The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-09
NEW SELF-FEEDER
Practical Invention Of a Farmer of
Flickertaildon.

WAHPETON, N. D.--A visit to the fac
tory Of the Heine Manufacturing COM
pany brings onayinto contact with the SUI
perintendent and inventor who is the real
brains Of the enterprise, a.. ]. Eelne. Nine
years ago near Glendale, N. D., he made
from old scrap iron and pieces of binder
his first self-feeder and attached, it to his
threshing machine. The following year he
took up farm aSfew miles from Wahpe-
ton and made another machine which did
we'll. Business continued and year ago
Mr.. Heine made, about twenty-five of his
self feeders, the work being done at Fergus
Falls, AL of these found a ready sale, but
the process of hiring work at a factory
belonging to a company not directly and
fully interested in the new invention was
not really adequate to the needs of the
machine, and during last fall the various
towns of the Red River valley were can
vassed with a view to raising capital for
equipping a special factory.
Wahpeton was selected as the most suit
able city for such a location because Of its
railway advantages and it's location in the
heart of a great farming industry. Mr..
Heine succeeded in interesting two or
three Of the business men Of Breckenridge
and Wahpeton who called meeting of
citizens. F. E. Kenaston, president of the
Minnesota Threshing Machine company,
and of the Citizens National bank Of Wah-
peton, happened to be in town and; his
practical experience and enthusiasm over
the enterprise inspired confidence in 9TH
ers so that a weeks canvass succeeded in
raising a capital stock Of SIS, 000, all To-
cally subscribed -. :: IF: g-&1$ ..rssr
AS rapidly as possible the company COM
pleted organization and built a two story
structure costing with the machinery
about SIS, o00.. AS, it has been impossible
to secure just the proper machinery for
the particular parts wanted for the new
self-feeder, the work of manufacturing
them this year has necessarily been rather
slow and in consequence the number of
machines called for could not be supplied.
The demand has been so great as to give
the management great encouragement for
next years business. >.s =.
A corps Of competent workmen has been
instructed in the business and it is pos
sible that next year as many as 500 Of the
Heine self feeders will be on the market.
Already orders are In from dealers In
Southern Minnesota and Nebraska as we'll
as from the Dakotas, some calling for as
many as fifty of the new machines for
next years trade - >%4: ~ .'s
Mr.. Heine was born at Gottingen. Ger
many, in 1865. He had no special training
other than that of the gymnasium Of his
native town and 1t has been simply his
native ability applied to the situation that
has resulted In his successful invention.
He is a man of untiring energy, entau-
inspiring willing assistance in the men
employed under him. .~"-.. -.r -
JAMESTOWN, N. DIN a will contest
involving the rights of the widow Of the
late John M. Joos the widow won out,
but an appeal will be taken. The attor-
neys for the other claimants have raised
an interesting legal point. Heretofore the
allowance of a widow in her husband
estate has been $500 exempt property I'M
der the law. The law provides for 81, 900
exemptions, and IT is held that the wild
owls allowance in such cases is only 81, 900.
The allegation was made that Mrs. Joos
was not legally the widow of Joos, but the
court ruled that she was.-There is still
great deal of government land open to
settlers in Stutsman and other counties
of the James river valley. There are 2o0,-
900 acres in Stutsnaan county alone that
can be; secured by simply filing. .-.. Ia -
= cANDo, ne. 4AAFrhe cando high school
opened Monday Three attempts were
,, to start blind pigs at Starkweather, but
the VIC. IT. u interfered. An incen-
diary attempt was made on James Ian
gers temperance saloon at Bisbee. A
stranger who threatened to burn the place
has been arrested.-The electric lights
are on again.: after being shut; Off for
two months, owing to f1re.-One hun
dred thousand acres of school and insti-
tuition lands will be sold in Towner coun-
ty this fall.-The school poulatton of
Towner county has increased 10 per cent
in one year, the census showing ,2,085
pupils enrolled.-A threshing engine ex-
ploded on the farm of J. J. McCanna. Sat
urday. No one was: killed. A few men
| were slightly injured. }.~ ~ =.