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Show SAFE INVESTMENTS In this city thero aro living a great many retired re-tired farmers, who In former years acnulrcd largo tracts of land and practically all of tho monoy" that could bo secured was used In fmprovlng their ranch-es. ranch-es. As their sons grow up they were trained U"" tho practical things of llfo and as years rolled by U10 parents retired to some educational center, where tho younger children of the family may be educated. Tho farm or ranch Is sold to tho older boys on deferred payment or rented, tho income being used to support tho parents. Tho Investment mado yearj ago In land was a legitimate and a safe one. If those who aro conversant with early days. In this state, will let their minds revert back and decide how many young men have been benefitted by their parents dying and leaving them nothing but monoy; we think tho nnswet will be, lis a rule, tho means thus left has proven an injury instead of a benefit. Young people that receive monoy without knowing tho cost of procuring it, aro more liable to be Injured than benefited by its bestowal. Therefore paremts who will Invest their means along tho lines that will furnish employment for their children and leavo legacies to them that can not bo easily squandered will receive n satisfaction that will not bo received by leaving them cash-legacies cash-legacies that can bo easily squandered. Past history his-tory conversant to all will bear us out in this theory. the-ory. Parents who havo families today cannot do better than to secure a good farm, either for intensive in-tensive or extensive farming. Let tho boys work, acquire a knowledgo of labor, they will then he in a position to continue the work of which they acquired ac-quired a knowledgo while under parental caro. There are as good opportunities today as over before be-fore Under the Smoot enlargement act 320 acres of land can bo filed on and title secured without living liv-ing upon it.- Land close by homo in most any of, the settlements in tho valley" can be bought on Uie Installment plan for irrigated or dry farming. Invest in land. This is a safe and legitimate, investment. Teach your hoys how to work and then bequeath them a legacy in a knowledge of work; something thnt cannot bo easily frittered away. |
