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RECALLING THE SHAW COMPANY
As a kid in Illinois I used to see ads for the Shaw Company from Galesburg, Kan. They made all kinds of interesting things, including a single wheel garden tractor that used a bicycle motor wheel. They also made a motorbike with their own engines, kid's runabouts, and farm tools. I heard the factory burned down and they went out of business. I would surely like to hear from someone familiar with their products, or who has a catalog. Things like this intrigue me.
jay Wallace, 990 Butler Creek Rd., Ashland, OR 97521
REMNANT OF A JAIL BRINGS FOND MEMORIES
I love to read your magazine, for it brings back a lot of fond memories of my boyhood days while growing up on my father's farm in Oklahoma. My father was the Town Marshal for Cushing, Okla., in 1901, before Oklahoma became a state. I have a bronze plate inscribed E.T. BRANUM IRON WORKS, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, BUILDER OF JAIL CELLS. Could anyone give me more information on this plate? Maybe the year. This plate was found by a city employee while destroying some old scrap. It could have been on the jail while my father was marshal.
HAND-FORGED PIECE STUMPS COLLECTOR
There aren't many things that stump my husband, but this does! We purchased it at an antique store in Iowa many years ago. The top frame is 31 inches long and 1.5 inches high. There are nine teeth, approximately three inches apart, and 2.5 inches long. They are tapered three-fourths of an inch on the bottom. It is hand-forged.
Frank and Pat Grensing, N6318 Lakeshore Dr., Tony, WI 54563
ANCIENT NORWEGIAN STONE STILL A MYSTERY
This rune stone was found in southwest Wisconsin. It was sold to a man in Clinton, Iowa in the early 1960s. It had a newspaper article with it for years, but the article has since been lost. The stone was apparently sent to Stock-holm by a professor at the University of Missouri; it was identified as being of early Norwegian origin, possibly used as a medical person's records of five patients. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Gary Nichols, RR 3, Box 194, Rich Hill, MO 64779; (417) 395-4186
MORE ON THE HACKNEY AUTO PLOW
Several readers commented on the article about the Hackney Auto Plow in the April 2000 issue:
The Dale and Martha Hawk Museum in North Dakota owns the Hackney Auto Plow referred to in the April 2000 issue of Farm Collector. "Mr. H." referred to in the article is Dale Hawk. He and Martha are gone now, and the museum is run by a board of directors. The descendants of the inventor are planning a family reunion during the museum's farm show on June 9-11.