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- John E. Kaaro had a part in the ranching and farm development of Fergus County for m a ny years, and he and Mrs. Kaaro were very intelligent and progressive members of the Fergus community, playing a helpful and publicspirited part in the schools and church life of that interesting locality.
Mr. Kaaro was bom nearTondjhem, Norway on June 16, 1871, a son of Evan and Isabel Kaaro. He had twoyounger sisters, Mattie and Ella.
The family migrated to the United States in 1881. settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
John was len years of age when he came to America. He had attended school in Norway and soon after the family located in Minneapolis he went to work. His first employment was unloading brick from box cars at fifty cents a day. He and a number of other boys worked under a rather savage boss, who carried a black snake whip to stimulate those who lagged in their work. After that he did other things and eventually became an employee of the General Electric Company in Minneapolis and was with Ihat corporation ten years, resigning as city salesman to come to Montana.
While in Minneapolis he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War, with the Minnesota National Guard.
Mr. Kaaro was injured while in service, spent a time in a hospital and was invalided home just befare the end of the war, remaining in San Francisco until his regiment returned. He was mustered out with the regiment in Minneapolis.
While living and working in Minneapolis, John married Miss Ellen Romunstad on December 25, 1899. Mrs. Kaaro was a sister of Odin J. Romunstad. She was born in Wisconsin and was raised and educated there. The Kaaros had one son, James, who was born in 1917, whom they adopted.
In August, 1908, Kaaro entered a homestead in Fergus county and in February, 1909 he established his permanent home Ihere. He and John J. Romundstad were partners. Mr. Ka a ro1 s first investment after coming to Montana was a team of horses, which cost $450 and which could and did break up fifty acres of sod, and in 1910, harvested his first crop of wheat and oats.
Their plan originally was to carry on diversified farming, planting some wheat, barley, oats and attempting to grow alfalfa. The hay problem was partially solved when it was discovered that the wild oats, considered a scourge and a pest at first, was the best hay maker except for alfalfa. Altogether they had 120 acres broken by the plow, sufficient to supply crop needs. Mr. and Mrs. Kaaro. in 1909, started a livestock enterprise with a single cow and calF. The ofTspring of these amounted to quite a few head of cattle. Along about the same time Mrs. Romunstad presented them with seven lambs, which was all the milk their single cow could provide for. From this they developed their
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