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The article focuses on the efforts in Idaho to transport students from sixty-nine square miles in the school district. Superintendent H. G. Blue made routes to houses of students in order to serve them best. One provision of the transport regulations covers the comfort and convenience of students and patrons riding the wagons.

This article explores a book wagon project launched by the Marshall Public Library in Pocatello, Idaho in the summer of 2006. With the wagon, Youth Services Supervisor Kathryn Poulter was able to reach approximately 1,500 children who normally would not have been able to visit the library. Outreach Coordinator Ann Mercaldo began taking the book wagon to the Senior Center to further its use and to reach an entirely different segment of the population.

The article reports that Twin Falls in Idaho, which is under the supervision of superintendent O. M. Elliot, has the reputation of having the largest and best consolidated school in the U.S. The school district is six miles by seven with forty-two square miles. It has a population of more than 7,000 and a school enrollment of 1,550. Eighteen wagons are in use for the transportation of students daily.