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Show JOHN DEERE WANTSJDELL We aro In receipt of a marked copy of tho July, 1920, number of tho John Deere Magaxlne In which appears a very creditable photograph of Hon Ooorgo T. Odell of Salt Lake City, together with the folowlng article: ar-ticle: "George T. Odell, president of tho Consolidated Wagon and Machine Co. of Salt Lake, the largest retail Implement house in th world, is candidate can-didate for governor of Utah on the Republican ticket. Wo are proud to claim Mr. Odell as a member of the John Deere family. fam-ily. Ho has been selling John Deere Implemnts for thlrty-slx years. Ho visited tbo Mollno factory In the winter season of 1883-84 and did business with John Deere. At that time ho met Charles Deere and Mr. Francis, who was then sales manager, man-ager, and Gilpin Moore, inventor uf tho Gilpin sulky plow. "Many of theso OilpinB have I demonstrated in Utah," says Mr. Odell. In 1883 Mr. Odell with John F, and Herbert J. Grnnt formed tho Implement Im-plement and vohlcle business which today has Gf stores operated by its own employes, located in Utah, Idaho, Ida-ho, Wjomlng and Nevada. Ills record stands as tho cilterlon nf his ability, and In Ills career Is demonstrated whnt Is possible for any Amorlcan to accomplish by taking tak-ing ndtantnge of the opportunities to bo found In thlu count ly. Coming t this country when a boy, with virtually no education Mr Odell overcame many obstacles through ,sheer pluck nnd tho forco of his personality, and became ouo of the best known men of tho west. Ho is deserving of all tho confldenco tho pooplo may bco fit to repose in him. Tho government still owes Mr. Odell $2.43 3-8, which amount represents rep-resents his salary for tho twenty-ono months ho waB stato director of war savings "in Utah. Mr. Odell says: "I presumo our governmental friends have many paces to put their money mon-ey other than paying such small items. Howeor, I am not holding il against them nnd am gratified to know that I did my duty sellng approximately fourteen million dollars dol-lars worth of war savings stamps, maturity value, during the twenty-one twenty-one months I was In the U. 3. service." |