The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-05-13
CENTRAL IDAHO
CROP PROSPECTS
A. f. Parker, Prominent Idaho County
Pioneer, Tells Of Conditions in
His County
Families Coming Back From Canada
Outlook for BOuntiful Harvest
In All Lines

The central Idaho region has been
demonstrated to be one of the greatest
agricultural and stock raising sec
| tions in the entire west and farmers
who have gone from there to try their
fortunes in Canada and Montana are
already beginning to wend their way
back to their old habitat, according to
Hon. Aaron F. Parker of Grangeville,
one of the best-known pioneer resi-
dents of Idaho county. Mr.. Parker is
in Moscow as a witness in a case in
the federal court, but in the meantime
was shaking hands with old-time
friends. Mr. Parker was for many
years engaged in the newspaper bust
ness, first at Eagle City, in the goeur
RAlenes, and later in Lewiston where
he published the old 'Nez Perce News
during the eighties. Subsequently he
founded the Idaho County Free Press
at Grangeville, which he conducted for
many years prior to selling out few
years ago. Mr.. Parker is widely
known throughout the state as a
writer and has been active in pol
itics, many times having been mention
ed as a possible gubernatorial candi-
date on the democratic ticket He is
a former regent of the University of
Idaho. Mr.. Parker has been mention
ed prominently by Governor Alexander
as a possible member of the North and
South railroad commission which he
will name shortly. Conversing with
the Star-Mirror today, Mr.. Parker
said:
Business conditions throughout the
Camas and Nez Perce prairies are
very good and improving all the Tina
The families who in the past few years
have gone to Montana and Canada %
get the benefit of the cheap lands ia
those regions are returning as rapidly
as they sell out, satisfied that the
central Idaho farming region is the
best in the world. Crop prospects are
looking much better than at the same
season three years ago, when we har-
vested our greatest crops since the
settlement of the country. The soil
breaks out like garden mould, and the
recent rains have put the land in
splendid shape and the acreage now in
grain beats all past records.
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way to dairying, hog and graded stock
raising, the soil being particularly
we'll adapted for raising clover, al
falfa and tame grass in general, large |
acreage of which is now set all over
the prairie, especially in the immed-
late vicinity of Grangeville, whose To-
cation at the foot hills assures much I
more annual rainfall than on the
open prairie.
sGrangeville now ships more cream
han any other two stations on the |
.ailroad line Our farmers are very
with money in the bank,
Ind the sales of autos during the last I
ieW months has Deen very idlSe. iHo
is organized into Highway
districts. and the farmers use the King
plit-log drags to improve the high
ways, so the country is now better
Ldapted for travel than ever before,
md consequently is much more fire.
Iuently visited by outsiders.
sThe completion of the Cello ca
lal giving us an open river from Lew
ston to the sea, and the prospect OF
york being inaugurated on the North
nd South railroad grade by this time
ext year, makes us feel that we are
ntering upon an era of development |
clipsing anything the central Idaho
egion has ever experienced in the
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