Show Ogden Brigham City and Logan ogan were brought dyer closer cl er to each other otheron on Tuesday when the great bus line of or tho the Utah-Idaho Utah Central made Its D A trip with representative c 18 of oC those thole com corn p pin In the party riding to Logan Log was Adam Patterson who recalled that he crossed tho the plains In 1861 1851 and had helped pioneer this re re- re gion Klon At Logan LOlan Robert Anderson re referred re- re terrel ferrel to tl the changes which had come In the years cars how David Id Eccles made the trip from Ogden to Halley Halle Idaho with eight yoke I of oC oxen drawing his sawmill Into the th Wood River country countr requiring requIrIng requiring ing five fhe weeks to make tho the Jour jour- ney But David ld Eccles came back in II i three years with mad madIn madin In the lumber business which that pan I mill created and then pro pro- proceeded proceeded to build the tho greater for for- fortune CorI tune une I une a part of o which later on went to build the Utah Idaho Central Cen One of or the most distinguished guests on the trip to Logan was John M. M Browning who was born in Ogden Oden He recalled how many man years ears ago he killed two bears beau In Coldwater Cold water canyon He lie was speaking spooking of oC the big game gamo which began to disappear disappear pear as this western country countr was wass settled s And jAnd nd that reminded him hint that In 1884 1814 one of or the big gun makers bought the demand for Cor rifles would decrease to the vanishing point as the game was killed off ocr fe feIt It was aa after arter that the Winches Winches- ter ten Remington and Colt com corn companies had hall their real develop develop- ment Going back over his own ex ex- experience he related how when he heW was W 19 years ears old he had gained considerable skill in repairing sewing machines and he and he discussed with his father rather the advisability ad of or specializing on the sewing ma- ma hine They decided that the country had about reached Its in power to absorb sewing machines ln He lIe was using this earlier ex ex- experience experience to lo Illustrate how one may mayUis inUs Uis the mark In forecasting the needs need of or the American people He lie Ie said that when the first four or five Che automobiles hod been purchased in Ogden he was spec spec- speculating on the well to people or of Ogden who could afford to Jav machines and he had thought ut at the tue time lime four cr or five 3 III or 3 would meet the require require- nf or O l We all have along niong the Fame lines line II net being unable to lo fore fore- foret CoreM t M certain great developments h have come c to this country countr it IL was back In 1879 when John I J received his first patent B a breech r loading d rifle f Not many arc r aware el of the fact that th to Oa ot of the he rifles C were e manufactured n In i ipie erre Ogden before ro the e Winchester peo peo- people e pie who purchased the patent began egan their manufacture Even ho he rifling rUling of oC the wes guns per per- performed performed formed In the lie work shop of the inventor i or Then In tn 1886 1856 the Winchester company again bought a a. Brown Brown- BrownIng Ing InS patent for Cor their famous Camous re repeater re- re repeater repeater peater which did so much to build the gun house Inc then Mr Ir Browning has recognized as the tue greatest Inventor Ic of lr firearms His Ills most satisfying achieve achieve- achievement achievement ment has been in tho the creating of or orthe the latest rapid fire gun of oC the 1 I States ordnance depart depart- department went ment which fires a a. 1 shell nt itt IO 10 to a minute which will penetrate of armor and nd can be e fired tired at any nn angle Some Seine of ot the ammunition han ban handled handled lIed by y this gun Is 13 IS Inches long IonS It R faring lo 10 o the changes made maden HI n firearms the Inventor In remarked that hat the general Jeneral impression that he I Improvement ore are making maling ob oh- obsolete solete e the old guns Is not lIot quite true When hen he lie was In Liege he met meta a German Grman who had ha been In the 1 Jr Fr ranco war who was one of oC oCa a raiding party part that had cap cap- captured captured captured Remington rifles sent cent over from tr m America to the French I That the Ihl late that was VHS In 1871 In 1 war tame same m make or of rifle was wall aa shipped c wo- wo Continued on Page Two wo p I t C pI I NEWS AND VIEWS I 4 4 4 Continued from Page Pago One to the French In an emergency and found to be serviceable In other words tho old Henry Hen rifle used near the tho close of ot the th Civil war was wu brought Into seer service servIce ice more than halt half a lI century after arter at tc In the tho world war Mr Browning by his reminiscences has haa brought back to mind min tho old Wheeler Wilson sowing machine which helped so 80 much to ti relieve of ot laborious needle work What machinery has done for tor fo r humanity In the tho past years ears It Is not so many years ears ago agi when L. L S. S Becraft brought to 0 Ogden its Ite first automobile and am when O. O J. J J Stilwell had his first firs car Mr Stilwell made a tour of ot the thc west In his Ford when a aFord aFord i iFord Ford was as a a. novelty Now Nov there are aro automobiles in Ogden and or more In the thi S United States Mayor Knudson of ot C City can tell the biggest yarns to be heard In a days das travel When hen the Bear river overflows overflow on his land to the west of ot Brig Brig- Brigham Brigham ham carp cat can be speared with a pitchfork In sufficient quantity to t feed teed all Utah If It the people had bad hadan ha haan an appetite for tor the fish ish They are Me there by the countless counties thousands weighing from a pound to 25 2 pounds or more Tho The first carp Imported from Germany was planted In tho th Bear Dear river by b Game Commissioner Musser Tho The Germans consider th tho ou in American streams It has been regarded as asan asan asan an undesirable Invader to be got got- gotten gotten gotten ten rid of ot When hen summer Is well advanced the canals canale around Brigham clog clo with what Is known as potato moss mOBIl and the farmers found great difficulty In clearing the waterways water water- waterways ways until they made use of ot the I disk Now those In charge of ot the tho Ir Irrigation Jr- Jr ditches cut the tho moss by sending a driver with team at at- attached attached attached to a disk Into the stream This potato moss has a a. most vigorous growth and It Is one of ot the he plants on which the tho ducks teed feed as they gather In the marshes at the mouth of ot Bear river At Its Us root Is a 8 tuber on which the he migratory birds fatten It Is a a. handicap to the farmer but ut food to the ducks and there there- therefore therefore fore rore a source of ot delight to the sportsman It Is all the point of ot view aj u to whether some things In this world are good or bad Yesterday Ye t rony was waa observed by the colored people of ot Ogden as eman Iman- emancipation Emancipation day When Abraham Lincoln made his hll hi decision to Issue his ils Emancipation proclamation he 10 was t as opposed by b members of or its his cabinet I Today wo we look back at at slavery as an Indefensible Institution which has disappeared from the theace taco face ace of tho earth But Dut the worst form torm of ot slavery sla will never disappear and that Is habits habit which enslave e and de- de detroy destroy destroy stroy troy 00 00 |