Show PIONEER LIFE IS NOT EASY 1 nond hoad to success not no A alway a path of ff roses homesteader Homet teader handl capped by small capital 1 all over the tha western frontier there ther aro arc vest sections of land being developed by people of small means mon men of courage and loyal hearted women who have turned d their backs backa on tho the old homo home in the east cast and bended wended their way out into the great west there to take up a homestead and build a home of their own those these are the people that most need tho the support of the government tor for few of thom them have any capital avd must depend upon their labor frontier life Is hard at best beat and it takes a great amount of courage and persistent effort to get a start in ufa life under the conditions as found there there aro are many things to contend with that people in the east know afinow nothing of horse and cattle thieves coyotes hawks ground squirrels and many other annoyances A man must be a genius arid and a Ji hustler ustler too for ibbe succeeds as ae a pioneer he must know how to brah horses to work and to ride rope rape steer or horse put on a horseshoe horse hor sesh build a house or barn even the homesteader la is at a great 11 dis ll advantage in ID having little or no capt tal and nothing tor for security to borrow money mon eyon jon A good team a strong harness and wagon are necessary because the thal roads are rough his fence must Is 11 good or theY the range ange stock will ruin hla his crop and the good wife must stay star at home or the coyotes and hawks will catch her chickens sho must tesee teace her own children asat Is too tar far for them togo to go to school she must be able to ride a horsa milk a cow feed the pigs and do the tha chores for often the husband has to go away from home to work in order 0 to o make a living and improve his claim such tal a life on the far western frontier H R B D montana |