The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
DEERlNG At PARIS IN 1900.

The Famous Chicago &Hafvsst6r Conn
peny Received More and Greater
MonsEs than Were Evsr Before
Accorded a. American Exhibitor In
h History Of Rxpositions.
America may we'll feel proud Of the
interest which her citizens took in tho
Paris Imposition and the elaborate Z
hihits which were prepared with con-
summate skill and displayed in q man
ner not excelled by any other country.
Those Of Harvesting Machinery in par
ticular were most complete and inter-
ssting. The Deering Harvester Com
Dany. Of Chicago, Americas foremost
manufacturer Of this line Of goods, was
accorded the position Of honor, having
contributed more to the advancement
OF the art Of harvesting than any other
manufacturer. living or dead, and with
. greater array Of important inven.
tons to its credit than any other COM
paay In the world.
Vtsitors to the Exposition were
prompt TO accord the Deering exhibits
supreme honors. and It only remained
for ofacfal mandate to ratify the popu-
hr verdict, which was done in a man
ner as substantial as 1t was well-merit-
Cd. Each one OF the seven Deering ex-
hibits secured tho highest award In
tts class.
In addition TO tour high decora-
lions, the Deering Harvester Company
received twenty-five awards. OF TWEEN
,ty-nine in all, a. follows: Decoration
It Ohicer Of the Legion OF Honor. Dec
0r1tion OF Chevalier Of the Legion Of
Honor, Two Decorations Of Omcer OF
Hsrite Agricole, = Special Certificate
Of Honor, Tho Grand Prize. Six Gold
Medals. Six Silver Medals. and Eleven
Bronze Medals, including Deering Col
Aborator Medals.
The Decoration Of tho Legion OF
Honor wat instituted by. Napoleon
Bonaparte when First Consul in 1902,
a1d is only conferred in recognition
II distinguished military Dr. civil
achievements. It is the highest dis
tinction in the gift Of the French Re-
public.
The Decoration Of the Merite Agrj-
cole ia, an honor Of but slightly less i'm
portance, which is conferred upon
those who have contributed greatly o
the advancement Of agriculture.
An Oflcial Certificate Of Honor was
accorded the Deering Retrospective
Exhibit, which showed the improve
ments in harvesting machinery during
the century. and excited the high
ut praise Of the French Government
omcials who had entrusted to the
.Dsering Harvester Company the prep
aration Of this most important exhibit.
BY special request this exhibit has
BEEN presented to the National Mu-
seum Of Arts and Sciences at Paris,
where it has become q permanent fea-
<ure of that world-famed institution.
The Deering Irvine Exhibit and Corn
Harvester Exhibit, both Of which re-
ceived the highest awards. have by
request Of the French Government
been presented to the National Agri'
cultural College of France.
There was no field trial. either ON.
cial .or otherwise, in connection with
the Paris Exposition. but the most i'm
portant foreign contest the past season
was held under the auspices Of the
Russian Expert Commission at thu
Governmental Farm Of Tomsk, Siberia.
August 18th to 18th. All the leading
American and European machines par
ticipated and were subjected to the
most dimcult tests by the Government
Agricultural. The Expert Commission
awarded the Deering Harvester Com
pany the Grand Silver Medal Of the
Minister Of Agriculture and Domain
which was the highest award.
The Deering Harvester Works are
the largest of their kind in the world.
covering eighty-ive acres and employ
ing 5000 people. They are equipped
with modern automatic machines,
many OF which perform the labor OF
from i've to fifteen, hands.
This Company is also the largest
manufacturer of Binder Irvine in the
world, having. been first to produce
single-strand binder Irvine. such as is
IN general use today, making over a
third of the product Of the entire
world. The output Of its factory for
q single day would tie q band around
the earth at the equator, with several
thousand miles to spare. The annual
production would NIL q freight train
twenty miles long. Made into . mat
two feet wide. It would reach across
the American continent from ocean to
ocean.
Desrfng machines are known a.
LIGHT DRAFT IDEALS, consisting Of
Binders, Mowers, Reapsrs. Corn Har-
vesters. Shredders and Rakes:
This company exhibited ut the Paris
Rxpoiit5ont an Automobile Mower.
which attracted much attention. and
exhibitions were given with one OF
these machines in the vicinity Of Paris
throughout the season.
Lfttle Johnnie Heard Rfoa.
Mrs. Bili1ns (sweetly)-Do have an
ether piece Of cake, Cousin John.