The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13
VEHICLE BUSINESS
Is PICKING UP
.. E. FLYNN SAYS VEHICLE Bust
NESS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
Is IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
AND is PlcINKG UP ENcoUR-
AGINGLY THIS FALL.

D. E. Flynn, of this city. North Da-
kota representative for the ~Studebaker
corporation of South Bend, Ind, has
returned from the Minnesota fair and
the Studebaker factory at South Bend.
He is avery enthusiastic S~tndebaker
mar zandsis ably taking tha place of
"Studebaker Brown" who, they say,
used to talk Studebaker vehicles in his
sleep. ''1.'% @.. .
In speaking of the recent "old, wag-
on contest" promoted by the company,
Mr.. Flynn said H. @|@@
The Studebaker corporation start
ed something when they inserted in
the 1918 ~Studebaker< almanac an offer
Of 500 in gold for information in re-
gard to ancient Studebaker wagons.
The announcement stated that $100 in
gold would De distributed among the
owners of the Oldest Studebaker
wagons now in use. The prizes were
to be distributed as follows: $40 to
the owner Of the oldest ~Studebaker
wagon; $40 to the owner of the next
oldest: S$5 to the third in rank, and 81
to each of sixty-f1ve other owners of
Studebaker wagons who could show
the necessary age and present use of
wagon. "r
The conditions of the contest requir-
ed date of purchase, where purchased
and from whom purchased; a brief
history and. a few interesting facts
about the wagon, and the endorsement
of the nearest Studebaker dealer. The
results of this offer were really re-
markable, The winner of the first
prize is Levi Dallas of Topeka, Ind,
whose wagon is 40 years old. The
winner of the second prize is David
Clark of Bemis, S. D, whose wagon is
4S years old; and the winner Of the
third prize is G. II. Bowman of Sandy
Lake, Pa, with a wagon At years old.
The third prize was allotted by chance
MIR. Bowman's name being drawn
from among several candidates. Among
the list of ~sixty-five prize winners, to
each of whom the company sent 81, is
no wagon less han SO years Old
(which is a remarkable showing-and
a great many letters were received
from owners of Studebaker wagons
who could not give the necessary de-
tails with regard to purchase M own
ership which were required to entitle
them to participate in the contest.
Several thousand letters were receiv-
ed in connection with this offer, tell
ing of Studebaker wagons that had
been in daily use for twenty, thirty and
forty years, which is an extraordinary
record.
Another prize winner located in the
northwest is John Folkhard, of Fort
Meade, S. d, who owns a wagon pur-
chased in 1877 from Mclean & McNit-
ter of Bismarck, N. D., and used for
hauling supplies to Fort Lincoln. This
wagon once made the trip of over 200
miles between Fort Lincoln and Bear
Butte. During the winter of 1879, sew
eral trips with this wagon were made
by members of the Seventh cavalry,
then stationed at Fort Meade, who
would drive from fifty to eighty miles
in search of buffalo, which were plen-
tiful in the hills at that time. The
troopers would load the wagon up with
from 5000 to 1000 pounds of buffalo
meat and haul it over the hills between
the hunting grounds and the camp,
and it would do the work without a.
murmur-except when hollering for
grease.
Another northwestern winner is AM
drew, Kittelson Of Litchield, Mimi,
who WINS a Studebaker wagon pur-
chased in the fall of 1859. MI. Kittle-
son says he is using the wagon at the
present time and expects to use it for
q good many years to come. He sent
a photograph Of the wagon loaded with
wheat, ready to start from his farm for
Litchfield, April 5, 1913"