American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-08-12
'.odern Carauan To Arrive In American Falls Sept 9Th
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Twenty Fiue Families On Way From ~ Y To Buh Tract
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Lots More Fun Than Living In Brooklyn Thinks Children

Not without its adventure is the
Westward roll of The Modern Cara
van" which will make Buhl. Idaho,
second perhaps to San Francisco, in |
Importance, during the next five weeks. |
True, the adventure does not reek with |
wild west stories-of Indians, suffer |
ing, starvation and disappointment. 1t
Is another kind of adventure, the kind |
that comes to the pioneer of any move |
ment. And these people of the mod
ern caravan are pioneers of progress
and are rolling westward Hoi" on
rubber tires, to settle on irrigated land
100 miles west of American Falls.
The caravan is scheduled to pass
through American Falls the morning
of September Sth, though present in
dications are that the progress of the
caravan will be considerably delayed
on account of the varied assortment
of reception, and entertainments plan
ned along the route of the caravan
Following are a few clippings from
newspapers along the route of the
caravan" They tell of many of the
adventures and signify the unusual in
terest taken in this stunt
Gifts to Families.
"The caravan left Schenectady at s
o'clock this morning. Mayor Lunn
yesterday afternoon gave each of the
Al heads of the families an engraved
certificate bearing his name, granting
them the freedom of the city. This was
followed by another address of well
come.
Charles Hoffman, secretary of the
Schenectady Rotary club, added a
stripe to the flag carried by the cara
van. At each city where the caravan
stops and where there is a Rotary club,
stripe or star is added to the flag
by that organization until the flag is
completed. The flag will be completed
by the time the group reaches Idaho,
on this 2600-mile trip. They will set
tie upon government land in Idaho.
Last night another band concert
: and motion pictures were given in hon
= or of the "forty-niners." Assembly
+ man William w Campbell spoke.
Thousands of persons went to the
, park Friday and Saturday to see the
unusual spectacle.
Girl Is Buglef.
"Thirteen-year- Muriel Scott has
job any kid would envy. She is the
bugler of the motor caravan.
. "Muriel dressed in Khaki and .
: cowboy hat, '4jlows up" the Arg,
!, u nauts in the morning and sounds
+. taps at night as the moderniUec
! "forty-niners" progress on their sil
weeks trip TO Idaho
Camping along the road each Ligh
the caravan is a huge frolic i'm the eye
OF the II children between and Ii
Half dozen others under 6-inGudin
the youngest pioneer, 6-months-ol,
, Mary Cecilia Walsh-can't quite un
/ derstand what it's all about, excep
I athat it's a lot more fun than living Il
/ / Brooklyn"
"BuglBr Muriel is the daughter o
William A. Scott. commander-in-C chic
} of the caravan. She sits beside him OF
l. the front seat of his auto, which lead
the procession of cars. Each car has
trailer that carries more comforts tina
4, all the early-day prairie schooners
put together
% Pilot Is Bald Headed.
l. scott, who is tall and very thin an
II bald-headed, is the man who conceive
If the idea of collecting ali the dissatis
fled city folk he could find and pilot
l. ing Tisem to new homes on tract O
D irrigated government land-40 acre
d per family-near Buhl, Idaho.
J. strapped to the side of Scott's ca
e is winchester rifle presented to hir
,t just before the caravan left Brooklyn
h The rifle is silver mounted and is
duplicate of the one carried by the lat
3 William +. Cody buffalo BID.
4 "The company will form a colon
= with bsnes clustered together to pro
a vide social evenings when each day
a work out on the farms is tone"