The Idaho recorder., 1921-11-11

ana the start was made from Brooklyn on July 2s
Inc ohiy senlbiance Of trouble was over the se-
iecuoh or those to form the first caravan OF
curse there was disappointment on the part of
tnose VINO had to wait But there were reasons
"hy All could not go. The principal one is that 1t
10 impossible to clear the sagebrush off all of the
o'i-o acres all at once and prepare the land for
cultivation. Also. some members require time TO
.'ose OUT their business interests to advantage.
PROBABLY the second caravan will not set out TIL
next summer or the coonlsts as a whole Mr.
Scott says this
of the 400 or more in our colony about 90 DER
cent are Brooklynites. Approximately 25 per cent
now live In other boroughs of New York city :
ABOUT l0 per cent hail from New Jersey or New
England. while the remaining five per cent come
from scattered localities some of them In th,
south About 10 per cent OF the whole number
or these pioneers are former residents of the West
nut not more than 10 per cent of them have had
any practical experience at farming either In th.
East or In the West
Nobody Is borrowing trouble because of lack
OF experience. however. Idahe- Is by no mems
shortsighted to the advantages the success of so
widely advertised an enterprise holds out Experts
from the Idaho Agricultural college are to provide
supervision and skilled labor for the first vear
we are told that II we work In harmony with these
experts, obeying their directions they will ruaron
tee results. The Idaho authorities predict that W..
"a" pay OUT ny the end OF the third year on the
As further evidence that Idaho woits for no
Win welcoming arms outstretched n construction
company already Is ut work erecting permanent
bungalow homes for many OF our party To be
aNa""o'e urectly on our arrival And there Is
oe'ns ouit warehouse In which mag be stored
suVh househoid efects pending their occupancy
ot their new domicies as the colonIsts may e,ac,
to forward to Idaho instead of coosiyntn. 10 t, |
auction man before they shake the dust OF Rrool
n from their feet Probably there will be not less
than ~ carloads of freight chiefly household Of
tects to be forwarded by rail-"
Some people would doubtless think that n, a,,o
mobile journey of 1900 miles was quite A trim nm.
aer the circumstances and that the railroad could
do the job not only faster but easier Tho co,on |
lists have figured that all out Says Mr. Scott.
In the first place. railroad transportation ra,es
are aWiuiy nigh; We travel much more ehean,v |
this way Besides motor car Is an essential on |
an Idaho ranch; why not XIII two birds with one |
s'oneF We've got pretty complete caravan |
were travelling pretty comfortably Speedinr ts |
not permitted, the Idea being To maintain a staaa
pace OF about II miles an hour on an ayernge m.
caravan touring only during the day and pitchiny
It's hivouac each night. In addition to the nossen
ger cars and the bungalow trailers there ar.
three three-ton service trucks an ndminlstr,,inr
car, travelling postotice and quarter,nas,er,s
car and u pair of extra trucks whose ,n,v !, ,.,n
be tn run ahead of the caravan during the nirh,s
TO keep 1t properly supplied with provisions and
equipment
And finally, the tour Itself appeals to us sen,,.
mentally. We're seeing the country to advantage
and were going to have the delight of yoIny
through Yellowstone National park"
The caravan reached Chicago by way Of Albany
Buffalo and Niagara Falls Cleveland and roIa,S
II started west from Chicago over the Lincoln h,ch
way' " VIII follow the Way to Cheyenne. wyo
"here great doings were scheduled-hr,pchoI |
busting, a barbecue and a regular "Ou,.whsra'tho
West-begins" celebration