SOOT IN THE FLUES
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(Frank, it's certainly good to hear from you again, and
yes, we do have e-mail! We can be reached at editorial@stemgas.com.
And maybe we should remind people, that we do have a website at
www.stemgas.com.)
ELDON HELD sends this interesting letter, 'I decided to send
you a couple of pictures. I numbered the backs of them, so here
goes.'
'Pic No. 1 is of my grandfather Louie Perich and crew with a
25 HP Garr Scott, North of Egeland, North Dakota. Louie is standing
on the ground, sixth from the left. He was born in Austria and came
to North Dakota in 1892. He was my mother's father. The last
engine he owned was a real nice 20 HP Reeves. In the fall of 1938
he let it sit with two of his neighbor's engines along a road
north of Egeland.'
'That winter his neighbor decided to scrap his engines and
sold them to a junky. That spring a couple of young men came out
and busted them up.' Well, they busted up Louie's Reeves as
well. Granddad was madder than a wet hen, but there wasn't much
he could do about it. No one had any money in those days. He often
said he wished he had the Reeves back again.
'Picture #2 was taken northeast of Bisbee, North Dakota. It
shows Albert Spellman standing with the shotgun; he was the owner.
He did custom threshing and carpenter work for a living. My dad Ed
Held, standing on the ground fourth from the left, told me Albert
very seldom worked on the rig and spent most of his time hunting
ducks and prairie chickens. Dad's brothers, Hank, Fred, and
Bill are also pictured with the engine, a 25 HP Peerless Geiser,
which had a broken gear at the time and was waiting for a
replacement part.'
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