The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25
WHY EVERY FAMILY SHOULD OWN ITS
HOME

Very few are the intelligent people
who do not strive to become the own
ers of homes. These people all aim to
have their homes as early as possible in
life, and are not satisfied until this de-
sire has been fulfilled.
He who owns his home makes the
best citizen. for very few people who
rent their so-called homes come to a
place with the purpose of making a
permanent home. They come only for
what they can obtain from the place
with the least effort.
The person who owns his residence is
more interested in the welfare of
the community than is the rent
er. 1t is the taxpayer who is con-
suited when any new improvements are
to be made, or any new public buildings
are to he erected. While the renter
has nothing whatever to say in regard
to the changes made in the community.
Anyone who is renting house will
pay large sum of money every year
for the rent and at the end of the year
has nothing to show for his money.
But the person who owns this house is
able to spend the same amount upon it
and at the end of the year he will have
a beautiful house which he will be
proud to call his home.
When a person is renting a house
the owner of the building may COMPEL
the tenant to move whenever he wishes
to do so. And the tenant will neces-
sarily be continually worrying about the
expense of moving and the damage done
to the goods while IN transit. While
the person who owns his home is at
liberty to come and go as he wishes.
He will also have better furnishings for
his home.
A pleasant home built of good lumber
and nicely flushed may be bought in
almost any location for a reasonable
price. This may be paid for inmonthly
payments which are so small they will
scarcely be noticed by the payer and in
short time will make him the owner
of beautiful house which is his to do
as he wishes with.
1t is much cheaper to own the house
in which you live for in many cases the
rent is more than double the interest
on the investment including the taxes
and general upkeep.
What house is true home unless it
is cared for as only the owner can or
will care for it?
Another but not the least of the reas-
ons Why Every Family Should Own It's
Home is that rented house can not be
classed as a home. For no family re-
mains there long enough to become at
tached to it. The true home is known
as "The Old Homestead, (which invari-
ably is owned by the family; and the
children have grown up on it and learn
ed to love everything about it. The
remembrances of childhood days, which
are so dear to everyone, all are center
ed upon this place called home. And
in after years, if necessary even life
itself will be freely given in its defense.
So that the more homes a country has
the stronger its fighting forces will be.
Therefore it is essential that "Every
Family Should Own Its Home" for the
following reasons; it makes better
citizens, it is more convenient and COM
Portable. also it is cheaper to own than
to rent, and last but not least 1t gives
the true home feeling which can be ac-
quired in no other way, and which is
the foundation of true patriotism upon
which country is founded and sustain
ed.
SADIE BRAY,
Mt. Morris, Mich.