Show I I w Br xo mf Finns Arms Coy Company an y Plans t IlS I Ir r Wove Move f to o M Mi Mt Green m 10 in i. i March I Origination 1 V I in ii and wide of f the n o n nIng Ing Arms Anna Company with plans for tor th Om any Green poon eon from Ogden to Mountain 1 U rUn Green In I were cf detailed to the Moi ah Thursday in an ail Intensely ely 1 hit InterestIng Interest Interest- rest Ing add y Dick Beckstead tead tan arid and r Su of ot the Mr r. r rr w was was s con n- n led t td th Cru dinner dinn r hie meet meetIng t. t In lug Ing by byUM Ruse RUBS UM lI Hoffman well welI known wn to lo fu Mt Morgan County who has hal Jod li Df Browning aS director of sales salce flack Back DackIn in in 1824 1829 Mr De Beckstead sald d' d 1 h J first Irs Browning b barrel was 9 L by Brown Drown in ing who lio set set up his forge torge In ln in Te 1 I ter ier Ji Jie a migrated with h his f family i fo pta Utah Utah slid and he ha was was captain pf ot a Mormon Mormon wagon ir train I which h arrived d t here re fh in 1852 t 4 True rrue Genius Ills His John Moses Browning Browning w was a In every evert y sense of f ih the w rd Born Dom In 1855 h he setup setup set setup up up his ht's first gun sh shop p In Salt Lake ke City on oa ri tie the site lt n now w O occupied C IH d by bythe bythe bythe the Orpheum The Theatre tre according to Mr Beckstead He Ho soon became became be be- came Internationally known as the father of modern firearms firearm's It M Is' true ls true tru-e th that t he lie was was f fortunate fortunate fortun fortun- ate in c coming along long at t U this t. t actual Hm time Beckstead the time of tr transition from muzzle tussle lo loaders d m hd flintlocks ck t to the modern modern mo mo- dern mechanisms But he would have lave been a mechanical genius in a an age ge JO John I iI oses Browning invented ted tedmore more than 80 different firearms all aU sIzes aU all mechanisms He often soften had sev several r l different inventions inventions Iona going at at once Com p led J he would bundle OU bundle l his plans l la a and under tinder ndE his arm get them patented then sell the rights t to big firearm man manufacturers rs After his d death ath his work was carried on by his son Val Browning Browning Brown Drown ing and recently Johns John's son John Val Yal I. t took k up the he reins of man man- I I I I I I t I I I j I I t I I I Famous m Th The t h lies has h Never hover f r indulge e Wt is retail trade de All Alt fl firearms e r s sIre re I re directly tp d Possibly Poe Pos sibly ll y the one one n pl piece c which served ri d to make the world more Browning Brown Brown- ing ing conscious s than any a other was the BAR Br Browning Automatic Rifle which helped whIch helped to tu tUrn r the tide of ot World War II Present Barters 1 ari r t sit of t tit the company tom com om pany In ln Ogden shave i Ih have ve beco become e too crowded r. r Mr B Beckstead and andt t e directors were very ery happy happ to find Just wh what t tl ey were looking f for in the ilie Mountain Green property prop prop- erty It l is Ik expected ted t tb to be Cl com completed n. n plated soon and the entire c com complex coin iD plea plex i lex is la to move to Morgan Co County nty in March It Is hoped hoped- II fr Jr If 1 All research and and d development facilities will be 1 in Morgan County Count Coun t ty along with al alt all executive offices offices of of- fIn In fact tact there will be no lother other Drowning Browning facilities f in the area area Sales outlets are in St. St Louis Louls California and nt C Canada ada and thorn there is 1 a bl big factory factory In fu Belgium New Wew firearms wll be developed and fully tested In to Inthe the Morgan plant according to Mr Beckstead I Here Zero the executive department will be housed alo along with ion hon planning and advertising per per- two Thirty willbe willbe will wm be involved In the move here here and andI I many many ha have v expressed a desire to toI 4 buy uy or or build homes in the beautiful beautiful ful tUl smog free Morgan Valley The site la It perfect for those who wish to drive tro from from Ogden df and the he potential labor force in la Mor Morgan i gan Qan n County is reco recognized as of oft t the highest calibre Three Locals on staff There are now three Morgan residents o on the U sta staff f t Rex Wit Wll k ki voi o la is hI ii ch rge ot the company's com corn pany's farm and real t estate tate and j Mra Shirley Boyce Doyce and Miss Joan oan t Durrant Durrani are on the office staff i Mr Beckstead said that hat enlargement enlarge enlarge- I ment went of ot the present staff Is la not In the Immediate foreseeable fu ture tune The building now hearing com corn o I at a cost of wU will contain contain- square feet teet and there thero are square q t feet et of shooting testing area Interesting features of the new I b building Il Include d an weather all I f room for tor testing purposes purposes- This r room om will simulate rain dust duet heat to degrees and cold old to tob b below low iero zero Completely c iely condl dl di- di d the building 1 I also ls includes Includes n udes what is believed to be an absolutely absolute absolute- ly proof foolproof f ol fire pr prevention ent n sye ss tem tern The sprinkler system is served serve ed by a a 1 gallon reservoir and and driven by two separate pumps on one one gasoline n o one e electric See Bee Se Belgium lt A ruin film of or the work In plant in n D Belgium gl m demonstrated demonstrated i in pS r the e great c care re and constant teepee teepee- Inspection tion Y which t h Insures oo t the e perfection q pf of every Browning p. p pl piece e. e men in ln this factory practically mh Inherit it their j Jobs b and nd cirri carry over ver for g generations rier are manu man by Drowning Browning Arms with with the now new fibre pol poles s Included In response to too a question question ques ques- tion Russ Russ Hoffman said that t t Drowning Browning makes the poles which have been setting new records now past 17 f et e ery month He laughingly added that the Russian Olympic team has ordered order order- ed several dozen |