The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-22

moral and financial. He viii. find q real nome.
And old Mother Nature will likely throw in health
strength and happiness for good measure
One of the photographs reproduced herewith
shows Royal n. Allen of the Chicago Motor ciup
welcoming William D. Scott, leader Of the cara
van Mr. Scott used to live In Minneapolis Ihen
he went to Boston. Later he became successful
sales manager in Brooklyn, with home at Z50
Decatur street. He is middle-aged man, Win
wife and two children During the war ne mace
q reputation as "fOur-minute man.. he nad
made up his mind to drive to the West this sum-
mer buy a ranch, hang up his hat and grow up
with the country. Several Of his neighbors grew
interested and asked to go along. And that's how
the colony idea started
Then Mr. Scott wrote to commercial clubs and
state and county officials in different parts OF the
West. Gov David W. Davis of Idaho responded
promptly with definite offer. Mr.. Scott went to
Idaho and made study Of land In Twin Falls
county, along the Snake river. Here's the way
Mr.. Scott tells it:
''That settled 1t. When saw that land knew
It was Just the place was looking for and I'M
mediately took an option on 5,l2O acres. Inc laho
was offered to me at the uniform price OF $l2o an
acre, with water rights, $25 an acre to be paid
down at purchase and the balance within ten years
at 6 per cent interest
.This whole land project is supervised by the
state 1t is financed by the Idaho Farm Develop
n,ent company the president OF which is T. l.
of agriculture and who is practical farmer and
the proprietor of an agricultural newspaper III
Des Moines, Ia Mr.. Meredith and his associates,
Incorporating under the Cary act, spent |o@o'o"
developing these tracts. The waters OF three ulO-
utaries of the Snake river draining the watersheu
of the Jarbidge mountains. AZ miles southwest
ward from our colony, were damned anu in'-
pounded in the Cedar Greek reservoir. Thence
steel flume leads the water down through the
CANYON of the Little Salmon river, irrigating the
lands which we have taken up for our future
homes and ranches. We have in all, an area VI
about three miles by SIX.
.sThis irrigation enterprise Immediately mace
marvelously fertile many thousands of acres when
Heretofore had been merely sagebrush prairie.
The area had been used only as cattle range anu
was one of the sparsely settled dstrcts III 'e
state With irrigation there isn't a better country
for growing alfalfa, onions and the FAMOUS iuaiio
potatoes On farms in the same neighborhoo" anu
enioving like advantages TO ours there nave pee
grown world record crops of alfalfa, wheat 10 tiie
tune of 90 bushel to the acre. and potatoes ratihe
as high as 642 bushels to the acre
.Rnhl orr nearest railroad town, is about IL
miles from the most distant ranches o. our Colony
II is a lively town only nine years old, but win
about 600 population. A fine road. which is more
than 20 miles long and which runs drectly through
o,,r tracf connects Bull with the new mining town
az Jarbidge Out Of the Jarbtdge mountains the
(uggenheim interests have taken more gold than
all the yellow metal yielded by Alaska. me to"i'
Of Jarbidge is the natural center OF that rch cou
try. and our colony will be its nearest source OF
snnply with a good road running straight into 1t"
Mr.. Scott returned to Brooklyn bubbling over
With enthusiasm His enthusiasm was infectious
He was besieged with applications for member,
shin. But the $40 acres will make only IZo
tracts of 40 acres EACH So weeding-0ut process
was begun. Every prospective member was put
through the third degree. The rule was laid down
that every accepted member must be 100 per cent
American: must have at least $SO8 IN casn
,nust be able to take care Of himself and family
nntfi the first crops are marketed. Even then the
12S members OF the colony were quickly secured
n the meantime, the Idaho people. who had evil
IDENTIFY taken shine to the Brooklyn people. were
doing their part. Governor Davis visited nrook
lvn and addressed q meeting Of the colonists. The
Buhl chamber Of commerce sent Ben b. Bushman
one Of its leaders and secretary Of the Rotary club
Win offers Of vice from the chamber and the
club. So the deal went through without hitch