MPLS Meeting, Ed Petersen on stage.
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Do You Know Interest Pay?
Hello Folks — Usually when a man gets too big for his britches his hat won't fit either.
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As of today Freeborn can be called the county of 10,000 lakes. My, what a lot of water. 1 have seen more. 1 think it was in 1953 we had more during the summer than we have now. This kind of weather does things the politicians could never do — take care of the surplus corn. I don't think there will be much of a surplus next year.
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How much interest do you pay out in a year? I believe that few of us know, and if we get it figured out we pay a lot more than we realize.
Credit is a wonderful thing when it is used right, but abused it can be a mill stone and keeps many a man from getting ahead.
There are many ways of figuring interest and some of them are deceiving. One per cent per month sounds pretty reasonable but when it adds up to 12 per cent it gets mighty big. There are a good many people paying much more than that. Most of the time pay plans run around 16 per cent.
...tion it in the contract, It really makes a 'whollaper' of a lot if one gets 'bit' by such a deal.
The best thing is to stay out of debt for anything but a home or business. Then we learn to be thrifty and we are more apt to watch the purchases and see to that they are bought right.
1 think it is very important to teach our children thrift and how to buy wisely. They have to learn sometime and it should help by giving them an allowance when they are too young to earn it themselves and see to it that they learn to know that before there can be a penny spent there first has to be one earned. We are all creatures of habit and by teaching the youth the value of a dollar the nation grows stronger and more financially secure.
The credit and finance system is what has aided us in getting the great standard of living that we have but the abuse of it can also be our downfall. Borrowing when money is easy to get and then having to pay it back when the dollar is scarce is a situation that none of us would envy. Let's watch Huh.
One day a salesman stopped in and wanted to sell his wares. Had a good product but he didn't want cash. It had to be time payments I spread over two years. 1 insisted on figuring up what the interest rates were and they added up to almighty 24 per cent per year. No wonder he didn't want to sell for cash. He probably could get his financing for around 6 or 7 per cent, then turn around and get about four times that for the same money. That is what 1 call a raw deal. We had better all look out for our own financing lest we get taken into such a deal.
A feed salesman drove in the yard and insisted on selling some feed. He had a grand plan for the farmer. Pay when the hogs are sold.
I asked him what the interest figured out to. His answer was," Oh, just about the same as the bank charges." I took a pencil and figured it out. It came to 11 per cent. The catch was it was on about a 6 months term. The interest didn't sound like much but it counts up when you really, go to adding.
Then there is the service charge. I have been told that a lending institution can add a service charge and they don't have to men-...
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As of today Freeborn can be called the county of 10,000 lakes. My, what a lot of water. 1 have seen more. 1 think it was in 1953 we had more during the summer than we have now. This kind of weather does things the politicians could never do — take care of the surplus corn. I don't think there will be much of a surplus next year.
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Credit is a wonderful thing when it is used right, but abused it can be a mill stone and keeps many a man from getting ahead.
There are many ways of figuring interest and some of them are deceiving. One per cent per month sounds pretty reasonable but when it adds up to 12 per cent it gets mighty big. There are a good many people paying much more than that. Most of the time pay plans run around 16 per cent.
...tion it in the contract, It really makes a 'whollaper' of a lot if one gets 'bit' by such a deal.
The best thing is to stay out of debt for anything but a home or business. Then we learn to be thrifty and we are more apt to watch the purchases and see to that they are bought right.
1 think it is very important to teach our children thrift and how to buy wisely. They have to learn sometime and it should help by giving them an allowance when they are too young to earn it themselves and see to it that they learn to know that before there can be a penny spent there first has to be one earned. We are all creatures of habit and by teaching the youth the value of a dollar the nation grows stronger and more financially secure.
The credit and finance system is what has aided us in getting the great standard of living that we have but the abuse of it can also be our downfall. Borrowing when money is easy to get and then having to pay it back when the dollar is scarce is a situation that none of us would envy. Let's watch Huh.
One day a salesman stopped in and wanted to sell his wares. Had a good product but he didn't want cash. It had to be time payments I spread over two years. 1 insisted on figuring up what the interest rates were and they added up to almighty 24 per cent per year. No wonder he didn't want to sell for cash. He probably could get his financing for around 6 or 7 per cent, then turn around and get about four times that for the same money. That is what 1 call a raw deal. We had better all look out for our own financing lest we get taken into such a deal.
A feed salesman drove in the yard and insisted on selling some feed. He had a grand plan for the farmer. Pay when the hogs are sold.
I asked him what the interest figured out to. His answer was," Oh, just about the same as the bank charges." I took a pencil and figured it out. It came to 11 per cent. The catch was it was on about a 6 months term. The interest didn't sound like much but it counts up when you really, go to adding.
Then there is the service charge. I have been told that a lending institution can add a service charge and they don't have to men-...
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Who Built The Pyramids?
HELLO FOLKS — Pronounced by the ancient Greeks as one of the seven wonders of the world, and about the only one of the seven wonders remaining in existence today, are the pyramids of Egypt. Who built them is a question that has been asked many times but never answered. It is of course assumed that they were under the supervision of the Egyptian rulers but the pryamids themselves were probably constructed by slave labor.
For many years it was assumed that the great knowledge needed about astronomy was the product of Egyptian culture, However today the majority of students of the pyramids seem to think that the Egyptians received their knowledge from some outside source, as they do not seem to have had the basic culture to have developed it themselves.
Encylopedias state that the pyramids were the product of the fourth dynasties of Egypt and that they were built about 2500-2600 B. C. In this they must be wrong, for that would place their history be-fore the flood. The flood occurred approximately 2400 B.C., according to biblical cronology; which must be pretty accurate as an exact record was kept of mankind since the creation.
Egyptian history is strictly post-diluvian. Were it pre-diluvian there would be no Egyptians today. As it is they are very much alive.
Being post-diluvian they are the product of one of the families that escaped the flood (probably Ham). It takes centuries to establish a nation from one family no matter how prolific they are. Therefore the pyramids could hardly have been built before 2000 B. C.
That takes us down to the days of Abraham, who was born about 300 years after Noah's flood, and most likely before the pyramids were built.
We know from scriptures that Abraham was taught great truths about the stars by heavenly messengers. Abraham being highly respected by the Egyptians and also having been told that his descendants would be held captive by the Egyptians 400 years, could possibly have given them the needed knowledge needed to erect the pyramids. Then with the descendants of Abraham bing slaves in Egypt for (as it turned out to be) 350 years, is it not highly probable that they could have been the ones who furnished the man-power for the pyramids?
We don't know, of course. But it is interesting to speculate and what could be more appropriate than for the children of Israel to have had a hand in the building and their great-grandfather having supplied the knowledge. I believe that some day we will know. Then we won't need to wonder.
For many years it was assumed that the great knowledge needed about astronomy was the product of Egyptian culture, However today the majority of students of the pyramids seem to think that the Egyptians received their knowledge from some outside source, as they do not seem to have had the basic culture to have developed it themselves.
Egyptian history is strictly post-diluvian. Were it pre-diluvian there would be no Egyptians today. As it is they are very much alive.
Being post-diluvian they are the product of one of the families that escaped the flood (probably Ham). It takes centuries to establish a nation from one family no matter how prolific they are. Therefore the pyramids could hardly have been built before 2000 B. C.
That takes us down to the days of Abraham, who was born about 300 years after Noah's flood, and most likely before the pyramids were built.
We know from scriptures that Abraham was taught great truths about the stars by heavenly messengers. Abraham being highly respected by the Egyptians and also having been told that his descendants would be held captive by the Egyptians 400 years, could possibly have given them the needed knowledge needed to erect the pyramids. Then with the descendants of Abraham bing slaves in Egypt for (as it turned out to be) 350 years, is it not highly probable that they could have been the ones who furnished the man-power for the pyramids?
We don't know, of course. But it is interesting to speculate and what could be more appropriate than for the children of Israel to have had a hand in the building and their great-grandfather having supplied the knowledge. I believe that some day we will know. Then we won't need to wonder.
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Race Issue Attracts Many
HELLO FOLKS — Children have active fertile minds. Something must be grown in them. If we fail to fill them with good things they will fill with evil and filth.
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WHENEVER A cause tends to become popular it attracts 'fair-weather' friends of every color and hue.
Such is the case with the present racial integration program. Well meaning people who just never had the nerve to speak out and act before suddenly become exceedingly active and move to the forefront.
Radicals and emotionalists as usual find their place in the movements. Some who never gave a thought to integration before suddenly have all kinds of ideas. Among these people are those who don't seem to have their purposes too well oriented.
There are those who in the past have made every endeavor to take away freedom from their fellow citizens and who now speak the loudest for integration.
Probably most of us will agree that racial integration is a good thing. Although if we lived in certain areas of the United States we might not be enthusiastic about it.
However, if racial integration is important, then religious integration is vital. If we do much studying of history we will generally conclude that the blending and competition in religion has done tremendous good for the nations who practiced it. There seem to be some, who, while they favor racial integration are heading the other way in religion.
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THERE ARE those who have headed the integration movement, whose hands are not too clean, either. For instance in Chicago this week as in the past few weeks there were sit-in demonstrations. Streets, hallways, and entrances to public buildings were blocked. Why?
To force integration at all costs. They want students transported by bus to areas that have little racial mixture.
It would seem that they have little interest in the welfare of the children. The children are mostly a pawn to accomplish another aim, probably not stated. If they get their way, white students will be taken out of their neighborhood schools and bussed across town to other schools.
Also Negro students will be bussed to other areas where there are no Negroes. Tactics such as that make the word integration seem quite hollow..
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WHENEVER A cause tends to become popular it attracts 'fair-weather' friends of every color and hue.
Radicals and emotionalists as usual find their place in the movements. Some who never gave a thought to integration before suddenly have all kinds of ideas. Among these people are those who don't seem to have their purposes too well oriented.
There are those who in the past have made every endeavor to take away freedom from their fellow citizens and who now speak the loudest for integration.
Probably most of us will agree that racial integration is a good thing. Although if we lived in certain areas of the United States we might not be enthusiastic about it.
However, if racial integration is important, then religious integration is vital. If we do much studying of history we will generally conclude that the blending and competition in religion has done tremendous good for the nations who practiced it. There seem to be some, who, while they favor racial integration are heading the other way in religion.
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To force integration at all costs. They want students transported by bus to areas that have little racial mixture.
It would seem that they have little interest in the welfare of the children. The children are mostly a pawn to accomplish another aim, probably not stated. If they get their way, white students will be taken out of their neighborhood schools and bussed across town to other schools.
Also Negro students will be bussed to other areas where there are no Negroes. Tactics such as that make the word integration seem quite hollow..
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Do We Owe People Living?
HELLO FOLKS — I think we will all agree that we live in a pretty topsy-turvy world. At least it seems that way at times.
Take the case of employment. I think we will all agree that we as a nation owe everyone the opportunity to make a living. I think we also will agree that it is destructive of everything good to hand out a living to anyone and everyone just because he or she doesn't have quite as full a stomach as the rest of us. And while some of us have more work than we can readily do there are many who want to work and can't find jobs.
We have plenty of work to do. Things that need to be done and aren't being done. Take the case of the Albert Lea lake. It is a pity that it has not been cleaned up, or is not being cleaned up. I believe there are people on relief rolls who can work for what they get, who could be given jobs now and create an atmosphere for future employment growth in the future, such as the tourist trade.
Certainly the welfare officials are to be complimented for their conscientious work in giving such people the opportunity to be self-sustaining. But the job is much bigger than for one organization to do alone. It takes the cooperation of all.
What we need is a reserve of funds to use when such a project is needed and a list of jobs that need to be done whenever there is anyone in need of a job.
There are of course many contributing factors that lead to unemployment. We can price ourselves out of jobs, such as has been done in the auto and other industries. Sometimes it is the need of capital.
Whatever the cause we need to get to the root of it and create a better world, one that gives all the chance, plus the impetus, to become respectable self-sustaining citizens.
Speaking again of this topsy-turvy world, we are putting out millions of dollars to retire land and bolster prices. Then we spend millions (or I should say billions) more to feed people on relief. Many of these people on relief could be given land to put in a garden and the supervision to do it right so they in turn could almost feed themselves. And in this garden spot of the U.S. there is much food going to waste that could be gleaned to feed practically all the needy.
In biblical days the farmers were commanded to leave the edges and corners of the fields that the needy could glean for themselves. Thus all the citizens could be self sustaining, except of course the indigent.
A closer attention to such a program would make better citizens out of many who need the aid.
We go astray in this free world of ours but we gradually seeem to find the way back sooner or later and I think we will someday consider it a major error to dole food and clothing and just as great an error to not have plenty of projects to take care of all the unemployed and the where with all to do it.
Boiling it down to simple terms we owe everyone the right to earn an honest living, but we owe no able bodied man the living itself.
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Easy but glamorous: serve vanilla ice cream with green creme de menthe, chocolate ice cream with white creme de menthe.
Take the case of employment. I think we will all agree that we as a nation owe everyone the opportunity to make a living. I think we also will agree that it is destructive of everything good to hand out a living to anyone and everyone just because he or she doesn't have quite as full a stomach as the rest of us. And while some of us have more work than we can readily do there are many who want to work and can't find jobs.
We have plenty of work to do. Things that need to be done and aren't being done. Take the case of the Albert Lea lake. It is a pity that it has not been cleaned up, or is not being cleaned up. I believe there are people on relief rolls who can work for what they get, who could be given jobs now and create an atmosphere for future employment growth in the future, such as the tourist trade.
Certainly the welfare officials are to be complimented for their conscientious work in giving such people the opportunity to be self-sustaining. But the job is much bigger than for one organization to do alone. It takes the cooperation of all.
What we need is a reserve of funds to use when such a project is needed and a list of jobs that need to be done whenever there is anyone in need of a job.
There are of course many contributing factors that lead to unemployment. We can price ourselves out of jobs, such as has been done in the auto and other industries. Sometimes it is the need of capital.
Whatever the cause we need to get to the root of it and create a better world, one that gives all the chance, plus the impetus, to become respectable self-sustaining citizens.
Speaking again of this topsy-turvy world, we are putting out millions of dollars to retire land and bolster prices. Then we spend millions (or I should say billions) more to feed people on relief. Many of these people on relief could be given land to put in a garden and the supervision to do it right so they in turn could almost feed themselves. And in this garden spot of the U.S. there is much food going to waste that could be gleaned to feed practically all the needy.In biblical days the farmers were commanded to leave the edges and corners of the fields that the needy could glean for themselves. Thus all the citizens could be self sustaining, except of course the indigent.
A closer attention to such a program would make better citizens out of many who need the aid.
We go astray in this free world of ours but we gradually seeem to find the way back sooner or later and I think we will someday consider it a major error to dole food and clothing and just as great an error to not have plenty of projects to take care of all the unemployed and the where with all to do it.
Boiling it down to simple terms we owe everyone the right to earn an honest living, but we owe no able bodied man the living itself.
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Easy but glamorous: serve vanilla ice cream with green creme de menthe, chocolate ice cream with white creme de menthe.
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Words Worth The Saying
HELLO FOLKS — Came across a few clever sayings that are well worth repeating. They have lot of sense to them.. Here they are:
Life is a journey, not a camp.
Snap judgment, like a bear trap, may catch the one who baits it.
It is no use trying to shine your lamp if you. do not take time to fill it.
A used mind is one item that has more value than a new.
Some of us do not need a bushel to hide our light; a thimble should suffice.
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THE FREEBORN County fair has come to another successful conclusion. There are a few observations I would like to make, as one seeing it from the outside.
First, the weather co-operated 100 per cent. It was not too, hot nor too cold. There was no rain yet it was not so dry that it detracted from the joy of the fair.
I don't recalls year that there have been more total exhibits. Certainly the 4-H exhibits were at a record. And the quality of them were never better. While speaking of 4-H; Eldon Senske and his gang are certainly to be complimented for their grand work. They can't possibly be on an eight-hour schedule; more like a set of three, eight-hour schedules during fair time.
The quality of livestock has greatley improved through the years, and fairs have certainly done their share in helping improve them. Freeborn County has an abundance of beautiful riding horses. The hogs have improved hog of today is a far cry from the old fat lardy type of 20 years ago. And the cows of today will double the production of th show winner of twenty years ago.
Thehmidway was the biggest I have seen. While we were parked at the top of the Ferris Wheel I tried to get a count the many rides available. I believe there were at least 20 of them.
Congratulations to the, fair board and all who had to do with the success of the fair.
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WITH A family as big as ours there are bound tobe exciting moments at the fair. We stopped at a stand to get some hamburgers; Mark (aged four) got tired and decided to go to the car. We thought he had gotten lost and started hunting for him. After a 20 minute search we found him asleep in the car. The same thing happened to Zina, only when we looked in the car she had decided to go look for us.
Jared and Ann had their first time at exhibits. They were very excited and learned a lot. Ann was really thrilled when she got a blue ribbon on her pig. Dana never got enough of the fair. I think he could have lived there and not gotten tired of it. He still has two years to go to be able to exhibit.
Life is a journey, not a camp.
Snap judgment, like a bear trap, may catch the one who baits it.
It is no use trying to shine your lamp if you. do not take time to fill it.
A used mind is one item that has more value than a new.
Some of us do not need a bushel to hide our light; a thimble should suffice.
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First, the weather co-operated 100 per cent. It was not too, hot nor too cold. There was no rain yet it was not so dry that it detracted from the joy of the fair.
I don't recalls year that there have been more total exhibits. Certainly the 4-H exhibits were at a record. And the quality of them were never better. While speaking of 4-H; Eldon Senske and his gang are certainly to be complimented for their grand work. They can't possibly be on an eight-hour schedule; more like a set of three, eight-hour schedules during fair time.
The quality of livestock has greatley improved through the years, and fairs have certainly done their share in helping improve them. Freeborn County has an abundance of beautiful riding horses. The hogs have improved hog of today is a far cry from the old fat lardy type of 20 years ago. And the cows of today will double the production of th show winner of twenty years ago.
Thehmidway was the biggest I have seen. While we were parked at the top of the Ferris Wheel I tried to get a count the many rides available. I believe there were at least 20 of them.
Congratulations to the, fair board and all who had to do with the success of the fair.
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WITH A family as big as ours there are bound tobe exciting moments at the fair. We stopped at a stand to get some hamburgers; Mark (aged four) got tired and decided to go to the car. We thought he had gotten lost and started hunting for him. After a 20 minute search we found him asleep in the car. The same thing happened to Zina, only when we looked in the car she had decided to go look for us.
Jared and Ann had their first time at exhibits. They were very excited and learned a lot. Ann was really thrilled when she got a blue ribbon on her pig. Dana never got enough of the fair. I think he could have lived there and not gotten tired of it. He still has two years to go to be able to exhibit.
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Family Finds Its Own Fun
Hello Folks. — The Barnes Clan is a close - knit family that likes to go on picnics. They must know every canyon, gulch, creek and stream in the Gallatin Montana Empire. When they decide to go on a picnic it seems to me that the first one finds the picnic spot and the rest just scent their way; at least they can go to the most out - of - the - way spots and somehow they all find it and usually in time to get in on the food.
They think nothing of going to places that a greenhorn like me would swear the rest of them couldn't find and that if they did they might ruin their car in so doing. And if and when we do get there you couldn't get the car turned around to get back.
Yesterday we went to such a spot and when we got there sure enough the canyon widened out just enough for a picnic and to let us turn the car around. We ate fried chicken, beans, salad, jello, and watermelon until most of it was gone. then a bunch of them went somewhere to pick huckleberries; they seemed to just know were to find them.
When they got their containers full and still wanted more Nella took off her shoes and they filled them too. I don't think she minded walking barefoot. She is pretty much of a Mountain William anyway; in fact if the truth were known she was probably 17 or 18 before they caught her and put shoes on her.
I don't know if the shoes influenced the huckleberries or vice-versa but we are going to have a party tonight and we will be eating huckleberry pie and ice cream. The whole gang will be there and Ben says if there aren't enough berries to make the required number of pies to just put in a little more thickening as the huckleberries are plenty strong anyway.
At the picnic Neal had a good supply of his homemade juice he makes it out of chokecherries, lemon and pineapple. It is all strictly legal too, no added spirits or sugar. He made 50 gallons of it last year. It is really good too, especially the thick stuff in the bottom.
At the parties there is always plenty of playing, singing and dancing. The Barnes used to have their own orchestra and still do a little pinch - hitting for others. Neal has a $300 steel guiter that he really knows how to play. That guy has more talents than you can shake a stick at ... work shop with almost every known tool in.
Speaking of the party — it is going to be held in the old house. With the family growing like it is these parties are getting pretty crowded. There are the eight children, 27 grandchildren and a couple of great - grand children, ...eside all the in-laws of whi... m one.
One unique think about th... ...here is no smoking or drink and about the worst cuss word you here is heck or darn.
The family was discussing building of the new house. Wh... they got around to the heating they talked about forced - air. Grandma couldn't figure out why anyone would want four stairs in a home.
They think nothing of going to places that a greenhorn like me would swear the rest of them couldn't find and that if they did they might ruin their car in so doing. And if and when we do get there you couldn't get the car turned around to get back.
When they got their containers full and still wanted more Nella took off her shoes and they filled them too. I don't think she minded walking barefoot. She is pretty much of a Mountain William anyway; in fact if the truth were known she was probably 17 or 18 before they caught her and put shoes on her.
I don't know if the shoes influenced the huckleberries or vice-versa but we are going to have a party tonight and we will be eating huckleberry pie and ice cream. The whole gang will be there and Ben says if there aren't enough berries to make the required number of pies to just put in a little more thickening as the huckleberries are plenty strong anyway.
At the picnic Neal had a good supply of his homemade juice he makes it out of chokecherries, lemon and pineapple. It is all strictly legal too, no added spirits or sugar. He made 50 gallons of it last year. It is really good too, especially the thick stuff in the bottom.
At the parties there is always plenty of playing, singing and dancing. The Barnes used to have their own orchestra and still do a little pinch - hitting for others. Neal has a $300 steel guiter that he really knows how to play. That guy has more talents than you can shake a stick at ... work shop with almost every known tool in.
Speaking of the party — it is going to be held in the old house. With the family growing like it is these parties are getting pretty crowded. There are the eight children, 27 grandchildren and a couple of great - grand children, ...eside all the in-laws of whi... m one.
One unique think about th... ...here is no smoking or drink and about the worst cuss word you here is heck or darn.
The family was discussing building of the new house. Wh... they got around to the heating they talked about forced - air. Grandma couldn't figure out why anyone would want four stairs in a home.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
In the Front Or Back Seat?
HELLO FOLKS—Even if today's cars are supposed to be mechanically perfect and smooth running, some of them have a lot of jerks in them.
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Peterson Tells Bedtime Stories
HELLO FOLKS — Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open. Some folks demand the benefits of the doubt you when there isn't any.
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EX-PESIDENT John Quincy Adams was asked as he was nearing his death, "how are you." He had this to say. "Thank you, sir! John Quincy Adams, himself, is quite well. thank you. But the house in, which he lives at present is becoming quite dilapidated, It is tottering upon it's foundations. Time and the seasons have nearly destroyed it. It's roof is pretty well worn out. Its walls are much shattered, and it trembles with every wind. The old tenement is becoming almost uninhabitable, and I think John Quincy Adams will have to move out of it soon; but he, himself, is quite well, sir, quite well."
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Grandmother was visiting at the little girl's home. One Sunday morning she gave her a dime to give in Sunday School. When Janet returned home, her grandmother asked her if she put the dime in the collection.
"No I didn't Grandma," the little girl replied. "But, my dear, why didn't you?" Grandma asked.
"Because I found a wonderful bargain, Grandma. You see, it was this way: I met a poor old man pushing one of those ice cream carts, and I stopped and asked him if he ever went to church, and he said he did, every Sunday. Then I said, 'Mister, if I give you this dime for two ice cream cones, will you give it to the church?' and he said, 'Sure, kiddo!' So I gave him the dime and he gave me two cones, Now, how's that for a bargain?" the little girl said.
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Grandmother was visiting at the little girl's home. One Sunday morning she gave her a dime to give in Sunday School. When Janet returned home, her grandmother asked her if she put the dime in the collection.
"No I didn't Grandma," the little girl replied. "But, my dear, why didn't you?" Grandma asked.
"Because I found a wonderful bargain, Grandma. You see, it was this way: I met a poor old man pushing one of those ice cream carts, and I stopped and asked him if he ever went to church, and he said he did, every Sunday. Then I said, 'Mister, if I give you this dime for two ice cream cones, will you give it to the church?' and he said, 'Sure, kiddo!' So I gave him the dime and he gave me two cones, Now, how's that for a bargain?" the little girl said.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
And Life Dotted With Heartache
HELLO FOLKS — My neighbor says that a checkered career quite often leads to a striped suit. suit.
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THE FATHER was visiting his son in college. The son was working in the chemistry lab. Said Father to Son: "What are you doing with all those bottles and stuff?" Son: "Trying to discover a solvent that will dissolve everything". Father: "And what will you put it in when you discover it?"
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He gave a talk once that has been widely repeated. He has given his premission for its use and it is so fitting that I think It can hardly be over emphasized.
What he said goes something like this.
"There is no place in America for part-time patriots. If your nation is to live, if we are to continue to enjoy the fruits of liberty, we can do no less than follow the example of the men who won that freedom for us. Freedom, while a heritage, must be re-won for each generation.
"With complete selflessness and with blazing intensity of spirit, our forefathers dedicated their lives first to securing and then to maintaining, freedom. They knew at first hand that life without freedom is intolerable. And so they dreamed of freedom, fought for freedom, breathed it and spoke it, prayerfully and without self-consciousness.
"Independence, freedom, liberty — are words that ring like exulting bells! Today we need such bells to be rung. This nation is faced with the gravest danger ever to confront it. The menace of Communism is no simple, forthright threat. It is a sinister and deadly conspiracy which can be conquered only by an alert, informed citizenry dedicated to the preservation of the principles on which America was founded.
"If our nation is to retain its liberty in the future, now, as never before, its citizens must understand that the inescapable price of freedom is eternal vigilance. And eternal vigilance with dedication to its
cause, brings unity and strength in I time of crisis."
Those words of Mr. Hoover should be the controlling influence in the lives of every one of us. I hope everyone of us will take such things to heart and use that eternal vigilance we must ever need.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Throwing Dirt A By-Product
HELLO FOLKS! — It's a good thing to get in and dig, but be careful which way you throw the dirt.
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MY NEIGHBOR says that a cold can be both positive and negative; sometimes the eyes have it and sometimes the nose.
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THERE IS a move in the senate to start a youth development camp for boys of ages 16 to 28.
The idea is to make it a conservation camp on the order of those had before World War II. The reason for it is that so many boys of that age do not have work.
Here is a move that could have great benefit if it is handled right. On the other hand if it is handled like the CCC camps of former days it might not he so good. For one thing I think it should be a summer camp and for boys of ages 15 to 18. It should meet the highest specifications morally and physically. It should be a camp that would develop the young boys into men, in every sense. The boys who apply for permission to attend such a camp should have their pastors recomendation. The men who are chosen should be of the highest moral character and the training should be so it will teach the boys to work and learn. Boy Scout principles should be taught and observed. These camps should be of the nature that any parent would be proud and willing to send their boy to.
The reason that it should be just a summer camp is that these youths should be in school the rest of the year, and the reason that it should be for youths of the tender age of 15 to 18 is that they are the ones who need the recreation and training that such a camp affords. Boys that age are formative and will learn to do and develop.
The reason the ages should not be over 18 is that such men over that age are usually set in their habits and would be the ones most apt to bring evil influence into the camps. They should he out preparing themselves for a lifetime occupation and not be in such a place. A camp for them would be a liability and not an asset. Also they would be a drug on the economy.
Such a camp would either be a great asset or a breeding place for vice and evil. If it would be like the CCC camps of the 30's it would be a hangout for prostitutes and gamblers, surely not in the camps themselves but all around them.
Our youths of the teenage need something to keep them occupied during the summer months and this would be a good thing for the state, to develop parks, recreation-al areas and beautify our natural scenery. By having it as just a summer project we would be able to get highly qualified men to handle it. These would probably be teachers who want jobs through the summer vacation. They would be apt to be the best leaders anyway as they are used to handling youths. The cost would not be prohibitive that way either, as winter provisions would not be needed.
It would not be necessary nor wise to pay too high a wage as the work would not be of the highest skill and just the training and food they get would be worth it to them.
There is one must that I think should be followed and that is that our pastors should nave a heavy hand in it. Without that the camps would not be apt to be run right. If the pasors have the veto of the leaders and applicants it would have an uplifting effect on the projects and these boys would be apt to come back into the community better than they left it. 1 am sure that if they will take the initiative in asking for the privilege the public will back them up in it and the consequence will be good.
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MY NEIGHBOR says that a cold can be both positive and negative; sometimes the eyes have it and sometimes the nose.
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THERE IS a move in the senate to start a youth development camp for boys of ages 16 to 28.
Here is a move that could have great benefit if it is handled right. On the other hand if it is handled like the CCC camps of former days it might not he so good. For one thing I think it should be a summer camp and for boys of ages 15 to 18. It should meet the highest specifications morally and physically. It should be a camp that would develop the young boys into men, in every sense. The boys who apply for permission to attend such a camp should have their pastors recomendation. The men who are chosen should be of the highest moral character and the training should be so it will teach the boys to work and learn. Boy Scout principles should be taught and observed. These camps should be of the nature that any parent would be proud and willing to send their boy to.
The reason that it should be just a summer camp is that these youths should be in school the rest of the year, and the reason that it should be for youths of the tender age of 15 to 18 is that they are the ones who need the recreation and training that such a camp affords. Boys that age are formative and will learn to do and develop.
The reason the ages should not be over 18 is that such men over that age are usually set in their habits and would be the ones most apt to bring evil influence into the camps. They should he out preparing themselves for a lifetime occupation and not be in such a place. A camp for them would be a liability and not an asset. Also they would be a drug on the economy.
Such a camp would either be a great asset or a breeding place for vice and evil. If it would be like the CCC camps of the 30's it would be a hangout for prostitutes and gamblers, surely not in the camps themselves but all around them.
Our youths of the teenage need something to keep them occupied during the summer months and this would be a good thing for the state, to develop parks, recreation-al areas and beautify our natural scenery. By having it as just a summer project we would be able to get highly qualified men to handle it. These would probably be teachers who want jobs through the summer vacation. They would be apt to be the best leaders anyway as they are used to handling youths. The cost would not be prohibitive that way either, as winter provisions would not be needed.
It would not be necessary nor wise to pay too high a wage as the work would not be of the highest skill and just the training and food they get would be worth it to them.
There is one must that I think should be followed and that is that our pastors should nave a heavy hand in it. Without that the camps would not be apt to be run right. If the pasors have the veto of the leaders and applicants it would have an uplifting effect on the projects and these boys would be apt to come back into the community better than they left it. 1 am sure that if they will take the initiative in asking for the privilege the public will back them up in it and the consequence will be good.
Sunday, May 8, 2016
That Dad Of Mine!
(While the following may seem mere hero worship, you should note several bits of youthful wisdom in it. Karen attacks current cliches about youth. Her father is frequently absent from home. He demands, and apparently gets, obedience.—Editor)
"That Dad of Mine" ,,
Hi! I'm Karen — eldest daughter of the above. Dad has given me permission to write this article for him. Therefore, I am going to take this opportunity to crow over a favorite relative of mine—Edwin B. Petersen.
The thing I admire most about Dad is how much he has accomplished with as little an education. Oh, yes, he did spend a year at Dana college. There he learned how to flood bathrooms to make swimming pools, find watermelons, and flirt with the girls—all of which must have prepared him for a future of great responsibility! However, for the most part Dad has gained
an education on his own.
As you probably know, Dad is an excellent farmer. Being the oldest son of a hard working homesteader, he gained his first lessons by following example. Then in college he majored in agriculture. The next step was practical application.
Like anyone else, he made a lot of mistakes in his first years of farming, but he learned from his mistakes. Also, he looked at the mistakes and abilities of other farmers. Later on he became active in Farm Bureau and local agricultural committees. They added the latest facts and figures he needed on how to make farming profitable. When Dad showed a real interest in new farming set-ups, the agriculturists worked all the more closely with him.
On our 280-acre pig farm, Dad is still learning something new every day. Three summers ago he found that eldest daughters make for very poor hired men. Today ha found a new antiseptic to cut down on disease hazards.
Last night we went out to the farrowing barn to do chores. As we entered we stepped into a pan of antiseptic. Dad explained that the sows were brought in to farrow. A heater in the back kept the barn at 50 degrees while lamps keep the chill off the litters.
The newborns had their ears notched for future reference and their teeth clipped. Their navels were touched with iodine to reduce infection. Chores didn't take much effort nor time because of the efficient set-up. Perfect records are kept of these litters.
Politics, church and civil affairs have always got a great contribution from Dad. There never seems to be a breather for him. He's always attending a political meeting or something else just as important. Right now he is "President Petersen" twice over. He always holds a position in our church. He is willing to extend a helping hand when he sees need. Dad has given a great deal of service to both God and man. More people than he knows love and respect him.
All these and many other virtues does he have, but the position I like him in best is what is called "Father". Here he excells by demanding obedience and respect while giving an abundance of love. That's my Dad.
"That Dad of Mine" ,,
Hi! I'm Karen — eldest daughter of the above. Dad has given me permission to write this article for him. Therefore, I am going to take this opportunity to crow over a favorite relative of mine—Edwin B. Petersen.
an education on his own.
As you probably know, Dad is an excellent farmer. Being the oldest son of a hard working homesteader, he gained his first lessons by following example. Then in college he majored in agriculture. The next step was practical application.
Like anyone else, he made a lot of mistakes in his first years of farming, but he learned from his mistakes. Also, he looked at the mistakes and abilities of other farmers. Later on he became active in Farm Bureau and local agricultural committees. They added the latest facts and figures he needed on how to make farming profitable. When Dad showed a real interest in new farming set-ups, the agriculturists worked all the more closely with him.
On our 280-acre pig farm, Dad is still learning something new every day. Three summers ago he found that eldest daughters make for very poor hired men. Today ha found a new antiseptic to cut down on disease hazards.
Last night we went out to the farrowing barn to do chores. As we entered we stepped into a pan of antiseptic. Dad explained that the sows were brought in to farrow. A heater in the back kept the barn at 50 degrees while lamps keep the chill off the litters.
The newborns had their ears notched for future reference and their teeth clipped. Their navels were touched with iodine to reduce infection. Chores didn't take much effort nor time because of the efficient set-up. Perfect records are kept of these litters.
Politics, church and civil affairs have always got a great contribution from Dad. There never seems to be a breather for him. He's always attending a political meeting or something else just as important. Right now he is "President Petersen" twice over. He always holds a position in our church. He is willing to extend a helping hand when he sees need. Dad has given a great deal of service to both God and man. More people than he knows love and respect him.
All these and many other virtues does he have, but the position I like him in best is what is called "Father". Here he excells by demanding obedience and respect while giving an abundance of love. That's my Dad.
Friday, May 6, 2016
Edwin B. Petersen Turns 100!
Yesterday, Edwin B. Petersen turned 100 years old! He was treated with many phone calls from children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, friends, and loved ones. He ate a meal from his favorite restaurant, the Wok-N-Roll.
When I called to speak with him in the morning, I asked him what his secret to a long and happy life is. He responded, "Work hard, eat healthy, and love your fellow man."
Happy 100th Grandpa!
When I called to speak with him in the morning, I asked him what his secret to a long and happy life is. He responded, "Work hard, eat healthy, and love your fellow man."
Happy 100th Grandpa!
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| Edwin B. Petersen, a short while after his 99th birthday. |
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Petersens Visit British Columbia
HELLO FOLKS!
It is vacation time again for the Petersen's. By the time this column is being read we will have about finished our leisure time for the summer. We are visiting in British Columbia about 1,900 miles froth home, in the Okanaga Valley.
This is a beautiful valley of fruit, fishing, boating, skiing, hunting, lumbering and cattle. It has a beautiful climate with the warm Japanese current warming up the breezes to give it a temperate climate of few severe extremes.
We took Highway 10 from Fargo to Glendive, Montana; cutting north and going through Glacier Park, Calgary and over the Trans - Canadian to Vernon. It is a beautiful drive. The Canadian Rockies are unsurpassed in beauty.
All along the way, the grass and crops are looking good; with bumper crops coming along. The children were especially impressed with Glacier Park, where they played in the snow. Some of them played their bare feet.
Canada is a young country for the most part in the first stages of a booming economy. Calgary gives the impression of being a city with a tremendous growth period. Everywhere you look buildings are going up, and expanding. The annual Calgary Roundup is the second week in July. This extravaganza is currently being held for five days, however understand that next year it will be extended to 10 days.
It is obvious that the Trans-Canadian highway was a tremendous engineering feat but even so some of it is obsolete almost before it is finished. It has really opened Canada to the tourist trade.
Before completion of the road Canada was almost divided between the West — of the Rocky area and the East; this except for the railroad. No doubt there will soon be much more road building. Tourists are flocking into the area taxing every available, facility. As roads are being built they will flock to move tourist areas. Eastern Canadians obviously want to see what the province to the west of them is like... judging from the license plates.
Canadian farmers have had it hard in the past. They are far behind United States farmers. This is due to the inavailability of credit. Now, however, they in have a Federal Land Bank and Production Credit system. This gives them a chance to expand into efficient units and get the necessary machinery to produce efficiently. They still do some of the work the hard way, however.
Canada having just made a tremendous wheat deal with Russia is urging the farmers to grow all the wheat they can. The government is going all out to encourage farmers to clear land and plant more.
Some farm leaders are complaining that the price doesn't encourage enough incentive for production, but I don't believe this complaint is justified. Farmers are in the drivers seat in many ways. There are no taxes on personal property. There is a 5 per cent sales tax on all commodities except food and medicine. Farmers wanting machinery do not have to pay the sales tax either.
I believe that the Canadian farmers in the plains area could nearly double their production in one year. This through use of nitrogen and other fertilizers and forgetting about fallowing, which I understand is no longer needed with modern farming methods.
It is vacation time again for the Petersen's. By the time this column is being read we will have about finished our leisure time for the summer. We are visiting in British Columbia about 1,900 miles froth home, in the Okanaga Valley.
This is a beautiful valley of fruit, fishing, boating, skiing, hunting, lumbering and cattle. It has a beautiful climate with the warm Japanese current warming up the breezes to give it a temperate climate of few severe extremes.
We took Highway 10 from Fargo to Glendive, Montana; cutting north and going through Glacier Park, Calgary and over the Trans - Canadian to Vernon. It is a beautiful drive. The Canadian Rockies are unsurpassed in beauty.
Canada is a young country for the most part in the first stages of a booming economy. Calgary gives the impression of being a city with a tremendous growth period. Everywhere you look buildings are going up, and expanding. The annual Calgary Roundup is the second week in July. This extravaganza is currently being held for five days, however understand that next year it will be extended to 10 days.
It is obvious that the Trans-Canadian highway was a tremendous engineering feat but even so some of it is obsolete almost before it is finished. It has really opened Canada to the tourist trade.
Before completion of the road Canada was almost divided between the West — of the Rocky area and the East; this except for the railroad. No doubt there will soon be much more road building. Tourists are flocking into the area taxing every available, facility. As roads are being built they will flock to move tourist areas. Eastern Canadians obviously want to see what the province to the west of them is like... judging from the license plates.
Canadian farmers have had it hard in the past. They are far behind United States farmers. This is due to the inavailability of credit. Now, however, they in have a Federal Land Bank and Production Credit system. This gives them a chance to expand into efficient units and get the necessary machinery to produce efficiently. They still do some of the work the hard way, however.
Canada having just made a tremendous wheat deal with Russia is urging the farmers to grow all the wheat they can. The government is going all out to encourage farmers to clear land and plant more.
Some farm leaders are complaining that the price doesn't encourage enough incentive for production, but I don't believe this complaint is justified. Farmers are in the drivers seat in many ways. There are no taxes on personal property. There is a 5 per cent sales tax on all commodities except food and medicine. Farmers wanting machinery do not have to pay the sales tax either.
I believe that the Canadian farmers in the plains area could nearly double their production in one year. This through use of nitrogen and other fertilizers and forgetting about fallowing, which I understand is no longer needed with modern farming methods.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Just Short Hops, These
HELLO FOLKS — "That's what I hate about these locals," complained one jet passenger to another. "We've stopped at Chicago, Minneapolis and now Salt Lake City." When a girl starts counting on a guy it only means that his number is up.
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I am not the jealous kind or I might not stand for it, but I do have a solution. I figure that what is good for the goose is good for One gander. So — I have a few choice gal friends too. Let me tell you about some of them, I won't give their names, for that would be telling.
There is one who is a real beauty. She is graceful as she is shy. Her kisses are divine and she is pretty generous with them.
She has a good friend who I am on good terms with too. She has a perfect figure and loves for me to put my hands around her waist so I can tell her how slim her middle is. Also is proud of her muscles and wants me to feel them.
One other that I must tell you about is a real petite blonde. She has natural curly hair and is a real joy to be around as she always has something to have fun over. She is seldom unhappy and loves to tease.
As you may have guessed by now they are all our children. They all love to tease and are all very lovable.
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Could Get In Much Deeper
Hello Folks! — Do you know the difference between prose and verse? There was a young girl named
Nelly, who waded in water up to her knees. That is prose. If she had gone a little deeper it would have been verse.
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IT HAS happened more than once that my wife or I have been holding a baby of very tender age and someone has asked, "is this your youngest?"
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MOST OF you of the first Congressional district received a questionnaire sent out by Cong. Al Quie in which he asked your opinion about 12 issues pertinent to the district.
Some of the questions and their answers went as follows. Regarding national defense, mutual aid, reciprocal trade and scientific aid for potential scholars, the answers were approximately 70 to 80 per cent in favor of present methods.
Most of the replies also were in favor of increased postal rates in order to reduce the deficit of the postal budget.
In regard to the present farm program, most believed that it was not working. Of those who did not believe in the present program, about 20 per cent favored increasing price supports. Of the farmers answering 43 per cent believed in increasing supports and 57 per cent in decreasing them. Fifty-four per cent of the farmers wanted all supports removed.
An interesting point of the survey is that while the majority wanted less interference in farm affairs, the majority wanted federal aid to education.
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I LOVE to raid my wifes note books; they contain so many sweet bits of philsophy and poems. Here is one that she has. It has no signature as to who wrote it, but it pretty well hits the spot.
THE COWBOY'S PRAYER
Lord I've never lived where churches grow;
I love creation better as it stood
The day you finished it so long ago
And looked upon your work and called it good.
I know that others find you in the light
That's sifted down through tinted window panes;
And that I too; find you near tonight
In this dim, quiet starlight on the plains.
I thank thee Lord that I am placed so well,
That thou hast made my freedom so complete
That I'm no slave of whistle, clock or bell,
Or weak-eyed prisoner in walled-up street.
Just let me live my life as I've begun,
Give me work that's open to the sky,
Make me a partner with the wind and sun
And I'll not ask a place that's soft or high.
Let me be easy on the man that's down;
Make me free and generous with all;
I'm careless, Lord, sometimes when I'm in town
But never let them call me mean or small.
Make me big and open like the plains I ride,
Honest as the horse between my knees,
Clean as the wind that blows behind the rain,
Free as the hawk, which circles the breeze.
Forgive me Lord, when sometimes I forget,
You know the reasons which are hid,
You know about the things which gall and fret,
You know me better than my Mother did.
Just keep an eye on all that's said and done.
Just right me always when I torn aside,
And guide me on the long dim trail ahead
Which stretches upward, toward the great Divide.
Nelly, who waded in water up to her knees. That is prose. If she had gone a little deeper it would have been verse.
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IT HAS happened more than once that my wife or I have been holding a baby of very tender age and someone has asked, "is this your youngest?"
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Some of the questions and their answers went as follows. Regarding national defense, mutual aid, reciprocal trade and scientific aid for potential scholars, the answers were approximately 70 to 80 per cent in favor of present methods.
Most of the replies also were in favor of increased postal rates in order to reduce the deficit of the postal budget.
In regard to the present farm program, most believed that it was not working. Of those who did not believe in the present program, about 20 per cent favored increasing price supports. Of the farmers answering 43 per cent believed in increasing supports and 57 per cent in decreasing them. Fifty-four per cent of the farmers wanted all supports removed.
An interesting point of the survey is that while the majority wanted less interference in farm affairs, the majority wanted federal aid to education.
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I LOVE to raid my wifes note books; they contain so many sweet bits of philsophy and poems. Here is one that she has. It has no signature as to who wrote it, but it pretty well hits the spot.
THE COWBOY'S PRAYER
Lord I've never lived where churches grow;
I love creation better as it stood
The day you finished it so long ago
And looked upon your work and called it good.
I know that others find you in the light
That's sifted down through tinted window panes;
And that I too; find you near tonight
In this dim, quiet starlight on the plains.
I thank thee Lord that I am placed so well,
That thou hast made my freedom so complete
That I'm no slave of whistle, clock or bell,
Or weak-eyed prisoner in walled-up street.
Just let me live my life as I've begun,
Give me work that's open to the sky,
Make me a partner with the wind and sun
And I'll not ask a place that's soft or high.
Let me be easy on the man that's down;
Make me free and generous with all;
I'm careless, Lord, sometimes when I'm in town
But never let them call me mean or small.
Make me big and open like the plains I ride,
Honest as the horse between my knees,
Clean as the wind that blows behind the rain,
Free as the hawk, which circles the breeze.
Forgive me Lord, when sometimes I forget,
You know the reasons which are hid,
You know about the things which gall and fret,
You know me better than my Mother did.
Just keep an eye on all that's said and done.
Just right me always when I torn aside,
And guide me on the long dim trail ahead
Which stretches upward, toward the great Divide.
Sunday, March 20, 2016
High Taxes Can Kill off Business
Hello, Folks! A bit of philosophy that I like goes something like this: It is not the heights you reach that counts. It is the distance you have to travel and the obsacles you must overcome to reach your goal.
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A customer complained that the new barber was driving him crazy with his incessant chatter. The propietor observed mildly, "According to the Constituion of the U. S. he's got a right to talk.'' "That may be," admitted the customer, "but the U. S. has a constitution that can stand it. Mine can't."
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According to the Continental Can Co, Minnesota's real estate tax rate is the highest of any sate in which they have factories. It is $40.70 per $1,000 investment. This compares with $40.25 for California, $38.31 for Florida, $16.90 for Ohio, $23.39 for Texas, $14.50 for Indiana, $17.28 for Washington. The personal property tax rate also is high.
Minesota 26.7, Indiana 9.19, California 15.36, Florida 7.15, Ohio 12.37, Washington 9.1, Texas 10.25.
Thirty - one states have a sales tax which very likely accounts for their lowered property tax rate. The supporters of the sales tax say that the high property tax rate is driving business from the state leaving less people and property to carry the load. The sales tax seems to be working satisfactory in those states. At least I haven't heard of any moves to do away with it. If that is the reason why Minnesota is losing it's population we might well consider ways of adjusting the situation. People have to live where there is employment and employment is where the in-dustries are,
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One thing we can do which I think will do a tremendous amount of good — is work such as Jobs, Inc. is doing — investing in buildings that will be ready for industries to move into. If our community is to grow as it should we must have such expansion. These industrial buildings have been a good thing in the past and will surely continue to be an asset. Any of your farmers who have some money to invest, why hot invest it in Jobs, Inc.? You will be do-ing yourself and your community a service.
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The little one room country school is on its way out in Minnesota. This whether we like it or not. It is going the way of the work horse and hand milking. The school districts surrounding Oakland are considering joining with the Austin school district. I myself held out a long while. I was brought up with a great respect for the neighborhood school. There are a lot of fond memories to be cherished by it, However the change in educational methods and need for higher education make the changes necessary.
I am very fond of horses and if it had been financially profitable to continue using them I would still be using horses. I got a thrill out of taking a colt and taming and training him into a valuable and useful animal. The fact still remains that if we want powerful autos, good roads, television and all the modern conveniences we have to be efficient and with efficiency comes changes.
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The secret of living is to learn to stand on our own feet without walking on someone else's toes.
—o—
Indications are that young farmers starting out are better off renting thean owning their farms. The reasoning is that a man with limited capital can invest it most effectively in livestock and equipment used directly in producing an income: thus concentrating his investment in assets that bring quick I returns.
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We have four former Secretaries of Agriculture. They are Henry Wallace, Clinton Anderson, Claude Wickard and Charles Brannon. These four men, all democrats, are evenly divided on the issue of price supports. Wallace and Anderson are for flexible and the latter two for rigid. The interesting part of the fact is how they reason their views. Wallace and Anderson explain the details of their plan and base it on proven facts. The other two do not give the full picture of the consequences of their program and they do not base their beliefs upon proven facts. For instance, they don't say how production would be cont rolled, who would say how many cows you could milk, how many hogs to raise, who could start farming and who could not. Let's listen to the ones who know what they are talking about.
Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed; But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest. Elizabeth Barret Browning. With America's greatest patriotic holiday with us (July 4), let us reminisce and consider what it really means to us and how we can best preserve the hard fought liberties for which many gave their lives
—o—
A customer complained that the new barber was driving him crazy with his incessant chatter. The propietor observed mildly, "According to the Constituion of the U. S. he's got a right to talk.'' "That may be," admitted the customer, "but the U. S. has a constitution that can stand it. Mine can't."
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Minesota 26.7, Indiana 9.19, California 15.36, Florida 7.15, Ohio 12.37, Washington 9.1, Texas 10.25.
Thirty - one states have a sales tax which very likely accounts for their lowered property tax rate. The supporters of the sales tax say that the high property tax rate is driving business from the state leaving less people and property to carry the load. The sales tax seems to be working satisfactory in those states. At least I haven't heard of any moves to do away with it. If that is the reason why Minnesota is losing it's population we might well consider ways of adjusting the situation. People have to live where there is employment and employment is where the in-dustries are,
—o—
One thing we can do which I think will do a tremendous amount of good — is work such as Jobs, Inc. is doing — investing in buildings that will be ready for industries to move into. If our community is to grow as it should we must have such expansion. These industrial buildings have been a good thing in the past and will surely continue to be an asset. Any of your farmers who have some money to invest, why hot invest it in Jobs, Inc.? You will be do-ing yourself and your community a service.
—o—
The little one room country school is on its way out in Minnesota. This whether we like it or not. It is going the way of the work horse and hand milking. The school districts surrounding Oakland are considering joining with the Austin school district. I myself held out a long while. I was brought up with a great respect for the neighborhood school. There are a lot of fond memories to be cherished by it, However the change in educational methods and need for higher education make the changes necessary.
I am very fond of horses and if it had been financially profitable to continue using them I would still be using horses. I got a thrill out of taking a colt and taming and training him into a valuable and useful animal. The fact still remains that if we want powerful autos, good roads, television and all the modern conveniences we have to be efficient and with efficiency comes changes.
—o—
The secret of living is to learn to stand on our own feet without walking on someone else's toes.
—o—
Indications are that young farmers starting out are better off renting thean owning their farms. The reasoning is that a man with limited capital can invest it most effectively in livestock and equipment used directly in producing an income: thus concentrating his investment in assets that bring quick I returns.
—o—
We have four former Secretaries of Agriculture. They are Henry Wallace, Clinton Anderson, Claude Wickard and Charles Brannon. These four men, all democrats, are evenly divided on the issue of price supports. Wallace and Anderson are for flexible and the latter two for rigid. The interesting part of the fact is how they reason their views. Wallace and Anderson explain the details of their plan and base it on proven facts. The other two do not give the full picture of the consequences of their program and they do not base their beliefs upon proven facts. For instance, they don't say how production would be cont rolled, who would say how many cows you could milk, how many hogs to raise, who could start farming and who could not. Let's listen to the ones who know what they are talking about.
Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed; But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest. Elizabeth Barret Browning. With America's greatest patriotic holiday with us (July 4), let us reminisce and consider what it really means to us and how we can best preserve the hard fought liberties for which many gave their lives
Sunday, March 13, 2016
No More Milk Support, Please
HELLO FOLKS. Back in Grandpa's time they had the ideal prescription for sound sleep. They called it hard work. We will never build patriotism in our youth by discouraging within them the very things that made this nation strong, thrift, frugality, hard work, etc.
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MILK PRICES have started upward. It is about time that they do so. This might not seem like good news to the consumers, but the dairymen have been taking it on the chin long enough.
I have nothing but admiration for the man who has for these many years worked long and difficult hours milking a bunch of cows for as low an income as he has been getting.
Milking has to be done 14 times a week whether the dairyman is well or ill. Whether it is stormy or fair. Whether he wants to go on a vacation or lot. If he is unable to do it himself he has to find someone who will take over until he is back in the swing of it again. It is nearly impossible to hire anyone to do that work and break even doing it.
The average dairyman in Minnesota has been making about a dollar an hour for his time. The better dairymen who have their production well over -00 pounds of butterfat per cow have done better but have still not been getting a return anywhere in proportion to their skills.
I have been in dairying enough to know that it takes more talent and determination to keep a herd in high and profitable production than it does in most occupations. I suspect that anyone who would be as persistent as the dairyman has to be, would do well in most other fields too.
I mentioned in my year-end report that milk prices would on rise to $4 per hundred and that I would not be too surprised to see them go to $5. However the politicians, Republican and Democrat alike, are in there ready to spoil it.
They are doing it by crying for increased government support prices. This would tend to encourage too much and less efficient production and thereby lower total profits.
Would a substantial increase in milk prices hurt the consumser? An increase of 50 cents per hundred for milk would raise the price of milk 1 cent a quart. If the average worker earns $3 an hour and if he buys an average of three quarts of milk a day he would have to work less than one minute a day longer to pay for the extra price.
This for the most nutritious food on earth for which he has been paying bargain prices for these many years. This 50 cent increase in price would not give the dairyman a high income but would give him enough to be able to stay in business. I believe that he should have more than the 50 cent increase. A dollar would be more equitable.
Should the politicians get their way and raise the support price of milk substantially the dairyman is apt to be cut in his milk prices by 50 cents a hundred. This because it would stimulate production unnecessarily.
—o—
I have nothing but admiration for the man who has for these many years worked long and difficult hours milking a bunch of cows for as low an income as he has been getting.
Milking has to be done 14 times a week whether the dairyman is well or ill. Whether it is stormy or fair. Whether he wants to go on a vacation or lot. If he is unable to do it himself he has to find someone who will take over until he is back in the swing of it again. It is nearly impossible to hire anyone to do that work and break even doing it.
The average dairyman in Minnesota has been making about a dollar an hour for his time. The better dairymen who have their production well over -00 pounds of butterfat per cow have done better but have still not been getting a return anywhere in proportion to their skills.
I have been in dairying enough to know that it takes more talent and determination to keep a herd in high and profitable production than it does in most occupations. I suspect that anyone who would be as persistent as the dairyman has to be, would do well in most other fields too.
I mentioned in my year-end report that milk prices would on rise to $4 per hundred and that I would not be too surprised to see them go to $5. However the politicians, Republican and Democrat alike, are in there ready to spoil it.
They are doing it by crying for increased government support prices. This would tend to encourage too much and less efficient production and thereby lower total profits.
Would a substantial increase in milk prices hurt the consumser? An increase of 50 cents per hundred for milk would raise the price of milk 1 cent a quart. If the average worker earns $3 an hour and if he buys an average of three quarts of milk a day he would have to work less than one minute a day longer to pay for the extra price.
This for the most nutritious food on earth for which he has been paying bargain prices for these many years. This 50 cent increase in price would not give the dairyman a high income but would give him enough to be able to stay in business. I believe that he should have more than the 50 cent increase. A dollar would be more equitable.
Should the politicians get their way and raise the support price of milk substantially the dairyman is apt to be cut in his milk prices by 50 cents a hundred. This because it would stimulate production unnecessarily.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Thief Busy In Shadows
Hello Folks — I think that withholding taxes from the payroll is another of our growing evils, as far as government is concerned. It is almost another form of hidden taxation; that is, the money is never seen by the payee, he or she does not realize that it is being paid as it is not handled through the family budget.
Government is a service to the people and therefore should be treated the same as any other service we buy. Meaning that we should know and be willing to pay out the amount necessary to promote the necessary services for the efficient operation of government. We would never had gotten into the financial jam we are now in if we had had direct taxation from the start.
When we know that we have to pay for what we get and know what we are paying for we are pretty apt to keep the costs in line and keep better tab on the ones who handle it.
We lived under the 'soak the rich' plan for many years and got the idea that we have a 'sugar daddy' who was footing the bill and would continue to do so. Now we are beginning to realize that taxes and deficits really hurt and that 'Santa Claus' was the long-bearded fellow who reached into one of our pockets and took out $10 while we saw only the $5 he gave us back.
When the wage earner has his taxes taken out of his earnings before he gets his check he gets the idea that taxes aren't so bad and that the politicians who spend it are not doing wrong in making it bigger and bigger all the time. The pinch he feels is in the size of actual check he gets, and probably blames it in the belief that he isn't getting enough wages. So he either gets sore at the employer or gets another job to up his take home pay; when al the time the fault is the politician who robbed him behind his back.
Edwin Peterson, 42, Oakland area farmer, filed for the state representative, the post now held by Rep. Edmond Conn, Alden.
Peterson, who operates a 120 acre farm northwest of Oakland in Moscow Township, is a native of White River, S. D., and has farmed in Freeborn County since 1937.
He is a past resident of the Freeborn County Farm Bureau, served two years on the Oakland School Board and was the chairman of the Oakland School reorganization committee.
The Petersons have 10 children.
When we know that we have to pay for what we get and know what we are paying for we are pretty apt to keep the costs in line and keep better tab on the ones who handle it.
We lived under the 'soak the rich' plan for many years and got the idea that we have a 'sugar daddy' who was footing the bill and would continue to do so. Now we are beginning to realize that taxes and deficits really hurt and that 'Santa Claus' was the long-bearded fellow who reached into one of our pockets and took out $10 while we saw only the $5 he gave us back.
When the wage earner has his taxes taken out of his earnings before he gets his check he gets the idea that taxes aren't so bad and that the politicians who spend it are not doing wrong in making it bigger and bigger all the time. The pinch he feels is in the size of actual check he gets, and probably blames it in the belief that he isn't getting enough wages. So he either gets sore at the employer or gets another job to up his take home pay; when al the time the fault is the politician who robbed him behind his back.
Peterson Files for State Representative
Edwin Peterson, 42, Oakland area farmer, filed for the state representative, the post now held by Rep. Edmond Conn, Alden.
Peterson, who operates a 120 acre farm northwest of Oakland in Moscow Township, is a native of White River, S. D., and has farmed in Freeborn County since 1937.
He is a past resident of the Freeborn County Farm Bureau, served two years on the Oakland School Board and was the chairman of the Oakland School reorganization committee.
The Petersons have 10 children.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Smooth Going Makes It Rough
HELLO FOLKS: — The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trails.
The reason a dollar won't do as much for people as it used to is because people won't do as much for a dollar as they used to.
—o—
THE ACTIONS of children are very strange, sometimes. One wonders what makes them do the things they do. Is it neglect at some time? Or is it our fault? Or is it just a natural reaction that all of us go through at some time or other.
Take Dana, for instance. He never showed too much interest in dolls or such things when he was in his infancy. He was always an outdoor boy. He was so full of interest in the livestock and machinery that he could endure a lot of cold and seemingly not even get cold, if the weather was above Zero.
This year he asked for a teddy bear for Christmas. Insisted that that was what he wanted. Having never shown much interest in such things before we doubted that he would be satisfied once he got it. But 'Andy' came to live with us (Or should I say, live with him). Anyway, Dana takes him to bed every night and 'Andy' is really an attachment to him.
It even went so far that the other day Dana insisted that 'Andy' would be one year old the next day and in accordance with the custom at our house he must have a cake and party. He pressured Mother into making a cake with one candle on it and come supper time the lights were turned out and we all sang "Happy Birthday" to 'Andy'. The one who enjoyed it the most was Dana. Of course all enjoyed the cake.
—o—
THERE IS A new trend in child rearing. It is slow in coming, but gradually it will take root. True, juvenile delinquency (as they call it) is still gaining and probably will for a few years yet, but the new trend is not to let the children do as they please. Instead they are to be taught, that Dad is not just a pal to his sons but the head of the house and that Sonny is to respect him.
There is to be a friendlyness between them, of course, but also a firmness. A firmness that has not been there for many years generally. "No more of this buddy, buddy stuff", the most recent psychological book says.
I, for one, think the child rearing books of the past few years were way off base. They bent over backwards in wanting the child to think for himself, whether he was capable of it or not.
"Children should not be frustrated, or have big disappointments," they said. "It might create an inferiority complex".
Well we reaped the consequences of such attitudes, and the results are not good. Just read the papers every day and we can see the results.
I don't go along with the extremes that the latest views on child rearing go to. I think that the scriptures have the right attitudes "The fear of the Lord, is the beginning of wisdom".
"Well, the fear of Father is also the beginning of wisdom in the son or daughter".
At the same time God is the personification of love; and so must father be the personification of love toward his children. That is the balance wheel of parental relationship that will bring up the future leaders of this nation in a way that will teach authority without warping the personality.
The reason a dollar won't do as much for people as it used to is because people won't do as much for a dollar as they used to.
—o—
Take Dana, for instance. He never showed too much interest in dolls or such things when he was in his infancy. He was always an outdoor boy. He was so full of interest in the livestock and machinery that he could endure a lot of cold and seemingly not even get cold, if the weather was above Zero.
This year he asked for a teddy bear for Christmas. Insisted that that was what he wanted. Having never shown much interest in such things before we doubted that he would be satisfied once he got it. But 'Andy' came to live with us (Or should I say, live with him). Anyway, Dana takes him to bed every night and 'Andy' is really an attachment to him.
It even went so far that the other day Dana insisted that 'Andy' would be one year old the next day and in accordance with the custom at our house he must have a cake and party. He pressured Mother into making a cake with one candle on it and come supper time the lights were turned out and we all sang "Happy Birthday" to 'Andy'. The one who enjoyed it the most was Dana. Of course all enjoyed the cake.
—o—
THERE IS A new trend in child rearing. It is slow in coming, but gradually it will take root. True, juvenile delinquency (as they call it) is still gaining and probably will for a few years yet, but the new trend is not to let the children do as they please. Instead they are to be taught, that Dad is not just a pal to his sons but the head of the house and that Sonny is to respect him.
There is to be a friendlyness between them, of course, but also a firmness. A firmness that has not been there for many years generally. "No more of this buddy, buddy stuff", the most recent psychological book says.
I, for one, think the child rearing books of the past few years were way off base. They bent over backwards in wanting the child to think for himself, whether he was capable of it or not.
"Children should not be frustrated, or have big disappointments," they said. "It might create an inferiority complex".
Well we reaped the consequences of such attitudes, and the results are not good. Just read the papers every day and we can see the results.
I don't go along with the extremes that the latest views on child rearing go to. I think that the scriptures have the right attitudes "The fear of the Lord, is the beginning of wisdom".
"Well, the fear of Father is also the beginning of wisdom in the son or daughter".
At the same time God is the personification of love; and so must father be the personification of love toward his children. That is the balance wheel of parental relationship that will bring up the future leaders of this nation in a way that will teach authority without warping the personality.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Kids Enjoyable, Writer Explains
HELLO FOLKS — Well! Well! Doug and Tracy Vandegrift finally got a son after five daughters. Congratulations to them. Wonder if they took the advise Vera and I gave them a while back? Fact is, we gave them several ideas that were supposed to encourage having a male child. I have an idea that Doug's chest is a couple inches larger these days.
I've heard it said, however, "Just get the girls, the boys will follow."
—o—
THE YOUNGSTERS had their Halloween fun. They each had their costumes and went out for Unicef. Brent has a leopard suit, Mark a devil, Adell a dancing girl, Zina a bat, Randy was Fred Flintstone, and Ann was an Indian maid. Brent decided to stay home when his mother put his leopard pajamas over his clothes.
—o—
AS I HAVE said before, there is no greater joy to me than having children around. I think the age of two to five is when I get the biggest charge out of them. They say so many cute things and get things twisted around easily in a way that produces a good belly laugh.
Brent is in that stage, he is three. He has this leopard suit that he calls a tiger suit. It has a hoot to it that covers all but his face. He insisted on wearing it to bed. The first night it got twisted around and he woke up and started crying. All his mother could see was the back of his head and I guess it seemed funny to her.
The other morning he was telling about his dream.
"There was a tiger and two lions fighting, — I was the tiger."
"Who won?" asked his mother.
"Not one — THREE!
"I mean, who won the fight?" explained mother.
"I did."
Yesterday we wanted to go outside. "Get your shoes and I will help you put them on," said mother.
He went out on the porch and was back in a few seconds.
"Here they are. Notwput them on." There he had two squash and was playing a joke on his mother.
—o—
EVEN IF the under-five age is the cutest, the ones over five are not to be outdone. The girls in kindergarten and first have to have their loves everyday. When school started the rush for the bus eliminated that moment, I thought. But when they got home from school Adell came running to me, "Daddy, you forgot something today."
I couldn't remember but she never forgets. So now it is usually in the evening that they show their affection.
Somehow, nothing seems to be too wrong when children think you are tops.
I've heard it said, however, "Just get the girls, the boys will follow."
—o—
THE YOUNGSTERS had their Halloween fun. They each had their costumes and went out for Unicef. Brent has a leopard suit, Mark a devil, Adell a dancing girl, Zina a bat, Randy was Fred Flintstone, and Ann was an Indian maid. Brent decided to stay home when his mother put his leopard pajamas over his clothes.
—o—
Brent is in that stage, he is three. He has this leopard suit that he calls a tiger suit. It has a hoot to it that covers all but his face. He insisted on wearing it to bed. The first night it got twisted around and he woke up and started crying. All his mother could see was the back of his head and I guess it seemed funny to her.
The other morning he was telling about his dream.
"There was a tiger and two lions fighting, — I was the tiger."
"Who won?" asked his mother.
"Not one — THREE!
"I mean, who won the fight?" explained mother.
"I did."
Yesterday we wanted to go outside. "Get your shoes and I will help you put them on," said mother.
He went out on the porch and was back in a few seconds.
"Here they are. Notwput them on." There he had two squash and was playing a joke on his mother.
—o—
EVEN IF the under-five age is the cutest, the ones over five are not to be outdone. The girls in kindergarten and first have to have their loves everyday. When school started the rush for the bus eliminated that moment, I thought. But when they got home from school Adell came running to me, "Daddy, you forgot something today."
I couldn't remember but she never forgets. So now it is usually in the evening that they show their affection.
Somehow, nothing seems to be too wrong when children think you are tops.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Family Fun at Petersens
HELLO FOLKS! — I suppose it is only natural that with five lively daughters in the home I should have to take a bit of abuse. Take last week for instance. It all started when I came to the table with my hair standing erect. The kids made fun of it and Zina to cap it off, put a ribbon on it.
As many of you know I have precious hair left, and none to spare. I left the ribbon in the hair after dinner and laid down on the couch to read and have a little nap. When I get sleepy I can go to sleep standing up and I become oblivious to anything going on around.
When I awakened I heard some snickers and knew that something "fishy" had been going on. It took a while for me to get the facts, and it was Merilee who informed, Merilee is my everlasting pal, and besides that she is not good at keeping secrets. She informed me that while I was asleep they had put a ribbon on my chest and a bottle in my arms and taken a picture of me.
I haven't found the film or this story might have ended differently, but I suppose I will get the razzing of my life when the picture gets here.
Living with a houseful of lovely women isn't really too bad. After all is isn't every man who gets to boss around a houseful of them, or be bossed himself. The thing that put the edge on it all is that they have a mischievious mother who encourages all this.
—o—
Our youngest son Brent got the bright idea one day of publishing a newspaper. He was helping me farm and while on the tractor he got it pretty well set in his mind what he was going to write. He calls it the "Hog Town News". Our big hog pasture we call Hog Town. The embellishments are all his and next week this column will be a reprint of what he wrote; or at least a part of it.
—o—
In case you hadn't noticed: the month of May was a wet one. We got 6.3 inches of rain. We had gotten 3.4 in April.
As many of you know I have precious hair left, and none to spare. I left the ribbon in the hair after dinner and laid down on the couch to read and have a little nap. When I get sleepy I can go to sleep standing up and I become oblivious to anything going on around.
When I awakened I heard some snickers and knew that something "fishy" had been going on. It took a while for me to get the facts, and it was Merilee who informed, Merilee is my everlasting pal, and besides that she is not good at keeping secrets. She informed me that while I was asleep they had put a ribbon on my chest and a bottle in my arms and taken a picture of me.
I haven't found the film or this story might have ended differently, but I suppose I will get the razzing of my life when the picture gets here.
Living with a houseful of lovely women isn't really too bad. After all is isn't every man who gets to boss around a houseful of them, or be bossed himself. The thing that put the edge on it all is that they have a mischievious mother who encourages all this.—o—
Our youngest son Brent got the bright idea one day of publishing a newspaper. He was helping me farm and while on the tractor he got it pretty well set in his mind what he was going to write. He calls it the "Hog Town News". Our big hog pasture we call Hog Town. The embellishments are all his and next week this column will be a reprint of what he wrote; or at least a part of it.
—o—
In case you hadn't noticed: the month of May was a wet one. We got 6.3 inches of rain. We had gotten 3.4 in April.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Zina's Turn To Write
HELLO FOLKS — One of my favorite girl friends asked me if she could write a column for me. I have consented to it and the next words you read will be hers. (Zina Petersen—age 10.)
—o—
I think that I shall never see,
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest,
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
and lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of Robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
The name of this poem is "Trees" by Joice Kilmer. It is one of my favorite poems. This poem has a tune. What I mean is, we had a record that was sung by the "Sons of the Pioneers." It is a very pretty song.
I have read many other poems, but this is the best one yet. I hope that when I grow up, I can write a few poems. Whenever I read the poem, "Trees" I always look outside and am thankful we have trees to look at.
—o—
POEMS ARE HAPPY stories or sad stories that rhyme. I would rather read a poem than a story. To me a poem is a picture readings that has to have outdoors in it or it isn't a poem. Poems always have music in them, no matter how you read them or what kind of poem they are.
In school we write poems. Here is another:
A wise old owl lived in an Oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard;
Why can't we all be like that bird?
That is a poem called "The Wise Old Owl", by Edward H. Richards. It is my favorite animal poem.
—o—
God made a wonderful mother.
A mother who never grows old;
He made her smile of the sunshine.
And He molded her heart of pure gold.
In her eyes He placed bright shinny stars,
In her cheeks, fair roses you see,
God made a wonderful mother,
And he gave that dear mother to me.
Pat O'Reilly must have loved his mother more than anything else. This poem is called, "A Wonderful Mother".
—o—
P.S. — ZINA came to live with us ten years ago, straight from heaven. She is kind, beautiful, thoughtful to all, and has a lot of talent. Of course I may be entirely prejudice, but when she winds those long arms around my neck, looks me straight in the eye and then plants a big kiss I am not in position to think anything else.
—o—
I think that I shall never see,
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest,
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
and lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of Robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
The name of this poem is "Trees" by Joice Kilmer. It is one of my favorite poems. This poem has a tune. What I mean is, we had a record that was sung by the "Sons of the Pioneers." It is a very pretty song.
I have read many other poems, but this is the best one yet. I hope that when I grow up, I can write a few poems. Whenever I read the poem, "Trees" I always look outside and am thankful we have trees to look at.
—o—
POEMS ARE HAPPY stories or sad stories that rhyme. I would rather read a poem than a story. To me a poem is a picture readings that has to have outdoors in it or it isn't a poem. Poems always have music in them, no matter how you read them or what kind of poem they are.
In school we write poems. Here is another:
A wise old owl lived in an Oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard;
Why can't we all be like that bird?
That is a poem called "The Wise Old Owl", by Edward H. Richards. It is my favorite animal poem.
—o—
God made a wonderful mother.
A mother who never grows old;
He made her smile of the sunshine.
And He molded her heart of pure gold.
In her eyes He placed bright shinny stars,
In her cheeks, fair roses you see,
God made a wonderful mother,
And he gave that dear mother to me.
Pat O'Reilly must have loved his mother more than anything else. This poem is called, "A Wonderful Mother".
—o—
P.S. — ZINA came to live with us ten years ago, straight from heaven. She is kind, beautiful, thoughtful to all, and has a lot of talent. Of course I may be entirely prejudice, but when she winds those long arms around my neck, looks me straight in the eye and then plants a big kiss I am not in position to think anything else.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
How Big Are Corn Fields?
HELLO FOLKS — There are some big corn fields in Freeborn County. I'll wait a couple of weeks and announce the response from you readers as to the size of some of the corn fields. If you know of a corn field that is a big one send in the number of acres and I'll announce it in the column.
—o—
JULY THIS year was the wettest month I have ever experienced at least as far as I can recall. Here at Edvera Farm we got 11.5 inches of rain during July. It started off with a whopping 4 1/2 inches the first. We had 1/2 inch the 4th, over 2 inches the 7th, a half inch on both the 11th and 14th, one-and-one-half the 19th, one-and-three-tenths the 20th, and then off showers the rest of the month.
This is considerably more than the Albert Lea record of over 7 inches for July.
I have been keeping record of the precipitation at Edvera Farm for several years and for the most part we get less than Albert Lea or Austin. This is quite a switch and evens up somewhat for the 2 or 3 inches less rainfall a year that we have been getting each year.
—o—
CHILDREN CAN give more laughs than any clown on earth.
Our four-year-old, Brent, was supposed to give a talk in Sunday School. He wanted to give his own idea of a talk, but we had had some experience with that in the past, so Vera drilled him closely to be sure he had the talk memorized. I understand that he did very well.
That was considerably different than what happened a few years ago to Randy. Randy is an individualist just like Brent. He insisted on giving his own talk in Sunday School. He was taught one that he was supposed to give but when it came time to give it here is what he said.
"Jesus had a little lamb. He took it down to the river. There was a railroad track running alongside the river. The lamb ran onto the railroad track and the train came along and ran over it."
—o—
This is considerably more than the Albert Lea record of over 7 inches for July.
I have been keeping record of the precipitation at Edvera Farm for several years and for the most part we get less than Albert Lea or Austin. This is quite a switch and evens up somewhat for the 2 or 3 inches less rainfall a year that we have been getting each year.
—o—
CHILDREN CAN give more laughs than any clown on earth.
Our four-year-old, Brent, was supposed to give a talk in Sunday School. He wanted to give his own idea of a talk, but we had had some experience with that in the past, so Vera drilled him closely to be sure he had the talk memorized. I understand that he did very well.
That was considerably different than what happened a few years ago to Randy. Randy is an individualist just like Brent. He insisted on giving his own talk in Sunday School. He was taught one that he was supposed to give but when it came time to give it here is what he said.
"Jesus had a little lamb. He took it down to the river. There was a railroad track running alongside the river. The lamb ran onto the railroad track and the train came along and ran over it."
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