Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-28
Backbone of Community.

realize the size of it, nobody will
try to tell you. You know what the
neighborhood has done for you,
and you know better than anybody
else what you ought to do for it.
When you lost your job, who gave
you credit and tided you over the
winter?
It certainly wasn't the store else
where that advertises bargains
for the shopper. The merchant
stood by you then, as he has for
others, and as he will again some
time when the emergency arises.
If these things have not hap
pened to you, they have happened
to your neighbors, and you know
about them. Mere money cannot
pay for disinterested service such
as the merchants render under the
circumstances. And they are not
cited with the idea Of Weakening
feeling of obligation toward those
individuals who render us service
on extraordinary occasions. They
are brought up, rather, with the
view to making every man, woman
and child realize his partnership in
| the community and his response
bility in that partnership which
means so much to him.
For instance, there are the
schools. Everybody pays toward
their support in proportion to his
ability to pay. They are open to
all the children, and by their pre-
cept and example they are helping
your boys and girls to their place
in the SUM-" Schools bring to
the young bigger share of life,
and set before them the high ideals
of our democracy. They show the
son Of the rail-splitter the road to
the presidents chair.
The church is another institution
that makes community life pleas
ant for every member of the fam
lily. 1t stands for a better commun-
ity all around. AS the word is used
here, it refers to all creeds, and is
in no sense to be considered in it's
sectarian or UNCONVENTIONAL sig
nifcance. Pastors are leaders in all
good causes, and they rally their
congregations to civic wholesome
ness in the life of the community.
Happiness and contentment also
bring about a rich social life. You
get together with your neighbors
in moments of relaxation from
your days toll and enjoy inter-
course with them. Clubs and or
CARNATIONS unite you in bonds that
hold you together for one purpose
or another.
The stronger the community
spirit the more of these there are.
The taxes you pay settles the bills
for the things already acquired;
the weight of your cooperation
with the progressive leaders as
sures others in the future. Be a
community man all along the line
- patronize neighborhood mer-
chants exclusively.-Exchange
Farm Conditions Better.
No section of this nation is so
completed devoted to agriculture as
| the region west of the Missouri
; and north of San Francisco.
Reports from banks that make a
speciality of loaning on farming
lands show that farming industry
is more stabilized and on better
basis than since the war.
There is more inquiry for land
and that is surely healthful sign,
and agriculture is coming back
with mighty swing in favor of
the farmer.
| Improved conditions are due to
improved prices of farm products
and that is helping business on all
lines, but farmers like other classes,
have been living up to if not be-
yond their incomes in too many
cases.
| With ready money in their poe
kets they are one of the shining
marks for the get rich quick" OPP
orator. 1t is important, if they
wish to protect their profits this
year, that before they invest in
questionable undertakings they in
vestigate thoroughly through their
bank or other reliable agency.
Wisconsin Leads EN-.
A decade ago in Wisconsin the
old farm team hitched to the fam
lily vehicle which was called a
democrat wagon splashed through