Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-11-28
Pasadena, California.
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up home in a good healthy place,
with all else equal, is, never sell
out and sacrifice your property
and come here to get rich. Gold
does not grow on trees. l am a
witness to the fact. Mellow must
dig for it. The chances are you
would be dissatisfied after you see
the ocean and the orange and fruit
farms and when some Real Estate
man button holes you and rides
you for hours in d fine auto, and
winds up by asking you to take
contract for 100 acres of orange
grove at from $500 to $1,000 per
acres, you will want to say, "good-
bye, vain world, | am going
home" And at once you will
see the clover fields you left and
the blue grass pastures. You will
think of the corn fields, you will
hear the cattle lowing in the lane.
You will run every section lire in
your neighborhood ana say to
yourself, "what foolish man l
am-sold 100 acres for $5,000." |
do not know of thrifty farmer in
iron County that can afford to act
otherwise. There is no one but
would enjoy this climate, but a
fellow can't live on the wind and
sleep on clothesline and look like
anything long. But young man
could make no mistake in coming
here; this is the country of oppor-
tunities for aggressive young men,
but those who have good homes
and are comfortably fixed should
come out and look the country
over. There are so many land
sharks and all sorts of induce
|
ments to get men here.
We are delighted with this coun-
try, vet we have been in twenty
states in the last twelve years, and
to me | must confess that Iron
county looks mighty good to me.
Money has been spent to beautify
this country and now that Ironton
is getting electric lights I see no
reason why Arcadia Valley should
not become a great place. The
Baptist people are pushing things
on the Heights and the Methodist
folks at Arcadia and the Holiness
people at Des Arc and the new
railroad in the west end Of the
county, with the fertile hills and
valleys and clear streams of water
and mountain air and the most
hospitable people on the face Of
the earth; !, last but not least, our
Heavenly Father is pleased with
all legitimate progress.
Too many people spend time in
relating their hardships and
troubles and thus increase theiI
bnrdens, and they become dissat-
listed and want to get somewhere
else. / believe in staying on the
sunny side. Iron county has nc
good citizens to lose.
Just a few lines about my OWE
4 Opportunities. | have met the
Presiding Elder OF the district
He has kindly offered me eithel
pastoral or Evangelistic work
have been over to Los Angeles
to quarterly Conference. Ipreach'
ed last Sunday morning and even
ing in beautiful southern Metho.
dist church over there. Their pas
tor is Professor here in the Uni
versity and will give up the churcl
soon and he and the, congregation
have asked me to take the church
1t pays a good salary and l cal
live in Pasadena and take care o
: the church. But think I will d.
: Evangelistic work. l go to Lo
Angeles October 13, and preach il
!. one of the large Nazarene churche
known as the Compton Avenu
Church. I like this country yer,
much for the reason that churcl
folks try to work together, espe
/ cially the Methodist folks an
Nazerenes, and l am being KEEP
! busy.
am glad to hear that the Cam
! Meeting at Des Arc raised a goo'
!: |; sum to help push the school; ever,
: citizen and Christian in the count.
. should pull for that school. II
J is run on the plan it started out o.
! it will be great success; or If tn
! people should turn it to Nazeren
! church and put the General Naz
creme Board back of it there woul
/ be a great thing accomplished TO
/ good. REV. w. w. STRoTHER.