Show T vt L Li Lf i f tAI M M 1 M Mn 1 l J Yn r R Raft N aft h hy hit it J I Iu u r 4 y f ONE HORSE POWER Allan Jones of Maeser left leads his horse attached to a rig that powers the saw operated by his son Darrell The powered horse machine is 44 years old but still performs well The horse inthe background Is just loafing Staff photo Horse Powered Saw Continues to Serve A old powered horse machine Is still performing good service at the Allan Jones residence In Maeser The horse is attached to a along along long pole and walks in a circle providing a one power horsepower motor that turns a wheel system that drives a circular saw drill or any other attachment that may be rigged up THE MACHINE was pur purchased chased In 1917 by George and andRay andRay Ray Reynolds who used It with drills on Taylor Moun tam while they were prospecting prospecting ting it After it was brought down from the mountain it was purchased by James M Jones uncle of Allan Jones who later inherited it and put lt on on the saw attach attachment nent The present owner reports that he used the machine a lot for sawing during but since that time It has been sitting still until about two weeks ago when Mr Jones rigged it up again WHILE PERHAPS not as powerful as the modern powered gasoline chain saw Mr Jones said that the old old machine is a big improve improve- improvement improvement ment over hand sawing and andin andIn in one hour he can cut enough wood to last a week in the wood heater m 10 Ws his home Mr Jones reports that the machine is the only one of that kind he has seen in his life although he does remember her ber a larger one operated with a threshing machine In Inthe inthe the area The powered horse thresh thresh- threshing ing machine was operated by bythe bythe the Murray brothers MR JONES recalls that the Murray brothers did thresh thresh- threshing ing for his father Isaac M Jones when the younger Mr Jones was a small boy They used tile he machine for two years prior to the advent of the steam powered thresher |