The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-28
Better Than a Savings Bank

Is an investment i'm Real Estate.
1t cannot be stolen, neither can it
be destroyed by fire. 1t is a saw
ings bank which never breaks, and
it pays large interest to it's deposit
tors. 1t has been truly said that
real estate is the basis of all
wealth, and he or she who possesses
it, be the quantity ever 50 small,
has something tangible on which
to rely in times of adversely, as it
always has a fixed value, which
cannot be said Of perishable prop
erty.
The owner of a piece of real es-
tate is the owner of a
HOME,
or that out Of which he or she can
make a home at pleasure, and the
time is not far distant when the
owner of a home. will be independ-
ent indeed, as well in this country
as it now is in foreign countries.
Every person expects to be the
owner of a home sometime, but
the masses of the people let the
opportunity for securing a home
pass unheeded, andsoon prices and
terms of payment r beyond their
reach, and the consequence is they
live and die without a home, as
poor when they leave the world as
when they entered it, never having
acquired a portion of the earth as
their own. when a little exercise OF
good judgment at the opportune
time, and a small outlay, would
have secured to them a good home,
and the money which they spend
for rent during their lifetime
could be applied to the comforts
and enjoyment of life, or laid by
} for a "rainy day
They who arrive at the 'shady
. side" of life
, WITHOUT A HOME
!, are indeed to be pitied. Contrast
the condition of the person who
s owns his own home with the one
. who rents. Which win you select?
! You can have either condition; it
s remains for you to decide. The
Q wisest and most prosperous people
b in this country are purchasing all
the real estate their means will
admit of, and are advising their
friends to do likewise. A very
Intelligent and wealthy old gen.
! tleman who resides in Illinois, ant
who has travelled extensively ana
y been very observing, wrote US {
!. few days ago, and in his letter h
. said:
> Real estate in your section O
Q country must very soon be in &C
II tive demand at much advanced
prices, as all of the good, cheal
lands are gone, and your land
must command prices equal t.
those of the states just east OF you
!. and your cities, especially suel
BUSINESS centers as Madison, mus
grow rapidly and city lots advanc'
y in value accordingly. L look upol
investments in real estate in you
he locality as the best that can b
. made at this time"
= Opinions coming from men Q
ID this character are of value an
should be needed.
If the possession of a home wei
ed not within your reach, how earnes
would be your wish that it wa
G. and how great your anxiety to
the happy possessor of a piece (
Y, = this earth you could call your owl
,et While there is now a most favo
ny able opportunity for securing sue
a home, do you know that this o
i've ~portunity will oon disappear, al
ing if you have not improved it !
purchasing, you will vel after I
gret it. If you are a single perso
9 buy not only for a future HON
but as an
INVESTMENT.
ing Every dollar deposited in a CT
lot or a farm will be there for y
hat when needed for your own use, a
Get, will earn many ore dollars
INCREASE IN VALUE.