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Show In king hlv honors If. BROWNING I ilnvcntor Is Decorated f Order of Leopold" imperial Minister, at if iiler's Command. f JLE EVENT IN ,-JAMILY'S HISTORY jSn Marks Manufacture Eionth Browning Au-iWtic Au-iWtic Pistol; Congrat-jBnons Congrat-jBnons Extended. 'flffihe Tribune. BFeb. 1. Marking the manu- .Wtho millionth Browning auto-.p1, auto-.p1, the high honor of a decora- ije' order of Leopold was cons'' con-s'' jjlhc Icing of Belgium on John ,Btr, the Ogden Invontor of flrc-Hcrfital, flrc-Hcrfital, Belgium, on Saturday, Ko a cablegram received by M, is In this city today. The prcs-slthc prcs-slthc decoration was made by jjklng's ministers at a cel6bra-jby cel6bra-jby the officials and employees fcrlque Natlonale, or national par Llegc. and at which Mr. ma.a tho guest of honor. Dtthat he was to receive such mor from the head of the Bol-pment Bol-pment was not made known to inventor when he departed 'on llrlp to the Llego factory eov-Mgo. eov-Mgo. The presentation of the Ef "Chevalier do l'Order do Ecbordlng to the cablegram, Sre. a comploto surprise. It is Kthe highest honor which has Wk. to the Ogden Invontor. Proposed. lunccmcnt of this tribute to pventor is coincident with the' frStophen H. Love at tho Ko-witiqUct Ko-witiqUct In this city only a week statuo of Mr. Browning be pro-a pro-a place In tho hall of fame at n, D. C The complete message the brother, M. S. Browning, follows: portant assembly of leading fnanufaclurors, agents, mem-taff, mem-taff, clerks and workmen of jique Natlonnlo, gathering at today to commemorate tho Uhe millionth Browning pls-v, pls-v, to convey to the family Hps at Ogden, Utah, cspeclal- ;S. Browning, tho clever col-0 col-0 of J. M. Browning, their sards and their heartiest jft atlons for its collaboration In ftlon that obtained tho suc-jft suc-jft arc celebrating today. Tho s9 imcmbcrs arc happy to in-tfj in-tfj jjthat his majesty, the king gjj m, has delegated one of his Si to ptcsent solemnly to J, gH ling the Belgian docorallon Icr do l'Order de Leopold. I fabrique nationals. jjj M Correct. ration at which the decoration 0' ed marks tho manufacture of -JL h pistol under the first auto- ycr patent granted to the Og-Aii Og-Aii r. It was the initial automa- ;. upon which the Llegc fac- 1 upon the manufacture about "E ago. During all that period l'Cf iho present time tho caliber, PMieral tnako of tho pistol havo Ktlon of tho one hundred 1J;two Jiundrcd and fifty tltou-.JiK1'0 tltou-.JiK1'0 I'undrcd thousandth pistols OBM at the Belgium plant, Mr. ..JBfrcived beautifully nngraved nng those numbers and the iHBftrs arc now among the most a i-'MI of his collection. It was i WURn?. a'J In lino with the pre-"ijBP.V'a1 pre-"ijBP.V'a1 tho Ogdon Inventor ljPiK5,.Y "?ored upon the occa-Jnllllonth occa-Jnllllonth pistol. timL lUl lnMiil flrcarin. the ft7 In turning out four other 8!5K?.Wnmg a'onuitlc pistols, an liVfWOWun and two models of au-,clL.llavu au-,clL.llavu becn Patented W7,V Thcs,R weapons havo ' hundreds of |