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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
INVENTED MOST
DEADLY OF GUNS;
LITTLE KNOWN
Machine Gun and Automatic
Pistol the Work of a
Mormon.
FOND OF BANJO AND FISHING
John M. Browning of Ogden, Utah,
Honored by King Albert of Bel
GUM, Who Gave Kaiser Mil
lionth Weapon, Made in
Gold.

Ogden, Utah.--That the inventor of
some Of the most deadly weapons be-
ing used in the war in Europe should
be an American is but a natural ex-
pectation from the Unborn inventive
ness of the people of this country, but
that he should be a man of peace, a
member in good standing of the Nor
mon church and practically unknown
to the world at large will come as a
surprise to many.
This notable inventor is John M.
Browning of Ogden, Utah. Through
out his own state he is hailed as "the
firearm wizard" but the great major
fly of newspaper readers probably
have never heard of him.
Browning is the first man who ever
harnessed the "kick" of gun, and his
invention revolutionized practically
every form of firearm. Many thous-
ands of his machine guns and more
than million of his automatic pistols
are in use on the battlefelds of
Europe today. They are to be found
wherever there Is an armed force
throughout the civilized world.
Plays Simple Melodies.
Yet John M. Browning's chief de-
light in life lies in playing simple
tunes on his banjo in his home, and
when he takes a vacation it is usually
in the form of a quiet fishing expedi-
ton with some of his sons and friends.
His name has rarely been mentioned.
though that of the weapons he in
vented is household word.
All the same, this simple, unassum-
ing inventor has associated with roy
atty, and a memento of his work is
one of the most curious possessions Of
no less a parsonage than the kaiser,
a little pistol on which William IL
must look with strangely mixed feel
ings these days. 1t is a gift to him
from Albert, King of the Belgians.
Every part of the Colt machine
gun, the deadly work of which was
first seen in the Philippines, was in
vented by John M. Browning. From
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

his patents also are made every part
of the still more widely known and
almost equally deadly Colt automatic
pistol. Browning first invented a re-
peating rifle, and since then has taken
out more than a hundred patents on
firearms.
His millionth vest pocket automatic
pistol was made by the Fabrique Ma
tionale at Liege, Belgium. To cele-
brate the occasion banquet was
given in Liege in honor of the in
ventor, and King Albert bestowed up
on Browning the Belgian Order of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

was. correct, the gases, on the rifle
being fired, would be stopped by the
block Of wood and would hurl the
weapon backward. The rifle was fired
and. as expected, 1t was flung back
ward against the wall of the shop.
Browning's principle was established.
Very quickly the inventor had this
"kick" harnessed in such way that
the gas pressure was transferred to
the breech mechanism and made to
operate all the movements of the gun.
It did SO with such speed, after the
first pulling of the trigger, that no
fewer than 600 bullets could be fired
in a minute.
When applied in the automatic pis-
tol it was found that eight shells could
be discharged in the brief space OF
one and three-tifths seconds. The re-
suit was that these weapons were
quickly adopted by half dozen gov
ernments for use in their armies and
navies.
Germans Use His Patents.
Since their capture of the city Of
Liege the Germans, it is understood,
have been turning out weapons on the
Browning patents by the thousands at
the works of the Belgian Fabrique
National. Whether they have kept &C.
curate count of what they owe him
in the way of royalties, Browning does
not know and will not hazard an
opinion.
Browning can never be induced to
say anything definite as to the sum ne
receives in royalties. To form an
estimate his: friends find as difficult
as to gain ain admission from the In
ventor himself. Some of his hundred
or more successful patents he has
sold outright. From those which ne
has placed on royalties his income
has been estimated at from $loo'ooo
all the way up to $1,000,000 year.
On one occasion the experts or
well-known arms firm labored Tor
more than a year, it is said, In ell
forts to copy in smaller caliber.
Browning gun the concern had pur-
chased from the inventor. Eventually
the president of the company sent Tor
Browning and offered him $4,000 TO
accomplish the task. Browning, ms
friends say, did it while on the train
on his way home from New YORK
Mr.. Browning is sixty years old ana
has eight children, whose ages range
from twelve to thirty-four. Some OF
the sons are following their father
footsteps. Others are devoting them
selves to music and literature. Inc
inventor is 6 feet inches tall ana
straight as a young Indian. When
not fishing he is fond OF hunting
expedition, and with his brother ana
co-worker, Matthew S. Browning, has
won many trophies as a trap shooter.
In his home at Ogden his principe
diversion is his banjo. Mr.. Browning
SAYS he thinks he plays "tolrobly well
for an old 'un." His favorite meic-
dies are "The Blue Bells of Scotland
and "The Beautiful Blue Danube.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

rettes and have the lighting when waiter e
prohibit
With
would be tabooed
by the majority of present class of patrons
DO the smoke much? maid who an attendant in
smoke replied "And they
would it.
pretty girl who had been
vanity supported
tpped cigarette and thrust in her mouth She offered
to
is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

neude between shows
believed information
reaches persons who
distributed by wireless niopo
OF
of sending this
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expedited
workc
the spiway the Canal
circle and will
Provision
the
which will the
dam 9 feet high protecting
north side
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

For a really fine coffee at a mod
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, 35c the h., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co.,
Chicago, for souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the Id. Canister Can for $1.0o.
Adv
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Blinded by Blue Heron.

A blue heron, alighting in the yard
of a school in Asbury Park N, j.. at
tackled a boy, pecking him in the left
eye and destroying his sight. An eye
specialist, called to attend him, fears
that the right eye may be affected and
the boy become totally blind as a re
suit of the injury. The boy attempted
to catch the bird to have 1t for pet,
It turned on him and plunged it's lons
beak into the left eye several times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
MADE IN SPARE MOMENTS
Belgian, Living in Michigan, Builds
Casket for Himself With
Seasoned Pine.

Menominee, Mich.-Victor Dessert,
who owns farm three miles east of
Nadeau, believes in preparing for the
future. You never can tell what will
happen, in his opinion.
He has prepared for the worst that
may come. Although he is only sixty
five years old and in good health, he
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Travel in Dory to Fair.

San Francisco.-After voyage of
1900 miles from Unga, Alaska, in
sixteen-foot fishing dorv, Thomas R.
Thompson and John Abrams, Alaska
fishermen, sailed through the Golden
Gate. They made the trip in forty
five days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

has built himself a coffin, all ready
for use.
81 thought ! would build coffin
while l had the lumber around the
place." he said. "Some of the white
pine put into it has been seasoning
for twenty years and ought to be in
good shape for the use ] am putting
it to-"
Dessart is a Belgian who came to
this country when four years old He
first moved to Wisconsin, but thirty
years ngo he went to Nadeau, settling
on his farm, which has since become
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Chime and Chimes.

1t is not positively incorrect" to
use the word chimes. I'VE have heard
the chimes at midnight, Master Shall
low," exclaimed Falstaff: and the
Chimes of Bruges" is an expression
that has been used correctly" enough,
too. q thousand times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Girls Killed RattIers.

Wenatchee, Wash.-Four girls who
left Wenatchee two weeks ago for a
hunting and camping trip on Lake
Chelan have returned. They slept
outdoors one night in a pine bough
house they made themselves. While
on the trip they caught several big
trout, killed several rattlesnakes and
also shot a lynx.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

the wireless.
An enterprising proprietor of a
motion picture theater in Birming-
ham, Ala, was the first to see the pos
sibilities of weather by movie" and
he found Uncle Sans weather bureau
ready to cooperate with him. The
forecasts were printed by the local of
fetal in charge of weather matters on
celluloid films from which the emul-
sion had been removed, and were
turned over to the theater authorities,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
coachman WiIIed Home.

La Crosse, Wis.-The will of Albert
w. Pettibone, filed recently, dis
tributes $4,000 among local charities.
The La Crosse Hospital gets $4,000,
the Hub Library $4,000, and tbs
Women's and Children's Home $4,000
Joseph Zenker, coachman for the cap
italist, received a house and lot worth
$4,000, and other servants receive
from $1,000 to $4,000 each
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

Surprised? Well, it is not aston
ishing. For, you know, they don't
smoke on F street and they don't open
their cigarette cases in the full glare
of the sunlight while the throngs are
looking on. But they smoke just the
same
Proprietors of cafes will tell you
they have a hard task preventing
women from smoking in public. A
proprietor said recently that more
than once respectable-looking woman
DatrOnS have taken out their ciga
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Best Mans Advice.

The Bridegroom Gust before the
ceremony)-"I must take bracer.
but | don't want to overdo it. How
much ought l to take. old fellowT
Best Maxwell, l should keep on
taking m till / didn't care whether
j was married or not."-Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
More Jobs.

do you object to a commission
form of governments"
mot at ALL" declared the boss
Then / can put several Of my men
into office, instead Of only one"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

of kiIowstts of current in its various
activities and large surplus will be
available for sale to the public.
This fve-year estimate was given
as conservative by Colonel Langfitt,
who made the most recent survey Of
the power possibilities, and it is
thought that under present conditions
the work could be completed in less
period or time.
This estimate also took into ac-
count necessary delays in obtaining
title to overflow lands and other
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Weather Forecasts by the "Movie" and Wireless

FATHER
of this territory through bandnew
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

UHUdIUS. IC Ib S66KIIIe5 III "
ton a house where the ghost is guar
anteed to walk five times week.
For such haunted house the So
ciety will pay five times it's assessed
value, especially if it is Inhabited by
first-class ghost-one of excruclat-
ing means and whose chains clank
most dolefully; preferably a ghost
with CORY history-the ghastlier
the ghost the merrier.
The New York spook-hunting So
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

Columbia please tell OF the exist
mentions that has
house n Georgetown ana OIL
another yard"
the navy
digging rabbit
with
anything about
emphaical Ethiopian
Society O EN-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Precautions,

I'LL run in with you and get a
bite"
wait a minute till l lock the dog
up"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Natural Process.

Natural Process.
What will they do with the fence
the police caught?"
81 guess they'll whitewash him."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

British naval and military forces In
Hongkong usually number 1000 men.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Great Falls to Be Harnessed for the District

IN improbable that the District will be
/
will at the time be using thousands
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Washington Women Are Very Fond of Cigarettes

MAYBE didn't know that young girl who walks street IN
side with his hung his ARM
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Hunting for Real Haunted House in Washington

persons place where
be in New YORK
much exorbant IN us
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

prosperous. Dessert has raised a fam
ilv of twelve children.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05

the husker in the same manner as
wheat or rye is fed to the cylinder
that operates the threshing machine.
AS the stalks move along. the ears
are separated by means of rollers
and small extensions on them the
cobs are husked and fall on car
rier which removes them to "A by
standing wagon The fodder is in
the meantime cut into small pieces
and blown into an upper apartment
of theof the barn. or sometimes into
silo nearby. These huskers easily
do the work of eight men with the
assistance of three persons. A four
roll husker husks in three-Quarters
of an hour four-horse load of corn
on the talks. The corn thus husk-
ed is sufficient to fill the body of
two-horse wagon. As the corn comes
from the machine it drops into sacks.
In this maner there is hardly ker-
mel lost.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05
Demand Il Real Tariff On Lumber.

There is very pronounced senti-
ment among lumbermen throughout
the United States that a real Tariff
must be placed on wood goods at the
next session of Congress.
There has been very little said
about this which has gotten into
print; but from the mutterings and
rumbling and grumblings that have
come to the Lumber World Review
in the last fortnight there will be a
great many things said in the I'M
mediate future which it will be nee
essary to investigate.
RehectinG. as we do. the lumber
thought OF the country--in manu-
featuring lines especialiy--we are
a very lively Tariff dis
cussion during this fall and winter;
and anticipating this condition we
have asked the lumbermen of the
United States. pretty generally. to
speak their minds upon the subject
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05

and thus give us a consensus opin-
ion
The North Carolina pine people
are complaining that spruce is in
vading their territory throughout all
New England.
The shingle men of the Northwest
have very specific and pronounced
views upon this subject.
One source of information has
these thoughts to offer:
First. The Canadian shingle
manufacturers. owing to the removal
of the Tariff and lower labor and
living cost, are able to undersell
American made shingles of similar
grade.
Second. Being able 20 produce
shingles of similar quality at lower
cost than the American manufac-
turers. they are able to pay more to
the wholesale and commission man
for marketing their shingles.
Third. Hundreds of wholesalers
and commission men are therefore
pushing the sale of the Canadian
shingles in preference to American
shingles OF equal grade. They have
enormously led the American retail
ers to believe that Canadian shingles
are superior. price for price, to the
American product.
Fourth. The result OF this wide
spread belief that Canadian shingles
are superior to American shingles is
that thousands of American retailers
have deserted the American manu-
facturers and are buying the Canad-
ian product. not realizing that ii is
not necessary to send their money to
Canada In order to get the best
shingles.
The lumber world review dislikCs
very much to handle and question of
a political cast. and certainly never
would touch the question of Tariff
on lumber or anything else political
with the longest pair of
tongs imaginable tor the fol-
lowing reason: Our client. the Amer
lean lumber trade. seems very much
bent on demanding this Tariff re-
vision. and il there is anything the
American lumber trade wants this
paper will endeayor to help to get it,
lumber trade gets little enough at
best-and ii il wants Ia make
Tariff on lumber its first choice OF in
We are certainly willing 10 assist II
is up TO the trade.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05

the war began England has suffered
from a shortage OF glass of all kinds.
for the reason that most of the glass
was imported from Austria and Ger
many. She is determined that she
shall not be caught mapping in this
way again. and the tax OF SO ID per
cent. is high enough to afford the
howe producer ample Protection.
There is no idea in political cir
cles that any attempt will be made
to repeal these taxes after the war.
They have come to stay. aad there
will be no more like them. The
rates of course. may he varied as
experience points the way, but the
number of articles on the list is sure
to he increased. The only reason
that silk and wooden manufacturers
were not included this time was out
of consideration for France. which
exports these articles to Britain.
When, after the war, Germany tries
to send us cheap woolens, she will
undoubtedly find the door barred
against her.
Ii the taxes prove to be revenue
producers. there will be popular
demand that they be extended for
the heavy increase in the income tax
will make Englishmen realize as new
or before the hardship and incon-
venience OF this form of tax. For
instance. the man who earns $500
year will under the new rates have
to pay $40 in income tax. The $l5-
a-week man will have to pay SIG,
and the $20-a-week man S42. The
$4,000 a-year man will have to pay
$2,625. and the 100000 year
man $17O.1l5. In addition to this
the cost OF everything has gone up.
and is likely 10 remain high Tor MANY
long day after the war.
JOHN S. STEELE.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05

lions. I hal flint;ug spells. bioated.
and cou!,i nardIy stand the pain in my
left side. ~ husband Insisted that |
Try Lydia F.. PiHkham's Vegetablc
Compound. and | al. so thankful | did,
foe | am now a well woman. sleep
better, do all my housoWork and take
long walks. Inevrr TAI, 10 praise Lydin
+. Pinkham's Vegetables Compound Coz
my good health. Mrs. ]. N. REScII.
1900 West Broadway. Louisville. Ky.
Since we guarantee that all tcs,;mo-
mails which We publish are gcnuine, L. .c
not fair u suppose that If Lydia g.
Pinkham's Vegetable COmI'oaad has thu
virtue 10 help these women IL w., help
any other womaa who ~ suffering IN .
ike mann,r,
Ii you ~ III do not drag along unit!
an operation II necessary. but at oncs
take Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound.
Write 90 Lydia T.. Pipkhnm
mediciDeCO., (coatiilrnt,GN Lynn,
Mass. Your letter wi, be- opened,
read ami answered by "a wOnan
and held ia s.S.et coALiaaee.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05
Wonderful Farm Machine.

Thousands of farmers are about
completing the harvest of a bapnS'
cC;n crop in Berks County, pennsvl-
vania. Corn has always been the
country's staple crop, but this year
is an exceptionally good one. The
housing of such crop requires la
Dor. and this question has given the
farmer so much trouble during the
last decade that he has welcomed
inventive genius. with new farm ma
chinery. wherever possible. All kinds
of corn-cutting and husking machin-
cry are taking the place OF hired help
who used to harvest with the old
corn knife; while men and women,
boys and girls, composed the husk-
ing parties. These soon have 10
give up their frolicsome work. and
step aside for the corn husking ma
chine; for the harvester husker is a
wonderful machine.
Inventors of farm machinery have
been exceptionally busy the last few
years perfecting machine that
would not only cut and tie in sheaves
the same as binder ties wheat, rye
and oats: but they have at last com
pleted machine that husks fairly
well. After the husking another ma
chine cuts the fodder into shreds so
that il is ready to feed or place into
the silo. As the grain cradle had to
give way to the binder. the husking
pin has to go on the shelf or in the
farmers tool house and let imprOv-
ed machinery take its place.
Among Berks County's scientific
farmers is Robert William Heifner,
who determined to taboo the con
slant bugabOo, scarcity of help" and
to install every new farm machine
that should come along He has, on
several occasions cut his own corn
with corn cutting machine and
husked it in flne style with the new
huskers. The modern cOrn-cutter
works on the same idea as the grain
binder. The cOrnstalk is taken from
the cutter-bar to the place of bind
ing ms II is nicely packed into a bun
die by a series OF chains, after which
the string Is wound around, the knot
made and the sheaf OF corn dropped.
Ii the corn is badly blown down by
means of heavy storms or aims, the
working of such corn-cutter is al
most perfect, and proves itself a la
bOr-saver. Heifner made several
tests ms To the labor-saving problem,
He and his and his neighbor cut
eighteen rows of corn by the old
method, which took a half day. Then
they cut in the same time thirty rows
exactly as long, with the new ma
chine. thus saving 40 per cent in
time.
The husker works equally well.
One man feeds the cornstalks. ears
and all, to the machine as they are
handed from wagon by another
person. THE sheaves are placed into
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05

Ordinary ailments and injuries are
not themselves serious. but infection
or low vitality may make them dam
gerous. Don't neglect cut. sore.
bruise or hurt because il is small.
Blood poison has resulted from a
pin-prick or scratch. For all such
ailments Bucklen's Arnica Salvc is
excellent. 1t protects and heals the
hurt; is antiseptic. kills infection and
prevents dangerous complications
Good for all Skin Dicmishes. pimples
Salt Rheum. EsZema. Get IN origi-
nal Bounce csc. box from your
Druggist. 2
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05

Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound they
would enjoy better
health. | suffered
from = female tI'ou-
bic, and the doctors
decided 1 had "a
humorous grow tn
and would have 20
be operated upon,
bat | refused Us | do
not believe in opera
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05
Beware of Cheap Substitutes.

In these days of keen competition
il is important that the public should
see that they get Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and not take substi-
tutes sold for the sake OF extra profit.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
stood the test and been approved
for more than forty years. Obtain
able everywhere. N
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05

!. ~. -. u.
Whereas il has pleased the grand
Architect OF the universe i'm his in
finite wisdom To call from earth to
eternity our Brother Chas. Carncl
who has been one OF us tor many
years. Aching hearts and loving
hands consigned his body to IT'S ever
lasting resting place. Now that he is
no longer with us:
BE it resolved first that in the
death of Bro. Carnrs. Beacon Lodge
loses a faithful member. his wife and
children loving husband and father
and We. feeling the loss Join with
them in sorrow at his untimely
death.
Second, That we extend TO his
family and friends our heartfelt sym
pathy and remind them that our loss
Is his gain and that he has only pass-
cd To the reward of all faithful Odd
Fellows
Third. That page be set aside in
our records aud these resolutions
placed thereon. 4 copy be sent TO the
family and copy be sent to our
county papers for publication.
A. j. WAKELAND.
w. C. SMITH.
SAM JAMES.
Committee.