SOCIETE ANONYME ARMES & CARTOCUCHES OUTILLAGE BICYCLE TTES, MOTOCYCLETTES Cie ADRESSE = COMPL .PHRASE postaux Freee : Al. LIEBER'S CODE de chéques | 3rd, March : {9°77 LIEGE TELEPHONE N°° 316.818 .833 CODES: A.B.C.4¢ & 52 EDIT. Compte Ze CGE, C TELEGRAPHIQUE: wNATIONALE” BENTLEY'S CO. = Se AUTOMOBILES M.A. Mr, aa Browning, CODE 15822 Ogden, Utah, U.S.A. YO? (A RAPPELER Dear DANS LA REPONSE) Marriner, subject: Patents on I went into subject When this Model T/ Shotgun. with Mr. Dicke, who is Remington's patent man, our situation did not look very encouraging. Whether Pedersen waited until Uncle Matt, Daddy, and Reiersen each went away in turn before tackling us, or whether he got wind of the fact that Remington was starting to make our Mod, I/ in I2 guage and was afraid of what that would undoubtedly do to the sale of his gun and his royalties thereon, a lot of cussedness caused At any rate he has us in a beyond that any shadow of Smiley, get together we or wh#ether him bad both a doubt. in his characteristic with these reasons together with to take the action he did is a question, way unless we can prove priority Pete, and pay way, him what immediately might be suggested acceptable to ail of us, Remington and ourselves. I told him I would not do that excepting as a last resort, and that if [— could get the old under ejecting gun from Winchester we need not be afraid of anything that our friend Pedersen might attempt. So I went up to New Haven, not very enthusiastic as President Winchesters, of to the prospects and of the Tobler is success Vice of my President, mission, and Drew the is real head of the company Neither one of them was there, so I saw. Tommie Johnson from the legal department. 1 told him I was making a co lection of all daddy's models and would like to buy the ones that were in the possession of Winchesters, not mentioning, of course, any particular one. He finally said that he would arrange so that I eould have them for nothing, but at first would not consent to let the ones that had never been patented get away.(Being suspicio.s on account of his last experience, orders to said they which he have all would be uselessly recalled to my memmry) He finally gave the models collected and pack&d ready to ship and shipped the next week providing he could get the O.K. of Tobler, and he had no doubt of that. I promised him a picture of your Dad and one of mine, so if the models come, wish you would send a nice one of each of them, also send one of Daddy to F.F. Burton at Winechesters. Johnson's name is Thomas C. Johnson, packing and freight, and incidental charges. I agreed to pay all him