| Show Our GLEN Says Had a wonderful trip to Iowa The people are worried about moisture and just across the state line Illinois has had hada a 1 lot of ot storm The draft horse auction was quite a thing The auctioneer took his seat behind the microphone microphone micro micro- phone and never left for 14 hours then turned it over to his partner who continued until 3 am a.m. next morning Continuous sale for 17 hours High team that I saw sold brought 1960 1900 Many sold for lor each Harness was available at any price you might want to pa pay payas la laas as low as per team set t tc 1700 for a set for lor four head A pile of new hame straps breast and pole straps and an another another other odds and ends endA brough 17 It was estimated tha that wholesale it was worth A show wagon brought 1000 and carts buggies hand plows and miscellaneous equipment of oC all kinds were available An old time horse power threshing m ma machine chine in running condition was set up ready to go and sold for 1200 The Mennonites were there in full force clean shaven to their beards flowing below All dress dressin in the same type clothes black blackhats blackhats blackhats hats and denim jumpers They were buying selling and trading One of them had his display of ot harness and horse collars there He is one of the outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing harness makers In the Nation His big show collars sell for each and a fancy six- six up harness for lor average On Saturday they were ex expecting expecting expecting ex- ex saddle horses and it looked like they were there I I 1 wanted to visit a little with Ken Durrant Durrani son of Dale Durrant Durrant Durrant Dur- Dur rant of Morgan who Is serving a mission a few miles away so left early to lay layover over at Water Water- loo He was at the bus depot depot de de' depot de- de pot with his district supervisor I and we had a couple of ot hours visit went to lunch and saw the tremendous John Deere plant atthe at atthe the edge of town Ken Is doing a fine Job he ho had traded partners part I ners with the supervisor for the afternoon so 0 no appointments were canceled or missed It was their stake conference the next day |
