The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-12-30
BOOSTING PARMA
YhIs Said To 10 One Of the
Best Section N the State OF
ldahs

The Statesman recently said :7-"fhls
Is Parma, Idaho. Eleyasion 9I86 feet.
Electric light, water and sewerage sys-
TENS home the big red apple. Stop
al Parma you'll stay" is the sign that
greess the stranger IIom a large bulletin
ncard al the deno., and that people are
staying is evidenced from the improve
ments and the amount OF land changing
hands On all sides. More land he's
snangsd handa in she last three months.
and al higher prices than at any time
during she last three years, and thia at
great increase in prices, No, there is
no boom on, nor are values Inflated /,
simply thisy Parma ana the Parma
country is one of tina sections OF south
ern Idaho that has not been advertised
and .i,e outaida wo IA was slow to End
cut the many advantages and oRportu-
mites existing here. Tho growth and
development has been GLOW and grad.
ual
Those locating here were aasisded with
conditionG and their surroundings, they
told their friends OF the country, aoms
OF whom Investigated and located hero .
but conditions are fast changing and
from aow an it is safe to predict this
section will come to the front by leaps
and bnunda.
Amnng the Grst TO see the advantages
of this section as fruit diGtrict and to
take advantage OF it was Mr.. johnson
of Sioux City, la. Mr.. Johnson made
! his first Investment hero about a year
ago and organized she Idaho Land Com
panY. The original tract consisted Of
2a0 acres OF bench land This was
cleared and planted to fruit, principally
commercial varieties of winter apples
subdivided into Ave apd ten-acFe tracts
and placed on the market. The success
met with far exceeded their expecta-
tions. The result was that the entire
Offering was sold in few months. The
company haa made additional purchases
until now its holdings represent l03t
acres, all OF which ia from two and G
half to six miles from Parma 1t is al
bench land and considered as fine fruit
and garden land as is to be found in ths
state.
The plan OF disposing OF this tact il
something new here and the way it ha
sold proves it to be popular. The com
pany sold the tracts ON payments cover
ing period oi three 10 i've years will
the understanding that at the expira
ton of the five years the ground was I,
be turned over to the purchaser in bear
ing orchard, the company planting, cnl
tivating and caring for the trees in tn
meantime. Work is low progressing ol
the balance Of the land and large par
Of it will be set in fruit next year. TIL
prices OF these tracts ranged from $40
TO $3.50 per acre, according to location
etc A remarkable feature about tn
trees planted last spring is the fact ths
the loss on the entire $50 acres was les
than one-half OF one per cent. Kirkpai
rick and Lowell are preparing tract {
lard south OF Parma on the lower en-
of the famous Roswell bench oonsistin
of l400 acres, to be placed on the ma
ket next spring. This body OF land
being graded, roads laid out which are
continuation OF the roads OF the Roswe
bench, parked and otherwise beaulifieS
Water for this tract is supplied from tn
Riverside canal and will he supplied t
the various tracts and subdivision
through concrete pipes. Just how III
land will be disposed CT has not yet bee
/ definitely decided on, hut that
will be sold on easy terms is a
sured.
III addition to these there are sever.
\ other large balies Of la1l that will