The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-10-13
THE STORY OF THE TEN ACRES

When look back at the early days when the big trees
shaded and all kinds of animals and birds played on me-
feel great longing and wished nobody to own me-
Just piece land in the Great Northwest and commonly
called have been known my under that
for many years, and while several other have at
tempted Of them has succeeded At present
another prospective owner digging and scrapg on me every
day, but I am almost he will never own me.
One day many years my real owner came to me and
walked and began to before that have 20 reco
having had owner another With him
had been for that would have known what
he paid for The conversation told that owner had
bought for $3.50 total of $500 for all these
beautiful trees and for fine surface My it made me ashamed
of myself, that all l worth?
Peace happiness prevailed my surface for several
years after that and with the exception Of twice
my owner live for few days not dis
tubed But day my with another man
showed him what fine trees growing and the
agreed down all the trees and make lumber
of them.
Gone was peace happiness had enjoyed for many
thousands of years. for after several with machines
and all kinds of tools began cut down the trees and take them
away. had been cool and comfortable for all the time had
there and the hot touching surface and
made uncomfortable for in summer time while the
frost in winter time bit right into
My friendly companions, the beasts and BIRDS longer
sought shady place my surface and felt very lonely
quite understood why my had the other take
the away from till day when overheard
my with another and told him that
the timber sold for several hundred dollars. The
other man was INV prospective owner or rather one Of them for
there have been very many who tried to
This first paid my $4,000 and was that
this would make him my owner but mistaken this
only of the price worth Of being piece
of land not very highly educated and familiar with
the dongs of
My first prospective worked day and night be-
built house and barn and chicken house and tried awful hard
pull Of the stumps from of According
versaton between him and his wife, who lived with him in the
little house he built understood that they paid $1500
every month real and had pay this for long
time in order to altogether.
Several moons 1 and go and my prospective
crapped and dug in and pulled stumps of
and made very uncomfortable for times and
all at he left don't know where he but have
heard of him The only thing that left the house
the barn and the chicken house Since then my best recoec
tons have had nine prospective and the last
All Of them paid first payment my real
amounts ranging from 5000 $1,000. And all lived on
for shorter longer periods The small house large
the barn big affair and has for many and
horses You ought to the chicken houses All the
sumps pulled Of me and fine peace land to look
at according my My prospective say the same
when they first but afterwards they curse me and
away
My has made thousands out of me- and my
prospective have paid many thousands dollars him
for the privilege Of living everybody says worth
good many thousand dollars and feel certainly proud about it,
But said before familiar with the doings of
and thing that puzzles how it that my real owner
did anything but sell paid only for me- COL
eed thousands Of dollars from who tried to own
and after am all in shape and worth so much more
still owns The dongs Of hard understand.