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Show Duchesne Youth Collects Rare Relics Of Old West Wayne Baum, teen-age son of Mr. and (Mrs. David Baum of Duchesne Du-chesne is making a collection of relics found in the Duchesne area. Chief items of interest in his collection, col-lection, so far, include three ancient an-cient guns and an Indian wedding cup and arrowheads. This pottery wedding cup, which Wayne found on the bench above the Emil Munz home, is decorated with painted designs of a two-tone two-tone brown. One of the guns Wayne has in his collection is one of the first .45 calibre pistols manufactured, he has been told. It is only five inches long, and is made of bronze except for the steel cylinder. It has no trigger guard. There are 35 notches filed on the barrel of this pistol, Wayne said. Filing of notches on gun barrels and handles was a practice used by gunfighters in the old west to record the number of men killed by bullets from their gun. The maker of the gun was a blacksmith black-smith in Springfield, Illinois, if the name stamped in the metal on top of the 'barrel is such an indication. in-dication. This gun was found up the Strawberry near the Ed Williams ranch. "Hog Laig" Type Another gun in Wayne's collection col-lection is what was known as a "hog laig" in the vernacular of the early Westerner. This single action .38 calibre break-open type pistol has about a six inch barrel and a short butt. There is no indication in-dication that a ring was once attached to the bottom of the butt to use when tying the gun to the holster. Trade name of this pistol is Iver-Johnson. Joe Cowan found it near the Howard Cowan ranch in a field. It has a bullet rusted in the barrel. The snub-nosed' pistol, with a two-inch barrel, which Wayne has is presumed to one of the first pistols used by the army and navy in America. It is a .38 calibre cal-ibre double-action. Wayne found it on the Dave Baum garden on lower Blue Bench. |