The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-25
Somebody Must Farm If Human
Race Is to Eat and
Live.
GOOD JUDGMENT NEEDED
Pioneering Still Needed on the Coast.
but Returns Are Commensurate
With Offfic ulties.
BY OHIO L. MILLER.

There are Just four sources G
wealth from which man can take hi
requirements-The mines, the forests
the sea and the soil. While each o
the four sources has offered continu
Gus employment for ages past, the cul
tivation OF the soil has been his oc
cupation-savage. barbarian or civil
ized-since the beginning of the rae
and will continue until the end.
There is no escape from farm du
ties; the human family must eat ant
the soil is the only source from which
they can take their life-givins nourish
ment. Other industries may lag
either of the other three sources o
wealth may fail in its output, but tn,
farms must be cultivated, more lanC
must be cleared and converted into
farms: there must be seed time and
harvest if the human race is to live
With the disappearance of the for
ests the land must be cultivated or re
forested. To do this economically and
TO the best interests of the state and
the individual owner, will require the
most mature judgment obtainable
Just at this time there is a rush tc
interest industrious and thrifty peo
pie of the country in bonds as an in
yestment These bonds are secured
in various ways by municipalities. rail
roads, manufacturing establishments
state and county Improvements. Be
their security good or bad. they are
always considered gilt-edged when
they are secured by a mortgage on
real estate, especially when that real
estate is improved farm lands
Land Is the Best Investment.
Land when bought right is always
the best investment for the future.
Good improved farms always have a
market-they form the foundation Of
all prosperity.
With these facts before Us it GER
tainly behooves every man and woman
with family TO secure at the earliest
opportunity suitable piece OF land
upon which he or she may in due time
erect a home. There are many rea-
sons why this statement should be
taken seriously and should interest
many who have given little thought
to the matter of the value Of logged.
OF lands
The first important reason why z
fixed home is so necessary to the we'll
being OF the individual and the nation.
is that to own the soil on which the
family lives is more conducive to the
prosperity OF the home the patriotism
of the growing generation
The sentimental feeling in the name
"Old Homestead" has stabiIizing in
fuence upon growing children and |
upon the growh-up family as we'll |
We all like TO think of the old farm. |
where We spent our childhood days. |
and learned lessons of industry so val /
liable in after years. We love the as /
ISOLATION OF youth on the farmland 1
The school house where We mingled |
With the boys and girls and formed
habits OF manliness and good citizen
'hip-and on the playfeld showed the
determination and combative spirit !
hat was bound to be useful in help
ng to solve the problems of home and
tate in later years
But there are still more important
easons than the memory of the "Old
homestead" to induce families to go
pom logged-off lands and carve a
ONE out of the wilderness. We never
eem to realize the value OF small pay
lents or small savings. Few people
llly understand that they must com
hence to save even when il hurts to
ut few dollars in a safe invest
lent every month We never realize
ne value Of youth or its earning pow
:. Many men earn more at twenty
han they do at fifty. When youth
asses it never returns. The product
the earning power OF the youths of !,
W land is sifted through their fingers :
Ito the places of amusement, produc-
ig the joy-riding thrills OF life. so
lat when the real task of maintaining :
family comes a rented home is all
lat can be provided.
What Rent. II Saved. Will Do.
This is where the rent hog and the
ant slave meet The rent paid by
lie average family in the period of :,
Tenty years will buy and furnish a
pod home. With modern facilities
" travel it is not necessary to live
ght down in the center of the town
ou work in, in order to be close to :
our work Many working men now :,
We from ten to twenty miles from
Ie place of their employment School.
lurches. places OF amusement and all
her things required to instruct and o
ltertain family are now to be found y
the neigh borhood formed by the p
W settlements OF the suburban home II
lilders. Under this new order OF e.
ings the family has everything to fe
in and nothing to lose in their coun- ii
y homes al
Pioneering Is Still in Order. a.
The pioneers of this country from in