The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-08-04
IDAHO THE MECCA OF 400 COL
oNlSTS WHO HAVE LEFT NEW
YoRK-THE STORY AS TOLD
BY NEW YORK HERALD.
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/ supply with good ROAD running
straight into IT,"
ON his return from his Idaho tour
OF inspection Mr.. Scott began to or
game his overland caravan. For
convenience he divided his 512O acres
into lbs 4O-acre tracts and decided
that his colony must be restricted not
to exceed 12S families He was over
Whelmed with applications for the
| privilege of joining the enterprise
Feeling that the success of the new
colony would depend entirely upon
the character o fits personnel Mr..
Scott established high standards He
made a thorough investigation of the
character and the pecuniary respon-
sibility of every prospective member
Sterling references We're required.
but the prime requisite to use MIR.
SCOTS own definition of it. was that
every recruit i'm his caravan. what
ever his extraction, his experience
and his worldly wealth, must be an
exponent of 100 per cent American
ism"
Mr. scott himself says ne win make
no money out of the promotion of the
organization. In common with some
of his associates he will buy so acres
for his ranch instead of 40, but in all
other respects he will be in. the same
position as his neighhors in their
western venture The affairs of the
colony will be administered indeed.
already are being adminstered-by
is own governing board 4 minimum
amount which each family must pos
sess before it starts for its new home
has been fixed at $4,000 No family
will he permitted to make the start
unless it be in position to sustain it,
self for at least one year until the /
first crops can be marketed This is /
no Coxey's Army demonstration.
The idea of chugging across the |
as modern caravan on the |
25O0-mile track was due in part to |
present high rates for rail transpor
tation. in part to the fact that a mo-
tor car is a prime essential to an
Idaho ranch anyhow and might as |
well be utilized on the way across, |
and in part to the sentimental appeal
Of the tour itself, which among other
continental attractions will pierce the
beauties of the Yellowstone national
park In the matter of vehicles no
attempt has been made at uniformity
but each family will start in its own
car. some of which already have seen
service. but many of which will be
spic and span in their newness.
Speeding will not he permitted, the
idea being to maintain a steady pace
of about y miles an hour on an aver
age, the caravan touring only during
The day and pitching it's bivouac each
night In addition to the ears carry
ing the settlers. there are to be sew
aral three-to service trucks, an ad-
car, a travelling post
office and a quartermaster's car and
a pair of extra trucks whose duty it
viii be to run ahead of the caravan
during the nights to keep it properly
supplied with provisions and equip
nent. The cars leaving this city on
July 2S, according to the schedule,
will be in the town of Bull, Idaho, on
september 6. the day after Labor day.
Sentiment and High Railroad Rates
Inspire Motor Caravan Idea.
The July % departures will aggre-
cate not more than 10 carloads, or
,bout one-third of the whole number
If the emigrating families. This first
,aravan will constitute the colonys
idvance guard. The others expect to ;
olow in the autumn or next spring. ,
There were several reasons why it
vas not found practicable for the en- ]
ire 12S cars to set out at the same !
ime. Many of the men who are en- {
sted in the exodus will require sew :
raj months in the east before they y
an close out their present business Ic
interests to advantage. Furthermore s
IT, Scott explained, it has been S
oInd a physically impossible task to J.
lear off the sagebrush and prepare u
or cultivation this year the entire 8
l2O acres which by the way, will re- C
iain tax exempt for three years I'M T.
er the colonization arrangement
A meeting of the colonists and of
leir governing board was held on i,
nne Is IN lne nome Oh MI oCOAl' e
here was disappointment when it g
Dme to culling out some who are not
be permitted to go with the first Il
but the more experienced fl
zen agreed that the conservative b
purse was advisable, as nothing n
lould be permitted to threaten the Il
)mplete success of the venture. a
OF the personnel of the 400 or more in
lgrims, third of whom start to- s
ard the setting sun this month Mr.. $
colt says about 60 per cent are g
Approximately rs per a
snt now live in other boroughs of
ew York city; about 10 per cent o.
all from New Jersey or New Eng r,
nd, while the remaining 5 per cent n
1me from scattered localities, some s
{ them in the south About 10 per a
INT of the whole number of these I,
Ioneers are former residents Of the 4,
est. but not more than 10 per cent i,
I them have had any practical eX- f,
srience at farming either in the east ,,