The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-27
Better Than . Savings Bank

lis an investment in 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 its 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 W SO 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, and soon prices and
terms of payment are 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,
3 and the money which they spend
for. rent during their lifetime
!, could be applied to the comforts
and enjoyment of life, or laid by
t for a "rainy day"
! They who arrive at the SHADY
n side" of life
WITHOUT A HOME
are indeed to be pitied. Contras'
o the condition of the person who
q owns his own home with the one
e who rents. Which will you select
d You can have either condition; i
remains for you to decide. Tn
lie wisest and most prosperous peopl
T. in this country are purchasing al
!. : the real estate their means viii
admit of, and are advising thei
y friends to do likewise. A yer.
n intelligent and wealthy old gen
u tleman who resides in Illinois, an
= who has travelled extensively an
It been very observing, wrote us
ct few days ago, and in his letter h
said:
Real estate in your section Q
country must very soon be In az
Id tive demand at much advance
prices, as all of the good, chea
10 lands are gone, and your land
= = must command prices equal t
: those of the states just east OF yo1
at and your cities, especially sue
he BUSINESS centers as Madison, mus
% grow rapidly and city lots advane
re- in value accordingly. [ look upo
al investments in real estate In yor
locality as the best that can
~ made at this time
up Opinions coming from men
he this character are of value an
should be needed.
is. If the possession of a home we
not within your reach, how earne
in would be your wish that it wa
n.y. and how great your anxiety to
~, ,;n the happy possessor of a piece
an this earth you could call your ow
While there is now a most favo
IN able opportunity for securing SUI
a home, do you know that this o
portunity will 500 disappear, Al
il you have not improved it
sa- purchasing, you will ever after
us greet it. If you-are a single perse
buy not only for a future hon
the but as an
me, INVESTMENT.
son Every dollar deposited in a G
nks lot or a farm will be there for y
. q when needed for your W use, a
aIsn will earn many more dollars
AGT TN II.