The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-04
Better Than a Savings Bank


Tt 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 ever 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 we'll in this country
as it now is in foreign countries.
Every person expects to be the
owner of a nome 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,
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
owns his own home with the one
who rents. Which will you select?
You can have either condition; it
remains for you to decide. The
wisest and most prosperous people
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, and
who has travelled extensively and
been very observing, wrote US a
few days ago, and in his letter he
said:
Real estate in your section Of
country must very soon be in &C
tive demand at much advanced
prices, as all of the good, cheap
lands are gone, and your lands
must command prices equal to
those of the states just east of you,
and your cities, especially such
BUSINESS centers as Madison, must
grow rapidly and city lots advance
in value accordingly. L look upon
investments in real estate in your
locality as the best that can be
made at this time"
Opinions coming from men of
this character are of value and
should be needed.
If the possession of a home were
not within your reach, how earnest
would be your wish that it was,
and how great your anxiety to be
the happy possessor of a piece of
this earth you could call your own.
While there is now a most favor
able opportunity for securing such
a home, do you know that this OPP
~portunity will soon disappear, and
Ii you have not improved il by
purchasing, you will ever after re-
greet it. Ii you are a single person,
buy not only for a future home,
but as an
INVESTMENT.
Every dollar deposited in a city
lot or a farm will be there for YOU
when needed for your OWE use, anc
will earn many more dollars by
INCREASE IN VALUE.
The foundation of many a
fortune has been lain by