The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-04-10

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parents were pioeeess u Weooosn
New York. settling o. land shas
vas covssed with hinge Soesst sgoes
which he'd 70 b. feilsd - buened
to CT then oct Of she way In CIDER
10 plant crope among The Stamps.
Tbsis los was for mors ardeous
and sacsi6cisg than that Of mc3esn
pioseess 10 this western coaaGry !.
Yet they got along.
What u the dideseacsf THege
may be other reasous aud dcabsless
there are but fos the present Iet ~
confne our thoughts to Oue Of
them. Modern pioueers are living
too luxurious : HE 70 conform with
the income. Those old pionsefs
rarely ever NV any usoney. They
took their maple sugar and pearl
ashes and potash and butter and
eggs to town and bartered for the
necessities Of life. They lived .
simple life wholly In keeping with
their income. The trouble with
the pioneer Of today y that be
brings with him : false standard Of
life, ! too expensive mode Of living.
Why, I know pioneers today who
will not even wear overalls. OthesS
will not be seen wiping their nose
with a coIosed handkerchief, 81.
ways q white one. Some will mot
wear . blue jumper. Right here
ID the secret Of 20 much failure
among modern pioneers.
The pioneer Of hundred years
ago clad himself In homespun.
linsey- woolsey, . coarse. interior
sort Of garb. He made his own
boots. Everything was pfoduced
on the farm. He was independent.
The women folks busted themselves
In winter with weaving and max (
ing clothes from the Aax and
WOOL produced on the place. II
kept them busy manufacturing
from the raw materials.
They were experts and adopts In
misunderstanding, not only clothing |
and bedding but candles. carpets,
everything needed in the home.
The pioneer Of today II trausplanted
from the east where the standard
Of living u high. He cannot read
ily adapt himself to real pioneer
couditiois. hardships and sacri6ces.
So he goes along 10 the same old
way - long - be can and u bel
can't make Il be quits and goea
back. Those old eastern pioseersi
had TO make good. Thers vas no
place to 20 back to and the very
necessity Of the situation made
them successful.
The fare Of the old time pioneer
wss simple. substantial. not COM
posed Of cakes and pies and daiuties
Of the modern pioneer. Corn meal
pounded out % the farm was the
basic element Of the pantry con.
coctious. He purchased no high
priced K. c. bacon or beet. no store
lard, no canned or timed goods.
Meats. lard. cheese, vegetables. all
were produced on the place and
conserved. preserved and kept for
the family use. The eastern pio-
neers were usually farther from
railroads than We are. They had
worse roads with which to contend
than we. Many untoward circum.
stances surrounded them bat they |
persevered. Il u % j. J. Hill says. |
not the high eostsof living but the |
cost Of high living that ails this |
nation. The cost Of high living y
what breaks the most Of the mod !
ern pioneers.
Pioneering in any age 10 practi.
cally the same. The details may |
be different but the underlying |
principles remain the same. A
millionaire taste and standard Of
living cannot be satisfied and con.
tented with the returns from :
homestead. But the necsssities Of
life, the Fundamentals Of . happy |
home can be secured by the modern
settler much easier than they were
BY the pioneers years ego. There
are Of course coutributory coudi.
tions toward failure but the chief
one h the attempt too graft too
high Q standard Of living upon