North Powder, Oregon 97867
The bottom picture was taken in James Forbus Umpleby’s
warehouse in Pana, Illinois in 1913. He was the International
dealer along with his grain, feed and seed business. My dad, W. G.
Umpleby and mother, Carrie Umpleby, and I, Harold K. Umpleby were
back there on a visit from Anthony, Kansas. The folks had moved
thresherman.
The engine in At Top Right picture is a one horse International
Mogul which I liked to crank, so they took my picture with the
engine sitting on four beer bottles while running.
When I saw the little one horse Mogul, in the top picture, a
couple years ago, I bought it, put it back in running order, found
some old beer bottles in a garbage dump, set the engine on them and
started it to have my picture taken 65 years later. My son took the
picture with me pointing to the engine running, while sitting on
the bottles, but the lens on his camera is quite fast so the
picture doesn’t show that it is running, but it is.
I start slow and move the same way, but am still farming at
North Powder, Oregon. I have several old engines and tractors and
at present am building a one-third scale Case steam engine in my
spare time.
Sure do enjoy the Gas Engine and The Iron Men Album
magazines.
Notice in the bottom picture what they did with their autos in
the winter covered them up in the shed and hoped for better
roads.
