The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1967, Side 58

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Summer 1967
The Arason barn, built 1902, in the Argyle District in Manitoba
wheat, 250 bushels of barley, and 800
bushels of oats.
From then on there was no stopping
his advance. The picture of his barn
is a good indication. In 1915 the family
farmed 20 quarters of land and thresh-
ed 30,000 bushels of wheat.
Unfortunately, Mr. Arason did not
live to see his plans come to full
fruition as he died in 1903 at the
age of 53.
Aside from giving the history of a
successful early Icelandic individual,
if this story could inspire the succeed-
ing 3 or 4 future generations of Ice-
landers to develop the faith and cour-
age of our forefathers to stand up and
fight the elements of evil that have
crept into the social order of the world
today, our forefathers will not have
lived in vain.