Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-14
A NEW HOLIDAY
The Great Northwest Shows Signs
of Adopting a New Movable
-1GcCOImick's
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the Mccormick Harvester Co. made a [
partial delivery of their seasons sale of /
machines at this point last Wednesday. (
About forty harvesters and binders had /
been sold and were ready for delivery /
but the heavy rains of the day before |
made the roads so heavy that less than /
half the number were delivered. The /
balance of the delivery will take place
here on Satm day. This will be big
day. Those who have not seen their
very latest machinery should by all
means come, if for no other purpose
than to witness the tests made in Irvine
and WIRE binding, and the new methods
as compared with the old.
We devote considerable space to this
matter because it is Of Importance to
every farmer in this section. The great
'stWine trust'' scare caused many
thoughtful men to hesitate before ip-
vesting il a Irvine binder, lest in the
! beginning of a harvest the price of
Irvine per pound should reach 20 cents
or more. The Mccormick folks annci-
/ pated this result, and set their inYen-
! tors at work upon perfecting an attach
ment for their Irvine machines. Their
! hopes were more than realized in a
small, simple device, which can be at
! tached by any farmer to his b1cCOrm-
/
/ Fgtrust'i and all, and bind his grain
| with the common old Wire. The at
! tachment costs but $40, works like
! perfection itself. making large, small,
| loose or tight bundles. While, of
course, the Irvine is preferable, this
wire attachment is certainly check
upon the Irvine operators, and its effect
is even now recognized. The wire will
! cost about ten cents per pound. and in
| pOiQt Of eeQ4OmY, is about the same as
| tWine at seventeen centg, The McCor-
mick is the only harvester nade that
| gives the farmers q, choice Of binding
materials. There are many other
points to which the farmers have call
ed our attention, which we do not care
to mention lest this no Ice be called an
advertisement. But the local agents
for this harvester, Messrs. E, and II
/ DfIQQrth, say their best advertisement
/ is the GLASS of fGTHers who have bought
the McCOFmick this yRaF. FOF InsbanQ8
those who took home Mccormick Har-
Vesters and Binders last Wednesday
! we're: VIM, Keller, Center township {;
d. = Simpson, Chas. johnson, j. A.
HeltzeI, TuFkes creek Sylvester Wells,
S, Hauser, Solomon Rapids I'll. w..
johnson, p. Krum, Plum creek; Fred
LANCE, AsherVille; Arson Cook, Cen
ter Fred earle, A. M. Fansler, T. c..
Wrench, Bloomfield; A. w. Burr,
Hays. and speaking of that delivery
calls to mind th6 Fourth Of July APP
! pearance our streets presented while
that procession was moving through
town. Even the ladies collected in
groups 70 adWire the pnifOrmlY loaded
farm wagons. this i0lly-loQkiRg sun
burned farmers, and the fat and hearty
Kansas farmer boy, who seemed to
measure with proper dignity his share
of Importance in the events of the day.
/ Of course it was encouraging a vice
when willis DilwOrth passed along the
line of wagons WibA G box of choice ci-
CARS but the fact that they we're all
bis guests at the Avenue Hotel for DIM
ner made even this pardOnable.
Among the prominent ones in the af-
ternOOn's sport we're, cur own towns
man, j. L. BurknarG, general travelling
agent Of the company for this part Of
Kansas; Ed James, the best salesman
ip this meek O. the woods - A1essrs.
DHwGFbb, End MIR. George Sheffield,
the COmpGny7g eEpRr5 who came out
from Chicago to eEeIaplifV the new
wire binder attachment. This gentle
man is valuable assistant to his firm,
being well up in mechanic arts. clear
and candid in his explanations, and
Withal gentleman.
On Saturday the season delivery and
farmers holiday took place at Jewell
City, under direction of w. 7. BrRppe-
mer, the local agent, assisted by Messrs.
Burkhart, Sheffield, and James. A
Gazette reporter accepted an invitation
and accompanied them thitheT as their
guest. Arriving there Friday evening.
we found every one full of expectation
for the events of Saturday. hIr. Shelf
field was only twenty eight minutes IN
changing a Mccormick Irvine binder
into a wire binder and making it work
satisfactorily. The wire attachment
which was used was brought from Be
lott and was the fourth one made at
the factory. Saturday morning came
warm and pleasant, and by nine
O'clock the streets were full Of farm
ers-the solid, prosperous farmers of
! Buffalo and Browns creek valleys.
All being in readiness at noon. the
thirty-thTee purchasers of Mccormick
Harvesters and Binders we're easily
persuaded to partake of a sumptuOas
dinner at the King House, and at one
o'clock the procession formed around
the public square with the Jewell
City band in the lead, followed bv a
Mccormick tWine binder and a wire
binder, each in full trim and ready
\ for work; then came the q loaded
wagons There being only d, of the 80
sold, IN the warehOuse,) a carriage
with newspaper representatives, car
ri8ges, wagons, citizens on foot. and
close behind, the handsome heavy
weight. Jewell cOunty's favOrite son
M +. KnappeRberger. The band
played, the photographed recorded
/ the rOcessiOn-music and all-and
the Inc Of rsnareh Ioec.ar Eh-o--c.h L.