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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH FE? A Knife used by Kit Carson on his person thereafter. There Is still another story of the origin of the Bowie knife and another Inventor of It! This story names as the father of the weapon a Tennessean named John Sowell, who fought with Jackson in the War of 1812 then moved to Missouri and finally settled In Gonzales, Texas. In 182!). Being a blacksmith, he began plying his trade there. Then, the story as told by Sowell descendants in Texas, con the knife tlnues: James Bowie often passed through on his way Bast after a trip prospecting In the mountains15 to the to SO West, and he generally had men with him all Indian fighters and they had many encounters with the Comanches and other tribes. In one of these flghte Bowie thrust at an Indian with his butcher knife and hie hand slipped over the blade, cutting him very badly This cut suggested the idea of a guard between the handle and blade and he cut a pattern from a piece of wood and In passing through Gonzales stopped at Sowell's shop and asked him if he coull make one like It. Sowell replied that he could and, selecting a piece of steel, turned out a knife that pleased Bowie very much. Mr. Sowell asked Bowie If he (Sowell) might give the knife a name. Bowie replied In the affirmative and Mr. Sowell said, "I will name It in honor of you, we will call it the Bowie Knife. Who invented the Bowie knife?" Let him who can, read that conflicting testimony and then give a reply which lie can he sure is correct I Gonzales Cannes Lovie By ELMO SCOTT WATSON HIE name Bowie knife is as inseparably linked with the history of the American frontier os are the names of those other weapons which played their part in the winning of the West the "Kentucky rifle- (which, incidentally, should he the Pennsylvania rifle, since it was first made in that state), the Sharps buffalo gun, the WinIt chester and the Colts figured in innumerable bloody affrays some of which have become classics in Western history. It was a Bowie knife which Wild Bill Hickok was said to have wielded in the fight which gave him the "Wild Bill" niel name the so called "fight with the McCandles Bowie It was Intended to answer the purpose of blazing trees and of a huntThe colonel carried this ing knife. weapon for five or six years, when the dreadful conflict, yet fresh In the recollections of many, took place In the state of Mississippi, a circumstance which at once gave it an unrivaled reputation. All the steel in the country was immediately converted into bowie-knive- s. Several years ago In a Centennial Edition of the Arkansas c uzette there appeared an article called "The Trup History of the Bowie Knife, with a biographical sketch of its inventor, James Black," written by, Dan W Jones, governor of Arkansas from ISO? to 1001, who knew Black intimately for 30 years. This, In brief, is his story : Black was born In New Jersey in 1S(X), ran away from home at the age of eight to Philadelphia where he was apprenticed to a manufacturer of silver plate. After serving his apprenIt was a Bowie knife with gang. ticeship and becoming expert at tile which Al Packer, a prospector, killed trade he emigrated to the West in 1818 his four companions whiie they were eventually coming to the town of Washsnow-bounin the San Juan tnoun ington. Ark., where he found employ tains of (olorado and won for himselt ment with a blacksmith. Washington the dreadful title Of the "San Juan was a frontier town, where all men The Bowie knife has fig went armed, the favorite weapon being ured in tales of Jim Bridger and Jim a knife. Black began manufacturing P.aker, Kit Carson and California Joe knives which soon became famous-fo- r and a dozen other border notables the temper of their steel. He was acsome of the yarns authentic and others, customed to make them to order from no doubt, the product of the diim a pattern of the exact size nnd sliupe novelists. desired by the customer. He plated them with gold or silver and his price Being such a famous weapon it would seem that its history should he well ranged from $3 to $32. depending upon known. But attempt to trace its origin how they were plated. But the quality Out of the of the tempered steel was always the and see how far you get maze of conflicting testimony, only one same, according to Jones, who fact emerges clear that it was named for one of the Bowies. But was it About 1831 James Bowie came to Itesin. John or Jai .es? As for tlie Washington, and gave Black an order for a knife, furnishing a pattern, and Inventor of tlie Bowie knife, considoi it to be made within the foldesiring this evidence: lowing 60 or 90 days, when he would Bead almost any encyclopedia and cal for It. Black made the knife acHe knew cording to Bowie's pattern you util find it described ns: Bowie well and had a high estimation of him as a man of good taste as well An American hunting dagger named after Its inventor. Col. James Bowie as of unflinching courage. He had never made a knife which suited his in which In a melee near Natchez (1827) and fifteen own taste In point of shape and coneix men were killed cluded this would be a good opportunwounded, the colonel dispatched an opponent with a knife made out of a ity to do so after completing the Consequently, blacksmith's rasp or big file; and this knife he afterward had fashioned at knife ordered by Bowie, he made anPhiladelphia into the weapon with other, and when Bowie returned Black showed both of them to him and exwhich his name is associated. at tlie same time Edward S. Ellis, one of the earliest plained the difference, him his choice at the same giving of Davy Crockett, devotes price. Bowie promptly selected Black's biographers considerable space to Itezin and James pattern. Bowie and Shortly after this Bowie became Involved In a difficulty with three Respecting the Invention of the fawho assaulted him with mous Bowie knife, an Intimate lady friend of the Bowie family, in a note to knives He killed them all with the the writer, under date of December, knife Black had made.a After this, knife from when anyone ordered 1878, and written In New Orleans, says: Black, he would order It to be made The knife was Invented by Rezin P., which finally was shortbrother of James, for the purpose of like Bowie's,'make me a Bowie-knifinto hunting wild cattle on the plains of the ened famous this Thus weapon acquired its The first one was manufacOpelousas. name. Bowie himself was not a metured by one of his slaves at the prikind. He was killed In of chanic any on his plantation vate blacksmith shop Crockett, and the It was never intended for any other the Alamo with Davy use except that of a simple hunting-knife- , legend runs that his body was surnor was It ever used otherwise, rounded by dead Mexicans whom he that same knife. until In the duel at Natchez, when had killedmenwith made knives In those days Other James Bowie acted as second, and all are still being made, but no ind they the seconds were drawn Into the fight one has ever made the "Bowie-knife- " In May, 1830, the New York Star said except James Black. Its chiefest value was in Its temper. Black undoubtedly of this knife: secret It possessed the Damascus Col. was invented It James Bowie, came to him mysteriously and it died by was killed Mexicans the the at who by with him In the same way. capture of the lamo About 18 months Such is one story of the Invention of In named Bowie. brothers three ago, the state of Mississippi, had a deadly the Bowie knife, which sounds auconflict with seven other persons armed thentic. But. says another story, the with every species of weapon, the brothers being armed only with a large real Inventor of the knife wus Jesse knife. This weapon they handled with Cliffs, n blacksmith employed hy such dexterity as to decide the conflict Besin Bowie (father of the three in their favor, although numbers were Bowie Some time after the hoys). It and been has since against them, invention of the knife Janies engaged called the ''Bowie-knifThe Bed Biter Herald of Nnchl in an altercation with Maj. Norris toches, La., coined this article and in Wright which resulted In Wright shoot June printed It with the following: ing at James. The latter was saved when a silver dollar hi Ills pocket deThis account Is entirely inaccurate The first weapon of this description flected the bullet. Drawing his own was manufactured In the parish of pistol. James aimed at Wright hut the Rapids, in the stale of Louisiana near the plantation of Capt Charles Mulhel-land- , trigger snapped. His father then gave This James the knife, saying, "This vvi'i on Bayou ttoeuf. in 1820 knife was made according to the Innever snap. It was this circumstance structions of Col .lames B( 'e. then that led James Bowie always to carry Jim" of Big known by the appellation - d Man-Eate- 1 e. r e. Hunt Eig Treasure torian? and treasure seekers for eon m it s When the emperor died. Nan kina, his capital, had 13 all these collins were borne siniulatieotislj and 13 tombs were cm ted at as m.mj different places, according to records. In order tubaflle t gate-Throu- Location of a great treasure, buried 500 years ago with the coliin of the first Ming emperor, may be traced foi lowing the recent discovery of a in.'' terious tunnel In a hill near Nanking. China. The tunnel is seven feet high and three feet wide, and is lined with blocks of stone. The secret of the horde of gold jewels and jade on tombed with the ruler has puzzled his cm tides and ghouls. Mouse Brought Death Frightened at a mouse. Mrs John Shiilan stepped tank into a tlue-hin- g mill at Giirliestou, Scotland, recent!) und was killed. Its Food Wake-U- p these summer mornings, YOU need an energy food and you want it light easily digestible. Try a heaping bowlful of tlie Wake-u- p Food, Post Toasties. Here's a delicious breakfast thats aa light as toasted flakes can make it, and foil of energy to fight oflT that lazy, hot weather feeling. Energy that Is quickly released to the body, its so easy to digest. And how those crunchy flakes tempt the appetite! Delicate flakes from the tender hearts of selected white corn, toasted golden crisp and seasoned to flavory goodness! Every member of the family votes for this quick-energbreakfast the Wake-u-p Food, Post Toasties. Eruption of Volcanoes Ascribed to the Tides Not ail active volcanoes erupt, as did Mount Etna recently, like a boiled-ove- r pot. Many explode, shooting dust and ashes miles into the air. The nonexplosive character of Etna Is ascribed by volcanologists to the fact that its lava is a relatively thin liquid which allows steam and gas bubbles to In explosive voescape readily. It holds lcanoes the lava is thick. back steam nnd gas stubbornly, causing immense pressure beneath and eventually a violent eruption. Because practically every active volcano in the world Is located not far from large bodies of water, the theory Is advanced by Dr. William Bowie of tlie United States coast and geodetic survey and others that the kneading action of tlie periodic tides twists the earth, forcing up the lava and causing volcanic activity. the y And dont forget theres just one way to get the Food. Ask your grocer for Post Toasties in the red and yellow, package. Wake-u- p FOSTUM No Place Like Home I wonder why they put on the dance floor. He Oh, thats to make the feel at home. Into the Trade titled English women have gone into trade. One of them Is a barber, although she styles herself She Many "eoLffeur.er." around LonIn 1820 Loudoun proposed to don. form a boulevard round His Idea was to the metropolis. widen Euston road then known as New road and continue this through Marylebone, across Hyde park and via Sloane street to the river, over Vaux-hal- l bridge, and then by way of Camberwell and Deptford to Greenwich park, where It was to recross the' Thames on a high viaduct und return by the Gty road buck to New road. A beginning was actually made, but the cost of the scheme proved too great, and the only portion carried out comprised the Imposing turnings off Edgware road known as Oxford and Cambridge terraces. green girdle tree-plante- Then the Trouble Began Bertie Baxter had but recently become engaged to a young woman who In three 6hort years had managed to break the hearts of all the young men In Braxton. At a certain her fiance, who was always telling his friends what a wonderful girl she was, took a companion aside and mentioned f'e fact that the latest whim of his at finity was a new type of lipstick. "Oh, yes, nodded the other innocently; kind of orange flavored, isnt it?" London Answers. e Perplexing ret, the famous Parisian designer of womens wearing apparel, had been established In his New York branch only a few weeks when he went to un American friend In despair. ".is language of yours, he waller, "1 shall nevoire, nevaire master It. Tell me, tell me. my dear friend, how it Is zat wen ze gow does not fit. ze patron has a fit. Pol Houses for the Soul ymirsol'es nests nt pleasnn-thought- None of us yet know, for none of us have been taught In early youth, what fairy palaces vp may ot build beautiful thought proof against all adversity Bright fancies satisfied memories, mdile histories faithful sayings, treasure house ot precious and thoughts which care cannot disturb nor pain make gloomy, nor poverty lake away from us houses built without hands, fo our souls to live In. Jolm Buskin re-tf- ul side with a mustache! Boss Tell him Ive got a mustache. Judge. Western Neivspaper Union (A Delaware Corporation) John Loudoun, a famous landscape gardener who lived a century ago, was the author of a scheme to put a per- Make No Sale Here Office Boy Theres a salesman out corn-mea- l $4,250,000 of Green About London M. loc. New Issue Planned to Put Girdle manent 1929, P. Co. COMPANT, INC., BATTLE CHEEK., MICH. Convertible Qold Debentures 6 r Fifteen-Yea- Dated August 1, 1929 Due August 1, 1944 2. Interest payable February 1 and August I without deduction for normal Federal income tax not exceeding The Com pany will asree to refund to holders, upon proper application, any Stale income Ux n4 exceeding Sfo per annum, and in Massachusetts not exceeding 6 and in taxes as and Mates certain personal property pro per annum, security vidrd in the Trust Indenture. Redeemable at any time as a whole or in part on 60 days published notice at 105 and accrued interest denominations of $1,000 and $500 Coupon Debentures in interchangeable as to principal registerable only. Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, Trustee. Debentures will be convertible, st the option of the holder, at any time prior to tnsfurlfy, or up to five day prior to earlier redemption, into Common Stock at the rata of 40 share for each $1,000 principal amount, H. H. Fish, Esq., President of the Company, summarize from his letter to us as follows: BUSINESS Western Newspaper Union, successor to a company of tne 6ame name and a business founded in 1865, serves more than 10,000 daily and weekly country newspapers, maintaining fully equipped plants in 36 key cities of the United States from California to Massachusetts. The Company supplies these newspapers with ready printed inside pages or with columns of prepared plate, containing various feature stories, serials and special articles selected by the newspaper publishers; places national advertising in their papers and prepares cuts and copy for local advertising campaigns. The Company also does a large volume of commercial printing, prints in their entirety various magazines and trade journals and is responsible for the mechanical production of many of the feature services of The Associated Press. FINANCIAL During the past 20 years net profits of Western Newspaper Union, after all charges including depreciation, but before Federal taxes, averaged more than $680,000 annually, and in no single year were such net profits less than $450,000. Net profits after depreciation, but before Federal taxes, for the past 4 years, as certified by Messrs. Arthur Andersen 6? Co., after eliminating operations of the paper mill, which is being sold coincident with this financing and after other adjustments arising from the reorganization as stated in their certificate, were as follows: 1925 1926 1927 1928 741,336 955,333 571,249 765,825 Such net profits as above have averaged about $758,448 annually, and for the year ended December 31, 1928, amounted to $765,825, equivalent to more than 3 times the annual Debenture interest requirement. After deducting from such net profits in 1928 Debenture interest requirements, Federal Taxes (parent company) at 12 and Preferred Stock dividends, the balance amounted to over $352,000, or about $2.35 per share on the 150,000 shares of Common Stock to be , presently outstanding. The net assets of the Company, available for these Debentures, based on the balance sheet, as at April 30, 1929, adjusted to give effect to the present financing, including the sale of the paper mill, were in excess of $8,500,000. MANAGEMENT Since the death in 1916 of the former owner, George A. Joslyn, Kia widow and other heirs have owned the majority of the Common Stock of Western Newspaper Union, control of which is now being acquired by the executives who have been responsible for its successful operation during tlie pa.,t 13 years. A'l n.sn tr passed t,prm H ico aw! iy AUs,rs. .1 L- O- ts 0 j Lh h Trnrrv, It.srdinl. Shrr. 5- ( use al A ai 1 ui . F A. W i Hard & Co . A in cs, Enter ich & Co, Inc. 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