The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-27
BUILDING HOME
BIG LIFE STEP
Home Ownership Has Done
Much For Bismarck, Conk.
lin Says
(By The Building Editor)

This business OF DullOlnG nome
is one of the most important things
man does in a lifetime.
F. l.. Conklin, secretary Of the Bis
marck Building and Loan Assccia-
ton. and Kenneth W.. Simons, for
whom the Bismarck Demonstration
Home Association will build house.
agree on that
Conklin speaks from the experience
Of man who has helped hundreds
of Bismarck people acquire homes
for themselves. His association has
financed majority of the homes
built in Bismarck in recent years
and his experience has been wide.
Simons speaks from the angle of
a man with a family who is pledging
a considerable portion Of his income
to buy home. He is borrowing
money from the Bismarck Building
and Loan Association with which to
build his house.
Says Conklin: "Home owners have
done more for Bismarck and home
ownership has done more for Bis
marck people than any other one
thing can name. am rather close
to the home building enterprises Of
good many people and know the
sacrifices which many people must
make in order to realize their am
billions That they do make these
sacrifices works change in them
and the change usually is beneficial
to them as we'll as to the commun-
ity. Carelessness is replaced by
carefulness. Disinterest in their
neighborhood and city is replaced by
very real interest. Home owners
have their roots in the soil. They
take pride in their home and usually
they expect to live there indefinitely.
"They pay taxes and they inter-
est themselves in the way these taxes
are spent. They accumulate for
themselves property which not only
increases their financial stability but
their standing in the community.
ut is no easy thing for a good
many people to keep up the payments
on home and maintain it, and the
training in economy which they give
themselves during the home pur.
chasing period reflects itself in their
actions later. For scores of mer
who are moderately we'll off or better
the beginning of their climb to sue
cess was the purchase or building o.
a home - in most cases a HON,
heavily morteaged."
Simons is interested in a place tt
: call his own. He says: ut is only
natural that a man should like /
home Of his own.
Renting a home in Bismarck is nj
easy proposition. The city is under
i built and rents are high. If ma,
has any considerable sum to pa.
down on home and expects to re
main here for any length Of time h,
,, would do better to build He will
have q place of his own, will elm
mate the possibility Of being aske,
to move at the convenience Of som
one else and it is more than possibl
that he will make something on tn
,, deal if he decides to sell. The cos
OF property is going up, not dowr
, and as the city increases in popula
!. ton, houses built now will usual,
: be close enough to the center Of tn
! city to show an appreciation i
value.
From my standpoint am mos
interested in place to live. T
get it am willing to cut corners i
8 my normal expenditures to SWIM
/. the deal. A home of his cwn is abo,
! as big a luxury as any man ca
have.
. 1T is luxury which I am willin
: to work hard to obtain"