The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-05-29

modern bard hit the bulls eye
when he observed that God made the
country. and man made the town In
the early triumphs OF town life man
boisterously claimed that he had I'M
proved mon the work OF God. But
the United States Chiidren's Bureau
tells us that they have records snow
ing the death rate OF 40 babies out OF
a thousand born in the poyerty-strick-
en- sections OF cities, while only o.
deaths occurred among babies IN an
ordinary community where poverty
was not common 70 the neighborhood.
This leads 10 the belief that man did
not do as good job as he claimed
when he made the town. Cumulative
degratory evidence can be piled col
umns high, adding to the indictment
OF the town that man made by refer
cnce to social statistics. On the 9th
er hand the chief charge against THE
country thai God made" is that its IN
habitants have complained that 1T IS
too lone sonc" To overcome this de-
feet in their system new railroads and
trolley lines have been constructed.
and in FIVE years federal aid highways
have been added to the network OF the
nations roads at a cost OF S400,OOO,-
600. Before the surface was dry on
many OF these there were bus lines to
accommodate those who were not US
ing their own automobiles to travel
back and forth. Automobiles are be-
ing manufactured so fast in Michigan
that the poor jack rabbit is losing all
his prestige as a champion runner and
breeder. While residents in the small
er towns still have to go to the gen
eral delivery" for their mail, the farm
ers are supplied at their door by the
r. F. ID. The lonesome" farmer can
now pull the telephone off the hook
and talk to his son at Harvard or
Yale, or to his daughter at Bryn Mawr
or Vassar, or if the "hopefuls" happen
to be in a coed at Madison. or much |
the better because he can reach them
both at enc call. The radio marvel
has also appeared. and father, mother
and the whole family can stay at
home aud enjoy the bes, musical tai
ent. and listen to the best speeches by |
celebrities from the President of the
United States down. In the midst of
all these changing events it may be
observed tina, the country that God /
made hasn't changed a bit. He has
merely improved his utensils. but the
country is still what Young. the poet.
said about it in his lines:
mo splendid poverty. no smiling care. /
No well bred hate, or servie grau-
deur. there"
Modern science made II possible for
men to make great cities. and men
were making slow. sorry job OF the
attempt until electrical development
came along and furnished transporta-
ton, lighting. telephones. And all of
these have depended upon the one
thing. Power. Power" is to have a
moving day. and those who are watch
ing the processes of the electrical age
have discovered that industries are
seeking locations in small towns and
in the country. for economic reasons.
The country is ceasing to be lone
some. and vast multitudcs of the city
population are eager to follow the &C.
onomic moving van out into the open
spaces where God made the country"
Do Dreams Come Tne'
The Columbia River takes a 90-foot
header in nine miles at Priest Rapids,
There has been running
to waste during all the ages some
think like 10000 horsepower of wa
ter-the kind that Tennyson wrote of
in the lines. Men may come and men
may go, but | go on forever A
story has been printed about Priest
Falls that would have sounded like a
dream a few years ago. Now
L is called "a great engineering pro-
iect," because it is a dream that cleo
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