The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-27

avery wagon sold, and it was reason
ably expected that farm wagon
properly used. might last twenty
i've or thirty years.
The result OF the quest for the
oldest wagon surprised the experts
ii Studebaker. A wagon that had
been in service twenty-five years
vas a mere infant, so 10 spead. The
wagons that had been in service fo1
hirty years were half grown chill
lren, to carry the comparison fur
4her, while there were ample rec
ords to prove that wagons OF forty
years Of age were not uncommon
Dave Clark, now of Bemis, South
Dakota, heads the list with his
forty-eight year old veteran. G, II
Bowman, OF Sandy Lake, Pa. and
Sam Hane, of Carbon, Ind, both own
wagons bought in 1866, and then
follows long list of wagons boug CHI
in 1865 and succeeding years, the
| percentage climbing higher as the
early seventies and eighties were
reached
A remarkable fact was noted as
REPLIES to the contest began to pour
in. Wagons bought forty-fye years
ago as well as those OF more re
.ent date-are still working One
farmer writes: II frequently d.aw
1900 pounds OF coal at a load An
0ther farmer states that he uses his
| studebaker wagon for hauling tim
Der and frequently loads 1900 feet
IN his faithful Studebaker, which
las been in actual service Tor forty
three years.
Reading through the hundreds o.
letters sent TO Studebaker by farm
ars throughout the country reveals
| he fact that without exception
studebaker wagons are praised FOR
the way they stand up under work
| Repairs are infrequent One farmer
writes II bought Studebaker
wagon in 1868 and it has hauled
thousands OF bushels of grain to
market. Never was a lighter run
ming wagon 1t has been OF no ex-
pense to us and has given perfect
satisfaction. | am still using the
wagon and expect to use it for many
years to come.
Another farmer states that he has
peen in several runaways, in one of
(which horse was killed, but his
wagon came out all right, although
it smashed into a stone pile. This
farmer writes the wagon seems
to stand for all it can get"
A farmer who ran his wagon for
thirty years says the wagon seems
to be all right. Hounds, axles and
gear are perfect, but back in 1887
he had to have the front tires set.
Still another farmer relates that
he bought studebaker wagon thir-
ty-two years ago. He has had new
boards put in the body and thinks
two new spokes have been fitted.
also a new nut on a rear axle. But
outside OF these repairs the wagon
is just as he bought it, and, he
writes, "the roads are pretty poor
around here"
And so the stories go Every day
letters come to Studebaker telling
remarkable stories about the sturdi-
ness and long life of wagons sold
three decades ago. Just who will
win the prize is still a matter of con-
lecture. AT the present time Mr..
Clark's forty-eight year old wagon
appears to head the list. But there
may be others year or SO older
The contest is an open one and
studebaker is giving much time and
attention to sitting out the contest
ants and making sure that the wag-
ons entered are authentic.
In any event, studebaker can
point with pride to a long list of
wasons that have temonstrat ID
their sterling worth ana their abil-
ity to stand up under any and all
reumstanees.
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