The New York herald., 1921-10-02
BROOKLYN PILGRIMS
MAKING IDAHO HOMES
Tent Life and Hard Work in
Carving Farms Out of
Primeval Lands.
GOOD TRAINING IN TRIP
Long Run Across Continent
Put All of Party in Best
Condition.
WELCOME is CORDIAL.
WELCOME is CORDIAL.
Caravan Pioneers Face New
Life With Every Proba-
bility of Success.

->eW YORK ana continued across the
continent to Bull Idaho. The caravan
Consisted of seventy-eight persons
twenty-five cars of various makes and
three army trucks
The people who made up this troop
q immigrants are genuine 100 per
Cent. Americans. They have endured
innumerable hardships and have come
through apparently as contented as at
the beginning of their trip One of the
things to wonder at is the spirit OF
cooperation that pervades their camp
There have been no dissenters and nc
quittcrs.
In all the caravan covered 3.400 miles,
averaging a little over sixty miles a day,
As a mode of travel the automobile
train was decided great success. II
was found to be much cheaper than the
railroad. with the added excitement OF
The adventure. Except for two narrow
escapes. one I'm New York when one car
nearly went over a precipice and one in
Yellowstone Park when a car over
turned. there were no serious troubles
during the long journey.
The efficiency of the pioneers was a
matter of interest to all who visited
them. Apparently without any effort
or trouble, tents were pitched, fires
were made and meals were prepared
and eaten. There was no confusion and
no undue noise. They were much like
a. troop of soldiers in time of peace.
After the days work was done and just
before bedtime ii was their custom to
sit around and tell experiences and sing
songs.
One OF their favorite songs vas:
song of the Motor Pilgrims.
With frying pans and coffee pots.
The big old fashioned kind,
And folding bungalows conlpac;
On trai'crs hitched behind.
Win every kird and make of car
Tint e.er giacsd show,
Ono hundred strong ard full of pep,
Ne'ra bound for Idaho.
re through with landlords, tranic cop,
N'd city rrofitcers,
Were hilSiae out for homes and lands
rs did the pioneers.
Our Plymouth Rock is on the plains.
Whers folks have room to grow.
ti pc're Pilgrims of the Motor Cars
I'D bourd for Idaho.
TIC members of the caravan vary in
arc people from all classes and from
all walks ot life There are nearly as
many trades as trors are men. Among
them arc school teachers. doctors elec-
tricians. mechanics. merchants and law
yerS They make up little city all by
themselves.
There Is one couple that undertook
the trip in lieu of a more inI actical
honeymoon. These young folk are quite
delighted with the aspect of tanning
the untrampled Wills OF sagebrush.
There are a MURDER of young men il,
the troop who see u the gray land a
icharce TO make a home and fortune fov
themselves. The women have enjoyed
the trip as thoroughly as the men and
they are neary as brown.
In Idaho everybody has been await
ing the arrival of the Fasteners with
. strange mixture OF curiosity. cx-
pectancy and doubt. While the welcome
that has been EXTENDED TO them was
wholeheartsd and sincere. there was an
undercurrent OF une1 siness and appre-
thension. What would the foreigners
think OF this landy was the question IL
the minds OF the citizens OF Idaho.
When the subject was first called &c
the notice OF the people OF southern
Idaho they we're a bit sceptical. They
knew just how many days of hard labor
1t had taken them TO gain foothold and
II was only natural for them TO suppose
that people from the East. inexperienced
IN the art OF irrigated farming. would
not able to cope with the forces the,
were to meet.
Venture Promises Success.
There is every reason to expect tina
f. ..
Ian dthcse families arc entering Is in tn,
heart of the celebrated Twin Falls dis
trict. IT. is remarkably fertile land
hut there Is always present thief car tina
there will not be enough water 10 gC
around. No one has tried TO pretend
that things are any better than the,
really are. and each man knew wha
he was getting into.
Mr.. Scott made Il one OF the pro
visions of the company that each mem
Der should have at least 50. 900. This 4
= good deal more than many Of tn
rich farmeds OF The desert had to star
IN on The peopIt themselves are hard,
and industrious looking. They hav'
had enough outdoor life during the las
eight weeks to put them irto good physi
cal condition and to give them hcnv,
coat OF tan.
After being the centre Of attraction
for many curious eyes and after listen
fng to numerous addresses OF welcome
the embryo farmers are anxious TO ge
70 work. When they arrived In Buh
u was decided that for the present fhe,
would continue TO use their tent homes
These they pitched upon an orcnar,
near their ranch
They then relocated their tracts an,
began having the sagebrush cleare,
off. The next step was to select a sit
for their bungalows and to order ~
lumber for their buildings. Tho ncarcs
post office Is at Roseworth a .ovi
whose population will be practlcail.
doubled by the advent OF the strangers
All the Westerners are anxious 70 he'll
tho newcomers in getting started.
Zach family has a farm of forty acre
with the exception of MIR. Scott. VIII
- an eighty acre tract. This land 1
AZ present covered with sagcbrush. bu
MS being cleared rapidly. and by sprin
lot of II will be ready for the plough
These followers of the pioneers deserv
q lot Of credit for undertaking such
scheme. With all the help they can ge
end with even good luck there is muc
hard work ahead OF them. They hav
the encouragement OF seeing aroun
them beautiful farms that have bee
carved out Of the waste. Using thee
0sr their standards they have somethin