Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-07-27

late.
! ''The big movements in real estate
usually get well under way says Mr.
Babson, "before anyone realizes what
is going on. Because they have seen
land unused for years most people
think it will always continue so. This
is why the original holder seldom
makes any profit from real estate. The
value is So close to his nose that he
does not see it..
CHANGE IN VALUES.
A fundamental change in real es-
tate values is taking place So far it
has proceeded quietly without much
publicity. Few people have realized it.
The fact is that people are moving TO
the country. A few wise heads have
| discovered the bargains in country
homes and they are quietly buying up
all the land they want for themselves
and as much more as they can carry
for a speculation.
"My advice to those who want sub
urban real estate is to buy at once For
the past decade or more, people have
been crowding to the cities. Now,
however, q reverse movement to the
tOuniIN ID WnlCU JIOHlnt6 10
be the greatest shifting inA population
since the institution of the railroad.
Within the next ten or more years the
building of suburban homes should
rival the growth of the automobile,
good roads, the movies, the phono-
graph or radio.
"In fact, these inventions make
possible the suburban movement. A
few years ago country homes were
limited to tie rich or to those who
were employed in the country, because
only such people could afford means
of transportation. Now automobiles
have come within reach of the great
middle class of people. They are in
creasing at the rate of more than n
million a year. Ten years ago there
were one million passenger automobiles
in the United States. Today there
are about ten million, which is an aver
age of one car to about every ten peo-
pie. They are bringing new and better
roads and opening up millions of acres
of hitherto inaccessible land. TIE more
cars purchased, the more families there
are who can have a suburban home,
even though the breadwinner must
work in the city. Wage carriers dur
ing the last period of prosperity spent
their money for motor cars; In the
next period of prosperity they will buy
country homes.
HELP FROM THE MOVIES.
"'The motion picture has put the
local town hall on a par with the
CITY theater. The motor truck is
giving the rural or suburban dweller
nearly the same freight and express
facilities as has the city.
Motor bus lines are covering
routes which never could be served
bv trolley cars. Automobiles are
bringing the schoolhouses and the
village to within a few minutes OF the
country home. Chain stores are carry
ing to every community the same eff
ficient merchandising as tho. city
dweller enjoys. Last but not least
the radio, especially if developed on
General Squire g wired basis, gives to
suburban homes the finest city lectures
and music.
HTbo reason for suburban expan-
sion. however, is not alone the attrae-
ton of a country home. In the cities
congestion of dwelling house space and
bigh rents long have been brewing dls-
content. For more than five years now
those conditions have existed. hebel-
lion on the part of the rent payer IS
reaching the point of explosion. Almost
anv kind of change would be attrac-
five. Once the average city worker
realizes that with a few hundred dol
lar. and flivver he can get houe OF
his own with all the land he needs,
fxxn IN he VIII
move.
NO WALL AROUND CITY
seThe city no longer has wall
o.o,,nd II Railroads made TIE first
breach. but the railroads opened up
only narrow strips along their lines
radiating from the city. In most cases
tbe railroads followed the valleys and
Iowlands. which are not the pest
building location. Between these hnes
are miles of land much more desirable
for building. but which have been IN
aooossihle TO the cOmmuter because
men had no means of getting to inc
+roin II is in these areas between
tbe railroad lines and within ra-
dius of fifteen or twenty miles OF tne
citios which the motor ear and Sood
roads have opened up, that the m1s'
snoc+acnlar DEVELOPMENT in new build
inc should take place.
esIf Won are interested in real estate
40 situation demands action. IL
means that If you want to buy de-
cradle suburban land near any goodi
city at present low prlces' you WI
have to go about it at once In seiers,
ing such property. good plan usuaiA
is TO follow out the best reslaen'l ~
street and buy where land Deglns 20
sell bv the acre instead of by tne'
foot. On the other hand, II you own
citv dwelling house property which can
NOT be converted to business uses, lne
ouicker YOU get rid of 1T the oet.eI'
This does not apply to business, bullo-
ings nor to property which VIII soon
b. in demand as the business sec .tl'1ll