The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-06-23
IDAHO GROWING RAPIDLY
essentially a Land of Sunshine.
Cyclones and EIizzards
Are Unknown.

from long and interesting letter
written by Herbert yanderhoff to tn
Chi'ago Inter-Ocean, from Boise. W..
'xtract the following:
idaho is growing and growing rap
idly. Take the city Of Boise a. an illu.
stration. BY the census fignres of l9Ot
II had population Of about 5000. ana
now, five years later, it has over Is, 900
Its growth has been solid and stead,
and there is nothing of the boom orde,
about it. is well built and attract
I've city In every respect, with all tn,
modern cOnyenlences that the cities OF
the east possess. The same can be sal,
pf all Idaho cities. Every one il grow
ing fast, and there is an immense prid,
shown by their citizens in their stat.
community.
The chairman OF the executive com.
mittee OF the National Irrigation con
gress, Monte B. Gwinn, is a resident
OF Boise, and enthusiast on the subject
OF irrigation. Speaking of the comm.
convention, Mr.. Gwinn said:
"We want to arouse the attention o.
the pnblic to the tremendous possIbi
titles Of irrigation. Out here in thi
country we have millions of acres tina
as soon as you put water on them ar,
the most fertile lands ON earth. The,
are better lands than those of til,
famous Nile Delta, but without water
they are valueless. 1t will only be Il
I W years until all the free lands of this
country are taken up, and then wher,
is the land hungry man going to settle:
But with irrigation enough lands will
be provided for millions Of people, an
our congress at Boise is going to d,
everything in its power to stimuIat,
public and private interest in this mos
important topic. We have the land and
we have the water. This only thing to
do is to bring them together. Natur
, will do all the rest"
One of the advantages of life in al,
irrigated country is that you can max,
it rain when you want it to. The far
mer does not have to postpone his plow-
, ing, for instance, because the ground is
too wet. neither does his wheat sproul
in the shock because it is too wet t,
stack. Drought has no terror for the
! farmer, because he can supply just th,
requisite amont of water to his land a
{ any time and just the time when the
( growing crops need it most. Irrigation
enables the farmer to conduct his work
! on strictly scientific principles and elm
mates the law Of chance entirely.
( All that Idaho has needed in the past
J has been water, and now it is getting it
! The soil is there, and its climate is ali
ideal one. Cyclones and billiards ART
unknown. 1t is essentially a land oi
} sunshine, the sun shining there from
Z 800 to 325 days year. In summer tn.
5 temperature sometimes goes to the 10(
mark. but owing to the elevation Of the
country and the dryness of the
atmosphere, men can work out during
the hottest weather without the slight
est danger of sunstroke, while it is al.
ways comfortable in the shade. In the
winter there is an abundant snowfall
but the days are generally clear and
crisp. Owing to the light, dry at
! mosphere, the cold is not felt as in the
eastern states, where the air is full
{ of humidity. Ten degrees below zero
Z does not seem nearly as cold as 10 above
in the east The ground does not freeze
to any great depth in the winter, and
potatoes can be left i'm the field undug
and come out sound and ready for the
table in the spring.