Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-11
WATERMELONS FOR
ALL AT FREMONT
Two Carloads from Georgia, and
They Are Free for All at
Tractor Show.
SPECIAL TRAINS FOR CROWDS

Tuesday was Wyoming, Colorado, FIRE.
mont and Dodge county day at the Ma
tional Farm Tractor Demonstration at
Fremont Acres and acres of ground were
plowed by the big tractors and gang
plows for demonstration purposes before
the many thousands of farmers and busi-
ness men from a half dozen states who
flocked to the grounds to see the demon
strations.
The tractor short course. which is a
feature of the weeks demonstration be-
gan yesterday morning, with Prof. L. #.
Seaton of the University of Nebraska
| college OF agriculture as conductor Ex-
perts on the various motors and the
various accessories we're given the floor
to talk on technical points and to answer
the questions of the crowds of those in
terested. Questions were numerous. for
thousands of farmers are today as we'll
versed on the carburetors and technical
points of a gasoline engine as a decade
ago they were on the spavins and ring
bones of their horses.
Experts for Lecturers.
Nor .haye. the manufacturers been
asleep on the Job. They have grasped
the opportunity TO send out experts TO
give these lectures in the tent and thus
get the special features and worthy vir-
| tues OF their various machines laid bare
before the prospective buyers. Fifteen
companies have entered their accessories
! for exhibit and have furnished their ex-
perts to lecture on them. Hero are the
companies that entered for this special
feature:
waukesha Motor company. Waukesha,
wis.
Hansmann Manufacturing company.
Bennett Carburetor company. Minne-
Hyatt Roller Bearing company, Chicago.
| ,Elsemann Magnetic company. lndianap-
Beaver Manufacturing company. MIL
waukee. Wis.
; Sumter Electrical company. Sumter, S. c.
Champion Spark Plug company, Toledo.
McQuay-Norris Manufacturing COM
pany, st. Louis.
Pierce Speed Controller company. An
XIV. Ignition company, Cleveland, o.
! Perfex Radiator company, hacine, Wis.
WILCOX BenHeu Carburetor company,
V-Ray company. Marshalltown, la.
! Burd High Compression Ring company.
\ Rockford, Ill.
Militia IL on Guard.
| The Fourth regiment. Nebraska Ma
tional Guard. is encamped at Fremont.
and the militiamen are detailed TO police
duty on the exhibition grounds. Special
parades are to be held during the week,
as also sham battles by the troopers.
] Governor Glenn OF North Carolina spoke
at the chautauqua at Morse park in the
evening, which was designated as special
night for tractor men at the chautauqua.
How could a tractor show be held with
out ,watermelons? The melon crop around
Fremont this year was a failure.
VOLS Gets the Melons
Well. President George wolz of the
Fremont Commercial club decided a
tractor show just could not be held with
out melons. 30 he got two carloads OF
the choicest from the south These have
been resting on ice in storage for several
days and are now daily being sliced and
! passed out free OF charge on the demon
stration field II they last long enough,
there is to be free watermelon for every
visitor every day OF the week.
Fishbalze Tonight. d
Special trains on the Burlington from
Sioux City. Lincoln and Beatrice are ia
bIlub tIOWuh " NAaAAAe
have been arranged for and the sale OF
tickets has been large. There is to be a
fishbake at Morse park in the evening
for the tractor men and special enter
tainment. including a battle royal and
other sports.
During this afternoon the first section
OF the 6.OOO-foot reel OF the Romance OF
the Plow'' is to be made by the Holt
Feature Film company.
No admission is charged TO the show.