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IT HAS WORKED; WHY NOT TRY AGAIN?
When we left Longont [sic] to go to Turkey, we had a chance to sell the farm. We had lost money on the Safflower project and this looked like an opportunity to pay some of our debts before we left the United States.
For several years we had been partners with Herman and his family. We owned the farm, and Herman farmed it. It was a 50-50 arrangement, all farm equipment and livestock were owned jointly. If we sold the farm, we would need to dissolve the partnership, and this would leave Herman without the means to rent another farm.
Verna and I spent some agonizing moments in trying to come to a decision. The value of the equipment was about $25,000, and that seemed like a lot of money to us. We finally decided that we could get along with out selling, and that we would take a $12,500 note for our share, [sic]
When we were on home leave I would renew the note with Herman. In 1962, I went again to renew the note, but it was obvious by this time that he might never be able to pay it.
Could my subconscious mind find the answer? I thought it had worked once, why not try again. When we returned to Jordan I wrote on a small piece of paper, THIS MATTER WILL BE SETTLED TO THE SATISFACTION OF EVERYONE, and placed it inside the top drawer of my desk so that I would see it every time I opened the drawer.
In 1964 we were home again, I did not want to see Herman, I was sure he couldn't pay the note and so I waited until the last day before returning to Jordan. When I went to see him, his first statement was: "If you can give me $2000, I can settle the note". Give him $2000! He already owed us $12,500 and that was with out the 6% interest for 7 years. Why should I give him any more money?
This is the story: Herman's father died and left him a contract of sale, on a small farm adjoining the city of Fort Collins, Colo. He had not been able to pay taxes and other expenses and was about to lose the property. Two Thousand dollars would place him in position to turn the contract over to us. It didn't take me long to get to the bank and get the $2000.00, but since our plane to Jordan was leaving in 24 hours, I turned it over to our attorney.
In 6 years we received the $12.500 plus all interest. THE MATTER WAS SETTLED TO THE SATISFACTION OF EVERYONE. Does it work? I can't tell you for sure, but I believe it did.. [sic]
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