The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-07-23

first migration in automobiles to b
undertaken by large number of PEG
pie at one time for the purpose o
colonization. 1t will be conducte,
under the supervision of the Ameri
can Automobile Association, which
will cooperate with Mr.. Scott in ever.
way possible.
Instead of the rather uncomfortabl,
and at times untrustworthy, prairie
! schooners or Conestoga wagons, thes,
| 1921pioneers will ride in the latesr
model touring-car, equipped with {
camp bungalow trailer really Iuxu
riously fitted with electricity bed
and mattresses, notwithstanding
cook-stoves, and every modern con
venience. Instead of the reverend
ing and hacking through unbroker
forest land so that ox-team ant
prairie-schooner might pass, the Scott
Caravan will have variety of routes
and passable roads from which tt
choose. The worst hardships to be
endured will be a chance flat tire or
a too muddy road where the car may
have to be hauled out. In place of
the laborious twelve miles a day, the
maximum speed of the ox-team cart,
a sensible, steady twelve-mi1es-an-
hour pace will soon bring the cara
van to it's destination. Starvation was
the Grim Spectre which haunted the
pioneer everywhere, but these mod
ern pioneers, whose route will take
them through the great food belt of
the country, will more likely be over
supplied than in want of food. In
stead of hunting for suitable camping
spots, with the attendant search for
water and the terror of wild beasts
and marauding Indians, there is hard
ly community through which the
Scott Caravan will pass which does
not boast of a modernly equipped and
policed automobile camp site, where
water, electric lights, wash-tubs, gas
stoves, and every possible comfort,
to say nothing Of a hearty welcome,
is provided for the itinerant motordst-
Tired of the strenuous life of the
Big City and it's attendant worries,
William D. Scott, a successful bust
ness man of Brooklyn, N. Y, together
with friend, decided to dispose OF
their holdings and, with their fam1-
lies, start by automobile for some
Far Western State, where they plan
ned purchasing adjoining ranches
and so settle down to a quiet life
of peace and plenty Both of these
men are ardent motor tourists, hav-
ing spent many summers in touring
the country, and the idea OF this ex-
tended trip grew from their expert
ences. Several more friends heard or
their contemplated venture and beg
ged to be allowed to join the party
From their persistent demands, IN
Mr.. Scottis mind grew the larger idea
Of starting colony of persons who,
like himself, wanted to shake the
dust of the city from their feet and
get back again to the land.
Mr.. Scott then wrote to number
Of commercial organizations and city
and state officials throughout the
West. The reply witch most interest
id him was from Gov. D. w. Davis,
If Idaho, who told him of newly
irrigated portion of southern Idaho,
which was then available for settlers.
After visiting the land which is near
he Nevada line, in the Snake River
Valley, Mr. Scott decided this was
he Ell Dorado he was seeking. Its
inc location at an altitude of $500
feet. the brilliant-hued canons, the
rout-fiIled streams near by, its easy
to good-sized towns, all
made their appeal 1t was the ideal
spot for an ideal community. lie
,ook an option on 5,120 acres at S125
IN acre, including permanent water
lights, and this parcel he divided IN
o 1913 forty-acre tracts. Then he re-
urned to Brooklyn and began to or
,anize his caravan.
"Since the project became known tor
he public" said Mr.. Scott, II have
,een overwhelmed with applications
rom would-be ranchers. It is inter
sting to know how many folks want /
o return to the farms. The caravan
) limited, however, to 128 families.
have had more than twice that
many applications. Every family ac-
epted for membership in the cara
an has been carefully investigated
S to character and financial stand
ne, and everything possible has been
one to make up congenial 100 per
ent American community, with each 4
erson acceptable to the other"
The leader of these modern pio-
IeerS explains CndJ Jne duColnopno
aravan idea for travelling to the ]
roperty has much to recommend 1t.
I stopped to figure out that II ]
very one of these families of five ]
.ent by train it would cost them
700 or more fore railroad fare" he (
ays:
Wasn't 1t better business to invest
lis money in an automobile than IN Y
ailroad fares? The trip itself will
we them something to talk about all
leir lives. Then, too, motor cars !
e quite necessary on the ranch,
AWAY, and II they had to purchase !
lem out there the expense would !
-ohahIv he prOhibitiye. (