The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-10-02

Nature has indeed been bountiful to the good
people of ST. Francois County. Not only has she
deposited there untold millions OF wealth under
the soil, but she has also provided soil upon
which the farmer can raise all OF the crops OF
the temperate zone-wheat corn potatoes,
beans MELONS, hay, peas, fruits berries and last
but not least the cattle raised here equal to
the stock produced in the blue grass region OF
Kentucky, and the stock industry is destined to
take great steps forward and become next to lead
the leading industry Of the county and all because
OF the introduction of alfalfa.
If Thomas Jefferson had never done anything
but introduce the culture of rice on the
Western Hemisphere his name would 60 down
in history immortalized of the greatest
benefactors of the human race Just SO the name
OF the man who introduced the culture OF alfalfa
to the United States will be blessed by gen.
erations to come-for as we become more and
better acquainted with the and benefits to
be derived from alfalfa the more will be appre-
cated the wisdom, patriotism and forethought
of the public benefactor to whom we are in
debted for its introduction
1t is Just so with other things in this life; it
is apparently the little ones that 60 unnoticed
that have the greatest effect for good or for evil
welfare, How many people today realize
that the price of rice regulates the price Of wheat
and has ever had tendency to control and keep
1t in check-in other words the culture OF
rice in this country has kept down the price of
bread and indirectly the price Of beef; that
alfalfa will from now on tend to check the ever
climbing price of beef? How many people know
that their prosperity depends not how much
they make, but on how much they spend how
much they save? How many people know that
the French nation is the richest nation on the
Globe-not because of their industry alone, but
primarily because OF their thrift-ther habits of
saving?
Saving is only habit learn how to save and
it will stay with you all of your life.
Take advantage of the opportunity we now
offer you to save. Buy lot from US for $1,000
down and one dollar per week Cor $500 per
month"; until you have paid $4,000 You will
have started the habit-it is the easiest in the
world to keep up after acquiring it-only
eighteen months to pay for a lot in, and then you
will own it absolutely-no ground rent to pay
no lease rent to pay-it will be your own abso-
lutte property to sell to whomsoever you NAV
wish to.
The opportunity offer to all of the
people of St. Francois County to become their
own landlords to become real owners of the
homes they occupy, to acquire the habit of saw
ing may not now seem portentuous but it will
nevertheless work silent but none the less
powerful revolution in the happiness and well
fare OF the people of St. Francois County; it will
change their habits of thought their habits of
life, their habits of comfort their views of society
their views of their responsibility and i'm
portance in the community and all for their own
good. Watch and see for yourself
The man that owns his home is alive and
awake to all public improvements, he is inter-
ested in the government that projects and makes
the improvements; the man that lives in rented
house does not care, because he is here today
and tomorrow he may be gone-there is no GER
tainty of tenure for him-he has no interest in
the public welfare.
The wisdom of ages has taught us that the
man that owns his own house is better citizen,