Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 22, 1918, Page 4

o s e s ' BROWNING. INVENTOR OF DEADLY GUN. HAS BEEN MYSTERY MAN ‘There is no use denying that the delay in providing machine guns for the Sammies has been a matter of about a year, which has caused the Americans to ‘be oblged to use gung made by their allips, France and England, but through it.all’the ngm of Browning has ‘becomie mentio ed and when the government:-adopted the Browning gun, Americans more than ever wondered just who this Browning person was. For that rea- son the Pioneer herewith gives a brief sketch as to the identity of this man of mystery, at the same explod- ing long cherished ideas concerning gun history. John M. Browning lives in Ogden, Utah, He made his first gun 51 years @go. A complete list of the weapons Mr. Browning has invented would only be understood by an expert in arms. Roughly, his work includes the following: Bvery rifle that' the ‘Winchester Arms company has produced, from the single-shot to the repeating rifles. This includes the world-famous mod- els of 1886, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1895 and 1897. Everymnew model brought out by this company has been 8 Browning product. . Every gun manufactured by the famous Fabrique Nationale, of Liege, Belgium. More than a million of these were manufactured before the war and Mr. Browning received roy- alties on them up to that time. Every automatic pistol manufac- tured by the Colt’s Rapid Fire Arms company, which~includes all of the pistols carried by United States army officers. These in all calibers from .22 to .46. The Colt machine gun. The Remington shotgun. The Remington repeating rifle. The Stevens rifie. The box magazine used by the United States in the Spanish war. Only an old-timer, acquainted with the guns of a couple of generations ago, can fully appreciate the genius of Mr. Browning.c Just as Edison-is the wizard of electricity, so is Mr. Browning the wizard of firearms. When he turned out his tanous 1886 model rifle it was so superior to all others that they were practically’ relegated to the scrap heap. ' ‘That: model is still made for a high-power gun of .33 caliber. He also invented the lever shotgun, |, and his 1890 model has ousted all other models of rifles in the world. It was Mr. Browning who was re- sponsible for the radical change in rifle calibers. Men of today who were familiar with firearms thirty, years ago can remember that the calibers of .22, .38, .40 and .44 seemed as set and permanent as the everlasting hills. But Mr. Browning developed such calibers as the “30- 30,” the *“25-20” and others known to sportsmen the world over. For many years the bright nickel barrel and the round, revolving chamber marked the revolver. Today that type is not so familiar. We see more and more that ugly, flat, cold-blooded looking weapon, the au- tomatic. It is the most powerful single-handed weapon made and au- tomatically shoots to kill. It is the work of Mr. Browning. ALL YOUNG MEN OF 21 YEARS TO REGISTER Every young man who has reached the age of 21 years since last June 5, or who will reach 21 before the fifth of the coming June, must reg- ister under an order by the war de- partment, on June 5. This is the order received by Sher- iff Johnson from the war depart- ment, Mr. Johnson being head of the draft board in Beltrami county. To facilitate this work, and not work a hardship nor inconvenience upon anyone, Sheriff Johnson will endeavor to locate registry places as conveniently as possible, and will send out notices to various localities notifying them where they may reg- ister. There will be registry places at the court house, Bemidji. There will also be registry places at Baudette, Wilton, Blackduck, -Kelliher, Carp, Ilag, Malcolm and other places yet to be designated.- In. those .places, either the township chairman or the postmaster will be in charge of the registry. - HOUSE MAY FORCE ORDER FOR MAKING AMERICA DRY Washington, May 22.—The House has tentatively agreed to an amend- ment to the administration food pro- duction bill making the $11,000,- 000 appropriation, unavailable unless a proclamation is issued by the presi- dent prohibiting the use of food for the manufacture of intoxicants. the war. counts, war relief. afforded. . plainly. BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS BEd Anderson has added another second hand store to his Minnesota avenue place of business, having pur- chased the business of William Mor- ris & Co., northeast corner Beltrami avenue and Fourth street. Martin Longballa, who was an interested party, has moved his real estate office from the Morris store to the Schroe- der block. TORNADO SWEEPS VICINITY OF _+ PARK RAPIDS, SAY TOURISTS During the trip of the Bemidji band to Park Rapids Sunday, the visitors observed signs of a young tornado in that vicinity, the result of the recent wind storm. Just north of Park Rapids a large barn was razed and another farm barn was leveled and several sheep killed. Other farms suffered from tae depredations of :the storm. HARD WORK IS BEING DONE IN R. C. DRIVE TO RAISE QUOTA (Continued from page-one) for organizatlbn. of -America’s gen- erosity, and of America’s will'to win Congress authorizes it. 3 o President Wilson heads it. 2 The war department audits its ac- Your army, your navy and your allies- enthusiastically endorse it. Twenty-two have joined it. Every cent of every dollar received for the Red Cross war fund goes for The interest which accrues ‘from the banking of funds has made ac- tually: available for war relief, one dollar and two cents out of every dollar contributed. Has Payment Plan. People are not asked to contribute the entire amount of their pledge at once, but can make it in four dif- ferent payments. able July 1, one-fourth August 1, one-fourth September 1 and the bal- ¥ ance ‘October “1. When Cross committee calls, sign the card for the largest amount that can be BARRAGE FIRE “NEAREST : THING TO HELL ON EARTH” A letter written to H. W. Alsop, by his son, Archie, dated April 2T and mailed from “gomewhere ' in France,” the writer being a member of base hospital corps, says that in the course of a trip with the train they stopped at a big American camp. Then they proceeded to a point-on a large hill, making the unit the near- est point to the battle lines, and the] sound -of “heavy guns ‘¢ . Barrage fire, i “the nearest thing to hell on earth,” and the writer says anyone who goes through it deserves everything pos- sible one can give. be remembered to all his friends. 2 NG, ¥ million = Americans LUTHERAN FREE CHURCH T0 HOLD THREE DAYS! MEETING A three days’ meeting of the Foss- ton district of the Lutheran Free church will be held ‘at the Nymore and Aardahl’ churches, Thursday evenings at ‘8 o'clock, at the Nymore church: and afternoon sessfons will bhe held TUESDAY, MAY at Aardahl church Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and evening gessions ‘will ‘be Held at the Nymore church Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sun- day evenings, beginning at 8 o’clock. Rev. George Larson of Thief River Falls, Rev.. J. Mortons of | Fosston, Rev. J. Hjelmeland of Maple Bay, Rev. George “Nilson of - Bagley- and Rev. A. Logeland of Nevis will be at these meetings. All ere cordially in- ‘vited. to attend. N T NOW: C sire. beginning getting what they The forenoon TIME FOR YOUNG MEN TO ENLIS! 'HOOSE SERVICE Corporal “Bass -of the Bemidji re- cruiting station eadvises all men of 21 years to enlist now and choose the branch of service they de- After registry on June 5 these young men will take their chances of want, Today, Vincent D. 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