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Show CASE TRACTORS SEE SERVICE AT FRONT . , . Private Frank of tho Ensincers' Corps Writes Interesting Story of How They Perform. In line with tho luiuouiu'onvnt of tlu5 tractor School that is to be a feature of the J. 1. Case compny diuinp; show week, i-omes n letter from ' ' sn,n"vhero in France" tUat tells a brief -tore of what the Case tractors are uoin over there. The letter, written ly Private .1. h. Fi-iink of the enijiuc ers ' ' ';? to a fvien.l. is, self ex'lanator . It t'o'lows: While, sitting in my dugout close to the lines ami v. ithin ranee of the Mutt tfuns today, I heard a huniininn that seemed to be ciiit.o t'alnilia:, so went np lo in veM i:'.at e jind. on trackinr. the cause of it to its lair, what did 1 find lint two old friends in the shape of Case products. They were 1l'-."j pas tractors (the lirsl of this model I had soon), pulling three-furrow pan plows (engines No. i"i.".iiil nnd ,tili.Vi. manned bv I'lench soldiers, 111 uniform. Lord, .lack, it was like meeting; a loiii-lo:-t friend, ami it bronchi back many pleasant rcollect ions of our victoiies over the opposition in Mi"1 thri'slu-r field. It struck me thai-those thai-those ictones in common o were achii'vi-d in those ibiys j-i: t as the victories in this field are. by the sand and ;;rit of tln salesnuin backed bv superior machinery. The nllieil soldiers have th"1 j;ril and the xarious governments are supply f! 4 Ii - in with the superior inn. hin-ryt hin-ryt nnd it is certainly showing reut results. Those little ('use rippiies are just' as niiieh inst rmuents of w nr nn' as any bi Loin or 1 1:1 M I -vsli i l . They are doiii;: a treat work, and all the l--ench so'dlers who were h:l udl m them could suv was ''bun bon ' '. with 111:1 ii wines of tlo' hand.- to show their appreciat ion. Tin".' ueio plowine ,'iboiil inches deep and iloin;; a ';ro;i' iob. It crl.viily lonl. s I "i III"1 as it' (mm' It:.-. I iie world beat iii a e.eto'ral nt illty moto!'. Mow' 1 wished for 11 cjiinera so 1 could '-end von a snap d tliee Irac tors worl;iui; anion1: trenches end dueout s surrounded be I'lnli-'d l iwii". and villa-os ul-t vi'-'iit'v .lest i eve I and vacated by Hie Mill's and still within rn n e.1' of the : n n with scout'nir and fp'htiii;; planes over Ih'Mii all the tune. |