The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-04-05
A FORD FABLE

When George Martin sent ont !.
;. q. ). from the stage line. 4 FarF
car responded to that call. The IN
Tie thing willing to do its bits atarfA
ed bithely out toward salmon. IogtA
ering amiably along, all went wegS
untl In the vicinity OF Lemhi ths
Forus sensitive (F) spirit commence
ed 70 resent the indlgnlties Imposed
upon II, AZ Baker Il took one Ionr
comprehensive look down the yaslev
and in mad panic shifted 10 low. andl
heat II for the top Of the highrst tel
ephone pole in the neighborhood.
From such vantage point OF safety III
Z peered anxionsly here and there
trying to hnd passable route 20 con
tinue on In the service OF Uncle San.
! vain endeavor! Just belaw a huge
cavern yawned; over yonder an an
crossahle lake; 20 the left an abysa
that reached 10 the bottom OF the
world; and in the far distance
mountains upon mountains OF mud.
AL mind vou. camoufiaged TO repre-
sent solid county road.
The Ford was not TO be deceived
Be'ug OF stick TO IL" character II
had forgotten Il was equipped with
reverse, II would not descend. Then.
ns exhausted and mudsplattered. II
passed the lonely hours, Il marveled
ON the morass beneath and much
more. Dreamily now II muaed an
that feat Of county engineering ana
the price paid for same and pro
nouneed u good II In fancy perisad
me county warrants drawn and atm
round no fault. Then an idea crept
under the drowsy hood. was dismIss-
cd came again, lingereh--and M last
became an obsessicn. There must be
q submarine beneath the top crust of
dirt that 20 ravenously devourpd All
the good american eagles naured IN.
10 It's mud stained nav. That wne
h-~a suhmarinel Else what had
ewailowed all that cash? The little
Ford ehuckled Ironically
A submarine 10 heat ITncia sam
anf Ford car? Not much! EararF.
and With awakened interest the Ford
scanned It's surroundings ani a slow
smile dawned What were those long.
NhimmerinW things OF to the rlght
that stretched away and away fnt0
space as far as vision pernlttedg
Gently the machInEry elartess ta.-
fFSRyss sagEyxgFV sNSptY iY VIZ skuHsfs
IA. aR tho tires merged Into insula-
fora. the machinery meltef into
wires. and the put.put nf ENGINE dis
soIvad into the musical hum OF
power rushing over the line.
And 10 this day the disembodied
spirit OF the Ford can be seen ~ N
iervaIs by the observing. racing sai
ly I'D and down the line, doing its
Bit. And the people OF Salmon -
Are getting their daily matl. because
me splrit OF the Ford was hlg enough
a. he absorbed by one still greater.
And in unity there h Efeatet
strength and better service.
nut the Ford being OF prosale indi-
vdduality may some day tire OF wing
"a sneed. and the wires viii give
forth live sparks, the machinery VIII
hmm the horn croak. and the spirit
of the Ford will come again into IL
own But 10 those who read we has
no warned lest grave evil betau you.
Never forget for time the spirit OF
the Ford was absent and the reason
thereof That Il travelled in strange
maths. over dangerous Highways. pfW
tacted ALWAYS. as best " could be. os
tba gplrit Still Greater doing faiIh-
r,IIv its duty. made harder By sOMF|
ONE failing 20 do his bit
THE moral Might be one OF many.
u might bs--do YOUR bit and forget
Won are equipped with reverse.
might be-be big enough To be an
uorbed by something greater TOT
the common good. II might be-ney-
sr nut of till winter what can D.
aone in the summer But there isn't
any moral. There never was meant
"a be one. People OF intelligence DO
not need morals-that II, morals IN
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