The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-07-01

stead OF mangled corpse, steer
clear of yawning culverts and siphons
full of warps.
The transmission gears of a jack
ass, hitched to sled or shay; has
the right-of-way to freedom, and you
must give him half the way.
To change your course at Rock
ford, you'll have to loop the loop;
then skid off on a siding with scarce
~ room to foot"
II your stunt is so imperfect as to
land you INSIDE down; pray right
your ladies quickly and kodak every
frown.
When you are fairly righted and
placed upon the grade; 1t will keep
you suessing how that stunt was
made.
Pingree once was noted as the hub,
or turning point; till the pioneers
OF Rockford built their elbow joint
Then while each so hard was vie
ing for the traffic OF the grade, Pin
gree built her bulwarks and Rockford
lost her trade
The farmers on the wayside are
taxed to the bitter end, to keep their
hogs and poultry away from that
crooked bend.
While speeding west of Thomas,
you'll meet great clouds of dust; to
remind you of the adage: 1T is in
God we Trust.
The ensign of perfection is styled
The Midway Cut" which cost ten
thousand dollars and was made by
Jedf and Mutt.
From its apex and right angles,
the travellers may see what appears
10 be paradise-the sight of an in
laQd sea.
Froms here your car goes whirling
past Springfield into Sterling, where
occasion murmurs not if you should
note:
The architecture of the wood-piles,
the convenience of the dress styles;
here once lived a doctor Mote.
You may dine with the assurance
that you'll pay for their endurance,
while you surface on the products
OF the town.
So don't stake your word of honor,
unless you have a grip, that you left
the town of Sterling with nothing on
your hip.
Take drink on Horace Greedy and
consult your guide more freely, when
you meet dust storm from the west.
That impedes your power of mo-
ton and puts you in the notion to
fold your parachute and rest.
When, perchance, you meet devil,
who would crowd you off the level,
and leave you in his dust to reason
why.
Place your hand upon your hips,
or open up your grips; there's but
to do or die.
While you pose for a moving pic
ture to give the right-of-way, your
secret must be guarded if you are
there to stay.
! If the fault is in the timer" or
there's in your tank; don't monkey
with the spark Plugs or even
touch the crank.
And while distance lends enchant-
| AAANi11 " Una. ,tON NJ uOW DIT large, you
may hoof it into Aberdeen and hunt
up Bills Garage"
Ii you have a doubt, don't try it
out, in the face of stern restriction;
to govern speed and punish greed,
when manifest by friction.
Leave plenty of room for passing
cars, on a surface which is concave:
for tops will kiss when tenders miss,
vice versa on convex
There's always room on the State
Highway" to show by demonstration;
That dust to DUST was meant by
God, to precede the resurrection
And, instead of a straight and
narrow path, which leads to life
eternal, you cross a divide, to the
other side, over bumps and crooks
internal.
There's no virtue in your protest.
when made by word of mouth:
against the Devil going northward
while you are going South.
So all who run this gauntlet, called
THE State Highway" should carry
an accident policy and make peace
with God today.
Some people lose their bearings;
others are picked up dead; but if you
are only going to Aberdeen, perhaps
enough is said.
-(Landon)