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Show ments have been made over the intervening years, but the basic idea is the same. The war interfered with production pro-duction of the tractor, and caused many delays in Bon-ham's Bon-ham's hopes for his "brainchild." "brain-child." He was able to turn out more than 150 machines, however, and most of them are still in full use on farms in the intermountain area. The Harris Manufacturing Company in 1 Stockton, California, a large-! . scale producer of farm ma-1 chinery, now is manufacturing , the "Power Horse" tractor. It it a dream come true for south-j easterner Bert Bonham. I I Holladay Man Invents New Type Tractor Southeast Salt Lake can now add to its list of outstanding residents the name of Albert W. (Bert) Bonham, a resident of Holladay. During the past week one of Mir. Bonham's prize inventions, a four-wheel drive tractor, was received in Salt Lake City from the miaun-facturing miaun-facturing plant in Stockton, California. v Since his invention of the tractor in 1935, Bert Bonham also has invented other farm implements and machinery, which are currently in demand throughout the west. Instrumental in getting the Bonham "Power Horse" tractor into full-scale production are Marlowe L. Wood and Game; D. Wood of Wood & Wood, distributors, dis-tributors, 3405 South State St. Garner D. Wood is a former southeasterner, having lived in the Smith LDS Ward. Drives First Tractor First important event in Eeit Bonham's inventive life came' on a summer's day in 1H35 when he drove out of a blacksmith black-smith shop in Clinton, Utah, in his first tractor. He and the blacksmith, Bert Muir, hfcd j worked out the plans after j Bonham had sketched out his i idea on the floor of the black-; snuth shop. Parts for that first tractor came from more than! 14 trucks and automobiles. Bon-1 ham's ideas on four-wheel drive and tractor maneuverability were proven successful with ' that first machine. Improve-. |