 th.:m but L] &9 :
Ladamse)s
the game.rules, oTue Bate
declaring eshe& [«
levice
.
or mzd
uliiesvhe pesple.
- 29" B

The Leeislature maks:

-~

=iv.de’lc fea‘t. The Judiclary dscicsy

12 lodividusl cases, whether a peisos ‘mier ths =ules
S philosophy of the Lmme, whould be
clubbad or net, Thepolice are in chergs of inte:nal clubbing, the army of ex-o:
’:_"':‘;Oh‘"
¢idek reading this, I H m“!. and smaping. If yeu'se & 1ibertarian
® Iaving you get in teweh with me before I take clubtdbing. The tax hrruu 18 deveted tc clubdiag sverydody into paying the cozt
°. .. Tow tave nsthing to looss; a lot to guin 1a & very rewsriing relation- all this clubbiag. Bobody ever tells ‘the {vuth, the whole truth and methir:
the truth' te such & clubbizg machine. Everybedy, to
shat they thimk it whnts to hsar.® Tiose who doc't aresomeclubbed.
degree, tella the /&:
ak I's & vary interesting guy with a lot more to me than meets the eye
17 °His letter, drite sconm. Stumr . .C'Mre& Se the atato/
Seapan becomes liks the brain of & pre-bisteric monster -- miniscule and slanz7is
- R | io relstien te the dulk and ecergy it cesmands.... (te be centimued)
.?,Z..!".m m september 73 vomul fak page 4 (last page!
 ot
Yoaoouac15
L1VE LONGER, LIVE FREZR, Read about 1ife extsnaion, self-lideration,
and
futurology in LIBERTARIAN COXNICTION, the unique open forws. Sazple SOf,
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Jacuary 1974, address, vonulife, pob 243, caradise, ¢a95953. vonulink is yitaming available from Dawn Enterprises: vitamin C, $9.50/kg., vitamin B,
Publisted irregularly as a resder's forun and supplement to vonulife handbook. $33.50/kz.+ niacin, $11.95/kg. Send stemped eavelops for complete 11st. AR
prices postpaid in continental U.S.
mezher of: the vomu mimotiexchenge: iieceipeaone: L for e1thss the Fext
twd
ick
iseuas of vonulink or
y
the next issue of vuaulife handddok (dependinl on We are establiskirg & latoratory to conduct erperiments related to "whole
Paich gete published mextl. o o 1973 vonulife handbook, 5CF a copy syatems®. At present we are trying to get pluzeed in to any information
plus 50¢ a shipzent third-ciass. vonulife 1 through 9 (may '71 through sept. outlets already sot up to disseminate or receive inforration of this nature,
72) 23 each plus 254 & shigment. 4 gungcriver has the right to publish in shelterlab.one, 824 west 19th strest, chicego, 111 60608, CA67136 CZ65739
vonulinge material which is relevant to vonu living in my opinion up to a
Wil appreciate contect with folks living in the Big Bead - Davie Mts. are
maxizuz of 2 pnotorealy pages for each dollar of subscription. type or of southwest Texse. P.M. Plimmer, P.0.B. 701, Alpine, Tx 79830.
print szall asd meatly in black on white paper this size, one side only.
put snything not for pudlication such as complete name and adaress on & PACSCRIPT has stopped publication indefinitely. Primary reason for steppiug
Separute neet.
is that my ideas on outside cosmunicetion have undergone a major changs -
sl during the last few months end PS does not fit in with new plams, Also,
note. if there is a red dot following your name on the address
3=
\Vd
785 altko PS met with & fairly good response, the individuals responding were
label your subscription expires witk tktis issue (so far as i know).' mostly people already comtributing to VL or LC, so PS did mot seem to Be -
to get more send $1 for the next two issuem of vomulink. (if you furfilling even its original purpose. 1 rave no intereat in providing
taink you've alresdy paid for more, write. soms mail has strayed. competition for VL and LC.
see below.)
Starting in January we will be launching a new organisation to be kmowa ae
“Live Free Inc. Toe L.F.I. will not only texe up many of the wports
programs but will take up many new tasks. To start are selling "Live Pree®
avout the middle of september i sment off the copy for vomilink #14 to & petches at $1.50 esch, "Tne National Outdoor Living Directory® at $3.00 esch,
friendly printer (wno has done worc for me before) for printing and conducting free survival treining, helping folks set up land funds, and
mailing. 80 far no sign of it and no word. clheck not cashed so maybe the loaning out tape programs. 1Ine main direction is towards individuel predles
p.o. lost it., (i'm ckecxing.) maybe vonulink #14 will errive some day, solving and liberstion through group activities. Anyone interested in knows.
meyte not. 1i'p sending this issue to & different printer end maybe it mill ing more about L.7.I cau write to the Sports Club address or to James C.
Jones, 11123 St, Lawrence Ave., Cnicago, I11. 60828,
hove better 1uck. yp,yug not the only troubdle there's been with mail,
& batch which arrive during last june got lost on its way to me. orders Buy ten full ounce silver Globes at $7 por ounce and receive options te
for vonulifs had alresdy been filled and money teken out. but there may purchase 100 Glober for 12 monthe after date of purchass, Duy 300 gleotes
have been orders for vonulini i didn't get. 4 \pil epoe betch of medl &nd receive options to purchase 1000 globes for 30 months after date of
will probadbly show up sannmer or later, but, im the mean time, i extended purcbase. Arbitrege Internationsl Inc, Exeter, New Hampehire 03833,
all sudscriptions wnich expired with #12 (last moy) throuzh this issue,
if you ment 34 last june and are getting a renewal notice now, let me know, Secret mail recefving/forwarding. Adsolute privecy guaranteed, Use any namm,
Other mervices availible; specify your noeds, ¥omon rated. Details froms
even mnen tre mail doesn't get lost i've been pretty slow getting vonulink UYOB SERVICES, P.0.Box 558, Paradise, CA95969,
out, bectuse of delaye getting the mail and getting copy to printers, etc.
muybe becouse of thit not too much has been sent in for publication. se BRING BACK PAGANISM! The Cturch of All Worlds is a meo-pacan religion .
from now on i'm nat going to try to put out an issue every two months dedicated to the celebraation of 1ife, the maximum mctualization of buman
but icstead wait until tnere is enough for a good sized issue, therefore potential, and the realization of ultimate individual freedsmw end personal
i'm cutting renewal price for vonulink to $1 for two issuss, (if you've responsibility in barmonious eco-psychic relationship with the total dioe
elrcady puld b long way anesd and wsnt a refund let me know.) strangely, sprere of Holy Earth, We have & growing nunber of Kests across the contime
2 pyo-vonuan could probably do a better job of putting out vonulanx than ent. One may be near you. Our megazine, GRIEN £33, 18 published 8 times &
@ ¥omi2n - LOLS VODUAD BOYRAY. apout the vonulife haadbook, 1 heven't year, 46.50 pages, Sample, 75¢. Thou Art God! CAW, Box 3353, $t, Louis,
been anle to get 1973 vonulife into many book stores and sine stands. M0 63130, -
the only two tnat i know of are Bfole eartn truck store, 553 santa crus,
zenlo perx, cs 94025 and whole carlh: lesrming conaunity, 817 e, johnson st. ¥onuizts - This letter is the deliverate effort to comtact others wha value
mudison, wie.53703, no distributors have gotten interssted. someone Bays love, 1ife, freedon and truth 80ove 811 @186, | \p 4 yorue nother who S8
1415 bocnuse it's black and white and nas soall print but i'se seen other
trings eold which Are black and white and heve small print. the troubdle soexing primarily a place for ny children to grow positively and fresly.
mayle is taat most people mLo control rinc stands have political views of I am here in Szlt Lake trying to get financial backing for a truck and y
oue xiad or another aad won't touch anything they don't agree with unless trailer so that we may leave to join others with whom we shars sizilar interestu.
it's slready weil xnomn ana sells exceptionslly well. even outfits that dreems, wayd. 8%C.
supiosedly sell booxs on survival, scology, enarchy, etc. don't waat it, 1 I puyo attemted a breac without vehlcle, etec., and I f3odl
thinc caybe Decause they got political lines and only want thirgs which go 1t just too frustrating and energy consumirg - especially trying to keep i%
along with their politics. 1 think thers is a need for more book stores together for myself anc two children aged 10 and 2 - good food, decent
ard ©ail oruer bosk services, like whale eertn truck store, that will sell shelter, other children to relate to - with my own peace,
However 1t 19 my
enytricg snd everything thet how & lot of information for the price, way to provide for myself and my children truth and 1ife - more than that §
regardless of ite politics or lack of politics. fortunately mail order sales cannot sey, It is izmportant for to me to mest others who I can henestly relats
kave teen godd. end most of the informatinsn in vonulife '73 won't get out of to. I'm sure that it would be a better wey if we 3ould get together,
date soon 80 i can keep selling them for a long time, harding (fur,fish and Please, if you csn turn us on to others or places where we could meet, ws®ll
£2ze) is still selling books o publisned in 1920 (and, from the looks, printed take it from there,
I don't believe in any organized “schools® as such. P
BER)e - Sub malioariler sslen hayenit malte susugh mones yeb ko payifer me that's just someone imposirg Rip ways on someore else, or decidirg what im
acotrer big issue. also i huven't receivel many articles yet., 83 there important or unirportent for the iadividusl instead of giving hir tre right
Froosdly won't be erother Landbook issue until '75. to people who'ze paid 81 end opfortunity to decide for hinelf. pion we gat the trailer-truck togethes
in advance 1'l1 protably
i pace ¢22d send back issues of vonulink totalling 50,000 words. we'll be heading for Northern Calif. Any info on places where we could park
411 on all wubscriptions one Way or MROYROT. i 4. and communicate with otkers will be appreciated. Peace, Love, Fraedom. Truth.
mail orders for vonulife '73 and back issue sets have been filled promptly, Canille., c/o 1708 Bryan Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah 841C8.
thangs to some good people who pick up the mail and mail out vonulife when
4'nm not around (®hich is most of the tima), enough crying out loud,
Bear Faks, After a harrowing period in the city I em tack in the woods. Almost
=hole earth epilog, box 428, sausalito, ca $4955 says they are going to put got my "house" firisned (if it worke I'l1l write about it), fall garden planted.
out on updated version of the last whole earth cstalog. deed to get firemood and food put up tefore tne wet season comes..,, This ig
some of the same besutiful country. Gordon, Arkansds
pesple are doing it. they arc looking for revisions und new listings.
soutkera pudlishing, p.o.vox 20, holly hill, florida 32017 will list your
club (or 1) free in their airectory. 12 words plus name and address. Bear Vonu Life, 1 just finishea building & camper on the back of a 48 Dodge
ingependent aroitrese internstional, exeter, n.h, is developing alternate pickup. It's insulated and i'm going to put & mood stove in. I's hoping I oma
moavy, cslled constants, shose vslua is bused on a number of commoditiss, make it through the winter in it but I bave to find & place to pari. in tke
tbey lssue mates , mint silver glotes (one ounce
®oods somewkLere on sore deserted road suere no one will bother me. Or on some
for $7) and have checiing one's land mno moulén't mind., Tre thing is it has to be close emcugh
accounts in maich the bulance is kept in constants but checks can be writtenm %o
in dallars or constents. someplace wrere 1 cen walk to get supplies 5010 miles - since my truck
the comstant is supposed to be inflation preof Probebly won't start in tue cold and 1'l1 be snowed in anyway. Micheel, Wis.
Decuuse mien prices of commodities go up the dallar valus of the constant
&3¢s up right along., 1al's oveen operating now for several years. rLas
troccres in luxembourg (17 avenus de roosevelt) end london (16 Jjacod's well If yéu inow momeone io & state in the south you zay be able to get a license,
mews, george strect), regietretion and plates for your vehicle, Cost is minimal, no inspection, cem
rational church of america is now c/o elaine bergstrom,
2964ey dalamsrey mileavkens. m 5 usually be done by mail. Senc letter explainirg you are moving into state end
SB0% sy R, QENGEOR. GeRtEGH want to trensfer your current lic. reg. and plates to Tesn. Put letter i
directory of portland out. 480 pages for $3.21 by msil. 4312 s.e. stark,
portlard, or 97215, eovelope and majl to friend. Priend wails letter to motor vehicle im state
new schools exchange is now at p.o. box 820, st. paris, involved to mssure proper Tostwerk and maile forms to you. I suggest Tenn. sod
oktio, 43072, they publist & big newsletter twice & month for $10 e year. 8. Gar. Tacse mere okuy last 1 kme™. g p.0 5 Pica Smith Corons office
typewriter with & typing stend which I would 1like to sell for $25. It 1s iz good
condition. I would bo able to take it Witk me when I £o west thie fall and
SMALL ANNOUNC! spring, if you know anyone who needs one. 1 will be going to New Mex./Aris, By
(up to 100 words & year are froe to subscribers) way of Tenn. thon following routes 4U,30,20 rlus 10, 1 am ueually near
my Lebenon address. Pecter Bickford, RD #3, Lebanon, NJ 00833
You mizht be interested in 1isting FREETHOUIHT DIRRGIORY as a freebie
#vailable from Denver Freethinkurs Boclety, P.C.Box 1631, Englemcod, £080110
15 -
 I've Jurt potten into '»'onu]il‘.-:, ond I sce a fow things
that I cnn heln elor: fy. So here pgoes: T see mention from
time to time of o lnivunze (ortificinl). Yes, Zanernnto 1s
phonctic. And in Vonul 2 nore 5 you say, “"For a lenjuage,
r!‘c]:z: a list of a thousnnd words ......" But you are just
J*ryo —oiin on
toalking obout doing nto over again. Tt uses a lorge CSondeord ,/w( s s u)] 27./
nunber of prefixes and suffixes that turn a small number of i} Fogetper cocr —af hgil cnowy b
sinmnle
Roolly
roots into a larre vocabulary.
asimple. I oushit to ki
It is entirely recular,
Althoush I mey be o bit ruaty
NEGs Se 77 £ (Hhatf C/w.«,/ )
now, I once could write and r I
NP St s - comwheal -cAHan Tl
I do not think any of ihor) ABr Aedetler, and iRy Ao le come
a ceadle to Zapersnto. the nt‘ ers. .\,e L"“El‘”nta. irdipenidin )iy comedss (r1o caly Jruck, bas,
If you need any more infornation, I'll be ;1ng to tell you or fw,rr* ey A/u(.f/ ) == /a)hfi;fld"w
where to get it. Cnly one declention. The final letter tella
you what part of speech & word is. lord structure tell other Soo.d, /.,-.g Yirro v mrakc e
ket e /nm, her ;4 ool mcv
Snd sovundi { whvs cat) e clog(Gobi
things too - sing. or plural; pender; nctive or parssive; etc.

About thlose one tenth watt welkie tolkies: The FCC limits wille. (Fggest problim 15 T /Anxr o
v mrwch Cees, /:/[cu/v alt) « gosd
them to 5~foot antenncs. liore entenna would let you talk farther.
But that would be illesal.
ground connection.
But the FCC says nothing
So try grounding one of them.
about a
That cen Am/ol donfesey cah pull77 L Lonk £
increase the range. I en K. . Also K e o 2 S M/M/,/£ oy AHE critlen
25 L g hy Aoz Ko syl %{ra rroeele —
In telking shout 2 den, I con see that you ere steadily asamls,
epproaching the dens that the picts used to uce in northern Sccon Jalgc anl / e
England, . Some of the reaa of then can be seen in Zngland nof on? .rn St o‘{crz oz .5//»777&;
tcday. So vhy not stort the picts were? Dig a circular a/)dloo Jd ¢ cart la n
hole in the rround. I think it must have been esbout weist deep.
cr /Ia.‘,rL/ 3 (%}7/ y conreso
Then with eorth (soé if' you cen get it) build the walls. The
idea is to make a beehive type structure - an arch., Vhen it
o/-lcnc; bé‘om oHie
7 Lidin Ter wn/r,a—uwra
is finished, get gress to grow on it. Thus it will look like —Z ask (1nha leber, reec puofc o
a low hill. In building the wells you should use niniature d”xlao’x z2'x 7 oJaU)v’r:n/ f 'y en pl.
piling - snall sticks ce xlc tel not to rot. This should help
a 7%12° ) —an b a,c; i
to meke it strong enough n can
picts
walk
"disappeared
over it without
et bc satss At org?— baltehit D, v/’m
ecving it in. The tradition was that the
they did. They simply slipped e STates ona #c 4 orx 24/;, % - f et
into the ground”, In rezlity
.into their houses. Of ccurse, you must errange ventilation fllr /s Lo smy edAtzr Fenl,
must contrive a door. You can do it with wc, ireld
(concealed). And you onc e Sgnm Jrans c-da/
native mcoterizls. Then srrange
e nutury,l
a
brush
bunch
pile.
of brush
Tursuers
on the door.
could enfally— s n (7% 7" x/.;— “xs 9(,)14‘/;.4
Tt would be token for [con, >
never caotch the picts. They sliiped into their houses, end (s a pif sm v :2/- inter
the pursuers walkec over the "hill" without knowing it was a has bren a meoat raczllcnt andd‘rurm,-
home. Reenforceacnt would do no harm, and probably was uscd. Jeat T reghs s
<7 w«f .,/a,
About the intrusion sensor (Vonylink 10 page 8): Don T, and uozcr ¢ wq,{w a'm[
wn cvoul Jrn7 i I-Jm o
put the sensors around the perimeter. Pfit"!"‘&i This way they
L P
would record sounds not only beyond the perimeter, but also
insice the perimeter. TFut them midwoy between center end perimeter. =t onty costs - /,,,,
Sarig and
st o M5 en
This way it tekes a smaller circle of them. I an assuaing they cocl Iprice oor e aloo hus ety
are not directional. mod u.xfog nctting v J P 2 jppers ¢ Y-
1w Duguifor
Fomred -
U reae e Af OO0 Lot
If any of this is published, please withhold my neme. OCr J/In A 2/ps shed
use my initials. of sad”
l(n fl/‘?’unu’/c/ // Orange oialls
Peace,
Toor [na ) ble rosk )
i 55 /; ‘/&/‘Za/,/vé/.‘c
Pear Lan, fecdsriey Coices.
5Trgold crcs! ‘
re the questions concerning "meaning" in social ”!e:unty numbers, hspite
I believe the first set of digits indicates state or other geographic- — 14 almest 5
/w: 7% dark . T
/74 s ibit iy 1A a
political entity in which you obtained said SS card-- picked that up
from secretary at a short run employer who sald, upon seeing my
7’ 783 a/f‘ocCZ«J
Tyoos serviccabl 727, i A omiese
number, "Oh, I didn't know you were from[xxxx]." Thus if you don't /m»/: 1y ves, and Sl stactls com o
know the code you might at least check with someone from the state The m/i Yas e ufx 4//0 , and 13 On
in which you desire to locate your first "honest' job in your history. 7 g4 in oJer mpdflh”tnr 7«—: Fa
HP During the current fuel crunch many scem to be discussing pretty
expensive fuel tank conversions to increase fuel capacity. While Al farr o Heafmy coesFer HnS o
Fry and others have pointed out the savings to be had through big volume - 4
a ho ade sfok, 075.)4,24‘[ ilr},q,a/c
purchases, this is not the motivation among the currently interested. om f)
allon sgucre can clails
One acquaintance intended blowing $200 on big capacity for converted bus.
It would seem that il you want to be a 'retreatist" (in Rayo's sense) 12/!74 gon/ /a zr 1o be cold nom cncom fi/
you
which
might
cul into mileage
do much better
and are
with fuel
subject
caches
to looting
(a la Manson)
(whether official
than hiige tanks
HE R
r:// s e AJaw‘:n o s,
or casual), The main point here is that one wodd do well to invest and kmuu really Z{ (?Z,-xf nrede~
in things other than gas dependent hardware. Again, if you're playing leHzrvfl: oa ‘LI‘( &, ,// . and Somx
the retreatist gambit you presumably have one or more retreats (whatever ro. one eho's ) esipter Fend
became of "squatspots''?) and several routesand means for getting to /wm ad oo some pac 0 fenowsS
it [them]. Hence a string of caches seems reasonable. All this ignores any”n ° aéom)‘ J(wévf/ém-.x——.
the prospect of travel permits, proscriptions, etc..

Brar Vonu kil 7 fi’u‘/x

erech Cof your 73 i5Scee 'and rtad it et somc
Veasure! and some sudrrrss. s you §25 T amp
iy 17 Canada, “ camzrc oL orom
CulfZ i 50 ((aor St atucd on %‘a,_)%
InFe 6w EUROPEANM TRAVEL, VALID AS OF *713 LEABY=HASSLE WAY OF OROSSING
BORSERS 18 APPARENTLY WALKING OVER CSTABLIBHED HIKING TRAILS, SETWEEN COUNTRIES
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1 ok & fer of the =ubjscts
of ¥ -1?1; d-is)liaca,
T have sere
you vlrit
raided 1w your
comeider the valwe
Shones rel caruitss ;;;-z::(-un. (1)
z ) . siva-tazen ar; {a) Duay sre tiers waities o
bot# e pt docn e fake, and M P Yois Have TiROLY 5AP HOTE 05 HBL LS GERURD Brcic ey "y u‘:‘:‘ rm;d'; “-:;’ or
ltred ool snacs across cHe ladke, wnd polan fp ~xico hisva5 hesr ozeu by wA1) arimels.
ilezs sed Lherely sttracti attestlor, L-ds v
ish oal HHe cointer andgo on Ahe roce1i the idssl =ituati e renrealf comile ¥ corlortabls
iy
Y. Y L 4 A Vithout chemsier the looks of tus ontaide st all.(blnite oftem oli wisesiafts will
574 « by, ond, s / i"_‘”‘” fousd to stor iw tasm, wuich i asothier s3=st to Ors w0 wasts to be indeses~
7 oy dest of outaids wources of wpply. s e {eterasl =upply of water you cae, with
Ok = af o foack anihal, Fin anatter Tor o fipg 818 . (c) la waay
Car hrli sl Fimo A)_ the barast wimime of Flavsinz, te self-sufl{icisrt for s vers long
the constry tiay sve )plestiful, awdd fairly msey- to fis d. Cf B course 7 you sillof
gprig. "Bt am by
o ik 4 9 s ;- pirts of to cosforn ulth the evallabilgy
i meph aboud SHKiem as a poucd am B e o woue olawaiag ra sRjust your Ltisersry fisd nless arphiere 1s the v5 1w
e HispnL el ”57‘7 % Amie S b egohese, \rat ia in your aver. A 7008 source for whers o "sectlowal coveris: :hateter
art
#n HE ey of 7 eols, anct ”‘/"VW "””{ cfe. ‘alys Yo local airport. For about 1,75 you 2 caslarze sras. The woalecrart!
buy &
1 1 50,000, Idees
dnc (Hou Uoorsluril?) I some vres Lntoreste you, Tness cover muite
coald [iie b rope Vioink from the sir are maried by @ crosead pick and hawwr. 1y exreri
2o fas b o sir amymre, si=ce
Tran tiat shout ON% of tawes are 3ot vi-itls fro< ttiehe erirrace
about hom, some onc cho alrcody pame >7 thew visible i+ tae ares of tailiscs just outeide froe
eyperiace S AHn J"‘/ sdeasT up with old wother
5 . - Touger beirs workel the ailimgs tard to tat covered
ity Mo busts boere i tha ~ive snpeara from verial view, Ircidertallly, about these 7aps, the politiealhlvh;-,l:l’
‘s For ek V“"“j
isformation on traw is quite oftaw rataer poor. m;xc.nyr,] th roxss asd especis
probably 7ot oo callly Lonc, a;«: Yo+F Gondergy $o 3111 be - very out o ¢ date. .tlew nighuays v wom't eves be On them somtimas,
hratid olace ins cunter; wf P mof 2l ralisf iaforsatios is fairly sccurste, rlll
e
g /i, 1n tas Rociy ‘ousteia wast, lsrzeTne forterrais to be good deteil. They ml-)xcodinn
72? 4 ’é‘“’Z"‘ 2 'r”’“///‘; ”7 Zj‘ffif/ mrtraush the scale it too get 4 topotuers mp Of an sres if you want to explore i swy
sl can L and b Faken h T | plsvaisz mips, but plaw to
; ; ; O 27 Jetei
Luih, et éf # a{’:{‘/ 7, 41 e 0Ll yother source for abandosed mise information would be the US Bureau of Mses
Lnpey L T 5 Wi o L5 Ihaves't tried this, but I'11 just bet that you cas get maps ssd Msts of just
ast r/.a-,7 u/;;m wzfif{/f ool fizp AT about asywnars you wast by writieg to tasm swd askieg for it, Tal bréegs up amother
subject I vanted to gst ixto.
oery
P/
alf Foirr c@;({/?/# < 4&-7 T B mrais
;o4 i ) s oo
CBntierch Tt snaad 10 me vaide Tradieg at is Big Brotner Watchizg?" that there iz a
Zo v o 5 Lk side to tuls tnat you dida't get imto, Tnat is that you csm rice Big Frother work
“"Z?"‘/ 1200 ) AP ez D475, for you if you take the trowbls to lesrm how. ou ciw slt arourd amd wish Big Bit
Gre frzzont sy, 35 Brotnar wouli o sway 1f you wast to, but I dox't think tas wishisz will nake a
compEoyss, f/f*‘f’:y
s o wror T soagurdd Doy -
47/'
of diffsrence, ictuslly, Biz brotner f3 2 awpid ziint, aed con be uted to the
g s s ¥io are risble ard cax lesre to darce arvusd
L/ o S
bie saice 729 Groen sdvantazne Of ZXXUXXXXXE any Of us elves fore ia
3
ax kidaxgrafism exawple of Jast
2 0w the gismt's points of costrel., Tha oiaz
7 7 ot 5 / g 2. 7
could LT N tadaral agaeciss o get imformatior for you to use Lo your sdvantaga.
ey cozre allsced ‘:7»""4‘ v, so0C%har Faty wproificiily, rbout what Tiz Brotler is watchiw, you cas fird aut
for yoursslf
f"»’"/" w problm dptiny Saomnar bort, T%
03 crrtain sxbwat just by asdee, e fedoral cove s 4 Srorram ealled Si0S, wiich
e coitd datec o amd cook ar myAr charle Stirde for mvirosr:stal Rasources (bssrvation S»tellite, The output from these
as an SPN
a11 satharsd ivto ora dats canter in Sioux Fallr, 5. Dak., and by ritisg
ud caseid Syia, shict ior & Tk,
SN’ ; it 12
o = ‘,;;7 o
ety 7 brtier
” when tnkn Hadesy
7”7[/ 45g mp%l,‘ AN cas: zei whatrvar photorraphs you wast to saa. Tiare is s mominil fae,
vou
‘9’;/“”" = ‘/‘él"’ il i b
e en7.
lack, woxt you vtby deficirr =anllor
Hdots ete Juf I e e somr pack
S0 G0 ., ard they dill tll youof tothelr
tall then kit aoaln thay on will
coordiastan,
%’7"“/“amd;, At
/. prasioe ik AlR St Tote on suataver, wid than pull that you wint out corrubar,
s SO A 1o foueore whO vas concermed about theingserial
Lise dncter edor. TS5 oal non-bbartald avd 42 . could be a zrest advaniazebuildieg. You could Just kesp camouflar 1t wrtid
cod cohen ifF cold ¥ e fr, a5 it THity of wowaliirg ne was
N boriag sarirg it im is sttellita photos.
a5 docs All/fl‘/;\"a«)/flfl Sor >Zn/m 2 samc 11y, : uririsd 1des ix tne for-sbat-it!s-worth dapartwast . It occured %o
S o e i o/ ez ro dowm to the.hardzare store aud
ne tunt z =lick xay bto pick up mail would bas owato of those plice whers tuey buve sboub
wy
Hemjac 5 S minuted £ and
/
b emoved 17, agd( if ecphs— >
LN ey Ailbox, Mun fiu 7 onrolf
3
. Horif/—peg .‘./5:/ + ) villion mailbowe stsrdfer on posde, Tike x':o:p]-tn::]:u.
31l 1ired up on '« 2 \atavar
s ina:
Sudh poles 2¢— Tl and—ardFzifi4as m‘;fl2 oa Trianyle
3v e 5 . - vrre you wanted om ! roR'
your address
yours up Lines L% Teits be ‘onTeu vncould
17 wolll-tiars, D o, of ot e. of Tuam, tas aizhtaad
mr":l’ b /;/Jjhad 1o245 JZ()';’YM. nsefe. Yok clear
ma 5 ete. orive Ly sy tice
ved i e nOaR would just be your
sl
can -
7 w77 e &
pick your mail up, and chences are mo ome would everif give it a second thought
= n o Tent, but Lidess someone did ¥omder about
= ges ;{:,L;Z;J/’Zzfi/ ,”-'/'“_ Mflz“"’;{ - if there were s lot of boxes thors alrcady. Gven
YP C / < i (f aroune wLosse it was, people usually mssure that someone else must know about it and
it and o bif A;//{y,jfl oy G ot cumsas Tarp let it go at that.

7
""‘.",‘7‘{3/ absitl o ”_/ affi‘)fi‘fir Ge sopadl oo/~ Finelly, & word of philosophy about your magasine as & wnole., I thisk you
(7 micdad sproadcr nmg t/; fyx L (5 people are & bunch of raving paranoiacs. Nevertheless, 1 would like te
Then snoco blocks /m_f.rJJ ot by locin o7 ToP appieud you in your undertakings. for I pelieve that in diversity such ae
B this ie the real strengto of tte species, Soze day maybe what is today’s
.
qu rz'fu/p/cccf candas Fy holt i clown, alr silligess will be looked upon as clear thinking and foreeight. So 1 has
7 arcund yau Ao nced Fo drers ,.,/g,,.? been in the past. Yet, as of right mow you might as well gnow trat 1 expect
ctrick Hove conren Sl sy by, % Soe Bk o, you all to die sitting in your tent flaps cross-leiged with a shotgus im
éa_vlf'cqv/c o b Anitwl M?/au: 7 e ,,47 your lap, waiting for tne intruder who cever came.
oy ey, Dhen Ak . ito 1 oir O 1 have enclosed $5 for you to contimue sending your paranoid dri:
coldl! 1;—/d7r/h/,fiaw{7r carxd c; vy, sF 4 eodse.
recall 7
Bl
s
o ',fl?:, o (/’/“f!:"_‘”j"“’fj, beSesecrn you Editor, Vonulife: October 8, 1973
i- ey, y, wr ki con dp : <P ordlores ZrodTies Ther Couada, in% my = memoTy. =hem
@ never 0 was & time time in in Conads,
enlilalyon, Hal malis FHi i ey beffercan opportunities for employment were better. Dven mo one should not swecumb to the love
bt dh and deadd A you g7 e fosrs ; of full time employment but could mse tte affluent period for providing some cash
prespsralein 1;\4 d:;;fhéy 5 r/,//f s, Teserves. It secms that most vomans require some cash. If you are going in for
7u/1///// j Dhat &u Aave on, Sfars olocn, freedom without cash tken work for ome dey and purchase tkat book titled
wod," o cohudcucr C R smals Hnl oo cabis 4 WBushcraft® by Ricnard Groves. It is availsble in Cannda from Bosk Cemter,
£y’ 1140 Bue Detulac St,, St. Laurent, Quebec ard costs $3.95. It is assumed you
—and (7 smratl, T e
i 2 ‘ @ 0r 7eo0 prgofc — have clothing. 1f vou are going to do it in Cansds some stout clotking will be
5n by znouy b, i you clont Ltde Fov srmect; jiand — required for tre winter here. In tiat caee inquire from The Vacmillan Corpany,
2l somdliern 139 Qt. 15 pou bord con Sl o clo Bond St., Toranto for books of Ellssorth Jaeger. His book "Nature Craft
sades o W ' Ly % 7 " is dedicmted to a Cree womap who became lost in a vest nortkern Canada forest,
T Ay “’//?f 4 oiockd ter only equipment was & hunting knife and the clothes she wore. But she survired
vl 7 goood Halsy,
97 / Gl Sl ‘Y’/’”’”;’/' L 1y A Aom Nl Yhe long winter and was in gooa health when found by a hunting perty in the spring.
e The Jandra coiocs é}a/rficf v c/,-,'//c,)‘,_,d, as Otker Jacger books are: "Roodemoke®, "land and Rater Trsils”, ¥ildmood Wisdon®,
o;z/r as cerfams mosics coilt bewr, bt Gutiamiy “Eesy Crafts'. yo
. s in the Chilcoten nrea of British Colurbim, Asakim Lske,
75 {a?’/‘am/( Porrse corscime iy, cend solt, a JA should seek out Cnee lonit, who rosms tne woods of cust central B.C., for lessoss,
Shechorin slode & sttty srit Adore Ao Afud/ She ia & merry eyed old lady, with @ coupleof blankeis und @ bit of convas.
soms times waxes up in tho morning under several inches of smow. Ches lohit
T aie over uany
®us born on the h-dstone 1ndikn Kecerve but likes solitude andand oldroansGhisook
reason . # o
” . . trade
. /l/m//“‘”/a(,,f’%’( o X"fild < A’/r/j&mz /> miles of forest ana mcudow, She wses beglish, Ciilcotin,
1wl A s o dop st Ungo. myogee Scinner, Rie, dest Lorme, Ontario, Canada .
A
i by 7
bud i
/“'/;fl‘ucl/;/m fi:,‘” lf Hotow you arvarxd
Srom getiiny Sk 5 & e
piaicd, Coiz '//5 P s —/7/'“ e "1’(‘ 1'z looking for a map of the atate of »econsin of the late 1800 vistage - townships,
i 3 3 o
o s74 b5 ooty whids T 2 an oy 4 ook pioe shiowing the principal merediun guide mercdion base linmes, and rows ofsndtheProspecting”.
vt fam. U cer 175 e, or o such se depicted by author A.F. Walloce in his bosk, "lana Crulsing
of
Also tre book "A Cabin Book Primer® 198, Hardings, Columbus, Orio, £ow out1955-60
chrap 2l fand stox s farF as L o /,‘Z;,x§
rigtrows abous asy. e d print. & live aniral trap shown in the F.C, Tylor Fur Co. catalog yearsAlta Vista,
s /7'/,"/ o L2 2 el Py — cired 7h%x7}"x28% - collupsible. M.J. Mchemara, 1292 Willowdale Ave.,
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z ijJ‘fJ‘“ sgaalof Covite ,gf Ko gpoc any g dow, Ottawa K1H 758, Ontario, Canada
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and Hho T v orc Fara @ [fofa c. 25 s unrL aiodZits dhiignee ad btvndd, oA
az:f‘m:,/ éa (some onc clscs placfiyrafla(’u/ A’WWHW
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amid (st Ferd balt an cafld/r: /A:ualzr a o - s,
cahile < I was orkisy co’ dflr v
carded oal an Lrquimo /cad/;l(é&é - Za J%‘b’y e Ak aalod Bbea A
amau s o scalt, and of
dicdo/ér 2 frparin= T - taoe LRy £ JAIJ«M-A% vy
b Ao
a okife b Vat, wax v oil as breanx or you can maxe a portable yurt, like one, pow gone, wagon peofle,
o-Saciablc. /5 wm/ back H candlor' e - They used a very tkick felt for roof and wmalls of a tent erected on a wood frame,
T couwdnt a really sadalle corce. 75,;,4/4 The interior
movable
mas much like
drepes,
one of Hollywood's
seat-cushion,
creations:
less-tran-knee-high tables
hanging
of vretty,
oil lamve,
carved woods,
£ duek oa,/ a\'/afue a ey erzoles en bright ornaments and colors - all inside - the outsides wers dark and dull. TYou cam
jc, rEX % Mz ik et AL wsndeets use nylon or dacron cloth with 4 « 6" of foam rubber betmeen 2 levers of cloth,
4 L /m./u;.r m cands, froke, and T Waterproof both sides tho, it can soak up water and get heavy if you don't use

also danting A ;/ a pocd cvile jdea. So A closed material,

very warm.
so be sure what kind of foam you get.
Sew thru all 8o it won't shift.
This
It can be dropt
is lightweight and
down flat for travel so
Vovds hite T 'Je er/ of a good &Frony you can move thru low trees, etc. without cutting.
Ly hts adjusfable Al Tcmn y At 7 Baloon tires won't letve much trail. The only store-bought supplies would be
Tickh —edc r/f/J:Z
a.ré:.:/y.r J/{Cdmfly {7%44}~ lezpoil, etc. if you ao as toe Navanos aid, They planted foods and moved to them
nd 70 of T r aboud pight Sorohe and picked
person ®as
or harvested az tLey went in a big circle. Sowetimes, @s with
left to chase off the deer, etc. till harvest. There is a lot
corn, one
of open
siec lampP T ok, = o bt Yo aawestesy land you could move toru, tending south in winter.
rof o Jedo7 overbeal i T we S, soz
cese 2 I be satr 57/:»«.77/2/ a A.uu/ww Lbicraaracld ,a/u.c.‘uur,é« e /C't‘*(z‘/\‘ e el /«1.-»0«44.
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> st i) O Awdsile cnid coax 1 i af
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b, mAerj e cwoodon wcu' c 06 67
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AL 7 ale amlis C«)(m//n/y ma/‘,z 4/,y s Fr) .
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N e dacdioe con Yoo, ‘and alio yol carr puf
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54
 LEAD BAITERILS v
’ by AL Fry
a n iter metal o about 7 *~1 2%~ uilirh
el /;/ b s
Plaes mans 6veryans @eopends e ‘whesls' and alnoe our whwals depand om our basleriss, batteries _}:""l ! e 3 ""'3/‘/“' U =
~sre pretly much & factor of 1ife. I have usually relied on $9 rebuilt batteries or nacassional 5
used esnp meet 33 batteries 1if they mre a good Leavy duty type (Delco, etc.). Feyine over $20 0 rcach across olic '/"/’ e Sl (i, gpoen
gor a dattery dossn't noke good wense If you don't get meveral times the life of creap batterios cunr roen fral ool o Hle coader o & —
an' ulchiny 207 oo fod AAe o beme pecit Voahcbde
(eae you don't). gy 0y thing § do mhen § get my battery is cut s washer of felt and a Vi
bottom ‘o Hre pan ar F cois; mnbihe soof. S
weeker of plartic to fit ench battery Lost. Goming vasoline on the felt, I put it, with the
pleatic waszer over it, and stop worryine about further cable corrosion vroblems. Aon S fHKr lamp righ?, you can alro rad
put any of the
Next, i never 0:7!1 be samc gz, T o5 ,{"I{m v alde i are: ol
cotelt blue or super x ndditives in the tattery as they will shorten the life of Ll b ’ ){] 7 #
the battery by helf, regerdless of the claims. And last, aside from normal water maintenance, cox 4 TR seatl a Jfla//rflc(:/‘,bbcl'_
4 mever let the bettery sit any lergth of time dead, or even et half charge - this will scch
Bhorten 4 leas batierd's 1ife cnsiderablys 1t you wike up some diamal day and your Wattery THhe
s Abe Soam beaz.
18 dead. there ls & 25§ chence you can glve it & new lease on life by irradicating the lead crud
s a small bak pacl ‘,JA',Q/‘;:
=cich lios at the botton of the cells snd somctires shorts out the cells. Shake the dickens ook (r A»Jz?o‘tfl Oplimus &R w/-i/c;-t 4.
of the battery and then erpty
out rrally, s /,,‘,,,,y Mn 'ih arcas caberz j»,z I
the scid
has sottled, in a plastic bucket,after the ‘crud’
thie scid buck in the battery, rechsrge it, and cross your fingers. pour
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LIFETINE BATIERIES 01 puitadleln wscing a Fobaico can S il sk
by AL fry . ¢ : .
After years of strugglios along witn sics, finicky, short-lived batteries, i finally decided to ‘“'//”' '}:’/‘ cas s iron j’é'//’/- =
ATt mith soze bsrd earned srekels anc try to eliminate the problem, It took me months of € Y
momicg uround to get wist i masted ana mow, several months after i've been using thew. 1ive pol o mital gasdiron siove Lo or any oty
Lhnd hotds Ao e [ et ek, oder’one o7 oAera
deciced Faoray foX pace age Batterlens yucry simiuids Theve modern NickeltCadniur batterion Dg slaks mo.
in £is plenes and soge Blert systens - other batteries used in roceets and more mophisticated DZ’ Lych poachny . The Funl
operetions are silver-sinc, silver.cad., snd silver-magnesium - tLese lust batteries are harder s Hoo hot From redlceel b2l Vou cailt
to locato and cost uncle more but are whrtn diazonds if 4 you went the best. iy bother? Fell 7
blow onc cp Le AHt 5 = Aoz Eah oe
if you are using batteries ig your little ssactuary ven, bus or wratever the continuous periods 2 % /il ;
coliaiisicar .A
of crarging and discrarging and cspecially any proldnged period of discharge without charging ‘{"’”’j /"’,;v ouf s, £ Fank on ’;/‘:/ Eohrices
wnd dosenV boled Lead [iZie Cafrive Gl
tend to shorten a loaa acid bettery's 1ife. You will probably be lucky to get a couple of years ofo. J gz//er of cHik
@it of the derned thing - furtrermore if you overcharge
ar_gocr a Jooy, Loy e
the thing this will further bresk down (1?/:‘?//, W send? alBay a oo/ b 5 o&-\
tie plates. All in all tiey &re a diseusting monument to greedy industry
siccel-coas in Europe. Nichel-Cadmiume, etc. just don't sesr out. You cam let them stand
you can consideringz get
some opalink zins, pre /42& 4 els
”"2 ;“" M
>
elsczerged without dumsge - you cen overcharge them all dsy without dameze. You can discherge ortas,
®ad chsrgs them thcussnde of times and they still won®t wear out,
oul C-r/.afcm/? any Hhny abou oo
rinpiry — and
The only thing that does %, Py; SV beoro s ‘or ",
Aoae vi P crs. Eldoredlo
e v
Botaer them i found out is to Dlow the tops off of them. I was really zapping mine with 15 ampe zoe: Sampird;
eod not thinking about the gas genarsted. ‘,”"”"’V_b‘;fi & Cj“/’"’
I messed with the clip and created & soark and ‘zam! P Since ' gonna .5/9//( Aot ih T,
1 was covered with caustic ligquid. Fortunately i bed a bottle of vinesar in my van mo getting dont coxnt
under A garden Lose end stripPing i rinsed good and did the vinegar neutralizer thine gquick - b Scd coound nfo « pa— o
L. back gzuc_rw e ot Leglecty cx
otherwise i'd huvebeen a very buroed boy. Surveyling the domage i got out my ever gresent little
tuoe of euper wilicon glue and glued the demolished battery cells back torother and lo! ‘{fi”‘; 2
é
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morked a8 woll 83 OVET. 1
1, yoy want souothing that will keep you in light for the rest of ¥ oy,
44 .
dacigagoniy
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your 11%e here is & tiny suggestion: Tvery gov't surplus store you ro by stoo in and check for wally, Denna
€ov't batterics. If you want to check prices or send for some mail order there are only two
Flace 1 found that rellably carry them. ESSE Radlo Co., 368 S. Meridien St., Indianatolis, Ind.
46225 end in the west G & H Surplus in Olendule (phone book), ALl of theee government batteries Drroms mg duwniof 4tk Jture, when primitive peoples were food gatherers,
gome 42 1.2 volt cell Dunks. You buy them by the cell and little cells mill run from about $3 0 Probably were ;‘:"}":f,',‘,,,}f.""'mlf"ff,';f':,,':’,‘:,';c:’.'.f,‘:,‘,‘;‘,,'::',(1:3
®2 ¢round §12 & cell for the big celle. If you want only onme cell then you would run flashlight e T i e quantities of
Bulbe, If you get 5 and hook them together you wouli run 6 v. car bulbs, and 85 on. I took my aconns for nuaking bread, developed sevezal simple methods of washing out the
celly and nace up & 12 volt system tn my van, Since the bulbs don't Lave much Wattage 1 Fut them jamminand hit er tivie aith wottr
wery clone to Where § rena und huve them in & light with a magnifging lens to increise the Acarule, acorns of the white aak group are preferred for human food, being:
isteasity, Tre flushlight bulbe should slmo be jut buck of a magnifying lenms and such an Jess bitter than these of the black eak wroup. The species
of white naks goncrally
errengement would be perfect for an everlasting rechargable flusnlignt (Are you there,spelunker ¢ the Jeaves and their lobes, whishy blunt or rounded teeth,
Ioorr?) 1 found my celis in San Diego end they came from an early werning system and are the are . st Brisrle-preinted.
» thisyray,
by the Fightogray, sealy
sealy ko and W byby the. acorn shell -
largest i'va ever suen, I got a deal by buying all avaiiuble at 33 a coll but only neve 5 left wlhich s not i wsade, Slightly awertish scorns, prduced by a few kinds and
1 mould part wita, A Iy medividial pees, e be eaten taw or roasted and should be selected for trees
Lurge cells arepetter in thut tney hold more Juice anc run things longsr « Dreeding investications.
aver gtart cars, Bwall celle ougnt to ve fine nowever for any one in a voou type lifestyle that and swomm bread are casily prepared, whrther for a variation in
doesc't pead any excess weight. Ope cell would need a little flastlight battery charger (a 6 v. mpiesz rips and emergencies. Gather acorns as soon after they
<kazge prebably wouldn't hurt if it were low ampersge) and & regular battery charzer juices up the fall s s comenient. Then crack and s ‘:"‘)'] "‘];fl:c'i;‘t";:‘;hk::*:
multl bsnxs., - including the auto alternator julcer mentioned in previous
v.l, If soyons has in o foad choppier “: ;::‘,::‘;::‘.“:‘::lxr:fur‘:d‘;:‘\‘
8otions of & water or wind power systez running an alternator these batterles are almost & must o
\ s cacily removed by spreading the acorn meal about one
beccuse of the comstant charge and discharge and overcharge cycle thst reslly ruins lead batteries 1 pesous cloth or by the mieal into
a jolly bag. Then
test. 1 have & small inverter that switches my 12 volt system to 110 volte for razor and emall o bon svater aned et this ‘l‘l)mj‘ w l»:ii-u ;n'nlt:
appliance usage but it 1o & little more efficient to run on otraight 6 or 12 v. since there isa it o Benemerilap o i et watee Tl spead
o G
1088 In ‘the-convereion:to higher volMaes. 44 wnsieviie 4 Jeavae wo nEveIH oW FRRFREELIBHEN ot meal o dry and garch in an oven. Grind the meal aga
bt Acther saeetosd of exteacting the tannie i to boil the dvs kernels for 2
we coze to & point where ons must be self sufficlent or a pawn of big brother or perish (could Towrs hetute @rindme. Nest pout off the darkend water and sok the davifird
be 10 years before & ‘collapse’ and the perish part) but the next few years are vital in getting kernels in hot water. « hanging occasionally untit the bitter flavor is lost. en
orgasized snd stocked up on the things needed in the coming years, Self sufficiency should start wrind it pase and dry o .
La become the gosl to -;rk toward, f'm beginning to get resdv. Such things as these detterles Acorn meal s used Zike fnmm«;d in recipes fr;‘rhrr:a.d:rrfn:flu;:;s:z:“}?:::
ill be worth their welght in gold to some percons in the future, Thefe may come & tine whem you U wixwith e parts of com meal ur wheat flowr & hrid febm feomm Eon
S30%t be able to-get s load bittsry replacement because of cheos or a iack of money. If you have AMWet el
your Nyck-cads you chn wind, water or gas charge them via &n alternator or zenerstor aad have has e
ligkt. Light may be important after you have run out of kerosene, propane or whetever. Bieakfast cerealit preparead from acorns also. After grinding and wash-
d watcr, and boil. The mush thus pre-
. volume and has a chocolate color. It is
aten with itk o L of salt added.
witha pineh . .
"\\ ‘-m\ are in carbolvdrates and fas, nutritious ncnrr;:[m:dl;
AP HOSPTTAL
eriments indicate li‘ln:(":“li:lc'uak o
CAMDER
er combinedi L fnv::v":xu‘:n\l:‘n;(;f:
FEES BT SIAY'IY
SLEIND AOZARETO-BRBAVES
4t 875 a cay 22d en cxpected prolonged stay in the hospital, Mr, and M_s. Norman Zgan looked for ilil y..n,,.».“: mli.lmunl\;‘rhnlxn tha ible <ala
3 solution to thelr financial problem. Nrs. Buth Sgan, pregnent and with "placenta previa® a i il bl vl ol e biord (o e of Caifonia v ok #od
potentially dangerous problem, lived 35 minutes driving time from Salt Lake City's LDS Hospital, [wthapsetler bl ;!
Doctors said that was o0 much time awoy from emergency treatment if the placenta snould break Ee
amy from the uterus. “Bed rest end coastant doctor care are the only answers to & live baby"®,
Bar doctors asid 5. yoy g0 ens pawpLVRL SBENGYRCFUENGE.EFAELSE EhG: sect do not bave to attend pudlic schools becsuse it
to keep “EguRE permission Yould winlnte 1geir comstitutisnal rights under the
ibelr truck and cemper unit in tne nospltal's parcing lot, In climbed Nrs. Egan for a five-mesk ponoo 0 0 % ™00 %) (0" e erenotisn for bis
stay. “Everyone was caugnt up on the romance of this unique case,” said L. Breat Coates, chief children as & follower of the Miccosukee customs.
@asisistretor. “Nurses and other nospital emgloyes, relatives and friends, ae well as her doctor,
®ade daily visits to the cumper.®* Clay had been charged by officials of the Collier
Mps, Egan says she hud at least 45 different volunteer baby County Senosl System with violating Florida's
Senders. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), to which the Egans cozguleory attendance law, which requires childrea of
Beloag, helped make the Egans comfortuble. Each nigat dr. Ezan would All'tlv.eund Ipe:d L:e nignt, 7 to 16 years of age to attend 8cBoOl. o nayear.old
Sreo thelr caildrea were able to visit their mother, something they couldn't do in the hospital. clay works as en auts zechanic at a gas stetion/genaral
SLveryone was 80 nice, 1 didn't have time to get depressed. Besides I'Ve seen pregnant women store near the village of fioyal Eammocc, where abowt
1fe (n bed nine months.” Sn¢ kept her mind off her problems with the excitement of the 350 Miccosukee live 18 miles into the Fverglades west of
hoapital's nearby emergency entrance and the molses of the area, It all ceme to & hopey ending Naples. Clay mever attended school es the white man
tEls week. Sne was wheeled into the hospital on & stretcher and, by Coavariap nection, €ave yogms it, but ke speeks some English. His wife, Judy,
bires to & 7-pound, 3-ounce girl. Zoth mere described in excellent condition. 37, speaks her own 1angwige. gruant officer Yichael
(thancs to al fry, i thine, for clipying) J. Gelloway asserted in court thut the children mwere beimg
T kept in Mjccosuicee villuges for econonic reesons, rather
¥ICCOSUKLE INDIANS WIN LEGAL EXIMPTION FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS tron religlous onee. Ee contended thot tourists who paXdl
Lo VisLt the wiitepes sisne soutedl axpectsd to Aes
Jdudze Aichurd Stanley of Collier County Florida ruled on July 29th that Bobdy Clay, a ¥iccosukee, Indian ciildrem ploying in the ysrds, and that the
#ill mot have to send his five children to the public echools. Judso Stenley said he had besed Miccoeukevs had realized their children's attraction.
Els dectuion on the recent Supreme Court ruling that stated that children of the inish religious Schon] Tecords indicats 70 Tndtan childran out of 9443
jen T vanalindc peqe 3 6\5“; county pupils sttend public echool. Seversl hundred
scrasl-sge Miccosukees live in Royal Haawock slons.
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Bugh Sasyer, an attorney funded by the Miccosukees for this case, also @rgued or lock, etc.) do we chsrge sbove the goverment price, ®0 you meed Rot brisile
1At tre etate law doesn't apply to Clay or Miccosucnes because they have never over such prices as 22 or 34 rubles. We are cortsin trat the sosey ic well
algned peace treaties and have xept themselves intact as a sepurate nation, earned. We have alwost nu overhead expenses and instecd of receiving only 408
©Iuey are & group wro refused to die, although the persecution they have suffered of clear profit tret offfcial irms would hive the right to pry =, ve get ta
2w steseful,” he 8ald. (4ootner said) “Everything they do is associated mith keep the entire 1C0%! So there ie n» reasonfor us to %ork with stalen
xeligion. Tney can't understand why we want to send our children to a school
upholstery material. sbich is what you plaialy ineimunted. you e gurprised
ere 3ot 48 not mentioned of taugat. And they don't sce why our schools saould that we go to work well dressed (incidentsally, in winter we, tos, wear m coat
t=pose our beliefs on them.” Anderson said Indians fesr thefr children will lirer). But people welcome you according to your sppearance end any client will
prefer to deal with me over “uncle Pete" from your firm, becsuse Br'll shove
Becove bopelessly confused by the two different societies they would be forced in his drurcer, unshaven face and as«: "I'm from Zarys. Do you sred your Goow
to live is if they bad to attend white mun's schools...(from axwesasne notes)
padced?® The client usually couldn't cere levs whether trere $a ® shabeshnsie®
working for him or & men frowm the officisl fim, He's interested ta tke finall
TE3 BOME AND ITS ENVIRONS MUST BE KADE SECURE EVEN IF THAT MEANS MAKING resultS. By tre way, & Dit about ourselves, Two of ue have bad a collage
OTHER ARZAS MORE DANGEROUS education, we alweys drink in moderation, we're good femily men. When we fI1RR
If, for toe anke of argument, one accepts thLe profosition that the tot2l amount out questionaires we always ssy: we weren't there, we didn’t belsag. we have
of crime ckasot be diminished, only displaced, tnls tnen offers & new questian: mone - 80 thst our outer imsge is perfectly ok. it's simply tiit se need the
Is s pettera of uniforuly distributed crime preferable to one in ®aick crime extra 120 or 140 rubles e montn whicn & young Specialist cun ears is the Cenwral
48 concestrated in particular aress? 1t ie our contention tbat the second part of the country. & have no dewire to g2 to the far Nortk, mst srat we meed
mitustios is more desirable. lhe home and its environs must be felt to be per montn is about 50U to 6CO rubles which we earn, please nole, with our osm
mecure or the very fabric of society comes under threst. From our interviews, bends, and im the sweat of our brow, de have enough money for gsad clotbes, amfl
me bave been led to believe thet people accept the fact that certain areas of for taxiw too - you may Test emsy - there's po need to worry om sar sceount.
& city are unsafe and therefore take Stepa to avoid or minimise the risk of But don't hasten to relegate us to tre cstegory of momey-grubbers. Nobody im
weirg thez, But they all find this an intolercble condition for their own our company is a hoarde each one spends kis enrnings as be wishe but mousy
resigentisl environment. People can limit the use of dengerous areas, and, if is not our exclusive £osl. yo4 conpider that if we are forced
'tz give up owr
too frightened, will find waysof collectively using these arezs so as to adi ta work repairing doors and uprolstering (2s we were once forced to give up owr
treir sefety. (Tnis often happens when women meet to go shopping or to use the photography business), we eshall find some other woTk to do. Jaamr trade,
Froject lsundry room.) 1In the home &nd its environs, no one wishes to feel so initiative, prectical cammon sense, inventivepess and sggreesivemes ars
restricted. Toe fonily spends most of its time there. It is where future sated immediately snd very liberally. So in tie sphere of bonesteld services
gererstisns are raissd and where the most susceptible members of society live, and particularly in finding new services to perform we - the “stsbashniks" o
It is also the shelter to which we all return from our forays. For these have always dominated and sball alwayr domicste, “That's becsuseme don't needd
reasoss, 1t 'wust be made secure, even at the expense, if necessary, of making to coordinate everything, or to carry a thousand little pepers arsund to be sligned
otber zy=residential areas more dangerous. In many ways it would be a Just in order to drive ip an extra nail or to change an obeolets item.
sisnificast accompliskzent to achieve tiis end slone = to dis lace crize to
snoppizz, institutional end business areas, The argument can be made that Marz once said: “Demand generstes the offer.® Demand hes alwiym eximted, exiiste
these steer areas are inhereatly more easily served by formel police protection. now, 2nd will always exist. A4nd we'll be £lad to take cors of msking tne offer.
{tcis 1 fron an article on crime in public housing projects in intellsctual If you have sufficient objectivity to publish our letter in its wmtirety, we Bope
digest.} that 1t will serve as a worthy reply to your article, W¥e impese so limits om
the Commentary you BEke. ppcle Vasys & Co. P.5. For verfectly understandshle
NEK ZEALAND DB POACHING A DZADLY GAVE reasons we are omitting our return sddress, Besides, we don‘t amst to sooil Ehe
X weird war has lately erupted among the crags and pinnacles of New Zealand's favorable atmosphere that exists in our town. For do We meed 2o adveriiss for new
BoutLern mountaine = some of the most inaccessible territory on earth., It's the clients; we are quite eble to carry on by our oWn meens.
Feud dateeen the #meat hawes,® professional venison hunters who scour the tracke
dess mountains by helicopter shooting wild deer for meat and hides. These are ofuING TVEXTS .
Teardess, rugged outdoorsmen who flit through country where it is often by Al Fry .
izpossitie to walk. Tney carry semi-sutomatic rifles for scooting deer on the In my speculation ... let me try to give & progression of coming events which will
Tun., lney are professionsl desdshots, And they wrk from speady agile choppers effect we of this country and especially tbe west co L. onici #1211 e
wome of waich are capuble of a 120 mph cruising speed. The "venison wer' has devalustions which will orimg on periods of incressing imnflatioa wtichk will #m
Been slmering for several months. But only recently has it exploded in acts of certain cases bring about mnet we could call a depression - although wist is
wubotage abd BrGon WNich many observers predict are the prelude to actual coming will meke depressions of the past look azateurisk.... I @ felt that whme
shooting &nd even bisarre mhirly-bird dog fights emid the diasy peaks of fiordland {s coring might hit us overnight as in toe crash of ‘29, but I ea now tending %o
believe tuat tnis one i3 not going to be snything like the lest depression., I
£nd the southern &IPS 1. poat mars, this one hes economic underpinnices Just may be a gradual sincing into mast ®ill eventually be a ‘surwival of the
For at least 10 yesrs, venison hunting has been a $5-37 million a year dusinees
4in the southern mountains. But this yesr - poseibly due to tte world meat shorteg fittest! gima. 4o tyings go down tne tube the people Lo genesslly remsined
~ the grice for %114 meat rove fror 40¢ per pound to more tren $1.00 Suddenly law abiaing good citizems during the 30's depression. are goiag & be
tie wizdy scies blossoned with choppers which bristled with hn-powered rifles. frightened, med, hysteriesl, hunzry, lswless animels in many asess apd this =il
“The ouw-stlent ridges of the gouthern high country sounded to hovering copters, necessitate theusage of Lke existing presidential orders to decd wits theo. &a
mowling sirens employed to frighten deer herds out of the bush and the vounding we mentioned in 'How to Survive tne Coming Lupression' there P.E.4%s are sirewdy
©f semi-automatic wespons. The veniton rush wus on, Some operztors, it {e
on tne books &nd susiting for the appropriate excuse for their vasgs., They strip
8514, £rz take home ae much as $1,000 for & pocd day's work, One venissn virtually all toe freeanss of tkhe consbituliud fTom UB eos 7 yurdd advise you
Zecowery company, Alpine Helicopters, secured a three-year povernment contract to act as though we will be in chaos in the next few years. If yoa cen I woulld
for emcizaive operstions in deer-rich Fiordland National Park, But tke vast and sdvise remote mon-perishable food caches, I would advise obtsimisg qunw snd
tergled teree million acre wilderness proved impossible to police and seon other amzo now. I wxuld advise you to heve everything shich would keep you elive if
xelicopters whirled 1n to get in on tho BonANZE.... guice now incendiary fires you were cut off from cirviligation and hunted for the little yeu heve om your
Fave besn toucked off In Alpine's hangers with soms damage to equipment . BACk. 1 feel it will be & gradusl proce In the next few yesre guns will be
Frequeat, but unconfirmed reports, indicete thet shots have been fired from the unobtainuble (except through black murket), Food supplies to the karger cities
&round a8 the nelicopters fly tirough the mountains. Some of the private will eventuelly slow to a tricke (with the lasless chaos arnd desgerste element
wjeretors {technicelly "poschors® since they operte in defiance of the law) loose). I will predict & time during the woret part of srkat ie asming when
®wpeax bitlerly of Alpice's "zanopoly" in the venison bueiness. Says onme: human flesk will keep many of the more desparate or laniess elezest alive end I
*Wstve gat our own little laws to go by. ke don't feel the deor belong to the see very little hope for enyome in a metropolitan area trat bss a ‘turn the oRher
Serieis serd
Farcs of to Alpice ... '
they're New Zealunders' deer, n In mid-November, cheek! attitude. A, ¢or the hills I forsee tenke of brizends ssi dangersus.
%ie goverzment Took measures Lo slop the meat “piracy” in Fiordland but found the lomere in most of the cosstal mountaine and i fecl that for your mltimate
policisg Joo toa big to handle. One park ranger says, "It's alumost impossidle protection gear it would be wime to have a silencer or at least a silent crosw~
to catch @ poscker in the act. And even if we do, tne fine is only $330. Most bow - 1f you are alome or & couple you may very well becore the abjective of &
@l them sace5 twice trat much ia & doy's work...' v po wicat namks* are a fiercely more orgenized band. If you are luccy enough to have a haven i» the wildermess,
irdepemdent ana cunning breed. Tney iknow, by radio, the moment a policing or at least fairly for from cities, I d>n't think there will be exy unsurnousable
cropper ieaves the ground &nd tney know the direction it is heeding. In thres problems during the {irst years of the coxing decline. Tne basic rrobleoes wild
=1liiom acres of trecicas, unsurveyed wilderness, it is never difficult to find coue from people desperzte from hunger and driven callous from stack. The looting
= place 1o hide.... (fro- nemepeper article by John Forbis) angry people of the cities will soon find everyihing of value gome and tris addl
force them to spreac out in all directions lossing for any ungueriad goods Shwy
can confiscste. If you have mell guarged as well or well hiddes stores you mmy
THE SHABASHNIK RFPLY very well enjoy your time auring this period.... 1f you are stering thinge
{ihie 1s 8 letter to the editor; from the literary gasetie, moscow, uesr, by way awsy it might bde well to include burter mzterisl as there are few *bard times®
©f tbe southern libertarian messcoger.) go..vioo dear Arkndiv! Fo have resd wnen 22 saco, tine of tobscco. werm coats, and such won't be sortk fodd of
wyour artiele in Literery furette No. 10 of Narch 7, 1973, entitled "The favors. .. Ite mors our ecornmy slips the harder it will te Zs obtainm the
Shebashule®. We read it with great interest, and even &loud, since there were
Akreo of us and nobody manted to wait. And despite it being very acusing, we have items thet will tide us over in the hard tiexs' shead....
#ecided to Teply, 5ynce we menmed that your article was addressing us directly,
We bud come together, as & natier of fact, to hold a little conference on
Froductiem matters of intereet to our company. On our agenda todsy are three
queatioma: 1, Provision of betler mervices to contumers; 3, Corpetition in the
®jLere of consumer goode and services; 3. Demand for new acrvices, and poseibile -
stise for satlsfying sama, Tho mecond question, to be sure, wna strictly symbolle
‘mince sach organiantions aa Zurya (a government firm), & type of entercrise so dear i EA“M}Q
to your beart, never reslly heve been scrious competitors of ours; whereas ®ith our .
wen kird, ®ith other “ahabaskniki®, we shell alnoys be oble to find a common
*\@‘«L
nave. Tne high efficiency of our company (which you noted in your article), and i
xi30 tre Bigh quality of work performed (which you did not note) have earned the
reepect of our cliunts. In a kouse irto which people heve Jjust moved, the
jioyees of Zurys rave little to ao, Our upnolstery material is better; the
Frice s tae san x alseye o.ve witn us loccs, fishcyeo, door-nandles; and
Besices, ®e alauy upnolster better and faster than the worxers of (officlal) firme, Jamuary 1374 vomulin¥, page 6 end of issue
&nly ween sxtru lator is involved (repairs to a heater or installation of 2 fisheye
 ___Yonouac16
etc. o for 200 pages is expensive if most of those pages wre Arg.isg tae finmer
points of reiat.vity theory or something else i'm not interested in.
$6 or even $7 or $8 for 200 pages about trings 1 tnought woula be of useout to 1'dme. pay
may 1974. adcrese. vonulife, pob 248, parsdise, ca95969. vonulinc is published 2 was receutly sent snother issuc of the new gartn catalog. no aste on it except it's
irregularly as a reader's forum and eupplement tn vorulife handbook, member of the copyright 1973. much more in it than in the first issue.
vom Zinet exchengE. psoriptions: S$1 for either the nmext two issues of vomuline equipment, more complete even than last whoic earts cetaloggood. triik
section of backpacking
new eartn
or tke next iscue of vomulife hendbook (depending on which gets vublished nmext). og. p.o.vox
catalog. p.o.o SB2C, ean franciscu, cu, cel.
©082C, ca. 941 - 1. it's o gewieins 1iEE
back iseues: 1973 vomnulife handbook, S5Of & copy plus 50¢ & shipment third-class, coevolution quarterly, wricn calie itself “tne supplement to tne whole earth cataing®.
vonulife 1 through 9 (may '7) through sect, '72) 25¢ each plus 25¢ & shipment.
issue #1 18 more theoretical articles thun source listinge, but several of the articles
1 like, 058 santa crus, menlo perk, calif. 94025. & year's subsc-iption 1s $6,
a subscriber hes the right to publieh in vonulinc material whick is relevant to vomu $2 for aimgle COBY.
living ia my opnion up to a maximun of 2 photoready pages for each dollar of yyporsy mocess "a gloval mewsletter of faturistic commnieatisns,
subscription. type or print small and neatly in black on white peper this size, media cna networking. bimontrly. semule i got hee brief descriptisus of verious grouws
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& separatc sheet. twenty firet cemtury media, 606 fifth ave,, e. northvort, ny 11721, 5163682609,
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note. if trere is a red circled 15" following your name on the address
label your subscription exrires with this issue (so far as i kmow). to get *
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vonulincs you ordered, or some question answered you asked, this is the reason. partially defatted, cooked cottonseed flour. FProtein content ranzes from 55-60% end
200a news about #14, the printer i semt it to found 1t. seeme e was amay for & while amino acid pattern is of high grads meat quality, better than that of milk, egz, or
and & betca of mail got mizlayed. 1 asked e to go ahend and print it. if copies wheat germ protein! HI.PEO has a pleasant, nutty flavor end cen be eaten ae is ir
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subscriptions because it ie 5o late; also mmell. on the aadress label after your grade protein nutrition. In storage, HI-PRO is very stable when kept dry; it cont
aame is either a mumber or "xc', the number is the issue to weich your present mataral tocopherols whick protect it from oxidative degradetion, HL-PRO ie now
subscrigtion is payed. if yoy ask for a refund you get 50¢ for each issue remaini available for 69¢ per pound plus shipping. #e cennot accept orders whick total less
then $7.50 (not including shipping charges) Smell sample ~° FI-PRO for exeminatinn
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there haven't been any vomlifes published New World Commnications, Box E, MIT Branck P.O ., Cambrizee, i 02139
since 73 iesue, there have been vonulincs published - 13, 15, 16 (this one), and
maybe 14, ibive s few copies left of 11, 1% and 15, mome of 10 or 12, 4y fuiy L1VE LONGER, LIVE FReEn Read about life extension, self-liveration, n1 futarolors
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in eerly 75 1'11 probably print a aingle sheet update on the 73 which will go with the stamped envelope for complete list.
73%s a0ld after that, in which cate i'll appreciate feedback. updates, second thoughts,
ete. about what's in 7. o autnsr of an article in v.73 wonders why & hasn't Will appreciate contact with foliks living in the Big Bend - Davis ¥ta, arveas of
received any letters s a result of the urticle. enswer: nome have como for forwarding southwest Texas. P ¥. Plimver, P 0.8, 7Ci, Alpine, IX 79330.
to you. there have been very few letters for forwarding - maybe a dozen total since
v.78 came out. this surprises me because v.?3 has probably already sold 150U or 2000 Secret mail receiving/forwarding. Absolute rrivacy suaranterd Use any name. "trer
copies. (i'm beiina on my bookieeping so 1 don't know the exact mumber). elso maybe services available; Bpecify your needs. Memon rated Detdle frar VYNB STRVICES
about 1 out of every 4 people who gets v,73 then orders older issues, or v.74, or ®.0.Box 658, Furedise, CA 95969.
vomuline, so there must be quite & few peopie interestsd. yuc most readers don't INFORMATION ON: FOODSYSTEMS _ MONEY
seem to be interested in trying o contact each other. meybe that's logical. when i HOW:TO'SURVY
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& contact zine. that's pertly wiy 1 split off vomulinc. but i soon discovered that STARTLING FACTS -METHODS SHELTER RADIATION GOLD & SILVER
most of the readers weren't interested in that. tnen 1 tried to encourage mors GTALACCESSECIION SOLAR ENERGY DENTAL WORK LAST CHANCES BY A H FRY
locel and specialized zinets and nets and (7). and more and more thinge along this FAOM FRY'S
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line seem to be starting., but most don't want to be advertised or nave letters forwarde
to vhem. maybe this too is logical. o goneact sines 1 can write about, two Which Prugarian, Boeton. House now developing to act s "halfwey house" back to reality.
have a good record of publisning often and on schedule (better than vomulinc!) ere Learn about matural edeaic survival, prepare yourself for move &> more ecologically
libertarian connection and green egzz. Llibertarian connection comes out every six sound lifestyle. Wors in city while learning. Develope nouse incustry and liter-
meecs. cach subscriber who meets our definition of libersariam ... is entitled to ature, otc. Only tnose prepared to deal with NOW on all levels of existance from
contribute ur %2 two psges of any meterial per issue ..." (provided it's typed on the physical (food clothing, shelter) to thc nignest "neaven", or spiritual, neea
mimeogrsph stencil). 1t's $6 by first class mail or $4 by third class for 200 pagee. apoly. Ja Hose, c/o Leura Forti, 45 Kenwood St., Dorcnester, Ma (2104
some of the meterial is similar to what's in vomlinc. there are also long running
debates on political and theological questions. write, damn enterprise, box 90913, i will pay finders fee for very cheap land, tax lend, old farm, etc or go shares w
worldwide postal center, los angeles, ca 90009. i don't believe green egg makes any
someone. i want backcountry land ... enough for cabin, gardem, orchard, wodlot.
will trade treiler for big stake or van truck. will trade cusiom designed/puilt
oromises about printing letters, but it prints lots of them, including long running oceangoing sailboat for farm. PAUL DOERR, BOX 1444, VALLEJO, CA 94590,
debates sbout witcheraft. green egg is published cross quarterly (8 times a year)
coinciding with the eight Sabbuts, or Pagan F.stivals. subscription for a year is
$5 in the u.s. write caw, pob 2953, Bt louis, mo 63130, sample of 1.c. is 50¢, Deer People! HOW can we find out how to process wood-fire emoke to be Less visibie”
of g.e. 1881, ot uag magbe the best contact sine of ell hat folded. that was ¥We've neard of some mort of water filter. MUST work for treehouse 25' above eround.
lifestyle. seems the p.o. didn't like them and wouldn't give them second-class THANKS for eny help or information!!! Blueberry, 236, Sixes, OR 37476
mailing permit, without which it cost them too much to mail (they were a big zine).
censorship american style. if they don't like what you write they don't necessarily Deer Vonulife: The suggestion by the person who called you "raving .aranoiacs” (by the
put you in « concentrate camp. they just charge you plenty for postage and use way around here we call it "the paranoids newsletter® = and like it immensely) about
what tuey get from you to cubeidize zines they apgrove of - reader's digest, newsweex, putting ap your own mail box on a rurel route to receive mail secretly is not
ete. that's all that second-class mailing vermits are, uaster satan wrote acout practical for tWo reasons. |4t . E must not know any rurai peoyle or e'd sever say
commnication nets in 24 jenuary 74 Lib n, pages 37-29, md asks for "chances ere no one ¥oula ever give it & second thought. upd. The post offizes are
comments. here goes. i wonder about depending on mail. an awful lot of mail gets in charge of mail service and you just don't get mail without their approval - an
lost or mislaid. al@o i wonder about doing it in writing. 1 can write fast though adaress ain‘t an “address” ualess they say mo. Of course you might be aliowed t cut
not well. but a great many people have troable exyregsing themselves thet way. so if ap & meilbox by leveling with the local p.o. but that would nardly be very eecret and
& net depends on writing i don't think many people will get involved. how about aly. Kathe o . F B
sterting & number of local nets which use phone calls, visits within the net and
letters between nets. (there will probably be one or & few people in each net who Note: In cities having Social Security office, no social security card applications
Tiks o Mcite. and they sin do Commumioavion WSk SLOBENGMN) pgesunea 0 WgRE are given out ut post offices. The applications at tne S § offizes do not seem tn be
be well not to try to do it through 1.c. or vomulinc or other zines. maybe bad uys mailable @s tney are processed by the local office as far ss 1 can tell.
read these. maybe they don't. but whether they dn or mot, bae possibility that they
might makes people & little hesitant to edvertise
develop by word of mouth, enyone interested orobably knows personelly at lesst two
or to respond. why can't a net
After 7 minths of doing vonu, I am back into & preparing stage waich while precisely
what I wanted to avoid 18 necessary in order tn make a permanent go of it, Most »* the
or three other people wWho zre also interested, and each of them knows 2 or 3 more, etc. experience I gained was siready covered in Vomulife or Preforn-Inform; however I misht
i mgree that subjects might best be less of & theoretical o ture, and more of a svecific warn other van-dwellers, that rain-slicked clay jeep treils in Colorado and Wyoming
one. maybe nets mhould be specialized. meny different mets, each one nn a single are easy to go up in a V.. van, but an extreme, potentially fatal hagard coming down
subject. ome person may be in & lot of different nets. wien o gete interested in During dugust and September I had 3 such experiences, one nearly my last expericace
something new e asks people in the nets o is presently in to put e in touch with Brian
people invoived in that, eC. r5r 1gast expense and offort i think it's hard to best
littie xines put out by photoreduced offset, if they are done by Somebody who has the Salt Article Update. Well, the madress of the firm i mentioned in Salt Leke ity seems
right equipment and who gets mail easily (not me), and if they don't try to meke & to get no response now sooo - for sources I recommend - 1. ordering out @ sack of live
big production out of it and charge accordingly. on bobEe iidk WA stock salt from a feedstore (which is usually 'raw' salt) 2 Getting the Jewish Rosher
Salt from a large city Jewigh section 3 #Zoing to Health Food stores and getting
1ibertarian connection, which is mimeographed, could offer specialised subscriptions. any salt which is in irregular gramules and chunks - such salt is often labeled not
somebody could suoscribe jurt for poges on life extension, or pages on self-liberation for mumen consumotion - greyish- off color and rey come from France or various exotic
applications, or pages by nctalee, or peges by filthy pierre, or any combination, lakeheads - but it sure isn't heated. Al Fry

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 Here is a list of selected foods in which i compare the cost to
the content of protein & number of calories contained. The list is BVERYTHING BUT THE FEATHERS
organized in terms of protein cost with best protein buys near the If hard times really are coming, most of us aren’t going to
top of the list. The 1st column gives the lowest price per pound be able to afford to waste any food. Which means, for example,
for each food that is available to me at this time (Feb 1974). All
that when we buy a chicken, we'll have to eat everything - no more
except the few supermarket prices, marked "s®, are co-op prices that or this eating just the good parts & throwing the rest away.
1 have access to as a member of a food co-op. The 2nd column gives We've got it down to where, when we buy & chicken, we get at
the cost (at the given price) to buy the minimum daily requirement least 3 meals out of ity chicken, giblets, & soup, & we don't
of protein for a 154 pound person from each of these foods. Since anything away, not even the bones, To begin with we usually
throw
protein requirements are in proportion to body weight, heavier persons
bake the chicken, surrounded by vegetables, maybe potatoes & carrots
would need more protein, lighter persons less. The 3rd column gives bones, skin, or parts uneaten at this first meal
& onions. Any
number of calories in each pound of the food listed. The 4th column
are gathered together & refrigerated. We take the neck firom the
gives the cost (at the given price) to buy 1000 calories from ea food.
giblets & put it with these scraps.
Another time we'll make giblets & rice. Put some brown rice
item price/1b cost of MDR cal/lb cost of on to boil. Cut up some onions & sautee in a pan with a little
of protein 1000 cal. 0il. Cut up the heart & gizzard & put in with the onions. After
rye flour $.11 .11 1486 $.07 that has cooked awhile, we might add some carrots or celery or
oatmeal .11 «11 1773 L 06 other vegies. Then when the rice is about done, cut up the liver
soybeans .27 .12 1832 .15 & add to the pan. Liver doesn't take long to cook. When the rice
wheat germ .23 .13 1650 W1k is completely finished, add it to the pan & mix with everything
soy flour 33 .15 1914 17 else. Simmer a few minutes, then serve with a little soy sauce
over it.
wheat bran .15 .16 968 X5 Another day we'll get around to the soup. Put all the bones
non fat dry milk .67 .17 1650 41 & chicken scrape in a pressure cooker. Add 2 cups of water, 1 tsp.
soy grits «39 .18 of salt, & % cup of vinegar, & pressure cook for 45 minutes. The
whole wheat flour .17 1514 .11 vinegar helps break down the bones. If you don't have a pressure
whole wheat, hard red .21 1500 11 cooker, you can cook in an ordinary pot, but then you'll have to
simmer for sbout 3 hours. When you open the pressure cooker, if
cornmeal .12 1614 .07 soup still smells of vinegar, boil vigorously for a few minutes
cottage cheese 5 .51 482 1,06
with the cover removed to boil it off, Now pour the soup thru a
barley, pearled .21 1586 .13 strainer & put the broth back on the stove. You'll be left with
brewers yeast .83 1286 .65 a plle of bones & meat scraps. The bones léok normal, but they
sunflower seeds .57 2545 .22 are softy you'll find you can stick a fork right thru them. Go
whole eggs +81/doz 2 1320/doz 61 thru the scraps & separate all the soft meaty stuff from all the
harder bony stuff. Cut meat & skin into small pieces as you go &
peanut butter 50 ol 2641 .19 put all the meat back into the soup.
garbanzos <43 46 1636 .26 The bones are now soft enuf to eat. I haven't found any good
kidney beans b2 W47 1559 .27 dish to make with them, so i just take the dish of bones & eat as
navy beans W43 49 15k5 .28 is, They have a rich, musky taste & are full of juicy marrow.
To finish up the soup, throw in appropriate vegetables: carrots,
sesame seeds «51 +50 2359 «20 potatoes, celery, kohlrabi, etc. & add your favorite soup herbs,
millet .30 o51 1486 .20 parsley, bay leaves, oregano, whatever. Simmer until the vegetables
‘turkey 69 s 1195 .58 are cooked & serve. Delicious!
chicken .59 8 .53 800 b Ecological eating. Nothing wasted.
whole wheat bread o3k .59 1095 .31 Jim Stumm
milk .35/qt & .59 640/qt «55
canned tuna 1.19 s .60 895 1.33 ¥ake it at night -tat it
cheddar cheese 1.25 .69 1809 .69 the next day cookers —
brown rice 42 .76 1636 .27 tears sgo there vers {luse-
ground beef 1.09 s .88 1300 .84 jess stoves which used
These figures are adapted from "Diet For a Small Planet™ by rocks. ¥y om hest cons-
Frances Moore Lappe. She does not give figures for rye grain, whole erver vas aace from Jarge
oats, & whole corn, but i suspect they would place near rye flour, tare can & oot with Insul- s eosce
oatmeal, & cornmeal respectively. In general, the greatest protein stion between . Al Fry FLUE =—lahreie
bargains seem to be forms of rye, oats, soy, wheat, dehydrated milk,
& corn., Note that dehydrated milk is really a cheap protein source
despite its relatively high price per pound. However, lower down
in the list we see some items that are not such great protein resting. 1 drove through Canyonville the day atter
bargains (compared to grains). These include brown rice, milk, oo . tephone guys got it 1 the mudslide and was wondering
cheese, beans, or any meat.
If you have to pay very different prices, or if prices change how various habitats wet+ sur iving the monsoon
greatiy. you can convert the figures in this table by using the
ormula s Am enclusiag a piece frotw the Washington Post which iy be of
interest to VL readers The price of silver onfinues 1o go up and
one wonders whether the turrent mulfiplier 1sn't 1oo hign ©or V1
type purposes (i.e . will the guy at the gas station tr.ar veur
where MP = my price/pound (1st column) silver half dollar as though it were $1.752) Barter and swappiu
MC = my cost of MDR of protein (2nd column) among corporations is increasing see WSJ chpping. Sc
YP = your cost/pound there will probably be lois of opportunity for brokers, 1i: ¢ raders,
YC = your cost of MDR of protein etc., SHADES OF "THE LASI CAPITALIST Concerming gasoline
availabilty my experient wn the last month in both the cast and wist
The 4th column shows that those foods that are protein bargains is that the rural areas still have gasoline tur sale (sonct nes o0
are generally also bargains in terms of the cost per calorie, with sundays) even when there 1s nu gas or long lines i the inetropolitan
the exception of dairy products which are more costly per calorie.
At today's prices, meats are not bargains in terms of calories or areas :
protein.
erech
weanwrd 1 oar doing the winter in a Vw var and often walking
in to my 33 foot bus that is on a hill top to which the road If you're still jublisning |'0 like to submit 2 srort letter abiut
and rridge has since washed away. 1 planned to plant it the small group I'm involved with nere. We nre poirg tar lot of
there for . long time, =0 the walking ir. is ‘us' fine for transi®ional stu'f now and may be ‘akire off ( n 1t er of ue
now. for Cent. America in + few wees to stuv 1raefim i to seard
4 built a * foot syuare building of mi') end x4 boards out surtable spotls) 'or more .erma:=ri locai -« For some
for g it ore more
obtained mostly for free and it hus turne: nu* juite sturdy. The mav he = ~emarert, e, table
our
laatd
f i1nces . 1w srent
2x4 boards - stacheu like bricks and nailed with one or two gond sanT 8Tl oot
a Lot forame et gt gvedq gt 1 mOSE 21 uE fi e pVe been ‘e Ore
nailes to the boards below. Window frames and inors are
or mor+ tmes, We set Ll 2 i 4 irothe form » oo aratior
easily ircluded. “ome of the wood I got free wam even 8 feet
long, becuuse of being overly soft or sappy. These spanned tae e abhr ot SArE T £
rby aren , or asvieable
* GE AP + e gur guer=f e TR, ve'l
the top =t a slove, an were covered with plasti ‘e thinving B
witer ¢ 1908 ~Uttiry 1 e ande atomat leopas ortipe orirome o
roof. From walking on that I would estimate tweoor
of our lrveas nd wti cooper fe ir co= buving, soe sl s
story stroecture would be quite sturdy, if kemEk kept in vuor o at, ete., but are def + o o + e
reagonabl- iize. There i » possibility of making each iayer school
a 1it+7e smaller nverlapping to the inside ‘nar the ‘ne below W lden ¢« erdenerdent int 11 economirs. L
it an thee eriing up with a pyrami@ shape, «'tr =1l roof g th s ¢ ocase su e refoer aom
crer ' e 10 1o
required. The outside is finishes with compeaith i skiugles reo-
ories,
1@ tO
etc..
us st m
tha rb
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or any t.pe of waterproofing. Very long lasting. Trhis is .tne horse :omans EU = *ous L2
technically called "cribb construction " , uno is said to be loeatirs in a
very fire resistant. The walls are solid woon, 3} inches thick. into this nes tr.n we teei 1ne neet now for me
more sparcely set!ied il.ce away 'r m some of tre rds and un-
Thus semi rotten board:s can even be mixed ir the mill ends
without much loss. Makes good stprage caches, an: sould be pleasantress develorire nereabouts.
built in @ ground hole with tarpapertc irsulste from ground é
contact. Let me hear from vou! E1 Lorado.
Also near here is a rotired college temcrer iuay, in ar (was this the short letter for publicetion? 1 a=sumed =». bu' *hen 1 wasn't
underground concrete iome she built. wohe found and finished sure s> ! tosk off the addrese lan)
a round hill top to a flattened dome shape, aug drainage
around it, and laid reinforcing rod over it. she poured and tamped
concrete over this. When it set she dug out under it and
put in a slab floor. and covered over the top with earth
and planted grass an: bushes. Unly one side is cut for exposure
PRY1Bg ggveral windows and a door. A room f rther back in
ground has root cellar function.
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 1 recentiy looked up in the public library here names of children whn died in infancy.
411 Ohio birth certificates are held by Ohio Dept. of Health, Columbue, Ohio. be getting my 50 mpe when detroit's best are long again turned to scrap irsr A
The nundred persons must neve wnated tris c»r but few have what it tekes to get nne f
peper didn't give middle names of either parents. 1 guessed at one and said I didn't their own 80 too bad #o sad. I paid $150
know the other when I mailed in en aprlication. I will report on obtaining a for it as a pile »f junk and since it tares
Social Security card soon. 1 found an answering service run by a lady who hnlds mail several billa to get onme >ver here from France (the Trench really don's cere if we
get them or not and detest the safety regulations) it is doubtful that »ne can oe
for me. It costs a few dollars & month but I have onlv used it two months, I pick acouired for less than to) mich, or & sick or bssket C28¢. Iy. Jaiancse Datesn e
it uy from e mailbox after a phone call I have got the birth certificate. After
tre birtk certificate gets me a S5 card, I will try for a drivers licenss. I zot en almost identicel coiy of tne BMC engine and actuaily eometimes hoide up & Lit® .=
birth certificate aprlication from writing local city government, better. FEven the Toyota nolds up pretty well and the only great problem with trese
cars is that they hold tneir values too well to get any DErEBIn. pore gn g de
Americen name imports Were once pretiy bed cers but for the past 5 years or 8. trey
1 am interested in establishing contact with & network of self-sufficient people. have been pretty fair cirs. Don't pass one up if the price is right. oo .o,
1 would like to have access to & people bang from time to time. I can supply & emall cars heve come a long way - I remember going to drive ins ip & Crosly in
relatively vonu environment - interesting on meny levels end witn fantestic potentisl. grade school ana they were strictly a short term wish. H,Wever by 80 year old
1 am prt of an oten family. Our neeus usually -re for competence. Assuming the uncle still hes nis little 'S0’ S.udebsker and hasn's had msjor trouble in 250
worla holds together, we may need someons capable of setting up & kiln end pettery thousand miles at least. About one in 15 of these amaszing little c-re were simply
in 6 months or so. 1 wonder if you cen supply this service? indestructable.
I have been many gye jypvie mericen Rambler mini car nad BUC motor in 1t and
places... S*C*ISESN®C°E, Korzybsii; Skinaer; Rapoport; Commnity; Isolation; eside from 80 8o styling was oneof the first U.S. compacts i much merit. Aside
The Master Game, Delightiem; Tne Crack in the Cosmic Egg. I am working at Steps from an occasional exception, most of the U.8. made compacts nave been fairly
to an Ecology of Mind. I have been nere 5 years. I only meet children. 1 would reliable machines since then.. .y uiy) yg & few years yet before some of the newer
like contact with adults from shom I could learn. I would also highly value an
occasimal visit from a doctor or the name of one that is consultable by mail, andbetter models are available at reasomable usea car prices but nme never knome
when & sick or mashedup job will give him some good tramsportatinn with a little
My prysical plent is nandcreft.. candles and straw precominantly; a small health
food restaurant; & comfortable 2 bedroom nest andproposed lodging units on the *oTk. gnile the gas srortage is contrived up to a polnt, there will still be a
edge of the rain forest in paradise, contimed drive towsrd World wide economic chaos S0 the time to get eomething tn
1 am creating a recreational fecility within get down the roed in economically is n If you can meke it through what ie c mine
a botanicsl garden . perhaps for vomusns. M,ney for expansion is slow. on & bike - fine. But for the average rerson it will take 4 wheels snd & supply o
Air mail please. Surfsce mail tekes several monthe to get here. BUTTERTLY, g68 to get by now, and get out when the time comes later
There are a Iot »f
Pepillote Limited, Dominica, Windward Islands. (air mail is very expensive to or older economy cers around but t» get one at a decent price you will need to ge’ s it
from there & if you write for informstion i think 1t would be nice to enclosa hende greasy and meke sure you are not spending your time fixing ur a olece of ji -
& dollar. We hope this helpe = don', expect the majority of these small cars to holdwap =s wei,
el as a large Detroit model though, they just won't do it.
1 4id much winter camping when younger 8> wilderness living doesn't have much appeal. Deer Vonulife People, i am not a vonu myeelf since I am still living at home, - w
Frozen toes and 80 forth. Howsver, I wish you all luck who are wilderness vonuists. be as soon ar snow melts &round here and will be moving ui to Prince Bupert and
Ifind & relatively straight apvesrance to be & great help in eetting by on the fringes
1find & compact 6 cyl. station wagon to be most economical transportation here. Terrace mey as that's where my heart is mOW. 4 404 book to read is Bushersft
Jonn Mc by Richard Graves (a serious guide to camping and survival), Snocken Books, New Yirs
$3.95. ZEaclosed wilh tris Letter are sources of information needed or pertaining to
1 just got & letter from Cheryl Buswell-Robinson of the Resurrection City People's
vonu life in some way. Bruce, B.C.
Ferm, Houte 1, Box 125-A, Broms, alabama 36724, asking me to ask around and see if
she can find out where and how her misband is. He fought at Wounded Knee, was shot "Building witn Loga® Allan Mrcxie, P.O.Box 1205, Frince George. B.C. Book crsrs b
and disappeared. She hasn't seen nim since. Pass the Word, will you, And let me and/ 1 bought this book about & year or so 8go. I1t's a ver, interesting bo k for only
or Cheryl know, if anyone knows. Tnanks! Lillian Jean Bruge or Jean Wing, 733 those people interested in building original log cabins. It tells you everything
Manzanita rive, Los Osos, Calif. 93401, you need to xnow inclucing how to make cedar shaces (wooden roof shingles), fireplacee.
foundations, lining up walls, type trees to build with ana a lot more.
Dear £ditor, One tning that I would like to see in vomulink and vonulife are articles "The Poxfire Book”, by Eliot Wigginton,384 pages, $3.95 paperbeck. Informatisn to
on how to bury underground and grotect from rust, rot, insects, etc., such equipment vom people includes log cabin building, soap making, planting by the signs, eneve
as various hand tools, mstches, soap, shoes and clotning, firearms and ammo etc. when runting lore, mountein crafts and food and much much more. 7arden Vay Publishine
thinge really get rough in this country then such articles as i have named above will Dept. B 713, Charlotte, Verm. 05445
be of far more value then gold &nd silver coins, ewies bank accounts end other visible
material possessions. aleo now can one build undergrouna simple living quarters? Complete plams on & solar water distiller. Sun's emergy converts muddy weter £ r
when heating this underground home or cooking with wood is there anyvay that smoke pure drinking.(16 gal. capacity. $10.) Pure Water, Box A66, Aptns, fal. 95107, %2
csn be neutrelized or dissipated so it will not be Bi¢ cemping equipment eupply catalog ferturing goose down bags, all kinds o oirwe,
seen or very little if any smoke
odors reacn the surfsce? I believe that an underground home and underground supply freeze dried foods, knives, axes, sews, folding shovels, mrchetes, mess kits, rrarocc
caches are two of the most important methods in living free. a small hut or cebin and ges stoves, material, tents and practical.y everything else trat eoes alone mit:
above ground may be used as a front in case anyone comes by. but in an emergency cem; ing. They have & gosd catalog and their prices sre low »n most trines.
underground living is much safer. Joseph, Chicego (i acknowledge that i received Don Gleeson's Campers, Supply, 9 Pearl St., Northampton, Kass 01060, 25¢
letter andmoney order. lan.) TFree catelog on lightweight equirment for backpacking, mountaineering. camping. Priies
are pretty good. They elso sell big list of books, plus freeze uried.fonds, rin'res,
VL, If the writer (no name, not typed) used 2 x 3' besms under a 3/ sheet of ply, etc. Moor & Nountain, 14 Main St., Concord, Mess. (1742,
a trailer, 4 x 8, could be made. & long tongue would fit 1 or 3 horses (if both meres, Pree catslog 4n freese dried food and beckpscking &nd carping equipment. Prices in
tney would drop foals too) and some small wheele (small euto, wheelbarrow, gerden cart, their lest catslog i got were good ~ut that was 2 yecrs ago so check tlem ouat.
or bike with herd rubber or rope fillings) Would hold it. csnvas (nylon 90¢/yd of Stowamsy, 166 Cushing Highway (Rt. 3a) Cohasset, Mass 02035
41" width) 2ould be fastened on sides. Raise a pole or 2 , flex nylom bows like an o1d Lightweight freeee-dried food catalog free, Pgices were reasonable on catslog I
conestoga to make a tent. Flex poles could be long fishpole rods (like from Herters).
The whole thing could be very light weight. I think i sent you plans for a tent wegon received last year. Also sell some camping stuff, Chuck wagon, Box 226, Woburn,
much like one tribe of wagon people used. You could scale this down to any sise Wanter Mass. 01801
For & 1 piece mood floor, get 4" ply and zlue pieces staggered. Then cut off single 4 good rifle for vomuans is tie Armalite AR-7 explorer 33 long rifle rimfire =
ply edges. A donkey probably could pull. 2' pieces could even be hinged on each side semi-automatic. The action, barrel: and magazine pack in bhe stock of the rifie
of & 4 x 8 to make an 8 x 8 fl00r. 141} 1oy g finder's fee to anyone Who can find me floats both assembed or when stowed away in the stock for tremsport. has a fiverg nse
a very cheap piece of land, old farm, tax land, etc. Paul Doerr, Box 1444, stock. weight 3} 1bs., overall length 34} iuch, lengti when taxeo apart 164 incies,
Vellejo, Ca 94590. $59.75. Availeble from ilorcntos piggest surplus ana outdor stores, King Sol
Outdoor Stores, 639 Queen St., W, Toronto. 1 got their cetalog for 25¢ 1u8t yerr
economy cars Tull of surplue bargeins like n3 Air Force Perce $25.0C, snowshoes, field pants,
by al fry purachutee (cargo type $1..95) vietnem j:ckets, and lots more.
As predicted earlior small cers are becoming increasingly hard to get hold of becsuse “Backwoods Journal", Psradox 3, New Yurk 12853, Bimonthly megagine on nature
of tke fuel situation so perhaps it will helr if we cover them briefly. It is our
appreciatéon, wildflowers, hiking, conservation, etc. Correspondence sectisn poguinr
opinfon-that: Most of the little British cars hold up only fairly well., With a Sample 50¢. 1llustrated boskiet on “simple liviag" $1.00.
BYC motor you can umuelly cosx 60 thousand out of one but this i helpted along by
the fact thet they really aren't hard t» overhsul. The little British front wheel Horthwest Companion Plenter, 311 First Ave Souts, Seattle, Wesh, 98102, I,'s a
drive and rear emgine jobs are usuelly go>d for more headeches than savings and should magasine about organic food end agriculture for the Pacific Noriiwest, Sample ;¢
be avoided unless you really get a 'good thing', 1 have seen the inside of many of Trail cemping, P.0.Box 3l0-4, Canoge Perk, Callf. 91305. New magssine on backpackine,
them and so will you if you intend keeping one long. gra1) Italian cars are alfo canoelng, camping, etc Gives now-to, where to find it , and equi;ment reviews.
short term desls and to be evoided unless the price is right. I once sterted back (thanks. 1 left out & lot of places and books you didn't say you'd seen,or whi~
from Mexico City in & little Fiat and 3 dogs end half a dosen repeir perts later I have been reviewed & lot by whole earth catalog. ete., or shich were listed in
was beginning to wonder. I probably ought to comment on the great little Alphs-R's vonulife 73, lan.)
but 1've been there and am not impressed. Performance, yes, but at a cost of short
engine life, and baby as far as I'm concerned, that's what cuts the mustard.
The Nrdic cars are pretty fine machines generally but a little hard to get parts for MANY COMPANIES TURN TO BARTFRING AS WAY T9 GET VITAL MAT*RIALS
ressonably if old at all, The older 3 cylinder Saabs were great butparts now = the wall street journal feb, 13, 1974
forget it. About the only wey you can find ome reasonably is to get a wrecked, . A borter sconomy is developing again today, possibly on a muck borader scals
vandalized or sick older model and this takes time and 18DOF. yyig were great than in the recent past, economists and businessmen say. Such forces as inflation,
machines in the 50s but times change. A, it is each of the newer yesrr has its the energy crisis, wage and price controls and the resulting widespread shortages
mechanicel shortcomings and crenkehaft regrinders are reslly having good times from raw materials a1l contribute to the trend. With limited supplies availsble in such
VN people. Use really good oil and change regularly and you should get your money's flelde as chemicals, plamtics, paper, steel and oil, companies who do secure them
worth from a used modsl. I once put 50000 miles on one and sold it for what i are soeking "the greatest rate of return, and it may not be for dollars®
paid for it and they do hold their value, The larger fuel imjection modesl with The barter system is becoming a way of 1ife in some shortage ereas.... This morrlee
computer spewers in them can frequently get 30 plus miles per gallon, but what the TTC which is looking 1nto the legality of barter deals because of mumberoue
happons after a good hundred thou or mo i don't KBOW. . vner good Germen car was complaints from mmall firms left out of trades... goge to half of the 300 corpsrate
the @ cycle BUW. The only problem was that they burned up at high spesd so few of purchasing managers responding ts a nationwide poll taken in late Jeuary saii they
them survived long unless the owner used restraint. 0,e of the greetest cars of the are bartering to mecure scarce products and materials.... The poll found &
1ast 20 yoars however was the nondescript German Borgward. Even with parts long whols gamit of products being traded for other products rataer than for cash.
soarse and gone 1 still see them occasionally - 100 thou was the rule rather tban Purcheaing managers are offering goods such a® gasoline, fuel oil, polvvinyl
tne exception. pgnch cars vary somesnat in quality snd old Eamsults seldom held chloride, ethylene, crlorine, melding rods, optical glass, isopropyl alcohol,
up long without comstant Work and new rings at 50 thoussnd, BStill at 30 to 40 mpg megnet wires, sheet stoel, aluminum extrusions, alumimm oxides, silicon carbiie.
polyethylene, and metal bars. In exchange they want such ltems 98 plastic momomers
thers are advantages. The large Citroens aren't small cars but
from one and aside from oil leakage problems (a spoon of Wemron
I used to get 33 mpg
oil in the system
bensene, polystyrene, ethyl acetate, acetic acid, sntifreete, tinplate, Steel plate,
cured - mine) they are one of the best used car bargains anywhere and & super well and diesel fuel. w_ . 1¢ & gompany has bensene and wants it converted to styrens
depigned automobile. Almost 8 yesrs sgo i paid a guy $10 reward to direct me to where monomer, we might take his bensere and return him styrene momomer.® Umion Carbide

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@ emall Citroen 2.0V was sitting in about 300 pieces. Now around 250 thousand miles gets paid by keeping some of the styrens monomer "for our own use’,
(newer engine) later I am still lurching around the country im tbis cer and will still way 1974 vooulinc page 4 end of issus
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for, etc. if i go to a contracter who has the equipment e doesn't know me and one edge and put in & door, S,
doesn't trust me to take good care of it so is afraid to rent to me, and also e
would like to rent erself along with it for $8 an hour or so. 8o i check with ;
people i inow and if they don't have it maybe they know somebody who doee and ¥ bave been thumbing it since Dec. 73, and just (Sept.) got back to NJ in July.
will vouch for me, It was nice and warm down south. I have been spending my time since I ot back
food sharing. suppose i run onto surplus peaches which i building my shell and i have now turned into a turtle, All that and inertia are
can get for little more than the time it tekes to pick them. i can't eat thet my excuees for mot communicating to you before this. I have finally broken the
many. maybe i can can them or freeze them or dry them but maybe i'm not set up S-5 pay as you go habit and am totally using my 1ife as i went to. 1 peljeve the
for that or don't have the time or don’t like canned or frozen or dried peaches. most important thing that peovle can do with their lives ie to communicate their
80 i distribute them to friends and they distribute to their friends, and they ideas and perceptions to cther people who want to learn what they can and help
ehare their good findings with me, if i hed time i might be able to sell the others learn mho they are, or who we are really. I would like to keep in contact
peaches to stores or peddle door to door, tut mavbe i don't. or, an even better by meil with other people and when i get out west be part of & net if others are
example, suppose somebody begs en elk out of season or without a license, interested, If not i would still want to backpack about and see people.
there's a lot of meat on an elk. and i wouldn't went the job of peddling it. I bave become & vegetarian and am spending much of my time in the study of eastern
rewokons (7). There are about 100 acres of dense woods across the road from where
Jjunk picking. things which i have no forseeable use for i leavs some place for i have my truck parked awhich are very mice to just sit in and dig what is not
friends to pick over (and maybe me at a.later time). and i pick over & friend's happening.
Jjunk pile for things i need and for things i've heard that other friends of mine I have a Datsun pickup which has a 4! high box - home made - Testing
(who might not know the first friend) want. on the top of the sides of the bed. There is &n extension out over the cab and
these sorts of activities require another one built up from the lowered tailgete. In tke back section I have a small
that people be in close touch somehow, either camped near by one another or with wood stove, wrich heats the camper in the winter which has a water jacket connected
some kind of radio communcation or maybe with some way of plugging into tie to & 3 gal. hot water storage tank for washing. There is also & Coleman Stove with
telephone system, or else it requires groups big enough to support a lot of go a vented hood for cooking that is all on the right side on the tailgate extension
between, or else it might be between a vomusn and conventional friends tut that along with drawers for kitcnen utencils and space for & lot of my pots and pans,
can get sticky. some of the activities also require a lot of trust (the Along side the stove on the floor aze containers for firewood and ber garbage and
equipment loaning for example) and that takes time to develop, So they wouldn't stove tools. In the middle in the back is & door out of the truck and &n isle to
work for people who stay in one area only a short time. i don't think these get past tne stove, On the left side i have a tredle sewing machine which i am in
activities can be done well by mail. too msny delays. so they can't be donme by the process of gesring to run my mixer, juicer, generator, etc. When mot in use
all vonuans but maybe by some. tce machie iteelf is stored and tne base doubles as & kitchen counter on a shelf
i don't nide awey in the deepest woods by myself below the counter and next to the machine i store boots and socks. Above the counter
or even with my friends all the time (although i'm so slow with mail sometimes i i have enelves to store 5 gale. of food in mason jars. In the main cergo space of
give that impression). so maybe we'll run into each other sometime somewhere. the truck i have built a bench in & U shape up both sides and across the front about
in the mean time i wish you success and joy in whatever you undertake. lan, 18" wide and 2f high. Underneath the bench i have storage space for spare blankets,
my papers, clothes, coats, a complete set of mechanics tools which will take the
can be hard to find in lowlands where the water sits ®kole truck apart and put it together again, spare parts, nails, screws, hardware,
and gets stagnant.Water purifier tabs,iodine & such will usually carpenters tools, 12 } gal. mason jars with food, my fldte, music and other
get the job done but there are sophisticated ways....a few years instruments, a 14 ton winch with 50 ft, of cable, & tool box with my block and tackle
ago a little hand devise with a supser fine filter was advertized sledges, wedges, pipe Wrenches, etc., 3 cu. ft. of kit utencils and food processing
in outdoor mags & cost about §30.Now I notice that Edmunds{fOI equipment, my mixer, juicer, etc., sewing machine, extra soap, wax and other misc.
EdscorpBldg Barrington,n.j.08007)has a filter which uses a spl. and sewing sucplies, In Detween the benches iz an area about 18% x 2 deep x 4!
silver solution to kill the bacteria.Overpriced at $40 1t still long which i line with a pool liner to make & bath tub, W#hen not in use the tub and
could be very handy for a'hard'expedition...comes out at 3¢ a gal. a spare fit under the bench, When the tub is not in use you can sit on the bench
£rem GL Ery and put your feet down. The whole bench, sides and floor are carpeted as are the
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 Vonulife-Vonulink: (This.is Rocky Mt. Hi from Adam:) A horse with very long and straight legs may have a better
walk tuan one witn shorter legs. 4lso, a shoulder bone
This will be mostly about horses, mules and burros and living that slopes well forward may indicate a horse with a
nomadically in the backwoods in walltents, prigitive cabins,etc. good full-striding walk. Some horses just don t have a good
I am currently getting some good experience with horses walk. But, nearly any horse or mule will do the job...
and have had other experience witn mules in the pastiHello Donne some will just do it better tnan others. Arabian horses
hello £1 Dorado!). are known for their gentleness, love for their owner, and
tieir endurance. Many endurance races are won by srabian
Io the northern Rocky Mts. + lived in a neavy canvas wall tent horses. Many mules are known for their good easy walk...
pitcned over a 2" x.4" ridgepole and simple framework. some mules will walk a good horse to death, as the saying
1 used large, heavy tarps pitched over another ridgepole ) goes. Also, mules are a little less susceptible to disease,
under which 1 stored excess tools, food, equipment. My cooking they can thrive on poorer food,and usually can be worked or
was done in a fire pit surrounded by rocks, outdoors, about ridcen to older ages than horses. On the other hand, there
S0 feet from the temt. All food was stored oulside as there are fewer mules around so they are nigh.r nriced. #lso, mules
were several black bear mosing around at night. I had a good have the name of being more tempefmental and some ol them
dog that kept tne bear and range cattle out of camp. My wall may be more inclined to kick. nofever, most mules are
tent was about 10feet x 12 feet. 1 prefer heavy canvas tents probably as easily handled as horses in most cases. Horses
of age and even beyond.
over the plastic stuff —- I tried at first living under a and mules can live up to 30 yrs.
shelter-half tarp extended on one side with clear plastic.
It was noisy at night when the wind blew--also, the full Beginning
to arctic
with
explorers
the l'artars
and early-west
and back beyond
Mountain
them
Men
and
and
on down
indians ...
moon shone in too bright for sleeping. Anyhow, L just don't the horse has served his master for transportation and then
care for plastic wnen sometning else is available. when the chips were down for food. If you have mares and
information can be obtained from the following: a stallion in your string of moutts you could learn to milk
Good background
The smerican Vonkey and Mule Society, Denison, Texas. They the mares and also huve a ready supply of transportation.
and reprints at about 0.10¢ each on Few horsemen relish the idea of eating their horse...but if
Wwill sell you leaflets
mules and burres. For a backwoods nomad a burro. could be horse snould get crippled(broken leg/ etc, ne certa.nly
used to snake logs(for fire and cabin building), for hauling dbuld be used for food. #lso, his nide would make good clothing
water, to pull & sled(in snow or over bare ground), and to and other leather items. The food value of a crippled
rige if he's big enougn. Burros range in size from kiddy horse is greater than any amount of food you could carry with
size up to about that of a small mule--big ones are called you. Une or two people could probably survive the better part
mammotn burros. Donna's cart idea would probubly make use of of a year by eating one horse. sgain, I don't nersonally
2 box on two wheels with two poles on each side between which advise setting out with the idea of butchering sn animal
the mule(burro/ would be hitched. Personally, I can better that hus served you as a means of transportation and as a
use the one riding horse(mule) and one pack animal(horse, mule, companion.
or burro). <Lhe I',rtars each took 4 horses on long trips.
tue loose animals were trained to tollow the rider. <the ricer at dirferent times in history men bave preferred to ride
changed norses wlen necesssTy. tach hour & Stop wus made stallious only; at other places, men have preferred mares.
for 15 minutes for the rider tu rest and to rest the horses. he Bedouins prefer to ride mares because they are less likely
Wwhen a norse played out he was butchered for food. Hany to whinny and give away tiieir presence to the enemy. slso,
nomudic norsemen lived on mare's milk. On long military mares, during battles, are said to use up less time urinating.
treks each man carrizd 10 1lbs. of dried mare's milk in a sSome riders preter mares, others like geldings{castrated
~oucn tied to the saddle. This was tne first dried milk stallions) and some still prefer to rice stallions. Gen.rally,
d was mage by poiling milk down to solids and then pulveriz- for war mounts, stallions had more fire and snirit. But,
ing the dried cskes into powder. ‘'ne rider in the morning tnis attribute is of little value to tue modern horseman—
would put 1/2 1b. of dried milk in a poucu and add water nomad. ‘hereiore, . sugmest eituer a gelding or mare for
and then carry it on. the saddle all uay by nightfall .eneral use. 'he same thinking probably holds true for
it would be well mixed and ready to -at(drink). .of course the mule is a hybrid between burro and
nd can't reproduce. “ mule is a cross between a
Metal shoes for horses were used by the Romans and far buck burro jack(male) and a horse mare; a hinny is a cross between
beyond that time. Some of the first snoes were made of a burro Iemale and a horse stallion. hinny's are good saddle
rawhide, @nu the Japznese made sort of boots of straw for animals but very rare as compared to mules.
tneir norse's feet. KRawhice shoes were soaked in water
and then tied around the hooves...upon dwying they tightened £1 Dorado mentions not wearing riding clotuing, buots, etc,
into fairly food protcction. The indians used such rawhide that were meant for "saloon musicians." Lhat s
because sleazy, gaudy, fancy clothes have no place in the
fine...
shoes on some occasions. backwoods...they just won't do the job or hold up past the
Horses do not have to be shod...it depenus upon the terrain first ouak thicket. But, the american western riding boot(that
and how hard you are working the animal. However, every is said to nave come down from Spanish dancing shoes) dates
horseman-nomad siould learn now to suoe a tvpical, rentle back to the earliests times of well-equipped horsemen.
horse tnat has healthy feet. Mules have harder hooves than Kegular riding boots first came into the light of nistory
horses; burros huve even harder nooves. wo, nales and on the feet of the barbarian nuns who rode west into northern
burros could be used withbout shoes in more instances than Lurope early in the Christian era. Ihese boots especially
could norses. Wild mustangs developed very hard hooves irom desizned for horsemen were tuen taken up by tue French,
all the ruaning they did across rocky, open country. Horses Britisu, etc. nere's the kicker...these boots are remarkably
that are kept penned up on pasture or in stalls are more in similar(in shape of neel and long slender toe) to ouT western
need of shoes because they have not developed hard hooves. Tiaing boots of today. I'ney haa the underscot, narrow heels,
built-up to nold against the narrow stirrups used back tnen.
4 horse-nomad would not normally uuve to pack horse food.... wo, today, many of us riders are using the boot design of the
traveling through the mountains will offer enougn food for 00d ole nmuns and L can see both good and bad. many an ole
riding and pack horses if you do not work them too hard. cowboy who riues the rank ones uses nis loose-titting western
Frobably each river should have his own pack animal and know boots as good insurance against getting nung up in the stirrups.
how to turow at least one of the diamond niicnes. an average CUue bowboy advises to buy western boots tnat can be easily
pack horse(mule) can carry around 100 to 150 1lbs. wittout slipped off, for sarety. Lowever, sucn western boots are
getting hurt by it, if the pack saddle(cross-bar type or impossible to walk in fur any distance and the types of
Docker) fits nim okay., <The dead weight of a pack is harder leathers are more for dress-up than for heavy-duby wear in
on a horse than is the sniftingilive) weig.t of a rider. the mountains. So whut s the best all around answer. vell,
you could wear boots(western) for riding and carry a pair of
The riding saddle can be most any kind so long «s it is not walking suoes tied to tne saddle horn. OUr, use hoods over
too ncavy. The usual@ roping or rodeo type saddle may tue front of your stirrups. Or, wear lace suoes and kecn
weignt up to around 45 lbs. "hat's too much leather for ther very loosely luced while riding....soecizlly wien on
a nomad. Yet, I favour a western style saddle over the snow, or otner pluces wren s horse mistt slide down. Irankly,
£nglisn pleasure-riding saddle. also, 1 like a tnorn...i.'ll unless you are a roueo rider or trainer the cnance of getting
come in handy in many ways. Regular westeru style saddles nung up in the stirrups is rother remote...but it can and does
can be had weigning around %% lbs. “hey cau also be made napoen,..slways be prepared for it. Also, it probubly would be
lighter if tne custom saddler uses a lighter weightleather. un.ise to weur mountain boots witn Vibram soles and wedge them
I've heard of western style saddles weignine only around 27 lbs into tue stirrups. 1 can see where such boots might increase
For mules, an old rebuilt McClellan saddle is very good. the chance of hanging up in case your unorse slid down. Hiking
These can be bought used and rebuilt or rebuilt ones can shoes witn smooth soles would be better for riding anyhow.
be purchased from a nluce that deals in historic equipment ‘or me, in summer, wearing utility grade western riding
for tne "Blue and Gray" games that are mlayed by horsemen poots wnile riding, and tying a Rair of tennis suoes or
in some arcas toaay. My very tirst riding experiences were other lightweignt snoes to the saddle norn or pommel
on a McClellan saddle and also bareobuck. Too much bareback will probably be tne way to go until L find some better
riding can result in sore and swollen legs....this was a snswer. Go.d summer cliotning for summertime in the Rockies
comwon complaint back before saddles baa been developed. would include bluejeaus, flannel sairts(2)ylonguandles,
girafie sweater, wool socks, broad-brimmed felt hat. wWorking in
El borado suggest: using "tall wisde#®- type horses" ...very toe snowy timber last winter my broad-brimmed felt hat
g00d. s horse that hus a good walk is best for tne nomad, saved my face a couple of times from flying sticks. =also,
4 good walking horse can make sround 6 miles per hour. it stopped snow from falling down my neck. 1 take the
4150, a good "old cow of a Lorse" that has mountain sense
sweat-band and 1ining out wnd tie heavy shoestrings or
and good training is more valuable for the nomad than a leather around the outside to adjust the size. ‘hen, in
nigh spirited horse that has 3 to 5 fancy gaits. “he nomad real cold westher 1 wear a .wool scarf, ski pand, or bandana
wants & healthy, strong, and sentle horse that knows around my ears. ''he broad-brimmed hat is just for looks
how to
be hobvled, tied out with a rope, and is easy to catch by in town but in tue backwoods it begins to be a necessity.
bis master. &4 dark color is preferred over white because
Nobody, repeat nobody nas imnroved on cotton for sairts
it is dmmmwewwk less visible in the mountains. You and trousers in summer and wool for winter clotaning. Leave
snould
learn to trim his hooves and also shoe him if and wnan all that sleazy knit stuff and nylon crap hanging on the
 SEME THOUGHTS ON VONU
HEAT: The plans for solar devices seem to be coming out of the woodwork now,
by MASTER SATAN aka THOR XAVIER CHALLENGER since the energy crisis. It is now clear that for a few dollars one can cook
one's £ood, heat one's water for shovering, perform various handicrafts requiring
heat up to 2000%, heat one's shelter and do many more things., Soon one will be
THIS IS A coMPfiIUM OF THOUGHTS AND IDEAS I"VE BEEN WORKING ON AND ALSO IN RESPONSE sble to derive electricity efficiently, and at that point vomu will really become
easy. Of course, as long as these devices require direct sunlight, and as long
TO MATERIAL I'VE SEEN IN VL. as there are cloudy days, one must have backup systems, but efficient use of
simple solar devices can cut one's costs in such eress as fuel primarily.
WEAPONS: Some comments have been made about slingshots, blowguns, etc. I am
Someone wrote once that Vonuans can never be self-sufficient in all things, and I DPresently acquiring a number of martiel arts wespons, a slingshot, some large
tend to agree. The idea .was that even without self-sufficiency, many things & vomusn steel balls from Herter's which they claim will kill a deer and go right through
needs can be either manufactured outside the System or purchased within the system small game,vhen fired from a slingshot, & blowgun which is claimed to have as
and maintained outside the System. Also components for self-manufactured systems much penetrating power as a .22, I plan on acquiring en air rifle which is claime
could be obtained inside the System and then reconfigured outside it to serve our to have killing power epproximately equal to a .22 for wp to, I guess, 50 yards,
needs. This is the area I've been working, In planning my own conversion to a vonu and which requires a few simple lever-action pumps to bring it up to power,
lifestyle, I have had to consider transportation, communications, data storage, plus various other devices, including silencers for the air weapons, since T
comfort, defense, and a multitude of other areas which I was unwilling to give wp believe even an air rifle i s rather loud, I recently read a book on silencers,
in order to be vonu, Although I am not yet living that vonu lifestyle, I am convinced and those jobbies you see on TV ere worthless; you need probably one at least
‘that I now know how to do so and what it will cost me. My present activities are & Toot long to do a good job, and none will help #f your bullet is supersonic.
devoted to earning the money to accomplish my aims. But some very good models have been made, some quieting flash and sound down
to the point where the weapon really does meke no more moise than a hiss and
Let's take transportation first: My answer to the transportation problem lies not the clack of the action. A number of weapons have been made especially for
in the conventional van camper. Such a vehicle is too easily subject to counter-vonu assassination, and I think every yonuan should eventually own a pistol or rifle
(cv) forces, has too cramped a living space (at least, one I can afford is), and adequate to kill a humen at some distance via sniping and equipped with a
is more or less subject to the restrictions of on-road travel. I considered that silencer. Silencers are expensive, starting at $300, but there are a number of
the only way to really escape such restrictions is an off-road vehicle. Conventional books and someone good with tools could prabebly build one for less than $50.
four-wheel drive vehicles are very expensive, however, and even more cramped for I recently resd & book entitled the Poor Man's James Bond, and believeme, it
space. This made it clear that the vehicle that was needed had to be a "home-made’ is very gut level, and completely detailed on making bombs, poison, various
or "custom" job. While this indicated higher initial cost, I estimated that it weaponry, incendiaries, counterfeiting, use of electronic devices to activate
could still be built for less than a conventional vehicle, based on data available explosives, terrorist tricks, etc. Every vonuan should have one; it's availeble
pertaining to dune buggles. So the first requirement was a four-wheel-drive chassis from Hillefest Publications (
and e reasonably powerful, but economical engine. But such a vehicle is still limited;
it cannot cross rivers, and it could be chased by similar vehicles. Therefore, I COMMERCE: Vonu commerce won't come about until there is not only enough vonuans
decided that an amphibious vehicle would be in order: no police vehicle could chase to make it possible, but enough commmnications end especially enough need. And
it, no terrain could stop it short of heavy waves, storms, etc., in which case one since the purpose of vonuism is to reduce external needs, we have one strike
would rot wish to travel anyway. There was a precedent for such vehicles, of course; against ¥X us starting out. I would suggest we not worry too greatly about
many military models existed, including a Volkswagen amphibian during WWIT. And T vonu in groups, etc. and concentrate more on maximizing the extent of individuel
had read where conventional Volkswagens could be cheaply modified to act as amphibians. vonu. I firmly believe that a high-technology vonu lifestyle is possible at.
Coupling this with the well-known dune buggy produced an inexpensive, smphibious, all- reasonable cost, and considerable independence from outside maintenance, but the
terrain vehicle. But I didn't stop there: other features were considered. Conventional requirements include considerable knowledge of what's possible todsy, and a
amphibians are very slow: the addition of a fairly powerful outboard motor (or perhaps willingness to utilize more money than most vonuans seem to be able to earn =
& propellor hooked to a drive train tekeoff) might up the speed and carrying capacity say, $5,000 to start out with instead of $1,000, This brings up the problem
on water. The use of the hydrofoll was suggested by experiments involving military of whether to make money first and then vonu or to vonu and then try to make
smphibians; this would increase water speed. Numerous experimental vehicles are de- money. I believe it is not either-or, I believe the most practical solution
scrived in the Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, type magazines every month. Features is to make a certain level of money first in any profession, then achieve vonu
from these vehicles were considered. The recent discovery of Dr. Wankel of engine with an excellent MTH, and then dewlop an entirely new source of income based
feme that a torpedo-shaped personal boat with hygrofoils could be used to travel on vonu conditions. The usual idea is to profit and then try to vonu the profit
at speeds up to 60 miles per hour through waves 10 times its length in height indicated source, and this is where the difficulty lies; particularly when one does something
that much could be done with bhe standard amphibien. Dual, large, on-off-road tires; one likes on the outside, and is then reluctant to drop it in order to go vonu.
hydrofoils; lightweight, tough fiberglass body; Lexan cockpit; motorized raisable I am earning money in various ways, and plan to change shortly to entirely new
outboard engines; all these would increase the vehicles' capacity to travel any ground. and more interesting ways; but when I go vonu, I may have to completely alter
my means or even stop earning money altogether except for odd jobs occasionally.
But the problem of shelter remained. But this was simply answered: do not try to make However, my ultimate goal is to return to society with the skills and ideas to
your vehicle your home! This was the flaw of the conventional van; shelter required enable vonu even in the heart of the society - remembering that vonu merely means
considerable living space as well as storage space, greatly increasing the size of relative invulnerability to coercion and does not specify how or where.
the vehicle,its weight, and lowering its maneuverability. The answer was to use various It has been said that someone who utilizes deterrence without mobility is just
shelters already being used by voruans: plastic tents, temporary shelters of naturel another rival State; this does not logicelly follow, Howsver, it is impractical
materials, domes, etc. But how to carry supplies and shelter? The answer had to be from the point of view of the individual, since it would be difficult if not
& trailer, But the conventional trailer is as inefficient as the conventional car. impossible for one person or a small group to develope the deterrence to with-
Therefore I devised a trailer which was made of lightweight fiberglass, which opened stand an entire society - without mobility, and/or conceslment. Note that "and/or"
up into a maze of poles and tie-downs and plastic tents covering many square feet. - too often the choice is artificially narrowed down to either-or; "either"
This trailer was towed on strap-on boat wheels (commercially available), could be concealment "or" deterrence "or" mobility. This I think stems from the basic
equippped with its own hydrofoils, and still carry some cargo. The trailer was attached inability of many vomuans to think in terms of personal effectiveness, which
to the vehicle by an articulated hitch which would wase its towing over rough ground. is the main problem of the entire libertarian movement - and perhsps all movements.
It would be packed like a fine watch, permitting meximun utilizetion of storage speae. I am convinced that there is no reason why someone could not be concealed at
some times, not concealed at others, using deterrence at times and not at others,
SO: one would have a vehicle capable of eluding the lww, capable of street operation moving to escape at times and not at others, or using all three (a disguised
(vased as it is on conventional chassis and engines), capable of off-road travel to vonuan with phoney ID, moving along a deserted highway, is stopped by a bludg,
a degree unknown to all but specifically designed all-terrain vehicles), capable of eliminates the bludg with a silenced weapon, and disappears into the hills.)
carrying all the necessary implements of survival snd comfort, plus able to tow the The question is one of powers and how they may be used; if you heve mobility,
equivalent shelter of a house with it. With the use of inflatable plastic structures, then you need concealment and deterrence; if you have concealment, then you
one could increase this shelter space substantially. need mobility and deterrence; if you have deterrence, then you need concealment
and mobility. If you have one, you need three; if you have two, you need one;
Such a vehicle could ease the vehicular MTH (mean time to harassment) from 1-2 years if you have all three, you need more of everything! The real mistake is to
0 5-10 years, as the vehicle could go places no other could - especislly bludg cars. think: "well, now I'm hiding out in these hills, I'm vonu". Thet is not the
Thus greater comfort, storage, and technology would be permitted in more remote areas, case, particularly if you aren't hiding out in those hills permanently, which
enabling more vonu and better vomu. Any such vehicle is of course still subject to is the usual case with most vonuans; they do come close to other humans (or
the bludg (so are bikes in some areas, and even pedestrians); however, an ATV could be dangerous animals) occasionally, and each occasion is a threat to their vonu,
operated primarily off-road, thus obviating licenses and such; such a vehicle could Since my entrance into the pages of the Libertarian Connection, I have stressed
still be driven on roads in remote areas with phoney license plates, etc., or at personal development as the only means to achieve freedom, and this is as true
night, with the driver confident that if spotted by police, he could immediately take for the voruan as it is for the conventional man. And personal development is
to rough ground or water without fear of pursuit. I regard the design and construction not limited to meditation or a new way of thinking; it means teking advantage
of such a vehicle of great importance to the improvement of vonu; hopefully I will of everything needed to survive, and this can cover the enmtire field of humsn
be able to build a prototype within a year or two, if I can acquire the funds. Such endeavor under certain circumstances. Anyone who overlooks various possibilities
a vehicle could be built for amounts between $3-6000, depending on the amount of will shortly find himself in difficulty; this takes into account everything up
home labor, the cost of new or used materials, the cost of the used chassis and to and including old age - which is a prime threat and should be high on everyone's
engines, the amount of hired labor, the degree of all-terrain and/or amphibious list of priorities.
capability. This is somewhat higher than the usual van camper, but consider the
increased capability and benefits, Furthermore, the widespread use of such vehicles This brings up the question of "psychological liberstion", since the vast majority
could reduce the need for highways, and other destructive and expensive systems of the libertarians in this world do not possess it - including myself to an
designed for the automobile. Such vehicles could be designed to be ecologically uncomfortably high degree - and unfortunately including msny vonuans. Reyo asked
souhd, by the use of new energy sources, and by the use of low-pressure tires which what attitudes toward the State are most conducive to effective action, I suspect
cause less soil damage then horses or human feet, and of course by care in driving. the only answer is a combination of drema - the emotional effect of fictional
and non-fictional accounts of successful self-liberation - and the acquisition
And one vehtcle can serve as boat and car enabling economies of hauling, etc. of the actual knowledge needed 6o accomplish these ends. In other words, I think
if one reads books such as Harry Brown's, the success stories of various vonuans,
A1l in all, a brilliant idea - if it works - and I'm glad I thought of it! and other types of self-liberationists, and then proceeds to gather up all the
date needed to duplicate these successes, and mixes this all up with meditation,
COMMUNICATION: How about laser transceivers? Plans for homemade jobs exist that music, and the generation of positive attitudes by whatever means, then this
can be built for $100 or so, with a range of up to eight miles; and improvements eventually, slowly, painfully perheps, results in some significant change. Some-
could be made easily. The only fault is bad weather intercepts the beams; but there times the change is abrupt and explosive; usually it is slow. In my case, I have
dould be ways around that. This would be as cheap as ham radios easily; a system spent years making one wrong decision efter another; lately I feel that I have
could be designed around laser transceivers, cheap CB sets, etc. and the system made enough progress to the point where I think I cen see exectly how to achieve
could be used to make money during the coming Depression, servicing areas which vonu and where I believe that with the acquisition of a specific amount of
loose service from the monopolies. money and equipment I can do it. This hes lead me to try to extend the require-
ments and thus the time required within the System, but I know that this is it-
FOOD: Why hasn't anyone mentioned fish in the context of land vonu? Locate yourself self an indication of the strength I have been given by just knowing thet if I
a large stream in the rorthern California area, use fish traps,set-lines, fish have to I can split, say, now, or a week from now, So I have the strength to
poisons, slingshots, etc. to eatch large amounts of fish easily and quickly. Many hang on another month or & year, knowing that it might make things better when I
books are filled with info on this; fish protein is excellent, although the calory do split. The attitude is: "There are still a lot of good things available to
content leaves something to be desired. Herter's has a book called "How to Get me here, and I think I'd better stay on as long as I don't incur eny extre risks
Out of the Rat Race and Live on $10 a Month" and has a good deal of Info on this. {]-% or hangups.” This can easily become a retionalizetion for non-vomu, howevert
 Evéry case is different, depending as it does on one's personal goals. My gosal is people! of London.
@ high-techno, very mobile, uninterrupted (by bludg) sort of vonu for the sole Meny of these younger people live in tents, vans, trailers,
purpose of providing me with the solitude needed to master the Martial ete. on vacamt lots, Others are 1living out of abandoned tenement buildings or
Arts and
the Hermetic Sciences and the technological sciences. From this point of personal @
YEAR WSALL Dot 0N )
thelGANKIN. | yisead onkrof lihe Fired ruiew 10£H1100 A0
strength, I would then dart in and out of the System, cresting havoc and reeping ‘save that rent money!, There are just too many
personsl profits of a material and psychic nature, while still maintaining e high - At the moment 1 am parked under & shade tree near Riverside.
other better things to do with

level of vonu - thru the agqusition of power, if you will. owner is delighted
The property
to have me (if i would haye
down had my pants on i'd have run
8 thief last week) and typically i find it an almost ideal temporary 1ife
Strewn about my van of course are my barter items, At the moment 1 have & mtyle.
My "movementist" phase was extremely short, probably because I had been involved
in other movements, such as the UFO movement, and thus had first-hend experience box
of bamer handles, some smashed up 8&® revolvers, stacks of unusual posters, a
of their ineffectiveness. On the other hand, I am somewhat predisposed tomovements mess of stainless steel cups, cartons of light bulbs and a mumber
by "nature", so someone without that attitude might very well eliminate the movement
phase eltogether. I think it would depend significently on whether his personal
ete. If i remember to throw some of these thinge in my little car ofi small antiques
can usually
enviromment included movementists or vonuans, or both,.
pick up enough gas money to cover my periodic trips - and meet some interesting
people besides. I still don't really apoly myself though. o, ooz o o,
As anyone is aware who has been reading the Libertatian Comnection, there is a better example and an inspiration., He deals from Mexico to Washington out of a
disturbing trend in that publication to advocate so-called "amorsl” coercive camper. Last year he was getting honey cheaply in Texas and supplying desparate
philosophies and anti-vonuan sentiments (usually based on the "I don't want to health food storee up the west coast, A few months sgo he was bringing crystal
eat weeds" philosophy). On the other hand, it is slowly seeping out that virtually rock specimens out of Mexico (no duty). At the moment he is wrecking & house
ell the writers for LC have some sort of vonuan fantasy sbout sea-mobility, or near by andmaking more than 1'll make all year. He has the 'natural talent! and
groups of libertarians occupying the Pacific Ocean, and whatnot. Therefore, it would applies himself.
seem that what is happening is that, as the System siowly crumbles, and as each
libertarians personal situation does not seem to greatly improve, he begins to ti. Mother hes been running sn article each month on hem redio, including CB as &
fantasize about escape from the System on the one hand, but rationalizes his oesible com web. It sounds good. CB has very short range but a hem code set
failures on the other by denouncing the feasibility of vonu. I believe that all
that is'meeded is for these individuals to take their fantasies, as Harry should be cheap for a lot of distance. Bypaes snail mail? I wouldn't care to
Brown said, and "start from zero": use these fantasies as the basic goal (if only depend on mail webs depending on .drops &nd a lot of other people. They move,
short-term, even), and then devote their energies into actively trying to find gat hassled, drop out, e%0: 1ii1 e4if) pay & Finders oe for a wnsil farm
out how to achieve these goals. This entails active research into what is physically (20 A, 5 tillable). I have found 2804 in Trinity Co at $110/A. That's $31,000
possible in many areas: science, economics, personal finance, vonu technigues, 0 1 need partmers to buy and split lena if i'm to get any myself. 1 slgo want
criminal technigues, market research, etc. It costs money, but it produces psycholos to buy or trade for farm and hand tools, blacksmiths and farrier tools, big anvil,
gical results like few other technigues I've used., And psychological liberation big vise, forge, etc., honey extractor, Brobant reversing*hand plaw, etc.
produces ideas which lead to more possibilities, and starts a reverse spiral upward Would routing woodemoke taru several horiszontal pipes (a longer smoke pipe) allow
to actual liberation instead of downward into depression and failure. It is slow
and detpiled work, but it does work. it to cool some and depoeit more . tars/soot inside tae
plpe and so be less visible? If it works muybe Blueberry will write me about it?
Well, I'll just leave the rest of this page for comments by VL's editor, if he (they're not subscribers so maybe you should write them - address last isa.. lan)
would like to use it, Anyone wishing to comment can write me, Richerd S. Hack, 8 "rural" mailbox put up where a lot of new houses building is happening would
at P,0., Box 14518, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111. Probably be serviced if a change-of-address form is left at the local mail,
u/g ceche - use sections of concrete cr clay sewer tile. close one end witn
(gfntimed from page 1) two plywood sheets which cover the tub opening to make a concrete. put concrete 1id in other - Seal with tar - or try large diameter BVC
sleeping deck the size of the cargo area of the truck, The bottom of the larger 80il pipe &na close With plugs. All your non-metal in one cache so metal detector
board (18" x 30") has formica on it and sttaches to tne wall about 1' off the won't locate. Simpleat smials are msde of scrap .sewer tile 4 dia. or bigger.
deck at the left rear to make anotuer table. 4bove the table is & utility shelf Line up and dig in and as dig progresses lever them all in so you don't have
4' long and 8" high above tat is & taller book shelf the same length. Below the unguarded dirt roof over 3! long et ¥ PlaCS. 0r yge rr tieh in teepse shape
table is 2 4' long 12" high vent window. There is also @ suall window behind the and set up more &s you dig in - put
utility eneif in the micdle. The fromt 2' of the left side have a trap door to of an A) Put grevel on floor.
cross piece on top at
Put old boards, corrigated iron, plastic sheeting,
sides and nail (in shepe
escare in cese of fire in the rear and to allow more air in toe sumer. All doore
and windows are westher proof and have screens. The front of the cemper hes an etc. on sides to Held dirtiback. o pot ylane for a vosk celisr andiuse them: e
opening into tne cab and doors to tre Btorage area over the cab and is carpeted cyclone shelter. Meny civil defense experts think people will be living u/z st
completely. 1In the storage area i store clothes and towels anc misc. on the least part time for 5 years or more efter last bomb falls in WW III. Paul Doerr,
rignt side the first 2! have a complex of shelves and cebinets for drefting equip., Box 1444, Vallejo, CA 94590
office supplies, booiks, & small writing teble and a 2' sqare ares for a tape
recorder i have yet to get. The baci 4' have a 1! nigh vent window and shelves
for 6 gals. of food in mason jors. On the back of the partition separating the
stove srea from the rest of the truck and high enough to get your feet underneath Peing & sort of junk collector at heart i have seldom passed up anything of
to sleep, is a flour mill and milling area illuminsted by a candle lantern, importance along the hyways end byways, Fortunately I have usually had someplace
Further light is provided by a kero. lamp, & coleman light, & 110 electric ligkt to put some of my goodies and for & vomu type person this is probably the bigzest
which is plugged into ewitched outlets at either end of the truck, or & 12 volt single problem to face. I find that the bigzest single solution is to have good
light overhead on @ 3 way switch from back or front of the cemper. The 110 comes friends - not to teke advantage of and dump flotsum on but to trade with and mtore
from an exterior plug with 5 font extension cord or power converter. 12 volt thinge &t - on the understanding thst its all to be used by persons wno need it.
1t's not easy but with little stasnes of junk here and there i seldom need to pay
comes from ‘bruckc or geNErator.. me.uyn part of the camper has & 2x3 Frame with dearly at bhardware stores ~ or go witnout.
3/8" plywood over it, fiberglas insulation and mesonite ineide the roof is a 1x2 This spring i scrounged up wire (to
frome with masonite and canvas stretched over it. painted of course. The tailzate &keepfriend ravbits out) and started my gerden on some big landowner's property = i had
with & well near tne property and so for toe water tne friend gets use
extension has a 2x2 frame stretched canves outside, insulation, masonite on the of the gerden-goodies too and i don't need to pay pay pay. A few people mecded &
inside except by the stove where there is an asbestos board interior. The roof storage szed last month 6o on the agreement tnat all could use it, i built
on the extension is sheet metal to accomodate stove and hood vent. The cab
is the same except all the tools, jacks, bers, maps, etc. Sleeping bags snd sned from big scrounged sheets of tin.and by building it on skide i not only the
backpack equipmeht are suspended from the ceiling in hemmocks. o B B keep the tax ssseesor from adding it on my land owner frienas taxes but it is an
asset all the way to everyome. Cost: ome day's work and $5 worth of scrounging
truck parked in the driveway o some accomodating people wro let me use the well and gas. A couple of days ago my friend B.B, came by with his favorite scroungi
and plug in my cord. I do 0dd jobs for momey when i need it. I also have a 1966 tool - @ low hung car towing trailor. On it he hed & tractor worth at least $800.
fury I station wegon with & 6 cyl. engine mwaich i store about 500 1bs. of food in He had paid $50 for 1t and was taxing it to his junk area. I'n sure that B.B,
end use for transportation., ' g.; yoye mind blowifg concepts in shelter and clothes, must maie at least a nundred & month from his trailer. Ag he walked off from
send $1.00 to Stephenson's, 23306 Hauteras St., fioodland Hills, Calif. sna tney where we met he picked up a coke bottle and an aluminum beer can and added it to
will send you & very informative catalog. Frits, cfo Peter Bickford, RD 43, bis various atash Doxes. poing a Junkie is sort of a full time way of thought
. Lebawon, N.J. 08833. p g Dy you know where i can get "The Paper Trip" and &nd even i have & long way to go. I'm learning thouzh - last time i was in Mexico
“Gateway to Survival is Storsge"? Halter Batckelor and Rev. Jormezano have moved i paid my gas there and back with posters i peddled to appropriate Mexican shovs,
or something. My letters ceme back. 1 em even hauling around jumk to trade end peddle stateside now as gas prices
climb. I mention these few examples because many vonu-people are missing out
fhy condolences to el dorado for the poor printing of er letter in last vonulinc. getting along easier becsuse they haven't acquired the scrounging and berteringon
usually when something doesn't print well it's tecause tne copy wes faint. but habits. Ay ex.wife of mine is in Hawaii making necklaces of sea shells -
er copy was okay. the pricter didn't expose tnc right amount or something. lan a girl i'm aware of is pressing weeds in phone books, doing interesténg arrange-
ments with them, and selling them for toD ONY. yaturs] and unmatursl stat? is
New applicants for & social security number may be asked to prove their age, laying @11 over the landscape - all it takes to turn it ints & little coin of the
identity, and citizenship to be assigned & mmber. Such proof is required under realn or trede materials is imagination and effort.
an emendment to the Social Security law. The amendment is intended to prewent
the issuance of more than one number to a person or obtaining and using a Social flean and Convenient Sleepirg Gear
Security card number under an alias. (clipping from al fry) by Al Fry
For years we struggled along with sleeping bags and blankets. Both have advan-
teges but just aren't usually worth the trouble. The big problem is body 0il &nd
H§w does onme survive and still remain 'free'? dirt. Together they can ruin a sleeping bag pretty quickly. Aside from using
by al fry blanket sheets in very cold weather i mow use only special dows comforters summer
Freedom ofthe mind of course is & subject more for long winter nights around a and winter. Robbing old pillows and sleeping begs usually nets me enough down
firethan here. Body freedom is another thinZ. | wag blessed with a 1ittle of for my most ambitious projects and all that remains is & lot of work on & .
the wander bug in me ard so for much of my 1ife 1 have leirned some of the art sewing machine with nylon thread. Using dark rip stop nylon i use plenty of
on the road. The Oypsys of course are masters at this and 1 remember an isolated baffles and get together wnatever sise of comforter i need (single or double).
&ypsy cemp near my mailing address here, Where they made their Stops while touring After completing it i mever mever let my body come in airect contact with it,
the country - trees, stream, tables, outdoor fires, the whole thing. Now they ply Instead i make & giant case with & Stickum together tape or zipper mear one end.
the country in trailers, motorhomes, etc. end are pretty hard to spot. Seems to By using this protective cover i can slip it off quickly and wash it with little
me there were 350,000 at last count, many of them offering home maintenance and botker. “So far i prefer nylon but many persons would prefer cotton i am sure,
repair services, etc., others tending to become more settled. In Europe they have Because nylon is so slippery i often include a big pocket on one end to capture
changed less and i recall that in the 60's there were many in caravans camping my feet under the comforter, I find that down in unmecessary underneatn and 8o i
outside the city of Paris. In England they are less conspicuous than the 'street usually use a gaily decorated cotton print on a foam mattress. By adding tape or
november 1974 vomulini puge 4 end of issue sippers & pergon can make up just about any combinetion of eleeping gear from
these little comforters and keeping it all clean is 8o easy.
\7’”(