The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-10-19

army trucks, % automobiles of varied vlntages
and makes score or more of "bungalow trailers,'
men and women In khaki children of all ages,
family washing Tapping on lines, fires going the
smell of bacon and coffee family breakfast groups
and big sign that set forth that the Chicago
Motor club entertaining Cen" W. D. SCOTS
modern caravan, en- route from Brooklyn, n. Y,
to Bull, Idaho.
"Times change and with them" sagely re.
marked an ancient philosopher. They do, indeed,
though probably change less than do the times.
For Chicago, young as 1t is-t was not ncor-
porated us a city until 1S37-has seen many
caravan headed west in the old days. But they
were caravans of prairie schooners,' drawn by
oxen or mules. And the and women were 60
Ing forth to face the unknown. fight Indians, turn
w the prairie sod, contend with grasshoppers and
drought and put up fiftyffty battle with fate
for home and living.
Not so this caravan. 1t was travelling in COM
fort and at speed. 1t knew just where 1t was go
Ing. II was scheduled for kindly attentions along
the way and a warm welcome. Its land was Sc
cured. There was water for irrigation. Houses
and warehouses were ready. Everything down to
the last detail had been arranged. Failure was
unthnkable. Success seemed assured.
Shades of Kit Carson, Marcus Whitman and
Brigham Young! What a contrast the Lincoln
highway of 1921 to the Santa Fe trail of the
Thirties, the Oregon trail of the Forties, the Nor
mon trail of the Fifties the pixies Peak or Bust"
Of the Sixties!
The figures of the census of 1920 show that the
trend of the population from the country to the
city has become greatly accentuated since l9lo
Now for the first time in the country'S history,
more than half the entire population Is living In
urhan territory" That is to say that Of the popu-
latiun Of 1O5 GS3 los persons 5l9 per cent are Nv
lug in cities and 4S1 per cent in rural communities
In the census of 1910 the corresponding percent
ages were 1873 and 537.
This is a condition that is regarded as neither
desirable nor entirely safe. Therefore many are
the projects to get city jewellers back 10 'he so''
Back to the soil An American slogan Tor Amer
leans! Yet the country does not extend a general
invitation to all 1t is not ready 10 support
an indefinite number of miscellaneous applicants
Mother Nature is very far from being the nehe'o-
lent old soul she is pictured by the fctonists VINO
write farm prospectuses. She does not give heF
bounties for nothing. She demands full payment
And she exacts full penalty for mistakes
II Is the surest kind of a sure thing that ue
country home that pays its Own way means haro
work for somebody. There Will be plSterS' oa'N,
acles md sore muscles that will have to be "orheu
from soreness into strength. Ere the oiio"lNs
grain delights his eye the city man WIZ uNuel
stand why providence or nature or e'o'u'ioi p'o'
vded him with eyebrows.
Moreover there Is a sowness ana ue''oe' " .,
in natures ways and methods that 10 'ie ci! l'.,
used to doing things upon lI'e HlS'"'''' " -...,,,
loss than maddenng. 1t is useless TO rage "s"t','
the ordered processes; they cannot ne nun ..eu
Tho CITY man must learn To wait Tor see" ''''''
md harvest and to possess his soul IN p"'ienNe
So II Is evident that Their Is Il oi'""Oe ~
struck The city is one thing; the country Is az
other. The city cannot he tranSpAh'eu III t 81.
country And no one can strike TINS p"''"'
tho wou,dbe Observation-Disclosures; he must Wv !"
FOR himself. r,
In striking this balance, however, ue's r,hera
RI no taken into account than the do''s' It,,
or. tho beauties of nature. There Is Pui' ',,
upi.iled nv smoke and SCOT; place III 'ns i Sn,
with no skvscrapers overhead to smut out ~, ,,r,
a., ond the stars and the moon; hone>' -. n
tho, makes nectar of the gods out OF way,
tho we'll and buttermk from the si,' ,,' nihS
an annette that would put souI u'"e' ,,l a,or
of Death: sleep the like of which no Guy INA"
knows ,,,ost
From many viewpoints farming is ''e ,,,si
ord host of ralings. Farming Is an noi'e9 ~
nos. The farmer is no useless consumer '0 u".n
site He is a producer; he contriou..S wa"
m tho wealth of the nation lie Is 'iuer n H..
and is heho,den to no man for place or ''N'' 'd
docs NOT climb up by dragging others down. , ,
:. the fundamental natural resource llo.n T., the
~. nation draws Its life. And the farther - YIN
bulwark Of the country. .. ching for the
.,.n. man He will find independents