1 00:01:24,210 --> 00:01:26,546 Yuli! Look. 2 00:01:28,339 --> 00:01:29,466 Charles, everybody, 3 00:01:29,632 --> 00:01:31,593 come over. Look. 4 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,052 What is it? 5 00:01:33,219 --> 00:01:34,345 Big news, huh? 6 00:01:34,512 --> 00:01:38,600 I... I sorry. I not read English so good yet. 7 00:01:38,767 --> 00:01:40,643 What it says? 8 00:01:40,810 --> 00:01:42,729 Oh, that, uh... 9 00:01:42,896 --> 00:01:45,523 Well, I ain't real good at reading out loud. 10 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:47,484 "Turnpike construction approved. 11 00:01:47,650 --> 00:01:49,319 "Governor David p. Applewood today announced 12 00:01:49,486 --> 00:01:50,653 "the largest road building program 13 00:01:50,820 --> 00:01:52,197 "in the history of the state. 14 00:01:52,363 --> 00:01:54,908 14 turnpikes are in the approved construction project." 15 00:01:55,074 --> 00:01:56,159 Mr. Hanson: 14 fine roads... 16 00:01:56,326 --> 00:01:57,827 You know what that means? 17 00:01:57,994 --> 00:02:00,246 Yeah, not as many busted wagon wheels. That's what that means. 18 00:02:00,413 --> 00:02:03,416 Prosperity like we never knew. That's what it means. 19 00:02:03,583 --> 00:02:07,086 Easier to get things to market: Wheat, corn, hogs. 20 00:02:07,253 --> 00:02:08,588 Not to mention lumber, huh? 21 00:02:08,755 --> 00:02:10,465 Ja, lumber, you betcha! 22 00:02:10,632 --> 00:02:11,800 New markets for me, 23 00:02:11,966 --> 00:02:13,843 new markets for everybody. 24 00:02:14,010 --> 00:02:15,428 Last year was good. 25 00:02:15,595 --> 00:02:17,263 Next year will be the finest ever. 26 00:02:17,430 --> 00:02:20,058 But you're doing all the business you can handle right now. 27 00:02:20,225 --> 00:02:22,727 Ha ha! I'll build a bigger mill. 28 00:02:22,894 --> 00:02:23,937 Pa! 29 00:02:24,103 --> 00:02:25,605 Pa! 30 00:02:25,772 --> 00:02:26,773 Pa! 31 00:02:26,940 --> 00:02:28,525 Charles: Slow down. What's the hurry? 32 00:02:28,691 --> 00:02:29,943 Oh! Ha ha ha! 33 00:02:30,109 --> 00:02:31,736 Ha ha ha! 34 00:02:31,903 --> 00:02:33,363 Guess what. 35 00:02:33,530 --> 00:02:34,656 What? 36 00:02:34,823 --> 00:02:36,366 We're 100 years old! 37 00:02:36,533 --> 00:02:38,284 Well, I swear they don't look it, do they? 38 00:02:38,451 --> 00:02:40,829 Not us... we, the whole country. 39 00:02:40,995 --> 00:02:43,790 The United States of America is 100 years old 40 00:02:43,957 --> 00:02:45,291 this fourth of July. 41 00:02:45,458 --> 00:02:46,876 Oh, that's a big pile of years! 42 00:02:47,043 --> 00:02:48,545 We're having a celebration in school. 43 00:02:48,711 --> 00:02:50,046 Mary: A centennial celebration. 44 00:02:50,213 --> 00:02:51,673 Laura: They're having them all over the place. 45 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,884 They got a big one in Philadelphia, and there they have... 46 00:02:55,051 --> 00:02:56,553 Charles: The biggest machine in the world, 47 00:02:56,719 --> 00:02:57,971 10,000 exhibits, marching bands, 48 00:02:58,137 --> 00:02:59,639 and fireworks every night. 49 00:02:59,806 --> 00:03:00,974 How'd you know? 50 00:03:01,140 --> 00:03:02,976 It's been in the papers. 51 00:03:03,142 --> 00:03:05,270 That's how they get people to come. 52 00:03:05,436 --> 00:03:08,022 Uh, please, centennial... It means 100 birthdays? 53 00:03:08,189 --> 00:03:09,482 That's right. 54 00:03:09,649 --> 00:03:11,818 In this case, it means the 100th birthday of our country. 55 00:03:11,985 --> 00:03:14,571 It seems to me we ought to have some kind of celebration. 56 00:03:14,737 --> 00:03:16,072 Laura: Like the one in Philadelphia? 57 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:18,950 Not that big, but we can have a picnic or something. 58 00:03:19,117 --> 00:03:21,494 Ja, a town picnic! It's our duty. 59 00:03:21,661 --> 00:03:23,997 We have the band, and we can get the fireworks. 60 00:03:24,163 --> 00:03:25,665 With all this good news flying around, 61 00:03:25,832 --> 00:03:27,458 we could have a rip-roaring fourth of July 62 00:03:27,625 --> 00:03:28,751 nobody would ever forget! 63 00:03:28,918 --> 00:03:29,878 Mr. Hanson: Ja, 64 00:03:30,044 --> 00:03:31,880 we should make signs to spread the word. 65 00:03:32,046 --> 00:03:33,172 Oh, pa, I almost forgot. 66 00:03:33,339 --> 00:03:34,674 Us kids, we got a problem. 67 00:03:34,841 --> 00:03:35,842 I'm going to make the flag, 68 00:03:36,009 --> 00:03:37,385 but we haven't got a flagpole, 69 00:03:37,552 --> 00:03:38,636 so we were wondering 70 00:03:38,803 --> 00:03:39,971 if you could make one for us. 71 00:03:40,138 --> 00:03:41,097 Me! I make. 72 00:03:41,264 --> 00:03:43,016 That's an awful lot of work, yuli. 73 00:03:43,182 --> 00:03:48,021 No. I very good with the drawknife. I make quick. 74 00:03:48,187 --> 00:03:49,606 Thank you, Mr. Pyatakov! 75 00:03:49,772 --> 00:03:51,608 Yeah, thanks a lot. Come on, Mary. 76 00:03:51,774 --> 00:03:53,985 We got to tell ma right away. 77 00:03:55,778 --> 00:03:57,572 I think with those two spreading the word, 78 00:03:57,739 --> 00:03:59,282 you're not going to need those posters. 79 00:03:59,449 --> 00:04:00,992 Ja! Ha ha ha! 80 00:04:07,790 --> 00:04:08,917 I tell you, Caroline, 81 00:04:09,083 --> 00:04:11,586 this state is growing by leaps and bounds. 82 00:04:11,753 --> 00:04:13,129 Can you imagine that? 14 new turnpikes. 83 00:04:13,296 --> 00:04:14,505 Caroline: Whatever they are. 84 00:04:14,672 --> 00:04:16,090 They call them prosperity roads. 85 00:04:16,257 --> 00:04:18,259 Hanson's already talking about building a bigger mill. 86 00:04:18,426 --> 00:04:20,261 That would mean a lot more work for you, huh, pa? 87 00:04:20,428 --> 00:04:22,722 Mm-hmm, half pint, a lot more work for everybody. 88 00:04:22,889 --> 00:04:24,766 Do you think this looks all right, pa? 89 00:04:24,933 --> 00:04:27,727 Come here. Let me see. 90 00:04:27,894 --> 00:04:29,854 Oh, yeah. That's a nice job. 91 00:04:30,021 --> 00:04:31,606 It's awful big, though, isn't it? 92 00:04:31,773 --> 00:04:32,857 We want it big. 93 00:04:33,024 --> 00:04:34,651 To go with the new flagpole. 94 00:04:34,817 --> 00:04:36,486 Now that I have this pattern done, 95 00:04:36,653 --> 00:04:37,737 it ought to go real fast. 96 00:04:37,904 --> 00:04:40,073 Mm-hmm, but not tonight. 97 00:04:40,239 --> 00:04:42,116 It's bedtime now. 98 00:04:42,283 --> 00:04:43,534 Mary: Yes, ma. 99 00:04:43,701 --> 00:04:46,120 You know, at the centennial celebration 100 00:04:46,287 --> 00:04:47,580 in Philadelphia, 101 00:04:47,747 --> 00:04:50,583 they have the battle of Lexington every day. 102 00:04:50,750 --> 00:04:52,961 Do you think we could have something special like that? 103 00:04:53,127 --> 00:04:55,713 I don't think we could have anything that big. 104 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,590 Oh, I know that, but... 105 00:04:57,757 --> 00:05:00,426 Hey! We could have a tea party like they had in Boston. 106 00:05:00,593 --> 00:05:01,719 Well, now, that's an idea. 107 00:05:01,886 --> 00:05:03,304 We could all raid oleson's store 108 00:05:03,471 --> 00:05:04,889 and then throw all the tea in plum creek. 109 00:05:05,056 --> 00:05:06,224 Ha ha ha! 110 00:05:06,391 --> 00:05:07,600 Laura: Let's do that, pa. 111 00:05:07,767 --> 00:05:08,935 Yeah, but not tonight. Off to bed. 112 00:05:09,102 --> 00:05:10,186 Good night. 113 00:05:10,353 --> 00:05:11,396 Sweet dreams. 114 00:05:11,562 --> 00:05:12,855 Good night, ma. Good night, pa. 115 00:05:13,022 --> 00:05:14,273 Charles: Good night. 116 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:15,984 - Good night. - Sweet dreams. 117 00:05:18,111 --> 00:05:22,281 You know something? This is going to be the best birthday ever. 118 00:05:22,448 --> 00:05:25,868 Yuli: Break... Fast. 119 00:05:26,035 --> 00:05:27,453 Break... 120 00:05:27,620 --> 00:05:29,122 Breakfast! Ha ha! 121 00:05:30,623 --> 00:05:32,750 Breastplate. 122 00:05:34,669 --> 00:05:35,878 Breeth. 123 00:05:36,045 --> 00:05:37,672 Breath. 124 00:05:39,048 --> 00:05:40,842 Breath. 125 00:05:41,009 --> 00:05:42,885 Bree-ah-za? 126 00:05:43,052 --> 00:05:44,762 Breeze. 127 00:05:46,055 --> 00:05:47,807 Breeze. 128 00:05:47,974 --> 00:05:50,268 Breech. What means breech? 129 00:05:50,435 --> 00:05:54,397 Uh, back end of the gun barrel... where you load it. 130 00:05:54,564 --> 00:05:56,858 Oh, breechloader! I have heard this. 131 00:05:58,568 --> 00:06:00,445 No, no, no. Viktor make rule. 132 00:06:00,611 --> 00:06:02,447 In this house, only English. 133 00:06:02,613 --> 00:06:06,367 Oh, you two so busy. All day at the mill, 134 00:06:06,534 --> 00:06:09,495 then school, then chores, and then books? 135 00:06:09,662 --> 00:06:10,788 When do you eat? 136 00:06:10,955 --> 00:06:12,832 When you put food on the table. 137 00:06:12,999 --> 00:06:14,834 Oh, yes. Ha ha ha! 138 00:06:15,001 --> 00:06:17,503 Oh, this English very hard. 139 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:19,380 Many words! 140 00:06:19,547 --> 00:06:22,383 One word have many different meanings. 141 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:25,762 You read good, papa. Better every day. 142 00:06:25,928 --> 00:06:30,183 Reading good, but food also good, no? Eh? 143 00:06:46,365 --> 00:06:51,621 Lord... we give thanks for this... Boontee... 144 00:06:51,788 --> 00:06:53,873 Bountiful. 145 00:06:55,708 --> 00:06:57,919 Bountiful repast, 146 00:06:58,086 --> 00:06:59,712 in this fine country, 147 00:06:59,879 --> 00:07:05,968 and we hope that our loved ones will come here soon, also. Amen. 148 00:07:06,135 --> 00:07:07,428 Amen. 149 00:07:07,595 --> 00:07:09,222 Amen. 150 00:07:10,681 --> 00:07:12,058 Tell mom about the flagpole. 151 00:07:12,225 --> 00:07:16,896 Oh. 6 months in U.S. of America 152 00:07:17,063 --> 00:07:20,233 and 4 months in walnut grove... 153 00:07:21,734 --> 00:07:23,611 And I will make flagpole 154 00:07:23,778 --> 00:07:26,155 for 100th birthday of this country. 155 00:07:26,322 --> 00:07:27,573 Big honor, no? 156 00:07:27,740 --> 00:07:30,701 Yes! But why they pick you? 157 00:07:30,868 --> 00:07:33,079 Oh, because papa can do anything. 158 00:07:33,246 --> 00:07:38,543 No. They need flagpole for to celebrate, 159 00:07:38,709 --> 00:07:41,462 and I say I make best flagpole, 160 00:07:41,629 --> 00:07:46,008 and so my friends at mill, they say go ahead! 161 00:07:46,175 --> 00:07:48,010 Good friends, no? 162 00:07:48,177 --> 00:07:50,888 Good friends. 163 00:07:58,396 --> 00:07:59,397 Papa. 164 00:07:59,564 --> 00:08:04,527 Oh, sorry... Good meal. Good meal! 165 00:08:06,821 --> 00:08:08,614 Thank you, Joe. 166 00:08:08,781 --> 00:08:09,949 Thank you, ma'am. 167 00:08:10,116 --> 00:08:12,160 Yah! 168 00:08:13,452 --> 00:08:14,620 Keep 'em layin' there! 169 00:08:14,787 --> 00:08:16,914 This is the most mail we ever got at one time. 170 00:08:17,081 --> 00:08:18,666 I'll handle 'em. 171 00:08:26,924 --> 00:08:28,551 Aren't you supposed to be working? 172 00:08:28,718 --> 00:08:30,761 Well, Mr. Hanson doesn't like to see a woman doing heavy lifting. 173 00:08:30,928 --> 00:08:32,180 Aw... 174 00:08:32,346 --> 00:08:33,848 Here, what are you doing, trying to get me in trouble? 175 00:08:34,015 --> 00:08:35,183 For kissing your own wife? 176 00:08:35,349 --> 00:08:36,767 No, for kissing the postmistress. 177 00:08:36,934 --> 00:08:40,313 Oughta be a government regulation against it or something. 178 00:08:40,479 --> 00:08:43,399 Isaiah, wait a minute. 179 00:08:43,566 --> 00:08:46,444 For Mr. Pyatakov. It's been here almost a week, 180 00:08:46,611 --> 00:08:48,321 but he just never comes to pick up his mail. 181 00:08:48,487 --> 00:08:49,739 Would you give it to him for me? 182 00:08:49,906 --> 00:08:52,241 Consider it done. 183 00:08:52,408 --> 00:08:54,243 ♪ Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man ♪ 184 00:08:54,410 --> 00:08:56,162 ♪ Washed his face in a frying pan... ♪ 185 00:08:59,790 --> 00:09:00,917 Charles. 186 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:02,293 Uh-huh? 187 00:09:02,460 --> 00:09:05,004 When do you get that fixed? 188 00:09:05,171 --> 00:09:07,506 Not today. The shaft's bent. 189 00:09:07,673 --> 00:09:12,845 Iy! I got new orders: Davis, makay, Parker, Wilson. 190 00:09:13,012 --> 00:09:16,849 I think every farmer in hero township is building a new barn. 191 00:09:17,016 --> 00:09:18,392 Yeah, well, not me. 192 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:19,810 You should look into it, Charles. 193 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:21,812 A bigger barn, dairy stock, 194 00:09:21,979 --> 00:09:23,731 and with the new turnpike, 195 00:09:23,898 --> 00:09:26,651 cheese and butter will be money crops. 196 00:09:26,817 --> 00:09:29,195 Well, where am I going to get the lumber? 197 00:09:29,362 --> 00:09:30,780 The mill's busted. 198 00:09:30,947 --> 00:09:34,158 Only until you get it fixed like I'm paying you for. 199 00:09:34,325 --> 00:09:35,952 Yes, sir. 200 00:09:36,118 --> 00:09:37,745 That prosperity we're talking about must have showed up. 201 00:09:37,912 --> 00:09:40,081 A whole pile of mail come in at the post office. 202 00:09:40,248 --> 00:09:42,083 Ja, but you're supposed to be working here and not carrying mail. 203 00:09:42,250 --> 00:09:43,709 I was just helping out. 204 00:09:43,876 --> 00:09:45,044 Yuli, I got a letter for you. 205 00:09:45,211 --> 00:09:46,545 Charles: Hey, Edwards? 206 00:09:46,712 --> 00:09:47,755 Yeah? 207 00:09:47,922 --> 00:09:48,923 Check inside. 208 00:09:49,090 --> 00:09:50,341 See if we have a spare shaft, will you? 209 00:09:50,508 --> 00:09:51,842 All right. 210 00:09:58,891 --> 00:10:02,228 "Notice of past due date. 211 00:10:02,395 --> 00:10:08,359 Property taxes in ar-re-ars... Arrears." 212 00:10:08,526 --> 00:10:11,654 What it means? Hmm? 213 00:10:13,572 --> 00:10:15,533 Let's see. 214 00:10:17,326 --> 00:10:19,120 From the county clerk. 215 00:10:19,287 --> 00:10:23,916 Says your property taxes haven't been paid for the last 7 years. 216 00:10:24,083 --> 00:10:26,252 Unless they're paid by the end of the month, 217 00:10:26,419 --> 00:10:29,547 property will go up at public auction. 218 00:10:31,340 --> 00:10:33,259 Is... is not my letter. 219 00:10:34,677 --> 00:10:38,389 I only buy farm 4 months ago. 220 00:10:38,556 --> 00:10:40,182 Big mistake, no? 221 00:10:40,349 --> 00:10:42,184 It probably is a mistake, 222 00:10:42,351 --> 00:10:44,854 but I'd still get over to redwood falls just to make sure. 223 00:10:45,021 --> 00:10:47,815 Yuli: Sure, I go when I not have to work. 224 00:10:47,982 --> 00:10:49,233 You go now, yuli. 225 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,777 You sure it's all right? 226 00:10:51,944 --> 00:10:53,154 Ja, I am sure. 227 00:10:53,321 --> 00:10:56,115 You come back tomorrow when the mill is running again. 228 00:10:59,577 --> 00:11:01,120 Arrears? 229 00:11:07,084 --> 00:11:08,627 Probably wasn't his letter. 230 00:11:08,794 --> 00:11:12,798 That's what them government people do best... make mistakes. 231 00:11:15,968 --> 00:11:17,345 I hope you're right. 232 00:11:17,511 --> 00:11:20,139 Thank you, Mrs. Edwards. 233 00:11:30,983 --> 00:11:32,276 Good day, Mr. Makay. 234 00:11:32,443 --> 00:11:33,694 What's good about it? 235 00:11:33,861 --> 00:11:36,280 Well, the sun is shining, it's not too hot, 236 00:11:36,447 --> 00:11:38,699 and tomorrow we start cutting your order. 237 00:11:38,866 --> 00:11:41,911 My order. You mean the order for the barn lumber? 238 00:11:42,078 --> 00:11:43,329 Ja. 239 00:11:43,496 --> 00:11:45,331 Well, you can forget about that. 240 00:11:45,498 --> 00:11:47,375 You can cancel me order now. 241 00:11:47,541 --> 00:11:49,668 Wait a minute. You said... 242 00:11:49,835 --> 00:11:54,298 I know what I said, but they just took all my money... 243 00:11:54,465 --> 00:11:56,717 All of it! 244 00:12:07,686 --> 00:12:08,854 There you go. 245 00:12:09,021 --> 00:12:10,689 Sure got a bow in it. 246 00:12:10,856 --> 00:12:14,151 Yeah. A little heat and a sledge will take care of that. 247 00:12:14,318 --> 00:12:15,569 No hurry. 248 00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:16,862 What? 249 00:12:17,029 --> 00:12:18,864 No hurry to get it fixed. 250 00:12:19,031 --> 00:12:20,491 I got to shut down anyhow. 251 00:12:20,658 --> 00:12:22,493 What are you talking about? 252 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:24,537 All my orders were canceled. 253 00:12:24,703 --> 00:12:26,622 Here's your bad news. 254 00:12:29,083 --> 00:12:30,626 County clerk. 255 00:12:30,793 --> 00:12:32,628 What's the matter? 256 00:12:34,463 --> 00:12:37,383 Doubled my property tax plus a road assessment. 257 00:12:37,550 --> 00:12:39,844 I wonder if they've done that to me? 258 00:12:40,010 --> 00:12:42,346 I imagine everybody in the township. 259 00:12:42,513 --> 00:12:44,306 Difference between making a profit this year 260 00:12:44,473 --> 00:12:45,766 and just about breaking even. 261 00:12:45,933 --> 00:12:47,726 What's the matter with them government people? 262 00:12:47,893 --> 00:12:50,896 Don't they know a man can't make a living like that? 263 00:12:51,063 --> 00:12:53,399 I don't think they care. 264 00:12:53,566 --> 00:12:56,235 So no hurry finishing with that. 265 00:13:01,449 --> 00:13:03,868 Building new roads, what was wrong with the old roads? 266 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:05,244 They were fine. 267 00:13:05,411 --> 00:13:06,745 Who told them that we needed all them new roads? 268 00:13:06,912 --> 00:13:07,955 None of us. 269 00:13:08,122 --> 00:13:09,331 Charles. Can I help you? 270 00:13:09,498 --> 00:13:10,583 Yeah, I'd like some sugar. 271 00:13:10,749 --> 00:13:12,710 Let me ask you something... 272 00:13:12,877 --> 00:13:14,295 Who said we needed all them fancy turnpikes? 273 00:13:14,462 --> 00:13:16,338 I've never seen the post office so crowded. 274 00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:17,756 But who voted for it? 275 00:13:17,923 --> 00:13:19,884 Not the farmer that they're taxing to pay for it. 276 00:13:20,050 --> 00:13:21,260 What do you think of the way they're taxing us, Ingalls? 277 00:13:21,427 --> 00:13:22,761 Hurts, no doubt about that. 278 00:13:22,928 --> 00:13:24,263 They've more than doubled my taxes. 279 00:13:24,430 --> 00:13:25,639 It says in the paper that we can protest. 280 00:13:25,806 --> 00:13:27,183 And I think we ought to. 281 00:13:27,349 --> 00:13:28,601 I was thinking about a protest, 282 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:29,935 I just don't think It'll do any good. 283 00:13:30,102 --> 00:13:31,270 We all ought to march over there to 284 00:13:31,437 --> 00:13:32,813 redwood falls and tell them no-nothing's 285 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:34,773 where they're heading. That's what I think. 286 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:37,067 I'm sure that those no-nothings 287 00:13:37,234 --> 00:13:39,737 as you call them, Mr. Makay, 288 00:13:39,904 --> 00:13:41,739 know a good deal more about what they're doing 289 00:13:41,906 --> 00:13:43,324 than a lot of people who stand around 290 00:13:43,491 --> 00:13:47,578 weeping and wailing because they got what they voted for. 291 00:13:47,745 --> 00:13:49,997 Nels! 292 00:13:50,164 --> 00:13:51,874 This is from the office of the county clerk. 293 00:13:52,041 --> 00:13:54,627 Why, this is highway robbery! 294 00:13:56,212 --> 00:13:57,213 Well... 295 00:13:57,379 --> 00:14:00,382 Gave that Seth pauley a piece of my mind. 296 00:14:00,549 --> 00:14:02,343 Did the whole thing without leaving his office. 297 00:14:02,510 --> 00:14:04,470 I resent that, and I told him so. 298 00:14:04,637 --> 00:14:06,931 Seth pauley? Which one is he? 299 00:14:07,097 --> 00:14:10,226 He's the county clerk, the man who just doubled my taxes. 300 00:14:10,392 --> 00:14:12,978 Taxation without representation, huh, pa? 301 00:14:13,145 --> 00:14:14,396 Well, not quite, half pint. 302 00:14:14,563 --> 00:14:15,648 We've got representatives. 303 00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:18,108 The trouble is, we never see them. 304 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:20,486 County assessor was here. 305 00:14:20,653 --> 00:14:22,321 You can get the vinegar now, Laura. 306 00:14:22,488 --> 00:14:23,489 What? 307 00:14:23,656 --> 00:14:24,740 When you were at the mill. 308 00:14:24,907 --> 00:14:26,325 Remember? I told you. 309 00:14:26,492 --> 00:14:27,826 Well, I remember you told me, 310 00:14:27,993 --> 00:14:29,286 but he was only here for 10 minutes. 311 00:14:29,453 --> 00:14:31,830 I thought he was just hand shaking to get votes. 312 00:14:31,997 --> 00:14:33,958 Charles, do you think that's blue enough? 313 00:14:34,124 --> 00:14:35,376 Charles: For what? 314 00:14:35,543 --> 00:14:36,835 The flag. 315 00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:39,922 The stars go on the blue. 316 00:14:40,089 --> 00:14:42,841 Yeah, that's fine. 317 00:14:43,008 --> 00:14:45,344 We had 9 cents in our school collection. 318 00:14:45,511 --> 00:14:47,388 Mrs. Whipple wouldn't take any money. 319 00:14:47,555 --> 00:14:49,807 She said the cloth was her donation 320 00:14:49,974 --> 00:14:51,350 to the centennial picnic. 321 00:14:51,517 --> 00:14:54,603 I doubt very much that there's going to be a picnic. 322 00:14:57,147 --> 00:14:58,691 No picnic at all? 323 00:14:58,857 --> 00:15:01,485 I don't think the people are in the mood for a picnic. 324 00:15:03,904 --> 00:15:06,532 Some of the kids said that their folks wouldn't come. 325 00:15:06,699 --> 00:15:08,409 Well, can't say as I blame them. 326 00:15:08,576 --> 00:15:10,494 I don't feel much like celebrating, myself. 327 00:15:10,661 --> 00:15:12,538 I'm going to go for a walk. 328 00:15:18,586 --> 00:15:21,505 Mary's flag is half done. 329 00:15:21,672 --> 00:15:24,133 More than half. 330 00:15:25,551 --> 00:15:29,805 Yes, and it's going to be beautiful! 331 00:16:01,837 --> 00:16:03,672 Will you please hurry up? 332 00:16:03,839 --> 00:16:06,383 I'm trying to think of what to say. 333 00:16:06,550 --> 00:16:08,093 When you say your prayers, 334 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:11,680 you're not supposed to ask for anything for yourself, are you? 335 00:16:11,847 --> 00:16:13,932 You're not supposed to, no. 336 00:16:14,099 --> 00:16:17,269 Like if I asked that pa got over being mad at America 337 00:16:17,436 --> 00:16:18,604 and he'd change his mind 338 00:16:18,771 --> 00:16:20,689 about taking us to the centennial picnic. 339 00:16:20,856 --> 00:16:24,109 That would be asking for something for me and you, wouldn't it? 340 00:16:24,276 --> 00:16:26,111 Yes, it would. Come to bed. 341 00:16:26,278 --> 00:16:27,404 If you put it in your prayers, 342 00:16:27,571 --> 00:16:29,573 it would be the same thing, wouldn't it? 343 00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:31,450 Of course. 344 00:16:31,617 --> 00:16:32,993 Well, then, how do we do it? 345 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,370 How do we do what? 346 00:16:34,536 --> 00:16:37,164 Put it in our prayers that pa will be happy again 347 00:16:37,331 --> 00:16:38,957 and take us to the centennial picnic. 348 00:16:39,124 --> 00:16:43,337 I really think the lord has more important things to think about. 349 00:16:43,504 --> 00:16:46,131 Well, he marks the fall of every sparrow. 350 00:16:46,298 --> 00:16:48,384 Isn't that what reverend Alden always says? 351 00:16:48,550 --> 00:16:51,970 I think so. Please come to bed. 352 00:16:52,137 --> 00:16:54,223 If he can worry about sparrows, 353 00:16:54,390 --> 00:16:56,183 he can worry about people. 354 00:16:56,350 --> 00:16:59,311 And I won't ask for anything for me. 355 00:16:59,478 --> 00:17:00,979 Just hurry up. 356 00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:08,487 And bless our whole family, 357 00:17:08,654 --> 00:17:13,992 and especially make pa happy again and not mad at America. Amen. 358 00:17:19,665 --> 00:17:24,253 I didn't have to ask. If pa isn't mad at America, 359 00:17:24,420 --> 00:17:25,796 he'll celebrate the centennial, 360 00:17:25,963 --> 00:17:29,341 and he'll sure take us to that picnic. 361 00:17:29,508 --> 00:17:31,009 Good night! 362 00:17:41,895 --> 00:17:44,690 Women marvel at the stunning array of sewing machines, 363 00:17:44,857 --> 00:17:46,442 while the youngsters are much taken by 364 00:17:46,608 --> 00:17:49,528 the several new-fangled soda fountains. 365 00:17:49,695 --> 00:17:51,947 There were also countless exotic displays 366 00:17:52,114 --> 00:17:53,449 from foreign countries: 367 00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:55,534 Stuffed crocodiles from Egypt, 368 00:17:55,701 --> 00:17:56,869 beehives from england, 369 00:17:57,035 --> 00:17:59,621 and a model pagoda from China. 370 00:17:59,788 --> 00:18:02,291 Now, I'm sure you all know what a crocodile is 371 00:18:02,458 --> 00:18:04,001 and a beehive, 372 00:18:04,168 --> 00:18:07,504 but who can tell me what a pagoda is? 373 00:18:10,424 --> 00:18:11,467 Laura? 374 00:18:11,633 --> 00:18:12,760 It's a boat. 375 00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:14,386 Wrong. 376 00:18:14,553 --> 00:18:15,554 Willie? 377 00:18:15,721 --> 00:18:17,264 It's one of them funny hats. 378 00:18:17,431 --> 00:18:18,474 Wrong again. 379 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,310 A pagoda is a Chinese temple. 380 00:18:21,477 --> 00:18:23,562 A place of worship. 381 00:18:23,729 --> 00:18:24,855 Well, I'll read more about 382 00:18:25,022 --> 00:18:27,191 the Philadelphia centennial tomorrow. 383 00:18:27,357 --> 00:18:29,526 In the meantime, I think we should get back to work. 384 00:18:29,693 --> 00:18:30,778 Miss beadle? 385 00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:32,029 Yes, Mary? 386 00:18:32,196 --> 00:18:33,614 Our pa said there might not be any town picnic. 387 00:18:33,781 --> 00:18:34,865 At recess, some of the kids said 388 00:18:35,032 --> 00:18:36,408 their folks didn't want one. 389 00:18:36,575 --> 00:18:39,578 Our pa said he wouldn't go even if there was one. 390 00:18:39,745 --> 00:18:41,622 My pa's mad at those taxers. 391 00:18:41,789 --> 00:18:43,916 He won't go and he won't let us go. 392 00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:48,212 Well, I'm very sorry to hear that. 393 00:18:48,378 --> 00:18:50,506 Yes, Viktor? 394 00:18:50,672 --> 00:18:53,759 My father's making the flagpole. 395 00:18:53,926 --> 00:18:56,011 Well, there you are. 396 00:18:56,178 --> 00:18:57,304 We'll have a flagpole 397 00:18:57,471 --> 00:18:59,973 and Mary's making a flag. 398 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:03,060 The centennial is part of the history of our country. 399 00:19:03,227 --> 00:19:04,436 Why, we could have the celebration 400 00:19:04,603 --> 00:19:05,771 right here in the schoolroom. 401 00:19:05,938 --> 00:19:07,439 All in favor say "aye." 402 00:19:07,606 --> 00:19:08,982 All: Aye! 403 00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:15,614 Hello, Charles! 404 00:19:15,781 --> 00:19:17,282 Hey, Edwards! 405 00:19:17,449 --> 00:19:19,618 You're getting caught up, are you? 406 00:19:19,785 --> 00:19:21,578 Yeah, a little bit. 407 00:19:21,745 --> 00:19:23,121 What brings you out here? 408 00:19:23,288 --> 00:19:24,665 Oh, well, ever since the mill shut down, 409 00:19:24,832 --> 00:19:26,208 I've been running government errands. 410 00:19:26,375 --> 00:19:29,002 No pay, but it gets me in good with the postmaster. 411 00:19:29,169 --> 00:19:31,255 Here. She said give this to you. 412 00:19:31,421 --> 00:19:32,589 My letter to the county clerk... 413 00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:33,882 How come she didn't post it? 414 00:19:34,049 --> 00:19:35,384 There wasn't no need. 415 00:19:35,551 --> 00:19:36,802 There's going to be a man in school all day tomorrow 416 00:19:36,969 --> 00:19:38,011 listening to protests. 417 00:19:38,178 --> 00:19:39,263 Oh, yeah? I'll be there. 418 00:19:39,429 --> 00:19:40,556 Yeah, me, too. Better get there early. 419 00:19:40,722 --> 00:19:42,224 I think there's going to be a big crowd. 420 00:19:42,391 --> 00:19:44,268 I can't stand around here all day jawing. 421 00:19:44,434 --> 00:19:45,727 Government business. See you later. 422 00:19:45,894 --> 00:19:48,313 All right. We'll see you tomorrow. 423 00:20:03,412 --> 00:20:04,705 Mr. Edwards: Morning, Charles. 424 00:20:04,872 --> 00:20:06,456 Edwards. 425 00:20:06,623 --> 00:20:07,833 Thought you went to redwood falls. 426 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,501 He did. He was just telling me about it. 427 00:20:09,668 --> 00:20:11,837 Twice. The county clerk... he too busy to see me. 428 00:20:12,004 --> 00:20:13,046 Oh. 429 00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:14,339 Those long trips for nothing. 430 00:20:14,506 --> 00:20:16,133 Maybe today. Maybe. 431 00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:17,551 I told you to get here early. 432 00:20:17,718 --> 00:20:20,012 I should have taken my own advice. See you later. 433 00:20:20,178 --> 00:20:21,555 Good luck. 434 00:20:21,722 --> 00:20:23,599 I saw him when he first came to town, 435 00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:25,809 all gussied up like a circus horse. 436 00:20:25,976 --> 00:20:27,561 Got to be the county clerk. 437 00:20:27,728 --> 00:20:29,813 No, he's deputy clerk. His name is snell. 438 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:31,189 Snell? 439 00:20:31,356 --> 00:20:32,482 Ja. 440 00:20:32,649 --> 00:20:35,944 That sounds like something eating me cabbage plants. 441 00:20:39,865 --> 00:20:42,618 You, sir, come in. 442 00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:48,582 Did you hear yuli say 443 00:20:48,749 --> 00:20:50,918 the county clerk was too busy to see him? 444 00:20:51,084 --> 00:20:52,628 Ja, I heard. 445 00:20:52,794 --> 00:20:53,879 Picking the pockets of the poor... 446 00:20:54,046 --> 00:20:55,797 That's why he was too busy. 447 00:20:55,964 --> 00:20:58,634 Them politicians are all alike. 448 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,761 Do you know what we pay the governor? 449 00:21:00,928 --> 00:21:02,471 5,000. 450 00:21:02,638 --> 00:21:05,933 $5,000 a year for doing nothing. 451 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:08,352 Says 7 years' taxes? 452 00:21:08,518 --> 00:21:09,645 That's right. 453 00:21:09,811 --> 00:21:10,812 That's wrong. 454 00:21:10,979 --> 00:21:13,523 I only buy the land this year. 455 00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:14,775 Well, I understand that, 456 00:21:14,942 --> 00:21:16,652 but when you buy land, 457 00:21:16,818 --> 00:21:20,072 you assume the tax liability. 458 00:21:20,238 --> 00:21:23,033 Assume liabil... what? 459 00:21:24,409 --> 00:21:27,746 That means you've got to pay. 460 00:21:28,914 --> 00:21:30,749 One year only, not 7! 461 00:21:30,916 --> 00:21:35,128 No. When you buy the land, you buy the debt. 462 00:21:35,295 --> 00:21:38,507 I'll tell you, Mr., uh... Is it pie-ya-tack-ov? 463 00:21:38,674 --> 00:21:39,883 Pyatakov. 464 00:21:40,050 --> 00:21:41,385 Pyatakov. 465 00:21:41,551 --> 00:21:42,636 Mr. Pyatakov, I suggest 466 00:21:42,803 --> 00:21:45,389 that you see the county clerk right away. 467 00:21:45,555 --> 00:21:46,807 Yeah, I try. 468 00:21:46,974 --> 00:21:49,184 Lady say he too busy to see me. 469 00:21:49,351 --> 00:21:51,687 Oh. Well, I'll give you a note. 470 00:21:51,853 --> 00:21:54,940 Oh, good. He fix big mistake, no? 471 00:21:55,107 --> 00:21:57,150 All I can tell you is that 472 00:21:57,317 --> 00:22:00,153 you'd better talk to him right away. 473 00:22:01,321 --> 00:22:02,614 Where's nels? 474 00:22:02,781 --> 00:22:06,660 Oh! Oh, my goodness! I was afraid I was going to be late. 475 00:22:06,827 --> 00:22:08,787 I know you don't want to go in there alone. 476 00:22:08,954 --> 00:22:13,125 Well, Harriet, I'm perfectly capable of hand... 477 00:22:13,291 --> 00:22:14,960 Next. 478 00:22:15,127 --> 00:22:17,087 Oh, yes. Come along, nels. 479 00:22:25,429 --> 00:22:26,763 How did it go? 480 00:22:26,930 --> 00:22:29,016 He nice man. He give me note. 481 00:22:29,182 --> 00:22:32,811 This time I get in to see county clerk, and he fix everything. 482 00:22:32,978 --> 00:22:35,230 I hope so. 483 00:22:36,106 --> 00:22:38,316 He will. You'll see. 484 00:22:45,866 --> 00:22:48,076 They can't plow, they can't plant, 485 00:22:48,243 --> 00:22:52,539 but they sure know how to tax us into the poorhouse. 486 00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:09,139 Ahem. 487 00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:16,354 You feel this assessment is too high? 488 00:23:16,521 --> 00:23:18,732 Yes, much too high. 489 00:23:18,899 --> 00:23:21,193 Well, then I take it that your mercantile 490 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,362 is not the biggest business enterprise in walnut grove. 491 00:23:24,529 --> 00:23:25,781 Oh, but it is. 492 00:23:25,947 --> 00:23:28,116 Well, the porches make it look big. 493 00:23:28,283 --> 00:23:31,787 Oh, nels. It's not only the biggest mercantile in walnut grove, 494 00:23:31,953 --> 00:23:33,914 but in all of hero township as well. 495 00:23:34,081 --> 00:23:35,791 Thank you, Mrs. Oleson. 496 00:23:35,957 --> 00:23:37,209 Yes. 497 00:23:37,375 --> 00:23:41,838 You... you have living quarters in back of the store. 498 00:23:42,005 --> 00:23:43,882 You might say that, yes. 499 00:23:44,049 --> 00:23:45,342 1 room or 2? 500 00:23:45,509 --> 00:23:47,385 Well, uh, 3. 501 00:23:47,552 --> 00:23:48,845 3- 502 00:23:49,012 --> 00:23:51,223 Yes, and 3 more upstairs. 503 00:23:51,389 --> 00:23:52,891 I didn't know that. 504 00:23:53,058 --> 00:23:55,185 Mrs. Oleson: Oh, yes. 505 00:23:56,186 --> 00:23:57,729 Partially furnished? 506 00:23:57,896 --> 00:24:01,817 Oh, my! We have the best furniture that money can buy. 507 00:24:01,983 --> 00:24:03,110 It's completely furnished. 508 00:24:03,276 --> 00:24:05,695 Completely furnished. 509 00:24:11,743 --> 00:24:13,036 Livestock? 510 00:24:13,203 --> 00:24:15,205 Mr. Oleson: 2 horses. 511 00:24:16,123 --> 00:24:17,332 Wagons? 512 00:24:17,499 --> 00:24:19,835 One buckboard. 513 00:24:20,001 --> 00:24:21,253 Farm machinery? 514 00:24:21,419 --> 00:24:22,420 No. 515 00:24:22,587 --> 00:24:23,880 Any other property? 516 00:24:24,047 --> 00:24:27,384 Nels, we have a whole storeroom full of farm machinery! 517 00:24:27,551 --> 00:24:28,885 That is inventory, dear. 518 00:24:29,052 --> 00:24:30,470 It's also property. 519 00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:31,680 A-ha! 520 00:24:31,847 --> 00:24:33,431 And you own it. 521 00:24:33,598 --> 00:24:34,933 Mrs. Oleson: Yes. 522 00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:37,227 I'll need a list. 523 00:24:39,646 --> 00:24:41,439 2 harrows. 524 00:24:41,606 --> 00:24:43,150 2 harrows. 525 00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:44,776 4 plows. 526 00:24:44,943 --> 00:24:46,403 4 plows. 527 00:24:46,570 --> 00:24:47,946 One disk. 528 00:24:48,113 --> 00:24:50,574 Only one. Hmm. 529 00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:54,286 You just mark my words. 530 00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:57,289 Someday they will tax a man for what he earns! 531 00:24:57,455 --> 00:24:58,832 An income tax? 532 00:24:58,999 --> 00:24:59,958 Ja. 533 00:25:00,125 --> 00:25:01,334 Never happen in a thousand years. 534 00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:02,961 You just wait. 535 00:25:07,007 --> 00:25:09,801 If a man had to pay a tax on a talking wife, 536 00:25:09,968 --> 00:25:12,012 I would have been bankrupt the day I was married! 537 00:25:12,179 --> 00:25:14,222 Wh-. 538 00:25:14,389 --> 00:25:15,974 Next, please. 539 00:25:16,141 --> 00:25:17,684 Good-bye. 540 00:25:49,841 --> 00:25:52,219 Well? What happened? 541 00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:54,221 The deputy clerk made it real easy for me. 542 00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:56,223 He brought a pen and some blank checks. 543 00:25:56,389 --> 00:25:59,226 Took just about every penny we've got. 544 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:01,603 Well, at least we had the money to pay it. 545 00:26:01,770 --> 00:26:04,272 The thing that makes me angry is I work from sunup to sundown 546 00:26:04,439 --> 00:26:06,691 trying to put a little money away for a rainy day, 547 00:26:06,858 --> 00:26:08,777 and they just come along and grab it. 548 00:26:08,944 --> 00:26:10,862 Oh, it hurts, I know, 549 00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:12,697 but we've come through worse. 550 00:26:12,864 --> 00:26:17,369 Why, there was a time we had to borrow 12 nails from Mr. Edwards 551 00:26:17,535 --> 00:26:20,747 because we didn't have the money to pay for them. 552 00:26:20,914 --> 00:26:22,332 Remember, Charles? 553 00:26:22,499 --> 00:26:24,709 Yes, I remember, and I hope he doesn't ask for them back 554 00:26:24,876 --> 00:26:28,046 because we haven't got enough money in the bank to buy 12 nails. 555 00:27:14,801 --> 00:27:16,469 Fanya. 556 00:27:22,392 --> 00:27:25,186 Fanya... 557 00:27:25,353 --> 00:27:27,480 We lose the land. 558 00:27:29,941 --> 00:27:31,693 Oh, no! 559 00:27:31,860 --> 00:27:34,112 It's all right. It's all right. 560 00:27:34,279 --> 00:27:38,366 There's nothing papa could do, mama. 561 00:27:38,533 --> 00:27:40,785 It's all right. All right. 562 00:27:40,952 --> 00:27:44,122 All right, all right. 563 00:28:02,307 --> 00:28:04,768 8-inch frying pan. 564 00:28:04,934 --> 00:28:06,644 25 cents. 565 00:28:06,811 --> 00:28:09,731 Oh! Public servants, indeed! 566 00:28:09,898 --> 00:28:11,649 The way they act, you'd think that we were the servants 567 00:28:11,816 --> 00:28:13,109 and they were the ones in charge! 568 00:28:13,276 --> 00:28:14,319 Yes, dear. 569 00:28:14,486 --> 00:28:16,237 If you want my opinion, 570 00:28:16,404 --> 00:28:18,948 it won't be the meek who will inherit the earth, it will be the politicians! 571 00:28:19,115 --> 00:28:20,200 Yes, dear. 572 00:28:21,618 --> 00:28:23,203 Customer, nels! 573 00:28:23,370 --> 00:28:24,662 Yes, dear. 574 00:28:24,829 --> 00:28:25,955 Charles: Hi, nels. 575 00:28:26,122 --> 00:28:27,165 Oh, hello, Charles. 576 00:28:27,332 --> 00:28:28,375 I'd like some baking soda 577 00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:30,043 and a pair of work gloves, please. 578 00:28:30,210 --> 00:28:32,295 5 cents for the baking soda, 579 00:28:32,462 --> 00:28:33,880 27 cents for the gloves. 580 00:28:34,047 --> 00:28:36,841 Ah! Just a minute! 581 00:28:37,008 --> 00:28:38,093 Oh, Harriet! 582 00:28:38,259 --> 00:28:41,513 Well, I know Mr. Ingalls is an old customer, 583 00:28:41,679 --> 00:28:44,140 but fair for one is fair for all. 584 00:28:44,307 --> 00:28:47,185 37 cents. Now, we can't make any exceptions. 585 00:28:47,352 --> 00:28:49,187 That was 5 cents for the baking soda, right? 586 00:28:49,354 --> 00:28:50,688 Yes, and you wanted the gloves. 587 00:28:50,855 --> 00:28:52,107 I changed my mind. Thank you. 588 00:28:52,273 --> 00:28:53,358 But there's a tax increase, 589 00:28:53,525 --> 00:28:57,195 and we have no choice but to... 590 00:28:57,362 --> 00:29:00,532 Pass it on to the customers. 591 00:29:17,006 --> 00:29:18,258 Charles! 592 00:29:18,425 --> 00:29:19,676 Wait a minute! 593 00:29:19,843 --> 00:29:22,137 Got good news... An order from Springfield, 594 00:29:22,303 --> 00:29:25,432 and makay is going to build his barn after all. 595 00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:27,934 Makay must have gotten somewhere with his tax protest. 596 00:29:28,101 --> 00:29:29,853 He says no, but he also said 597 00:29:30,019 --> 00:29:32,814 that his cows need a warm place to live this winter, 598 00:29:32,981 --> 00:29:34,065 taxes or no taxes. 599 00:29:34,232 --> 00:29:35,859 So we are ready to start cutting 600 00:29:36,025 --> 00:29:37,235 as soon as you can come back to work. 601 00:29:37,402 --> 00:29:38,736 I'll be ready in an hour. 602 00:29:38,903 --> 00:29:41,489 All right. Edwards will be here. I could use yuli. 603 00:29:41,656 --> 00:29:44,826 I wanted to send a message by his son, but he's not in school. 604 00:29:44,993 --> 00:29:46,870 I can stop by his place and tell him. 605 00:29:47,036 --> 00:29:48,163 Oh, good. 606 00:29:48,329 --> 00:29:49,414 Man: Howdy there! 607 00:29:49,581 --> 00:29:51,833 How are you? Whoa, boy, whoa. 608 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,960 We're looking for the butterhill road. 609 00:29:54,127 --> 00:29:55,920 The, uh, pya... uh, 610 00:29:56,087 --> 00:29:57,922 Martha, give me that deed. 611 00:29:58,089 --> 00:29:59,799 I got it here on the deed. 612 00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:03,011 Yuli pyatakov farm, about 40 acres, more or less. 613 00:30:03,178 --> 00:30:04,387 Whoa, boy. 614 00:30:04,554 --> 00:30:05,847 Do you know where that is? 615 00:30:06,014 --> 00:30:07,265 Yeah. You go straight across the bridge. 616 00:30:07,432 --> 00:30:08,766 It's down the road about a mile. 617 00:30:08,933 --> 00:30:10,435 You'll see it over on the right. 618 00:30:10,602 --> 00:30:12,353 Go right up to the top of the hill. You can't miss it. 619 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:13,521 Thank you very much. 620 00:30:13,688 --> 00:30:14,898 You all friends of yuli's? 621 00:30:15,064 --> 00:30:16,441 No, I've never seen him. 622 00:30:16,608 --> 00:30:20,653 We just bought the farm yesterday... house, barn, land. 623 00:30:21,779 --> 00:30:23,448 It was a tax sale? 624 00:30:23,615 --> 00:30:26,784 Yes, sir. Steps of the courthouse yesterday at noon. 625 00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:30,997 My name's jule Taylor, my wife Martha, my son thad. 626 00:30:31,164 --> 00:30:32,457 Ma'am. 627 00:30:32,624 --> 00:30:35,251 Charles Ingalls. This is Lars hanson. 628 00:30:35,418 --> 00:30:36,628 Pleased to meet you. 629 00:30:36,794 --> 00:30:39,422 I think this is a nice little town. 630 00:30:39,589 --> 00:30:42,091 We're going to like it here very much. 631 00:30:42,258 --> 00:30:43,676 Well, we'll be seeing you. 632 00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:45,220 See you. 633 00:30:58,691 --> 00:31:01,236 Yuli should have told us. 634 00:31:03,154 --> 00:31:05,573 I'll go out and see him. 635 00:31:05,740 --> 00:31:08,952 Least I can do is say good-bye. 636 00:31:34,185 --> 00:31:35,645 Ma'am. 637 00:31:35,812 --> 00:31:37,021 How are you? 638 00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:38,481 Oh, Mr. Ingalls. 639 00:31:38,648 --> 00:31:41,025 I was looking for yuli. Is he gone already? 640 00:31:41,192 --> 00:31:42,485 No, he's still here. 641 00:31:42,652 --> 00:31:44,487 They camped over there on the other side of the hill. 642 00:31:44,654 --> 00:31:47,615 He asked me if he could stay on the property for 2 or 3 days, 643 00:31:47,782 --> 00:31:49,158 and I told him he's most welcome. 644 00:31:49,325 --> 00:31:50,994 That was very nice of you. 645 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,246 Thank you, but it's him and his family who are the nice ones. 646 00:31:53,413 --> 00:31:54,998 You ought to see the inside of this house. 647 00:31:55,164 --> 00:31:58,209 The floors, the windows, everything... just as clean as sunrise. 648 00:31:58,376 --> 00:31:59,627 That's the pyatakovs. 649 00:31:59,794 --> 00:32:01,671 Well, good luck with the place. 650 00:32:01,838 --> 00:32:03,339 I'll see you in church. 651 00:32:03,506 --> 00:32:05,008 All right. 652 00:33:18,456 --> 00:33:20,083 Beautiful song. 653 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:24,087 Mrs. Pyatakov. 654 00:33:26,130 --> 00:33:29,592 I could hear you singing, coming over the hill. 655 00:33:30,635 --> 00:33:31,761 What's it mean? 656 00:33:31,928 --> 00:33:38,476 Oh, it means, uh... Eagle, you fly so high, 657 00:33:38,643 --> 00:33:43,398 you spread your wings, you free. 658 00:33:43,564 --> 00:33:48,820 My soul, also, like eagle, want to be free. 659 00:33:49,696 --> 00:33:51,280 Words like that. 660 00:33:53,616 --> 00:33:56,953 Yuli, we heard what happened in town. 661 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,288 Why didn't you tell us? 662 00:34:01,124 --> 00:34:03,501 Why should I worry my friends? 663 00:34:03,668 --> 00:34:05,336 You cannot change the law. 664 00:34:05,503 --> 00:34:08,381 Well, it's a bad law that takes a man's land. 665 00:34:08,548 --> 00:34:13,010 Charles, my friend, is not the law's fault. 666 00:34:13,177 --> 00:34:16,431 I think I buy this farm cheap. 667 00:34:16,597 --> 00:34:19,517 Of what I do not know, what I cannot read, 668 00:34:19,684 --> 00:34:21,519 is he sell me the taxes bill. 669 00:34:21,686 --> 00:34:23,521 Then it's still a bad law. 670 00:34:23,688 --> 00:34:26,399 Without laws, nobody pay taxes. 671 00:34:26,566 --> 00:34:30,361 No taxes, how you build roads or pay for schools? 672 00:34:30,528 --> 00:34:33,448 I got along fine in Kansas without roads or schools. 673 00:34:33,614 --> 00:34:36,117 Prairie grass, you don't need roads so much. 674 00:34:36,284 --> 00:34:38,578 You and your wife, you can teach children. 675 00:34:38,745 --> 00:34:41,456 But me, when I first come here, 676 00:34:41,622 --> 00:34:44,500 I cannot teach Viktor how to read the English 677 00:34:44,667 --> 00:34:46,544 because I do not know the English. 678 00:34:46,711 --> 00:34:49,046 Walnut grove school teach him. 679 00:34:49,213 --> 00:34:50,882 He teach me. 680 00:34:52,008 --> 00:34:55,887 Before you come here, just now, 681 00:34:56,053 --> 00:34:59,724 I read... 682 00:34:59,891 --> 00:35:04,061 Church, uh... Press, speech. 683 00:35:04,228 --> 00:35:08,483 I read many times number 1 bill rights. 684 00:35:08,649 --> 00:35:10,902 Article 1, papa. 685 00:35:11,778 --> 00:35:13,446 Article 1, yes. 686 00:35:14,655 --> 00:35:20,244 "Congress shall make no law about religion 687 00:35:20,411 --> 00:35:23,873 or free exercise... 688 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,917 Thereof." 689 00:35:27,251 --> 00:35:30,421 "Or abridging the freedom..." 690 00:35:30,588 --> 00:35:32,256 abridging... What it means? 691 00:35:32,423 --> 00:35:36,594 Abridging means to shorten, take away. 692 00:35:36,761 --> 00:35:40,139 Is good word. See? He knows. 693 00:35:40,306 --> 00:35:43,643 Other countries, only the rich can go to school. 694 00:35:43,810 --> 00:35:45,937 Here, everybody. 695 00:35:51,192 --> 00:35:53,528 Your papa's a hard man to sink. 696 00:35:53,694 --> 00:35:56,948 They take away your land, and you're still smiling. 697 00:35:57,114 --> 00:36:00,451 Why not? We have our health, 698 00:36:00,618 --> 00:36:03,996 we have good wagon, good team, tools, 699 00:36:04,163 --> 00:36:06,541 a few dollars in our pockets, 700 00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:10,002 and free homestead land in south Dakota. 701 00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:12,880 Is no other country in the world 702 00:36:13,047 --> 00:36:18,177 a man can make a mistake and start all over with free land. 703 00:36:22,765 --> 00:36:25,393 You make me feel pretty selfish. 704 00:36:26,769 --> 00:36:29,605 I came out here to talk to you. 705 00:36:29,772 --> 00:36:31,983 I thought it would make you feel better 706 00:36:32,149 --> 00:36:34,527 to have somebody to talk to. 707 00:36:34,694 --> 00:36:37,113 Turns out, it's the other way around. 708 00:36:39,782 --> 00:36:42,243 You should read the freedoms. 709 00:36:43,744 --> 00:36:46,664 I'm going to do that, yuli. 710 00:36:52,753 --> 00:36:54,964 We're going to miss you. 711 00:36:56,507 --> 00:36:57,758 Yes. 712 00:36:57,925 --> 00:36:59,969 Good luck. 713 00:37:25,870 --> 00:37:27,705 I wish you'd have heard him. 714 00:37:27,872 --> 00:37:30,583 Not a complaint, not one word. 715 00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:33,210 He hasn't lost faith in this country, I'll tell you. 716 00:37:33,377 --> 00:37:35,212 He knows he and his family are going to be all right 717 00:37:35,379 --> 00:37:37,340 because this country, the same one we've all been yelling about, 718 00:37:37,506 --> 00:37:39,300 is the best darn country in the whole world. 719 00:37:39,467 --> 00:37:41,218 You don't have to convince me. 720 00:37:41,385 --> 00:37:43,721 We can all thank our lucky stars we're living here. 721 00:37:43,888 --> 00:37:45,264 I knew that as well as yuli does, 722 00:37:45,431 --> 00:37:47,725 but I got so caught up in my own problems. 723 00:37:47,892 --> 00:37:49,560 I'll tell you something else. 724 00:37:49,727 --> 00:37:51,896 The 100th birthday of this country is a darn important day, 725 00:37:52,063 --> 00:37:53,272 and we're going to celebrate it, 726 00:37:53,439 --> 00:37:54,690 no matter matter what anybody else does. 727 00:37:54,857 --> 00:37:56,400 Would you mind telling the girls? 728 00:37:56,567 --> 00:37:57,693 They're just about convinced 729 00:37:57,860 --> 00:38:02,406 Minnesota is going to secede from the union. 730 00:38:02,573 --> 00:38:04,408 Have I been that bad? 731 00:38:04,575 --> 00:38:07,745 Not just you... Everybody. 732 00:38:09,872 --> 00:38:11,707 Well, I'll straighten that out right now. 733 00:38:11,874 --> 00:38:13,626 You'll have to go out to Taylor's lake. 734 00:38:13,793 --> 00:38:15,753 They're out there finishing the flag, and... 735 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,297 They thought you might not approve. 736 00:38:18,464 --> 00:38:20,591 I have been that bad. 737 00:38:24,929 --> 00:38:26,639 I'll talk to them. 738 00:38:55,292 --> 00:38:57,253 Those stars sure are pretty. 739 00:38:57,420 --> 00:39:01,424 Thanks. Just don't know how many to put on. 740 00:39:01,590 --> 00:39:04,635 30... 37. 741 00:39:04,802 --> 00:39:09,724 Colorado's coming into the union in August. That will be 38 stars. 742 00:39:09,890 --> 00:39:12,810 Charles: Hey, let me have a look. 743 00:39:15,813 --> 00:39:17,690 Oh. 744 00:39:19,817 --> 00:39:24,280 I must say, you did a beautiful job on that flag. 745 00:39:24,447 --> 00:39:26,741 How come you're working on it way out here? 746 00:39:26,907 --> 00:39:28,826 Well, we know how you're feeling. 747 00:39:28,993 --> 00:39:30,369 And you think I'm wrong. 748 00:39:30,536 --> 00:39:33,497 Yes, sir, I do. We've got hard times now, 749 00:39:33,664 --> 00:39:34,874 but did you know that way back, 750 00:39:35,041 --> 00:39:36,751 before the declaration of independence was signed, 751 00:39:36,917 --> 00:39:38,794 things were a whole lot worse? 752 00:39:38,961 --> 00:39:41,547 British soldiers marched into your house and stayed. 753 00:39:41,714 --> 00:39:43,466 And you had to feed them and everything. 754 00:39:43,632 --> 00:39:45,134 It seems to me I've read that. 755 00:39:45,301 --> 00:39:46,802 Laura: And after the declaration was signed, 756 00:39:46,969 --> 00:39:48,345 they had to fight a big war. 757 00:39:48,512 --> 00:39:49,680 The revolution. 758 00:39:49,847 --> 00:39:52,266 Right from the first, there's scarcely been a time 759 00:39:52,433 --> 00:39:53,934 when America didn't have some sort of trouble. 760 00:39:54,101 --> 00:39:55,519 General Washington had a lot at valley forge. 761 00:39:55,686 --> 00:39:57,229 That's true, pa. 762 00:39:57,396 --> 00:40:00,691 And President Lincoln... that war just about tore our country apart, 763 00:40:00,858 --> 00:40:03,652 but we came through. Every time we came through. 764 00:40:03,819 --> 00:40:07,573 Every time our country just got bigger and stronger and better. 765 00:40:07,740 --> 00:40:10,743 That's why I think we should celebrate the centennial. 766 00:40:12,536 --> 00:40:15,039 Well, now that you explain it to me 767 00:40:15,206 --> 00:40:16,999 like that, I think you're right. 768 00:40:17,166 --> 00:40:18,501 You do? 769 00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:19,835 I sure do. 770 00:40:20,002 --> 00:40:22,254 I'll have your mom make us a nice picnic lunch. 771 00:40:22,421 --> 00:40:24,131 We'll celebrate the centennial after church on sunday. 772 00:40:24,298 --> 00:40:25,341 Both: Thanks, pa. 773 00:40:25,508 --> 00:40:27,384 Now, come on. Get your things together. 774 00:40:27,551 --> 00:40:29,178 We'll be late for supper. 775 00:40:35,476 --> 00:40:37,978 What do you think we ought to have on the picnic? 776 00:40:38,145 --> 00:40:39,897 Fried chicken, pa. 777 00:40:50,241 --> 00:40:55,454 Today's sermon is based on a theme from "ecclesiastes". 778 00:40:55,621 --> 00:40:57,832 "In the day of prosperity, 779 00:40:57,998 --> 00:41:01,919 there's a forgetfulness of affliction... 780 00:41:02,086 --> 00:41:04,839 And in the day of affliction, 781 00:41:05,005 --> 00:41:08,134 there's no remembrance of prosperity." 782 00:41:09,468 --> 00:41:13,264 Now, gloom and despair are abroad in our land today. 783 00:41:13,430 --> 00:41:18,811 I've never seen such long faces as I have in my recent travels. 784 00:41:20,521 --> 00:41:23,023 And it's true that one of our number 785 00:41:23,190 --> 00:41:25,651 has suffered grave hurt, 786 00:41:25,818 --> 00:41:28,779 losing almost all he possessed. 787 00:41:29,780 --> 00:41:32,366 But for the more fortunate... 788 00:41:32,533 --> 00:41:37,580 It would be wise to cast aside these dark thoughts 789 00:41:37,746 --> 00:41:41,834 of taxes and road assessments... 790 00:41:43,127 --> 00:41:46,922 And be thankful instead for the roofs over our heads 791 00:41:47,089 --> 00:41:49,884 and the food on our tables, 792 00:41:50,050 --> 00:41:52,970 harvest that promises to be bountiful. 793 00:41:53,137 --> 00:41:56,265 Look to heaven and remember... 794 00:41:58,017 --> 00:42:01,437 There are seasons in the affairs of man. 795 00:42:01,604 --> 00:42:07,318 This... evil winter of affliction will pass. 796 00:42:08,569 --> 00:42:10,946 And the smiling summer of prosperity will come again 797 00:42:11,113 --> 00:42:13,574 as it has so many times before. 798 00:42:13,741 --> 00:42:17,703 Meanwhile... be strong. 799 00:42:22,666 --> 00:42:25,502 Eh, sorry. We not mean to be late. 800 00:42:25,669 --> 00:42:27,880 Reverend: We're glad you came. 801 00:42:28,047 --> 00:42:29,506 We heard you were leaving the community. 802 00:42:29,673 --> 00:42:31,342 We were afraid you'd already gone. 803 00:42:31,508 --> 00:42:34,428 No! We not want to go 804 00:42:34,595 --> 00:42:38,098 before we say good-bye to all our good friends. 805 00:42:39,183 --> 00:42:42,311 And... we bring flagpole. 806 00:42:43,354 --> 00:42:44,521 With all the trouble you've had, 807 00:42:44,688 --> 00:42:46,106 you took time to make us a flagpole? 808 00:42:46,273 --> 00:42:47,650 Oh, is nothing. 809 00:42:47,816 --> 00:42:50,569 Well, I think it's something very special. 810 00:42:50,736 --> 00:42:55,032 A man loses his land and still takes the time to keep a promise. 811 00:42:55,199 --> 00:42:59,078 Taking his land... 'tis a no-good country that can do that. 812 00:43:00,537 --> 00:43:02,873 No, no, please, reverend... 813 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:04,792 I have heard much wrong ideas 814 00:43:04,959 --> 00:43:07,711 about what happened to me and my family. 815 00:43:07,878 --> 00:43:11,382 I would like to get all straight, if you don't mind. 816 00:43:11,548 --> 00:43:13,759 Reverend: Please do. 817 00:43:13,926 --> 00:43:18,013 I make... Foolish mistake. 818 00:43:19,056 --> 00:43:22,226 I lose the land, so my fault. 819 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:27,439 Now, you be happy you live here. 820 00:43:27,606 --> 00:43:29,400 Is fine country. 821 00:43:29,566 --> 00:43:32,987 I have seen many countries. 822 00:43:33,153 --> 00:43:34,405 I know. 823 00:43:34,571 --> 00:43:36,365 You have freedoms here... 824 00:43:36,532 --> 00:43:39,868 Freedom worship, freedom meetings, 825 00:43:40,035 --> 00:43:42,830 freedom speech, freedom press, 826 00:43:42,997 --> 00:43:46,292 they have no place else in the whole world. 827 00:43:46,458 --> 00:43:51,755 In Russia, we pay 2, 3 times as much taxes as here 828 00:43:51,922 --> 00:43:57,636 and not for schools and roads, no... For the czar's pockets. 829 00:43:57,803 --> 00:44:00,222 And the man who is brave enough 830 00:44:00,389 --> 00:44:03,100 or fool enough to complain about the taxes, 831 00:44:03,267 --> 00:44:04,393 he goes to jail. 832 00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:06,603 They come in the middle of the night, 833 00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:07,896 and they take him away. 834 00:44:08,063 --> 00:44:12,568 No trial, no jury freedom... he's gone. 835 00:44:12,735 --> 00:44:15,279 Nobody ever sees him again. 836 00:44:17,031 --> 00:44:22,286 So you know how much this freedom means? 837 00:44:23,495 --> 00:44:25,331 Where I was born, I pay my taxes, 838 00:44:25,497 --> 00:44:31,462 but the tax collector, he thinks I'm hiding something. 839 00:44:31,628 --> 00:44:33,464 So the cossacks come. 840 00:44:33,630 --> 00:44:35,799 They not tell me why. 841 00:44:35,966 --> 00:44:41,305 They take away everything... Land, animals, tools, food. 842 00:44:41,472 --> 00:44:46,810 They throw us off the land with only the clothes we wear. 843 00:44:49,146 --> 00:44:52,066 In my prayers, I give thanks 844 00:44:52,232 --> 00:44:55,486 that my family and I could come live here. 845 00:44:57,071 --> 00:45:01,116 And I ask god that all the others 846 00:45:01,283 --> 00:45:06,080 we left behind could also come here 847 00:45:06,246 --> 00:45:08,999 to the home of the freedoms... 848 00:45:09,166 --> 00:45:13,003 United States of America... 849 00:45:13,170 --> 00:45:16,340 Best country in the whole world. 850 00:45:50,624 --> 00:45:54,002 I think that concludes our service for today. 851 00:45:55,421 --> 00:45:58,757 I think it's time we put up Mr. Pyatakov's flagpole. 852 00:45:58,924 --> 00:46:01,135 And I'll say amen to that! 853 00:46:04,054 --> 00:46:07,808 Mr. Hanson: Yuli, Mrs. Pyatakov, Viktor, 854 00:46:07,975 --> 00:46:10,978 we all want you to know from our hearts 855 00:46:11,145 --> 00:46:14,565 that every time we see this flag fly from this pole, 856 00:46:14,731 --> 00:46:16,984 we will remember you. 857 00:46:21,738 --> 00:46:25,284 I... I think the time 858 00:46:25,451 --> 00:46:28,579 for a dedication speech is now, 859 00:46:28,745 --> 00:46:31,915 and it is up to you, yuli. 860 00:46:48,515 --> 00:46:51,560 United States flag of America, 861 00:46:51,727 --> 00:46:54,271 long may she wave!