The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-26


d.; c. S. Farrell, salesman, Worth
ington, Mimi; T. p. Jones. salesman.
Albert Lea: c. s. Lee, statesmen,
Faribault; G. G. Marugg, salesman.
Fairmont: c. A. Nicholson. sales
man, Albert Lea; II. A. Monsoon, sales
man, Mankato; r. Z. Scott, sales
man, Mankato: G. r. Smith sales
man, Pipestone: A. w. vickere.
salesman, Watertown, S. d.: A. T.
Vickerman, salesman, Brookings; G.
A. White, salesman. Tracy; r.. b.
Wigley, salesman, Waterfowl.
These meetings formerly were held
in st. Paul.
+. W. Kamm. sales manager for
Mayer Brothers company, left Tues.
day afternoon for an extended trip of
some three or four weeks I'm the north.
west. The Mayer Brothers company
has received more than seven hun
dred inquiries for the Little Giant
tractor from North Dakota. Montana.
and Idaho the past few months. Al
great many OIL these inquiries were
from dealers who desired agencies for
certain portions of this territory.
MIR. kamm will stop on his way
west at Crookston. Mimi. at Grand
Forks. Devils Lake. Minot and Willis
ton,: North Dakota, and at Glasgow,
Havre and Fort Benton, Montana. lie
expects to reach Great Falls, Non
tana, March 81. All Montana and
Idaho inguirers have been notified of
demonstration OF the Little Giant
tractor which will be given on the
large farm of the Boyle Land com.
pany near Great Falls Gu March II
and April l and 2. This demonstra-
ton will be given with the two model
"a" (large size) Little Giant tractors
and the two siX-botton fourteen-inch
automatic one-man gang plows whica
were shipped to the Boyle land COM
pany on Monday OF this week.
viii Give Demonstration.
e. Il. Kamm, q son OF Sales Man
ager Kamm, also left for Great Falls,
Mont, to assist I'm this demonstration.
and Charles Quest of the Mayer Broth.
ers company, who is I'm charge OF the
testing and experimental work, will
also leave OH Saturday of this week
for Great Falls. II is expected that
several hundred people will attend
this tractor demonstration.
When i'm Mankato two weeks age
for the purpose OF placing his order
for Little Giant tractors, President
Boyle of the Boyle Land company.
stated that the country around Great
Falls was full of so-called tractors
which people had bought for farming
and were unable TO keep in use very
long on account OF poor quality of
! material and workmanship. and the
general impracticability for farming
purposes or for any other purpose of
the machines which had been sold to
them for tractors. Mr.. Boyle stated
| that in spite of these sad experiences
| farmers out there were still keen Tor
a real tractor and he knew of no rea-
son why the Little Giant should not
have q large sale in that territory.
Newspaper Publicity.
Newspaper publicity Is being given
to the Great Falls tractor demonstra.
| ton. and il is expected that many
hundred farmers and dealers will at
tend from Montana and Idaho. Spring
work in that country is much farther
advanced than in Southern Mime
sofa. and the buying fever which al
ways accompanies spring fever Is now
at a very high temperature. ~
Mr.. Kamm will return from Great
Falls by way of Southern Montana
where he will call on many dealers
including those at Lewiston, Glen
dive and Miles City, and on his re-
turn through North Dakota will call
on dealers at Beach. Dickinson, Man.
| dan, Bismarck. jamestown. Valley
City, Fargo and Wahpeton.
II will be the policy OF the sales de.
partment of the Mayer Brothers COM
pany this year to spare a few trac.
tors for the northwest territory and
get their agencies established. so that
tractors may be nearer ut hand Tor
prospective purchasers To look over.
and they expect i'm 1916 with their
new factory to be able to spare a
very large number for that territory.
This will also be their policy with
regards to Louisiana. Texas and other
southern territories and, In fact, to-
several portions OF the more distant
territories i'm the United States and
| Canada.
William S. Combs. eighty.four years
| cid, first Minnesotan TO be made a
master Mason in Minnesota. distin-
| suished i'm the affairs OF the order
since 1854. and the man who conduct
ed the first business college I'm Min
nesota, died early yesterday at the
aome of his son Frank 7. Combs. at
North st. Paul. He was born in New
York City. March Il, 1891. and came
to st. Paul in 1851 and opened book
store. Later he was employed by
General II. II. Sibley at the Mendoza
trading post ..... .
Mr.. Combs Masonic record follows:
Member of Minnesota Royal Arch
chapter No. / since 1865: grand sec
Rotary of the grand lodge. 1866 to
1872: grand secretary of the grand
chapter. Royal Arch Masons, 1867 to
1873: grand master of the grand coun-
ell. 1872 to 1874: Minnesota consist
DRY, Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite. thirty-second degree, also mem
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