Show THE neighborhood charles has A thumb amputated TWO MEN AT SCOFIELD MET WITH SEVERE ACCIDENTS interesting programmed Pro grammes for pioneer day celebrations lelii HARVEST is upon us all though alie scarcity of water has been severely felt and grain crops are light yet we expect all things considered to be about as well off as usual there ix double the area of potatoes planted over last year though the yield per acre may be lighter our fruit prospects are pretty good as is also our lucerne prospect LAST friday lehi witnessed one of curious things a trial of self bind ing harvesters curious if we judge by the newspaper reports all kinds seem to win somewhere the contestants this time were the JM cCormick and champion and the place the farto of wm claib esq of lebl the ariae contested for was the sale of a machine it being understood that the winning machine would be bought the champion was put into the field by two imported experts names forgotten the had no foreign representative the local agent remarking that his dependence pen dence rested solely on the merits of his machine between three and four acres were and the merits of the respective spec tive machines fully gone over as far as win dwork was concerned but the conclusion was that the had won the points made being as follows Lightness of draft and this point was very apparent as the team on the champion was far superior to tha one on iho ad its perfection of work only one bundle being missed during the trial whilst its competitor cem missed three in one swath twice over ard 3rd its simplicity of construction its knotter of only seven pieces seeming to surprise machino men who were present and who had used almost all other machines ath its steel frame solidity of construction st the outcome was tho man sold his machine and left it on the field so I 1 suppose that tells the story and seals the verdict although the circumstances of team and experts favored the champion LEHI is to celebrate pioneer day and from alie character of committee appointed it will be well done BT LEHI july |