Show nItOwnf unos If in writing up the history of Utahs progress omission was made of one of the most representative industries of this territory we should indeed be remiss How very few are aware that the firm of Browning Bros residing in our midst are the actual inventors and patentees of all the guns at the present time manufactured manu-factured by the famous Winchester Arm company of New Haven Conn Going back into the earliest historians of this territory when wagon trains were crossing cross-ing the plains we find mention made by one of our well Known historians of a man who was discovered in the midst of the sage brush under no cover But the clear sky at the bench manufacturing guns To many this would appear but a wild western yarn but we find on good authority that these facts are authentic for this solitary mechanic driven out with other early settlers from Nauvoo Ill had retired to this lonely spot and was there found pursuing undisturbed his avocation This man was the venerable Browning originator and founder of the I present firm whose name as leaders In this industry is world wide The present concern has two business houses under the management of J H Woodmansee I one in Salt Lake and one in Ogden the latter being tine parent concern That they do an enormous business goes with out saying shipping their guns as faraway far-away as Cape Coast Castle Africa Their 1 business runs into the handsome figure of 5200000 a year The well known and fearfully destructive firearm named The Exterminator firing 900 shots per minute is a sample of their inventive genius The Winchester Arms company is at present manufacturing from seven of their latest and improved patents and we venture to say but few who are well acquainted with this concern con-cern have any idea the proud position they hold in the estimation of inventors not only experts in this but other countries coun-tries Their establishment is equipped with everything that can be desired or asked for by sportsmen They are the sole agents for the famous Dupont Powder Pow-der company an institution that was known even before the Revolution They import all their goods here by the carload and we know it to be true when we state I I that we can purchase the Winchester arms here even cheaper than we can in New York and castern cities They have a factory situated in Ogden equipped with the most new and improved machinery machin-ery They also carry a large stock of gymnasium fittings and are accents for three or four different make of bicycles They have on sale the lowest priced new pneumatic tyre in the market We might iu conclusion remark that this film commencing as it did in early days with a small repair shop has by diligence dili-gence push and genius worked its way as a leader in all modern firearms They f have been located in this one branch of industry in Ogden for the last twentv five years and their name for integrity and fair dealing is too well known to require I re-quire further comment This firm issues I each year from ten to twenty thousand fully illustrated catalogues consisting of from eighty to one hundred pages which they distribute gratis |