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| | Matthias Alsager |
 | | Born April 28, 1879, in Akra near Skaanevik, Norway, to Lars and Pauline Alsager, Matt was the second child in a family of seven. |
 | | Matt Alsager was not only enthusiastic and dedicated to public service, but he liked people and could name as friends the officials of practically all the fairs in western Canada, not to mention government representatives - elected or otherwise, both federal and provincial, in the Departments of Highways and Agriculture. |
 | | In 1950 Matt and Ida Alsager retired from their "Springhurst Farm" at Leighton to "the white house on the hill" two miles west of Lloydminster on Highway 16. |
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